From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 6:39:48 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Mark Brader:    
   > > > The Summer 2023 season is over, so this completes the Current Events    
   > > > game for it. And the winner is STEPHEN PERRY in a walk -- he only    
   > > > responded to 4 of the 10 rounds, but beat everyone else's totals    
   > > > based on their 8 best scores.   
      
   thank you.  I did not intend to miss any but life seemed to keep getting in   
   the way.   
      
   I do play along at home for fun each game, however late I am.   
   > ...   
   > > > Scores, if there are no errors:   
   > Dan Tilque:   
   > > I believe you have the wrong scoring table here.   
   > Oops, I guess that would be an error. A failed optimization, in fact.    
   >    
   > Scores, if there are *now* no errors:    
   >    
   > GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F BEST EIGHT    
   > Stephen Perry 40 40 -- -- 36 36 -- -- -- -- 152    
   > Dan Tilque 16 4 20 20 4 16 20 20 20 12 144    
   > Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 16 16 4 12 20 16 12 24 128    
   > Pete Gayde 16 4 -- -- 4 16 24 8 20 32 124    
   > Erland Sommarskog 8 4 4 8 12 12 19 8 16 16 99    
   > Dan Blum 11 8 16 16 0 12 15 8 12 8 98    
   >    
   > --    
   > Mark Brader | "And don't forget there were five separate computers    
   > m...@vex.net | in those days."    
   > Toronto | -- Bob NE20G3018 (Ira Levin, "This Perfect Day")   
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