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Hello and welcome to the 2013 Advent Calendar Challenge!

The Advent Calendar Challenge is a fun yearly competition, in 2013 players were invited to guess what the pictures behind the windows on my advent calendar will be each day. Points were awarded (from 1 point on December 1st all the way up to 24 on Christmas Eve) for correctly guessing the picture, and the winner is simply the person who gets the most points over the course of the competition. Simple. Easy. Fun.

There were a couple of significant changes for 2013!

  FINAL STANDINGS  
  1  Andrew Chilcraft Aries 75 pts 5 PB  
  2  Geoff Marshall Leo 70 pts 4 PB  
  3  Lorna Blake Scorpio 68 pts 4 PB
84
 
  4  Kevin Brown Taurus 61 pts 3 PB
63
 
  5  Sean White Leo 60 pts 4 R  
  6  Lisa Seixas Leo 55 pts 3 PB  
  7  Christina Dale Gemini 39 pts 2 PB
45
 
  =  Matt Nunn Taurus 39 pts 2 PB
66
 
  9  Andy Nicholls Scorpio 39 pts 2 PB
45
 
  10  Matthew Frost Aries 36 pts 2 PB  
  11  Simon Rutter Capricorn 33 pts 2 PB
80
 
  12  Antony Brown Libra 32 pts 2 PB
109
 
  13  Anthony Smith Cancer 31 pts 2 PB
55
 
  14  Tom White Gemini 30 pts 2 PB
49
 
  15  Heather Littlewood Libra 28 pts 3 R  
  16  Neil Blake Aries 28 pts 2 PB
37
 
  17  Glen Bryant Virgo 25 pts 3 PB  
  18  Damian Cook Libra 25 pts 2 R  
  19  Stephanie Foulkes Pisces 24 pts 2 PB
56
 
  20  Mark Coughlan Taurus 24 pts 1 PB
82
 
  =  Nigel White Pisces 24 pts 1 PB  
  =  Ross Turnbull Libra 24 pts 1 PB
65
 
  23  Al Brown Leo 23 pts 1 PB  
  24  James Tong Leo 21 pts 1 PB  
  25  Grace Marson Taurus 20 pts 2 PB
83
 
  26  Ed Coughlan Pisces 14 pts 2 PB
39
 
  27  Gemma Morgan Scorpio 14 pts 1 PB
54
 
  =  Tony Nicholls Pisces 14 pts 1 PB  
  =  Linda Nicholls Taurus 14 pts 1 PB  
  30  Ramani Armstrong Taurus 13 pts 1 PB
38
 
  31  David Wilford Taurus 11 pts 2 PB
29
 
  32  Ornagh Higgins Capricorn 10 pts 1 PB
29
 
  =  Vicki Pipe Taurus 10 pts 1 PB  
  34  Ben Procter Cancer 8 pts 1 PB
115
 
  35  Gagandeep Singh Bharij Cancer 5 pts 1 PB
57
 
  36  Iain MacNaughton Capricorn 3 pts 1 PB  
  37  Andrew Dale Pisces 0 pts 0 PB
54
 
  =  Matthew Scrivin Gemini 0 pts 0 PB
44
 
  =  Wendy Scrivin Libra 0 pts 0 PB
59
 
  =  Veronica White Aquarius 0 pts 0 R  
  =  Kate Henderson Sagittarius 0 pts 0 PB
13
 
  =  Peter Smyth Gemini 0 pts 0 PB
34
 
  =  Simon Attwood Cancer 0 pts 0 PB
66
 
  =  Sarah Scrivin Aquarius 0 pts 0 PB
0
 
  SCORE  
               

This year's teams' championship will be different - I'm interested in finding out which astrological star-sign is the best, so I'll be trying to coax your date of birth out of you shortly! Current standings:

  TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS  
  1 Leo  Leo ×5 229 pts  
  2 Taurus  Taurus ×8 192 pts  
  3 Aries  Aries ×3 139 pts  
  4 Scorpio  Scorpio ×3 121 pts  
  5 Libra  Libra ×5 109 pts  
  6 Pisces  Pisces ×5 76 pts  
  7 Gemini  Gemini ×4 69 pts  
  8 Capricorn  Capricorn ×3 46 pts  
  9 Cancer  Cancer ×4 44 pts  
  10 Virgo  Virgo ×1 25 pts  
  11 Sagittarius  Sagittarius ×1 0 pts  
  = Aquarius  Aquarius ×2 0 pts  
  SCORE  

Items uncovered:

  1 Toy Train 2 Spinning Top 3 Holly 4 Robin
&
Hat
5 Gift 6 Bauble  
               
  7 Trumpet 8 Teddy 9 Bell
&
Holly
10 Snowflake 11 Christmas
Pudding
12 Cracker  
               
  13 Lantern
&
Holly
14 Stocking, Gift
&
Candy Cane
15 Christmas
Tree
16 Candy Cane 17 Hat
&
Holly
18 Sledge  
               
  19 Biscuits 20 Rocking Horse 21 Drum 22 Star 23 Snowman 24 Santa
&
Gifts
 
               

Decisions of the stewards

All decisions of the stewards, other than those to award points, are detailed publically. Please visit our decisions repository.

And to end off this mammoth page, a few subnotes. Have a look at the all-time stats page. Not many stats mind you, just a constantly updating all-time performance table. Clicking a player name in either the current standings or the stats table gives you a player profile page, showing their past performances in the ACC and a little picture just cos. And finally the rules in full. Subject to change of course...