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Hello and welcome to the 2014 Advent Calendar Challenge!

The Advent Calendar Challenge is a fun yearly competition, in 2014 players were invited to guess what the pictures behind the windows on my advent calendar were 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 was just one change for 2014:

This was a continuation of the "named items" trial of the year before.

  CURRENT STANDINGS  
     1  Lorna Blake Scorpio 104 pts 8 PB  
  1  2  Damian Cook Libra 85 pts 4 PB  
  1  3  Anthony Smith Cancer 78 pts 5 PB  
  1  4  Andrew Chilcraft Aries 76 pts 7 PB  
  3  5  Gemma Morgan Scorpio 74 pts 5 PB  
     6  Ross Turnbull Libra 74 pts 4 PB  
  1  7  Sean White Leo 53 pts 3 PB
60
 
  2  =  Neil Blake Aries 53 pts 3 PB  
  1  9  Antony Brown Libra 52 pts 3 PB
109
 
  1  10  Veronica White Aquarius 50 pts 5 PB  
  1  11  Samantha Myers Sagittarius 50 pts 3 R  
  3  12  Nigel White Pisces 46 pts 4 PB  
  4  13  Chris Green Leo 46 pts 2 R  
  7  14  Christina Dale Gemini 42 pts 3 PB
45
 
  4  15  Mark Coughlan Taurus 42 pts 2 PB
82
 
  7  16  Hayley Ahmad Libra 38 pts 4 PB  
  10  17  Simon Rutter Capricorn 32 pts 3 PB
80
 
  10  18  Kevin Brown Taurus 32 pts 2 PB
63
 
  16  19  Steph Foulkes Pisces 25 pts 2 PB
56
 
  7  20  David Wilford Taurus 24 pts 2 PB
29
 
  7  21  Matthew Frost Aries 23 pts 2 PB
36
 
  6  22  Andrew Dale Pisces 22 pts 2 PB
54
 
  6  23  Ed Coughlan Pisces 22 pts 1 PB
39
 
  5  24  Ramani Armstrong Taurus 18 pts 1 PB
38
 
  4  25  Gagandeep Singh Bharij Cancer 16 pts 2 PB
57
 
  4  26  Tony Nicholls Pisces 15 pts 2 PB  
  3  27  Vicki Pipe Taurus 13 pts 2 PB  
  3  28  Linda Nicholls Taurus 12 pts 1 PB
14
 
  3  29  Al Brown Leo 11 pts 1 PB
23
 
  1  30  Wendy Scrivin Libra 7 pts 1 PB
59
 
  1  =  Joseph Palmer Aquarius 7 pts 1 R  
  1  32  Andy Nicholls Scorpio 6 pts 1 PB
45
 
  1  33  Grace Marson Taurus 2 pts 1 PB
83
 
  1  =  Ben Procter Cancer 2 pts 1 PB
115
 
  1  =  Lisa Seixas Leo 2 pts 1 PB
55
 
  1  36  Kelly Loughnane Cancer 1 pt 1 R  
  1  =  Simon Attwood Cancer 1 pt 1 PB
66
 
     38  Geoff Marshall Leo 0 pts 0 PB
70
 
     =  Matt Nunn Taurus 0 pts 0 PB
66
 
     =  Matthew Scrivin Gemini 0 pts 0 PB
44
 
     =  Tom White Gemini 0 pts 0 PB
49
 
     =  Jade Baines Virgo 0 pts 0 R  
     =  Iain MacNaughton Capricorn 0 pts 0 PB
3
 
     =  Alfie Cochrane Pisces 0 pts 0 R  
     =  Joe Harper Leo 0 pts 0 R  
     =  Chris Davey Leo 0 pts 0 PB
0
 
     =  Peter Smyth Gemini 0 pts 0 PB
34
 
  SCORE  
                 

The teams' championship was the same again - astrological star-signs. Final standings:

  TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS  
  1 Libra  Libra ×5 256 pts  
  2 Scorpio  Scorpio ×3 184 pts  
  3 Aries  Aries ×3 152 pts  
  4 Taurus  Taurus ×8 143 pts  
  5 Pisces  Pisces ×6 130 pts  
  6 Leo  Leo ×7 112 pts  
  7 Cancer  Cancer ×5 98 pts  
  8 Aquarius  Aquarius ×2 57 pts  
  9 Sagittarius  Sagittarius ×1 50 pts  
  10 Gemini  Gemini ×4 42 pts  
  11 Capricorn  Capricorn ×2 32 pts  
  12 Virgo  Virgo ×1 0 pts  
  SCORE  

Items uncovered:

  1 Star, Bell
&
Holly
2 Candy Cane 3 Cottage 4 Snowflake 5 Wreath 6 Cracker  
               
  7 Santa
&
Gift
8 Stocking, Gift
&
Candy Cane
9 Woolly Hat
&
Holly
10 Carol Singer 11 Drum 12 Snowman
&
Children
 
               
  13 Santa Hat
&
Holly
14 Sledge
&
Children
15 Toy Train 16 Rocking Horse 17 Gift 18 Bauble  
               
  19 Robin
&
Santa Hat
20 Spinning Top 21 Holly 22 Xmas Tree 23 Star 24 Santa, Gift
&
Xmas Tree
 
               

Decisions of the stewards

All decisions (disciplinary etc.), other than those to award points, were detailed publically. Please visit the 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...