Flashback to when I thought I had another shot

^ Thanks for asking! They were:

1. They put me in the same group as a work colleague who also happened to be a close friend of my supervisor at the time. We both thought such a close association went against the rules we had just read. So we raised it as an issue, but were both told that it was OK.

2. In the R4 Speed-Up, my colleague solved the puzzle (and took over the lead from the other player and won the game) by pronouncing the word OIL such that some heard her say ALL instead. Personally I thought it sounded more like OIL (still do), but I was surprised how many people I talked to afterwards thought differently.

3. The biggest issue though was my not being able to see the scoreboard and used letter board monitors the entire game due to a bright light above them shining directly into my face. I discovered this early on and alerted the staff attending to us between rounds multiple times, but it did not appear that anything had been done to rectify the situation. In hindsight, I should've said something to Pat (he was kind of far from me though as I was in the blue position) or raised an objection right after the taping. I was just too excited at the time to think of it.