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Nick Wainwright

Just watched the episode back and it actually wasn't quite as bad a I remembered. Well played Wayne for what was a very comprehensive victory - all the more impressive knowing that you had done limited ODE specific practice. Although disappointing not to have played at my best, I'm glad for the oppo...

Nick Wainwright

Matt Morrison wrote:
Nick Wainwright wrote:Is there room for me to join? I could make the 9.30pm game tonight.
Course. You'll have to get Jono to confirm your entry to Da Club before you can sign up for any tourneys tho, so don't leave it too late.

Thanks - I've registered now.

Nick Wainwright

Is there room for me to join? I could make the 9.30pm game tonight.

Nick Wainwright

Chris Part 2 spoilers: Ouch, that had to hurt - I bet they had Graham Hill as well (it was the only 'good' answer I could think of, and I assumed it would still be pretty bad), and they were clearly the best team (on both shows) by an absolute mile. Couldn't believe Batman Begins was the best Batma...

Nick Wainwright

Open Tournament Result: Nick 2 - 0 Lee http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=274518 http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=274540 A couple of high probability nines in consecutive rounds allowed us to both score quite well in the first game and in the second I managed to overturn Lee's early ...

Nick Wainwright

I'll play in the Open if it is not too late.

Nick Wainwright

I'd like to take part, thanks

Nick Wainwright

If it is not too late, can you put me down for lunch too please.

Nick Wainwright

Add my name to the list please Ben - I'll send you the entry fee in the next few days.

Nick Wainwright

Flight A games:
Nick 2 - 0 Ben
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=150532
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=150541

Speed demon games:
Nick 2 - 0 Lesley
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=150563
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=150567

Nick Wainwright

Two speed demon games from earlier in the week which neither of us appear to have posted at the time:
Nick 2 - Kieran 0
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141734
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141746

Nick Wainwright

Put me down for both please.

Nick Wainwright

Division A: Innis 137 - 129 Nick A decent game, Nick made a few slips at the beginning but was close to pulling it back towards the end with good 6 small play. Could have very easily gone the other way I think. Cheers Nick, and cheers Charlie as well for running the tournament. Well played Innis. A...

Nick Wainwright

Count me in too please

Nick Wainwright

I'll be coming too - look forward to seeing you all then.

Nick Wainwright

For anyone who fancies spectating, Paul and I are planning to play our quarter-final games after the football on Wednesday.

Nick Wainwright

Well done Kirk, a well deserved record after all the practice you've put in. I finally got to see the game last night after all the problems with channel4.com/catchup but it was well worth the wait. Nice too to have the record be brought to the audience's attention by Jeff - I was just expecting the...

Nick Wainwright

This was pretty horrific on my part:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=32985

Nick Wainwright

Aided by wonderfully flat letter selections, ridiculously easy numbers and a straightforward conundrum:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=32950

Nick Wainwright

Great debut Kirk - well done.

Nick Wainwright

Great final today I thought to round off a good start to the new Countdown era. Congratulations to Steven who, in my opinion, was a very worthy winner of the tournament and well played to Charlie who must have had one of the most entertaining run of games of any Countdown contestant - the conundrum ...

Nick Wainwright

Nick did a lot of choosing vowels especially after he got a 9. This would stop either contestant getting a 9 and would be in his interest. I do not like it. If I see what I see is really happening, I am so not impressed I am going off countdown a wee bit. I would be really relieved to be put right ...

Nick Wainwright

Annoyingly I had GARFISH written down in round 7 and would've risked it had I been declaring second and I still can't work out how I missed the straightforward 7s in round 12. In any case, the better player won - well played Steve - he was definitely the more deserving finalist, especially after his...

Nick Wainwright

True, and also had the conundrum been crucial Nick may have focused that bit harder on it and got it quickly Actually, apparently he was about to buzz in with AWESTRUCK before I buzzed. Yeah, that was the first word which immediately came to me when the conundrum was revealed, but just after Kai bu...

Nick Wainwright

Thanks Ben and everybody else who contributed to a great day. It was nice to see everyone again and meet a few new faces. Well done to Jon; 6 out of 6 wins all sewn up before the conundrum (I think) is quite impressive in the 9-round format.

Nick Wainwright

Nice game today for my birthday. Saw OLEATES in one round but wasn't sure about it so stuck with TEASEL. That reminds me, I know it's picky, but shouldn't the contestant be asked to spell a word like TEASEL? Nah, I initiated this debate with some of the other contestants. There's some oddity with t...

Nick Wainwright

I have Mark Tournoff's book to thank for the conundrum spot as I first saw DAVENPORT in a word list in one of the appendices regarding surnames that are also valid words in Countdown. What type of word lists are in the book? There are various word lists such as common 9-lettered words, words which ...

Nick Wainwright

Put me down as a yes for lunch and dinner please Ben.

Nick Wainwright

I was pleased to struggle through the game having been fortunate not to be punished for a few bad misses in the letters rounds. Steve 'nice guy' Baines lived up to his reputation by being very sporting in defeat and (like most of the contestants who were able to) staying for the rest of the filming ...

Nick Wainwright

Great tournament - cheers Charlie - I look forward to the next one. Well done to Paul and Kirk; I can't imagine ever getting close to the standard of the top few players at speedgoat.

Nick Wainwright

Charlie, the game stopped working during my game with Gary (I think due to my computer losing internet connection) and now I can't get back onto the site.

Nick Wainwright

Put my name down too if it's not too late to sign up.

Nick Wainwright

I really enjoyed the whole experience and meeting all the other CofC contestants and friends / family. Particular congratulations to Steven on a well deserved victory, Charlie for an excellent run to the final and the whole production team in both organising the event and for their efforts throughou...

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David O'Donnell

Nick Wainwright

Halation was there in round 11 I think, which Dan Van will do doubt remember from CoLin. Good conundrum spot there from Mike!

Nick Wainwright

My first maximum and it only took 732 games!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=13443

Nick Wainwright

A really good variation to the duel I thought - it will be interesting to see how much everyone's individual maximum possible score varied by.

Nick Wainwright

I got the opportunity to meet Michael when he filled in for Susie in dictionary corner last year; he came across as a very friendly and likeable man.

My condolences to his family and friends.

Nick Wainwright

orgiast, ruliness and toybox are all invalid I think.

2nd numbers: (7+2)*7*75/5

Nick Wainwright

Well done to both finalists for putting on a good show; I think it's difficult enough to perform to your best when competing in a series final, but adding in the element of it being Carol's final show and the extra goings on which surround that, must make it especially so. I really enjoyed the whole...

Nick Wainwright

I'm in the same boat as Dan; I'll book a room at the Holiday Inn Express if I'm able to sneak into the after-party. I was going to book a train today but would happily accept a lift, thanks. I only require transport to Leeds though as I'm going to visit friends in the north over the weekend. Would t...

Nick Wainwright

I had two DC beaters today: SOCIETAL in round 6 and METREAGE in round 13. I was two away on the last numbers (best you can get apparently) with the rather straight forward 981 solution: (5x3x7+2+2)x9. You got the second numbers spot on, Nick? My solver says it's impossible. I got the first one as C...

Nick Wainwright

The most competitive game I've seen on the show for a while - well done to both players. I managed to get both the first 2 numbers just after the time so will leave the glory of posting it to those who managed them in the time. For the last numbers I was pleased to get 985 (2 over the target) within...

Nick Wainwright

I don't know about other people but I set mine by repeatedly guessing E as soon as the conundrum came up, until eventually one came up that did actually start with an E and I could solve in under 2 seconds. Maybe it's just a coincidence then that all the fastest 10 conundrums were set in the same w...

Nick Wainwright

I think the conundrum records of less than 0.1 seconds were set during the period when you could buzz in with any letter and then backspace to type the correct first letting in.

Nick Wainwright

I was quite pleased to get both the two tricky numbers games. I'm sure in studio conditions I would've been 1 away with both though.
2nd numbers game:
(7*4+5)*25-10-1 = 814
3rd numbers game:
((25*5)-(10-3))*8+2 = 946

Well done to Charlie and good luck in the finals.

Nick Wainwright

I just use channel4.com/catchup and can watch it straight away.

Nick Wainwright

parador in round 13 (which I missed in one of my games)

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Well played Charlie - great debut

Nick Wainwright

I'll predict a slightly more modest 9 maximums before a 2 second conundrum spot which should be good enough for a 50+ point victory. Good luck Charlie - no pressure!

Nick Wainwright

round 9: ROSETTES
round 10: (100*3-(10-4))*3-25 = 857

Nick Wainwright

I tried it for the first time last night and was very impressed - well done Charlie! I wouldn't recommend beginning with a turbo game wih Jono as it can take a few rounds to get used to the programme; I soon realised I didn't have time to write the letters down on a pad of paper. I'll login again la...

Nick Wainwright

Thanks to everyone for a fun day, particularly Ben (and Ben's mum) for organising / running the tournament, and also to Howard for speedily getting me back to the station just in time for my train. I look forward to seeing everyone again at the next Co-event.

Nick Wainwright

am I not right in thinking that if this guy goes on to win all his games he'll have won game 7 as the last of the series? (I'm basing this on thinking the first quarter final is next thursday, you see) I read elsewhere on the forums that the finals begin on June 12th which, if correct, would leave ...

Nick Wainwright

am I not right in thinking that if this guy goes on to win all his games he'll have won game 7 as the last of the series? (I'm basing this on thinking the first quarter final is next thursday, you see) I read elsewhere on the forums that the finals begin on June 12th which, if correct, would leave ...

Nick Wainwright

round 9: patentor

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Not a beater but 9*7*75/5 = 945 is a neater solution I think to the second numbers game.

Nick Wainwright

Bad luck Kirk - great entertainment though!
If anyone missed it, it can be viewed for free during the next week via the bbc iplayer website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Nick Wainwright

Hi,
I'm Nick Wainwright, winner of series 56 in June 2007. I'm 26 and live in London.
I was a regular lurker, but only occassional poster on the previous countdown forum, and will probably continue to be the same on this much improved platform!

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