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Ian Volante

I don't think nines from Classic Games should be included. :| Aye, they do look confusing somewhat. I had a moment of wondering if there was some bug in the randomisation when I saw the same selection numerous times for a particular nine until I twigged it was in a classic game played numerous times.

Ian Volante

This last week it's been really bad for me, but this weekend it seems to have got better again. I can usually guess eventually when someone can't talk back, but it's usually not immediately obvious.

Ian Volante

Well, bugger. It appears that only Charlie is chatting on the right channel, and since my left speaker is buggered, that rather spoils things a little. Damn stereo!

I've been trying for ages to find a method of playing stereo recordings in mono without success too. Ho hum!

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No real reason to say this, but Charlie you are the most intelligent person I've ever met. There was a funny story when I was talking to Christine about you (translated for obvious reasons) that I said you're "very very intelligent" and she said to me "and you think that you're not v...

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My mother would also like to know... can rats climb up sewage pipes and round S-bends? That is to say, can rats come out of the sewers and into people's homes via their toilet bowls? That is all. Answers on a postcard please. Well all right then, below. I believe that it's not uncommon for rats to ...

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I think the Apterous game is great, nothing wrong with the game play, just I can't see any of the speech/chat of others, not sure if others can see mine either, also cannot spectate. So hopefully anyone I have played won't think I am being rude by not answering if they chatted with me. The error me...

Ian Volante

This is great!

I've spotted however that on the "Most offered" pages, the top of the numbers column says "Disallowed", which reduces my enjoyment no end.

Ian Volante

I wonder if Charlie's got a log of all use made of the facility. :oops: I thought about it, for some kind of "other people are searching for..." thing, but I'll warn you in advance if I start logging things like that. I hope not, or my search for PISSFLAPS will be quite early in my list.

Ian Volante

I find it tough when the selection is clumpy, but that's partly because I never write my selections down (except when I was actually on the show). On Apterous I'm just in the habit of doing it a certain way (roughly VCCVVCC), so changing that order throws me a bit. Most of the time though I'm lookin...

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David Williams wrote:Incidentally "cost-cutting" is not a phrase.

Hmm, well it's definitely not a doughnut either *confused*

Ian Volante

I'm a full-time mum. Surely my JOB is to go and build snowmen? But no, my son (who's nearly 2) is utterly refusing to go outside. He keeps saying "Snow COLD". Smart kid. But I wanna go and play! *sulks* You're forgetting that you're the boss. Make the kid realise it's fun, preferably by s...

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There are so many posts here it's almost impossible to ensure you don't say something that hasn't already been said, but surely I remember one of the not-a-clique-at-all-goodness-me-no saying that the audience shot was difficult to do, mikes a problem, whatever. That sounds like cost-cutting to me....

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I good way to look at the double letters in such as TUNNELLED is to remember that the vowel before a single letter is usually long, whereas before a double vowel it's shortened ( viz . CONNED and CONED), so TUNNELLED is pronounced properly, but strictly TUNNELED would sound like "TUNNEELED"...

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I never really did understand the obsession with single-move score. Usually they're nine-timers, which in themselves are exceptionally rare- in the order of 1 every 150 games. High game score, on the other hand, is understandable- skill across several moves is always more boast-worthy than one move...

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Being good (as in really good ) at Scrabble and Countdown simultaneously is next to impossible. I've resolved this problem by being mediocre at both. I'm not brilliant at scrabble, but I'm pretty good -- my best 1 word score is 90, yet to get the magic 100(+) yet... My best game had 203 (EQUATORS) ...

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David Roe wrote: including a threesome which blocked the road entirely.

You'd think people would do such things indoors at this time of year.

Ian Volante

it is a very fast piece, and does it depend on the Player's interpretation. Of course, but a typical performance of it will be around one-and-a-half to two minutes long. I recall Kenny Everett once playing a recording of it speeded up so that it ran exactly 60 seconds - it sounded manic. This remin...

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We had enough yesterday for a nice icing sugar effect on the frozen canal, and about six hours of proper stuff on the ground on Monday. That's pretty good for Edinburgh. I miss Yorkshire weather.

Ian Volante

It's a victoria wood sketch, one of my faves! And why did you feel you needed to join a message board devoted to the Channel 4 gameshow Countdown so you could quote it at such tedious length? That's why this is called the 'Off Topic' forum - Discuss anything interesting but not remotely Countdown-r...

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I was patient yesterday. Today I can get in (in Firefox at least, I eventually realised that IE was one cause of my access problems, another was trying to connect via my work's VPN - D'oh) and play real people but no daily duels (either yesterday's or today's). Other people say they are missing too...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Or how about a 28-point turnaround to win my first game? I'm sure there's better than that.
Charlie turned me around by 43 points

Yep, that would do it!

Ian Volante

We should get a C4C fantasy league together. If anyone is on the Official Fantasy Premier League , someone has set up a C4 Countdown FC league. The code to join up is 336517-73468 . Next season we should do something properly with prizes. I'd nominate myself to do the (frankly horrible) job of orga...

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We should get a C4C fantasy league together. Reina has been a mainstay for me for years now, Gerrard has supplanted RIise in the last couple of years. Maybe a Fantasy Countdown comp would work too, although I fear Rachel may feature heavily, and not in a manner conducive to think about team selectio...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:footballers are money grabbing fucks
Sorry Kai

Matt Morrison wrote:someone is willing to pay you fucking shitloads of money
Sorry Kai

Sorry Kai

This thread appears to be struggling to gain a toehold of popularity.

As for Liverpool, Ngog for the win!

Ian Volante

My opponents in my first and last shows were an aggregate of 28 years old. This could be a pretty piss-poor record, but I'm clutching at straws.

Or how about a 28-point turnaround to win my first game? I'm sure there's better than that.

Ian Volante

Does anyone here do cross country running? Apart from Ollie. I used to, until I realised that on Saturday afternoons I preferred running after girls than through ankle-deep mud. I know it's obvious in hindsight but you should have gone for the best of both worlds and taken up chasing girls through ...

Ian Volante

A definite scrag in this one: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=23614 I should have been on 75 points after nine rounds, including stupidly throwing away a nine with a bad decision (not going for RESECTION). A further three maxes missed with timidity (KINGLESS) or just plain stupidity (VIDEO...

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I have been a Man U supporter since 1958 being lucky enough to see the great Charlton Best and Law era and now after a lengthy gap of about twenty odd years basking in the continued dominance of the Premiership.(some may disagree but statistics dont lie????) However living in the ex Lancashire now ...

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Poor Rachel - what stinky numbers and I bet Carol devotees were shouting at the camera ' Bet Carol would have got it' I don't think so. The first and third numbers were solveable but only had 1 solution each and the second numbers you could get only 1 away, again though there was only 1 solution. T...

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Callum Laddiman wrote:Does anyone here do cross country running? Apart from Ollie.

I used to, until I realised that on Saturday afternoons I preferred running after girls than through ankle-deep mud.

Ian Volante

Yeah GANDISEED was hilarious... I did get that conundrum (you've probably guessed that). Oublier is the French for 'to forget' although I don't know what an OUBLIETTE is, maybe a 'small bout of forgetfulness' or something similar. On a similar note, ESTOILE is the Old French for star - étoile in mo...

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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:I resent being lumped in with any brigade, especially one with a LOL in the name
What have you got against Little Old Ladies?

Erm, depends how rich and how old they are probably.

Ian Volante

Jon Corby wrote:If you're being serious then I do apologise actually Ian - I did think during a waking moment in the night "Crap, I wonder if that will spoil it for someone"!

I also forgot you were involved in the match!

Ian Volante

Jon Corby wrote:If you're being serious then I do apologise actually Ian - I did think during a waking moment in the night "Crap, I wonder if that will spoil it for someone"!

No worries, I suppose there's enough doubt in my mind now that I might still enjoy it

Ian Volante

Hmm, you just never know! And I resent being lumped in with any brigade, especially one with a LOL in the name

Ian Volante

Jon Corby wrote:Excellent.

Charlie won by loads.

You utter bastard, here was me looking forward to going through the recap having not seen the programme. YOU BAASTAAAAAAAAAAARD!

Ian Volante

I'm sorry to hear about the pain caused by the Rockets and Doodle Bugs :( But there's nothing wrong with telling us children about the good old days- they must be called that for a reason! There's nothing as good as learning about what happened back then from real life tales! Also, I must confess m...

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Agh, Monty Python films too! I might just cause heresy by suggesting that The Meaning of Life is best...

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Ben Wilson wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:NIKE = KINE
Incidentally, COW and its archaic plural KINE are the only singular-and-plural that have no letters in common (until someone else proves otherwise).
ME/US?

Dodgy!

Ian Volante

Dinos Sfyris wrote:In no particular order

Borat
The Dark Knight
Napoleon Dynamite
Elf
Anchorman
Shaun of the Dead
LOTR
Pan's Labyrinth
Scary Movie 4
Team America

Basically I just went through my DVD cabinet and picked 10 goodies.

Oh I forgot Pan's Labyrinth!

Ian Volante

Refreshin too to see no mention of Star W*rs!

Ian Volante

1) Pulp Fiction 2) Flash Gordon 3) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly After that I'm not sure. Anything with Drew Barrymore (post 1990!). Donat's 39 Steps. Leon. Rear Window. Killing Zoe. Lord of the Rings. Blues Brothers. The Terminator. From Dusk Till Dawn. More! Pan's Labyrinth, the Monty Python film...

Ian Volante

Going by a previous post of mine in another thread, there is a total of 54 9-letter Countdown words that contain A, E, I, O and U, and as well as FACETIOUS, there is actually another 9-letter word to contain the vowels in order. I mentioned ABSTEMIOUS further up the page. I saw that post, but ABSTE...

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Hello! I'm 32, and by the time I'm your age, I'll know everything that's worth knowing

Ian Volante

Continuing the off-topicness, how do you play against a bot? Do you need to subscribe? I assumed that I need to subscribe, then again, I didn't read any instructions, so I'm blaming ignorance of the controls for my first awful game! Anyway, thanks again for all your comments, and Clare, your advice...

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According to my dictionary, FEINT is only a noun or a verb, not an adjective. Dunno what ODE2 says. ODE2r states it is (also) an adjective referring to the type of writing paper containing faint lines. Although I personally think the comparative and superlative are pretty iffy ("this paper is ...

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I do! FACETIOUS, and if you want to count the Y as a vowel as well, FACETIOUSLY! Going by a previous post of mine in another thread, there is a total of 54 9-letter Countdown words that contain A, E, I, O and U, and as well as FACETIOUS, there is actually another 9-letter word to contain the vowels...

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Hi everyone, i'm new. First post. When launching Apterous I get "attempt x of 50" and x plods from 1 to 11 (so far) and nothing. My Java is up-to-date (Version 6 update 10). Can someone reassure me it's not something i'm doing wrong and tell me what we do when this happens? Wait? Do we em...

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Sadly true of the upper echelons of the game, but you don't see much of that in the 5-a-side league I play in (and those that try it usually get a good kicking), so don't tar us all with the same brush! Oh I know, I play fives at work and apart from the occasional numpty, everyone plays fairly and ...

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Sadly true of the upper echelons of the game, but you don't see much of that in the 5-a-side league I play in (and those that try it usually get a good kicking), so don't tar us all with the same brush! Oh I know, I play fives at work and apart from the occasional numpty, everyone plays fairly and ...

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Howard Somerset wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Trouble is, it now comes to 499! I'll leave it for the readers to see what needs done.
You were beginning to worry me. But I make it 492. And because I was starting to lose confidence, I let my calculator have a go. That got 492 too.

(7 - 6 + 7) = 8.

Yes, ignore me.

Ian Volante

Howard Somerset wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:Just a little note: on Rd10 (I think) the contestants' solutions add up to 508.
Of course you're right. 8 should've been subtracted, and not added. Thanks.

Reacp to be corrected without delay.

Trouble is, it now comes to 499! I'll leave it for the readers to see what needs done.

Ian Volante

I'd say that (association) football has the advantage of simplicity to play at any level. That, added to the simple scoring system and basically simple gameplay which allows teams of wildly varying quality to compete with each other, is the secret of its success I reckon. In terms of the amount of c...

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Gawd, last-first-last! I'm not quite getting this yet.

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A good few will be certainly, not as many as in Scrabble I suspect, but that goes for anything really...

A gallus wee thread yeh've started.

Ian Volante

"learning your 7s that are never the max" I'm intrigued. What is this? http://www.countdownwiki.com/Fruitful_7s Is 'batters' really a seven that is never the max? Tabarets doesn't appear on the stemmer. So does that mean the stemmer is wrong, or the Wiki? TABARET is legal. Mass noun maybe...

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You've found probably the best place to improve your skills before you go on. I went on before I came here, and spent the day as a bag of nerves, and even though I pulled off a couple of good wins I'm sure I could have got more out of the experience. I suppose it didn't help that I had to scoot off ...

Ian Volante

The obvious thing I can think of to mention here is that it works better with Java v6.7 as opposed to v6.11.

Ian Volante

Caramba. Typically I've had my busiest week at work in a decade and missed these.

Ian Volante

I don't think the issue was Carol not getting 831; it was the fact that Carol claimed it to be impossible. Thus, Whiteley challenged the viewers to prove Carol wrong and, eventually, someone did. I thought it made for a very good running joke for a few months. I certainly remember the running joke ...

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