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Jennifer Steadman

NO WAY!! SERIOUSLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. #TeamHorace

Jennifer Steadman

Does anyone ever have the instant reaction to the letters in a conundrum scramble of "They look 'familiar', this conundrum must be easy!"? Certainly that was what I thought when seeing the scramble today. Perhaps that's what happened here - unfortunately for Abdi, 'familiar' letters can be...

Jennifer Steadman

Jon, from my point of view, I had several people say that when I was on the show, I seemed to not write things down very much. There were 2 reasons for this. Sometimes I'd spot a 6 straight away, but be sure there was a 7 and spend so long looking for the 7, that I'd forget to write the 6 down. I a...

Jennifer Steadman

Jon, from my point of view, I had several people say that when I was on the show, I seemed to not write things down very much. There were 2 reasons for this. Sometimes I'd spot a 6 straight away, but be sure there was a 7 and spend so long looking for the 7, that I'd forget to write the 6 down. I a...

Jennifer Steadman

Ah, so it is cheating in the series final, but hasn't been up til now! The message is a REMINDER, not a new rule. Surely if you've ever seen an episode of Countdown in your life you know you're supposed to buzz and answer instantly. Otherwise why is there not an influx of people buzzing instantly a...

Jennifer Steadman

From the main body of the email sent to series finalists: "Just a reminder that when we get to the Conundrum round you MUST have the answer to say straight away when you buzz in. If you delay in saying your answer then the clock will be restarted and the rest of the time will be given to your o...

Jennifer Steadman

I think shutting off the monitors is a good idea after a conundrum buzz (esp with an extremely competitive series finals coming up), but turning the conundrum board round seems a bit unnecessary - it's already kind of awkwardly placed for the contestants to see. Not impossible, but awkward. (Plus I ...

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Graeme Cole wrote:Today, many viewers were convinced that Abdi had Hansforded the crucial conundrum TENPACCIG. So much so, they all wrote to their MPs demanding that it be disallowed.

I think they misunderstood.

Jennifer Steadman

Giles wrote:I shall twerk my way to updating the aptodic

PLEASE upload a video of you simultaneously twerking and updating the Aptodic.

Jennifer Steadman

Oooooooh. This is gonna be massive. Mike Brown and Giles may need some help with this Apto-dic update...

Also, does this mean the pencam/dictionary will be replaced by a computer/tablet device of some description?

Jennifer Steadman

Meeeeeeee meeeeeeee meeeeeeeeee

Jennifer Steadman

Learn to spell. Learn to count. Wear low-cut tops to put your opponents off.

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Gratified as I am to be considered (by this ranking scale anyway) to be the 8th best player ever, I'm afraid I'm going to have to be ungrateful and quibble. But you did want feedback, so here it is: 1 - I do agree that myself and Dylan (and Glen?) should probably be omitted until the end of the seri...

Jennifer Steadman

Reporting from Budapest... Thanks everyone! http://greem.co.uk/nonsense/404.jpg :lol: I got the 403 (by adding the 75, and not using the 7 at all) in about 5 minutes, and quit fairly happy with that. Didn't see the minor refinement to get to 404 at all! (What actually happened was I spent 2 seconds ...

Jennifer Steadman

This was the only game where I got into the classic obsessive-Apterite mindset of thinking about maxes during the game - after MOUSEBIRD (my favourite word from my games :) ), I suddenly had this really strong feeling that I was on for a max, and it totally threw me. The Apterites in the audience to...

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Thanks everyone! My opponent was so entertaining, can't wait to watch this episode in particular when I get home from travelling. By some weird coincidence he hails from the same teeny tiny Suffolk village as my uni housemate, and actually taught her at school. Small world! Well done Jen. impressive...

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Jack Worsley wrote:Jen Steadman (2 wins, 216 points.) She's just graduated from the University of Essex

Have I?

Jennifer Steadman

I referred to the guy I played on Friday as lovely (he was - such a friendly bloke, totally gracious in defeat and gave me his number to let me know how I got on in my next games). The guy yesterday was alright (as in, he didn't call me a flowery headband-wearing ho or anything) but I wouldn't descr...

Jennifer Steadman

Well I've just completely lost all respect for you then ;) :( Any off-camera Derek stories? Did he storm off in a huff afterwards? Not really - beforehand he seemed slightly disdainful, as if playing some young upstart with a penchant for flowery hairbands was beneath him, while afterwards he just ...

Jennifer Steadman

Dunno why people are saying "unlucky" on the 9 either. I've only ever seen "ungroup" (not sure whether that's in). I definitely got the impression Jen went for it expecting it not[ to be in (for several reasons, so as not to look like an aptonerd, to give the guy a break, etc). ...

Jennifer Steadman

Long shot, but is anyone driving to this from the southern half of England? I will pay you with glorious and witty conversation (or, if that fails, stemming/scrambles. And maybe a bit of petrol money).

Jennifer Steadman

Thanks guys! Was so nervous going on set that I genuinely thought I was going to puke. Fortunately this didn't happen. The numbers were absolutely terrifying (only seemed to have 20 seconds instead of 30) but the letters were fine. Peter was a really lovely bloke so I felt a bit bad ruining his birt...

Jennifer Steadman

I saw something about this on Facebook, but didn't realise quite how awesome an achievement it was - especially with regard to finishing 2nd in a top 10 with so many Grand Masters. Fantastic stuff, well done Oli!

Jennifer Steadman

A few weeks ago he was averaging 13.4 maxes per game on Apterous. Case closed.

Jennifer Steadman

Dan McColm, James Nguyen and Rob Foster. Possibly Kevin Stoba as well for a fourth.

Jennifer Steadman

An absolute top player, with no conundrum misses, plenty of 9s (at least 5 - probably more realistically 6 or more), no rounds dropped to the opposition and virtually no maxes missed with 1 or 2L in numbers for the entirety of their run, could probably scrape 1,000. It's probably possible for about ...

Jennifer Steadman

(CoL)IN.

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Jordan Leckonby will be pleased.

Jennifer Steadman

What's the fewest number of points dropped during an octorun? It would be cool to see a table of points available, points scored, and where points were dropped (i.e. on letters, numbers and conundrums). If that's possible.

Jennifer Steadman

I will be awkwardly anagramming on Channel 4 on 30th August.

Jennifer Steadman

Is your Java up to date?

Jennifer Steadman

From what I understand, a lot of the staff left before the Champion of Champions tourney (involuntarily, I think).

Glad to a) see you back, b) hear that your depression is lifting, and c) hear you'll be watching my series!

Jennifer Steadman

Never been to bonny Scotland before - time to change that, circumstances permitting

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It's all very well complaining, but what format would you rather see? They have just altered it slightly. Beyond radically changing the format (and almost certainly alienating far more viewers) to some sort of alternative variant, I'm not sure what a better alternative is. Also, I think you'll find ...

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Adam Dexter has passed his audition but seems to think he will be on in Series 70 according to FB but isn't as strong a player as the previous 4. Edward McCullagh 37 – 53 Adam Dexter ring a bell? Haha you guys... Well all I heard is between June and November I think. As the June spots seem to have ...

Jennifer Steadman

Because he didn't enter the C4C league(s). Fortunately.

Jennifer Steadman

1 female. 22 males. And only 1 winner... and it's meeeeeeeeeeeeee! #GirlPower Just as well my deeply misplaced judgement call in benching Lukaku in favour of Maloney didn't matter in the end! Well done to Paddy McBellface for winning the H2H league and being a solid (if not Invincible) Assistant Man...

Jennifer Steadman

#TEAMROMANIA

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Adam Dexter has passed his audition but seems to think he will be on in Series 70 according to FB but isn't as strong a player as the previous 4. Edward McCullagh 37 – 53 Adam Dexter ring a bell? Adam's got a point - I only beat that Edward McCullen guy by 15 points at CoBliv, so Dex is better than...

Jennifer Steadman

For the first half hour of Villa v Sunderland, Oli was only 1 point behind me - a Benteke hat trick, Sessegnon red and Mignolet conceding 6 later and I'm 20 ahead. It's a funny old game...

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This should proooooobably be bumped out of Announcements now.

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I don't specifically play anyone or keep track of my own score. /brag?

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Giles wrote:Side-note: Today's episode is number 5678. Take a few minutes to appreciate this.

This has totally made my day.

Jennifer Steadman

How are the sum of opponents scores worked out in the final column of table? I was wondering that too - it says Jessica Pratesi was above me, but I got more points than her on the same number of wins and was given the 'top female player' award so surely I should be above her :? Unless of course the...

Jennifer Steadman

Glad I went in the end - I had a blast. It's not every day you can say you went to a Countdown tournament dressed as a pirate and ended up with an inflatable parrot down your top, which is a shame because it was awesome. Cheers to Tony for getting into the pirate spirit/not kicking us out for being ...

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a vitriolic rant Have you considered that perhaps there aren't many Apterites in the offing for this series? There's a bunch waiting for dates/auditions for the next series, so you'll get your competitive bloodbath then. Apterites shouldn't be kept apart per se (although if you want the best qualit...

Jennifer Steadman

Not sure if I can fit this in now due to uni work (9000 words to write over Easter!

) and other commitments over the holiday. If I'm not there, hope everything goes well!

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I think it's more important to value the feelings of the innocent kids, before I value the worth of Mrs Saldanha or her actions or mental state. So a mentally ill woman a) is not innocent and b) 's life is not as valuable as those of her children?! Adults' lives are worth something too! Even acute ...

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I think it's more important to value the feelings of the innocent kids, before I value the worth of Mrs Saldanha or her actions or mental state. So a mentally ill woman a) is not innocent and b) 's life is not as valuable as those of her children?! Adults' lives are worth something too! Even acute ...

Jennifer Steadman

It's really difficult to compile a list though if you haven't been watching for a significant amount of time. You can look at the stats, sure, but without context in which to couch it in - or a general feel for what the average contestant would be achieving at the same time - I, and probably others ...

Jennifer Steadman

Tinamou just makes me think of tiramisu.

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I also thought a manitou was a type of bird! Also thought a wendigo was a type of caravan until I just looked it up...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new.

+1

I don't really see what the obsession is with trying to determine who the 'best ever' players are anyway. It's going to be more or less entirely arbitrary regardless of what ranking system you implement.

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Zarte, fancy getting hitched? It'll be different... but yeah, why not? :P :( Rob is the prospective contestant I've most looked forward to seeing on the show. WE ARE SO OVER! :cry: Jen, you've misunderstood me - Rob has been on apterous since 2009, so I've most (i.e., longest) looked forward to see...

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Adam Gillard wrote: Rob is the prospective contestant I've most looked forward to seeing on the show.

WE ARE SO OVER!

Zarte, fancy getting hitched?

Jennifer Steadman

To set the scene: troll pretending to be Nick Wainwright enters the room. General discussion is had between 'Nick', James Nguyen, Matt Bayfield and Graeme Cole. 2013-03-03 14:34:51 Graeme Cole says: Nick, in your fifth game you won on a crucial conundrum 2013-03-03 14:34:55 Graeme Cole says: What wa...

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Adam Gillard wrote:Jennifer Steadm - ZOMGSPOILERZ!

BEST ever contestants, Gilly, not SEXIEST ever (future) contestants.

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That was LITERALLY - no exaggeration or hyperbole - the best thing ever.

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Read quite a bit on here about Penelope, whoever she is, and the perception that it's been a negative to have such a series. All i can say is that from our end, via Twitter, 1000's of emails and letters to the office, the reaction to the whole thing has been truly amazing and it's fair to say that ...

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