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- Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Strange Words
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1670
Re: Strange Words
I spotted PLANGENCY in a conundrum attack today and was rather chuffed about it, though to be fair this is largely because I've set it in an msn game before now.
- Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COLIN in the news... sort of.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1151
COLIN in the news... sort of.
http://newarkadvertiser.co.uk/phpbb2/vi ... 4905683541
It's amazing what you can find if you're bored enough and with a fully functioning google... I'm stumped as to what photo was used though.
It's amazing what you can find if you're bored enough and with a fully functioning google... I'm stumped as to what photo was used though.
- Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite song at the moment
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8052
Re: Favourite song at the moment
Current favourites include: Aerosmith- 'Livin' on the Edge' Foo Fighters- 'Everlong' Guns n Roses- 'Shackler's Revenge' Incidentally most of my songs are bought off of iTunes and then burnt onto CD to be ripped into windows media player, which is a non-shit media player (and also so they can be put ...
- Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:50 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: disallowed words
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3058
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Do you learn meanings of words?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2138
Re: Do you learn meanings of words?
I know this has been brought up at least once before, but I thought with Christmas gone, we could bring this up again? So if you learn words for Countdown, do you learn the meanings as well? As you already know, I don't. It's not particularly that meanings don't interest me because they do, it's si...
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:56 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
Do you have any game recommendations Michael? So far my list would include: Burnout Paradise Crazy Taxi 3 Dead Rising Grand Theft Auto IV Marble Blast Ultra Midnight Club 3 Midtown Madness 3 Mr Driller Online Pac-Man CE Paperboy Portal: Still Alive Sonic Unleashed Texas Hold 'Em Uno When we're not ...
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 60/61 Wannabes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3991
Re: Series 60/61 Wannabes
What's the ruling on going on Countdown twice? I thought it was a big fat no, but I've been confused since I discovered that Junaid had been on before... EDIT: Why am I on here when I could be in bed while Santa delivers my pressies? :roll: I think you have to have been young and lost your first sh...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:34 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Best screenshot
- Replies: 144
- Views: 28614
Re: Best screenshot
A few I collected in recent weeks, only just got round to uploading- http://www.nebagram.co.uk/images/shittingoneself.PNG Practice game (hence the screenshot instead of a recap) of an unlimited csw game against Rex. http://www.nebagram.co.uk/images/lovely.PNG Who says Ann Widdecombe isn't classy? ht...
Re: Anagrams
Where did I put my COLIN 2006 spreadsheet? Oh wait, right here.
Soo Reams: Ass Romeo
Gary Male: Real Gamy
Jon Corby: Cry on Job
-and my favourite-
Dan Vanniasingham: Man's hand in Vagina
Soo Reams: Ass Romeo
Gary Male: Real Gamy
Jon Corby: Cry on Job
-and my favourite-
Dan Vanniasingham: Man's hand in Vagina
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:06 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: bots 2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1057
Re: bots 2
Um, you challenge them.Eoin.V.Monaghan wrote:how do you play apterous plum,prune etc. coz when i log on no challenges from the bots come up
why do i always hav problems with apterous?
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:06 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
Portal: Still Alive Okay, you get to live another year. :D There's someone on YouTube called Zach aka funny1allways and he does a playthough of Portal and it's just so funny. Another game that looks good is Mirror's Edge and I would also probably get Sonic Unleashed as it's different to the Wii ver...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is Countdown a 'guilty pleasure'?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4558
Re: Is Countdown a 'guilty pleasure'?
And yet watching Deal or No Deal is something people gain credibility for watching. Credibility among whom? The other morons who watch it. As for me, I've always liked the show, and when I applied and passed the audition it did gain me a bit of popularity amongst my school friends, but these were p...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:19 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
Okay, you get to live another year.Joseph Bolas wrote:Portal: Still Alive
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
Fair enough, top ten xbla games coming up-Joseph Bolas wrote:Don't do that, I appreciate the recommendations
Banjo-Kazooie
Castlevania:SOTN
Carcassonne
Marble Blast Ultra
Pac-Man CE
SWoS
Sonic 2
Space Giraffe
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Remix
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 HD
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:26 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
As for my top ten games... Fallout 3 Oblivion Rock Band 2 Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts Crackdown Orange Box Bioshock PGR4 GTA4 (overrated IMO, nowhere near as good as san andreas) Call of Duty 5 Out of that list, I would probably only buy GTA4 :D. Given you have the universally dreadful Fuzion Fr...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:56 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
Burnout Paradise Dead Rising Fuzion Frenzy 2 Grand Theft Auto IV Midnight Club 3 Midtown Madness 3 GTA IV is complete ownage (on PS3 anyway). [ After Countdown, of course. I'm not even going to go into how Kai got his hands on an 18-rated game but it's miles better on 360 than on PS3, AND has exclu...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:53 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 178045
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:46 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
In all seriousness though, yes I do own a 360, have done since launch and not regretted it. Xbox Live Arcade is vastly superior to Playstation Network and WiiWare/Virtual Console in terms of the quantity and quality of downloadable games, and now they're started adding Xbox Community games too (JB, ...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65845
Re: Official thread of scrag
I really shouldn't be posting this, but is John Bradley the only person to have 'lost' to The Duellist? http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=11959 Hell no, not even close. Can't recall specific cases off the top of my head but a few people have blanked entire duels before. In the old days, tho...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:38 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: XBOX 360
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3191
Re: XBOX 360
Kai's quite right, don't get a PS3.Kai Laddiman wrote:Don't. PS3.Joseph Bolas wrote:I am staring a topic on the XBOX 360, as I plan to own one after Christmas
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:03 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6889
Re: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
This looked like it was really fun- kudos to Charlie for the organisationing, here's hoping next time I'll be well enough to participate!
Re: Strictly
To be fair the couples, in my mind, finished in order of the quality of their showdances. Compated to previous efforts, Lisa's was lifeless and dull. Rachel's was exciting, but not anything we hadn't seen before, say from the likes of Mark Ramprakash or Alesha Dixon. Tom's, however, was truly uniqu...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Happy Christmas From The Countdown Team
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4625
Re: Happy Christmas From The Countdown Team
Merry Christmas to all the production crew- keep up the good work in 2009!
- Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:56 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: December's Daily Duels
- Replies: 132
- Views: 13002
Re: December's Daily Duels
http://www.apterous.org/duelresults.php?duel=169
Get in. Shame I can't make it two in a row, I'm so screwed up with flu I can barely see the screen.
Get in. Shame I can't make it two in a row, I'm so screwed up with flu I can barely see the screen.
Re: Strictly
To be fair the couples, in my mind, finished in order of the quality of their showdances. Compated to previous efforts, Lisa's was lifeless and dull. Rachel's was exciting, but not anything we hadn't seen before, say from the likes of Mark Ramprakash or Alesha Dixon. Tom's, however, was truly unique...
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 92901
Re: CountMax errors
Cock-up in the recap then. :p (which admittedly I wrote)Kirk Bevins wrote:Cus there is no E, you muppet.Ben Wilson wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=3675
Pouter was disallowed in this one (and thank you Charlie for choosing my best game to kick my arse in :p) despite the fact it's in the ODE2r.
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum Decorum
- Replies: 78
- Views: 10111
Re: Forum Decorum
Charlie takes a very admirable stance on the issue of censorship, and never is he more benevolent than when a forum member's mode of expression happens to involve fat babies. For example, instead of purging my avatar outright like a true dictator would, Charlie has dedicated to me a custom-made ava...
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:19 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 92901
Re: CountMax errors
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=3675
Pouter was disallowed in this one (and thank you Charlie for choosing my best game to kick my arse in :p) despite the fact it's in the ODE2r.
Pouter was disallowed in this one (and thank you Charlie for choosing my best game to kick my arse in :p) despite the fact it's in the ODE2r.
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:52 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Item Request
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4178
Item Request
All the new features do indeed rock. :) I'm thinking there are a few items missing from the list of collectables though. As a few people mentioned at the coc, getting a Rex on a stick by hammering him in a conundrum attack is all well and good, but beating him in a 9 or 15 rounder deserves special r...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:47 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 178045
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2009
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17902
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2009
And here's the new COLIN perpetual trophy, which the winner of COLIN 2009 will get to keep for a year- http://colin.nebagram.co.uk/DSC01076.JPG and a close up of the plate- http://colin.nebagram.co.uk/DSC01077.JPG What you can't make out as clearly are the inscriptions on the top 2 shields, the top ...
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum Decorum
- Replies: 78
- Views: 10111
Re: Forum Decorum
The thing is, forums like this actually contain specific filters that can be tweaked to change swear words into non-swearing, e.g. fuck->flip or bollocks->balls, that sort of thing. If it really becomes an issue, it can be controlled.
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:55 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6889
Re: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
Play Paul (Howe) first.Conor wrote:In?
Seriously.
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unusual first names -> dictionary valid.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 6091
Re: Unusual first names -> dictionary valid.
Doubly worrying at that was the name of a male Roman god.Martin Smith wrote:I met a girl called Jupiter a few years ago. That's the kind of name which makes me think hippies should be sterilised
EDIT: Is Jupiter even a word?
Can't help but feel for the children in this news story though.
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:23 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Strange Games
- Replies: 295
- Views: 33632
Re: Strange Games
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15179
Even with it being on csw, where bots are stronger, I don't think I've ever seen prune play so well.
Even with it being on csw, where bots are stronger, I don't think I've ever seen prune play so well.
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New Colour Scheme!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5004
Re: New Colour Scheme!
I'm running a 1280x960 resolution and I can just get them all on the same screen if I line it up perfectly. I have to admit, after the three minutes I've given it, the scheme is growing on me.
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The new and improved Danielle Appreciation Thread
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3989
Re: The new and improved Danielle Appreciation Thread
Just for the record I am NOT Dudley's daughter!!! And Corby, you really want my sling? Sure, but only if you haven't washed it. This pretty much goes for any garment from any female forummers by the way. Way to go to make a lady feel not very special any more. It's OK Danielle - I'll have it. Nah, ...
- Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Birthday music
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5315
Birthday music
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pCqkHbn9ANo
Yep, there is a reason I just posted a Duran Duran music video to c4c, and that's because this song was #1 in the British charts the day I was born. I think you can guess the theme I intend for this thread so I'll just pass it over to you.
Yep, there is a reason I just posted a Duran Duran music video to c4c, and that's because this song was #1 in the British charts the day I was born. I think you can guess the theme I intend for this thread so I'll just pass it over to you.
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:07 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6889
Re: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
Count me in, though I do have to question how a 'swiss paired round robin' would work.
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:19 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 178045
Re: Official Thread of Brag
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=14593
The only thing stopping this from being perfect on the letters is my shitty typing, therefore I'm claiming it anyways. Particularly as it's CSW. Even though the selections were piss-easy...
The only thing stopping this from being perfect on the letters is my shitty typing, therefore I'm claiming it anyways. Particularly as it's CSW. Even though the selections were piss-easy...
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:10 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: December's Daily Duels
- Replies: 132
- Views: 13002
Re: December's Daily Duels
I hereby claim the title of 12 days of Christmas duel champion. :p Though admittedly this is only because Paul (Howe) didn't play the 12th's.
...And yes, COASTWISE was a total guess. Pissed off about GAITED^ and ANTIHERO^ getting KOed by DC though.
...And yes, COASTWISE was a total guess. Pissed off about GAITED^ and ANTIHERO^ getting KOed by DC though.
- Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Variations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1496
Re: Countdown Variations
It's just a nightmare to host on MSN. Separate chat windows for all the players to send out hole cards, having to keep a running total of everyone's chips, getting people to act in turn, etc. Real life would be much quicker and easier to run. But the game did run surprisingly well; it was almost a ...
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Variations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1496
Re: Countdown Variations
Texas Hold'em Goatdown: Several people occupy a table, each is handed three letters that they keep hidden from the other players. Bets are placed. Then four letters are laid out on the table. Bets are placed again. Then the eighth and ninth letters are laid out, with betting taking place after each...
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 9th December, S59 QF4
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1562
Re: Tuesday 9th December, S59 QF4
Jo is fine, as are 2-letter words and, indeed, 1-letter 'words'.
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 11th December SF2
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3561
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 11th December SF2
Yay, I got 924 same way as Junaid. Bit disappointed EXONUMIA^ isn't ODE-friendly though (and it doesn't take an S in Collins anyway, it already being a plural).
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Rachel Riley Unveiled.
- Replies: 141
- Views: 19389
Re: Rachel Riley Unveiled.
Please tell me this wasnt the Monday night after i rushed home, please no. Fear not, it was Tuesday evening. Still though, dammit- next time I'm going to remember to actually book more tickets, free up some more time and remember to bring more pants. :) Plenty of Scrabblers I could needle into appl...
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Damian Eadie- Miracle Worker
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3935
Re: Damian Eadie- Miracle Worker
Everything in this thread so far is true (with the possible exception of Stelling > Whiteley). Jeff and Rachel are the perfect pairing and series 60 will be utterly fantastic, if the c of c recordings were anything to go by.
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:07 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Hypercountdown
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2855
Re: Hypercountdown
Haven't had an alphaconundrum puzzle in ages, now I come to think of it. Hyperalphagoatconundrum puzzle would be even better. Snap to it, Cullen (or whoever it was who did it last time out).
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:47 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: December's Daily Duels
- Replies: 132
- Views: 13002
Re: December's Daily Duels
Today's (Thursday's) duel was friggin' awesome. More like that in future please.
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite Word
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3273
Re: Favourite Word
Got another two, both played by my mate Martin (not Gardner) at Scrabble and both ODE-friendly this time- SLUGABED, literally pronounced slug-a-bed, meaning a lazy git, and the triply darrenic TAIKONAUT, the Chinese equivalent of a western astronaut or a Russian cosmonaut.
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite Word
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3273
Re: Favourite Word
I have a couple that came up recently during Collins dictionary-based apterous play- KAIKAWAKA is a wonderfully obscure word the bloody thing threw me as a goatconundrum (dropping one of the Ks), and SEMPERVIVUM is a word I'm dying to play in scrabble, preferably around PERV.
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:08 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: December's Daily Duels
- Replies: 132
- Views: 13002
Re: December's Daily Duels
There was a Java update the other day, maybe it's something to do with that? Mine's been a bit funny since about then. Like the edges of windows flashing in a sort of yellow or brown colour and lots of exclamation marks in triangles. That's happened to me since the Java update, but I've had no free...
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:07 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Hypercountdown
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2855
Re: Hypercountdown
I'm sure there's been a round with a max of 6 in the past, and possibly a 5. Theoretically a max of 4 could quite easily be fixed with shite enough letters, dunno about a 3 though.Kai Laddiman wrote:Just out of interest, what do you reckon the lowest max in a Hypercountdown letters round has been?
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 10th December SF1
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6489
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 10th December SF1
Got the final R this time. (nearly NOTARIZED in the IONIZER round)
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Charlie Reams and Dr. Phil Hammond
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2835
Re: Charlie Reams and Dr. Phil Hammond
Ha...'Charlie Reams' is an anagram of 'I smear Rachel'. :lol: Also 'Junaid Mubeen' becomes 'u mundane jibe' (although that is not as good). 'Kai Laddiman' - 'I am a kind lad' :D Well, Charlie's anagram is a lot better than if he were still called Soo. ;) (Ass Romeo, in case you werw wondering :D)
- Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th December QF4
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4347
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th December QF4
I'm just bracing myself for Jo Brand's persistent, "I've got a 7", followed by an ever sooooo funny ( NOT! ) explanation of the "meaning" of the "word." Surely Des and Carol could have got a better guest for their final week. Final week, perhaps, but there is a... diff...
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Official CoC speculation thread
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4767
Re: Official CoC speculation thread
That's enough speculating for now.
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Championship of Champions - The real draw
- Replies: 59
- Views: 7067
Re: Championship of Champions - The real draw
I must say I had a fabulous day today. Thanks to everyone who always make trips to the studios great fun. It was good to meet some new faces who I've apterousised with recently and it was good to see the old faces again. It was also nice to bump into Kate Horton. I'm so excited about the new year a...
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:50 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: December's Daily Duels
- Replies: 132
- Views: 13002
Re: December's Daily Duels
Today's duel was so evil it makes Zef look like St. Frigging Francis of Frigging Assisi. That is all.
- Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:53 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65845
Re: Official thread of scrag
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=14101
Quite easily the worst I have ever played in recent memory. Despite the difficulty of the last two spots.
Quite easily the worst I have ever played in recent memory. Despite the difficulty of the last two spots.