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If there's genuine discussion, then the thread can continue, but any further name-calling (including at James) and it gets canned.

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Damian has asked me to lock this thread, as the required spaces have now been filled.

Any discussions of the matches themselves can, as always, be found in the spoilers subforum.

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:17 pm
Get whoever does the calendar to set the teasers, outsource that.

*Nods*

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:49 pm

Ian Volante wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:25 pm
Martin Jarvis as host, and go back to nine-rounders so he can talk more.
When he just read out passages from Just William, it was probably the laziest and most arrogant thing a DC guest has ever done.

I'd argue the time he read out 'Mrs Worthington' as a dramatic poem tops that.

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One thing I've been wondering- who's played the most number of old 15 rounders without having ever played any other format? I'd be surprised if it wasn't Jack Hurst. Similarly, who's played the most number of old 9 rounders without having ever played any other format, including 14 rounders or master...

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Morning all So, at last, I can finally announce that for one year only, COLIN is going to be held on the last weekend in May, namely the 29th and the 30th of May. The halls have been rebooked, but I'm not quite yet ready to start taking entries just yet. The announcement on Tuesday about new restric...

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So, it turns out January may have been a little optimistic. Five months from now things may be better, they may not, but right now things are pretty dire. A maximum of 27 entries at both events, social distancing in place and no concrete plan on how to do a Lincoln-style event that isn't prohibitive...

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So, a quick update. I've spoken to the Memorial Hall as well, and their maximum capacity is also 30 . As this includes me (obviously) it means that the maximum capacity for both events in January, as it stands right now, is 27 each. Also, both venues have said there'll be restrictions on refreshment...

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Having spoken to the Ark, at the present time, the maximum number allowed for the Saturday event is 30 . No news on the Sunday event, I'm hoping to speak to the Memorial Hall tomorrow so will have news then, and will hopefully have some idea of prices by the weekend. Still trying to figure out how t...

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The thought of anyone 'not being happy' is so laughable. Suck it up, seriously. I'd be amazed if Nick, Susie or Rachel are upset about it. Anyone who is upset from a viewer perspective, especially in terms of the competition etc. (is it a special, is it not, octoruns blah blah blah), need to get a ...

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Gyles surely had the longest continuous run sometime in the eighties?

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Ladies and gentlemen, the oldest co-event on the calendar is back! ...Hopefully. Probably. Maybe. See the posts dated 8/9/2020 and 24/9/2020 for further details. Safe to say the details below are a bit out of date. With the world in the situation it's in at the moment, it's hard to know exactly what...

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Just finishing a binge watch of Black Books, having had the DVD on my shelf for at least ten years. Very funny show.

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So last night I had a weird one. Essentially, I was in a hotel where the Sheffield-based band Bring Me the Horizon were playing a social-distancing friendly concert. The hotel was shaped like a hollow square with a massive garden in the middle where the band were playing, and everyone was meant to r...

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Touché.

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Graeme Cole + messy hair + sideburns=

(Supergrass front man Gaz Coombes btw)

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It's also worth pointing out that this isn't the first time people have talked about this.

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Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:23 am
It would be absolutely ridiculous if this passed.

^This.

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Inspired by the fact that today's c4c birthdays include someone who's 28 and who's 56 (not to mention the fact that I'm on a lot of painkillers right now) I'm wondering how many successful players' (defined as octochamps or finalists) debuts are exactly twice/half as 'old' as that of another success...

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James S Roper wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 27, 2020 10:14 am
I think I've cracked it. That was good fun! Once you realise a couple of important tricks it falls into place quite beautifully.

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'd be interested to see if your solution was identical to mine and which tricks in particular you used.

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 23, 2020 1:56 am
i'll do this tomorrow or whenever I'm Ben Wilson but I hope you included the lincoln bra lady. Definitely the highlight of the walk from hykeham station to the fox. Fuck I miss colin[

Quoted for posterity!

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Evening all. For my second attempt at a quiz no one will attempt, here's a Google Earth based one. The goal is to get from the shop named Countdown (no really) to the COLIN venue, identifying all 25 stops along the way. There are no ridiculous detours or doubling back on yourself, you should be able...

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Had an odd one last night in which Paul Anderson was hosting a Zoomdown match between me and someone on the International Space Station (alternatively, it was Paul on the space station).

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Callum Todd wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:35 am
C4c > twitter.

Change my mind.

To the best of my knowledge, Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins don't have accounts on here, and neither do any of their toxic followers, so I'm inclined to agree with you there.

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https://youtu.be/DWfTilQo8fI

That is all.

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Goodbye.

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Thread locked for obvious reasons.

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Here's my newest thing. Inside this zip file is a 15x15 grid and 56 tetrominoes. The goal is to place all the tetrominoes on the grid so that it will have 4 fold rotational symmetry and 4 axes of reflection. You can rotate each tetromino as needed, but you can't flip them to use their mirror image. ...

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And

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This thread was made for me. :-D The obvious first answer has to be the A-Team. Single greatest TV intro of all time. Knight Rider is also great, and Street Hawk (and it's awesome theme by Tangerine Dream) is an often overlooked classic. For something a bit more modern, Mad Men would be a brilliant ...

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...And this thread has outlived its usefulness. Ashton, take all the advice in this thread to heart. Mull on it. Talk it over with your parents, with friends, with someone. But take a lot of time to think before returning, if you decide to return. Find another hobby- one you like as much as Countdow...

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Martin Hurst wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 24, 2020 6:11 pm
1) The song played at the start of Only Fools and Horses is a completely different song than the song played during the end credits.

https://youtu.be/yaCg93od-qY just wait until you hear the original theme.

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Presumably they're choosing the 30BC over the supreme championship as they still have a 45 minute timeslot to fill?

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This thread outlived its usefulness about a minute after it was started.

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I had a weird chest infection around the end of February too, was given antibiotics and didn't think anything further of it, was told it couldn't possible be COVID as I hadn't come into contact with anyone with it. Fast forward to this weekend just gone, I've got an elevated temperature and my sens...

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I had a weird chest infection around the end of February too, was given antibiotics and didn't think anything further of it, was told it couldn't possible be COVID as I hadn't come into contact with anyone with it. Fast forward to this weekend just gone, I've got an elevated temperature and my sense...

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Oh, Goat letters, right?

(Apologies if everyone else has already figured that out)

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Think we can safely tuck this topic away now.

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Take it from someone with experience- don't make any announcements until you have a date and a venue confirmed.

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I called the Raven bar in Glasgow yesterday, and they confirm they have no events booked in for the 13th of March next year.

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Either way, I think this topic is surplus to requirements.

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Can I help you Grandma and Grampa. You can if you want mate I’ll talk to your mummy and daddy before we give you a job. It was my mum who told me to ask you Grampa. Can I write some conundrums for you ? Odd that you'd need to communicate this way considering that all your posts come from the same I...

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This thread has outlived its usefulness.

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'Do you wanna build a snowman' has the same number of syllables as 'teenage mutant ninja turtles'.

Edit: and 'harder better faster stronger'.

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Sixteen years of results from sixteen years of COLINs, includes the final score of ever game, every final table, and plenty more for those of us obsessed with facts and figures. Almost as much of a COLIN tradition as Matt placing his fingertips on his head, Mark and Graeme's recursive portrait and t...

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Bullseye but with Kirk Bevins in place of Tony Green.

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Could it be a thing to extend this to CO-events too, i.e. if you've played someone in an official event, it counts as the same as playing someone in a TV appearance? I don't even know if there's a consistent set of records for all the events (although I know Ben has detailed results at least). Or d...

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COLIN_XVI_HANGOVER STANDINGS Players are ranked by wins, then points. P W Pts 1 Jack Worsley 4 4 279 2 James Haughton 4 4 232 3 Callum Todd 4 4 230 4 Bradley Horrocks 4 4 215 5 Thomas Carey 4 3 255 6 Thomas Cappleman 4 3 250 7 Paul Worsley 4 3 244 8 Jennifer Steadman 4 3 235 9 Toby Pereira 4 3 226 1...

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And the COLIN champion, winning a double max game 72-62, is Jonathan Wynn!

Full results after the hangover (and the pub) tomorrow.

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COLIN_XVI STANDINGS Players are ranked by wins, then points. P W Pts 1 Jonathan Wynn 6 6 377 2 Jack Worsley 6 5 423 3 Callum Todd 6 5 385 4 Thomas Cappleman 6 5 375 5 Rob Foster 6 5 372 6 Eddy Byrne 6 5 369 7 Dinos Sfyris 6 5 356 8 Conor Travers 6 4 372 9 Graeme Cole 6 4 362 10 Jon O'Neill 6 4 359 1...

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3 days to go and we have another COLIN newbie in Tim Hebbes! That brings us up to 9 players making their COLIN debut this weekend, the same as last year. The last time the number of debutants reached double figures was in 2014. Just saying.

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5 days to do and COLIN debutant Ned Pendleton brings numbers to 44 for the Saturday and 33 for the Sunday, and as neat as those numbers look, there's always room for some more! Seeds have been updated as well. A quick reminder that seeds for the Sunday will as always be based on finishing positions ...

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One I had a couple of days ago had a start and a middle I can't remember, but at some point, I end up driving Gevin's car, and repeatedly stalling it before eventually getting the hang of it and merging into the fast lane of a motorway at about 85mph. Even though the car is left hand drive and I mer...

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I was walking down Lincoln high street once and saw Danny Cowley walking toward me giving me the evils.

I also got the evils once from Jeremy Kyle but that was at the Countdown studios so shouldn't really count.

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Two players will be making their COLIN debuts this year, namely Paul Anderson and Rachel Perkins, and as they've brought our numbers up to 38, it's time for the annual outrage that is the seeding. Before you get too angry, new players are always placed slap bang in the middle of the field, people wh...

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28 entrants now.

The always controversial seeding list shall be posted when we hit 36 entries. As shall pictures of this year's prizes (assuming they ever get delivered)!

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Up to 26 entrants now with COLIN debutant Ben Mills joining his parents on both days!

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Happy new year, everyone! If you're still in need of a good calendar for the new year, those links above still work.

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In case no one saw it on Facebook here's another one I made. Shorter in scope this time, it's 175 cryptic (ish) clues, the answers to all of which are TV shows.

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Jesus... The article mentions he's in a psychiatric ward, and I really hope he gets all the help he needs, as judging by the article, he has a long, long way to go.

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