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DaveC

Jon Corby wrote: DaveC wrote: Anyone fancy doing an Okey-Doke count for Friday's game, just out of curiosity. Oh Jesus Christ. I agree with Jon. I know there has been a thread before about how often Des said okay-doke, but I thought that no-one cared any more, especially since now he is leaving. On...

DaveC

Hiyo,

Anyone fancy doing an Okey-Doke count for Friday's game, just out of curiosity.

Stick your spoilers here... much that I'll have spotted them all during the game anyway, haha .... oink, oink, flap, flap!

DC

DaveC

Hiyo,

Bit surprised our new champion didn't seem anything like as strong today as yesterday. I was a bit surprised to find myself miles ahead after the first 6 rounds, he beat me yesterday.

See what tomorrow brings. Three equallers from me this time.

R1: ARBITERS
R3: SURNAME
R12: JENNETS

DC

DaveC

Hiyo, I recall an occasion where a band on stage became aware that there were plain clothes police in amongst the crowd. They promptly announced it then "dedicated a couple of tunes to them", they did The Bill followed by the Crimewatch theme. Two men.... (not Elvis)... left the building. DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 5th September 2008 In the event of any errors or omissions E-Mail me on diabolusdc *at* hotmail *dot* com had a few issues with the weather on this one, but I think everything is there. C1: Champion : DEBBI FLACK (3 wins) C2: challenger : DECLAN LYONS DC: Susie Dent and An...

DaveC

Hiyo,

Did anyone fully catch R12? A moment of bad weather scrambled things. I've mostly got it.

R12: Y O T N I ?????? a D and another N and an E, something else.
Dec: TINNED (6)
Debbi: ??? (6)
Corner: INTEND (6)
OT: INDENT (6)

I got TINY for 4 during the time, haha.

DC

DaveC

Pretty much, I'd seen the misspell somewhere and presumed it was a separate word. Pleased with the spot though regardless of the daft route.

DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 29th August 2008 In the event of any errors or omissions E-Mail me on diabolusdc *at* hotmail *dot* com C1: Champion : ALEX HORNE (3 wins) C2: challenger : TOM WHITE DC: Susie Dent and Arthur Smith CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers ...

DaveC

Couple for today.

MURIATES in R2: Notable anagram of AMERITUS which I thought was a word, but isn't apparently.
REBURIES in R9
FEMALE and FOALED as equallers for R11

DC

DaveC

You sneaky bastard Howard! You caught me during one of my random bouts of catatonic schizophrenia. I look like a spread-eagle doing a shit! You were weren't you? Does my bum look big in this...haha. http://picasaweb.google.com/howards46/CoNot2008/photo?authkey=Hlfat5cbv24#5227642678270512882 Wow! O...

DaveC

Here it is.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2460434/Carol-Vorderman-quits-Countdown.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2460783/Countdowns-future-is-uncertain-after-Carol-Vorderman-and-Des-OConnor-depart.html Sounds like a job for the nebagram DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 25th July 2008 C1: Champion : SAMIRA MOHAMED (1 win) C2: challenger : STEPHEN COLLINS DC: Susie Dent and John Sergeant CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: R A O E D N ...

DaveC

WRAITH in R4,

not a beater or a max but a great word I think.

DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 18th July 2008 C1: Champion : CHRIS DAVIES (1 win) C2: challenger : MARGARET TARONI DC: Susie Dent and Rick Wakeman CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: E I O N Z R G M...

DaveC

Hiyo, Is it just me or was that game a touch on the dodgy side. R2 he declares "6 not written down", Des then went to Pat who presumably had hers written down, Peter goes "Lemons as well". Was a bit taken on trust that. With at least five 8's available (I had MANLIEST and AILMENT...

DaveC

I really liked this game, more so than the average. Good quality contestants and a battle all the way. A reasonably lively set of letters, the odd difficult maximum and a crucial conundrum on the end.

On the buzz of 6 seconds it looked all over, but no, the champion falls.

Great stuff.

DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 11th July 2008 C1: Champion : PATRICIA JAMIESON (4 wins) C2: challenger : PAT HICKS DC: Susie Dent and Lynda Baron CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: R W T K O I E T ...

DaveC

I saw HELOTISM and I know it's only an equaller but I had SCROTAL in the last letters round which is the type of word you tend to come up with if you watch Countdown in your undies. Annoyingly I'd remembered that if HOMIEST and HOLIEST are there there is an 8, but couldn't recall the word. SCROTAL ...

DaveC

Formula One - I normally win playing along at home as well. Eh? you normally drive faster than them? How? I occasionally watch Snooker, regularly watch boxing and stuff that's fighting arts related. Got bored by F1 but I sometimes do watch the start then go back for the last few minutes. Got a bit ...

DaveC

Hiyo,

We're in novelty land with the numbers again. Alas I didn't quite pull either of these off inside 30 seconds. Multiplication speed is letting me down a bit, I'm sure others could say the same.

R10: (75+10-3)*7-9+1=566

R14: ((75/5)+((10-8)*7))*6 = 174

Dave C

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 4th July 2008 C1: Champion : NEIL MACKENZIE (4 wins) C2: challenger : CHRIS MORGAN DC: Susie Dent and Barry Norman CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: T W E I P N E O ...

DaveC

Karen Pearson wrote:I don't suppose you can have PARODISM can you?

Nope, nice try though.

DC

DaveC

R4: PARTISAN, I find somehow easier to spot than ASPIRANT

Bit disappointed my INDORSED wasn't the max but there we go.

DC

DaveC

Or FRANCHISED perhaps...? FRANCHISED was what I had in mind. SUPERACID being before a numbers round. I put "fancies" to hint which round. I left another little game in the review.. From the letters of R11: S B T C E I O L P replace any letter of your choice with A and there are 8's availa...

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 27th June 2008 C1: Champion : LEE SIMMONDS (2 wins) C2: challenger : JOHN HURST DC: Susie Dent and Ken Bruce CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: M H R T A E A R I R02:...

DaveC

I happened to notice today that if you take all the letters of one of the rounds and the first letter from the next round there is a 10 letter word available. See if anyone "fancies" chewing on that one.

DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 20th June 2008 *** SERIES FINAL *** C1: Champions chair : David O'Donnell (No. 1 seed. 10 out of 10 wins, average 107 points per game, 7/10 conundrums solved) C2: challengers chair : Richard Priest (No. 6 seed. 8 out of 9 wins, average 99 points per game, 5/9 conundrums so...

DaveC

Personally I think it's better to mark the length of every word listed Dave, although it's not the end of the world if you don't; I'm a bit dubious about the value of saying whether words are allowed in Scrabble, because this isn't Scrabble, it's Countdown... then again, I know lots of 'crossover' ...

DaveC

R8 : AURORAS

20 years of interest in astronomy comes good at last.

DC

DaveC

Not sure if this was actually an invitation for feedback It was, what people like or don't like is useful. No point wasting time adding stuff nobody wants. That's why the stats thing disappeared. I'm not actually a Scrabble player but I do think it's relevant when a disallowed word is good for Scra...

DaveC

Tough selection! Yup even with the two 1's included. ;) haha. Sometimes when I spot the odd mistake in a review I tend to send the person a quick E-mail so they can correct it without it's ever being there entering public domain. Seems nicer that way... just a thought. Good job Dave O'D's infallibl...

DaveC

Hiyo, I'd definitely add my vote to keeping things as they are. I think we all agree that I'm not a top player, I'd half near die of shock if I came out in the top half at the competition. The fact is we all have the opportunity if we happen to play well. Chance for a bit of giant killing from those...

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 13th June 2008 SECOND QUARTER FINAL GAME C1: In the champions chair : Peter Davies (No. 7 seed. 6 wins, 642 points) C2: In the challengers chair : Michael MacDonald-Cooper (No. 2 seed. 8 wins, 780 points) DC: Susie Dent and Alastair Stewart CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other wo...

DaveC

100 6 2 9 1 10 T: 550

(9*6+1)*10 = 550 (didn't use the 2 or the 100)
(100+10)*((9+1)/2) = 550 (didn't use the 6)
(100+10)*(6-1) = 550 (didn't use the 9)
(100+10)*(9-6+2) = 550 (didn't use the 1)
(100-9+1)*6-2 = 550 (didn't use the 10)

DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 6th June 2008 The anniversary of the Normandy Landings and Britain's oldest man's 112th birthday. Following Jonathan Coles 8th win yesterday there is no champion, but two challengers. C1: In the champions chair : Neil Sneddon C2: In the challengers chair : Tim Marsh DC: Su...

DaveC

R13 UNIFACE

A coin where one side has the design on, the other side is blank. Common in test pieces I believe.

DC

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 30th May 2008 C1: Champion Jonathan Coles, ( 3 wins, 290 points, 2/3 conundrums ) C2: Challenger Simon Jackson * * Simon is a trainee secondary school teacher. Apart from that he seems to be in otherwise good health. DC: Susie Dent and Tom O'Connor CV: Carol Vorderman OT: ...

DaveC

Hiyo,

R14 alternative, seemed the more natural way to go.

(25-4) x ( 7 x 2 + 1 )

R5 in a novelty way...

( 75 x 10 ) / 5 = 150 - 6 + 1

The corner was certainly on top form today.

DC

DaveC

So where do you lot get your anagram shufflers from? Who in everyday language uses Percoid? Unless you're a fisherman that is. Charlie Reams wrote a little program that does the searches against a dictionary by Jim Bentley. In times gone by I'd have thought about coming up with a version that uses ...

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 23rd May 2008 C1: Champion Barbara Cleggett, 1 win C2: Challenger Lee Bailey DC: Susie Dent and Richard Digance CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: D G R O E G N A E R...

DaveC

Hiyo, I think we are on a downward spiral to sillysville if we start feeling apologetic for posting beaters. ENEMA is nothing to feel washed out about at all. Keep the beaters flowing out when you spot them. Any Friday beaters get a little credit in the review as usual. The forum does understand tha...

DaveC

Hiyo, I've quickly worked out (but not checked) the max today as being 151. According to my little spreadsheet the end stats are... WINNER.. Rounds Won = 5 Rounds Drawn = 6 Rounds Lost = 4 Rounds Max Scored = 2 % of Max scored = 40.4% Raw Score = 68 % of Max Raw = 45.0% LOSER.. Rounds Won = 4 Rounds...

DaveC

R9: S N O R E I D O L

Yup, Snore Idol. That pretty much sums up my view of just about anything with Simon Cowell in it.

DC

DaveC

1. David O'Donnell (8 wins, 880 points) 2. Michael MacDonald-Cooper (8 wins, 780 points) 3. Tim Reypert (8 wins, 773 points) 4. Jonathan Coles (8 wins, 746 points) 5. Barry Smith (7 wins, 648 points) 6. Richard Priest (6 wins, 697 points) 7. Peter Davies (6 wins, 642 points) 8. Ben Hanks (6 wins, 58...

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 16th May 2008 C1: Champion Ross Watt, 1 win C2: Challenger Ben Simmons DC: Susie Dent and Martin Jarvis CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: T D G B A U E A R R02: N T ...

DaveC

R2 alternative DOPAMINE
R6 equaller RAPTURE

R14 a round the world way of reaching JB's slicker solution.

100- (75/25) = 97

7- (50/10) = 2

97 x 2 = 194.

R10 the 945 was reachable via...
100+25*7= 875+75=950-5

I threw it at the solver and that's as close as it's possible to get.

DC

DaveC

Hiyo, For anyone interested, the planet Mercury is currently in an excellent position for evening viewing. It follows the sun into the horizon. Best viewing time I think is about an hour after the sun has gone down, when the first stars are becoming visible. It's a fair bit to the left of where the ...

DaveC

Ben Wilson wrote: I imagine everyone's thought about this at some point. I hope so, anyway. I can't say I have Ben, but then I don't have good taste in music Perhaps you could share it with us, and let us be the judge of that. I very much doubt that my list above appeals to all that many people who...

DaveC

David O'Donnell wrote:NATURISM and TIRAMISU

Somehow I knew those would be laid bare fairly quickly.

PLUMBAGO

David O'Donnell wrote:Awesome spot from both the contestants!

Yes, playing from home I felt sure I had 8 points over them with that one, alas no. Good standard game, running close all the way. Great stuff.

DC

DaveC

Keith + Orville, haha. Alastair Campbell and Chris Barrie, so we could see them outside their usual roles. Alastair Campbell is very witty so I've been told. Richard Wilson (of One Foot in the Grave fame) Melanie Sykes.... you'd have Des & Mel all over again. Comedy out-takes to follow for sure....

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 9th May 2008 C1: Champion Peter Davies (6 wins) C2: Challenger Don Gill DC: Susie Dent and Jennie Bond.. CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: N T R A I I M W U R02: S E...

DaveC

Bringing chaos to the masses... Vocals/Rhythm Guitar : Ihsahn - of Emperor, Peccatum, now mostly solo - distinctly classical leanings to go with all the crazy stuff. Here's Emperor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIea3I7Pix4 Lead Guitar/Backing Voc : Chuck Schuldiner - of Death/Control Denied - alas ...

DaveC

Ginger Jono wrote:Caroline is actually valid, I seem to remember. Is it a cake? Don't think its pluralisable though.

I don't see it in the dictionary...

I wonder could someone order multiples of them in a restaurant..

DC

DaveC

Hiyo. I occasionally encounter unusual names that are also valid words for Countdowners... Apart from the obvious Victoria, May, June, loads of girls names that are flowers, and occasionally fruits so I wondered what other examples people have encountered. .. and have encountered a person called Vir...

DaveC

Carol misheard the selection for one of his letters in the second letters round. As his second letter choice in that round, he asked for a vowel and Carol gave him a consonant. Nope, I would disagree on both points.. Firstly during the second round he first asks for a consonant, "then another&...

DaveC

Countdown recap for Friday 2nd May 2008 C1: Champion Peter Davies, (1 win) C2: Challenger Andy Fawcett DC: Susie Dent and Keith Barron.. CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions. DC: Appearing in numbers rounds is my solution. GS: Generated solution (numbers round) R01: R S W E I A T P E R02...

DaveC

Hiyo.

For R1 alternatives..

FRAILTY, FLOATER

FLOATER + "I" hmmm.

DC

DaveC

Hiyo,

R8: ANCESTRY as a beater..

I'd been exploring someone's ancestry just before playing... that might have helped.

DC

DaveC

Brackets appear after the scoring word(s) from the contestants, plus maxes from DC. I think. Yup, that would be it. This approach in my view adds a little clarity when it is being scanned quickly. Except always adding the (x) for a disallowed word or solution... just to rub it in.. nah.. just to cl...

DaveC

Very well spotted Mr Reams... and I thought the mysterious absence of any OT when there's only one to be found would be subtle enough to pass everyone by. Not so obviously. It had to be an error or omission that didn't impact the integrity of the review, that's the difficult bit. It may be observed ...

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