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At a Co-event the conundrum is revealed and P1 buzzes in straight away to say "I think that the answer is <CORRECT ANSWER>". P2 protests that P1 stalled for 2 seconds or so to buy time to find the correct answer, and that P1 should have been timed out. You are the ref. (This is a PSA to sa...

You could take it further the other way and have letters like the numbers with players picking. 4 consonants and 3 vowels come up. And then the choosing player of the pair picks C or V. A consonant and vowel both come up. And then the same happens for the 9th letter. Are you suggesting that CCCCVVV...

I thought about the best possible selection and 25 50 75 100 9 8 2 7 10 5 has 14 impossible 4L games only, with every other selection/target combo solvable exactly.

There are several impossible targets with 100 75 50 25 1 1 2 2 3 3 as the selection such as 557, 896, 907.

I also think that the 6TB situation was unusual and would rather keep TBs the way things are for now. PODAGROUS, LOINCLOTH, HIFALUTIN, PREFATORY were from the harder choices in the file and DEODORANT not that easy either. Then CROCODILE from the easier section sorted the match out fine, and the conu...

CItizen Kane is certainly from an older tradition of filmmaking, but I'm intrigued why Jono finds it a tough watch. It has a pioneering investigative narrative that starts with Charles' death and the interviews and flashbacks build a picture of who he was. Plus the high-contrast deep focus visuals ...

I think a nice feature would be to able to see the standings after 2,4,6 etc games to see how the leaderboard changed throughout the day. Only the current leaderboard is displayed at the moment.

But there are only 4 episodes of Shafted, so it would get rather tedious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafted

Ah yes, the answer is a treatment for the charitable cause the event is raising money for!

The Guardian in stars 27 and 30 of most paths plays at something like the standard of Apterous Prime, but can sometimes play a weaker game. Sometimes it decides to play like Rex and you have to live with that and accept your defeat! It's not meant to be straightforward and if you get too frustrated ...

I tend to sign up to events when I can book the transport (usually trains) and accommodation (if staying overnight) at the same time. Advance train tickets go on sale 2 months before event, so I'm not going to book before then unless it's a high demand event with limited space that is running out (L...

Apterous super choppy today (disconnects every minute or so).

Susie is right on poteens imo, poteen (and moonshine) refer to alcohol produced by illicit methods not a drink or beverage.

Truly a great penny drop moment!

A player accidentally hit the buzzer before the time started and only noticed when they went to buzz in properly with the correct solution after the clock had started. Was clear they buzzed first, but they wanted to play another con for fairness. Yes for the event policy, wrong spelling = no points;...

In Reading (Bristol Style) we tried one conundrum for each half of the room, with one half adjudicating while the other solved. I liked this and think this slight variation may be even better: 1.One conundrum for every fixture number 6 or lower, i.e. not in the first 10 places, conducted as usual wi...

What a spooktacular episode that was. I only wished the intro music was the Catsdown Lightning Round music though...the conundrum clock sound effects, I am amazed David managed to get that tough one despite all that distraction :P I'd imagine the conundrum sound effects were added after! Not sure t...

Apto has been down for around an hour now!

I do prefer an 8 game Lincoln and actually think there's a fair bit of difference between 6 and 8 games. With 6, almost always one person wins 6 and you either need to be that person or carefully manage your scores to get 2nd with a 5-1 record. With 8, 7 wins are probably good enough for the final a...

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2024 11:48 am What happened to those buskers on the London underground? There used to be set spots for them. I don't think I've seen one for ages.

I've seen buskers in both Leicester Square and Baker Street in the evening recently.

On the earlier subject of conundrum mishaps a piece of blu-tack or tape on the back of them to attach them to the table will stop the worst of the mishaps. Also giving them pre-folded should mitigate the "answer is visible" issue. I've wondered too if FOCAL could get some cheap (donated) A...

Callum Todd breaks into the American Christian film market, with a #7 hit last weekend:

I enjoyed this a lot, thank you Ben. I particularly liked how you could work out the harder rounds by interpolation. I spent a lot longer that expected trying to find the sign in R7 even though the site was obvious to me. I too scored 111- and rather suspect I dropped points in the same round(s) as ...

Martin Jarvis went on to play Harvey Freeman in EastEnders- which is an interesting Countdown coincidence.

I'm in! (payment recently sent to James)

TOLEWARE isn't listed as a mass noun (although the usages seem to suggest it may be one), so I guess TOLEWARES is valid.

Is Bradley an apterite under a psuedonym or one of the best non-apterites in recent memory? I'm not sure. I have an inkling that it's Matthew Brockwell, however correct me if I'm wrong. To end the speculation, I can confirm that Matthew Brockwell is my real name, and so is not anyone playing under ...

R6: ((3+9)x6-1)x10-3=707

OOSPHERE for a beater in the HOOPERS round.

STOMPIEST was available in R13. Well played today Jen, unlucky on missing out on the high score opportunity.

Gavin Chipper wrote:What's the best 4-large selection in terms of the most solvable targets? (I don't know the answer)

Charlie carried out some useful analysis of 4 large a while back here, which shows that 8 and 9 are the best pair, and answers many other questions you may have.

You are not the only one Marcus, I am still unable to get in too.

PARTITE for a beater in R2.