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Callum has an excellent story about PBUH, but I don't know how to attract his attention to get him to put it here.... This might summon him: It worked! Didn't even know that was a thing on c4c. So I had an R.E teacher at school who was very nervous about treating all things Islamic with the proper ...

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Any info on guest parking at the venue please?

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A family room for up to 4 people seems to cost £105 for both Friday and Saturday nights. Looking for 3 people to share with to bring costs down to just £26.25 per person. Let me know if interested.

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Was hard to find photos to demonstrate it (probably proving me wrong) but I've always thought that the Series 78 legend Philip Aston looks a bit like Juventus and Argentina star Paulo Dybala.

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Last year I did the Linford Wood parkrun instead of the Milton Keynes one. It's nearer to the venue in Wolverton and I went straight to the venue from the parkrun rather than going back to the Travelodge first. I might do the same again this year. It's just more convenient that way. What do other p...

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live stream video display (if it works!): https://www.twitch.tv/c_todd_95

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Full leaderboard: here Anyone who plays a high-score format in the challenge variant will gain 10 TGAHO points for participation. The top three will score additional points (90 for the winner, 65 for runner-up, and 40 for third place). The Great Apterous Hyper Off is now in the Grand Finals stage. T...

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] What's with all the Wales options then? What's with all two of the Wales options is that, similarly to how I think it would be cool to have a Goatdown event, I also think it would be cool to one day have a co:event in Wales. I confess to not holding a similar sentiment in regards to - say - Swind...

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A follow-up survey here to iron out some of the finer details, and catch any potential data missed in the first one.

Second survey

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Friday darts

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Thanks very much to everyone who has completed the survey so far (even Gavin). Just a few things to clarify that seem to have come up a few times in the comments: The reason for a third person at the table playing the role of host in the Bristol style 'Option 3' on Question 2 is to ensure the 9th le...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:49 pm Survey done.

I gathered. Some of those comments could only have been written by one person.

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Hello all. I have decided to hold a Goatdown co:event in 2020. The exact date and location are yet to be determined, as are the mechanics of how the game will be best played. This is where you come in. If you can find a minute or two to answer the following survey, it would really help me get an ide...

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Anyone else looking at flying to/from this event from/to Manchester?

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Not technically down but the electroshock response may be needed here: Apterous Rex and Prime are currently wreaking havoc on the server like anagramming Godzillas (Godzillae?). Intervention appears to be necessary.

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Hi Graeme, Please forgive me for asking a question motivated primarily out of self-interest, but I remember being told after my heat games that I was the first person to pick 6 small on all 16 opportunities during an 8-game heats run. I was wondering if you could give us an up-to-date breakdown of t...

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Beautiful words Noel.

Was a true pleasure to meet you. Hope you stick around; our acquaintance has been all too brief.

Much love.

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Had a really brilliant 3 day break in Salford. The whole Countdown team, production, presenting, and others, were amazing. Apologies if this appears to some to perpetuate a culture of anilingus on here, but the quality of all those people's work really does amaze me. Despite even all the apterous an...

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Will there be post-tourney boozing? Likely. The co:event will finish at 5:30pm and the post-event quiz at around 6:30pm so there will probably be some people in the pub by 6ish and many by 7ish. The pub of choice last year was The Bridgewater Arms in Cardigan Fields, and I suspect it will be so aga...

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I have been reminded of a big selling point for this event. There's a chippy down the road from the venue that people went to last year and it were reet good. Come to Co:Leeds so you can go to the chippy. As a point of balance, I didn't think all that much of the chippy. The service was slow, and w...

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I have been reminded of a big selling point for this event.

There's a chippy down the road from the venue that people went to last year and it were reet good. Come to Co:Leeds so you can go to the chippy.

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I'm probably going to do the Linkin parkrun before COLIN. Rumours suggest Giles and Zubair may also be doing it. Anyone else? If I'm not ill I may be tempted. Awesome. Have you registered and got a barcode? Yes. My printer was fucked prior to my first ever parkrun t'other week so officially this wo...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:36 pm I'm probably going to do the Linkin parkrun before COLIN. Rumours suggest Giles and Zubair may also be doing it. Anyone else?

If I'm not ill I may be tempted.

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ey up. what's the crack with parking at the hotel? do we have to register at reception or something or can we just park for free, no bullshit?

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You'll be there in spirit mate. Say hi to Gev for me.

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:45 pm Much more like it! Great searching. Hopefully my one's the freak. Could be tempted. Partly because I like you, partly because I want to make a pilgrimage to Northern Monk.

The brewery? That's one of the places I looked at as a venue last year.

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Well ain't that some shit. This, from a Saturday in December, is more like what I'd expect: http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/London/LDS/301217/0745/dep ~£20 each way, ~2h10m journey time. Not sure why that one took so long; it stopped in a couple more places but still that takes t...

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I kind of assumed it would be easier/quicker to get to Leeds from London. There's a shitton of poster adverts around Leeds from Virgin trains about how you can get from London to Leeds or vice versa in just over 2 hours, for about £20 each way. I see they haven't released any deets of tickets beyon...

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That's right, slagheaps: the third (and final?) instalment of Co:Leeds will occur in 2018, and it has been ingeniously monikered Co:LeedsLeedsLeeds in homage to a locally popular noughties football fanzine. Just call me Mr. Pop Culture. I say (and final?) above because currently I don't plan to reru...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:53 pm
Tony Atkins wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:18 pm we will stay out this year.

Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:53 pm In please.
The decision has already been made, Thomas.

somebody make a brexit joke

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James Laverty wrote:Ugh, think I'm going to have to miss out on the fun

u wot?

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'Ey up. After a very successful maiden event last year, Co:Leeds is back… and this time it’s psoralen. The second edition of Leeds’ favourite* anagrams-and-arithmetic tournament will take place on Saturday 1st April, 2017. It’s gonna be proper dench. First, the key details: When? Saturday 1st April ...

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PS Would there be a skype meal? Or would there just be a, say, 1/2 hour break in the thing? Something like this , presumably. What about for you Gev? Is there a vegetarian option on the internet menu? As for Co:Apterous: I very much considered it to be, and intended it as, an apterous tourney in th...

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Mark James wrote:Yep, it's tough. Only got a pathetic 25.

You'd have come third out of six at my local then, and they were all in teams so for a solo effort that's pretty damn good. Even teams of 5 at Co:Leeds, with some good quizzers in attendance, scored between 35.5 and 43.5 so you're not far off.

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This spreadsheetcontains all the scores and final standings from Co:Leeds 2016. Feel free to post your individual game recaps below if you have them. Thanks again for coming everyone; you were all brilliant.

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EDIT: I'm doing a quiz like this every month now. This is the first one I did, in April 2016, for Co:Leeds. Will post future ones monthly. Next one will take place 20th May so will post shortly after then.

Here's the quiz I did after Co:Leeds. I'm told it was quite difficult.

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Bump. Get fucking hype.

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Thanks everyone, you've all been very helpful. Goddamn, Graeme is brilliant.

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yo. I'm looking to make some letter packs for Co:Leeds, does anyone know what letters distribution is used on apterous nowadays? That seems like a pretty nifty one. The one on the Countdown Page (http://www.thecountdownpage.com/letters.htm) looks alright but might be a tad out of date.

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Hello folks, after months of preparation and unofficial blabbing to everyone, I'm pleased to be finally making a formal public announcement for what I believe is the first ever co event to be held in Leeds! I will now be accepting entries for Co:Leeds 2016, whichwill take place on Saturday 30th Apri...

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Good to see it all up and running after all the work Zarte, Mark, and co. have put in. Glasgow's place of honour as the last opportunity to grab some qualifying points could make it even more interesting. Next year's co events should be all the better for this.

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Games 3 and 10 are gonna be whack.

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Countdown Team wrote:http://www.oxforddictionaries.com - The live internet version on the day, so whatever is in, is in.

Thanks (y)

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sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere, i'm a bit out of the loop with countdown stuff at the moment, but what dictionary will be in use for CoC? Will it be the ODO as of its recent update, the ODO from before the update, the old hard copy of ODE3, or something else?

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who was the guy with the hat on?

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I hereby announce a new Countdown event. Unlike all of the real ones though, run by real people, this one is going to be played virtually. The itinerary will be similar to that of a normal co:event, as this tourneys aims to be as true a representation of such an event as possible. The draw will be m...

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Many thanks, Ben, and Ben's mum and everyone else involved. Once again, you've pulled off the best co-event ever. Also once again, Ben, you suggested that you were unsure whether you were going to do a Hangover event next year. In my view it's very much part of COLIN weekend now, and a very enjoyab...

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Big thanks to Jeff and James for another superb event, excellently planned out and run as always. Congratulations to Jack who was the deserving winner. Was great to meet a lot of new faces, in particular Mark Davies who attended the event at such short notice. Would be great to see you at future eve...

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Stewart Gordon told me that CoHud yesterday was his 21st co:event. Is that a record number of events attended, and if not, what is the record? (Sorry if I have mistaken this topic for an 'Ask Ben' thread).

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So it's November tomorrow and there's the big annual charity campaign from MoBros going on. I'm sure most of you will be aware of it and what it entails, but for those of you that aren't: it's basically a charity campaign for male health issues, primarily prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and ment...

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Dan McColm wrote:I was looking for a final I in that round, but for SOLARISE - I might have seen FORESAILS later in the round though.

Ah okay. Well unlucky either way, that U made it tough. Great performance though.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 14 October 2014. Apologies for my huge backlog of missing recaps, I'll aim to catch up on them as soon as possible. C1: Champion Dan McColm (4 wins, 433 points.) A high-ranking apterite tipped for great things on the show, he dispatched some very strong competition in for...

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my top 8 - jen steadman jen steadman jen steadman jen steadman jen steadman jen steadman jen steadman andy platt Bit weird. If you have an issue with the way in which I have represented my "Countdown Best ever contestants" ranking, please feel free to contact my HR lady; humanresourceslad...

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Yeah all those bastards getting through to 7 wins with average performances...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 2 September 2014. C1: Champion David Stanford (5 wins, 415 points.) C2: Challenger Sara Thompson. DC: Susie Dent and Martin Lewis. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S Q N C E I A S N R02: M S B O I E T W D R03: 100, 6, 7, 6, 2, 3. Target: 246. TTT: APEI...

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It was my understanding that the introduction of ODO brought in a new rule saying any words specified as 'US' or 'North American' were disallowed. I could be wrong though. Can anyone who has been on the show this series tell us what it says in the contestant guidelines about this?

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 26 August 2014. C1: Champion Russ Thornton (1 win, 79 points.) C2: Challenger David Stanford. DC: Susie Dent and Angelica Bell. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: D G O M A R S E D R02: L I E V O R N Z S R03: 100, 2, 9, 8, 4, 9. Target: 422. TTT: THROWON...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 19 August 2014. Apologies for the hideous lateness of my recap; I'll aim to be much quicker in future. C1: Champion Mark Davies (7 wins, 746 points.) After a series of very impressive performances, with seven centuries from seven games, new forumite Mark is looking to bec...

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