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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 155823
Re: Countdowners in the news
Rachel Riley has made the news for her Tweet about the Sydney stabbings. It is also unfortunate for her that people are putting her in the same bracket as Julia Hartley-Brewer . Because whatever one thinks of Rachel Riley, this isn't something you'd wish on anyone. They've tempered that slightly, I...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 175100
Re: You Are The Ref
This is a great suggestion. I think if you were doing Countdown from day 1 you'd do it this way. No, if you were doing Countdown from day 1 you'd never allow NWD on letters games. If you're writing as the time ends you're allowed to finish, otherwise it's tough shit, you spotted it after the time. ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 175100
Re: You Are The Ref
This is a great suggestion. I think if you were doing Countdown from day 1 you'd do it this way. No, if you were doing Countdown from day 1 you'd never allow NWD on letters games. If you're writing as the time ends you're allowed to finish, otherwise it's tough shit, you spotted it after the time.
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 4)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1734
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 4)
It's invalid either way if they declared it as a 6.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:27 pm Challenger declared clubers presumably not CLUBBERS because it was declared as a 6 so Colin shouldn't have ruled it out by saying there's only one B. It's invalid anyway but it might not have been.
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685661
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Yeah. Absolutely fuck you Jim, you perverted cunt.
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 155823
Re: Countdowners in the news
That last one has especially pissed me right off. Absolutely fuck that guy, how dare he.
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 155823
Re: Countdowners in the news
Unless there are two people of that name who live on that road, then... https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/paedophile-loner-amassed-over-50000-19453696 Two people with the same name, on the same road, who are the same age... Yeah, this one has thrown me. It could literally be any of y...
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14415
Re: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?
Jokes tend to be less enjoyable when you have to message your mates asking them to explain it
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 262754
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
It's fur though, not hair
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:16 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Squarebot
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10301
Re: Squarebot
Yeah, but fuck off with the whole whimsical conversation which appears to define the rules, but actually doesn’t. If you must have the stupid conversation, at least make it define the rules. Or just say the damn rules.
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Squarebot
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10301
Re: Squarebot
Why are we assuming that the person in the puzzle had accurately described Squarebot’s MO anyway?
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:31 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: ...and that's ZoomDown
- Replies: 314
- Views: 118724
Re: ...and that's ZoomDown
Haven't had a good 1/20th of a pint for a while.
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:05 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Chase
- Replies: 153
- Views: 86590
Re: The Chase
It would be far better if Jenny was the Dark Destroyer and Shaun is always described as hot.
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:48 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Lingo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8485
Re: Lingo
I put this on for a few minutes the other day and had to turn it off solely because of the contestants. Stuff like this being fairly typical: M E A L <- M is in the right place, no other letters Contestant: MEAN? M E A N <- M is in the right place, no other letters Contestant: MEAT? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
As to further debating the 'evidence', it seems that doing so is unlikely to change anyone's mind and simply keeps what is a thoroughly unpleasant episode rumbling away. Q.E.D. Difference is, I'm open to having my mind changed, genuinely. The issue is that an attempted defence gets made, you point ...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 175100
Re: You Are The Ref
A numbers round?
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
Total misrepresentation of the facts there Rhys. In the cheating thread (page 1), Charlie says the cheatomatic “rarely” (not “never”) provides false positives, and that signals for players recording soon should be ignored. That's in response to a conversation with Clare (who was appearing soon on th...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
I'm with Graeme - unless there are special circumstances that necessitate them, external tools (other than pen and paper) shouldn't be allowed. They take away more or less the only concrete basis on which cheating investigations might be conducted. I sympathise with people who are used to the norma...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
Agree with all of that Paul. There's no suggestion you or Conor were using this to cheat, but IMO if we're going to make rules about what you can and can't do during the round, we can't have a privileged few to whom those rules don't apply - the rules have got to apply to everyone equally regardless...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
There’s always going to be a certain amount of trust required though in such things. And for 99% of people, it works perfectly. That’s why I find the few that abuse it so contemptible. Suddenly everything has to change just to accommodate them. It’s genuinely ridiculous that a group of people whom ...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
There’s always going to be a certain amount of trust required though in such things. And for 99% of people, it works perfectly. That’s why I find the few that abuse it so contemptible. Suddenly everything has to change just to accommodate them. It’s genuinely ridiculous that a group of people whom a...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
Absolutely. I know of people who do think he probably cheated who also think that this is bullying. Would be great to hear from them, I would be really intrigued to see some posts in here along the lines of "Yes, he's a cheat, I agree he definitely cheated, he knows full well he cheated and is...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
Yeah the dig was out of order and I apologise for that. I was (and still am) angry at what I perceive as bullying. Thanks, although tbf if you genuinely think there is bullying going on then it's perfectly understandable that you'd be angry. We'll agree to disagree on what constitutes bullying, obv...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
That is one person's fault Rhys, and that one person could have avoided it all either by not cheating in the first place, or by owning it when confronted. Even now there is no admission and no apology, so it will likely rumble on I'm afraid. The post above attempting to appear noble in pulling out, ...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
Is there anything that causes “reasonable doubt” beyond “he’s my friend”? I’m all ears, genuinely, and always happy to admit when I’ve got something wrong. I’ve shown that single numbers game to a lot of people (who don’t know James, obviously) and not one has offered any reason for doubt whatsoever.
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
Well a verdict of “not guilty” was returned, if you’d rather I word it that way.
Yes it’s a tough call, but one that’s already been made previously, as Gev mentioned. It would be interesting to know what’s different.
Edit: okay, I think we know.
Yes it’s a tough call, but one that’s already been made previously, as Gev mentioned. It would be interesting to know what’s different.
Edit: okay, I think we know.
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
I think not having strong personal connections between the panel and the accused would be a good idea as well. I don’t think a more impartial panel would have taken long to come to a different decision.
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
I respect your decision Paul inasmuch as it’s your tournament and obviously you can run it how you like. (I’ve tried to reword that several times so it doesn’t sound like I’m maligning it. That’s not my intention at all.) If you think that means I should shut up and accept your verdict that no cheat...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
My real aim all along has been to unleash the maniac behind that politely clapping, congratulating, tea-sipping facade.
Now we can close the thread.
Now we can close the thread.
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You've just been made producer of Countdown...
- Replies: 88
- Views: 30119
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
I should also add Fiona, this is just a particular bugbear of mine. It's not because Jono's my mate so I need to back him up, or that my Jack's my mate (erm) and got wronged, I've always been like this about all cheats. I've relentlessly gone after them on here/apterous in the past, I hate it. (Neve...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
"Bullies" Brilliant, so on one side you have a cheat, and a cluster of people who want to defend and protect that cheat. On the other you have the people outraged by cheating, who want to see it acknowledged, stamped out and justice served. And they're the bad guys? Twisted. Genuinely. He ...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
If there's genuine discussion, then the thread can continue, but any further name-calling (including at James) and it gets canned. What do you mean by "further" name-calling? I am staggered, honestly, that anybody can watch that footage and think it's genuine. It's both hilarious, and inf...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25824
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
Has he owned up yet?
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: ...and that's ZoomDown
- Replies: 314
- Views: 118724
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743628
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Dance mix?
- Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:06 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23197
Re: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
By the way, I'm far happier with the alternative solution being correct though (which is the pirates maximising their guaranteed gain, not 'gambling') and I would always specify this in the rules in future.
- Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:55 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23197
Re: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
Edit: no wait. Of course it works, they would vote "yes" because they're literally being offered 2 coins at that point, not an expected 1.2 coins 🤦 So you're saying our original solution is still right (based on expected gain anyway)? So I don't have to go through it all again? Yes, I bel...
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:49 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23197
Re: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
I was thinking about this in bed last night (yes, it's quite sad), and I decided that there would be more solutions than I came up with. This is still fine for six I think: 6: 0-2-2-1-0-95 6: 2-0-2-1-0-95 6: 2-2-0-1-0-95 But seven would change. For some reason, I always stuck with two out of the fi...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:39 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23197
Re: Pirates Puzzle! (no Googling)
I was thinking about this in bed last night (yes, it's quite sad), and I decided that there would be more solutions than I came up with. This is still fine for six I think: 6: 0-2-2-1-0-95 6: 2-0-2-1-0-95 6: 2-2-0-1-0-95 But seven would change. For some reason, I always stuck with two out of the fi...
- Fri May 01, 2020 4:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743628
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Well no, that's the point. If you just throw away wrong answers, I can just list off every possible 'answer' to a question, regardless of whether it actually fits the specifics of what is being asked. For example, if the question is "name a European country with [unusual attribute]", I ca...
- Fri May 01, 2020 3:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743628
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
How do they actually go about asking 100 people for Pointless. Like what if the topic is 'Masters Winners in the last 40 years' and they ask a golf trivia expert and they just rattle off all of them. What do they do? Ignore that guy, scrap the round, allow an impossible round to go through (I doubt...
- Fri May 01, 2020 11:44 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743628
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
How do they actually go about asking 100 people for Pointless. Like what if the topic is 'Masters Winners in the last 40 years' and they ask a golf trivia expert and they just rattle off all of them. What do they do? Ignore that guy, scrap the round, allow an impossible round to go through (I doubt...
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:19 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22959
Re: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
Have another go Gev.
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:07 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22959
Re: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
What about now?
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 17th January 2019 (COC XV, QF 4)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 23713
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 17th January 2019 (COC XV, QF 4)
146 is a different record really, as it’s a different format.
- Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:01 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Return of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
- Replies: 35
- Views: 40941
Re: The Return of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
I always used to joke that they were at the back if the studio back when it was first on. :lol: :lol: :lol: That's a belter. What would you charge for an incorrect answer then? Come on, I want a proper agreement here, not a woolly answer like that. What would your full agreement be with a mercenary...
- Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:37 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Return of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
- Replies: 35
- Views: 40941
Re: The Return of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Something I got to thinking about - hypothetical. Say I was going on the show. I know a lot of very good quizzers, for example Ryan Taylor on this board, but I don't really consider them a "friend" as such (remember, this is hypothetical). However, I'd really like to use them as phone-a-fr...
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent's Two Words
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14307
Re: Susie Dent's Two Words
The game has been on the Virgin Media TiVo box for ages (years probably), but without the celebrity endorsement.Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:31 pmCool
- Tue May 08, 2018 9:37 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Return of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
- Replies: 35
- Views: 40941
Re: The Return of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
I'm quite enjoying the new format for the reasons Graeme said. I was also amazed by everybody's lack of stop sign knowledge, just because I thought the symbol was so ubiquitous not just on the roads but on other signs, in software, etc etc. "When the fun stops STOP" and so on.
- Tue May 08, 2018 9:25 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22959
Re: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
Is the solution any of clever, original, cruel or funny? Yeah it's okay actually. I was possibly a bit dismissive in that post (I was more just being a dick in the sense of "I know the answer and I'm not going to tell you"), it's quite cute, and once you know it, it does make you laugh an...
- Sun May 06, 2018 10:12 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22959
Re: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
Okay, I found the answer now. It's not so great, I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.
- Fri May 04, 2018 4:32 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22959
Re: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2846 (click 'Play' on the right hand side) Seriously, what the hell? According to this thread: http://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=14871&p=199409#p199364 on the stardot forum it's solvable but I'm stumped. People say the solution is clever...
- Fri May 04, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22959
Re: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
Only because I want something (Graeme to solve this)
- Fri May 04, 2018 9:08 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22959
Weird maze/puzzle thing on BBC Micro emulator
http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2846 (click 'Play' on the right hand side) Seriously, what the hell? According to this thread: http://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=14871&p=199409#p199364 on the stardot forum it's solvable but I'm stumped. People say the solution is clever...
- Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Oxford Anagram Finder
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7112
Re: Oxford Anagram Finder
"Four Words" through to "Twelve Words" seem like odd choices for the chapter names too.
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 48)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14673
Re: Spoilers for Friday 8th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 48)
There was a 9 backwards once as well, but I forget what and when.
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 10:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 647
- Views: 337338
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I meant the fact that several people also seemed to agree that this was groundbreaking news.Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:10 pmWhat you're missing is the title of the thread.
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 647
- Views: 337338
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
What am I missing here? Why on earth would anyone think a finger and thumb rubbing would produce a sudden sharp click sound?JimBentley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:23 pmYes, I love this one!Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:50 pm The noise made when clicking your fingers is the sound of the finger hitting your palm not the finger and thumb rubbing together.