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By the way, on the topic of writing numbers down, I would advise players to try one classroom event where they don't write the numbers down and see if they feel it's better for them. Unless you have eyesight problems, or are really far away from the screen, then not writing numbers down has multiple...

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For all conundrums: Buzz by tapping the table with a pen rather than a handslap. Many advantages: 1. Easier to adjudicate who buzzed first as the sound is crisper 2. Less chance of a half-buzz 3. Less distracting for other tables 4. Less stress-inducing for those sensitive to loud noises It's actua...

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I wanted to give shout outs to a few of the players George was fantastic the whole day and I think everybody (except myself!) in the room were saddened to see him come so agonisingly close. Hope to see you get your first event win under your belt soon! Ahmed was incredible in the open, I think(?) ma...

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the superior method. *superior in your opinion So far in this thread we've had 2 against and 2 for your idea. If we end up with a clear majority agreeing that your system is superior, then let's go for it. Otherwise, the tried and tested stays. I genuinely believe you should just get better at writ...

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Another one for the "keep it up" list - Adam and Jeff + Rachel at the last two classroom events nailed it in terms of post-round debriefs. It's very easy to make these too long and it slows down the rhythm of the game, and conversely it's easy to make them too quick and leave players confu...

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Another thing people were doing well when adjudicating the conundrums: - Using their phone so there was a video record in case the buzzes were super close - Prioritising getting a good video / good view of the players buzzes, rather than being able to see the Conundrum. You don't need to see the Con...

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I think someone (probably Graeme, as it sounds such a sensible idea) suggested before that this could be managed at a normal Bristol-style event by simply having A and B conundrums. So half the room plays conundrum A, with the other half adjudicating, and then vice versa. This could be done by tabl...

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1) Extra Time for Writing Numbers Down: Should a player be given considerable extra time to write the numbers down before revealing the target? This deviation from the show's format happened for Tim on Saturday. It inadvertently provides extra thinking time for everyone. In games like 6 small, this...

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1) Extra Time for Writing Numbers Down: Should a player be given considerable extra time to write the numbers down before revealing the target? This deviation from the show's format happened for Tim on Saturday. It inadvertently provides extra thinking time for everyone. In games like 6 small, this ...

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Focal Finals Conundrums Thoughts Here's my thoughts on the conundrums selected for the finals this year. Overall, I was looking for a mix of difficulty levels - medium, hard, and very hard - to truly challenge the finalists. Here's a breakdown of each conundrum: CASEIFORM: Good pick! I think this k...

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One other thing - if there's a grand final at the end of a tournament and no screen with the scores, it's important to announce the scores at the end of each round. My bad. I was a complete scatterbrain and overcome with nerves during the final. My board was intended to be used a score display but ...

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:23 pm I was sitting next to you at the time and I also remember your smugness. What a moment.

Did Ian give you A EARACHE?

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Having managed it again this morning, it's the back to menu top left I'm pressing on autopilot, so a confirmation there would work if it's a more common issue than just me! Thanks for pointing this one out, I've fixed this. I've also fixed the 6 small issue reported by Phil and Graeme. Thanks for a...

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Bumping this - the tool that was used for hosting the finals yesterday implemented "algorithm 2" as outlined by Jack (although with 9 or 15 rounders (code bugs excepted!) we're never going to get near the end of the pack so algorithm 1 is probably fine!) I think it felt about right - ther...

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Async games have been well received among the player who have been kind enough to test them out with me, so I'm happy to share that in December, there will be the first ever multiplayer (async) games in the app, which you can sign up for in over in the event thread!

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🌟 The December Decathlon: A Countdown Tournament In the unofficial Android app🌟 Event Details: Format: 10 async Countdown 9 rounders. Opponents: A variety of players, and after the first round they should be a similar ability level. Where: Challenges tab in the Android app . Play Window: Games for ...

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Thanks for organising and running the whole thing Jeff, it was really fun, and the quiz was particularly impressive :) I'd also just like to say a few words on format. Fwiw, my interpretation of the results is there wasn't much between random draws and Swiss pairs after all, and that's a credit to t...

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Super hard cons coming for you at rugby except if you're against maus and i give you guys squeezing Not sure whether to be happy or sad about this haha. Was interesting to see some VERY hard conundrums at Rugby last time. I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybod...

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Bottom of you challenges list.

(These kind of things will probably get their own section of the app one day, but since I don't have the time to do it quickly, for now they'll just be in your challenges list.

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I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are. Excited for this mode! I won't have a lot of tim...

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The three of you should all now have a game available vs me

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I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

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You declare '9 nwd' to buy yourself an extra few seconds. I know you're not saying you approve of this behaviour, nor that you would ever try it yourself (I am sure you wouldn't). Just a good time to point out to people for when they host games. If a player has a NWD and it seems like they could be...

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Does anybody have opinions for FOCAL finals? This event is a bit different from the rest because it's the top players from the year, so higher average standard, and more crucials are likely. There's also the open going on at the same time which I think typically ends up being as high a standard as a...

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I've not had any complaints about this method yet, but I'm always open to constructive criticism. It's a good system! Since a few hosts have posted here, I would note that I like that each host has a different system, I think it works well overall if you go to many events that you never end up with...

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it seems unfair to give the top table a harder conundrum. Your point is 100% valid, but.... The Swiss pairs seeding system is intrinsically biased against players who have done well so far anyway, and this is adding another source of bias. The hard conundrum penalty is absolutely tiny compare to th...

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Looks great! Count me in for both.

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Ruth's approach at London was initially to play a bunch of cons on your app and save off some interesting ones, but they tended too easy. Yeah this is by design, mainly for 2 reasons: - The game has way more beginner players than any other Countdown platform and it keeps it more accessible to have ...

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At the Event -Previously, I have separated cons by Easy (1-3 hardness), Medium (4-7 hardness), Hard (8+), with some variation depending on scramble or word. However, at Rugby 2023, two strong players (around 1900 and 1700 respectively) missed ESUBTONIC -> BOUNCIEST because they were bracing for som...

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Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 4:30 pm We discussed after, and next time they'd probably all have a wider range but weighted - so a top table's likely but not guaranteed to have a tough one.

I think this is a great way to go. You need a bit of randomness to make it less predictable.

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My thoughts on conundrums, and setting them... Lots of good stuff in here from Graeme as per usual. Two points opinions I hold as counterpoints: - The stuff about the struggle is really interesting and I broadly agree. I worry that people might read the post and interpret it to mean that as a host,...

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Setting good conundrums for co-events sounds like quite an undertaking. If you are doing Lincoln style, you have to print hundreds. You ideally want to check for no repeats, unique solutions and a good spread of difficulty. For a final I guess you want to find something special. Hosts seem to do a g...

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The S63-S64 period was pretty damn strong. Ed McCullagh and Eoin Monoghan two exquisite players. Eoin missing out on 30BC was a huge shame, and Eddy also was pretty hard done by losing in his RD1 draw losing to Rawlo on a tiebreak.

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What about having all three

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The app now has a subscription feature which gives unlimited access to Jokerdown, Decadown and Mini rules, as well as a new 30 round "Triathlon" format. There's also the word check screen (which has a new "add 2 letters" section, and a couple of stats screens with graphs. I plan...

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The app now has a subscription feature which gives unlimited access to Jokerdown, Decadown and Mini rules, as well as a new 30 round "Triathlon" format. There's also the word check screen (which has a new "add 2 letters" section, and a couple of stats screens with graphs. I plan ...

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Version 0.0.4 is out. I've added 5 more events: Co:Ne 2022 and 2023, Edit 2022, London 2023 and Leeds 2023. Robs lead at the top extends. Ahmed moves up into the top 10.

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No thoughts of bumping up the K factor for finals games? Nope. Trying to add as little complexity as possible. Where can the rest of us find out our ratings? Not fully available yet. I plan to post the full standings eventually, but need to get some more events in, and have to tidy up a few things....

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When I watched it live I thought he was caught up in the moment and I didn't thing the woman minded. Very important to note, just because somebody might not look uncomfortable/wronged/violated/offended/threatened/harassed at the exact moment an incident takes place, it doesn't mean that they aren't...

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Version 1.86 of the app is out today. It contains a couple of updates to the word checker, and I've added availability for it to cover the rest of the 2023 co events

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Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 8:26 pm Confirmed attendees (30):
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Rungis McDungis
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Dungis McRungis

I hope we get these two on the same table at some point during the day

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Why were charges dropped then? The victim (as happens in who knows how many less high-profile cases) took him back, and if I remember right, she asked for the charges to be dropped. This is the part that's most terrifying. It's mental that Man United still have him on their books at this point. The...

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What rating do you give randoms who turn up on telly with no form? 1000? 1500 is the default. At the moment, all of the configurable parameters are just at the default that the creator of the python lib put in. Happy to review this and change if needed. Missing events Waterford 2021, 2022, and 2023...

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What's it got to do with Countdown?

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Do you know which letters sets will be in use? If it's the Board Game sets, do you know when you'll have them from? The consistency in the letter packs was because I sat down and sorted through every one of them in the weeks beforehand and gave them equal distribution (yes, I'm sad). I kid you not, ...

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The consistency in the letter packs was because I sat down and sorted through every one of them in the weeks beforehand and gave them equal distribution (yes, I'm sad). I kid you not, one of the packs had 4 Ks in before doing this. I'm all for fairness and everyone playing with the same quantities ...

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London 2022 and CoC XVI now added. That gives us all of Ahmed's games for those curious to see where he is ranked. I've also added Played / Won / Lost / Win Rate to the data. Note that some event formats had single player games, and some games have no scores recorded, which will explain why Played !...

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I assume Ahmed would be top 5 if S84+ were included, and Ronan would be on the list somewhere. Rob Foster is a fascinating case, clearly right up there with the goatiest GOATs but might forever be plagued by the "can he do it on a wet Wednesday night in Salford?" question I think it works...

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13 Events Added and Ratings updated. Rob still at the top, with the other two usual suspects also making up the top 3. Loads of events still to be added that Rob won without losing a game, so expect to see his gap widen a bit when we have that data. Keep thinking of it all as provisional due to the ...

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I can't find any records of individual games for this event. Does anybody have them? Would like to get them added to the event rankings.

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I've produced a list of ELO ratings for Countdown players based on real life games. This accounts for games from Television and games from Co-Events. I used all games that I could find. Top 25 Players v0.0.4 Rob Foster:2364 P:304 W:235 L:64 WIN_RATE:78 Conor Travers:2216 P:171 W:138 L:33 WIN_RATE:80...

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Thanks to Adam and MSR for putting on this event! Several things about this event were awesome: - Adam did a cracking Job hosting his first event(s) - The venue was excellent. Hope there's another Co:Brum there next year - 8 game format. Probably not everybody's taste, but it's good to have a few of...

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Yeah agreed. TBH I don't think people pay any attention to shuffles at co-events, and most of the Conundrums have a total viewership of 3 (if its Lincoln style), so there's very little value added to the event by having meaningful shuffles.

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Tomorrow on the Android app will be the first Saturday Showdown. Every hour there will be a new challenge, meaning there will be 24 challenges in total!

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Well I can't offer a different daily challenge every second in the Android app, but inspired by this, there will be 24 different daily challenges tomorrow! One different challenge for each hour, open for only that hour. Hoping I can do at least 10 of them!

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Wow what a truly awful acronym

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26 votes cast and 0 votes for either of the division based formats...

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The men's final was on another planet from the women's. I've thought that a good way of stepping the women's matches up a notch (as a possible precursor to five-set matches) would be to move them to four set matches. First to three, but a champions tie-break if it reaches 2-2. I would absolutely lo...

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