c4countdown

Gavin Chipper

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:21 pm
When I was banned from posting I made several attempts to come up with a pseudonym made up of an anagram of my name but I wasn't clever enough to get through the checks

I imagine Meak Marcin wouldn't quite cut it.

Gavin Chipper

Ray Wilding wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 15, 2019 2:36 pm
PRIORATE in R5.

Round 8?

Gavin Chipper

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:01 am
Would have been 28-50 to Jo under normal rules, I believe?

Or 50-28 as it's also known.

(I haven't checked the numbers though.)

Gavin Chipper

What does it actually mean when someone gets off on a "technicality"? I was wondering that a few days ago, and then I thought to myself that maybe it just happens in films and TV programmes and that it's it's not a real thing, but then I came across this just now. There are quite a few instances of...

Gavin Chipper

What does it actually mean when someone gets off on a "technicality"? I was wondering that a few days ago, and then I thought to myself that maybe it just happens in films and TV programmes and that it's it's not a real thing, but then I came across this just now.

Gavin Chipper

Who else is running?

Gavin Chipper

I tried it once and although it was technically possible, it was basically unplayable.

Gavin Chipper

Maybe a controversial opinion, but the very lengthy 937.5 conversation seemed like a bizarre thing to put in a Celebrity special which probably attracted a lot of viewers who haven't watched CD before. Not sure why the scoring gimmick was needed either. A standard 9 round format and 30 minute runti...

Gavin Chipper

Fiona T wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:38 pm
Paul starts tomorrow - he's on apto so you can have a nosey

Is he Paul A? It's lucky him and Morgan just missed each other then.

Gavin Chipper

So Morgan becomes an octochamp making eight already with easily enough time for a ninth. But will it happen? According to the wiki, Paul Anderson and Luke Johnson-Davies are going to appear this series, although Luke apparently starts too late to become an octochamp this series unfortunately. I don'...

Gavin Chipper

Graeme Cole wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:47 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:42 am
I can't find the standings.
Here they are.

Thanks but where is that other than as a standalone URL? How does one find it without being told?

Gavin Chipper

I can't find the standings.

Gavin Chipper

It's called Fishlake.

Gavin Chipper

Parkrun conveniently located right next to the venue https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wolverhampton/ See you there! I've just entered so will join you for that. There's also a new one in East Park . It's a bit further away, but if we're here again next year, I'd be tempted to it for a different parkrun t...

Gavin Chipper

Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:07 pm
If you're going to use raw scores, let the second player buzz in on the conundrum after the first player is right too.

I thought that too.

Gavin Chipper

Yeah, so Jay really deserved to win that.

Gavin Chipper

Jo is 5-2 up on Jay in won rounds, and one of the rounds Jay "won" was a numbers game he didn't get. And yet Jay is leading...

Gavin Chipper

Susie saying SODDENLY but not SUDDENLY...

Gavin Chipper

The classic disadvantage of raw scoring is that if you fail to score in a round, it's very difficult to catch up, so it heavily discourages offering risky words. And assuming the contestants therefore play it safe, the conundrum is much more likely to be crucial unless one player has dominated the ...

Gavin Chipper

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:33 am
Probably obvious to the stalwarts here but I've only just discovered that Stewart Holden started this very forum

Well he started c4countdown the Yahoo group, but it had been taken over by Charlie by the time it migrated here. So it depends on whether you consider this to be the "same forum".

Gavin Chipper

I have had some, but some of it sounds very confusing to me, so I’d rather not say, as I don’t have first-hand knowledge. But you happily posted on here that we didn't have a format, according to your 'sources'....and now you concede you don't have first-hand knowledge.... :lol: :lol: I’m just rela...

Gavin Chipper

On the Yahoo groups themselves it says something like that you can get all your groups data (they didn't include the apostrophe), and it's unclear whether it means all the data from your group or all your data from the group (so just your posts). Anyway, I've tried it for gevincountdown and c4countd...

Gavin Chipper

That's a bit shit. How would you archive a Yahoo group anyway other than by saving each post individually? I used https://www.httrack.com/ to download everything from gevincountdown (it just does it page by page). I don't have my old Yahoo account so someone else would need to do that. You did mana...

Gavin Chipper

And that's the thread.

Gavin Chipper

This is your new list then. A few improvements (along with the new entries) but only Callum Todd overtook people. Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they ...

Gavin Chipper

CoBra in Braintree happened on Saturday 2nd November, and three of the CO-event attendees took part in the Great Notley parkrun beforehand. Only 165 runners in total, but here are the results : 1. Gevin Chapwell - 19:36 (75 points) 138. Callum Todd - 35:00 (50 points) 139. Fiona T - 35:01 (25 points...

Gavin Chipper

Got the conundrum because I saw GANDISEEG.

Gavin Chipper

I thought Rachel was a bit abrupt with the guy when she interrupted to say it was the same method. "No, it's exactly the same." He did the arithmetic in a different order so it was essentially the same but she should have let him finish, explain that it was the same but in a different order and then...

Gavin Chipper

If we had the thread "Is Boris Johnson electable as Prime Minister?", the list of things against would be astronomical, and yet somehow the spotlight is still on the credibility of Corbyn. It's fucking mental.

Gavin Chipper

In 2017 you had "Next Prime Minister" which obviously doesn't do what Gev wants this time as the incumbent is standing. The incumbent was standing last time weren't they? Oh yeah. Who knows then. There must be a market somewhere with the right set of terms and conditions. You'd think. And anyway, i...

Gavin Chipper

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:35 pm
In 2017 you had "Next Prime Minister" which obviously doesn't do what Gev wants this time as the incumbent is standing.

The incumbent was standing last time weren't they?

Gavin Chipper

I was looking at odds of who is going to win the election, but (after a quick search admittedly) I couldn't find what I was after. There were odds on which party would have the most seats, odds on each party getting an outright majority, odds on specific minority governments etc. But you need to pu...

Gavin Chipper

I was looking at odds of who is going to win the election, but (after a quick search admittedly) I couldn't find what I was after. There were odds on which party would have the most seats, odds on each party getting an outright majority, odds on specific minority governments etc. But you need to put...

Gavin Chipper

Mark James wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:59 am

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:23 am
You could be like George Foreman and name all your boys after you
And a daughter Georgetta.

And a grill.

Gavin Chipper

Mark James wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:31 pm
Also I would be tempted to put people who do name their kids after themselves in the people you shouldn't trust thread. It's not only narcissistic but shows a total lack of imagination.

Good call, although sometimes it might be a "family tradition" rather than narcissism.

Gavin Chipper

I've been a lifelong Labour Supporter and it pains me to say that I find it almost impossible to vote for Labour this time. Am I wrong ? Maybe you could elaborate. What exactly is it about Corbyn that means that you can't vote for Labour? Is it his policies? If so, which policies? Is it him as a le...

Gavin Chipper

(let's not get started on my next proposal - 100% inheritance tax!) That's quite a big step. What about people giving stuff away when they're not dead? is that any better? Anyway, a while ago I came across this video about a tax on land value. I haven't rewatched it, so I can't remember exactly wha...

Gavin Chipper

I've been a lifelong Labour Supporter and it pains me to say that I find it almost impossible to vote for Labour this time. Am I wrong ? Maybe you could elaborate. What exactly is it about Corbyn that means that you can't vote for Labour? Is it his policies? If so, which policies? Is it him as a le...

Gavin Chipper

Well, this is an interesting discussion. The trouble is that those who have some control over what they do, do less (NHS surgeons, for example), and the real high earners bugger off and pay their taxes somewhere else. The top 1% of earners pay nearly 30% of all income tax. I'd quite like them to sti...

Gavin Chipper

David Williams wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:17 pm
It's probably always been like this and I've only just noticed, but I see that the budget extends to four of the posher poppies, but contestants have to make do with the basic model. Saves buying new ones every year, I suppose.

I imagine it's hard to buy them in August or whenever they recorded.

Gavin Chipper

Not obvious until someone tells you, but, listen carefully - Lady Gaga doesn't say "pah-pah-pah-poker-face-pah-pah poker face", but "pah-pah-pah-pah-poker-face-pah-pah fuck her face". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo#t=1m13s If anything I think it still sounds more like "puck" rather tha...

Gavin Chipper

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:28 am
I hope Apterous is fixed soon. This is getting in the way of my plan to break my highest score.

I was 119 maxes into a mocktorun with one round to go. I fear it's lost.

Gavin Chipper

It's not in Hallowe'en mode any more so it's fixed in that sense. I assume that was the point.

Gavin Chipper

Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:40 pm
And 3rd numbers 25x9+7+7 - once again a tidier method is to be seen

Being picky again. Wasn't there only one 7? I did it like that but with 2×7.

Gavin Chipper

Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:32 pm
Alt 2nd numbers (75+7)x5x3/2

A bit showboaty dividing by 2 at the end. It's 41×15.

Gavin Chipper

ANTIC as the standard method solve in round 1.

Gavin Chipper

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:02 pm
It might as well be down now (the web side of things anyway - dunno about the game), considering that it's completely illegible with the "hilarious" Hallowe'en font!

Seven years ago.

Gavin Chipper

Phil Collinge wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:16 am
We appear to be down.

It was effectively down all yesterday.

Gavin Chipper

It's probably always been like this and I've only just noticed, but I see that the budget extends to four of the posher poppies, but contestants have to make do with the basic model. Saves buying new ones every year, I suppose. I wonder why people on television wear poppies so much earlier than eve...

Gavin Chipper

It would defeat the purpose if the top nine seeds aren't all octochamps though. It says on the wiki that Luke Johnson-Davies will appear in December. Has he not got enough time for 8 then? Is that what you were referring to? No spoilers! But yeah, he's carrying over. Shame. It means we've still got...

Gavin Chipper

Certainly looking plausible... And it's even more likely if we include people whose heat runs are only partially in Series 81..... :!: :!: :!: It would defeat the purpose if the top nine seeds aren't all octochamps though. It says on the wiki that Luke Johnson-Davies will appear in December. Has he...

Gavin Chipper

Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:53 pm

Tom S wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:20 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:32 pm
That's seven octochamps before October is out...
Certainly looking plausible...
And it's even more likely if we include people whose heat runs are only partially in Series 81.....

It would defeat the purpose if the top nine seeds aren't all octochamps though.

Gavin Chipper

That's seven octochamps before October is out...

Gavin Chipper

That was indeed a good game.

Gavin Chipper

Elliott Mellor
Stewart Holden

I know who it is but I'm just going to name people anyway (it might be one of them).

Gavin Chipper

I've gone for an eclectic bunch of people, and I don't think any of them are over 90. Michael Schumacher Cher Stephen Hawking Frank Williams (F1) Bill Maynard Daniel Dennett Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Mark Serwotka Brian Blessed Nigel Farage The Bag-Daddy has been reported dead. Pity I don't get any poin...

Gavin Chipper

Looking forward to the guesses.

Gavin Chipper

I mean, I wasn't particularly aware of what else he'd done, but I assumed he must have featured elsewhere to be on Countdown, but I see Countdown celebrities as fair game for a bit of piss-taking. Don't see the problem really.

Gavin Chipper

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:58 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:45 am
They must be desperate when the "celebrity" is just some hopeful from Dragons Den.
Is that who he is?

Yeah, he went on with his own brand of tomato ketchup and he was set for life.

Gavin Chipper

Matt Morrison wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:48 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:40 pm
Put Jono and the Morricocks down for the curry too.
Whilst this is a hilarious joke, it has the potential to cause confusion and annoyance for the organisers, us, and for you.

Heather committed you to it, and Jono said he was in if you are.

Edit - But yeah, take them off the list then.

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