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Tom S

Thanks Callum/Adam for yesterday- really well organised and fun event!

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Cool- sorted it out now! Definitely some toughies in there!

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JackHurst wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:19 am The three of you should all now have a game available vs me

Whereabouts do I find it? Can't see anything as stands

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JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am 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.

Happy to do this- username is tom.

Tom S

Which day has had the most series champs appear over the years?

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From personal experience, I think Adam Hills has to be up there as one of the nicest celebs I've met.

My DC guests were lovely, too- in particular, Pat Nevin, Vick Hope and Richard Osman.

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Great game- defo think that you should be given a 2nd go soonish Niall irrespective of whether Paul wins 8 or not. Believe that the French version re-invites losing contestants that have played well against the champ to come back in the future at the end of their episode, so could be a potential ide...

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Not forgetting the highest scoring Irish octochamp of all time, Ed Byrne. Furthermore, one of my prelim opponents, David Clerkin, was an Irishman who'd faced Ed McCullagh on his original stint. Was one of the best prelim opponents I'd faced, and would be very worthy of a third stint.

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Just caught up on the ep and all this seems very overblown tbh, wouldn't say he played particularly bad and his level only really dropped in the last third of the game where he might have started feeling disheartened. Looks like he made the best out of a bad situation and came across well to me hon...

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I was also interested in Rachel not wanting to know the numbers solution - presumably she would see that as a spoiler. As someone who was on in Carol's day, she would come to contestants in the audience in an ad break and ask if anyone had got it. I remember her once showing a late solution and cre...

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Thanks to all of the organisers for a great event! Til next time:)

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Watched the latest series of scandi-noir detective series Beck on IPlayer, and can highly recommend.

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How come people's overall maxes are higher than their maxes in all the round types? Is overall maxes based on percentage of the max score and the others based on percentage of rounds maxed? Nice work, anyway! Thanks! The overall maxes column is the % of the points the contestant got out of the poin...

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Rankings Letters Maxes: 1.Ronan- 73.8% 2.Cillian- 72.5% 3. Greg- 44.3% 4. Adam- 40% 5. Andrew-38.5% 6. Peter- 32.5% 7. Dave- 25.7% 8. Graham- 25% Numbers Maxes: 1. Ronan- 93.8% 2. Cillian- 78.1% =3. Greg + Dave- 60.7% 5. Adam- 57.1% 6. Graham- 56.3% 7. Peter- 43.8% 8. Andrew- 39.3% Conundrum Maxes: ...

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Andrew Barrett Seed: 8 Wins: 6 Points: 573 (81.9 per game) Total Maxes: 40/105 (38.1%) Letters Maxes: 27/70 (38.5%) Badged Words: 3 Medalled Words: 3 B: Surgeons, Earhole, Ageists M:Whispered (with opponent), Nuggets, Scarring (with opponent) Numbers Maxes: 11/28 (39.3%) 6S: 0/1 1L: 2/4 (50%) 2L: 9/...

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Dave Cappleman Seed: 7 Wins: 6 Points: 621 (88.7 per game) Total Maxes: 37/105 (35.2%) Letters Maxes: 18/70 (25.7%) Badged Words: 2 Medalled Words: 4 B: Annotate, Castling M: Worsened (with opponent), Outspent, Pressman, Newness (with opponent) Numbers Maxes: 17/28 (60.7%) 6S: 0/1 1L: 8/10 (80%) 2L:...

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Greg Pearce Seed: 6 Wins 6 Points: 680 (97.1 per game) Total Maxes: 52/105 (49.5%) Letters Maxes: 31/70 (44.3%) Badged Words: 3 Medalled Words: 1 B: Starriest, Resulting, Skimped M: Swanking (with opponent), Numbers Maxes: 17/28 (60.7%) 6S: N/A 1L: 11/19 (57.9%) 2L: 6/7 (85.7%) 3L: 0/1 4L: 0/1 Conun...

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Adam Dexter Seed: 5 Wins: 6 Points: 698 (99.7 per game) Total Maxes: 47/105 (44.7%) Letters Maxes: 28/70 (40%) Badged Words: 2 Medalled Words: 4 B:Routiner, Steeping M: Moganite, Crustier, Updation, Laicises Numbers Maxes: 16/28 (57.1%) 6S: 2/6 (33.3%) 1L: 9/10 (90%) 2L: 3/6 (50%) 3L: 1/2 (50%) 4L: ...

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Graham Moonie-Dalton Seed: 4 Wins: 7 Points: 680 (85 per game) Total Maxes: 42/120 (35%) Letters Maxes: 20/80 (25%) Badged Words: 3 Medalled Words: 3 B:Unrusted, Curlews, Trebling M:Unbuilt, Grainier (joint medal with opponent), Pocketer (joint medal with opponent) Numbers Maxes: 18/32 (56.3%) 6S: 0...

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A really impressive set of stats from Ronan here- especially in the numbers department. Not sure if anyone has had such a high percentage? Elliott Mellor maxed 31/32 numbers games and scored 7 points for one away on the other Thanks! Elliott's stats crossed my mind, but I was too lazy to double che...

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Peter Burke: Seed: 3 Wins: 7 Points: 705 (88.1 per game) Total Maxes: 43/120 (35.8%) Letters Maxes: 26/80 (32.5%) Badged Words: 5 Medalled Words: 3 B: Goatlike, Rereads, Regality, Talkier, Adrenals M:Pastorage, Permeate, Bloomers (joint medal with opponent) Numbers Maxes: 14/32 (43.8%) 6S: 6/14 (42....

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Cillian McMulkin: Seed: 2 Wins: 8 Points: 944 (118 per game) Total Maxes: 90/120 (75%) Letters Maxes: 58/80 (72.5%) Badged Words: 4 Medalled Words: 13 :o :o B:Unprime, Spoliate, Geomatic, Emanated, M:Orarions, Marigot, Oleasters, Prodelta, Rosacean, Sosatie, Carbonite, Maligners, Neatrup, Aerotows, ...

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Wasn't planning to, but this will be the last time that I do the stats as I have done for previous series', so happy to pass the baton onto someone else. Many thanks Andres for your stats doc, which will come in very handy for me! Starting with Ronan Higginson: Seed: 1 Wins: 8 Points: 1041 (130.1 pe...

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It's definitely been an unusual series, but has made for interesting viewing, nonetheless! I don't know anything about the results, so my prediction is as follows... Ronan v Andrew- Ronan to win. Andrew is a very capable player, and has had some nice letters spots during his run, but Ronan is a forc...

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Athanors and Cerulean were my DC beaters today, but didn't stick the R in Moganite! Very well played today, Adam!

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That WhatsApp is a play on words of "What's Up?"

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Baffled that Lithuania came second in the UK's public vote and third in the jury vote. The song was a nothing. Some stuff I don't agree with (e.g. Sweden winning). Other stuff I just don't understand (e.g. the UK liking Lithuania). The Lithuania vote was diaspora. With the exception of last year, a...

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Just had a game where all the nums were possible, but only had a max of 116. Don't know if that's some kind of record on this app?
http://jackhurst.co.uk/countdowngame?QXrm9OP

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In touch with quite a few from my time on the show, but the only person who qualifies for this is my 8th prelim opponent, Ben Timi Nuga when we had a quick bite to eat nr Paddington before I headed home. You just went from the recording to have a bite to eat? I don't think I would count this as you...

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In touch with quite a few from my time on the show, but the only person who qualifies for this is my 8th prelim opponent, Ben Timi Nuga when we had a quick bite to eat nr Paddington before I headed home.

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:35 pm This was the second Pouvanen.

Judging by this clip from Pouvanen Vee's ep, I'd wager that they are the same person.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YsyDUB0QXE

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The Crustaceans were unique in their own way, but didn't take a disliking to them. Always good to see diversity on TV. However, I was glad that the Strigiformes won, purely because I will root for any team that doesn't pronounce the "horned" in "horned viper" as "horn-ed&quo...

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Pat Nevin in DC today one of my football heroes. Polite request to the Countdown team, if I'm allowed back in 9 years 8 months can you see it that wee Pat is in DC TIA😊 I had Pat as a dictionary corner guest when I was on. Struck it lucky with all of my guests, but Pat was definitely my favourite. ...

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Pat Nevin in DC today one of my football heroes. Polite request to the Countdown team, if I'm allowed back in 9 years 8 months can you see it that wee Pat is in DC TIA😊 I had Pat as a dictionary corner guest when I was on. Struck it lucky with all of my guests, but Pat was definitely my favourite. ...

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Reckon it will pick up some votes....

Don't think the quality this year is overly strong. Rate the Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic entries, and Austria's satirical take on the music industry.

Albania and Serbia at the bottom of my rankings so far.

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Gamelans in the 2nd round...

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Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:49 am Think Dictionary Corner had a slight off day in missing TITANIUM.

They're not bulletproof but they've got nothing to lose.

Tom S

Great stuff from Cillian. Welcome to the club

Made for equally exciting and anxious viewing!

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:35 pm Another one.

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/21143 ... urt-hears/

Can remember watching this guy's show- thought he played abysmally. Seemingly more abysmal in real life.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:53 pm Shame he couldn't quite get there! JOYRIDE was a great spot though.

Concur with what has been said. Tough conundrum!

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This was a great CoC. Some really spicy games and some high quality performances. Agree that Colin and the DC guests elevated it as well. I liked the conundrums. I didn't like that there were a lot of "safe" numbers picking. Congrats Ahmed - a worthy winner. I think the reason why there w...

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What a cracker of a game! Some brilliant games this tournament- in particular, from this week. A fitting way to end an entertaining few weeks of Countdown! James- considering I knew how anxious you were before recording about trying to do yourself justice, you have every right to leave with your hea...

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Just for the record, I felt as though I almost played as well as I could have on the day, though I have probably spotted Titanic, Yawniest and Benzoate in the past. However, I didn't feel the pressure or nerves going into it. There were people who had high expectations for me to do well in the CoC, ...

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Congrats Luke, some excellent spots in there. Commiserations Martin. Can't wait for Ahmed v Luke, should be a belter. ABUTTER in R2 I had ABUTTER too. And yes, Ahmed V Luke will be almighty close. Given their form, I think it’ll likely come down to a crucial conundrum. Never heard of a tomatillo. H...

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Countdown Team wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:55 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:45 am It seems weird that they wouldn't even respond to some applications. But I think a few people have said that it happened to them.
The only people we don't respond to are the ones who end up winning the series.

Ah bummer- that scuppers my chances ;P ;P

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Thanks folks for all of the nice comments about the game! The right man definitely won, and whilst I consider myself to be quite a tactical player, Adam's tactics were definitely superior! Here's a little run-through of the game from my perspective... Was stuck on 6s for the 1st round. Nitratic was ...

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Many thanks folks for all of the kind comments about the final, and glad that me and Ed put on an enjoyable match! It's been a great series to have been a part of. Thought I'd give a bit of an insider of the proceedings from the final. When sitting in the chair, I tend to become much more unconfiden...

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By the way, I did that exact same "Cara-BEE-ner? Cara-BY-ner?" thing on the conundrum when playing along at home. In my head, I knew it was Cara-been-er, and that it was an outdoorsy thing, but it's different in the studio as they say, so I doubted myself. Even though I saw it before I bu...

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Thanks all! Glad you enjoyed it!

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Tom spoiled last week, it's going to be an exciting show, so stay tuned to see who clinches the first spot in the Grand Final! Just to clarify, I was on about the 4 v 5 match, I haven't been publicly revealing spoilers about today's game haha, but no doubt that Joe is the toughest player I've come ...

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Ronan M Higginson wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:11 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:33 pm Quinn Bartlett innit
Copying and pasting is bad innit

REBEL, INIT?!

Didn't see this game being filmed, so was going into it blindly (bar knowing the scoreline). An enjoyable watch, and some strong numbers work on Quinn's part. Would have drawn with him, or lost by 1 point...

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Make sure to listen carefully to the intro today since Colin may mention Steven's total. EDIT: Got the subtitles and it seems he didn't at any point during the show. I wonder if we could wangle the info from Mr. Countdown Team? I think they both asked a researcher as to why the episode was pulled, ...

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Tracey Anne Mills wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:49 pm Well done Tom what a great game that was !

Thanks!

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Cheers folks! Lewis was a good sport and was happy with how he played. Onto Wednesday now, will play the winner of what will be quite an exciting game

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:34 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:12 am Ah cool! The wiki had an asterisk next to it, so didn't think that they'd shown it....
Removed the asterisk for you! On a sidenote, all the best for the Finals!

Ta!

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:49 am
Tom S wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:21 am I saw this game from my dressing room. and if my memory serves me right, Rachel found Meshlike, which DC missed.
You are absolutely right, because this was what was broadcast on TV!

Ah cool! The wiki had an asterisk next to it, so didn't think that they'd shown it....

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:25 am MESHLIKE in Round 7 (as if).

I saw this game from my dressing room. and if my memory serves me right, Rachel found Meshlike, which DC missed.

Tom S

Nice stuff Andres! Interesting to look at the stats! Would be great to see your Excel doc about the S86 finalists' stats published at some point

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Andres Sanchez wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:30 pm I have all stats written out in place of Tom so should I make a separate post about that if that's the case?

I did so in the past, but up to you

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Wondering as to whether there'd be demand for a way for 2 players to play a game on the app? I know that when the finals were being filmed, Ed Byrne and John Aziz played each other in-person on the app...

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