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- Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Durham 2025 - Saturday, 5th July
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9055
Re: Co:Durham 2025 - Saturday, 5th July
Yo I'm planning to go but for anyone else that's staying in a hotel, you mind privately msging me where you might be? Me and my dad are in the process of booking and whatnot.
- Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:00 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: c4c login issues
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23730
Re: c4c login issues
That's been happening for a while I feelRhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:57 pm Variation on a theme, but Chrome is flagging up security issues here because the HTTPS for C4C has expired.
- Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:38 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Chat feed not working
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4319
Re: Chat feed not working
To add onto this, has anyone been able to play a game / have the site run smoothly? I don't know if it's just my computer or if it's everyone. I had a game with Ian Linton and it took about a minute to move from choosing how many large numbers to the board itself. And we even had a letters round whe...
- Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How To Better Rule Monosyllabic Adjective Inflections?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9256
Re: How To Better Rule Monosyllabic Adjective Inflections?
I don't think you can add a superlative to BOUND.
- Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Team Countdown
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4660
Re: Team Countdown
I understand that feeling, but I promise you the only way that series would never come out is if I spontaneously died. I'd love it to come out, and I know a few others who want it out, too, but at this point in time, it is ultimately not the best.
- Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Team Countdown
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4660
Re: Team Countdown
Nah Andres. I don't want it out particularly. I commented, as I was scrolling back through the forum looking for "Ask Graeme" and saw this and was reminded that it kind of existed once upon a time. I mean it's odd that you'd not want it out... definitely shoot me a private message on why ...
- Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Team Countdown
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4660
Re: Team Countdown
I mean honestly I have no idea how this'll do at a co-event. Bet it'll be pretty good though.
- Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Team Countdown
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4660
Re: Team Countdown
This thing's been scrapped, right? It's not scrapped. It IS all filmed but I've simply lost motivation to edit. I know some people absolutely want it out, but please understand that I also have other things going on (e.g., an internship and a plan to go back into college to do coding since that mak...
- Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20th December 2024 - Series 90 Grand Final
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7701
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20th December 2024 - Series 90 Grand Final
Finally got around to watching it, so glad to see a female champion too. And to comment on a previous post, I don't think Apterous is always gonna get you a win. There have been a lot of Apterites that haven't made it as a champion that are still good players, think all in all it just comes down to ...
- Sun Nov 24, 2024 8:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th November 2024 (Series 90, Heat 96)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3961
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th November 2024 (Series 90, Heat 96)
Someone even heard Susie saying "That's there for eight" as "That's their fate", which is ludicrous.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 10:36 am Round 7 has generated quite a stir amongst terrorist supporters on X.
Although, as I have pointed out… they’re shouting at vowels and consonants.
- Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Names for a Countdown/Apterous-themed band
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12605
Re: Names for a Countdown/Apterous-themed band
The Whiteley Stripes
- Mon Oct 14, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
- Replies: 97
- Views: 68614
Re: Who is better: Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley?
Yeah I'm with the majority here, I haven't seen the numbers today either and I'm just patiently waiting for the Wiki recap like most others. She's shown her worth so this debate doesn't feel like it's up for discussion anymore.
- Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 67331
Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?
It's worth the hype, it became available on mobile recently too.Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:43 amNever played it, but it's already started coming up in quizzes, so I need to be aware of it.Andres Sanchez wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:35 am Just wanna see who else here plays Balatro, as I'm chronically addicted
- Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 67331
Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?
Just wanna see who else here plays Balatro, as I'm chronically addicted
- Thu Sep 12, 2024 2:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: cohost tool
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9608
Re: cohost tool
BIG WIN FOR THE CO-EVENT COMMUNITY THANK YOU TOM!!!
- Mon Sep 09, 2024 4:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: 2025 FOCAL calendar
- Replies: 17
- Views: 29460
Re: 2025 FOCAL calendar
Was planning to come to one but I don't think I can, def still going to London if ppl wanna hang
- Mon Sep 02, 2024 11:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: c-index
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7431
Re: c-index
I mean so far just one, but hope that number increases next year. For some reason I feel like there should be some equation for this.
- Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 141
- Views: 61283
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
I mean, I think the only "definitive hard copy dictionary" that's used is ODP itself. Plus, I think Channel 4 has been trying to get a sponsorship/collab with Oxford, but the conversation's just been very one-sided.
- Thu Aug 15, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Word search algorithms
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8429
Re: Word search algorithms
Oh I'm not doubting what Jack's saying at all. I agree that there needs to be a motivation, and that's why my friends have made said game show constructions; some even being original. I'm just plainly asking if C# works fine with the reasoning being that most of the people I know are using it so why...
- Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Word search algorithms
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8429
Re: Word search algorithms
Don't use Google sheets for this. That's like using a gun to chop down a tree. Sure you can do it if you put a lot of time, bullets and effort in. But wouldn't you have been better off going to the store to buy a chainsaw and using that? Learn some beginner python and get familiar with Chat gpt. Ha...
- Thu Aug 15, 2024 1:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Word search algorithms
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8429
Re: Word search algorithms
I don't know if anybody else here is skilled with Google Sheets but I'd be interested in making a solver in Google Sheets. I have a mockup version of Countdown that I haven't run in a while, and I think I'd want to try improving on it a bit. EDIT: I do kinda realize IMPORTHTML formulae could work b...
- Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1797
- Views: 1858501
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Of all the human behaviours I don't understand, not putting the shopping trolley back is one of the most baffling. Why wouldn't you put the trolley back? Not only is it the right thing to do, since you made the mess in the first place, but also, you get to do that thing where you put one trolley in...
- Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Word search algorithms
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8429
Re: Word search algorithms
I don't know if anybody else here is skilled with Google Sheets but I'd be interested in making a solver in Google Sheets. I have a mockup version of Countdown that I haven't run in a while, and I think I'd want to try improving on it a bit. EDIT: I do kinda realize IMPORTHTML formulae could work bu...
- Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 301
- Views: 267841
Re: Countdowners in the news
Don't know if this counts or not but found Zubair on The Cryptic Mystic: https://youtu.be/6rAUjgxyqA0?si=VHc4s2mLSsAHfSbf
- Sun Jul 21, 2024 3:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 408
- Views: 405243
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
I hate how I can't unsee this.
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 141
- Views: 61283
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
What also sucks is that I'm running a tourney for friends in a server and heavily rely on Apto. And I agree that the Apterous dictionary should be updated to match Countdown standards, in case people care about that standpoint.
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 141
- Views: 61283
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
This is the really interesting bit for me - a player capable of hitting 154+ is now much, much less likely to encounter a max high enough to break the record during their octorun. Plus the players who are of a high enough level to get near a max game have a lot of unlearning to do As someone that's...
- Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 141
- Views: 61283
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
Do we have a FULL LIST of the words that'll be taken out? The ticket that that ticket links is just all of the As.
- Fri Jul 05, 2024 8:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2024 UK General Election Thread
- Replies: 136
- Views: 60628
Re: 2024 UK General Election Thread
Alright after a quick scan of both and also sneaking a peek of Keir's winning, I think you guys might be in good hands. Certainly better compared to the main men in the U.S. at this point I feel. Keir Starmer is a power-hungry, authoritarian genocide-supporter. We're not in good hands. But at least...
- Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2024 UK General Election Thread
- Replies: 136
- Views: 60628
Re: 2024 UK General Election Thread
Alright after a quick scan of both and also sneaking a peek of Keir's winning, I think you guys might be in good hands. Certainly better compared to the main men in the U.S. at this point I feel.
- Thu Jul 04, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2024 UK General Election Thread
- Replies: 136
- Views: 60628
Re: 2024 UK General Election Thread
Any site that has simple read-ups of each of the parties so I can read up on them?
- Tue Jul 02, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5749
Re: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
Think it's meant to be A5 bc that's where the king on a chess board starts on. Although I did just look at a setup and it may should've been called E1 instead
- Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5749
Re: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
Alright apologies for the wait, but here's the final link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
- Sat Jun 29, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th June 2024 (Series 89, 4th Quarter-final)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2771
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th June 2024 (Series 89, 4th Quarter-final)
I 100% agree on that, just wanted to bring up another example on my end.
Wonder what other words fall in the same category as SECATEURS and OUTSKIRTS tho, that'd be an interesting dive I feel.
Wonder what other words fall in the same category as SECATEURS and OUTSKIRTS tho, that'd be an interesting dive I feel.
- Sat Jun 29, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th June 2024 (Series 89, 4th Quarter-final)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2771
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th June 2024 (Series 89, 4th Quarter-final)
What are the rules? I thought they didn't have plurals for conundrums, and SECATEURS is a plural noun, even if it doesn't exist in the singular. If it had been crucial, and the loser claimed to have seen it and rejected it? I mean we've had OUTSKIRTS twice as a conundrum before if that adds anythin...
- Tue Jun 18, 2024 2:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5749
Re: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
What were the nicknames he had for all eight?
- Mon Jun 17, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5749
Re: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
I mean I do kinda want Mark Finnerty to win this one ngl
- Mon Jun 17, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5749
Re: Series 89 Finals Predictions (With Poll)
I think later I'm gonna finish up that Series 89 stat chart, hadn't touched it in a while but I think I should get around to it
- Mon Jun 17, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent Awarded MBE
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5182
Re: Susie Dent Awarded MBE
MBE is "Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire", and it's the bottom rung of the overall ladder behind OBE, CBE, Knight Commander / Dame Commander, and Knight Grand Cross / Dame Grand Cross. Normally these things seem to be awarded to celebrities, politicians or party do...
- Sat Jun 15, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent Awarded MBE
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5182
Re: Susie Dent Awarded MBE
I mean as an American I don't know what an MBE is meant to initially show/present
- Tue Jun 11, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1846
- Views: 1468621
Re: Ask Graeme?
That's America for ya 

- Sun Jun 09, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1846
- Views: 1468621
Re: Ask Graeme?
I wouldn't think so in all honesty, don't really know how much she'd even remember contestants that stood out to her. Could be podcast material if she was on one tho.
Don't even know if Alex is still enthused about Countdown as I assume he was back then.
Don't even know if Alex is still enthused about Countdown as I assume he was back then.
- Mon May 27, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Getting back on for a second go
- Replies: 105
- Views: 56698
Re: Getting back on for a second go
Petition to get this guy https://wiki.apterous.org/Richard_Williams invited back early. He was the only guy to lay a glove on Ahmed in series 84, and the most recent heat player to take an eventual series champ to a crucial. It would be a tragedy to make him wait until 2031. AGREED, legit thought A...
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown ELO Ratings
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13256
Re: Countdown ELO Ratings
I would love to have some time to get this updated! Sadly it's quite time consuming to do. Next step will probably be to open a GitHub Repository so that anybody who knows how to code and make GitHub PRs can add events. I know that's still quite a barrier to entry, but even if it increases the numb...
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 552
- Views: 568866
Re: Best ever contestants
I think the Scrabbling is fine, although I will say I'm garnering more respect toward the people who do well sans Apterous.
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 24173
Re: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
Love this vid, thank you Noel!Noel Mc wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 12:05 am Some pupils had been asking about some of my numbers round. Narcissistically just uploaded one to YouTube to show them, the stupid 925 one:
https://youtu.be/Qb6ueHOjE3I?si=l0VT0mRMmqO_wNR-
- Wed May 15, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 552
- Views: 568866
Re: Best ever contestants
Now thinking, I think Jack did superb in his run and very much deserved to be talked about as well.
- Wed May 15, 2024 4:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 552
- Views: 568866
Re: Best ever contestants
I've played Ahmed on Discord 16 times and despite being beaten every single time by his greatness, I still think Conor is better honestly. Both, of course, fucking immaculate playing.
- Wed May 15, 2024 4:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Favourite Number Plays/Players
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6418
Re: Favourite Number Plays/Players
I'll toss my pennies in this thread too, why not? I think I can safely say that James Martin's 952 is the best numbers game of all time, it's like the NES of numbers games. What it did for maths in Countdown took that to a whole new level. Echoing Tom's sentiment, I do also agree that Jon's 813 is f...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 52875
Re: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
Not your fault. My suggestion is lifetime bans for the people who do an all in one letters pick when it's their turn. :) 6 consonants and 3 vowels immediately is the only acceptable iteration of all the letters at once CV9 is punishable by permaban Surely 5 and 4. As someone that likes CV5, I say w...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Belts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14051
Re: FOCAL Belts
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Belts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14051
Re: FOCAL Belts
Can me and Jason get the special American belts?
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1846
- Views: 1468621
Re: Ask Graeme?
How many people have won a Countdown teapot and a Mastermind glass bowl? Do you have the list of Mastermind winners in a format suitable for Graeme to put into his SQL query for the Countdown Database? I feel like we should have a list for just quiz show winners categorized by show on the wiki, not...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 29)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1042
Re: Spoilers for Friday 9th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 29)
Jesus christ this guy's been on FIVE crucial cons, that must be a new record
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 166
- Views: 99020
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
Alright, I don't know if this is a bug or not but out of four games I've managed to get the same player thrice. What's odd is that the majority of my numbers rounds have been four large. I don't think the second thing is a bug but I feel like the first one definitely is.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Words with disappointing meanings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7231
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event dictionary
- Replies: 38
- Views: 23524
Re: Co-event dictionary
RIP to these conundrums, all of which now have an anagram: BROTHERLY DETAINING HEADBOARD WOODBLOCK BOARDWALK SMARTNESS CRAYONING SEALPOINT SUNDERING BANDOLIER INSOMNIAC ATONALISM COCHINEAL ANTIMONIC NOISECORE RADIOLAND Is BROTHELRY in now? I just wanna play a game to guess what their anagrams are.
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Your favourite Christmas song
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10229
Re: Your favourite Christmas song
There's a good Christmas song also by Bing Crosby called Mele Kelikimaka that I feel like can also be on this list
https://youtu.be/hEvGKUXW0iI
https://youtu.be/hEvGKUXW0iI
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:36 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1729
- Views: 2858999
Re: Politics in General
Okay I very much wanna be educated a bit here especially in a space here FOR anything political. As someone that knows nothing about Judaism other than having friends that are in that religion and a small grasp on what Chanukah is (or however you prefer spelling it) along with a few other Jewish hol...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:34 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Phone Word Games Outside of Countdown?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9352
Phone Word Games Outside of Countdown?
Been having an iPhone for a few weeks now and I'm trying to find better games, specifically word games of course, to keep me up and at it. So far I've got that New York Time bundle, a great app called Gubbins, and WordScapes. But is there one that feels new and different that I can get on and have f...