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Andres Sanchez

Just wanna see who else here plays Balatro, as I'm chronically addicted

Andres Sanchez

BIG WIN FOR THE CO-EVENT COMMUNITY THANK YOU TOM!!!

Andres Sanchez

Was planning to come to one but I don't think I can, def still going to London if ppl wanna hang

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

Don't know if this counts or not but found Zubair on The Cryptic Mystic: https://youtu.be/6rAUjgxyqA0?si=VHc4s2mLSsAHfSbf

Andres Sanchez

I hate how I can't unsee this.

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

Any site that has simple read-ups of each of the parties so I can read up on them?

Andres Sanchez

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

Andres Sanchez

Alright apologies for the wait, but here's the final link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

What were the nicknames he had for all eight?

Andres Sanchez

I mean I do kinda want Mark Finnerty to win this one ngl

Andres Sanchez

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

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

I mean as an American I don't know what an MBE is meant to initially show/present

Andres Sanchez

That's America for ya

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

I think the Scrabbling is fine, although I will say I'm garnering more respect toward the people who do well sans Apterous.

Andres Sanchez

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-

Love this vid, thank you Noel!

Andres Sanchez

Now thinking, I think Jack did superb in his run and very much deserved to be talked about as well.

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:41 pm
Andres Sanchez wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:04 pm Can me and Jason get the special American belts?
Do you mean like the Special Olympics?

My vision is something like this but of course, Countdown-ized.

Andres Sanchez

Can me and Jason get the special American belts?

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

Jesus christ this guy's been on FIVE crucial cons, that must be a new record

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

STOPCOCK

Andres Sanchez

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.

Andres Sanchez

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

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

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...

Andres Sanchez

Agreed, and again I'm thoroughly content with how I performed. We should definitely do this again.

Andres Sanchez

Honestly pretty proud of how I've done, especially the game I had with Maus where I got the conundrum 0.3 seconds before him

(preventing spoilers here in case ppl wanna see)

Andres Sanchez

Apologies for being late on this, but here are the statistics for Series 88! Feel free to discuss them here! Here's the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ibD_GElKJ6HZnHTPwPAukOROHMYS28fPc871mphZBe0/edit?usp=sharing Your #2 and #6 seed tabs are mixed up. Great set of stats though! Makes...

Andres Sanchez

Out of curiosity have you ever been to the UK? Maybe you should time a vacation in the UK with a visit to a co event as a first step. Yes, this is definitely on the table in the next 2-3 years. Andres and Jason have motivated me If I ever see you in a co:event, I will pray the Countdown gods we pla...

Andres Sanchez

Apologies for being late on this, but here are the statistics for Series 88! Feel free to discuss them here!

Here's the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Andres Sanchez

Will say also, there's a bit of me that feels like this event should be on the wiki. Anyone else?

Andres Sanchez

Agreed with Adam. And I'm curious on the game I "hosted", Josh v. Rose

Andres Sanchez

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:44 am Spick, spicker, spickest, spannest. SPAN and SPANNER are in though!

Think it might be spic instead of spick, but honestly I woulda thought the same way as you when I first heard the phrase

Andres Sanchez

Why don't you try to live here for a bit anyway? Depending on your job, you could try an intercompany transfer, or apply for another role under a skilled worker visa. You could also do an undergraduate degree (very expensive international fees) or a PhD (funded, but of course difficult entry requir...

Andres Sanchez

Honestly I would love just to claim residency one time and apply for the show before I turn 50 at least. And honestly if shows like The Price is Right and Jeopardy have held up this long, I feel like Countdown has a very good chance of staying alive too.

Andres Sanchez

Will definitely say for watching eyes, my hope is to be either at Sheffield, Reading, or Rugby. Hope to see some buds there!

Andres Sanchez

My first thought when I was told from British folk is that you gotta live in the UK for 5 years to claim some residency, but ofc I may be wrong.

I will say though, Johnny, I have definitely been longing for a spot in the show as much as you are now. I do hope the time comes for us both.

Andres Sanchez

Maybe it's fixable The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could. I'd forgotten who started this thread From what I feel like is a bird's eye view, someone who at this point I feel like we treat now as Voldemort.

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