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Adam S Latchford

would have been at least another one if he didn't get crocodile lol my brain completely froze. I did get the answer to every other con all day bar one (and was beaten in a buzzer race to the other) so was just a freak incident - no need to rewrite the books on it. I do agree at moving a table number...

Adam S Latchford

Gonna head to Waterloo brewdog from 5ish today if anybody interested I'm a beverage tonight

Adam S Latchford

Buskers should be banned from public spaces. Should move to open mic nights where people who might want to listen to shite reside

Adam S Latchford

Matthew Brockwell wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:31 pm I think a nice feature would be to able to see the standings after 2,4,6 etc games to see how the leaderboard changed throughout the day. Only the current leaderboard is displayed at the moment.

Absolutely!!

Adam S Latchford

I don't think its remotely close. Lincoln is the king of the events for prestige to go to but to win it's blatantly winning the top 8 prize at the focal finals. Even just competing in the top 8 is an achievement - it isn't an achievement to play at lincoln (maybe you could see it as a right of passa...

Adam S Latchford

Although there is one additional point RE cost. Please event hosts ALWAYS check hotel costs before you okay the exact event date. Durham last year with the gala, liverpool this year, glasgow last year. Sometimes shit is going on and hotels spike. Checking this should always be done and if they spike...

Adam S Latchford

Quite simply it feels like there's just so many events right now. I am really busy which doesn't help things but three events in five weeks (liv,ox,rug) is quite excessive. I signed up to liverpool last year but probably wouldn't have gone if I'd known of the whole calender before hand i'd have prio...

Adam S Latchford

Is anyone thinking about coming but holding back for any reason? Cheers Just did a 3 tourney weekeneder @ CoLin and I am still recovering. Also it's the day after valentines day and I didn't want to bugger off to the other end of the country to leave my partner alone. could have brought her, nothin...

Adam S Latchford

watched bits as a kid but can't recall anything, then I watched halfway through series 82 during lockdown and just insta applied

Adam S Latchford

Good morning folks, For those not at Milton Keynes, you might not be aware of the announcement, so here I am to explain. As you'll know, Darren decided to step down as Chair, and you voted for who you'd like to replace him. Thank you to all the organisers who took part in the vote, but now comes al...

Adam S Latchford

Well ran event, congrats jack and congrats to callum

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Dictionary Update To Remember
A C,VC
AileronDMC

Adam S Latchford

I think yesterday showed even with the buzzer app - just split the room for conundrums [[for bristol]] so people can judge them. There were multiple weird happenings that could have used an independent person to judge across the room. They all happened in games where players amicably sorted it out ,...

Adam S Latchford

The final conundrum should be set before knowing who the finalists are going to be, no? And yeah, just say nothing, otherwise you’ll influence the player(s) pre-conundrum and that wouldn’t be fair. It’s like telling someone on Millionaire that we have no history questions for you because you recent...

Adam S Latchford

Why at football matches when there is added time does the clock stick at 45/90 and just have +5 on the side, but it doesn't show the updated time. Everybody would want to see oh its the 93rd minute now 2 minutes left, but they just simply don't show it. Do the clocks not work? Is this a deliberate ...

Adam S Latchford

far too many minor crimes by members of this community

Adam S Latchford

Whilst I agree it sounds like a sensible idea to have a door person, it is a barrier to event organisation - it requires an extra volunteer, who by the nature of their duties can't also be helping with putting out tables/other setup tasks. How long do they stay there for? Can they also play? What i...

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I think hosts having first aid training should be something that is enforced after this. We can't always get lucky and have a doctor on stand by. I know likely most events will have somebody with first aid training on board, but host is usually first person there, an issue where first aid is needed ...

Adam S Latchford

Why at football matches when there is added time does the clock stick at 45/90 and just have +5 on the side, but it doesn't show the updated time. Everybody would want to see oh its the 93rd minute now 2 minutes left, but they just simply don't show it. Do the clocks not work? Is this a deliberate ...

Adam S Latchford

Why at football matches when there is added time does the clock stick at 45/90 and just have +5 on the side, but it doesn't show the updated time. Everybody would want to see oh its the 93rd minute now 2 minutes left, but they just simply don't show it. Do the clocks not work? Is this a deliberate p...

Adam S Latchford

https://christianindex.org/stories/nobe ... ding,92881
phil hannan just won a nobel prize

Adam S Latchford

I like all of you, but it's pretty bonkers that I see you all more often on an annual basis than I see my own family members. I always find points like this beyond bonkers. Of course you see people doing something that is a large part of your social life more than you see some of your own family me...

Adam S Latchford

My approach going forward if my opponent if nwd, is going to be to write it down as they say it (which I already do) but tell them I am doing that and make sure they are looking at what I'm writing (they are saying) and if they disagree with it to say at the time! But yeah it is tricky especially i...

Adam S Latchford

It's quite an exciting conclusion with who makes top 8 with it being 8 wins this year. I do think in future years there's merit to moving it up to best 10 results just because the calendar is much larger. Not for this year though of course, this year has a genuinely exciting conclusion (can't wait t...

Adam S Latchford

I guess my main suggestion now would be to go back to 6 rounds as opposed to 8 in lincoln. I know i'm part of the problem why it became 8 but 8 every now and then is better than 8 as the norm. Blackpool was refreshing with 6, I've actively started to feel myself enjoying it less with the more games ...

Adam S Latchford

When there's a cheers, you all clink glasses and then someone immediately puts their drink down without taking a sip. Infuriating and I can't even justify why!

Adam S Latchford

My instinct is that octochamp will always win though. I don't feel like there's often more than 4 or 5 people at any one event with the same name. But there's normally more than 4 or 5 octochamps at every co-event. You'd be surprised. this year the octochamps have started demolishing but there were...

Adam S Latchford

bonus points for chris marshall for doing a 9 letter park run surely

Adam S Latchford

I think 2 London, about 3 St Albans and about 3 Hangovers in North Hykeham. So my c-index is 2. About half of those were as observer rather than player. you haven't been since adam vs octochamp (what will there be more of at a co event) was vaguely a thing. Admittedly you'd be useless whether you t...

Adam S Latchford

I thought the pointy cards for word length declarations worked brilliantly well at co:lon and should definitely be used going forward! (For those who weren't there, Phil had created an A4 sheet with left and right columns of Nothing - 9 and table number in the middle - players pointed to their word...

Adam S Latchford

What happened to Matthew Tassier? I don't think I imagined talking to him but he's not in any results. Good question! He and Lynne were definitely there near the start, and they were announced as sign ups on the Facebook event, but then seem to have disappeared without playing. there was a personal...

Adam S Latchford

Love is blind is sensational - UK one just dropped.
If you love trash TV (which everybody should) then well worth it

Adam S Latchford

I get so genuinely angry when someone doesn't indicate. It is the most effortless thing in the world to do. The rage I feel over this is not normal but if you're out there and don't indicate - please explain to me why (even if its an empty road, nobody around you yadayada). Out yourselves peasants.

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Version 1.131 is now available which contains the updated dictionary! Just keep in mind if you are wanting to max out your score on the daily challenge today, it's possible the max might be higher before updating. From tomorrow for a few days all daily challenges with be numbers and conundrums only...

Adam S Latchford

Can we make a hard rule that all bristol events do the split in conundrums in the room (half the room get one, half the room get the other) so every single table has somebody adjudicating a crucial? Like - we did it last time - but i really really really think this should be a rule that is enforced...

Adam S Latchford

Can we make a hard rule that all bristol events do the split in conundrums in the room (half the room get one, half the room get the other) so every single table has somebody adjudicating a crucial?

Like - we did it last time - but i really really really think this should be a rule that is enforced

Adam S Latchford

Correct, there is going to be no dictionary update until after Birmingham on the app. For full transparency, the update to the dictionary which added words like Altcoin and Frescoing is also absent from the app. So if Charlie does the Apterous update, and then somebody declares a word like that at ...

Adam S Latchford

Just to add that I've knocked together a standalone PC based word checker which can use either old or new dictionary for events where the dictionary does not match apterous. How would this work in lincoln style? Would be easy bristol but each table running across to pc based thing etc (tbf maybe im...

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:!: UPDATES REGARDING THE DICTIONARY CHANGE :!: As a result of the abrupt, drastic entry deletions administered by Oxford University Press on Monday, it has been decided that the next two FOCAL events — Goatdown in Birmingham, and Countdown in Birmingham — will continue to use the dictionary seen o...

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https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=3431085&round=53049629#r53049629 Pencilled that after seeing Dan and Ahmed declare it in COC despite nearly being a clear and obvious words (muppets) Pretty sure mabati was declared in coc, then pencilled after filming by a coc player, then it aired for...

Adam S Latchford

I assume on the day signs up are okay?
I have the goliath around that weekend so kind of depends if it's going well or not

Adam S Latchford

weird if this is still a debate btw The average series finalist would shit on Carol at the numbers The average COC finalist would be shit on by Rachel at the numbers. There's maybe 2 or 3 people who could even get close to Rachel. I'm not sure i can quantify the number of one's who would surpass Car...

Adam S Latchford

But why aren't we coming together to arrive at a viable long term solution to this that we can control that isn't totally dependent on Charlie? Well yes obviously this would be ideal. Shouldn't really ever go through one person but its just the way the community lies at the moment. Communication ac...

Adam S Latchford

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagu ... oin/9ezi6g

The link to the countdown fantasy football league
If you were in it last year and use same email you will be automatically entered

Adam S Latchford

Grey is in these days don't worry (it's just every other word that isn't)

Adam S Latchford

I'd imagine we won't manage to update all these changes by brum so that should just exist with dictionary in current iterations on apto and the app. As soon as we have enough intel to make the update happen - and it updates on apto / the app then it should come into immediate effect (even if this is...

Adam S Latchford

Nobody's ever going to get near Cillian/Tom/Elliott's points records without all the extra words are they? This whole era of Countdown will be looked back on like the few years of swimming where LZRs weren't banned I could see 154 going despite this actually - but I can't actually see anybody getti...

Adam S Latchford

Yeah we aren't gonna agree on this in the slightest if you don't think that the CSW stuff is derailing so we can leave it there

Adam S Latchford

It is nonsense - wildly changes susie's role as well who has that connection with Oxford (who is much more important to countdown than anyone on apterous), changes what 40 years + of the show connection just because the dictionary we use has had an update? CSW is just throw an S on anything and allo...

Adam S Latchford

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. This is gonna take a while Because it isn't necessarily every word in each of the lists like that "a" list. There's gonna be a majority taken out but not all, sifting through...

Adam S Latchford

would be a good thing for apto tickets not to be derailed by csw agenda nonsense

Adam S Latchford

Fantastic game between two people who deserve to be finalists - even this early on.

Fiona appeared a long time ago here : https://wiki.apterous.org/Fiona_Willis

Was a great player then and doesn't look like she's skipped a beat

Adam S Latchford

doesn't feel like it's that long if its 18th june, like not too abnormal

Adam S Latchford

Scared of this being an absolute whitewash
If Michael does pull it off though and win then this will be the biggest upset ever in countdown (to win all three of those games and take the title)
No 9's yet for him either so obviously i'm backing my man all the way

Adam S Latchford

If I don't get it done in time, since the changes are quite small, do you think having a slip of paper on each table with the new and removed words would be suitable substitute? Would just have to make sure that host has the slip not obviously visible to players during letters rounds (hide it under...

Adam S Latchford

JackHurst wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:05 pm

Jack - appreciate this isn't like a job thing but there's a dictionary update (very small one) coming on apto

https://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=6932

Will it be implement on app before oxford? It's only a lil one but clovers out + hammies in look useful

Adam S Latchford

Someone's trying something new
If its shite don't try again

Adam S Latchford

It's 2024. What's the best resource to sharpen one's skills in the numbers rounds ? Tutorials/Guides/TIps/Tricks ? Any app ? Do the numbers backwards. For example, if the target is 876 (or 877 which means you can +1 at the end) you should immediately notice 8+7+6=21 and the target is even, so it ca...

Adam S Latchford

If you wanted to throw co-events into the mix for 30BC vs CoC16 debate To date, since the CoC final aired: - 9 Co events won by 30BC Cohort - 3 Co events won by CoC16 Cohort Thats with CoC16 cohort generally outnumbering 30BC cohort at most events. see finishing positions of where those players who...

Adam S Latchford

a great 6 small solve will always be better than a great 4 large solve for me. the most impressive 4 larges are just extensions of different formula. my half decent 4 large tv spot i had before the clock started. you cant get that with a genuinely good 6 small I think with 6-small it can be hard to...

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