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- Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series *contains S86 spoilers*
C of C FIXTURES Here is the schedule for CoC XVI: (Click on 'reply to post' button to see full fixtures) 1. FLORENCE CAPPLEMAN-LYNES V LEO SMITH (2/1/23) 2. ELLIOTT MELLOR V DINOS SFYRIS (3/1/23) 3. AHMED MOHAMED V EDDY BYRNE (4/1/23) 4. TOM STEPHENSON V ADAM LATCHFORD (5/1/23) 5. STU HARKNESS V JAM...
- Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 158
- Views: 36727
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
Been getting some dodgy game ads recently. (now is when Jack tells me they're based on cookies...) Interesting. I don't specify exactly which ads appear, but I do have some control over blocking specific things. Feel free to direct message me more details or a screenshot. Neil sends picture of &quo...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Hilarious! That did pee me off abit!Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:22 amJust call me Holly WilloughbyL'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:35 pmCongrats!
If you get to play it will be quite the coup given that you're at best 30th in line for one of 16 places!
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Take it Luke declined.
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Coral Heath is also unlucky not to get the nod.L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:30 pm Yeah. It's become quite fun now.
I'm guessing this is precisely what CD Team were hoping for when they decided to 'share it privately' with the contestants... or "Leaky Latchford & Co", as they should now probably be dubbed!
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 20 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 66)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 477
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 66)
Note this is really Monday 19th September's episode which was not broadcast on the day. Seeing this episode and watching Rachel Riley doing the twist I can kinda see why someone might have deemed it inappropriate. What is *really* inappropriate though is that all the date references will be out of ...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
I put Burley instead of Haughton. Sorted now!Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:16 pmWhat was the mistake?
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Oh sorry. The list is legit I just made a mistake!
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Looking at the list it seems we have the following number of contestants per series: Series 79: 1 Series 80: 2 Series 81: 0 Series 82: 3 Series 83: 2 Series 84: 3 Series 85: 3 Series 86: 2 Why 0 from series 81? Also, some specific omissions stick out, although it may have been due to availability. ...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Steve Hyde confirmed to me in private the draw is real.L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:06 pm Adam says it's not legit, so for that reason it's fine for publication.
Fans are allowed speculate and make "fake" (but, let's face it - probably real ) lists.
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Good to know there are false draws that exist then as this is not correct :-) Well if that's the case I will publish what I've been given in full... According to my sources this is the draw:- 1. Florence ~vs~ Leo 2. Elliott ~vs~ Dinos 3. Ahmed ~vs~ Eddy 4. Tom ~vs~ Adam 5. Stu ~vs~ James 6. Luke JD...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
The info I was given WAS correct it's been confirmed by Steve Hyde. I just made a mistake with the list.
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
So the fulllist of participants in no particular order are: Florence Cappleman Lynes Leo Smith Elliott Mellor Dinos Sfyris Ahmed Mohamed Adam Latchford Stu Harkness James Burley Luke Johnson-Davies Martin May Dan Byrom Steve Hyde Matt O'Connor Sam Cappleman-Lynes ???? ???? The 2 question marks are ...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
So the fulllist of participants in no particular order are: Florence Cappleman Lynes Leo Smith Elliott Mellor Dinos Sfyris Ahmed Mohamed Adam Latchford Stu Harkness James Haughton Luke Johnson-Davies Martin May Dan Byrom Steve Hyde Matt O'Connor Sam Cappleman-Lynes ???? ???? The 2 question marks are...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
What's so unusual about contestants being given non-public information in advance? They're trusted not to spoil it. Anyone who has ever attended a Countdown recording, as contestant or +1, has had to keep results private until broadcast. In this case, because sharing it with them was dumb as fuck. ...
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
This is Countdown Team's fault for leaking it to the contestants, That was a silly thing to do. If they wanted it secret they should have kept it PROPERLY secret. Yes. I know it contains an Octochamp whose run has yet to air... but it will probably be published here early anyway. You can't put the ...
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: David Barnard, 1991-2022
- Replies: 85
- Views: 13267
Re: Please say a prayer for David Barnard
This is a proper shame. David was a top guy!
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30234
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Yup let's see it!Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:52 pmJust do it. Anyone who doesn't want to see it can look away. Obviously depending on the source (if given) it may need to be taken with a pinch of salt.L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:10 pm The draw for this has been leaked.
One anyone care to publish it, or shall I do the honours?
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL scoring system
- Replies: 57
- Views: 55984
Re: FOCAL scoring system
Very funny. I'm not even gay!JackHurst wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:14 pmJack it in man.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:54 pm Can you two please keep it civil, otherwise we'll all be forced to witness you Jack-off.
- Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL scoring system
- Replies: 57
- Views: 55984
Re: FOCAL scoring system
If we changed it to 13, the top 8 would in theory be more weighted to those who have done more events rather than those who've performed well. As it stands, 1 person has played 13, with a further 4 likely to. Only 1 person who isn't in the current top 8 would be if we'd extended it to 13, and they'...
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL scoring system
- Replies: 57
- Views: 55984
Re: FOCAL scoring system
If we changed it to 13, the top 8 would in theory be more weighted to those who have done more events rather than those who've performed well. As it stands, 1 person has played 13, with a further 4 likely to. Only 1 person who isn't in the current top 8 would be if we'd extended it to 13, and they'...
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL scoring system
- Replies: 57
- Views: 55984
Re: FOCAL scoring system
Why are 2020-22 events capped at 8? The rules as in this thread viewtopic.php?p=165388&hilit=focal#p165388 state that it is capped at 66.6% which this $eason would be 13.
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Stewart Wintle 1994-2022
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2206
Re: Stewart Wintle 1994-2022
Awfully sad news- not sure this is the time or place to address this but I wonder what the cause was? I ask because looking at his Facebook his family and friends were wishing him a happy birthday the day before he passed- I hope that the cause its not what I’m thinking but terribly upsetting regar...
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:32 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14415
Re: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?
I'm going to hijack this thread to discuss this year's winner of Dave's "Funniest Joke of The Fringe" . Won by Olaf Falafel, it goes "I keep randomly shouting out 'Broccoli' and 'Cauliflower' - I think I might have florets". However, it's a bit of a shit joke isn't it? I mean, i...
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:30 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11706
Re: Veganism Discussion
What percentage of the food you eat (as a vegan) do you think is imported?, it significantly higher than that of a non-vegan.Callum Todd wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:23 am Just because someone mentioned environmental impact of transporting food elsewhere: Follow the Food
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15277
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Sorry I don't respond to trolls. Though it's good to know that "non-vegans" never use cars or aeroplanes, or anything transported by them :) I never said that we don't, we DO. It was just a figure of speech to make you understand how stupid you sound. More meat is UK reared compared to ve...
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15277
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
It wasn't 'euthanasia' (which like abortion im 100% against in any form). Human life comes before animal welfare and this walrus provided a threat to human life.
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 7:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11706
Re: Veganism Discussion
It's still here in my local McDonalds in South Norfolk as of Friday.
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 7:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15277
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Sorry but you assume incorrectly. Animals are treated incredibly cruelly, both during and before slaughter, in this country, and not just in Halal and Kosher. From what I understand (not first hand!) of Kosher slaughter (Shechitah), animals are often treated cruelly before slaughter but the actual ...
- Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1816829
Re: Politics in General
Using this poll me and my partner decided to sit down and analyse the results scaled to the 2019 election: https://redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/latest-gb-voting-intention-24-july-2022/ If an election was held today the according to the said poll we'd be way behind labour! Seats 2019 Seat per vote...
- Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Brum 2022
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7100
Re: Co:Brum 2022
Hi Graeme, OK i get what your saying: 1) could obscure words be omitted from max count? 2) what about possibly using flat 1-0 scoring to count the points (but determine the winner using the normal system) Jack 1. Only if you also want to come up with a fair and easily checkable way to determine whe...
- Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Brum 2022
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7100
Re: Co:Brum 2022
So there's been some interesting conversations arising from the proposed trial... I've been having a consider of the feedback, and I hold my hands up. I made an error-proposing to use it for games straight out was way too gung-ho. Sorry for the confusion that has been caused (hindsight is a gloriou...
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:42 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect
- Replies: 169
- Views: 112128
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Brum 2022
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7100
Re: Co:Brum 2022
You could always use max percentage instead of raw points to decide the finalists. For example if the max was 150 and a player scored 90 the percentage would be 60. This would make it fair for everyone. On the surface this sounds like it might be a better system, but IMO it isn't, and it would be q...
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1816829
Re: Politics in General
I am sad that Boris has gone although it was the right time for him to stand down. As a voter in this election, brief views on each of the leadership candidates: Kemi Badenoch: “I’m the Prime Minister and I’m offended by unisex / gender neutral toilets” is bonkers. I’m not overly keen on net zero e...
- Sat Jul 23, 2022 5:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Les Dennis - temporary host
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1497
Re: Les Dennis - temporary host
I hate Les Dennis. He's an old fashioned fossil.
- Sat Jul 23, 2022 5:31 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordle
- Replies: 81
- Views: 14797
Re: Wordle
I thought this.Fred Mumford wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:45 am If you get the correct word first time on Wordle it calls you a genius. That's the last thing you are, you're either very lucky or a cheat. No skill involved.
- Sat Jul 23, 2022 5:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Brum 2022
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7100
Re: Co:Brum 2022
Some good points Eoin. You forgot Tom CC's handy tool for hosting Lincoln style events. It provides timer, number generator and checks maxes and words against the apterous dictionary. https://tinyurl.com/countdownfun (cheers for the friendly URL Maus!) If you are hosting a Lincoln style event, then...