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- Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 488
- Views: 46122
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What are those tripod thingies with camera thingies with people in fluorescent jacket thingies manning them? Seems to be some sort of survey equipment but what is it used for? They've had them manned every morning for about a month next to a road I pass on my commute and I'm too scared to ask one of...
- Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:15 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Classic Aptochat moments
- Replies: 179
- Views: 36016
Re: Classic Aptochat moments
Did you miss the nuance that they were both 1st of 1 and the ensuing existential crisis?
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 1:00 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1368
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - voting
THE GotY 2017 POLL HAS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to all those who voted, and once again to those who nominated. I can now reveal the top three games of apterous from 2017! GotY 2017 : Ben Andrews 200 - 200 Martin Hurst Runner-up : Apterous Rex 480 - 520 Callum Todd Joint third place : Apterous Prune 0 - 2...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:48 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1368
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - voting
Only about 6 days left to vote!
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:45 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1368
Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - voting
Thanks to all those who submitted nominations for GotY 2017. There were 6 nominees that made the cut-off for the final poll. Voting rules: Each person should submit one of 12 options for each game when voting: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or Abstain (0 is worst and 10 is best). You can submit th...
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:24 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2627
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
GotY 2017 nominations have now closed. The poll will open shortly in a separate thread.
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:25 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2627
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
About one week left to nominate.
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:06 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2627
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
Nominations are now open and will close on Saturday 3 February 2018 at 11.59pm.
The rules and preferred format for the nominations are stated in the original post in this thread.
The rules and preferred format for the nominations are stated in the original post in this thread.
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:40 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2627
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
Stop right there. If we had a game of the decade, I think it should be more open, rather than to just winners of GOTY, just like GOTY is open to non-GOTW winners. A few games have been missed and were highlighted later on, like Rahul Suresh's max bullet hyper nasty numbers attack. Mathematically, i...
- Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:55 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2627
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
Since this is Apterous' 10th year, could we also do a Game of the Decade? Yes we could, nice idea! It'd be easy. Just do it after the 2017 winner is chosen... Allow people vote on what they consider the greatest of the 10 annual winners so far. I've been running the annual poll since 2010, the year...
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 11:27 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2627
Game of the Year (GotY) 2017 - nominations
Evening, all! I'm setting up this thread for information and discussion about GotY 2017. I'm planning to accept nominations for a one-month period after all of the GotW results for 2017 have been confirmed (around the second week of January 2018). After nominations close (mid-February 2018), I'll po...
- Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:19 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Wow, that was a thrilling contest! Well done to Innis and team for coming through against strong opponents. Can just apply that comment for this round as well. So evenly matched all the way through, and just nicking it at the end. Yep! Just watched it - another nail-biter and some good educated gue...
- Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:37 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect
- Replies: 125
- Views: 20704
Re: Only Connect
Correct! Francis Obikwelu was pervading my consciousness this morning for some reason so I decided to incorporate his name into a quiz.Matt Bayfield wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:44 pm1) Mark Lewis-Francis Obikwelu
2) Yelena Isinbayevalerie Adams
3) Steve Cramantle Montsho
4) Lorraine Ugenzebe Dibaba
- Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect
- Replies: 125
- Views: 20704
Re: Only Connect
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- Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
- Replies: 76
- Views: 7579
Re: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
Figure out directions apart from straight / up without tilting my head or the map.
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best 9 of all time
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3931
Re: Best 9 of all time
Yeah, agreed on MYOGLOBIN. FORTALICE also impressed me.
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO-MSO
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6624
Re: CO-MSO
Ah right, count me out then!Tony Atkins wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:00 amSadly it seems the best one can hope for is a very small pocket dictionary...Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:09 amOn the website it says there's £100,000 in prize money. Is any of this available in the Countdown event?
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:46 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Wow, that was a thrilling contest! Well done to Innis and team for coming through against strong opponents.
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (I Think I'm Going To) Snap General Election Poll
- Replies: 81
- Views: 8568
Re: (I Think I'm Going To) Snap General Election Poll
What are the chances of Toby Pereira as Prime Minister?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:10 pmAround 21% chance of Corbyn as Prime Minister according to Betfair.
Edit - follow it here.
- Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO-MSO
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6624
Re: CO-MSO
On the website it says there's £100,000 in prize money. Is any of this available in the Countdown event?
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:14 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect
- Replies: 125
- Views: 20704
Re: Only Connect
Yay, well done to Graeme, Phyl and Tom! Superb quizzing 

- Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 488
- Views: 46122
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why do people eat fruit-flavoured sweets? Why wouldn't they? They give nice flavours. There are other flavours too, like mint, aniseed, liquorice, violet, rhubarb & custard, and non-specific. Just because they don't really taste like fruit and fruit is better for you and probably cheaper, at least ...
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 488
- Views: 46122
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Hehe, good answer!
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:20 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 488
- Views: 46122
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why do people eat fruit-flavoured sweets?
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:01 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
And Seagull! Great shout

- Sun Mar 26, 2017 10:04 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Just caught up on the last two Only Connects. Well done, Verbivores! I thoroughly enjoyed Graeme's disbelieving facepalming in the closing credits of both episodes 

- Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:02 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Another good performance from Warwick there but Wolfson were also on good form. Great run Giles and team, well done!
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 7:11 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - voting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2411
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - voting
THE GotY 2016 POLL HAS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to all those who voted, and once again to those who nominated. I can now reveal the top three games of apterous from 2016! GotY 2016 : Johnny Canuck 116 - 71 Tracey Mills Runner-up : Apterous Prune 0 - 285 Rob Foster Third place : Apterous Prime 160 - 200 R...
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:19 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - voting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2411
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - voting
Reminder - voting closes on Saturday night!
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:57 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Wooow! Got a bit overexcited applauding at nearly midnight catching up on this! When they had that double music round and Bristol were miles ahead I thought it was all over purely from a time perspective - well done Giles and Warwick! 

- Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:10 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1738
- Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:09 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - voting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2411
Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - voting
It's that time again - now the seventh Game of the Year poll I've run on this forum! Nominations for GotY 2016 have now closed. Now we move on to the voting phase, which is quick and simple. There were 7 games with more than one nomination, which comprise the final poll - I've decided there are too ...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:57 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4437
Re: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
Not for Mikey Lear!Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:25 pmRE - the marathon. While it was not open entry and thus not a CO:event, it thus would not count here on account of playing the game being the main point of going.
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:36 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowner's Homes I've Been In game (CHIBIN)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3253
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:35 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowners In My Place game (CIMP)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1499
Re: the Countdowners In My Place game (CIMP)
Ed McCullagh <3
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:30 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4437
Re: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
How many people does it have to be for a ratifiable COCMEAT? For example, I have met Innis and Ed M individually for non-Countdown shenanigans; Zarte, Innis and Mikey Lear are not on your list if Mark Watson's 25-hour show doesn't count as a Co:Event.
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:04 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1738
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - nominations
Reminder - nominations will close on Saturday 11 February 2017 at 11.59pm.
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 106953
Re: Ask Graeme?
Hi Graeme,
Please could you Answer this Thing (well, not just this Thing, but the Thing immediately following this Thing)?
What's the percentage of returning players per (regular) series? (e.g. 100 different players in series n, 10 had played in series <n, therefore 10% were returning players).
Please could you Answer this Thing (well, not just this Thing, but the Thing immediately following this Thing)?
What's the percentage of returning players per (regular) series? (e.g. 100 different players in series n, 10 had played in series <n, therefore 10% were returning players).
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2017 upgrade!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6204
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Alas, poor Warwick. Seagull was flying tonight.
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 6:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIII- Countdown in Lincoln, 28-29 January 2017
- Replies: 87
- Views: 8334
Re: COLIN XIII- Countdown in Lincoln, 28-29 January 2017
Came on to this thread to see what had happened in the main event and see everyone shouting at Jono instead. Can't believe there is so much passionate debate about this as personally I couldn't care less!
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 13)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 867
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 13)
Return of the Mack! Nice to see/hear how much it meant to him at the end there 

- Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:02 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1738
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - nominations
Time to open the nominations! The GotY 2016 poll will be opened shortly after nominations have closed. NOMINATIONS FOR GotY 2016 ARE NOW OPEN AND WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2017 AT 11.59pm. NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO ME BY APTOMAIL OR BY PRIVATE MESSAGE ON THIS FORUM. PLEASE PROVIDE ...
- Sat Jan 07, 2017 5:29 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
RE the quarks; not gonna lie, by this stage I knew we were out and that I hadn't buzzed in yet - as soon as Jeremy mentioned quarks I ran through them in my head (saying up!) I thought he said "quartz" so I was completely bamboozled. I pronounce it to rhyme with "barks" rather than "forks" so that'...
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "APTEROUS" on Countdown
- Replies: 2
- Views: 771
Re: "APTEROUS" on Countdown
Is it just me, or is there a palpably weird and knowing atmosphere in the studio every time APTEROUS comes up as a DC max on Countdown? It's kind of like in Harry Potter when someone dares to say "Voldemort" rather than "he who must not be named". Susie has a slightly excited expression, of someone...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:52 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
What the Dickens happened there, Eoin?
In all seriousness, the opposing team were on fire, credit to them for a top-notch performance. They even got all the bonuses on Northern Ireland, so no complaints there!

- Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 311
- Views: 32359
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Just noticed that Adam Gillard did a new year parkrun but was way off his PB despite a year to train for this one event! Stalker much? :p I have had a cough / cold so wasn't up for the Christmas Day parkrun, and I didn't feel that great still on Sunday so decided just to enjoy the run rather than c...
- Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:48 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1738
Game of the Year (GotY) 2016 - nominations
Evening, all! I'm setting up this thread for information and discussion about GotY 2016. For now (before the nominations go "live"), this thread is the forum for any questions about the rules and the general format of the nominations and the GotY 2016 poll. I'm planning to accept nominations for a o...
- Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:28 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 518
- Views: 44717
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who don't wash their hands after going to the loo. I also find it weird when people go for the soap before the water (i.e., with still-dry hands) but I wouldn't go so far as to deem these people untrustworthy.
- Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:40 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
I wasn't sure that you had it this time when that last clue went unanswered, but well done! Disappointed with Phyl's introduction though, I had already said "it's MC Stylez!" before the host mentioned rapping and neglected to use that stage name.
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 518
- Views: 44717
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Why? It's a perfectly cromulent word.Gavin Chipper wrote:People who use the "word" "bae".
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:09 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Hucthings smash! So that was Giles then? I did wonder (I tuned in late so didn't see the introductions and for some reason thought it wasn't; I'm unsure why but I thought he was a bit older). And yes, they did very well indeed, looking forward to their next appearance. Was this on UC or OC? I misse...
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:53 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Hucthings smash!
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Mondegreens
- Replies: 122
- Views: 11679
Re: Mondegreens
What do you call it when you know what the actual words are but STILL can't escape that it sounds like something else entirely... What is it you lot think they're saying is about to explode? https://youtu.be/gh-pGxZBQ1Y?t=48s Without having heard this before or read the lyrics, it sounds to me like...
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:42 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Greatest ever Apterites
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2717
Re: Greatest ever Apterites
Matt Le Tassier's not had a mention yet that I can see. Craig Chittenden was an early trailblazer in numbers stuff too. Glad Paul Howe and Jesus have both got a mention so far.
- Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CobliviLon 4th august 2012
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5839
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:36 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 164
- Views: 17122
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Not obvious I suppose, but certain sportspeople's names that I'd only heard said by commentators and then one day see them written and it's completely different from what I expected. Brian Ideye and Van Sinclair come to mind.
- Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever televised game?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2560
Re: Best ever televised game?
Carl WIlliams vs Graeme Cole was the best televised game I've seen live; "GALVANISE!" is a squeak that has stayed with me vividly, and vanquished semi-finalist Mark Deeks peering round from the edge of the set is an image that has stayed with me as well, cracking denouement. Going off Charlie's pos...
- Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:30 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 164
- Views: 17122
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
When an unsubscribe link on an email doesn't work (redirects to a non-existent page, or as I had recently, a page that refreshes every half a second so doesn't allow you to submit your email address), it's probably been done on purpose rather than being a site bug. Similarly this may be why the "hid...
- Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:14 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13540
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Weird question in University Challenge stated "To the nearest factor of 10", where the eventual answer was 80. That's a multiple of 10 and not a factor unless they've changed maths again? It's the question-setter's fault, undoubtedly, but have you noticed that Paxman almost seems to take a pride in...