c4countdown

Dan Vanniasingham

Who's going to have started this thread by the time I post this then...

NEUTRON was there in round 4. I remember missing that against Jason Cullen at CoNot, only managing NEURON.

Didn't get that first numbers - nice spot from Carol.

Dan Vanniasingham

Happy birthday Ben Pugh

Dan Vanniasingham

Excellent, thanks you two.

Dan Vanniasingham

Do you know why Drew Carey is so happy today?

Or why DesO is so excited on a Monday?

Perhaps the "DING DING DING DING DING" sound we all love to hear could give it away?!?!

Happy birthday Jason Larsen!

Dan Vanniasingham

Oh, ok then. Is the rule "minimum 2 vowels/3 consonants", or can the selection be absolutely any combination?

Dan Vanniasingham

The target generated is in the region of 100-999, so yes, it's possible for the target to be 100 with a 100 in the selection.

Unless it's actually 101-999 and my mind is playing tricks on me...

Dan Vanniasingham

Not a bug as such, more an inadvertent omission by the looks of it. I just had a game of Goatdown with Matt, and in one round he'd picked 2 vowels and 6 consonants - but wasn't forced to pick a vowel as the final letter.

Dan Vanniasingham

That's a strong selection of players considering the lack of entries! There'll definitely be a worthy winner - good luck to all the entrants (and Jeff).

Dan Vanniasingham

Jason Larsen wrote:Even though I haven't seen her online since last week, I bet Kate is proud of you!

Just to clarify, Jason, why would Kate be very proud of me?

Dan Vanniasingham

Thanks guys. I went off for a stag weekend sailing along the Norfolk Broads - great fun.

Hope anyone else celebrating birthdays enjoyed them too.

Dan Vanniasingham

Edele and Keavy, in honour of the B*witched twins. They were great (for the year they lasted).

Dan Vanniasingham

Both girls? Damn, I was going to suggest Fernando and Robbie, but I'll think of something worse which is at least gender appropriate.

Dan Vanniasingham

Wahoo, even I've solved #5 (which means it's far too easy).

As for the others - I'm clueless, which suggests my mind isn't dirty enough. Corby will have to try harder.

Dan Vanniasingham

Myself and Kirk discovered that the conundrum game has a tendency to crash when a player gets their answer wrong - this may be related to the backspace key, which I would often press after ballsing up my typing (even though you cannot backspace and type the solution properly, I found it a reflex rea...

Dan Vanniasingham

Hi all, apologies for the late response but I got back from Notts late last night and am still recovering from the weekend :) . I'd like to say thanks for everyones kind words - they're much appreciated. There's no way I was the best player at the event, but various results and draws went my way to ...

Dan Vanniasingham

Some of these may well be wrong, but in any event I'll stop there and leave a few for others: 13. LOSTHONEY - holystone? 16. CRIMEERAS - screamier? 19. OTHERNITE - thereinto? 35. WETMATTER - wattmeter? 38. EELTARIFF - afterlife? ----------------------- 06. FEEDTRACK 21. CLUNGFEET 25. QUITCASEY 29. L...

Dan Vanniasingham

Got to be Drew Carey - then every weekday can be "Carey Countdown"!

Dan Vanniasingham

I'll be staying over in Notts all weekend, so in theory could offer a lift from the station to the event - it just depends how rough I feel on Sat morning as to whether I want to arrive stupidly early or not. I'm also presuming the train station can't be more than a mile or two from the market squar...

Dan Vanniasingham

Glad you have joined us Jason. I was Ballheimer's first victim, and I remember you from filming - although I don't think you arrived until after my initial victory and subsequent defeat had been completed? I'd left before your show was done, but can still remember watching it at home feeling frightf...

Dan Vanniasingham

Well if you're posting that, I'll add:

Round 14: 25, 100, 50, 10, 2, 3. Target: 789.

C1: 790. (100+50+3) = 153 (0)

Dan Vanniasingham

Thanks for doing the recap Jason, and well played once again. That may have been my first proper 15 round game, so at least I have a 100% century record to go alongside my 0% win record. :) I genuinely felt beforehand that I'd be the underdog, going off your constant beater-spotting and my terrible ...

Dan Vanniasingham

Kirk Bevins wrote:Oh damn the finals took place last month didn't they and I forgot to watch them! Why did nobody remind me on MSN?

I'll change my name to 'Kirk - The Series Finals Have Started' in mid-late December so this can be avoided next time.

Dan Vanniasingham

Because he plays football for a living that makes him the scum of the earth in Joseph's eyes (I'm sure he isn't usually so prejudiced...). Why he "bet his life" on Neil not winning 8 shows is beyond me - the last similar instance of stupidity I recall was when a Mr J O'Neill stated he'd ea...

Dan Vanniasingham

Thanks for offering to host Matt. As much fun as Jason's well-researched introductions are, you needn't bother for me please! I won one show in series 42 before losing to an eventual octochamp - the end. 8pm is fine Jason, but if we get the chance to start earlier then great - I might have a snooker...

Dan Vanniasingham

Welcome Lee, and well done on your 3 victories. I'm sure plenty on here can empathise with the pressure felt on the numbers - I believe the topic was raised on the old forum with plenty of contributors agreeing. You certainly had some terrible letters rounds to contend with too. Hope you enjoy the '...

Dan Vanniasingham

2. SEAPONYTAILS - passionately 5. MANGEMPHASIS - gamesmanship To which I add: 18. NINUAIRBOATS - URBANISATION 20. MRNNOSEPIECE - OMNIPRESENCE which leaves: A B I K R V 4. TINDRAMATISE - A/I/R 6. VUEYPORTRAIT - V 9. ROTEPICUREAN - A/I/R 10. CELEBRATEHOT - B 11. KARLYPOSTATE - K 19. HONEYCLINTER - I/R

Dan Vanniasingham

AERATED? I thought that round would have plenty of 7's but couldn't see any (others).

Hmm, I think I got the letters wrong come to think of it...

Dan Vanniasingham

BEETROOT was an absolutely quality spot Mr MMC - I can't repeat what I said immediately after you declared it, but I was dead impressed.

Enjoyed both games so far (haven't watched the show in a couple of months) - well played to all, looking forward to next week.

Dan Vanniasingham

Thanks for the suggestion mate, but I'm happy to report someone else is running the quiz now as she's already got plenty of material drafted. One less thing for me to worry about this weekend - woohoo!

Dan Vanniasingham

No, I'm not taking over from Jason, I'm actually looking for some assistance in creating one. I kinda volunteered to devise something with moderate difficulty (i.e. not Eggheads, but not Junior Trivial Pursuit either) for probably 30 or so people in teams on Saturday. I blatantly don't have time to ...

Dan Vanniasingham

Just to throw in a suggestion - I'll propose a form of speed Countdown to get the adrenalin pumping. Take 4 (or 8) individuals crazy enough, ask them to pre-select their letters and numbers, then play an entire game (9 rounds or whatever) non-stop with 10 or 15seconds per round. You'd have to deal o...

Dan Vanniasingham

Oh I see! I didn't actually realise DOND wasn't on in the daytime over there already - is it on every weeknight currently? I think that, going from another thread, many of us on here aren't exactly DOND fans. I can see why it's your kinda show though Jason. ;) I did think Howie looked familiar too, ...

Dan Vanniasingham

Against my better judgement I had a look at this. At the risk of being thick - what part of it was supposed to make me very happy? And is Patricia Kara really 9 years old? That's just wrong... Reading down the page they have an example contestant by the name “Joe Blow” - for some reason that has mad...

Dan Vanniasingham

That's good work, Joseph! Thank you JaLa :D You actually edited his quoted name?! Well, your masterplan has paid dividends - I can't take it any more! Please name your price on what it will take for you to stop giving people ridiculous nicknames. Don't get too greedy though - it may work out cheape...

Dan Vanniasingham

At the risk of setting this thread off down another realm of nonsense - happy birthday David!

Dan Vanniasingham

Some of you may know that I appeared on Countdown over 8 years ago, losing to eventual semi-finalist David Ballheimer. Some of you may also know that I'm a ten-pin bowler, and attend a Tuesday evening quads league at Heathrow's Airport Bowl. In the opposition team tonight, bowling for the Monty Ferr...

Dan Vanniasingham

Because Charlie has had the Countdown Wiki up and running for a while now, I think we should play a rounding game when we figure out the averages of these people's scores. We can get as close as possible, and the people who win those games can get bragging rights. I didn't think any 'game' could so...

Dan Vanniasingham

I'm thinking of buying Wii Fit for (you guessed it) the Wii, and wondered if any forumites out there have tried it, and if so is it any good? From the advert (the one with people in white suits from a perfect utopian society) it looks like a fun game for all the family, but when I had a look in the...

Dan Vanniasingham

I'm thinking of buying Wii Fit for (you guessed it) the Wii, and wondered if any forumites out there have tried it, and if so is it any good?! My brother's friend has not only got it, but has loaned it to my brother (well, me) whilst he's away for a week. I'll give it a go and get back to you. Havi...

Dan Vanniasingham

A couple of suggestions: Firstly, a rating system similar to the comments on Youtube and others, where you can give a post a thumbs-up or down, with posts receiving enough 'negative' feedback being hidden unless the user chooses to read them. I'd really rather not use the Foes list as everyone (I th...

Dan Vanniasingham

Then its players B 5th game. Now something happens and they end up losing, but with a high enough score that when its added to their overall score, it comes out to a total thats more than players A, thus putting player B on the seed table at #8 and knocking player A off. To summarise your argument,...

Dan Vanniasingham

Now that I've dried the tears of laughter brought on by Jason's countdown dream, I noticed today is the birthday of Howard Somerset. So, happy birthday Howard, and may your countdown dreams be free of Drew Carey!

Dan Vanniasingham

Joseph Bolas wrote:You don't mind Ben being on top though do you .

Ooerr misses...

Dan Vanniasingham

This is very old, but I don't remember reading about it first time out. Short of actually receiving vast amounts of cash from Nigeria, this has to be the best result: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3887493.stm

Dan Vanniasingham

Jason Larsen wrote:Well, Dan, that's why my story needs a middle. It would be boring without one.

I concur, but I can't envisage any middle that's remotely linked to the start or end which could make the story anything other than 'boring' at best.

But, you do what you feel best mate.

Dan Vanniasingham

I think Corby was kidding. Whether he was kidding or not, he clearly felt all forum users needed to be tortured. :twisted: Jason: I like the idea of you writing an e-mail to be read out, as I suspect it would make you very happy :) . However, I don't really follow your 'story', and I don't think it...

Dan Vanniasingham

My apologies, Jason, but I don't find it interesting either. Perhaps myself and Joseph are the only ones though. For the record, I really have no interest in whether a Countdown pilot was once rejected in Turkmenistan, whether Rolf Harris would be a great host on "Countmekangaroodown'mate"...

Dan Vanniasingham

Joseph Bolas wrote:Could #21 be AUTHENTICIST?

I think #21 is ENTHUSIASTIC
(Edit: No I don't, I saw a second S...)

#10 - ANAESTHETIST ? (Jono corrected my spelling)
#16 - HYPOTHETICAL
#22 - MELODRAMATIC

I could do the rest, but I'm not greedy...

Dan Vanniasingham

Good to see Amey Deshpande getting another crack - I really think he could win the series this time.

Dan Vanniasingham

I got the second numbers round just before Carol was asked if she had it. I suspect there's an easier method though:

25 x 8 = 200
200 + 5 = 205
205 x 4 = 820
820 + 3 x 9 = 847

Also LORINERS as an equaller in the RESOLING/IGNORERS round (12?).

Dan Vanniasingham

Well it took a while, but here are the two defeats that put me back in my place. Firstly though, in response to previous comments: Kirk - Pretty sure I saw UNDERLIE, but in a moment of stupidity decided it wasn't a word. There was a point soon after where I thought "Hang on, I don't have a 7......

Dan Vanniasingham

Are you all really going to London for a Countdown get-together? No, Jason, we aren't - although it may happen eventually. I don't know why you've asked that, and as much fun as it's been posting why events are named COwhatever I think the discussion has run its course. I've wanted a COLON for ages...

Dan Vanniasingham

Unless there's an unusual story behind the reason (will we ever know?), I cannot fathom why Joseph has posted the message he has. I've read through Crucial, enjoyed it, but am generally too lazy to be relied upon to write a review (I've still got 2 COLIN games to type on another thread sometime befo...

Dan Vanniasingham

I'm aware that you know of David very well, and you did spoil the results of Countdown for the past two days because you said this Tim guy is still the champion. The first person to say Tim is/was the champion was you, Jason, not George. This seemed like an attempt to correct George's "mistake...

Dan Vanniasingham

Today (11th February) is the anniversary of my appearance on Countdown - my first ever TV show. A whole 4 years ago now, seems to have flown by! That's a small coincidence - today is also the anniversary of my teapot-winning appearance from 8 years ago. I pass on to thee the wisdom that if you thou...

Dan Vanniasingham

Games 3 and 4, and a table of myself, Kirk and Dinos... C1: KIRK BEVINS C2: DAN VANNIASINGHAM DC: DINOS SFYRIS 1) D R N E I U L E D 2) L G E C E C A N Z 3) S N M O O I P I S 4) 1, 2, 4, 8, 4, 100 TARGET 719 5) M D E N A D I T T 6) S S G O A E R W R 7) J R E T E V U S R 8) 7, 9, 6, 5, 2, 75 TARGET 28...

Dan Vanniasingham

Just to get this thread back on track, I'm happy to share the six games I had at COLIN - which was excellently run and thoroughly enjoyable throughout as per usual. I don't have every offering of my opponents to hand, but I have downloaded the brilliant Countmax to check max scores. Will type up the...

Dan Vanniasingham

Hi, I'm Dan Vanniasingham, and I didn't realise my Username was also the default for posting under - otherwise I'd change it to that. I read all the posts, contribute occasionally, and one day might try to realise my full potential at this addictive game - but as I blew my chance on the show years b...

Search found 238 matches