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- Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday March 5th 2014 (S70 P43)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1634
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday March 5th 2014 (S70 P43)
Surprise in round 9 there, had that in like 2 seconds. (100 - 2) x 8 - 50 + 75 / 25
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday March 5th 2014 (S70 P43)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1634
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday March 5th 2014 (S70 P43)
MITOGENS round 1
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1597
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
^ Nice, didn't see that, the sixth consonant threw me off.
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1597
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
Erm, PAVIORS in round 10 to beat
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1597
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
And the same in round 9 is ((100 + 10) x 75 - 50) / 25 + 9
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1597
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 4th 2014 (S70 P42)
Ostentatious 4 large alternative in R3: ((75 - 3) x 50 - 100) / 25 = 140.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 28th February 2014 (8/10 Cats Series 2, Episode 6)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 519
Friday 28th February 2014 (8/10 Cats Series 2, Episode 6)
Alright kids. 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown recap for Friday 28th February 2014 Team 1: - Sean Lock, whose face will be familiar to the RSPCA complaints division. - James Corden, who is a rubbish actor who has never won a Bafta. Team 2: - Jon Richardson, who phones his mum every day. He's brought ...
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 3:06 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Revenge of the Egghead
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15334
Re: Revenge of the Egghead
I kind of like it to be honest. Just realise that CJ's always gonna be a wanker and I can overlook that bit. Slightly harder questions and played at a faster pace than most quiz shows.
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 27th 2014 (S70 P39)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3440
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO-Event Survey
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10937
Re: CO-Event Survey
I wonder if we'll get the results soon
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 27th 2014 (S70 P39)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3440
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 27th 2014 (S70 P39)
Terrible intro to start by Nick, managed to be a dickhead to both competitors there.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 26th 2014 (S70 P38)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2371
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 26th 2014 (S70 P38)
She seems to enjoy showing off by telling us there are a few ways but on rare occasions like today she gives something strangely inefficient or inelegant.
Nothing wrong with (50 + 2) x 6 + 9 for the 321.
Nothing wrong with (50 + 2) x 6 + 9 for the 321.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
Cool, might be available next series or whenever they roll it out. Will look out for it.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 26th 2014 (S70 P38)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2371
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 26th 2014 (S70 P38)
If Andy loses tomorrow, there's going to be some seriously interesting ramifications come the end of the series, with four people on 6 wins.
I'm pretty confident he won't though.
I'm pretty confident he won't though.
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
Yeah 4 large doesn't count. Haha, I obviously meant 4 different, thanks for pointing that out so graciously and with so little attention.
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
Looks like there's only SPOLIATION and SPOLIATOR in the ODE3 - I presume SPOLIATE is CSW valid, looks like it could be bloody useful in Scrabble.
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
A little birdie told me this game featured all 4 numbers selections: http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5740
Didn't scroll through all the games by myself or anything. Nope.
Didn't scroll through all the games by myself or anything. Nope.
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
Yeah - I wonder how many games have featured four different numbers selections. Might have a look at the wiki but there's like a years worth of games to scroll through...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
(75+25-2)*3 - 50/10 in R14
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
Yep, that was a great standard method
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
Should have picked a 6th consonant in round 5
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4645
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 25th 2014 (S70 P37)
That numbers was brutal. I had 8 away, but apparently 969 is possible, similar method to Bradley's
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5628
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
Haha true.
What I meant to say is that it's possible, but not definite, and I could find examples for a lot of particular contestants. I just meant I didn't want to wildly accuse one person more than any other and that was one particular example.
Particular.
What I meant to say is that it's possible, but not definite, and I could find examples for a lot of particular contestants. I just meant I didn't want to wildly accuse one person more than any other and that was one particular example.
Particular.
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5628
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
Probably don't want to leave that sort of comment on a public message board, at least not attached to a particular person ^ But to be honest I agree, it's something that's at least possible. Not wildly accusing anyone in particular, but as a general example I don't think certain performances can be ...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5628
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
Always maintained that numbers are really hard when you're on TV. For contestants who aren't particularly good at maths or arithmetic naturally, and haven't done much practice before going on, and haven't been on TV before, then it can only get worse. That said, there have been some shockers recentl...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5628
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
INVOLUTE R13
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5628
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
HETAIRA round 10
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5628
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
DETORSION round .. 7?
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P5)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2563
Re: Spoilers for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P5)
I'll do next week
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P5)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2563
Re: Spoilers for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P5)
While the recap writer is down maybe Callum should have it
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P5)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2563
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P5)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2563
Re: Spoilers for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P5)
Anyone got dibs on the recap?
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 21st 2014 (S70 P35)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1844
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 21st 2014 (S70 P35)
ANNOYERS in round 11
oh I knew that was coming ^^^
oh I knew that was coming ^^^
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 21st 2014 (S70 P35)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1844
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 21st 2014 (S70 P35)
Did not think there'd be a 9 there, well done.
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 20th 2014 (S70 P34)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2929
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 20th 2014 (S70 P34)
C2 saying "nowhere near" to 100 75 50 25 8 10 @401, is bloody hilarious.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5545
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
Unlucky there Brett, Andy was that rare animal of apterous standard without the practice. He looks pretty good for 8 wins if he can improve in numbers.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5545
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
ALONGSIDE round 13
Oh screw you Callum
Oh screw you Callum
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5545
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
Was DISPROVEN the intended declaration in R11? It's invalid apparently, but cracking effort and necessary when losing.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5545
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
(100 x 75 - 50) x 3 / 25 as a cheeky solve in round 9 going over 20k
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5545
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
From the desk of George Pryn: 75 x 5 + (100 + 50/25)/3 = 409
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1114254
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Cool, welcome, your standard does seem pretty similar to most contestants at the moment so it'll be interesting to see how you get on. If you're serious about winning just come over to apterous.org.The dictionary used is like 99.9% accurate so you'll learn a few classics that you might not already k...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5497
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
Always kind of thought she just goes with what she thinks looks best if she has done it in 2 or 3 ways
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5497
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
Another solid one there Brett, lots of tricky rounds there. Looking forward to see how far you go.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5497
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
Weird that I saw FLOUNCE but also thought it was 6.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5497
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
Yeah, that's the way I expected Rachel to show us, as she seems to like being needlessly ostentatious with numbers solves these days. Not that I'm criticising of course, that would be massively hypocritical
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5497
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
PISHOGUE round 7
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5497
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 18th 2014 (S70 P32)
Erm, STATION in round 2.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 17th 2014
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3532
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 17th 2014
ERGATIVE as an alternative for the CREATIVE round
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3589
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
Rhyming with whack-a-mole
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3589
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
Very comfortable there Brett, not just in margin of victory, but also in demeanour, been on TV before?
Never heard guacamole pronounced that way before, maybe I've only heard the US version or something.
Never heard guacamole pronounced that way before, maybe I've only heard the US version or something.
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3589
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
MODALIST in round 12
ZARTE
ZARTE
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3589
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 14th 2014 (S70 P30)
Tony Atkins wrote:I stupidly went for JOINDERS (JOINDER is a mass noun)
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3038
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
Nice contest there. Thought C2 had done it when he went 13 ahead, but then he couldn't see how to make the 9 (must have been bloody tricky under pressure), but then got the crucial conundrum anyway. The fact neither of them saw a conundrum that's about as straightforward as it gets for a good 20 sec...
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3038
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
(6 + 5 + 3) x 4 x 9 in round 6 if you want to avoid using the 100.
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3038
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
Vowel was the more likely 9 pick in round 4 - could have been NOSTALGIA/LEGATIONS/ISOLATING
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3038
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 13th 2014 (S70 P29)
STURDIER in round 1
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 12th 2014 (S70 P28)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2514
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 12th 2014 (S70 P28)
Credit where it's due, R13 was a class 6th consonant as it nearly gave TRIUMPHED or IMPRUDENT for 9.
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 12th 2014 (S70 P28)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2514
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 12th 2014 (S70 P28)
R3 I had ((5 - 1) x 9 + 75) x 8 but Rachel's way was more efficient. Graham still seems to be struggling a bit with his numbers under studio pressure and nerves!
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 12th 2014 (S70 P28)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2514
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 11th 2014 (S70 P27)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2633
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 11th 2014 (S70 P27)
Nope then. Good comeback from C1, decent contest to watch with how close it was.