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- Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 419646
Re: People you shouldn't trust
In my opinion, the debate over whether or not "literally" can be used in an informal sense has been inconceivably overblown.
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 13th 2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4522
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 13th 2016
I actually found the root rather than the ending first, since GOUTIER and GOUTIEST are fairly common maxes. I'd say I was even less certain than Tim -- probably 80% sure it wasn't in -- but I keep track of play-along scores and Robin was ahead of me, so I went all in.
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 3:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 13th 2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4522
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 13th 2016
GOUTINESS. Show me the money.
Congrats Robin, good luck in the SF in what may be an epic encounter.
Congrats Robin, good luck in the SF in what may be an epic encounter.
- Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th June 2016
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4071
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th June 2016
Does anyone know whether the production team checks a conundrum's Apterous difficulty rating and whether it's in Ascension before it is used? This one was an Unobtainium. I actually picked out FIBRE but it never occurred to me to add FILL at either end of the word, mainly because I was picturing the...
- Fri Jun 10, 2016 1:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th June 2016
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4071
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th June 2016
The scores of the two contestants so far are completely disjoint, with 8 points separating any overlap between them. This should be entertaining.
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 5:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New Monthly Countdown Radio Show
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3967
Re: New Monthly Countdown Radio Show
Another great piece of news! Will there be any opportunity to actually play a few rounds of Countdown on this show or is it only for discussion of Countdown?
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 8 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 84)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1316
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 8 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 84)
Looks like John may have learned by watching yesterday's Round 10, too.Tony Atkins wrote:As you say a few alts about today on the words. Glad they both remembered the first round from yesterday.
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 8 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 84)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1316
Spoilers for Wednesday 8 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 84)
"Could these letters rounds BE any flatter?" -- Chandler Bing
An average of 7.9 equal maxes per letters round today. Gotta be a record.
An average of 7.9 equal maxes per letters round today. Gotta be a record.
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3767
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
I'm still curious as to what they're going to do about David Edgar, who failed to qualify for the finals solely on the basis of having OUTRANG disallowed when it was really OK. He would still be at the studios for the finals as the "reserve" #9 contestant if there is one, but as Tim has me...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 10:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4767
Re: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
Good idea -- will follow beginning in the next series. On a personal note, I've been looking forward to these finals for weeks but I have both an assignment due tonight and a huge midterm exam tomorrow, and I don't know, I just somehow wanted a few "new"/"unusual" Countdown-rela...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3767
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
Wishing someone luck doesn't mean they'll get it.David Williams wrote:A logical impossibility.Johnny Canuck wrote:Best of luck as ever to Paul, Robin, Ann, Conrad, Dave, Tim, Sean and Tony!
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4767
Re: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
If I was being really picky (and I am) I would say (so I am saying) that this thread shouldn't really exist until the last preliminary has been played because its very existence (regardless of whether you click on it) is a spoiler itself. I see your point and I'm sorry for spoiling people who are b...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4767
Re: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
If I was being really picky (and I am) I would say (so I am saying) that this thread shouldn't really exist until the last preliminary has been played because its very existence (regardless of whether you click on it) is a spoiler itself. I see your point and I'm sorry for spoiling people who are b...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4767
Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
The Series 74 preliminaries: here today, gone tomorrow (assuming you're in Kiribati; Thursday everywhere else, of course). As a result of Ollie Heath's triumph today, the finals lineup is now fully determined, barring the unlikely event that one or more finalists will be no-shows. And so, the specul...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3767
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
Oh, and to use a Robbo-ism, WAHEY! The finals lineup is now determined. (Again, I'm assuming that someone in one of the spoilers threads would have warned us long ago if one of the expected finalists wasn't going to turn up.) Best of luck as ever to Paul, Robin, Ann, Conrad, Dave, Tim, Sean and Tony!
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3767
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
Why exactly do they televise Rachel saying "I'll have another look" for unsolved numbers games when the editors/producers know very well she isn't going to follow up on them in any way? I'm baffled. ROULADE as a beater in the LOADER/RELOAD round. She normally has a go, I've seen her with ...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3767
Spoilers for Tuesday 7 June 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 83)
Why exactly do they televise Rachel saying "I'll have another look" for unsolved numbers games when the editors/producers know very well she isn't going to follow up on them in any way? I'm baffled.
ROULADE as a beater in the LOADER/RELOAD round.
ROULADE as a beater in the LOADER/RELOAD round.
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 708530
Re: Ask Graeme?
In Round 1 of this game , the first three letters drawn were QXZ. Have all four of the "difficult" letters (those three plus the J) ever appeared in the same round? If not, how many times have three of them appeared? I also vaguely recall going through the archives, most likely a very earl...
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:08 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 334572
Re: Is Apterous down?
Well, Apterous is currently up but it seems to have not been saving any data in the archives for the past few hours. There are no entries in the chat logs after 10:19pm tonight (Monday) and no games saved in the archives beyond 10:20pm.
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 65)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4219
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 65)
Actually, it was because the total he was given was 723 points, which means his tiebreak conundrum was added. It only occurred to me to double check after yesterday's show, as I was in the audience, so already knew his score from today..... Whether or not it makes a difference to who he would've pl...
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 65)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4219
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 65)
He was seeded above Tim in the finals. In that case, they must have caught the mistake with PETTIES, which I believe was his only administrative error. I'm going to update his total on the main Series 74 wiki page accordingly. (The only other way he could have got above Tim is if they've now starte...
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 6th 2016
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1267
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 6th 2016
By the way, what happens if someone who could have entered the S74 finals had they been unbeaten at the end of S74 is transported to S75 and doesn't have enough wins to make the S75 finals? Has this already happened at least once? I seem to recall an Ask Graeme question regarding the implications of...
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 6th 2016
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1267
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 6th 2016
Sean Cooke could also end up as #8, if Peppiatt wins the next 3 and loses on Thursday.
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:10 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Letters Round Quandary
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8211
Re: A Letters Round Quandary
What's John Beresford doing writing a non-Countdown word listCharlie Reams wrote:You can try with some easily available wordlist like UKACD and see if it works.
http://www.crosswordman.com/download/UK ... ionary.txt (warning: large file)
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:00 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Letters Round Quandary
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8211
Re: A Letters Round Quandary
I agree with Innis that it's highly unlikely that a 10-round solution exists. But perhaps if you dump the worst letters near the beginning you could get close. On the contrary, I would think that putting the worst letters in a cluster at the very end would be more efficient. There are always more c...
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:02 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Letters Round Quandary
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8211
Re: A Letters Round Quandary
By the way, I could write a Python script that would solve this problem for me within an hour, but to do so I'd need a list of all the 9s in the dictionary.
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 19921
Re: What books have you been reading lately?
Has anyone read Ernest Cline's books, Ready Player One and Armada? They've seemed to have become fixtures in 2010s geek culture and I enjoyed them while they lasted (plus Wil Wheaton narrated the audiobooks and he is an awesome dude), but I don't think I'd care to read them again.
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:36 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Letters Round Quandary
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8211
A Letters Round Quandary
Inspired by the apparent spikes in max scores and 9-letter word frequency on TV during the past weeks, I was pondering the following quandary* during a boring class today: In a standard 15-round game, is there any possible ordering of the letters within the vowel and consonant piles such that all te...
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 2nd June 2016
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3632
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 2nd June 2016
Maximum scores seem to have made a quantum leap in the previous few weeks, without any recent additions to the dictionary/word list. Is this just by chance or could there be an explanation such as the shuffling algorithm having been made "nicer"?
- Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Co-Radio Countdown on Radio
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3534
Re: Co-Radio Countdown on Radio
Oh, dang. No Queen, then.Mark Mills wrote:please note I will not play any music sang by a Countdown fan...
- Tue May 31, 2016 3:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 31 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 79)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1762
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 31 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 79)
Can someone, preferably Ray W, please check the validities of these two words, both of which are listed by Lex as maxes? PLOITTER PAROKETS For now, I'm assuming they're out. Or anyone who can use a dictionary. So anyone. Not anyone... only people who want to risk getting told off for being unreliab...
- Tue May 31, 2016 3:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 31 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 79)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1762
Spoilers for Tuesday 31 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 79)
An excellent ton debut today by Alasdair Haines, who was, I am reliably informed, active on Apterous for several weeks as a trial member. Particular commiserations to Matthew, however, because had CARMINES been ruled OK, as it has been at least once in the past, it would have been a dead heat, finis...
- Mon May 30, 2016 11:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 27th May 2016
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4547
Re: Spoilers for Friday 27th May 2016
Really? Lexplorer seems to disagree. Only 8s to be had today as far as I know. It's a shame because only being the spoilers thread, we can never find out what this nine is to verify/unverify it. Sorry wrote the selection down wrong in the Pastor round (an A for the second O)! So AAAFOPRST then? Sti...
- Mon May 30, 2016 8:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 30 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 78)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 985
Re: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 30 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 78)
Thanks very much Robbo!
Well done Matthew and unlucky John -- I've never whitewashed a TV contestant before.
Well done Matthew and unlucky John -- I've never whitewashed a TV contestant before.
- Sun May 29, 2016 11:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 30 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 78)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 985
Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 30 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 78)
Of the 8 people in the series finals, 7 are now confirmed following Robin McKay's mastery of the 6th octochamp run of the series. A minimum of 5 wins will be needed to reach the finals at this point, and they will need to be achieved within the 4 preliminaries (3 June -- my birthday -- being given o...
- Sat May 28, 2016 5:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Co-Radio Countdown on Radio
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3534
Re: Co-Radio Countdown on Radio
What format will this Co-event be in, exactly? COLIN, CoBris or something else? Has this been determined yet? Great news regardless!
- Sat May 28, 2016 1:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Co-Radio Countdown on Radio
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3534
Re: Co-Radio Countdown on Radio
Yes. Very yes. I'm in like Flynn.
- Fri May 27, 2016 3:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 27th May 2016
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4547
Re: Spoilers for 27th May 2016
I was pleased to get a studio-max game, but then found there are three beaters including an obscure 9... Really? Lexplorer seems to disagree. Only 8s to be had today as far as I know. Two very nice 8-letter beaters for PEWTER/REPENT, including the futuristic-sounding POWERNET, which sadly just turn...
- Thu May 26, 2016 6:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 76)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2647
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 76)
You're quite welcome. Oh, the one other thing was I was slightly surprised you didn't try to fish for a final A in R1 (and it would have been there), but what you found with the final consonant turned out to be even more impressive.
- Thu May 26, 2016 3:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 76)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2647
Spoilers for Thursday 26 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 76)
Utmost kudos to the RIGHTEOUS Robin McKay on his seventh victory today. Until very near the end it was looking like he was going to be shutting his opponent into yet another record low score for a male new 15-rounder contestant. The leaderboard looks like it might be veeerrrry close between Robin an...
- Thu May 26, 2016 11:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Where did you go to on your last holiday, and where are you going next?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3421
Re: Where did you go to on your last holiday, and where are you going next?
Went to Montreal two years ago during a two-week break from uni (which is the maximum I typically get). The two main highlights of the trip for me were the Biosphère, an eco-friendliness / sustainability museum built by the architect Buckminster Fuller and shaped like a giant golf ball, and the Biod...
- Wed May 25, 2016 9:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How British people pronounce foreign place names, particularly Spanish stuff. This one is confusing me.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5331
Re: How British people pronounce foreign place names, particularly Spanish stuff. This one is confusing me.
Though I (nearly) always try to use pronunciations as close to the native ones as possible, I think I'd pronounce this one as spelt just for the llullz.Mark Deeks wrote:There's a Spanish basketball player called Sergio Llull. Never quite sure what to go for there so I've always gone for Yooey.
- Wed May 25, 2016 3:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3694
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
Question for statistics buffs: Based on the average maxes of his games so far (and the premature yet virtually certain assumption that Robin will complete an octorun), is Robin on track to become the octochamp with the highest potentially available octototal ever?
- Wed May 25, 2016 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3694
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
I can do better than that now... I can stop. Thanks so much again.Tony Atkins wrote:SLOW DOWN!
- Wed May 25, 2016 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3694
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
And anyone catch the first TTT? (By the way, I caught the challenger's full name, so I could have added the game to the main Series 74 page regardless.)
- Wed May 25, 2016 2:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3694
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
Thanks a proverbial million, Tony. Just FYI, if you don't have any of these data, Ray or JR could probably fill in the rest.
- Wed May 25, 2016 2:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3694
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
Yep. Just what I was carefully trying to avert for the past five hours happened. Seems my Windows Recorder abruptly, and despite my never having touched it in any way, thought it received a "stop" signal during Fifteen to One, and it skipped recording the first four rounds entirely (the FO...
- Wed May 25, 2016 1:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3694
Spoilers for Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 75)
Wiki recap today will be delayed by about an hour; I'm in a school quiz during the first portion of today's show, up until Round 6 or so, and have to use the Windows Recorder on my screen to capture it and watch it later. Good luck to Robin in his sixth game regardless.
- Wed May 25, 2016 12:41 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4078
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
Screw it, you've swayed me. I'm re-adding THEORIKAS. Made the decision after I looked up one of the other inflected "also" forms that were discussed in Aptomail ("ALTERATE, also ALTERATED") and discovered that ALTERATEDED had in fact been added to aptodic. I had previously though...
- Tue May 24, 2016 6:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4078
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
Is this the universal standard used by Susie / the decision-makers on the show, though?Gavin Chipper wrote:And we should really go by the dictionary even if the dictionary is "wrong".
- Tue May 24, 2016 3:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4078
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
Personally, I would rule that THEORIKA is the plural of THEORIKON, and so can't be pluralised itself. I don't know how Susie would do it though. Ah thanks for that tip, never would have thought to look up the -ON form. In the entry for THEORIKON, "'also' THEORIKA" is listed, but I think w...
- Tue May 24, 2016 3:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4078
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
In the HOARIEST round, Lexplorer gives THEORIKAS as a 9, but it seems to be one of those junked variant spellings. However, if it were to have been kept, the max for the show would be 166 -- the highest so far in this format and second highest ever. Can someone please confirm for me that THEORIKAS i...
- Tue May 24, 2016 11:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4078
Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
On yesterday's show, Apterite Robin McKay rounded off the first half of what we can only assume will be a magnificent octorun. Today is also a landmark day for Robin as if he wins with at least 93 points, he will be a confirmed finals qualifier. Join Tim Down for the recap later to see whether he ca...
- Mon May 23, 2016 3:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday May 23rd 2016
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3268
Re: Spoilers For Monday May 23rd 2016
Until the J came up in the final round, I was starting to suspect Countdown had switched its format to Nice.
- Sun May 22, 2016 12:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 71)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3095
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 71)
According to the log I keep at home, this is definitely Prelim 72, not Prelim 71. I think the prelim numbers in the spoilers archive have been out of sync for a few weeks, actually.
- Sat May 21, 2016 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 70)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3694
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 70)
The max in Round 11 (eulasypid^/updeals^ round) is apparently one of those weird words that Lexplorer says is OK but it's really not, and it's an 8. What is it? Edit - looked it up - PAULDIES. I think it's two separate words! Obviously they've fired whoever was trying to sneak Beatles conspiracy th...
- Fri May 20, 2016 6:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 71)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3095
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 72)
Good, that's how I heard it too. I inferred that based partially on the fact that DC talked about GRAPIER in a manner that suggested it "built" on GRAPES.James Laverty wrote:Pretty sure it was GRAPES
- Fri May 20, 2016 4:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 71)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3095
Spoilers for Friday 20 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 71)
So. Yeah. Today's show happened.
Good job to Robin on making it a hat-trick, and commiserations to Mel, who was apparently active on Apterous as a trial member for a few weeks.
Did the rest of you hear Mel saying GRAPES or GRIPES in the RAPIERS round? It's almost impossible to tell.
Good job to Robin on making it a hat-trick, and commiserations to Mel, who was apparently active on Apterous as a trial member for a few weeks.
Did the rest of you hear Mel saying GRAPES or GRIPES in the RAPIERS round? It's almost impossible to tell.
- Thu May 19, 2016 10:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 419646
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Agreed. In my opinion, "literally" has a legitimate figurative use.Gavin Chipper wrote:People who think the word "literally" is off limits when you're exaggerating. As if saying "I literally died laughing" is any more inaccurate than saying "I died laughing".
- Thu May 19, 2016 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 70)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3694
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 70)
The max in Round 11 (eulasypid^/updeals^ round) is apparently one of those weird words that Lexplorer says is OK but it's really not, and it's an 8. Will I need to use Lexplorer to iterate through all possible 7-letter combinations to write the Others words for this round?