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- Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:13 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: 15 to 1
- Replies: 45
- Views: 25321
Re: 15 to 1
You don't say "Fifteen to One". You say "Quarter to One". Stupid name. And it's on at the wrong time.
- Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Hypothetical question..............
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1570
- Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 78521
Re: Coincidence
You might think this is a bit of a shit "coincidence" but you're getting it anyway. Last night I dreamt that Michael Douglas died, and when I put the news on it was almost like fucking Diana had died again. I was thinking "Yeah, he's famous, but really?" And then today, the less ...
- Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 7th 2014
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2825
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 7th 2014
hoiking^ not in for some reason.
- Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:02 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Fantasy Cricket
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2226
Re: Fantasy Cricket
tl;dr
- Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:35 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: 15 to 1
- Replies: 45
- Views: 25321
Re: 15 to 1
I'm going to be on the show too (episode 19/20 on 30th April). What struck me most about the new series is how much slower the pace is now. William G used to really rattle through the questions. I'm not keen on the tense background music either. I didn't really get to enjoy episode 1 properly until...
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday March 31st 2014
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6731
Re: Spoilers For Monday March 31st 2014
How are you defining that though? How are these things objectively measured? I've seen others that were probably just as quick.James Robinson wrote:That's also the first 0-second conundrum in a regular edition of Countdown, as in exactly 0 seconds, not 0.25, 0.5, etc.
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday March 31st 2014
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6731
Re: Spoilers For Monday March 31st 2014
Andy Warhol certainly looked as if he was going to win, but he seemed to lose it a bit in the later rounds.
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday March 28th 2014 (S70 P56)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4547
Re: Spoilers for Friday March 28th 2014 (S70 P56)
As we wrap up this week, we have yet another new champion, Peter Cross. Not many people have won multiple games this week, can Peter get the trend going in the right direction? Or perhaps the tend. I thought it was a bit strange when Susie was talking about hoe phrases turn into other phrases by lo...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 4:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 25th 2014 (S70 P53)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3104
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 25th 2014 (S70 P53)
I think it was definitely the numbers that let Cliff down today. His letters were similar to his usual standard, but he threw far too many points away on the numbers.
- Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Peter Lee
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12760
Re: Peter Lee
Very sad news. I played him on Apterous a few times.
- Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday March 19th 2014 (S70 P49)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1129
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday March 19th 2014 (S70 P49)
I missed what DC said but did ANOINTER beat them in round 5?
- Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 18th 2014 (S70 P48)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4201
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 18th 2014 (S70 P48)
That guy was pretty good. Sure-fire octo. Would take a 1600 player or over on Apterous to beat him. I wouldn't say it was a certainty, as we've seen people make impressive starts and disappoint before. If he keeps playing like this, he's got a great chance, though. Very impressive debut performance...
- Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 18th 2014 (S70 P48)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4201
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 683866
Re: Ask Graeme?
What's the average number of maxes per game that the studio gets collectively? Any words or numbers declarations outside the time count, and also it can be said that the studio got the conundrum. So basically what's 15 minus the number of rounds with beaters available?
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:37 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2013 - voting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5152
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2013 - voting
Nice to see the results of this. I voted Conor's Mocktorun top, but I suppose it would have been boring for something so similar to last year's winning game on top again. But I am surprised by the margin of victory with Matthew's game. It was a very good game, but I'm going to stick my neck out and ...
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 683866
Re: Ask Graeme?
In the 30th Birthday Championship, the difference is ( a little bit ) more pronounced: in 440 letters rounds, the picker won 75 and the non-picker won 65. It would be valid to brush over this fact as unimportant based on the tiny sample size, but to brush it aside as an insignificant margin (which ...
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:19 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 29837
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
So what were these rubbish questions?
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:57 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Countdown Desk Calendar
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8934
Re: Countdown Desk Calendar
I took quite a while but when I saw that you'd got it in 2 seconds, I immediately saw 75*(50+2)/4-8*9Ian Volante wrote:[50+75+4]*[9-2] in about two secondsAndy Platt wrote:Yeah, outside 30 seconds but got. (50 x 2 - 8) x 9 + 75
- Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:00 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2013 - voting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5152
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2013 - voting
People take into account whatever they think the relevant features of a GOTY game are when nominating and voting. Maybe the 68 in a tournament is arguably better than a 62 in practice, but also maybe there have only been 69s in player v player games. (So they'd have done better by concentrating on t...
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:07 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Awards
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7108
Re: Apterous Awards
Fine in theory but the categories are a bit obvious and predictable to answer. It needs to be more subjective, like a proper awards show. So, Apterite You'd Most Like To Play Darts With, Apterite You Could Most Envision Setting Up A Small Business With, Best Costume, Apterite Whose Name Could Pass ...
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:35 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Announcement
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8373
Re: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Announcement
What do you need the photos for? If people knew they might be more accepting of it rather than just "Photo or fuck off!"
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday March 3rd 2014
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2167
Re: Spoilers For Monday March 3rd 2014
Might have been easier for the contestants to answer the number of spoonfuls they have of sugar a day if they'd known what size spoon, Dr. Hunniford! Yeah, that whole segment irked me. I hate those kind of "go on, have a guess" interactions where you don't actually care what the guesses a...
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6023
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
If your opponent buzzes after 29 seconds and gets it wrong, but from his wrong answer you see the right one, is it ethical to buzz in when the clock restarts? You certainly didn't get it in the 30 seconds after the clock started initially. Is it any more ethical to use that extra time than extra ti...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6023
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
Monitor off on buzzing. No dilly-dallying in getting the answer. Flaw gone. I didn't look at the monitor when I filmed - I looked at the board. And yeah, I agree, injecting Nick with some speed at the end of games so he doesn't give a 5-second pre-amble would help, but maybe dealers are hard to com...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6023
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
Surely the rules are you press the buzzer, Nick asks for your answer, and then you provide it without delay? If you do that, how would anyone know the difference? Oh okay, I've changed my mind now, I'm glad you lost and I hope you don't get invited back again :mrgreen: Not everyone has necessarily ...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6023
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
...you're exploiting a shortcoming in the studio logistics to give yourself an advantage in the game, and I definitely think that's against the spirit of the game, and worth trying to stamp out. I agree with this, but I'm not sure I'd then reach the conclusion that it's the player's responsibility ...
- Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: I'm not easily shocked...................
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9544
Re: I'm not easily shocked...................
Anyway, it's like me going to the bookie's and putting a bet on Damon Hill making a comeback this year and winning the F1 world championship at 2/1. And then complaining about the odds after I win. Surely I should have got 1,000,000 to 1 at least! Well, whose fault is that?
- Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: I'm not easily shocked...................
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9544
Re: I'm not easily shocked...................
It's the lottery. What did you expect?
- Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6023
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
It would cut out time if instead of a buzz, a disembodied voice just said the player's name and they had to answer immediately. Best not to trouble the presenter with this at all. You seemed to hint at this solution, Graeme, but then let it slide out of your thought processes.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P6)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 518
Re: Spoilers for 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S2 P6)
HANGOUT^ invalid in round 1. Disappointing.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6023
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
I was going to mention about the numbers and getting timed out but forgot and then got timed out.
But yeah, he was very lucky there.
But yeah, he was very lucky there.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6023
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 28th 2014 (S70 P40)
Uh,oh - it's the old FAINEST controversy again ... Unless stuff got cut out, she just rejected that without any explanation. I tend to think in general that Susie takes the wrong approach to allowing/disallowing words. I think she goes by intuition a lot, when the most important thing is consistent...
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:27 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Revenge of the Egghead
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12733
Re: Revenge of the Egghead
Peter*Matt Morrison wrote:What was the friend's name?Gavin Chipper wrote:Which bit don't you believe?Matt Morrison wrote:I don't believe you.
*Name has been changed for reasons of privacy.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:46 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Revenge of the Egghead
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12733
Re: Revenge of the Egghead
Which bit don't you believe?Matt Morrison wrote:I don't believe you.Gavin Chipper wrote:I watched an episode of this round a friend's yesterday. It's like The Chase but worse.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:00 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Revenge of the Egghead
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12733
Re: Revenge of the Egghead
I watched an episode of this round a friend's yesterday. It's like The Chase but worse.
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 27th 2014 (S70 P39)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3395
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 27th 2014 (S70 P39)
I always think it's funny when Susie announces shorter words. "Also LOTUS for five." And? Sometimes if it's a particularly "nice" word and she gives a reason for mentioning it, it can blend in, but it seems to happen a lot without any particular reason. Is that for the viewer at...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 27th 2014 (S70 P39)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3395
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 27th 2014 (S70 P39)
I always think it's funny when Susie announces shorter words. "Also LOTUS for five." And? Sometimes if it's a particularly "nice" word and she gives a reason for mentioning it, it can blend in, but it seems to happen a lot without any particular reason.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 26th 2014 (S70 P38)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2336
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 26th 2014 (S70 P38)
I'm not going to bother posting an alt but I was surprised by Rachel's convoluted method to 321 as if to imply there wasn't a straightforward method. I suppose if that's what she saw she couldn't be bothered to find a simpler way.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
- Replies: 104
- Views: 38789
Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20
Might be interested in this, given the location.
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:06 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: If you can find the answer, you're a genius.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4246
Re: If you can find the answer, you're a genius.
When do we get the explanation? Without checking, I think it's been 8 years.
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5530
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
why would you want to face likely humiliation on TV? The vast majority of contestants must go into it knowing there's a distinct possibility of being humiliated. If you've been watching half a dozen apterite octochamps per series, you'll think it's 50/50 whether you get one or not. If I was new to ...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: My Weekly Review Blog
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12484
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5530
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
I'm forming the impression with some recent contestants that not being any good at the numbers at your audition doesn't seem too important. Or maybe it's just nerves on the day. I think it's been the case for years, if not always. In some cases it probably is nerves. But sometimes you can tell by t...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5530
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 24th 2014
I was pleased to beat them with SNOOTIER for 8 but I used the standard method.Andy Platt wrote:DETORSION round .. 7?
- Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:28 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Easy odds puzzle
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10710
Re: Easy odds puzzle
He's the cleverest person here. You'll have to deal with that.Dave Preece wrote:Then you're obviously clevererer than Jack then? Well done!
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: They say you learn something new everyday.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3352
Re: They say you learn something new everyday.....
"A"s look like "J"s when you've got Parkinson's.
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:42 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Easy odds puzzle
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10710
Re: Easy odds puzzle
Not tricky really. Perhaps a little fiddly and easy to make an error.Dave Preece wrote:Glad one or two got this wrong at first... Just shows what a tricky little puzzle I came up with
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 21st 2014 (S70 P35)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1812
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 21st 2014 (S70 P35)
I liked the challenger. He sounded like someone trying to sound posh on a sitcom.
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5406
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
The first numbers game was a 99%er, slightly surprisingly for a game with 2 discrete solutions. Both were fiendish though, so it's fair enough. Muchos kudos to those that got it within 30 mins, never mind 30 secs. When Rachel said it was "Very, very difficult" I think we all knew she must...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5406
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday February 19th 2014
DISPROVEN^ strangely not there. I was surprised they didn't mention it. Actually I still am just to say it wasn't in.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Weird stuff that's happened to you
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10647
Weird stuff that's happened to you
I've just come back from the Netherlands and while I was there, I was in an Indian/Nepalese restaurant. It was basically the same as an Indian restaurant here, except it wasn't very good. Anyway, I ordered a sag aloo for my main course and a peshwari naan. Except the waitress said that you can't hav...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: C4C is a bit dead?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5726
Re: C4C is a bit dead?
There's no evidence that they eat more. Certainly no evidence that they can eat more.Mark Deeks wrote:Well then let's debate. True or false - tall people should get paid more because they have to spend more to live normal lives, on things such as food, water bills for washing, custom made freaky clown shoes, etc.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: My Weekly Review Blog
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12484
Re: My Weekly Review Blog
I cut my girlfriend's nose off. How does she smell? Terrible http://i26.tinypic.com/2dr6iqa.gif Because she's decomposing http://i26.tinypic.com/2dr6iqa.gif Because I killed her to death too http://i26.tinypic.com/2dr6iqa.gif I broke Jon Corby's legs so he can't sit down any more. How does he smell...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: My Weekly Review Blog
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12484
Re: My Weekly Review Blog
I don't remember Punt and Antopolski doing "satire" about horrific violence against women. I cut my girlfriend's nose off. How does she smell? Terrible http://i26.tinypic.com/2dr6iqa.gif Because she's decomposing http://i26.tinypic.com/2dr6iqa.gif Because I killed her to death too http://...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:46 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23795
Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Guys. You've got a pint, maybe a pint and a half, of some smelly yellow unhygienic liquid that you need to dispose of down the toilet. Are you going to pour it from a few feet above the toilet, where it could spill, splash etc, or are you going to make sure it all goes in with no splashing? A pint ...
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23795
Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Guys. You've got a pint, maybe a pint and a half, of some smelly yellow unhygienic liquid that you need to dispose of down the toilet. Are you going to pour it from a few feet above the toilet, where it could spill, splash etc, or are you going to make sure it all goes in with no splashing? A pint ...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23795
Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Maybe I should put this in the coincidences thread but I'm at a friend's in the Netherlands and I've just gone upstairs for a piss because the seat on the downstairs toilet doesn't stay up.
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 11th 2014 (S70 P27)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2606
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 11th 2014 (S70 P27)
Perfectly executed.
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23795
Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee
You're obsessed by the effort thing, aren't you? I'm going to film myself pulling down my trousers and sitting down just to show you how easy it is. The thing about the piss flow is more than about effort though. Once it's flowing properly you know it's going to empty. But if you're constantly havi...