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George Pryn wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:20 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:48 pmand also very very nearly the first max game on screen since 2013
What about when Dan crushed me in 2014

Ah yes, forgot about that!

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:17 am Zarte you'll make the coc right?

No he won't - the producer decided he wasn't good enough sadly.

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Had one last night where Zarte was playing his semi final against Dougie, except he kept coming up with invalid words and only just managed to win. One in particular was something like "ANATTOS, with a Z" and it turns out he'd actually spelt it something like ZYATOS, insisting it was an ac...

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That Zarte ain't too bad either.

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Zarte surely has to be considered amongst the all the time greatest now...

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What. A. Final. That's without doubt the best game of countdown I have ever watched - the standard there was crazy (COWGIRLS is probably my favourite spot - that completely beat me hands down and to spot stuff like that under pressure is phenomenal. Very, very well done to you both!! :) So many reco...

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The trick Paul did is fairly simple to work out, but effective nonetheless

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Dougie was a strong contender, however because of Philip's MONRADITE spot in R2, it was all but impossible to beat him. I disagree. There were a few rounds that he missed gettable maxes on and had Dougie got r14 he'd have forced a crucial. It wasn't the strongest performance we've seen from him, bu...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:27 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:50 pm
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:11 pm
What seemed alright? I meant Phil.
Me too. I thought Phil seemed alright.
Phil Davies had a bit of a smug look on his face.

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:27 pm
I don't mean to sound cocky it's just I'm really good at countdown.

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R14 was interesting - Philip seemed surprised that 84*8 was 672, leading me to believe he'd miscalculated it and just fudged 670 from there (unless you wanted to be further from the target you'd surely stop at 672) . Not that it would have made any difference in the end, but certainly raises the iss...

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Paul's always one of my favourite dc guests - love the involvement of everyone and light heartedness as opposed to just a turgid anecdote about something that happened to them when they were in Aberdeen 6 years ago.

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Wow that was a close game! Very well done to Zarte for holding his nerve, disagree being disallowed was very unlucky. Nice to see Zarte go through to the grand final though, it's very well deserved :) Well done to Phil too though, a performance like that would have won most matches...just not agains...

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Thoroughly enjoyable game to watch, one of the best I've ever seen so very well done chaps. :) It's a great shame anyone had to lose that. Firstly, congratulations to Philip - that was excellent play by you, you'd have been a very tough opponent to anyone playing like that (ARONIA under pressure was...

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QF1: Zarte to win by 100 points QF2: Philip to win by 100 points QF3: Chris to win by 100 points QF4: Phil to win by 100 points SF1: Zarte to win by 100 points SF2: Philip to win by 100 points GF: Zarte to win by 100 points Mine was very similar to this tbh, except I think the second QF will only b...

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The point is that with your current scoring everyone should pick who they think is going to win, and then say that they'll win by infinite points. That way if you're right you get infinite points, and if you're wrong you lose nothing. The system last time was that Martin put some predictions to sta...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:14 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 6:53 am
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 10:44 pm
When I said I mean none of them, I meant none of them had been on. The people mark mentioned
What a startling revelation. Also, who is Mark Desks?
A classroom graffiti artist

Have an imaginary post like.

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What do you mean would we like his game? I mean if you all would like to play his game which he had in Series 77 which is what I posted. Oh, once the final start airing, you cannot change our predictions as well! What game did he have in s77? If you took time to actually read the thread as opposed ...

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I was a bit vague with my wording and I meant to ask whether all the finalists were present at recordings, in case a person had withdrawn for whatever reason, but my comment was a bit of an open goal for joke taking :) I meant the joke. I was asking mark desks if he was joking when he said those na...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 10:56 pm
Yeah I had a feeling moose mightn't show up for the coc! Dunno why cause I thought he enjoyed it. Anyone else think he was a slightly sore loser?

No.

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Could we maybe have a list of who'll be in it? If people don't want spoilers or anything you could just send it to me privately? Nobody who's in s79 would be in it right? Like how nobody from s73 was in the last one? It is all Series 73 to 78 players Yes, they're having to extend it by quite a bit ...

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If you said MISS ILERY, (pronounced like Clinton's wife, MISS HILARY), then you'd be fine, as the vowels fit despite the pronunciation. Anything else could be dubious and we'd most likely DQ it. Thanks a lot But you know I'm not pronouncing it with the h right? Of course they know that, considering...

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Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:22 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:26 pm NEWBIE to beat PENNE (spotted by my mum as opposed to me, actually).
OZAENAS to beat SEASON.
Came here to post these exact 2 words but you beat me to it, grr.

Hehe

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Tom S wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:33 pm Certainly not the strongest finalist I have seen but I have enjoyed watching her, though there are about 4/5 people who would be more deserving of her spot in the final.

Yeah she certainly hasn't been one of the strongest contestants I've seen, but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.

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NEWBIE to beat PENNE (spotted by my mum as opposed to me, actually).
OZAENAS to beat SEASON.

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max from ASDIROSNE?

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Great thanks! Cause it was just the I was spelt like th I in it instead of I on its own. Is that ok? I had the spelling right? I've no idea what you're saying here, but as far as I'm aware as long as you could spell it then they'd accept it. Sometimes if there's doubt then you may be asked "ho...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:53 pm He spelt it with a lower case i? Anyway I don't expect they would ask if you've used capitals or not.

I still don't get it...he spelt it MiSSiLERY?
Very strange question to ask.

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Cool Imagine if your daughter beat Zarte in every round in the finals? Come end of June I would still only be imagining it. She's yet to master the 7x table, never mind the 175x table. Not to mention that it would require Zarte to get no maxes at all, which is extremely unlikely considering he aver...

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Hey guys, something that's bothering me, I spotted the conundrum in the s77 final but pronounced it wrong. Is there any evidence that proves they would have accepted it if I was there? If you could spell it correctly, I think they'd accept it. It's all about the spelling. It doesn't matter what you...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:18 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:08 pm
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:42 pm
How many maxes you got there Toby?
15, believe it or not.
Wow. That is seriously impressive. You're not no.2 seed for nothing.

Isn't it. He was that confident he even put "answers" at the top

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Answers: 1. NEUROPTER (18) 2. ADNEXED, DUODENA (25) 3. ((8*6*4*10)+6)/2 (35) (88% difficulty) 4. NORMALITY (53) 5. BAOJIA (59) 6. (100*7)+6 (69) (11% difficulty) 7. PAREMIA, PREMIUM, URAEMIA (76) 8. NANOBOTS (84) 9. ((25+1)*4*(7+1))+2 (94) (85% difficulty) 10. TURFIEST (102) 11. OPALEYES (110) 12. ...

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In case anyone fancies a bash at some more rounds... R1 - Letters - PROEUNTER R2 - Letters - AUOENDDXE R3 - Numbers - 10 8 6 4 6 2 @963 R4 - Letters - AOIMNRTLY R5 - Letters - AOOAIJFBK R6 - Numbers - 100 2 1 5 6 7 @ 706 R7 - Letters - AEIMRPAUM R8 - Letters - AOOBNTSNN R9 - Numbers - 25 4 7 2 1 1 ...

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In case anyone fancies a bash at some more rounds... R1 - Letters - PROEUNTER R2 - Letters - AUOENDDXE R3 - Numbers - 10 8 6 4 6 2 @963 R4 - Letters - AOIMNRTLY R5 - Letters - AOOAIJFBK R6 - Numbers - 100 2 1 5 6 7 @ 706 R7 - Letters - AEIMRPAUM R8 - Letters - AOOBNTSNN R9 - Numbers - 25 4 7 2 1 1 @...

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Philip over Toby (though it will be a cracker I think, yet can see it going the other way) This definitely would be a match that could swing either way, as both players have their respective strengths (Toby's word knowledge is phenomenal, but Philip probably just about edges on consistency etc) Wha...

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Only two at most of Zarte, Philip and Toby will make the semis unfortunately...feel bad for whichever one doesn't.

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 10:20 am
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 10:20 am
Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 9:32 am

Can't think why dotage wouldn't be valid!
Cool. Thanks
But I meant dotages

It might be worth investing in an OED subscription....or even better, an apterous subscription

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No sure what happened after this, but I'm sort of disappointed it ended and really hope the queen actually does watch Countdown. She does: http://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/thequeen/tv-star-reveals-the-queens-favourite-television-programme-that-she-never-misses-85735 I thought I'd read somewhere she did!

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Dreamt last night that my family (definitely me, my mum, my dad and my sister...may have been more) had been invited to the royal wedding of Harry and Meghan because we were somehow related to Meghan. However, chaos erupts when the sound system at the wedding goes in the middle of one of the hymns (...

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APTEROUS was there in one round!!!!

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 10:16 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 11:58 am
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 11:23 am Hello. Big fan of countdown
Welcome!

Have you considered signing up to apterous?
Elliott are you the one that's gonna be on in series 79?

With any luck:D

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Toby do you have autism? If you do I'll be rooting for you to win the final. But I don't wanna know anything about the finals. Don't you think that's a bit of a personal question to ask? Sure I have autism as well. That's why I was asking. Cause I want an autistic series champion. There's been a fa...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 4:19 pm Toby do you have autism? If you do I'll be rooting for you to win the final. But I don't wanna know anything about the finals.

Don't you think that's a bit of a personal question to ask?

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 8:23 pm How do I become a recapped?

It's sort of not really as much a thing as it used to be. If you're really interested speak to James Robinson/Johnny Canuck.

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 7:59 pm My name doesn't appear in the select yourself option for recaps. Why not?

You aren't a recapper.

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 1:52 pm If I was in that episode I would have won! Assuming novates and tripod would have been allowed?

Both fine, congrats

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 8:17 pm Not to show off but I beat Zarte in r9

Erm...great?

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1: Dylan Taylor 2: Zarte Siempre 3: Conor Travers 4:Kirk Bevins 5: Chris Davies 6: Julian Fell 7: Craig Beevers 8: Jack Hurst 9: Giles hutchings 10: Jen Steadmen I think the list of players is more or less similar to mine, but I wouldn't put them in that order. Be interesting to hear your logic for...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 11:23 am Hello. Big fan of countdown

Welcome!

Have you considered signing up to apterous?

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Anyone know the whereabouts of Paul Gallen, or Fell's conqueror Graham Nash?

If I recall rightly, Fell himself is working as a lawyer nowadays?

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 10:02 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 7:53 pm Only just got chance to watch this....think VETTURINO is there in one round?

Anyways, congratulations to Paul on octoing, a thoroughly likable contestant:D
Only one T

Oops

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Only just got chance to watch this....think VETTURINO is there in one round?

Anyways, congratulations to Paul on octoing, a thoroughly likable contestant:D

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Extremely laggy at the moment...

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I think the leaderboard last night is just a demonstration of how horribly contrived the contest has become. Whilst perhaps our song wasn't winner material, there is absolutely no way it was bottom 3 at all considering some of the entries there was. It's probably the most disappointing Eurovision I'...

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Excellent stuff Toby - massive congrats on octoing with all centuries

Is 3 times the record for most times declaring the same word on air? You and your boaties

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Excellent game again Toby - certainly producing the good words! :) 6 games...6 centuries! I did get 943 in r14 (just) in time: ((8+6)*8-10)*9+25. Cheers Ell! Great numbers solve! :) Cheers Toby :) Your oppo today was holding his own on the letters for sure....could have been capable of winning a fe...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:40 pm Phil's one of my favourite guests, but I'm calling bullshit on his claim that 1 in 3 people live to 100.

Will live to 100. They don't right now but in the future it's thought it will be true.

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Excellent game again Toby - certainly producing the good words!

6 games...6 centuries!

I did get 943 in r14 (just) in time: ((8+6)*8-10)*9+25.

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Wished I'd picked a final vowel in R11 for OUTLINEAR, etc, but didn't notice that at the time. Was actually fishing for a D for ROUNDTAIL. Also, DC got SARCOID in R13 but they must have cut it out for some reason. I was wondering why you didn't fish for it too - and it would have been there. Still,...

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Excellent stuff again from the teaser monster. Been operating at 89.6% of the max so far, and 30 maximums from 45 - so very impressive work

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Brilliant game today, really excellent by both - 11 maxes by Toby too if I counted right. PARTOOK in particular was excellent, didn't see that one :) Best game of the series so far I think. Cheers Ell! PARTOOK was a lucky last second spot. :P They all count, last second or not ;) Looking forward to...

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