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by Johnny Canuck
Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 10 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 13)
Replies: 16
Views: 4254

Spoilers for Wednesday 10 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 13)

David Edgar is now entering the latter half of what some might see as an unlikely octochamp run, as if he completes it with his current average, he will be the lowest-scoring octo in the new format. Can he progress further toward the goal -- and possibly "The Record" -- today? Join JR for ...
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February 2016
Replies: 19
Views: 3540

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February

Gavin Chipper wrote:
James Laverty wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:OUTSANG is a valid word; therefore, the game should have been 99-50, not 92-56. Not that anyone is going to care.
I thought he said OUTRANG
Yeah, there wasn't an S.
OUTRANG is also valid.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February 2016
Replies: 19
Views: 3540

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February

Thomas Carey wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:
James Laverty wrote:not the greatest scramble for the conundrum....
I propose that this conundrum, and others like it, should be called a "comundrun". LOVESTICK, SPICIFEED... the list of comundruns goes on.
... or the classic RMADILLOA.
That's an onundrumc. Not much better.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February 2016
Replies: 19
Views: 3540

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February

OUTSANG is a valid word; therefore, the game should have been 99-50, not 92-56. Not that anyone is going to care.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February 2016
Replies: 19
Views: 3540

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 9th February

James Laverty wrote:not the greatest scramble for the conundrum....
I propose that this conundrum, and others like it, should be called a "comundrun". LOVESTICK, SPICIFEED... the list of comundruns goes on.
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 8th 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 3198

Re: Spoilers For Monday February 8th 2016

Did ANYONE else notice that David and Robin could have added 10-9 to their solutions in R3 for the right answer?
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 10)
Replies: 11
Views: 2860

Re: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 10)

Both of today's contestants had two first names. Weird.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 10)
Replies: 11
Views: 2860

Re: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelum 10)

Gavin Chipper wrote:I was amused by Steve's selections - "I'd love to see a vowel" etc.
The best one was his numbers selection in Round 14: "I'd love to see two big ones, please, Rachel."
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 4 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 9)
Replies: 6
Views: 1725

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 4 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 9)

In round 5, it doesn't match DC but beat the contestants - GARBAS. A significant word because anyone who knows their stemming will know that GARBA is GRAB + A. I actually knew GRAB + A = GARBA because it's given in a tutorial that someone wrote for aspiring Countdown contestants (maybe on The Count...
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:40 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 10)
Replies: 11
Views: 2860

Re: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelum 10)

Edward Byrne wrote:David's attitude with the numbers today was awful also, it was like he was not even trying.
IMO, declaring nothing on the numbers game is still better than trying to fudge your solution three or four times, as Steve did.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Tuesday 2 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 7)
Replies: 0
Views: 841

Tuesday 2 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 7)

Last week, when I made my debut (no accent; it's hard to type and makes the word look less English) as a forum recapper, there had thus far only been one reigning champion present during the whole of 2016. Lo and behold, this situation remains unchanged, with Tim Down reaching his eighth and final h...
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 10)
Replies: 11
Views: 2860

Re: Spoilers for Friday 5th February 2016 (Series 74 Prelum 10)

Good classic car name spelt out in the selection in Round 4. Anyone remember the Datsun?
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:05 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: CONUNDRUM game
Replies: 55
Views: 19712

Re: CONUNDRUM game

Innis Carson wrote:There doesn't appear to be an answer to your last conundrum, Johnny (at least according to Lexplorer). Are you sure you posted it right?
There is now.

Fire away.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 4 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 9)
Replies: 6
Views: 1725

Spoilers for Thursday 4 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 9)

Apologies, but I won't be available to make an early recap today due to some last-minute cramming for a quiz this afternoon. However, I will have Tuesday's match on the forum this evening in case anyone wants to relive some small part of the Tim Down Experience. In the meantime, Michael Lees has bec...
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 684353

Re: Ask Graeme?

Gavin Chipper wrote:Spoilers!
Well, OK. But only if you really want them.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 684353

Re: Ask Graeme?

As of yesterday, Tim Down has, in a single heat run, played games in December, January and February. Is he the first contestant whose preliminary run has spanned three different months? If someone plays a heat run and is later invited back to the show, their second appearance or set of appearances o...
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 2nd February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 7)
Replies: 7
Views: 2852

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 2nd February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 7)

Matthew Tassier wrote:Colin Tuite
Thanks very much. For some reason, I could have sworn he looked familiar... has he been on another game show?
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 2nd February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 7)
Replies: 7
Views: 2852

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 2nd February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 7)

Did anyone catch Colin's last name? Want to create his page but missed his introduction.
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 6)
Replies: 3
Views: 1250

Spoilers for Monday 1 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 6)

One week into the Series 74 prelims and we're already in the second month of the series. Tim Down, who began in 2015, reaches the penultimate show of his potential octochamp run today. Insert pun on "Will he be taken down?" here; I can't think of a good one. Join me on the wiki for the rec...
by Johnny Canuck
Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday January 29th 2016
Replies: 3
Views: 1349

Re: Spoilers for Friday January 29th 2016

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:Thwaites was a DC beater. Unusual for me :)
Only one T in that round....
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
Replies: 134
Views: 40122

Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?

Great topic, enjoyed reading all this! Harder question: if one were designing a new variant, which four large numbers (in the range 11-100) make the game hardest (i.e. fewest games solvable) and which easiest (i.e. most games solvable)? I have an answer for you, Charlie. The easiest four numbers ar...
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 2)
Replies: 13
Views: 4677

Re: Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 2)

Round 1: S H N E U O W M I Tim: SHOWMEN (7) Margaret: WHINES (6) DC: INHUMES (7) WINSOME (7) OT: HEINOUS (7) MOHSINE (7) Score: 7–0 (max 7) When I watched this show, the first thing I saw in this round was legendary Nigerian footballer E SHOWUNMI . Anyone remember any other sports stars' names maki...
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:58 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 2)
Replies: 13
Views: 4677

Re: Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 2)

Dave Ricesky wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:Tim's route to 220 is not the one I would have ever thought to take...
Obviously you saw (100 * 50 + 75) / 25 + 10 + 7, right?
(100 + 10) * 50 / 25.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 28 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 4)
Replies: 9
Views: 3136

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 4)

Feed cut out for no reason during conundrum! What was the scramble? I see that it was unsolved...
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:03 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 2)
Replies: 13
Views: 4677

Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 2)

Welcome, one and all, to my debut appearance in this section, writing what I can only assume is the first-ever forum recap written in the Great White North. Yes, I realise this recap is coming out two days late. Blame it on the time difference. “Yesterday” (Monday, natch), a carry-over champion from...
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 27 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 3)
Replies: 13
Views: 1524

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 27 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 3)

Never mind, my Q was A'd. I hope your streaming is smoother than mine - it keeps jumping. I think Rachel solved the first numbers after the ads but didn't see it. She did indeed. My video quality is smooth, but my audio is subpar, possibly due to my having bought my current set of headphones at a y...
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 27 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 3)
Replies: 13
Views: 1524

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 27 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 3)

Sorry, I need to ask -- what were the losing word and the order of the letters? (Anyone?) Recaps need to be complete or not at all.
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 27 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 3)
Replies: 13
Views: 1524

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 27 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 3)

Internet borked during Round 1 -- what were the selection and declarations? Sorry.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
Replies: 486
Views: 212725

Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!

James Robinson wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:So is Tuesday currently up for grabs?

PS: Happy recapitulation to Jen.
Yes, do you want it, Johnny :?: :?:
Not sure if I'm ready to commit to it on a regular basis, but for today I'll take it as I've got free time. Cheers.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 2)
Replies: 5
Views: 1867

Spoilers for Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 2)

Following that decent Championship of Champions, Countdown came back "Down" to Earth yesterday with carry-over champion Tim securing a second victory. Will luck and skill hold up for him today, or will we have our first new winner of 2016? Someone unexpected is going to need to bite and do...
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday January 25th 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 3406

Re: Spoilers For Monday January 25th 2016

I'll bet Hassan Mumin either enjoyed today's conundrum scramble or was seriously freaked out by it.
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday January 25th 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 3406

Re: Spoilers For Monday January 25th 2016

Steven M. McCann wrote:Champion Nick looks vulnerable, I would be amazed if he ends up an Octuchamp.
Me too, especially as he lost his first game.
by Johnny Canuck
Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 11-champs
Replies: 42
Views: 9177

Re: 11-champs

Gavin Chipper wrote:By the way, if there was ever a televised goatdown tournament, if anyone won their eight heat games and the series, they could be a xigoat.
I'll bet the tournament's grand final would feature two such players, thus making it dixigoatic.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 19172

Re: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016

Johnny Canuck wrote:No recap from me today -- apparently so many people are tuned into my streaming servers that they're being overloaded and the game has been frozen on Dylan's face for like 5 minutes.
It was a sign! I just knew it!
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 19172

Re: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016

I don't suppose another Supreme Championship is in the works, how many Champion of Champions have there been since the first Supreme Championship? Six, but only one has happened since the 30th Birthday Championship, which I believe is still too fresh in people's memories for another event of such a...
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 19172

Re: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016

Ah, thanks very much for recapping! And METACONID now occupies, at the very least, the #2 spot on the Best Letters Games of All Time.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:32 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 19172

Re: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016

No recap from me today -- apparently so many people are tuned into my streaming servers that they're being overloaded and the game has been frozen on Dylan's face for like 5 minutes.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Semi-Final 2 Spoilers For Thursday January 21st 2016
Replies: 13
Views: 5754

Re: CoC Semi-Final 2 Spoilers For Thursday January 21st 2016

Probably the best game in the CoC so far (tied with Andy v Dylan). Kudos to "Cool Dan" and great commiserations to Jen as well. ROSMARINE was a phenomenal new-dictionary spot, especially under so much pressure. One beater today -- did anyone spot it? (FWIW, the word I got in that round was...
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:33 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Quarter-Final 4 Spoilers For Tuesday January 19th 2016
Replies: 11
Views: 4553

Re: CoC Quarter-Final 4 Spoilers For Tuesday January 19th 2016

Another precisely (clue AND scramble) repeated Teatime Teaser today -- the second one was used before. I thought it seemed oddly familiar.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
Replies: 486
Views: 212725

Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!

So is Tuesday currently up for grabs?

PS: Happy recapitulation to Jen.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:07 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How many UK cities have you been to?
Replies: 43
Views: 16300

Re: How many UK cities have you been to?

Ian Volante wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:Just London.

Just one building.

I'll leave you one guess as to which.
Ali's Chicken Shack on Tottenham Court Road?
Ding-ding-ding. We have a winner. Still trying to pay off the debt from those two private helicopter rides, but those wings were AMAZING.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:31 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How many UK cities have you been to?
Replies: 43
Views: 16300

Re: How many UK cities have you been to?

Just London.

Just one building.

I'll leave you one guess as to which.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:37 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Legalities of posting clips on Youtube
Replies: 12
Views: 5368

Re: Legalities of posting clips on Youtube

Of course you can't, unless you want to get banned from the 40th Birthday Championship for life. How long are you expecting the 40th Birthday Championship to last? I realise that that remark sounded kind of illogical, but there was just no way that I could get the term "Nth for All N = 10K Whe...
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Legalities of posting clips on Youtube
Replies: 12
Views: 5368

Re: Legalities of posting clips on Youtube

Of course you can't, unless you want to get banned from the 40th Birthday Championship for life.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:19 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How many countries have you been to?
Replies: 172
Views: 82107

Re: How many countries have you been to?

In alphabetical order: Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Monaco, Sweden, United Kingdom (England only), United States. Some only for about 20 minutes.
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Preliminary 8 Spoilers For Wednesday January 13th 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 4802

Re: CoC Preliminary 8 Spoilers For Wednesday January 13th 2016

Graeme-ish question: In Rounds 10/11 today, the vowel pile contained three consecutive As. Consecutive matching (i.e., repeated) letters have seemed to me to be even rarer than usual lately. Is this the first instance of a repeated letter anywhere in CoC XIV? It is, and there's been a large number ...
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Preliminary 8 Spoilers For Wednesday January 13th 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 4802

Re: CoC Preliminary 8 Spoilers For Wednesday January 13th 2016

Graeme-ish question: In Rounds 10/11 today, the vowel pile contained three consecutive As. Consecutive matching (i.e., repeated) letters have seemed to me to be even rarer than usual lately. Is this the first instance of a repeated letter anywhere in CoC XIV?
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016
Replies: 23
Views: 7783

Re: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016

I thought the short names were the big ones because there's enough space for them to be printed in a larger size.
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:11 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50697

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

Anyone killed by aliens.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016
Replies: 23
Views: 7783

Re: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016

If it was truly randomised (i.e., numbers from 1-16 shuffled), I'm surprised there weren't MORE first-round champion vs. champion games, more first-round 900+ vs. 900+ games, or more first-round crucial conundrums; in such a circumstance I'd expect to see at least one thing like Giles vs Dan in the ...
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016
Replies: 23
Views: 7783

Re: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016

Jojo Apollo wrote:How is it two series champs were pitted against each other for this quarter?
I know right? No idea myself -- might have been that they thought it would add drama if a series champion were to fall in the first round.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Preliminary 6 Spoilers For Monday January 11th 2016
Replies: 17
Views: 5949

Re: CoC Preliminary 6 Spoilers For Monday January 11th 2016

Peter Clarke wrote:The VD comment from Rachel at the first round was funny too.
It was indeed. I wasn't aware that that abbreviation was still in common usage; the most recent use of it that I can remember is in a Friends episode from the first series.
by Johnny Canuck
Sun Jan 10, 2016 5:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 684353

Re: Ask Graeme?

Have any specific CECIL targets resulted in spot-on solutions from both players every time they have come up? If so, which one(s)? If not, which one(s) come the closest to a 100% perfect solution rate, counting only spot-on solutions toward this rate? Conversely, which CECIL target(s) have produced ...
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday 7th January 2016 (CoC XIV, Preliminary 4)
Replies: 4
Views: 1260

Re: Thursday 7th January 2016 (CoC XIV, Preliminary 4)

James Robinson wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:Just curious -- how exactly do you decide whether a conundrum solve time is 1.25s or 1.5s? Does it have to do with the clock music?
I do it by the position of the clock as I see it on the screen. 8-)
So do I, except that it's always "wrong".