The draw for this has been leaked.
One anyone care to publish it, or shall I do the honours?
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- Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
- Sat Sep 17, 2022 12:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Stand-up comedy
- Replies: 71
- Views: 20170
- Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 65)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 651
- Fri Sep 16, 2022 10:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 65)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 651
Re: Spoilers for Friday 16 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 65)
"Alan has maxed every round so far."
Don't make assumptions Colin.
#irritating
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 63)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 484
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 14 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 63)
Rd5 DC beater = NOUNIZED
If it weren't for those pesky numbers, Joseph would have had a 3pt win even with Alan getting the conundrum. What a fascinating clash of styles that match was.
If it weren't for those pesky numbers, Joseph would have had a 3pt win even with Alan getting the conundrum. What a fascinating clash of styles that match was.
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Why are you all so annoyingly wise to my parlour tricks?!
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:21 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]
- Replies: 50
- Views: 25108
Re: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]
Weirdly Apto is fine on my phone... but on the laptop, I am getting "This site can’t be reached". Given that no-one else has complained, I wonder is the problem mine alone? Troubleshooter says this about it:- "Your DNS server might be unavailable Detected [Detected]. Windows can’t fin...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
I don't think anyone here is naïve enough to believe any trolling comments that the draw is already made, and that the participants know but are keeping it 'secret'. I expect it will be published in due course, like last time.
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Weird, Eddy and Tom!
Why would they include these two before the series has been played out?
Better to save them for the one after...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 12:50 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Interesting.
Steve's post gives the impression the running order is already decided, and yet Philip heard a (probably dodgy) rumour that a S86 player is involved. Highly doubtful that both of these things are true.
Steve's post gives the impression the running order is already decided, and yet Philip heard a (probably dodgy) rumour that a S86 player is involved. Highly doubtful that both of these things are true.
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30220
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Certain is a strong word.Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:25 pm I'm pretty certain that won't happen this time.
What gives you that impression?
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Colin Murray as Host (pros and cons)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2449
Re: Colin Murray as Host (pros and cons)
[ / quote] To do it properly, just float your mouse over the quote mark symbol in the top right corner of the post you wish to quote from, (when you hover over, it will tell you that that button is for "reply with quote"). Click that. Then just edit their quote down to the bit you want to...
- Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 158
- Views: 36691
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
Ah there we go.
ty Sam.
ty Sam.
- Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 158
- Views: 36691
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
Actually... speaking of the daily duel thing,
how come on Thursday there were zillions of 'em that all related to the number 100 somehow?
Were you celebrating a milestone?
how come on Thursday there were zillions of 'em that all related to the number 100 somehow?
Were you celebrating a milestone?
- Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 58)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1041
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 58)
So, you didn't particularly rate Daniel then...?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:02 pm Yeah, we've had a few decent players in quick succession - John Aziz, the guy that beat John Aziz, the guy that beat the guy that beat John Aziz, and now th... Joseph Bartram.
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 60)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1192
Re: Spoilers for Friday 9 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 60)
Interesting that their opening chat revolved around SUDOKU, then it almost comes out in Rd7. Two annoying things from today's show... 1. Rachel going over the top with her "you should gamble" bullshit. Rein it in! 2. Colin wondering who he "trusts" most when deciding which word t...
- Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4106
Re: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Ugh. Were you like this when your own granny died?
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Overpopulation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1673
Re: Overpopulation
I prefer feisty Gevin to tedious Gevin!
Great comeback!
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:16 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Overpopulation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1673
Re: Overpopulation
and especially if you don't purely look at it from a human perspective. Oh good God, not again! #tedium. "Let's look at this from the cow's perspective; Now let us consider the aardvark's stance; Mustn't neglect the considered opinion of the noble steed; Or that of the humble barnacle; It woul...
- Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 968
Re: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
Also when the contestants both had 7 (might have been this game) he was like "Yeah, loads of sevens. If you didn't get a seven you must be well shit." So if one of them had just got their single 7 right at the end, they might feel a bit bad about that. Oh yeah... on that. It seems to me t...
- Tue Sep 06, 2022 12:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 968
Re: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
Some dodgy hosting by Colin on the nums rounds
Giving his own solution before asking Daniel for his method... and later almost forgetting to ask Daniel at all. Ends up asking him in a dismissive manner that creates an awkward atmosphere.
Definite room for improvement from the new host...
Giving his own solution before asking Daniel for his method... and later almost forgetting to ask Daniel at all. Ends up asking him in a dismissive manner that creates an awkward atmosphere.
Definite room for improvement from the new host...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36404
Re: Your preferred format for CO-events
[*] [Not my words, but someone else's, who can identify themselves if they want] In a divisioned event, if a top player gets a tough draw early on and ends up in a lower division, it not only sucks for them but also every other player in that division , who now will have no chance of winning their ...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36404
Re: Your preferred format for CO-events
I think Eoin and Graeme were probably posting their replies at the same time, which adds to the excitement of this thread. And 4 [sic], well I'm not sure I've felt such a massive sense of occasion myself. I was gonna say "you're easily excited", but then read the next part... so maybe not...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36404
Re: Your preferred format for CO-events
The modern 15R is the best format. An amended 9R version of that should be used at co-events. i.e. the conundrums should be worth 10/15x9 points, i.e. 6pts. This whole gaslighting thing ye are doing - suggesting that 'everyone' thinks divisions are a bad idea - it's not going to work. Most players w...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36404
Re: Your preferred format for CO-events
Consensus among other players has only grown stronger then what it was when I posted this in February! the unanimous consensus was that's it's shit. This is probably because they hear you going off on one of your rants, and they're like... just smile and nod. It makes it end faster. The QF/SF/Fin g...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125168
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Even more disappointed that the dog is now gone tbh...L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:19 pm If you are anything other than an inquisitive small dog, I will be bitterly disappointed.
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Are, audiences back at Countdown now?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 945
Re: Are, audiences back, at, Countdown now?
Anseo!Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:13 pm Who else at least started reading the topic title like William Shatner?
Where else would commas go to utterly shatnerize it?
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2129
Re: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
They'd still smash it :) Of course, but having one or more of PORTAINER, RESPONAUT, PROMNESIA, POSTERIAD, MATERNISE, ORVIETANS, UNREALIST, GINORITES, ORANGITES, REDITIONS, ROMANITES, ACRIDONES, ADORNATES, NODULATES, MOGANITES, PATRONEES, PANDEIROS, MONRADITE etc. dqed could see them just miss out o...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2129
Re: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
It would be entertaining if an overnight change was announced - would certainly throw cat among pigeons with the apto-trained folk! Imagine if they made the switch to CSW a few days before some misfortunate big hitter was about to record... Someone massively invested, like e.g. Ronan / Zohaib. Ther...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774248
Re: Ask Graeme?
But isn't it true that if you really wanted to keep it secret, you'd have to have everyone believe it wasn't you?
Perhaps it IS some mysterious character who exists only on the wiki, yet nowhere else in Countdownia...
Perhaps it IS some mysterious character who exists only on the wiki, yet nowhere else in Countdownia...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2129
Re: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
It is a pipe dream that CD start using CSW, so the worlds of Scrabble and Countdown can merge into one massive orgy of top anagramming, but - I dunno - is the link between CD and Oxford too strong to sever? As an alternative, if a dedicated and authoritative word list (like CSW) were to be published...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774248
Re: Ask Graeme?
Dear Graeme,
Just wondering
1. Do you edit the Countdown wiki using the pseudonym "Launchballer"?
2. If so, do you actively prefer for people not to know that that user is you?
3. If so... why?!
Thanks
Just wondering
1. Do you edit the Countdown wiki using the pseudonym "Launchballer"?
2. If so, do you actively prefer for people not to know that that user is you?
3. If so... why?!
Thanks
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2129
Re: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
It reminds me a bit of that Simpsons episode where the bacteria build a colony in Lisa's tooth. You guys discussing this shit are the bacteria and Damian Eadie is Lisa. Sorry, no. He doesn't have "more important things to be doing" than not being shit at his job. Are you yet another one o...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2129
Re: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
So difficult to keep track of (at least for the "average punter") Yep. But the people who put the contestant guidelines together are probably as far as it is possible to get from an average punter, and they REALLY need to get their shit together. As regards clarity in word adjudication ac...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125168
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Sheer unadulterated laziness, Fiona!
Took me two seconds to do this search.
(It's the 6th result, and the first penned by our Spiky pal. )
Took me two seconds to do this search.
(It's the 6th result, and the first penned by our Spiky pal. )
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:19 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Apple variety rankings
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1360
Re: Apple variety rankings
Granny Smith is in a league of its own.
Juicy and refreshing.
All others are grand, I suppose.
Juicy and refreshing.
All others are grand, I suppose.
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125168
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125168
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Marc Meakin!
Appearing in real life!
If you are anything other than an inquisitive small dog, I will be bitterly disappointed.
Appearing in real life!
If you are anything other than an inquisitive small dog, I will be bitterly disappointed.
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 29 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 51)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 776
Re: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 29 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 51)
She had Octo potential.
Pity she came up against John.
Pity she came up against John.
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14476
Re: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
Here ya go!
It is a play-along video, showing my worst TV misses.
101pts available, of which I scored 13 (lucky for some)
Can you do any better?
It is a play-along video, showing my worst TV misses.
101pts available, of which I scored 13 (lucky for some)
Can you do any better?
- Fri Aug 26, 2022 1:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25 August 2022 (Series 85, Heat 49)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 373
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25 August 2022 (Series 85, Heat 49)
Mine: (9+10)*7+9
My nephew's: (10+5)*9+7
Fun times...
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Colin Murray as Host (pros and cons)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2449
Re: Colin Murray as Host (pros and cons)
PROS 1. He's not Anne Robinson. 2. Genuine love for the game. 3. Good rapport with the co-hosts. 4. Makes puns (like Richard did) 5. Gets excited when a game is close, and makes something of it (like Nick didn't) CONS 1. Being too authoritarian with the whole "pens down" stuff is not a go...
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15271
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
for some reason we haven't worked out how to photosynthesize yet. Eating plants is a much more efficient way to do this than eating animals that eat plants. Fuck photosynthesis. That shit is in the ha'penny place. All it's gonna get you is some cheap-as-chips carbohydrates. Hardly worth an evolutio...
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 24 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 48)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1106
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 24 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 48)
Debate in playalong chat on whether Jite's R7 dec of DUSKER should be allowed under the one syllable rule. Yeah, I saw that Chloe "cocky even when wrong" Jones was pretty insistent that Susie's adjudication had been correct. Countdown needs to sort itself out with a dedicated easily searc...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 490883
Re: People you shouldn't trust
I'd be tempted to include "people who refer to meat as 'animal corpse'" but I know one of those, and he seems pretty trustworthy in general, so perhaps not. :D tell me it's not accurate. 'Meat' is a euphemism. See also: 'beef', 'pork'. Being "on your period" is a euphemism for &...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 490883
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Pretty sure that is a different Piers,
but lolz for the fact that these readings were taking place in Woke-ingham. You couldn't make it up.
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15271
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
I could use euphemisms like 'farmed', 'processed', 'harvested', 'reared', 'passed away', 'meat', 'beef', 'pork' in order to decrease the emotion that is naturally there by ensuring my language less accurately reflects the truth. I won't do that. Hey! Maybe that was also what Meatloaf* wouldn't do! ...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 490883
Re: People you shouldn't trust
I'd be tempted to include "people who refer to meat as 'animal corpse'"
but I know one of those, and he seems pretty trustworthy in general, so perhaps not.
but I know one of those, and he seems pretty trustworthy in general, so perhaps not.
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15271
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Well yeah, of course.
But only if the little fucker has scrawbed you or otherwise pissed you off.
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 47)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 667
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 47)
Why, it is Aziz!
Well played, that man.
A barnstorming start to what I hope will be an Octorun.
Well played, that man.
A barnstorming start to what I hope will be an Octorun.
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15271
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Let's not discount the very real possibility that you are wrong in everything you said beforehand.Callum Todd wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:33 pm Nonetheless, me being wrong in the following argument doesn't mean therefore I must have been wrong about everything I said beforehand
Gotta keep our options open here.
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15271
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Modern humans have the capability to choose to not act in accordance with their "nature". But why should we? We are a just another species, with certain natural programming. Needlessly acting against what is natural for us, may go a long way toward explaining the skyrocketing levels of an...
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 40th Anniversary Celebrations
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4888
Re: 40th Anniversary Celebrations
Cats officially out of the bag now!
Gotta wonder what these specials will be?
A dedicated tournament, or one off specials like Susie vs Rachel etc?
Gotta wonder what these specials will be?
A dedicated tournament, or one off specials like Susie vs Rachel etc?
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:05 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14476
Re: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
"Essential 9s: Volume #1" has finally landed!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 4:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15271
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Just find it tedious... but had to comment to let ye know that it had become SO tedious, it is now verging on comedy gold.
There's a fine line.
There's a fine line.
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15271
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
but simply saving a species for its own sake and not bothering about saving an equal number of animals from a non-endangered species is really only looking at things from our perspective. Christ, can ye get any more tedious on this thread? If some of the comments here were read out as part of a bit...