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Ryan Lam

QF1: Tom Chafer-Cook vs Graeme Staples (Prediction: 50 Points) (Actual: 45 Points) (Score: 50-45=5 Points) If I understand this correctly, if you predicted Tom to win by a million and 45 points, you'd get a million points. That is technically correct, although I must admit no one is going to win wi...

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Just watched the episode after a day's delay in China... I do have to say I feel sorry for Claire...she probably was nervous...and you could probably tell that as well...oh well another one bites the dust but since it's before the Finals I'm sure she won't think about her loss too much...unless of c...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:06 am
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!

Ryan Lam

Alright let's not go too off-topic please. If you guys would like Martin Hurst's game like I mentioned in my original post, here are the rules and instructions and if you're still confused, I will provide examples from the last Series: 1. Guess how much the difference between both players are for th...

Ryan Lam

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:33 pm Dougie lost to Mac, not George.

Thanks Zarte, I have corrected it. Sorry I wasn't referencing the Wiki for this part, and best of luck when you're against Jan!

Ryan Lam

So, with just three Preliminaries of Series 78 yet to air as of the time of writing, we now know who are the final eight and here they are: Quarter-Finals #1 (14 June): Zarte Siempre (#1 Seed) vs Jan Pask (#8 Seed) Quarter-Finals #2 (15 June): Toby McDonald (#2 Seed) vs Philip Aston (#7 Seed) Quarte...

Ryan Lam

So there you have it, with Mick being defeated Jan's fate has been sealed and we can now confirm today, exactly 6 days and 4 episodes before the Finals, the Finalists of Series 78 and the matches played: Quarter-Finals #1 (14 June): Zarte Siempre (#1 Seed) vs Jan Pask (#8 Seed) Quarter-Finals #2 (15...

Ryan Lam

Is it not before 11th or 12th of June? Cause remember if mick gets 5 wins but a higher score than Jan and loses the 6th on the 12th, he can still be in the finals right? But if he wins the next six he'd have to carry on to s79 and Jan would keep her 8th seed position right? I apologise for who I'm ...

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I had no idea Mick was on previously...Nick didn't even mention it, unlike John Owens if you can remember earlier in the Series where he mentioned the fact he was on before! And I've uploaded photos for comparison...seems like Mick hasn't really aged in 21 years! :) John and Anthony Jenkin, another ...

Ryan Lam

Alternative for Round 9 if you want to use all the Numbers: (75 x (4 + 4)) - ((50 ÷ 5) - 2) Spotted NEWBIE in R5 two seconds too late! So I can't take credit for that :( Poor Joy...not so JOYful for her...sorry I couldn't resist making that pun and if you happen to be reading this, I do apologise in...

Ryan Lam

Alternative for Round 9: (75 x 5) + 50 - (4 - 3) Easy Way Out for Round 14: (100 + 10) x 2 Gosh I overlooked the "1" in Round 3 and got 884 instead, what a bad miss! :( Also, had David got 883 Perfectly by finishing his Solution in that same round, the score would have been 62 - 58, so the...

Ryan Lam

Personally I would not bet on whether there will be a Philip vs Zarte Match. I'm sure Philip is not keen on facing him again after losing to him in early-March. But should that happen, expect a fiercer match than usual. Same applies if Philip vs Toby happens. But yeah, just like what Elliott said, I...

Ryan Lam

High Maxing Game, and got two "Nines" in the process! :) Congrats to Johnny for getting that high, even I can't do that! Alternative to Round 6 which is SO MUCH easier and uses all the Numbers: (25 x 5 x 4) - (6 x (9 - 7)) Alternative to Round 14: (75 x 8) - ((10 + 6) x 4) I'm starting to ...

Ryan Lam

SOAKAGE in Round 5. Poor Amy...the Numbers Rounds ultimately sealed her fate...despite getting close enough in R14 it wasn't enough to have a safe win.

Ryan Lam

Alternative for Round 3: (75 + 3) x 9 - (8 - 1)
Alternative for Round 6 if you want to use all the Numbers: 75 + 25 + (8 x 10) - (7 - 2)
Alternative for Round 9: (100 - 2 - 1 - 1) x 4

Ryan Lam

Alternative for Ronud 6: ((100 + 6 + 7) x 3) - (9 - 8) Wow that was a close shave for Paul again! If Matthew had his method right in Round 3 it would be 80 - 79 at the end of Round 14 but on all accounts since Paul buzzed in he would have lost anyway. Let's see if he can become the 5th Octochamp or ...

Ryan Lam

Alternative for Round 9 which involves All the Numbers: (75 x (7 - (8 - 6))) - (10 ÷ 10) At the last moment, Curtis lost out to Paul the incumbent Champion. I feel so sorry for him, and Rachel just "rubbing" in saying "I should have went with 4 Large"...oh dear...I was expecting ...

Ryan Lam

Excellent Game today Toby! Congratulations as well, I think you might be the first person born in this century to become an Octochamp so you have a record yourself! I feared it might go down to a Crucial Conundrum initially at the start of the show (After all, it's your 8th Game and people do start ...

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Well done Toby...you have beaten me flat in half the Numbers Round and your MAROUDIS declaration. You do have to feel sorry for Nilesh in the Conundrum, just a single "R" cost him the 10 points, it's identical to what happened on 30 October 2017 if you can remember Tom Brodie incorrectly g...

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Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 2:56 pm Also, DC got SARCOID in R13 but they must have cut it out for some reason.

Hmm...perhaps Dr. Phil took too much time explaining? Since SARCOID is indeed a diesease...but thanks for letting us know!

Poor Alyssa...hoped she didn't walk off the set in tears...

Ryan Lam

Wow...just wow...what a bloodbath. Alyssa has been "massacred" by Toby who scores Triple 1 today. Sorry Alyssa and I mean no offence if you happen to be reading this. You do have to feel sorry for her, she kept blanking out on Letters Round, blanking out on easy Numbers Round (Especially t...

Ryan Lam

At this rate scores wise, we could be getting a new member of the 900 club! Stephen Read has said his score now ties his score when he had his first four wins around the same time last year...I can confirm that is correct, who knows maybe he'll equal his performance if nothing goes wrong! He is now...

Ryan Lam

Well done on Triple Wins now Toby! I have to say poor Colin...it was painful as a viewer to watch him suffer Round after Round with his invalid words, perhaps he was too distracted by your outfit (Please don't take offence! It really looked like those old Prisoner outfits I must say!) Nevertheless, ...

Ryan Lam

Hmm...I speculate maybe that could happen next year? To coincide with the 7000th Episode? Given that CoC XIV happened in 2016 and the 30th Birthday Championship in 2013, so does it mean three years apart? Unless they want to invite the best of Series 78 to 80 then maybe it's in 2020.

Ryan Lam

Well done Toby and congrtulations on your Teapot! Your mum must be proud of you! I take back my word on Becky vs Jill's game on being the best game...this has now become the best game of the Series! (Sorry, the former drops to 2nd place on my list now!) I was hoping you would win and it looked like ...

Ryan Lam

Poor Maria had a bit of a mare today, felt for her.... Yeah me too...especially when your opponent is a professional golf player who definitely has a reputation outside the studio. Oh and just to mention this if you paid close attention to the opening: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17144208/ro...

Ryan Lam

Alternative to R9: (100 + (7 + 1) x 8) x 2

Feel free to disagree with me, but IMO it was a bad miss for both contestants in R14. And wow, we haven't seen a high Max game in a while now! Getting REIGNITES and PARANOIDS is good enough for me!

Ryan Lam

Brett Davids wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:42 pm It’s all got quite filthy today.

Yeah, if one round wasn't enough... with all the GROPE and ORGASM coupled in as well...

Love the conundrum, at least Countdown gave a NOD to BREXIT in some way...

Ryan Lam

Susie's choice for word of the day was a rather huge help during the conundrum. I literally LOL-ed when the answer was revealed, I thought to myself "Has an OOW ever benefited a contestant on the show?" The answer can be found here today! UPLINKED in R12...I'm berating myself for missing ...

Ryan Lam

There are no vowels in RHYTHM Thanks. Nick should be explaining these though. Same here! I had no idea what was the relation until I had a closer look at the word and thought to myself "Oh yeah..." Alternative to R3 if you want to use all the Numbers: (10 x 7) + 50 + 9 - 6 + 4 Good job on...

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DOTARD in R2.

What a close shave from Dougie! I guess Andy most likely panicked...I genuinely thought he got the answer! I screamed in horror when he didn't as it meant an automatic loss from that point on...What a clever one today...MRGOTNINE...I'm sure Mr. Mackay got that one...

Ryan Lam

UNLADES in R7. I should have risked that because that's what I had...went for a safe 6 which was DELAYS. Fortunately I didn't risk POMERONE in R8 because that's not valid...but I didn't know POMERON was there and went for OPENER instead. I feel sorry for Colin, when it came to Numbers it all went w...

Ryan Lam

Although the scores don't suggest it, the play today was of a very nice standard, and I believe that Dougie has the potential to go and make it 8.... Same goes for me...I believe he could have gone higher today if the scenario where three of the rounds had no one scoring did not exist...Numbers are...

Ryan Lam

Was TEAPOT not mentioned in R10? Don't think so. Very solid I thought from the geezer today - Dougie was it? Yes, Dougie was the challenger...hopefully he will be able to survive. R6 Alternative if you want to use all the Numbers: 100 ÷ 2 x (7 x (4 - 1) - 3) I got RESCINDED in a second because I me...

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Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:59 pm
Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:58 pm
samir pilica wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:45 pm R 11 EMOCORE
Sorry Samir but I searched it up and unfortunately it's not in!

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/emo

The word is valid but what I meant that there was only one "E" in the selection!

Ryan Lam

R 11 EMOCORE Sorry Samir but I searched it up and unfortunately it's not in! :( This is probably one of the few days I can solve all 4 Numbers Puzzle without thinking TOO much...poor George...RELEASING and DROOPIER from Luke did him in...oh well but the former is now position #5 on the Rankings of ...

Ryan Lam

Very good game today, unlucky for Michael to lose on that score, but both played very well, good game to watch (maybe George is going up in my estimations)..... Yeah, I just hope he avoids having to face a Crucial Conundrum every time, because as long as the opponent snatches it and gets the correc...

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George Armstrong replied to my video about the Tiebreaker on YouTube (You can search it up...), there was actually another conundrum which would have unscrambled to become POLEAXING. Of course, no one got it and because of time constraints, this was cut. I myself would not have gotten it either alon...

Ryan Lam

Wow what a game, first Tiebreaker since Moose Rosser vs Michael Hooker on 22 May 2017! And so the final episode recorded in 2017 has been transmitted, can George survive come 22 January 2018? We'll find out from tomorrow!

Ryan Lam

((25 - 8) x 10) + 75 - 10 - 4 as an Alternative to R9...can't believe I solved this one at the very last second! (100 ÷ 25 x 2 x 75) + 3 as an Alternative to R14. Loved the way Jay slowly unravelled PEATINESS in R13... :lol: and I'm kicking myself for failing to solve PRUDENTLY in the conundrum...my...

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Got the conundrum quickly which surely isn't that hard? Same here and I'm proud of it, partly because no one from the audience solved it...this is one of the rare times I've solved it when the contestants and audience failed to...REWINDING from last year was another one... Alternative for R9 which ...

Ryan Lam

UNTESTED in R2...I chickened out on VROOMED in R1... Had Glen got ORDAINERS in R13 and solved 530 in R14, he would have beaten John 76 - 72 but sadly that was not to be (Note that obtaining the former only would still have been enough to beat him, the score would have been 73 - 72! It hurts when you...

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Tom S wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 1:20 pm SAMURAI as a R1 beater.

There's MARSUPIA to take it one step further...

And what a bad miss forr me in R5 for ENATIONS...I had NATIONS...

Oh, and did anyone notice the continuity announcement failed at the very end? Looks like no voice came on...

Ryan Lam

MOULAGE a beater in R1. Got this one though..the rest nah...LAWSUIT in R11 though (Thanks to me watching so many cases about law and order on YouTube...) Got to admit what a nice solve from Rachel from R14...I only managed 283 which was Glen's method until he went wrong. And finally, what an Anti-c...

Ryan Lam

I initally thought R3 was going to be impossible until I realised I needed 14 x 70 for 980 to be near enough and voila...it was the closest anyone could get! For R6, I only had 350...repeating numbers in all the rounds today...usually if there are two "10"s that would be enough to throw me...

Ryan Lam

Btw- the goody bag has changed, don't know whether today is the start of this new goody bag, or whether it has appeared over this past week and I have been unobservant.... You are very observant and you are right! Today the Goody Bag has indeed changed! I was searching through my DVR comparing yest...

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I made the same mistake as Mohsin in R1...thought PLAUDIT was in but sadly not...

Anyone in R4 spotted that rude-word almost immediately? Because I did...

CITATORS in R8 and Simpler Alternative for R9: (50 x 6) - 9 - 5 + 1

Ryan Lam

Wow what a good game today! Especially Mohsin, from Saudi Arabia, the first foreign contestant in ages (If you don't include Lena Hamre earlier this Series who was originally from Norway), flew all the way to the UK just to be on the show, wow! (Imagine if I could pay the expenses and fly from Singa...

Ryan Lam

Loved the way Maria used RAINOUT to her advantage in R7...I totally did not see that one coming...and how did I miss MIGALOOS in R13 when I've heard this word so many times when I was on tour in Australia three times? Hmm... Alternative for R9 if you want to use all the numbers: (75 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 1)...

Ryan Lam

Loved the way the Audience sighed when they couldn't unscramble HUBREGION for NEIGHBOUR at the end, the only way I solved it was because my Economics Teacher linked all three separate words during the Topic of Globalization...that goes for me for the R6 and R14...misdeclared and couldn't see the 1 f...

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Unbelievable that Rachel missed 100+75+50-9-6 in the first numbers. "And I'm sure people are screaming at the TV" -> I was one of them... :roll: And there goes Ted the Scrrable Player, but hey at least the Anscomb Family has a teapot now and I'm sure Jack will be pleased! Anyone noticed t...

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I was beaten with REMAINER and on the conundrum. Same here, but I had no idea what the answer was to the Conundrum. COPLANAR in R11 and Alternative for R9 if you want to use all the Numbers: (100 x (7 + 1)) - ((6 + 4) x 2) The last two days have been dismal in terms of the Numbers Rounds...but hey ...

Ryan Lam

There's IDIOTA in R11...thanks Bradley Horrocks for teaching me this word! :) What's up with the Boeing Targets for the Numbers Round lately? We had a 757, aand then a 787! Did anyone notice Nick did not say "Good Afternoon" immediately which he always does at the very beginning, this is s...

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As for the rigging part, to some extent yes... To no extent actually, other than whatever is in your bizarre imagination. Of course I'm joking with Eoin, if the letters round were rigged, you guys would be out of business already. Anyways, on a sidenote, best of luck for all Series 78 finalists tod...

Ryan Lam

Well done Zarte! You've definitely won the hearts of all of us, not only your cheerleaders in the studios, but those watching at home as well! You came back stronger and more prepared this time round after five years, and sure enough it's paid off for you. (Although it's a shame Philip had to be you...

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Interesting times... The Countdown game record is 146. If Zarte gets 144 he scores 1000... The best max Zarte's had so far has been 145. Generally he's getting ~90% of the available max. The highest max of S78 so far has been 175. There is quite a real possibility that, with a bit of luck, two mass...

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Shame it was such a low max game And that was the reason why Zarte couldn't score so well today. Nick was actually incorrect to say that Steve held him off when he acutally didn't because he had not beaten him in any of the rounds, only equalled it! I personally found it appalling when he said that...

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Loved Dave's reaction to ANTISERUM. "Pfff...how posh". I too burst out in laughter, imagine if someone on Apterous spots an unusual nine and the opponents reaction be like that... :lol: Alternative for R6 if you want to use all the Numbers: (50 x 10) + (8 x 4) + 6 + 1 Zarte has beaten his...

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FUGLEMAN in R13...can't believe playing Team Fortress 2 taught me that... Wow the score difference of 105...over a century is scary! That's something I have not seen perhaps sicne Stephen Read vs Alan Jefferson last year in May! Well done Zarte on SUPINATED...I only managed DISPUTE like Jonathan in ...

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POLYBASE is there in R2... Nice challenge against Donal...coming up with the words "EMIRATES" and "ROADSTER" are not easy! I initially thought this might end up very close with a difference of maybe 20 points in the end but it was much larger than that unfortunately. Well done Za...

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