I played one round and the max was a couple of obscure 5s. Maybe I was unlucky.Callum Todd wrote:Awesome. I got a 9 first round I played so it gets my approval
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- Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Practise Game (new member)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5767
Re: Countdown Practise Game (new member)
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 27th 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8148
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 27th 2014
As people have said, it wasn't the close game we were hoping for, but Mark was solid throughout the series and definitely the best overall player.
In Corby mode, I wondered if Andy decided he could make 770 only after Mark declared it.
In Corby mode, I wondered if Andy decided he could make 770 only after Mark declared it.
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E4 - 27 Jun '14)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1983
Re: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E4 - 27 Jun '
Nice to see Jon mentioning Callum Todd.
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who use the spelling FOCUSSED.
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday June 26th 2014 (S70 SF2)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2796
Re: Spoilers for Thursday June 26th 2014 (S70 SF2)
I also MAXED it, apart from the rounds where better numbers solutions or longer words were available.James Robinson wrote:I MAXED it, with the exception of the 2nd numbers game
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 25th 2014
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2769
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 25th 2014
Quite an interesting game. Neither player put in their best performance. Mark might be feeling quite lucky that Neil didn't put in a stronger showing and Neil might be feeling annoyed he didn't capitalise on a potential opportunity.
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 25th 2014
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2769
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 25th 2014
That's not the standard name for it though.Tony Atkins wrote:Wow did Mark go round the houses there or what (eg 50/10=5 is quicker). The standard way is 4x100-75+10, or
10x50-100-75+10
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: £27,000 for getting beat...........
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6588
Re: £27,000 for getting beat...........
Stupid thread. Getting beaten in the first round at Wimbledon and acceding to England manager both require a lot of previous success. Yes, although the idea that football managers have particular ability in their job doesn't quite have the same body of evidence behind it. Probably even less so with...
- Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
- Replies: 104
- Views: 39118
Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20
Two more confirmed here. As we need to decide on whether to stay over or not, is the afterparty likely to also be in The County Club or are other plans afoot? Is there likely to be a contingent hanging around until late evening? I think there are plans to be in the club, as the 3rd place play-off w...
- Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
- Replies: 104
- Views: 39118
Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20
I'm officially in now.
- Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 20th June 2014 (8/10 Cats Series 3, Episode 3)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 846
Friday 20th June 2014 (8/10 Cats Series 3, Episode 3)
This is my first recap on here, and possibly my last given the amount of effort that's involved. Well done to everyone that manages to churn these out on a regular basis. 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown recap for Friday 20 June 2014. Host: Jimmy Carr Team 1: Josie Long - She loves the word game Bogg...
- Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 486
- Views: 218573
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
It will be Sunday now.James Robinson wrote:Fair enough, I was 2 days late with mine last week. Go for it.Gavin Chipper wrote:Can I do it? I've never done one of these before. It won't appear until the next day though.James Robinson wrote:Recapper required for Catsdown tomorrow night.
- Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E3 - 20 Jun '14)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1444
- Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 70? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4786
Re: Who Will Win Series 70? (Spoilers Included)
Spoiler!!!samir pilica wrote:It was used for the last time in the Grand Final, in the very last letters round to highlight an awesome word.Adam Gillard wrote:Off on a tangent here, but does anyone know if the pencam was used at these finals? Or has the last word to be pencammed already been broadcast?
- Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 486
- Views: 218573
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
What are you going to do about it?Matt Morrison wrote:Make it good or don't bother gev
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 486
- Views: 218573
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
OK cheers.James Robinson wrote:Fair enough, I was 2 days late with mine last week. Go for it.Gavin Chipper wrote:Can I do it? I've never done one of these before. It won't appear until the next day though.James Robinson wrote:Recapper required for Catsdown tomorrow night.
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 486
- Views: 218573
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
Can I do it? I've never done one of these before. It won't appear until the next day though.James Robinson wrote:Recapper required for Catsdown tomorrow night.
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 703729
Re: Ask Graeme?
Discounting finals games, the seven-time winner with the highest losing margin is David Franks in this game (48). This game seems particularly worth highlighting. You might expect that the biggest defeat of a 7-time winner would come about from a few high-volatility rounds and some nines, but this ...
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: A kick in the teeth
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5394
Re: A kick in the teeth
You may have already tried this, but assuming there is some sort of 'official' Scrabble magazine, how about putting a plea in there? I imagine a fair few of the contestants in the early days were Scrabble players (they were pretty hopeless at numbers anyway), and I reckon 1982 would be about when I...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:59 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Ten-letter conundrums
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9510
Re: Ten-letter conundrums
Tanmay Dixit?
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
This is just "people I don't care much for", right? (cue "people who question the thread" when I resisted saying "people who take the thread off at tangents") Yeah, the "trust" thing doesn't need to be taken literally. I think I can trust you to use this thre...
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What are British values?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4629
Re: What are British values?
And what do you mean by national identity? Is it: If you ask 100 random foreigners what they associate with the UK, what would be the top answer? And if the royal family come top it makes the sycophancy acceptable? By that logic we should be sycophantic towards football hooliganism if it came top.
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who think it's necessary to scream before they sneeze. It adds nothing. It's just a bad habit.
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:27 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Next letter in sequence
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15042
Re: Next letter in sequence
Where?Johnny Canuck wrote:You just did...?Gavin Chipper wrote:Time we got an explanation for these.
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:06 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Next letter in sequence
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15042
Re: Next letter in sequence
Time we got an explanation for these.
- Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:14 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Missing letter
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4707
Re: Missing letter
Totals of the columns go up by 2 each time. Seems pretty simplistic though. I'd say it's unlikely to be the answer they're after. It also renders the hexagon thing irrelevant.
- Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 703729
Re: Ask Graeme?
What are the lowest and highest eight-game totals of seven-time winners?
- Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What are British values?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4629
Re: What are British values?
His next post is going to be about you.Fred Mumford wrote:If only you had gone a little more overboard on the racism theme to the point of being ludicrous, and then removed all the humour from your post, you'd have practically written Bradley's weekly blog for him.
- Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:28 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Replies: 62
- Views: 14577
Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup
Correctly guessing one upset isn't that big a deal! Let's see if all four teams end up on four points.
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Oh of course, everyone fumbles sometimes when speaking off the cuff. Those two phrases I highlighted (along with "No offence but") are things that you quite often see people very deliberately say though, often in typed messages, as though it's going to actually make what they're saying an...
- Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
In the same vein, people who habitually add things like "Just saying" or "Just putting that out there" immediately after saying something. Clearly they know that what they're saying is at least somewhat contentious, and if they're that afraid of people reacting badly then they s...
- Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 656501
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why are longitude and latitude the wrong way round? I'm bumping this because I had a conversation with someone about this and they didn't seem to get what I was on about. Latitude is a sideways thing and longitude is an up/down thing, so latitude should measure east/west and longitude should measur...
- Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Replies: 62
- Views: 14577
Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup
Finally, we're off and running, Croatia certainly deserved something from the game, but thanks to the Japanese Howard Webb & their own hapless keeper they ended up getting well and truly shafted, with at least 3 huge decisions going against them. Brazil looked nothing special and are going to n...
- Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 12th June 2014 (Series 70, Prelim 100)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1246
Re: Thursday 12th June 2014 (Series 70, Prelim 100)
Seconded.Peter Mabey wrote:In R14 I think Geoff had said (100-3x2)x3 without mentioning 3=4-1, so had used the 3 twice - so thought he'd gone wrong anyhow.
- Thu Jun 12, 2014 2:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday June 12th 2014 (S70 P100)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 982
Re: Spoilers for Thursday June 12th 2014 (S70 P100)
He used the 3 twice didn't he? I know he had a 4 and a 1 but I'm not sure how close he was to actually getting the target.Tony Atkins wrote:That will give poor Geoff Shaw sleepless nights - making 10 away but having 10 left over....
- Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: HELP WITH COUNTDOWN EPISODES
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3059
Re: HELP WITH COUNTDOWN EPISODES
The first clip has that date in the title as well.
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 70? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4786
Re: Who Will Win Series 70? (Spoilers Included)
Bear in mind that Neil has to play Sean in the Quarter Final, and Sean has beaten him once already. He could do it again, although Neil may have been a bit tired last time. In a one-off game, upsets are possible, but I think Neil was quite a bit better than Sean overall. It could depend on what Nei...
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: I can't find Countdown screensaver!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2439
Re: I can't find Countdown screensaver!
My guess is that Dmitry is Russian (The clue being his e-mail address there is .ru), so has no idea what you're on about. 0668964628 is quite a common name in Russia as well. 0668964628 is my first mobile phone number in Ukraine. Unfortunately Dmitry is no longer available on this number, but he ca...
- Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 70? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4786
Re: Who Will Win Series 70? (Spoilers Included)
I'd predict with 90% certainty that Mark will beat Samir in the final, and expect that they'll carry their QFs and SFs accordingly. The third and fourth QFs might be a little more up in the air -- as we already know, from the fact that Neil vs. Sean is a rematch of a heat game that went to a tie-br...
- Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jon Corby is in Big Brother
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2850
Re: Jon Corby is in Big Brother
I wasn't sure if it was him or Giles Hutchings. Also Jack Worsley in the top left of the picture.Jon Corby wrote:Jack Hurst being snidey about me to the guy next to him in the audience too, the prick.
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who won't commit themselves to an exact frequency of blog posts, but say they're intending to post at least one a week on average, but then don't, and then they don't apologise for misleading their loyal reader. It is terrible. I'm sure it will be addressed shortly (by whoever you're talking...
- Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 416537
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
My subconscious has been at it again. The setup for last night's dream saw me in Amsterdam to apologise for a diplomatic incident- don't know what, exactly- and upon arrival I immediately headed to the main parliament, or at least, the main parliament's vast dining hall. After grabbing a pear (whic...
- Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jon Corby is in Big Brother
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2850
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E1 - 6 Jun '14)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2004
Re: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E1 - 6 Jun '1
Are they allowed a go each so two per team? I dunno how it works.Tony Atkins wrote:And how many goes at the conundrum are you allowed? (Mind you he did say afternoon before fartenoon)
BEIGNETS (and BETAINES) alt in the BEATINGS round.
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E1 - 6 Jun '14)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2004
Re: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E1 - 6 Jun '1
Sean declared FITTER. The fact that he hadn't written it down should only come into play if someone else had declared it. The fact that he talked them out of giving him the points is just crazy. Him for doing it and them for forgetting he isn't the game's judge. More than made up for it with the 10...
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E1 - 6 Jun '14)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2004
Re: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E1 - 6 Jun '1
Sean declared FITTER. The fact that he hadn't written it down should only come into play if someone else had declared it. The fact that he talked them out of giving him the points is just crazy. Him for doing it and them for forgetting he isn't the game's judge.
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday June 6th 2014
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1881
Re: Spoilers for Friday June 6th 2014
Maxed it.
- Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23970
Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee
I read the other day that the best way to keep your continence when you're old is to, when you're young and/or middle aged, consciously stop yourself midstream a few times every time. It toughens up the prostate muscle and gives you a better chance of holding it in down the road. This is way easier...
- Thu Jun 05, 2014 2:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday June 5th 2014 (S70 P96)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3726
Re: Spoilers for Thursday June 5th 2014 (S70 P96)
When Rachel did 100+50 I thought she was going to do that as well. But instead she went backwards and did 150/6 and used all 6 numbers instead of 4!Peter Mabey wrote:(100+50)x6+75=975
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who share a birthday with Jeff Gordon.
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who don't Google themselves.
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday June 4th 2014 (S70 P95)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3244
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday June 4th 2014 (S70 P95)
Further to yesterday, the contestants' methods for 270 suggested that they were at full stretch.
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who use "quiche" as a serious word.
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday June 4th 2014 (S70 P95)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3244
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday June 4th 2014 (S70 P95)
Did Pad (the challenger) find a flaw in the conundrum? Having declared INCORRECT and the solve was shown as INCORRECT (like they normally have done) would he have got the points for being correct? He did well there. I think it's been discussed on here before that someone could do that. Also I like ...
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday June 4th 2014 (S70 P95)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3244
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday June 4th 2014 (S70 P95)
We all did. It was Myleene's last game.Someone who missed the show wrote:I missed the show. Who won?
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 21st May (S70 P85)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1867
Re: Wednesday 21st May (S70 P85)
Cheers Ciaran. A couple of things - there's no total points for the previous winner, no target for the first numbers, and the order of players in the round keeps changing. But not too bad for a first go :) Just out of interest, where do you get the total points from, or does every recap writer manu...
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday June 3rd 2014 (S70 P94)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3323
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday June 3rd 2014 (S70 P94)
To me that 864 game suggested that the contestants possibly weren't even aware of the concept of adding before you multiply. This is the very first "trick" you learn. And it's not about going out of your way to learn it. Watch two episodes of Countdown and it's almost impossible not to enc...
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:08 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Team Assignations & Group Stage
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7391
Re: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Team Assignations & Group Stag
Thanks. I'm glad someone is taking this seriously.Matt Morrison wrote:You were the Faroe Islands Gevin.
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 5:04 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Team Assignations & Group Stage
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7391
Re: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Team Assignations & Group Stag
What country am I? I was in the qualifying for this, so I must have been a country, right?
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 412767
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Religion has its own thread. Whereas yoghurt, er, also has its own thread.Jon Corby wrote:Haha, so it's fine to include yoghurt eaters and hat-wearers, but religion's off limits because.... why?