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Gavin Chipper

Philip Wilson wrote:Susie did it today's programme [Thursday] though, first time anyone has in ages I think.

Sometimes she does, because Nick never does and she wants it to happen so has to make it happen herself. She should give Nick a look as if to say "Why the fuck didn't you ask?" when she does it.

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It's another flaw of the game but they could put it down as "good tactics". Aye, I'm sure it was always the case in the original series and had actually been "exploited" on an occasion, but typically I can't actually cite the episode it happened in, so I might have misremembered...

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Standard method for round 3 was (100-75-9)×50+8=808.

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By the way, Nick never asks people what they also had if they stick with six or seven or whatever. It used to be quite interesting when contestants were asked this. So this is disappointing.

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Interesting discussion.

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According to its own link, it's the 151,372nd post. I think this was debated before, but do deleted posts mean that it's allowed this status? Someone could delete a load of posts now, reducing the number to under 150,000 and then post a new 150,000th post. So really, all you can say is that at the ...

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According to its own link, it's the 151,372nd post. I think this was debated before, but do deleted posts mean that it's allowed this status? Someone could delete a load of posts now, reducing the number to under 150,000 and then post a new 150,000th post. So really, all you can say is that at the t...

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Bit late but ( (100-75)×10+1)×2-9=493

Edit - Yeah what Worsley says.

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FWIW I would be a bit wtf if I was on a show and in my intro they brought up that I was disabled without discussing it with me first. Oh absolutely, I wouldn't have expected them to just chuck it in without asking. But I would have expected them to ask, is what I'm saying. And I would've expected C...

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I see former 15 to 1 contestant Martin Riley is on today's show. Using his old intimidation tactics of immediately nominating back the contestant who has nominated him. That wasn't allowed in ye olden days! In my memory, he looks like Michael Portillo, is that still the case? I think it was allowed...

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Jon Corby wrote:Unlucky Ciaran, congrats Mark, high quality game. Did I miss it, or was Ciaran's deafness not even mentioned? How could this be?

Your baldness wasn't mentioned in the CoC.

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Johnny Canuck wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:So basically it happens pretty much every single game.

He doesn't mean single games as in people playing on their own, because it would be impossible in that case, if that was your concern.

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I beat Abdi and we both got two nines. And Glen Webb had two nines when he lost to Callum. I would assume there'll be a few more, particularly in the 30th Birthday Championship. There was also Ross Mackenzie, who got TOTALISES and HERALDING, but Chris Davies got those in his 139. :geek: What a coin...

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Looking forward to lots more 3L action here! Hopefully the standard method will work on some of the rest... For those who don't like the standard method there were 87x10 solutions for the second numbers. Mark said he would pick tactically - but that 4L was a bit too easy. So, about the standard met...

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Players whose go it isn't?

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I'll put a bit more effort in because of circumstances. We have a champ. I don't know who it is. But I do know that facing this person today is one of us, apterite Mark Murray. This is his second debut, first appearing in 1999. Can he win again 15 years later? James'll recap later. So both players ...

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I was surprised the copper got away with ROZ coming out in one of the rounds with no comment.

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GROSSER as a beater.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Seems fair.

It's fair - he's just pointing out what massive names there are in this tournament that aren't in the top 16.

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I'm glad Susie told us she got MOTELS in the VIOLATES round.

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It shouldn't be Abdi either because he cheated to get where he was. It should be Callum...

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You don't say "Fifteen to One". You say "Quarter to One". Stupid name. And it's on at the wrong time.

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It is?

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You might think this is a bit of a shit "coincidence" but you're getting it anyway. Last night I dreamt that Michael Douglas died, and when I put the news on it was almost like fucking Diana had died again. I was thinking "Yeah, he's famous, but really?" And then today, the less ...

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hoiking^ not in for some reason.

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tl;dr

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I'm going to be on the show too (episode 19/20 on 30th April). What struck me most about the new series is how much slower the pace is now. William G used to really rattle through the questions. I'm not keen on the tense background music either. I didn't really get to enjoy episode 1 properly until...

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James Robinson wrote:That's also the first 0-second conundrum in a regular edition of Countdown, as in exactly 0 seconds, not 0.25, 0.5, etc.

How are you defining that though? How are these things objectively measured? I've seen others that were probably just as quick.

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Andy Warhol certainly looked as if he was going to win, but he seemed to lose it a bit in the later rounds.

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As we wrap up this week, we have yet another new champion, Peter Cross. Not many people have won multiple games this week, can Peter get the trend going in the right direction? Or perhaps the tend. I thought it was a bit strange when Susie was talking about hoe phrases turn into other phrases by lo...

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I think it was definitely the numbers that let Cliff down today. His letters were similar to his usual standard, but he threw far too many points away on the numbers.

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Very sad news. I played him on Apterous a few times.

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I missed what DC said but did ANOINTER beat them in round 5?

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That guy was pretty good. Sure-fire octo. Would take a 1600 player or over on Apterous to beat him. I wouldn't say it was a certainty, as we've seen people make impressive starts and disappoint before. If he keeps playing like this, he's got a great chance, though. Very impressive debut performance...

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GRUNTLED

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What's the average number of maxes per game that the studio gets collectively? Any words or numbers declarations outside the time count, and also it can be said that the studio got the conundrum. So basically what's 15 minus the number of rounds with beaters available?

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Nice to see the results of this. I voted Conor's Mocktorun top, but I suppose it would have been boring for something so similar to last year's winning game on top again. But I am surprised by the margin of victory with Matthew's game. It was a very good game, but I'm going to stick my neck out and ...

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In the 30th Birthday Championship, the difference is ( a little bit ) more pronounced: in 440 letters rounds, the picker won 75 and the non-picker won 65. It would be valid to brush over this fact as unimportant based on the tiny sample size, but to brush it aside as an insignificant margin (which ...

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So what were these rubbish questions?

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Ian Volante wrote:
Andy Platt wrote:Yeah, outside 30 seconds but got. (50 x 2 - 8) x 9 + 75
[50+75+4]*[9-2] in about two seconds

I took quite a while but when I saw that you'd got it in 2 seconds, I immediately saw 75*(50+2)/4-8*9

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People take into account whatever they think the relevant features of a GOTY game are when nominating and voting. Maybe the 68 in a tournament is arguably better than a 62 in practice, but also maybe there have only been 69s in player v player games. (So they'd have done better by concentrating on t...

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Fine in theory but the categories are a bit obvious and predictable to answer. It needs to be more subjective, like a proper awards show. So, Apterite You'd Most Like To Play Darts With, Apterite You Could Most Envision Setting Up A Small Business With, Best Costume, Apterite Whose Name Could Pass ...

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What do you need the photos for? If people knew they might be more accepting of it rather than just "Photo or fuck off!"

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Might have been easier for the contestants to answer the number of spoonfuls they have of sugar a day if they'd known what size spoon, Dr. Hunniford! Yeah, that whole segment irked me. I hate those kind of "go on, have a guess" interactions where you don't actually care what the guesses a...

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If your opponent buzzes after 29 seconds and gets it wrong, but from his wrong answer you see the right one, is it ethical to buzz in when the clock restarts? You certainly didn't get it in the 30 seconds after the clock started initially. Is it any more ethical to use that extra time than extra ti...

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Monitor off on buzzing. No dilly-dallying in getting the answer. Flaw gone. I didn't look at the monitor when I filmed - I looked at the board. And yeah, I agree, injecting Nick with some speed at the end of games so he doesn't give a 5-second pre-amble would help, but maybe dealers are hard to com...

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Surely the rules are you press the buzzer, Nick asks for your answer, and then you provide it without delay? If you do that, how would anyone know the difference? Oh okay, I've changed my mind now, I'm glad you lost and I hope you don't get invited back again :mrgreen: Not everyone has necessarily ...

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...you're exploiting a shortcoming in the studio logistics to give yourself an advantage in the game, and I definitely think that's against the spirit of the game, and worth trying to stamp out. I agree with this, but I'm not sure I'd then reach the conclusion that it's the player's responsibility ...

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Anyway, it's like me going to the bookie's and putting a bet on Damon Hill making a comeback this year and winning the F1 world championship at 2/1. And then complaining about the odds after I win. Surely I should have got 1,000,000 to 1 at least! Well, whose fault is that?

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It's the lottery. What did you expect?

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It would cut out time if instead of a buzz, a disembodied voice just said the player's name and they had to answer immediately. Best not to trouble the presenter with this at all. You seemed to hint at this solution, Graeme, but then let it slide out of your thought processes.

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HANGOUT^ invalid in round 1. Disappointing.

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I was going to mention about the numbers and getting timed out but forgot and then got timed out.

But yeah, he was very lucky there.

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Uh,oh - it's the old FAINEST controversy again ... Unless stuff got cut out, she just rejected that without any explanation. I tend to think in general that Susie takes the wrong approach to allowing/disallowing words. I think she goes by intuition a lot, when the most important thing is consistent...

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Matt Morrison wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:I don't believe you.
Which bit don't you believe?
What was the friend's name?

Peter*

*Name has been changed for reasons of privacy.

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Matt Morrison wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:I watched an episode of this round a friend's yesterday. It's like The Chase but worse.
I don't believe you.

Which bit don't you believe?

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I watched an episode of this round a friend's yesterday. It's like The Chase but worse.

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I always think it's funny when Susie announces shorter words. "Also LOTUS for five." And? Sometimes if it's a particularly "nice" word and she gives a reason for mentioning it, it can blend in, but it seems to happen a lot without any particular reason. Is that for the viewer at...

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I always think it's funny when Susie announces shorter words. "Also LOTUS for five." And? Sometimes if it's a particularly "nice" word and she gives a reason for mentioning it, it can blend in, but it seems to happen a lot without any particular reason.

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I'm not going to bother posting an alt but I was surprised by Rachel's convoluted method to 321 as if to imply there wasn't a straightforward method. I suppose if that's what she saw she couldn't be bothered to find a simpler way.

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