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Is it bad that I took great pleasure in reading this?

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Tom Barnes is an absolute bastard.

ASSLOAD was there in round two.

Josh Hurst

So nobody has expressed an interest in this yet? It seems fun to me, so count me in. I guess the problem would be if someone signs up who doesn't actually use apterous very much, but I imagine people who sign up will be playing regularly throughout the year and can play their matches at a reasonable...

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I didn't watch this live, but the handsome young man (of a not too dissimilar age to Jeff?) getting the conundrum in the audience was Richard Everley of apterous and CoLei4 fame.

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Rachel's numbers solution in round 5 was insane!!!

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As has been mentioned in other places already, information passed onto me suggests that the final will actually be on June 3rd, quite earlier than normal, although until they're recorded on May 11th, we won't know the full story I suppose. :roll: Just had it confirmed via my internal sources, the f...

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YES MARY!!!!

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DETENUE as a DC beater in round 12.

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ALIQUOT as a DC beater in round 3.

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I thought that was an impressive performance from G-dawg (that's what his mates call him) today. WP Sir.

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John Brackstone wrote:is mounties allowed or is it capitalised?

I'm afraid it's not allowed (according to apterous), presumably because it's capitalised. MITOGENS was there as a beater in round 2.

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Edward McCullagh, happy birthday. I've missed you in my apterous hiatus. xxx

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I'm pretty sure the University of Manchester could beat those Cambridge tossers. Me, Dan Pati, Richard Everley, Aaron Higgs and Steve Woods (Possibly the best octochamp of all time!!!) would dominate.

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CITOLES as a DC beater in round 4. MIAULED as a nice equaller in round 11 too.

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FROGSUITS for nine (think that's ok). Spotted FROGS first. MONITORS as an equaller. Ha, I saw frogsuits too and had no idea whether it was valid or not. Can't tell if your offering here was meant to be taken seriously or as a joke, but assuming it's serious (which it probably isn't), I checked it a...

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One word about the 3rd numbers game; THICKOS! (75 x 3) - (6 x 5) - 5 + 7 - 6. What that not hard enough? I don't think THICKOS is the right word here, that method is not simple. Not sure what solution you meant to offer but that method uses 7 numbers and doesn't make 181. (7+3) x (5+5) + 6 + 75 is ...

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Well done on becoming an octochamp Andy. Very solid set of performances with some great spots.

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Emily's bro sure looked happy to solve the conundrum.

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AUDIBLES was there in round three as a beater. Well played "guys" (that's me taking the piss out of that brother guy of mine). Very tough break in the toughed/toughie round James.

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What amused me most was that after Dictionary Corner suggested FLATLINE for 8, Jeff commented "a couple of 8s there". So it sounds like Susie offered FELLATIO as well, but this was edited out of the broadcast. Those who attended the recording will presumably know for sure! Yep, you got it...

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FELLATIO LOL.

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Another exciting climax to yesterday's game, as Adam almost capitalised on Andy's meltodwn to pull off a famous victory. MELTDOWN.... I win! Is that a new variant? It could be if you wanted it to be. That was a very solid performance from Andy today. Apart from his blip with retainer, the only plac...

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James Robinson wrote:Another exciting climax to yesterday's game, as Adam almost capitalised on Andy's meltodwn to pull off a famous victory.

MELTDOWN.... I win!

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Unlucky Adam. Andy was quick out of the blocks there and looked very impressive with spots such as BURROWED and GONDOLA. Although I thought Susie could have asked for the spelling of SEAMIER, as Andy chose a vowel there to give three E's, which could have been the way he was spelling it? I'm not in ...

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ISOPACHS was a nice equaller in round 12. I thought Andy made an impressive debut there. Well done. Although, you are responsible for Michelle going, which will probably make some of us

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOSHED was there for 17 in round 1. Nice equallers include VADOSE (r2) INTRORSE (r9) and the lovely SEXPOT (r11). Great spot with TRIFECTA Graeme.

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The newest version is quite troublesome for me on my laptop. Firstly, in "PLAY (small)" the bottom options in the "find a game" tab are just cut off. This doesn't change by making the box bigger- so you can't make custom challenges (well, you can just click that button as a bit o...

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PUJARI was there in round 6 as a beater to add to Adam's Japery. Oh Adam, you're always playing the fool.

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I dunno if it's already been said, but another good thing I noticed last night was that if a game with a human gets suspended, you no longer have the unfinished game in grey in the challenges box, it just reappears as a new challenge when the person enters the room again.

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Edward McCullagh wrote:Michelle is so cute - hope she wins

Creep.... Although I agree. I wonder if the smoothest man in Manchester managed to work his charm on her, in a Mick Hucknall kind of way.

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VOGUEING in round 7 as a beater.

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OMG. That was one of the best episodes I've seen in a long time. Was gonna sit upstairs and do work like a loser, but I'm so glad I came down to watch it. Both contestants were ace. It would've been nice to have a female champ for the fisrt time since Denise Smith had her third and final victory on ...

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JUSSIVE in round 9 as a beater.

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I love the day after the crowning of an octochamp. You don't really have any idea of who is likely to be better, and I find that it makes for a really exciting contest. This is close so far. Is it wrong that I want to hug Nick?

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Unless I'm being dead silly, I can't see how you can see your current status (seeking, busy or online). I know it only takes one click to make sure, but I think being able to see your own status by having yourself in the right hand player column (maybe separate at the top or something?) would be a ...

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Also, you can't see a person's latest games, display case etc anymore. I think it would be a shame to lose this feature, as it's good for knowing when to challenge people at their weakest, or avoid someone on a good run.... if you're of a cowardly inclination.

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Hey. Just been using the new interface which looks damn sexy, if a little confusing at first. It is compartmentalized well, but there are a few things which I have picked up on. As a "trial member" of this new interface, I feel I should share them..... but don't shoot me! Unless I'm being ...

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John was at my audition back in November. He was really impressive, getting maxes in most of the letters rounds including 3 nines, and solved all of the conundrums quicker than me. He didn't too great on the numbers from what I remember, but not badly. I was genuinely impressed with his unscrambling...

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Just finished my qualifying games with Nick Deller. All games were very close, and it could easily have been anyone's. I ended up winning 2-1 after being 1-0 down. Nick Deller 104-101 Josh Hurst Nick Deller 97-103 Josh Hurst Nick Deller 97-119 Josh Hurst I was thinking about declaring just 7 in the ...

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Obelised was there as a beater in round 3, and fasciae as an equaller in round 4.

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Just played Emily (Cox) in our qualifying game. 2-0 (105-85 and 101-71) to me overall, but both games were close affairs. Wp Emily.

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=403093

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=403112

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Was Ed on for a max game there? I was well excited. Another new word for the conundrum and it was a mega toughie too. I guessed gailmeter, lol.

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Wp again Cullen. I love how vocal the audience were today, a lot of oooooohs and aaaahhhhsss. Greg Wallace is awesome, probably my 2nd fave DC guest.

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Put the T on the end of OPAQUES for an 8 in round 9.

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I didn't see yesterday's episode, so didn't know what to expect of Dave. I have to say I was very impressed with him today. He looks like he's got the talent to go a fair way in this series (hope I haven't jinxed him).

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The toaster we have at uni is shit. The slots are way to narrow and shallow. We generally buy Warburtons toastie bread, as we make more toast than regular sandwiches. As some of you may know, the dimensions of this bread are slightly different to most loaves, being slightly longer in the Y and narro...

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At the start of the week I thought I was going to hate a week of Gillard, but I actually enjoyed all your shows and congratulations on going down as a 900 plusser and for the 8 centuries in a row. Awesome stuff. The one thing I did not like about all of your shows was Jonathan frigging Maitland. Pl...

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I just took a well needed revision break to watch this episode. What an awesome show. Three tricky nines, plus deposable, which is in the SOED6 (The one that winning contestants receive in their goody bag. It comes in two parts, and despite the name it contains more words than the one used on the sh...

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ORPIMENT as an equaller in round 6. I think the selection was TPRMAOIEW, so your offering wasn't there sadly. DUALIST was there as a beater in round 7. Good close game today, well done for pulling through Adam. R2 NIGELLAS? Maybe mass noun Joseph, I've noticed that you've been getting some really g...

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Did Ray declare "finaly" (finally) in round 6, and if so, did they award him the points. Dunno if I misheard him saying felony. Sounded like FINELY to me. My bad. Cheers Joseph. WP again Adam. COUNTDOWN CLICHE ALERT... I thought the challenger was pretty good today, and was unlucky to com...

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Did Ray declare "finaly" (finally) in round 6, and if so, did they award him the points. Dunno if I misheard him saying felony.

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Adam has been practising apparently. Confirmation that Jeff uses Apterous.

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Man, I love Tim Vine. Adam Gillard is my fave series 64 contestant so far. He's such a cheeky scamp.

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James Robinson wrote:Today's challenger is a member of the Apteforumite family, but unfortunately, the said participant has paid me hush money to keep quiet, so as not to reveal his/her identity until he/she is shown on our screens.

James, is this your un-PC way of trying to tell us that it's Mikki Nicholson?

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Is anybody going by car from the Manchester area on the Saturday morning? If so, is there space for one more? I'd pay petrol monies obvs. I'm thinking I may have to end up getting a train on Friday and stay in the Travelodge, which I'm happy to do, but would drive up costs a fair bit. Who'd have thu...

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A couple of things. Firstly TINFOIL in round 3, and ATYPICAL in round 4 as beaters, even though CAPITALLY was there (good spot Stewart and Joseph). In the 2nd half there was also ARMIGER and TENONERS as a beater and equaller in rounds 8 and 9 respectively.

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Someone from Australia who uses apterous told me that the standard on the Australian version of Countdown was pretty poor in comparison to ours. The guy must've been talking bullshit, cos this is ace stuff. Well played both.

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Kirk Bevins wrote: P.s good to see at least Ryan Taylor, Dinos, Tom Rowell, Eoin and Daniel in the audience

...and me at the front leaning forward in my horrible but nice festive jumper, next to my Mum who appeared to be crying. I think she was upset that Marcus had been knocked out, she took a real shine to him.

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You'll all be pleased to know that there are 8 people in for this now. I've met everyone and to my knowledge, none are psychotic, or have ever been accused of being.

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Only 7 people have emailed me regarding this. I said earlier that I didn't see any point in doing it if there were less than 15. I think I was being very hopeful. It will work fine with 7, so if all of the guys who are interested send me your addresses (some of you already have) I'll do the draw lat...

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