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Jojo Apollo

Congrats on becoming the first Octochamp of series 61, Innis. Well played sir.

Jojo Apollo

What was going on in the last few rounds? There seemed to be an edit while Rachel was putting up the letters for round 13 - it cut to a shot of Innis halfway through, then back to Rachel who was chuckling away at something. Then, in round 14, the audience laughed for no apparent reason when the tar...

Jojo Apollo

Was hoping they would have a different Chaser each day, seems they only have the two.

Jojo Apollo

Not as good as Divided IMO, but nice to see which quiz show expert they have each day as "The Chaser".

Jojo Apollo

Michael Wallace wrote:
Jojo Apollo wrote:Me personally, I like seeing all the great apterites on the tv show, it raises the bar. Sort of like Usain Bolt raising the bar in the 100m/200m.
You must be thinking of the high jump. Or possibly the pole vault.

Usain Bolt would probably break those world records too.

Jojo Apollo

Fourth game, fourth ton. Excellent stuff, Innis.

Jojo Apollo

Well done on your third ton victory, Innis. Hopefully you will become the first octochamp of the series and possibly get close to the 900 total points barrier.

Jojo Apollo

Me personally, I like seeing all the great apterites on the tv show, it raises the bar. Sort of like Usain Bolt raising the bar in the 100m/200m. I also like to see records broken in Countdown, maybe one of the apterites will break Julian's long standing high score of 146 in the future. Also really ...

Jojo Apollo

Well played Innis, another solid ton win. SPHERULE was excellent also.

Also another hilarious week with the legend Tim Vine

Jojo Apollo

Good ton debut Innis, hopefully the first Octochamp of the series.

ps. there should be a thumbs-up smilie.

Jojo Apollo

Good to see legend Tim Vine back in Dictionary Corner.

Jojo Apollo

Good final, well worth a look, here's the iplayer link if you missed it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... and_Final/

Jojo Apollo

Well done Kirk and very well played sir, you now take your place in the countdown hall of fame amongst the other all time greats. 8-) Commiserations to Jimmy, but you can be proud of making a series final and contributing to a thoroughly enjoyable high standard series. Also well done to Jeff and Rac...

Jojo Apollo

Congrats on making the final, Jimmy, well deserved. Also commiserations to Hamish, who was very sporting in defeat.

Can't wait for the big final tomorrow, could be an absolute classic.

Jojo Apollo

btw bet that must have been a sickener for both of you and Rachel, seeing how easy it was ;) Also bollocks. I'm sure I've said this before, but "easy to evaluate" is not remotely the same as "easy to spot", just as you can much more easily confirm that a given 9 is indeed in the...

Jojo Apollo

I for one was supporting you to win Neil, I think I told you on a spoiler earlier this year, that if you met Kirk in the final, to go for the six small tactic ("get him on the six smalls" :lol: ) may have worked, may not have, but in the heat of a tense battle it's easy to go down a wrong ...

Jojo Apollo

Well played Kirk and Neil

, I thoroughly enjoyed watching that match from start to finish, yes it's nice to see games with loads of maxes but you can't beat these nerve tingler games between the top guns.

Here's hoping the second semi and final will be just as exciting.

Jojo Apollo

Well played Neil, I was expecting it to be a lot closer given how good Shane is, unlucky Shane. ROTAMERS is excellent btw. Was a bit surprised you picked four large for the second numbers game, instead of playing it safe (relatively speaking) with one large, considering you were over 10 points ahead...

Jojo Apollo

Good close game, well done Jimmy and unlucky James.

Was a bit of a nervy game but to be expected given what's at stake. Hopefully we'll see Jimmy back on top ton form in the semi.

Jojo Apollo

Well played Hamish and hardlines Cate.

Another quality ton quarter.

Looking forward to the next two.

Jojo Apollo

:oops: Oh yeah sorry, forgot Cate. Jimmy number three seed, so Neil is number 4, which means if he gets through would have to take on Kirk in the semi. Yikes! Actually Neil is number 5 seed but that doesn't change the fact that I will play either Neil or Shane in the semi. Ah righto, cheers Kirk. T...

Jojo Apollo

Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also. You'll be lucky - It's Cate and Hamish (at least I hope it is after earlier querying the order of play so that I could sort out a priority for writing limericks!!) :oops: Oh yeah sorry, forgot Cate. Jimmy number three seed, so Neil...

Jojo Apollo

Well played Kirk, and well played Julie to keep it relatively tight.

She should have done 6 small numbers at the end though to try to get back in conundrum range and rattle Kirk a bit.

Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.

Jojo Apollo

Oh no! Chris, was well expecting you to be an Octochamp, you're much better than that.

Think playing it a bit safe cost you there (particularly with MATRICES). Well never mind, at least you enjoyed yourself, that's the main thing.

Jojo Apollo

Well played Chris.

Think you missed TEAPOT in the first round though.

Jojo Apollo

Good ton debut Chris

Bit surprised you missed the two nines, but to be expected under the tv studio/audience pressure.

Well played sir.

Jojo Apollo

Congrats on being an Octochamp James, you had a tough opponent there, thought she was going to win at one stage.

So that's now six octochamps in the quarters - great stuff.

Think Jeff implied they are starting next week.

Jojo Apollo

I see Countdown great Graham Nash was on today's show. Will be good to see how he gets on, in tomorrow's conclusion.

Jojo Apollo

Probably been mentioned before, how about a handicap game? This would allow a lower ranked player to compete with the big guns: you give the lower ranked player a +18 headstart or the higher ranked player starts on -18 before the game starts, for the 15 rounders (maybe +15, as +18 may be too big a h...

Jojo Apollo

Great to see this final again, after all these years :) : pt1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbQOduNL-BM pt2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9gUV7s-VE&feature=related pt3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJhntU2FeE&feature=related pt4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGjE6E14lXA&featur...

Jojo Apollo

Well done Jimmy on becoming an Octochamp and number 3 seed. Gonna be some classic quarter finals I reckon.

Jojo Apollo

Innis Carson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=62408

That.

WOW!!! Brilliant game, that high score isn't getting beaten anytime soon. Well done to Andrew too, great game, lads.

Jojo Apollo

Not bad. Here's the first two episodes on ITV player if you missed them: Episode 1: http://www.itv.com/ITVPlayer/Video/default.html?ViewType=5&Filter=41822 Episode 2: http://www.itv.com/ITVPlayer/Video/default.html?ViewType=5&Filter=41904 (sadly as with all shows on the ITV player you have t...

Jojo Apollo

Yikes! close shave there Jimmy. Well played to get the lead back before the conundrum.

Jojo Apollo

Hoorah! finally got something to brag about:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=60140

Sorry Kirk, I was just lucky that you missed the nine.

Jojo Apollo

Slight bug I think, my top score for the 15 rounder format should state 127 instead of 118. Nope (read News.) Cheers Charlie The one where it states: "User format stats are now for the last 30 days only" (Suppose it's to help free up the server?) ps. How can you keep track of your own pbs...

Jojo Apollo

Slight bug I think, my top score for the 15 rounder format should state 127 instead of 118.

Jojo Apollo

Are the Scrabble tournaments ever televised? For a brief period around 15 years ago Scrabble was on the BBC. In USA one of the events was televised for a while (think it was the best-of-5 part of the nationals), including one incident when one of the finalists played LEZ and the match was halted fo...

Jojo Apollo

Yeah I noticed the resemblance too.

Some say Jimmy Gough looks like Andy Murray, I reckon he looks more like actor Billy Drago (the main hit man in The Untouchables film)

Jojo Apollo

Well played Jimmy, another ton.

Jojo Apollo

I still read the forum but don't watch the programme anymore so it's difficult for me to contribute to most threads! I watched the programme for about a month after I had finished recording the C of C and it was clear that the motivation and enjoyment for the game had gone. Watching it was becoming...

Jojo Apollo

Unlucky on not getting your third ton Jimmy, but the win is the main thing.

Bet you spotted the correct conundrum soon after you buzzed eh?

Jojo Apollo

Nice one Matt.

Well played Jimmy, another ton, two good nines there.

Will be good to see how near the 900 barrier you get, if you become an octochamp.

Jojo Apollo

Well played Jimmy, good ton debut. You look a bit like that actor in The Untouchables, you know - that killer bloke who got thrown from the top of the building.

ps. good to see snooker legend Steve Davis make his Countdown dictionary corner debut.

Jojo Apollo

Yeah been a big snooker fan for years, got a sneaky feeling Hendry will win it.

Maguire is another to look out for in the bottom half of the draw.

Jojo Apollo

Well done Shane, very modest octochamp.

Great to see the legend Tim Vine in dictionary corner

Gonna be a fun week.

Jojo Apollo

Here's the iplayer link for the Grand Final for those that haven't seen it yet:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... pisode_25/

Jojo Apollo

Good to see the return of this, hopefully the great Pat Gibson will be allowed to have another go.

Jojo Apollo

Countdown great Graham Nash was on the show yesterday, seems Jenny Falconer is the new host.

Jojo Apollo

Not sure if it's a bug, or busy server or my lousy connection, but there seems to be a biggish delay in the chat and the letters and numbers selections and declarations today.

Anyway keep up the good work on this splendid apterous site.

Jojo Apollo

Quite interesting show it was. :ugeek: Yeah, I haven't watched the TV for literally ages (I only ever watch Countdown and that's via 4od on the internet) so was good to sit with my housemates in the living room again for an hour watching it. Was really good. Good to see the Monty Hall problem being...

Jojo Apollo

Ben Hunter wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:Oh god not him again.
Yeah Jojo, stop posting already .

Quite interesting show it was.

Jojo Apollo

Tonight BBC2 9pm

Just a reminder for maths fans. Here's a preview:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7968997.stm

Jojo Apollo

Chris Davies wrote:
Junaid Mubeen wrote:FUMAROLES as a beater in rd 1
Excellent.
MERINO as a beater in Round 2.

ERUPTION - round 11.
DERACINE - round 12.

Great stuff lads.

I thought I had a 14 max game there

Jojo Apollo

Charlie Reams wrote:
Jojo Apollo wrote:Erm not sure if it's a bug but my score of 14 here:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=41681 didn't register on the high score table.
High scores table is updated daily.

Ah righto, cheers Charlie.

Jojo Apollo

Erm not sure if it's a bug but my score of 14 here:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=41681 didn't register on the high score table.

Jojo Apollo

Unlucky Aaron, your apterous games show you are better than that. But as you say you hadn't discovered apterous then.

Jojo Apollo

Whenever I play on my computer, I can not play because if I play a game, I can start it OK, but when the time is up in the first round, it just crashes and fails to move onto the next screen. Also, when I click off the site, the game crashes. Why is this? :cry: Same here, you can delete my game wit...

Jojo Apollo

Are they trying to imply that viewing figures have dropped because Carol isn't in the show anymore? Yeah we all just tuned in to see her "banter" with Des.

Jojo Apollo

Charlie Reams wrote:DAMIAN

Opps! Sorry Charlie and Damian.

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