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David Barnard

On our forum the same sort of things happen, it starts off as a perfectly reasonable thread and then something is said and then someone says something off topic and then someone says something and it goes out of control. The best thing is to laugh about it because you need to take whatever people sa...

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Unfortunately I disagree with Craig on this one, Jon seems like a funny guy, he is obviously after a bit of banter, I think he is a character you either like or you don't but I quite like him. Every forum has these characters and I am a member of a golfing forum and we have those characters on there...

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Ok I checked and it was 75, my mistake, so it was like getting 952 from 100, 75, 50, 25, 6, 3 when you have to do 23,800/25 at the end, that sort of solution?

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John Garcia wrote:
David Barnard wrote:I've solved the 2nd numbers that Rachel didn't (50/25)X4X100=800+6+3=809

Before part 3 has started as well
I'm pretty sure it was 75 rather than 25 (i.e. 75,50,100,4,6,3)

I thought it was 25, we'll see in a recap

David Barnard

I've solved the 2nd numbers that Rachel didn't (50/25)X4X100=800+6+3=809

Before part 3 has started as well

David Barnard

I'm surprised a player of Peter's calibre actually missed numbers rounds 2 and 3, they were easy(ish) spots

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I have played it loads of times at scrabble (it's valid on that) and it has obviously become second nature to me to play that, I stand corrected once again lol

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I have looked at the train fares and it's £8.50 for a single so it could be promising

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Train is looking like £22.75 each way and it's over 5 hours which means I'd have to stay over 2 nights probably which could get quite pricey. It's still not a no from me though as I might drive down and back in the same day to save on accommodation fees. I might give it a go to make up for not bein...

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AMILDAR in round 13

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Nick's banter with Ann today definitely made me like him more, he is definitely starting to settle in and the shows are flowing better now.

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Thanks for the info Graeme, if I ever turn up in a co event (which I plan to do very soon) and end up playing you, then 6 small will be automatically requested when it's my turn to pick the numbers :D Agreed, Graeme's 6S is crap :) I have got my countdown cards out now and practising :), actually 6...

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Incidentally, I watched Andy McGurn v James Hall on what I now realise was the day I had my phone audition, and kept score against them at home. I don't remember whether James or I would have won, but I do remember that it was very close, and I noticed he was a good 6 small player and thought "...

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Well played Peter, nice to see a player taking risks as well (although they didn't always come off), very good player though

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I thought Jeff was a one off, the show just flowed with him and he knew the things to say to the contestants that didn't do so well, Nick's occasional comments to 4's, failed conundrum solves etc adds to his charm I think, although I prefered Jeff

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An interesting task (for those of you that have the time or inclination) would be to make a calendar of countdowner's or forumites birthdays, I am December 7th if anyone wants to do it, I know that I can't be bothered too though

David Barnard

Happy Birthday Charlie, I envy anyone who has a birthday on a friday night, oh well will be my turn in a few years My turn next year for a Friday birthday, not really softening the blow of the big 3-0 any but I'll take what little I can get. Back OT: Happy birthday series 47 champion Chris Wills. :...

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Happy Birthday Charlie, I envy anyone who has a birthday on a friday night, oh well will be my turn in a few years

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Chris was solid on his debut. Some good spots but still plenty to improve on although nerves were bound to be a factor

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Maybe I should tone down my facebook posts as they may screen me, if anyone is reading this that does the screening, I'm nice really, I don't bite

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I don't really see the controversy behind pluralising mass nouns, the rules clearly state that you cannot pluralise a mass noun but you can pluralise a food eg tandoori/tandooris although 'sedations' could be plausible in the fact that maybe an animal could have had 2 sedations in its life, I dont ...

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I don't really see the controversy behind pluralising mass nouns, the rules clearly state that you cannot pluralise a mass noun but you can pluralise a food eg tandoori/tandooris although 'sedations' could be plausible in the fact that maybe an animal could have had 2 sedations in its life, I dont k...

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Mark Deeks wrote:Are curved penises really better to have than straight ones? Because mine's arrow straight and I always thought that was a good thing. Guess not. Maybe I should start shoving it into industrial strength bending equipment.

LOL

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After all great players going head to head in a close match makes for great television, the one example that made me say the above line was the Innis Carson - Chris Davies semi final, now that was a cracker and a really close match

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Ryan Taylor wrote:
David Barnard wrote:I bet they were glad they accepted you as we got 10 shows of pure entertainment.
11 shows wasn't it?

Edit: Oh.

Should have been 11 if it wasn't for Carl '900' Williams

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By the way, what does everyone think of that woman who went with the -£5,000 offer in yesterday's show :?: Super cowardice. :x Didn't see it - what was the state of play? She was the last contestant (unsurprisingly). The previous guy just put in £45,000, the other 2 had put in £10,000 between them,...

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I think I got BERETTA in round 4, I swear I have heard of it before but haven't verified it, maybe saw it in one of Jack W's games, if I was in the studio I would certainly risk declaring that Unfortunately, it's BIRETTA, but ABETTER is a valid anagram of beretta. Ah right, that's why it wasn't men...

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That was a funny moment today when Bradley was in hysterics when the option of twisted plums came up

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I think I got BERETTA in round 4, I swear I have heard of it before but haven't verified it, maybe saw it in one of Jack W's games, if I was in the studio I would certainly risk declaring that

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David - look through the rest of the thread - I've already discussed Secret Letter quite a lot (include it disappearing when you win a jackpot in two pubs I've won it on). No one else really got into Secret Letter but it was a really easy money maker once you learn all the good words for killing ho...

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I attached a passport photo in which I looked reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally miserable, and used it as a means to make a rather half-arsed joke about how I don't always look that miserable. It's a passport sized box on the form, so I guess a passport photo is assumed. I doubt they care though. The vetting pro...

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What standard is roughly the benchmark for getting on the show? I get mainly 6's and 7's and home and get the odd 8 or 9 as well. I am thinking of sending away my application form to get on the show, also when they ask for a photo for the application form what should it be? I know some ask for a pa...

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I think they're one of those one jackpot games where if you win the jackpot the game will disappear immediately after because at my pub I won the biggie on secret letter (well only £10 so not so big) and the game disappeared straight after, they don't want word nerds like us winning the jackpot eve...

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I would also say Kirk's comment is fair, Andrew in the final just seemed happy to be there and didn't worry about the result, Chris seemed like he was the one who wanted it more

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Cheers Kirk! I'm surprised you weren't really impressed with Jack Hurst though. I certainly was. Jack is very good but I wasn't impressed as such. I was impressed with your consistency and word knowledge. You had an air of authority and unbeatability about you that didn't come across with Jack, in ...

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What standard is roughly the benchmark for getting on the show? I get mainly 6's and 7's and home and get the odd 8 or 9 as well. I am thinking of sending away my application form to get on the show, also when they ask for a photo for the application form what should it be? I know some ask for a pas...

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Ok maybe PGA tour or european tour since 2000 of something like that may be a bit better

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Haha, could have been a practical joke done by the missus

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Million pound drop is seriously the crappest gameshow ever. The questions are awful, you get Davina being as annoying as ever and most of the contestants are right characters

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Great, we've got Kate Humble as guest, she seems to have a propensity to go on and on and on and on and on when they have the talk with the celebrities after round 5

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I think the best series was series 61, now there was 4 very impressive players. No series has had that amount of great players since then although there is usually 1 or 2. Ahem series 63... Haha, but there has just been so many impressive players on there recently, although you would also fit into ...

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Golf would be my specialist subject, simple choice since I play twice a week and follow all the main tours

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I've found that Hexagrams and Secret Letter have disappeared from every machine I can find, and Word Soup has appeared on those machines which used to have the aforesaid games. Hex Maniac has some new categories like 'Latin' and is now so difficult I find it's not even worth playing. I think they'r...

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'I suppose it helps if you know some basic 3s/4s. But still if you concentrate on completing the grid first you should get the hang of it. There's a demo online somewhere that allows you to play virtually the same game for an hour.' Once you get down to the last tiles it helps if you know some all v...

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I think the best series was series 61, now there was 4 very impressive players. No series has had that amount of great players since then although there is usually 1 or 2.

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Kirk, you were very good too, there has been so many great players since you have been on as well, my top 5 would be You, Jack Hurst, Craig Beevers, Julian Fell and maybe Andrew Hulme as well, I would naturally rate you in my top 5 because seeing you on the TV doing so well made me think, 'it would ...

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Sclerotia, just ask Chris Davies

But seriously my favourite words are the 3 letter words hooks that you can make from 2 letter words as they increase the potential of scoring well in tight situations.

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'Some good choices. I'd say that Edward McCullagh had a similar air of invincibility'.

I remember him saying before that he was going to be beaten but to be honest I thought Adam was going to pip him in that final.

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Between Julian Fell, Craig Beevers and Jack Hurst for me

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My first post on here so sorry if it seems a bit random, but I think word soup is a good game for people with a good lexical knowledge, I'm surprised that it hasn't been mentioned about more on here, provided the machine doesn't set you a ridiculously high score it is pretty easy to win at least a q...

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