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Andy Platt

UPBRAIDS from C2 was pretty impressive, looks like it might turn out to be decisive with the close low-scoring game.

Andy Platt

Numbers are pretty hard when you're nervous or in front of the TV cameras but they're making it look like quantum mechanics.

Andy Platt

Only two solutions for round 3 apparently, that must be pretty rare with 100 and a good mix of smalls.

Andy Platt

Better for whom? If I was a challenger, up against a champion who went for four large, say, I'd go for something else. And if he went for four vowels (and I suspected him of having memorised the 2000 most common words), I'd go for something else. As a viewer I much prefer scratching around for an u...

Andy Platt

Good, because if you three vowel more than half of your rounds then I'm blocking you on apterous.

(Meant in jest, but actually....

)

Andy Platt

Weird how there's been a massive flux of 3-vowel picking this series. I wonder if the section of the contestant guidelines which tells contestants that "4 vowels is generally the best pick" or something similar has been removed.

Andy Platt

OPUNTIAS/UTOPIANS

#inb4zarte
#inb4bradley

Andy Platt

Nice one. Also happy birthday. Was a pretty high scoring show really wasn't it. What was the max?

Edit, I reckon 142

Andy Platt

Round 3 numbers, I reckon if Rachel asked C1 how to make the other 3, he can recover from that little oversight. The way she asked kind of caused him to stop completely. Maybe there's a case for some standard procedure when it happens.

Andy Platt

Hadn't noticed that the three top seeds at the moment all have 6 wins - might be pretty interesting come June.

Andy Platt

I only had 7 too there. Unlucky for Michael that. Going 6 small in R14 was correct given that he lost the conundrum too - maybe he saw Andy get ELOQUENCE real quick the other day (well, same day in recording terms), and decided he wanted to try for non-crucial. Might have been a totally different ga...

Andy Platt

Too slow Zarte & Bradley! You can fight for the next one.

Michael looking pretty assured, but only +9 score at the moment. It would be nice to get to R15 having already won to take the pressure off. (I presume a crucial in studio conditions is quite daunting?)

Andy Platt

MODALIST in round 8 or whatever it was, beating corner again.

Andy Platt

Ah yeah, I forgot to mention it was a beater. Sorry Gevin

Andy Platt

BARONIAL r4

Andy Platt

Solid start for Michael, not many spot ROQUETING so no worries. I wasn't sure but would have probably risked it unless my opponent declared first and < 8.

Andy Platt

Same, John. Surprised Rachel missed that, it's the sort of method she's really good at seeing.

Andy Platt

Kirk Bevins wrote:DOTAGES or controversial?

Well, still valid on apterous, but it'd suck if Susie went against the precedent she set down in March: http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5667

Andy Platt

Every time a contestant 3-vowels when he should clearly 4-vowel, God kills a kitten.

Andy Platt

I've changed my vote about 5 times now. But eventually settled on annual. Sunday was enjoyable. Getting back on the evening was a pain, so I'll do it earlier next year. What I would change is maybe have a general knowledge quiz on the Saturday night. Duno if you guys think that would be good or not,...

Andy Platt

Sure about HOARSEN?

(It got removed between ODE2 and ODE3. But don't worry, all the best players offer those words).

Andy Platt

Interesting method for R3, just 50 x 10 then take away everything else.

Andy Platt

Had that ^ and SORBITAN round 2

Andy Platt

Meh

1) O E A O H S N W S
2) F P R S T I E U I
3) G A R O M E G U T
4) 100 75 4 3 10 9 - 599
5) O G I L U N E S O
6) J C L A U O F E Z
7) A C M R O L N L E
8) 8 7 10 3 6 1 - 691
9) M O R T A L I S H

Max is almost definitely 77 but kind of hard to check.

Andy Platt

Yes, can't even get onto the homepage. Personally I blame Jas Singh.

Andy Platt

Weird discrepancy between how easy the numbers were yesterday and how hard they are today.

Andy Platt

I think Charlie/Jono/et al just liked the sound of it. Probably came up in a game or two.

Andy Platt

PRORATES and other eights to beat DC in round 10 or whenever

Andy Platt

Doubt it is the first time, but strange to see APTEROUS come up on Countdown.

Andy Platt

C2 is the sort of contestant we like to see. Wowzers.

DIPTERAL alternative eight in round 2.

Andy Platt

Thank you to all my opponents... mainly for tolerating my occasional vocal reactions to easy misses. ;-) Well you didn't miss anything against me did you :evil: Worth giving a bit of extra prominence to James Roper's high score of 88 (his first Co-event) - well done. There should be a prize for the...

Andy Platt

Was hoping for a Friday 10th January style backlash. Quite frankly I'm disappointed.

Andy Platt

True, fair enough really. I was thinking that the conundrum between two players who aren't like Dylan and Jen for example who the team already know about is usually easier than FORBIDDEN (only one conundrum has gone unsolved this series). But neither of them were doing particularly well on numbers, ...

Andy Platt

Would have been interesting if C2 got that conundrum, having just thrown the game away with terrible strategy (risk when losing by < 10) in R14

Andy Platt

Estopped was class, don't recognise that one. Her letters, although inconsistent, are pretty good. Poetised also in that round.

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Saw and dismissed COZENAGE, what a pile of shit

Andy Platt

RETINOL, BORNITE and probably more in the RNLBTEEIO round

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Think I speak for everyone when I say CBFA.

Sorry

Andy Platt

Didn't get the missed 4 large inside 30 seconds. Nice confidence damager.

What was the standard method, Tony?

Andy Platt

Isangoma equals DC in round 5.

Andy Platt

Haha ^

What a way to introduce yourself Steven. Come and play apterous.org with us sometime. There's a couple of new guys called Conor and Innis, you can start by playing them.

Andy Platt

Odorised 8

Andy Platt

Resumable 9 DC beater. Also nice of Edinburgh Countdown club to make an appearance with Joe

Andy Platt

You sound offended. I was just curious why Ben had more people in the list than he said were attending, so I thought that implied one listed attendee might be provisional, and logically assumed it could have been the lowest seed. Turns out someone paid Ben literally as he was writing that post, and ...

Andy Platt

OCTENNIAL round one

Andy Platt

Yeah anyone that showboats in numbers rounds is a bit of a douchebag by default.

(Think you've edited the quotes badly there Martin)

Andy Platt

She went to 1008 then divided by 2, but looking at the numbers I still can't see how she would have got to 1008

Edit, (6 + 8) x 8 x 9 / 2 I guess?

Andy Platt

6-small-esque alternative for the hard numbers round, (6 - 2) x 8 - 25 to get the 7, then just 7 x 8 x 9, outside 30 seconds though.

Stitcher got (25 - 8/8) x (6 x 2 + 9) as well for 504.

Andy Platt

Paul Worsley winning would be a good story.

Andy Platt

I might rank one off later just for you. To be honest though it's a thing that's impossible to be objective about. How do you factor in the fact that certain players in the past were wonderful natural talents but would obviously get stuffed by the top apterous players right now? Are we ranking natur...

Andy Platt

Lol, that may be true, but the point was that the ranking brigade were doing a list of people that haven't won series.

Andy Platt

Funny that, I seem to remember some of those winning championships, Ciaran

Andy Platt

Solid debut - thought Bobby was sticking round for 8 wins, but that was fairly comfortable really. Some pretty decent spots here and there.

Andy Platt

AIRFARES round 5

Andy Platt

Lol, how ironic

Andy Platt

Selected declarations from that game, Johnny. Round 9, hopefully the only method (haven't checked) is (50 x 75 - 100 x 3) x 7 / 25 Round 15, is the word I always guess CEOANTHUS for but it's actually CEANOTHUS according to lexplorer Not going to pretend I had a go at those letters, they look pretty ...

Andy Platt

Correct, use any of the hints?

Andy Platt

If you wanted a go yourself try this one: T H O R N I C K D E N T K I T I Throwing out a few clues, use one, none, or a combination, as you see fit... One of the words is: TIN Word lengths: One is six letters, one is four letters, and two are three letters. Clue that probably makes it far too easy: ...

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