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- Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
- Replies: 44
- Views: 14956
Re: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
Clearly a typo for "Expectorant". Jen and Adam will be providing players with covert Tecwen Whittock-style assistance... *cough*
- Sun May 24, 2015 7:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 379597
CO:parkrun Recaps
Co:parkrun recap for Saturday 23 May 2015. C1: Matt Bayfield (13 parkruns, 1 win). C2: Gevin Chapwell (11 parkruns, 0 wins). C3: Lauren Hamer (13 parkruns, 0 wins). R01: King's Lynn, parkrun #194 And now a brief interlude before our main feature: SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOIL...
- Sun May 10, 2015 9:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 479868
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Small "p" noted and appreciated, Gevin.
Also, flattered that I am that my footballing talents have been recognised, it seems strange that I replaced Antonio in the Nottingham Forest line-up. He is clearly a right-winger and I am left-footed.
Also, flattered that I am that my footballing talents have been recognised, it seems strange that I replaced Antonio in the Nottingham Forest line-up. He is clearly a right-winger and I am left-footed.
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO-Parkrun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5385
Re: CO-Parkrun
Ooh, and looking at recent Great Notley results... nice work on the improving parkrun PB, Gevin...
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO-Parkrun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5385
Re: CO-Parkrun
Feature request: arbirtrary groupings via the Parkrun website - would be fun to be able compare my times to those of fellow apterites/korfballers/whatever. I've run 13 of the buggers since 2010, so I'm hardly a prolific parkrunner, but I do use them as time trials every now and again. I'm parkrun a...
- Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:57 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2014 - voting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7855
Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2014 - voting
How many people voted on the 11 shortlisted games? Either it was just 3 people, or maybe 6, or it's a nice coincidence that all the points averages are multiples of one-third.
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XI The Hangover- the results
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2104
Re: COLIN XI The Hangover- the results
Well, there's quite an unusual feat - I finished in exactly the same tied position (equal 9th) at both COLIN XI and The Hangover.
- Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XI- Countdown in Lincoln, 24-25 January 2015
- Replies: 133
- Views: 37534
Re: COLIN XI- Countdown in Lincoln, 24-25 January 2015
I paid £66 when I booked for 2 nights. I booked on 7 September.
Graeme, you should collate stats from this thread and plot a graph of price vs date of booking. Together we can all beat the system...
Graeme, you should collate stats from this thread and plot a graph of price vs date of booking. Together we can all beat the system...
- Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XI- Countdown in Lincoln, 24-25 January 2015
- Replies: 133
- Views: 37534
Re: COLIN XI- Countdown in Lincoln, 24-25 January 2015
The standard gets higher every year. I can see at least one player in the Top 50 of ProRanks who will be in the bottom group of seeds for Round 1.
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XI- Countdown in Lincoln, 24-25 January 2015
- Replies: 133
- Views: 37534
Re: COLIN XI- Countdown in Lincoln, 24-25 January 2015
Ben, can you check that there are enough vowels in the board games for my annual 9-round vowel-fest against Jon Corby?
- Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: A change to Co:Events for 2016?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10950
Re: A change to Co:Events for 2016?
Gevin and Jon: to answer your queries above, I retired from Co:events after CoBliviLon 2013, and moved on to playing games which use other dictionaries. I didn't make an announcement, although I thought people may have worked that after 3 years of me barely missing an event, last year's Lincoln was ...
- Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: A change to Co:Events for 2016?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10950
Re: A change to Co:Events for 2016?
I like the idea - it's the sort of thing I'd've loved to have had a go at, before I retired from these sort of events. Potential obstacles, which might be good questions for people to consider of themselves: (a) Are the top 8 (or enough of the top 8) really going to be bothered to turn up to the end...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: My Weekly Review Blog
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12684
Re: My Weekly Review Blog
[Dennis Pennis] Humorist or satirist, who cares? You're definitely some kind of "-rist job"... [/Dennis Pennis] Actually, the blog is perfectly well-written, though any humour it contains is very gentle, and not always especially original. But writing humour isn't easy. Stick with it. As l...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Ten top tens following the tenth COLIN
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2320
Re: Ten top tens following the tenth COLIN
Ben, this is excellent.
Excluding "Prune", how many different players have played at COLIN over the 10 years (including the Hangover, which I presume adds 1 to the total)?
Excluding "Prune", how many different players have played at COLIN over the 10 years (including the Hangover, which I presume adds 1 to the total)?
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:11 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Music Conundrums
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3730
Re: Music Conundrums
Peter: I had a go at these on sporcle; thanks for sharing. Spoiler: For WATERFALL, I went for Atlantic Ocean before thinking of the Stone Roses, but I'm guessing you dismissed them as too obscure. Or maybe they were included in the Word version of the quiz.
- Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X Results
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5134
Re: COLIN X Results
Ben: thank you for another fantastic weekend of unofficial Countdown competition. With the entry list and standard of play ever-growing, you should be very proud of this wonderful event you've created and nurtured. As always, I enjoyed the chance to play some folks I've not encountered before (inclu...
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 1:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
- Replies: 83
- Views: 30377
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
Take Melanie's excellent, undefeated, performance out of the table... and those results are pretty stark reading for the non-apterite Edinburgh club members.
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 14th October 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 69)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1432
Re: Monday 14th October 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 69)
Cracking work Graeme. Thanks for that addendum.
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766328
Re: Ask Graeme?
Just because I have no interest in solving the arithmetic rounds in Countdown, doesn't mean I'm not interested in Maths and statistics...Okay. Who are you, and what have you done with Matt?
Thanks for the thorough answer to the question!
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766328
Re: Ask Graeme?
Graeme: I'm interested in how Numbers skills have evolved over the series of Countdown, specifically with regard to the Numbers round picks that contestants have selected. I seem to recall that in the early days, when Countdown was dominated by Scrabblers, it was very rare that anyone would pick any...
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2013 standings and results
- Replies: 43
- Views: 9618
Re: COLIN 2013 standings and results
I can find no reference, in any online or printed English language dictionary, to the pronunciation "noy-ter". Every dictionary I have consulted lists the IPA pronunciation as "njuːtə" i.e. "nyu-ter" (British pronunciation), or "noo-ter" (American pronunciatio...
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2013 recaps
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7385
Re: COLIN 2013 recaps
Ha, cheers Matt. I did think about re-running the video to check the times, but didn't consider it paramount to the recap.
Anyhow, having watched the clip back, I reckon I buzzed on 8 seconds, and after the restart, Andy's buzz would've been about 10 seconds. So I wasn't far out.
Anyhow, having watched the clip back, I reckon I buzzed on 8 seconds, and after the restart, Andy's buzz would've been about 10 seconds. So I wasn't far out.
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2013 recaps
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7385
Re: COLIN 2013 recaps
Next, in my fourth game, Andy Platt hands me an asswhupping on a crucial conundrum. Countdown recap for Saturday 26 January 2013. Table 3, Game 6 C1: Challenger Matt Bayfield. C2: Challenger Andy Platt. DC: Conor Travers. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T E R O T O W E I R02: L E V A G I Z Y W R0...
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2013 recaps
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7385
Re: COLIN 2013 recaps
I suspected at the time that you'd scored a max game here, though you were too modest to agree. Well played! Ta Jon - think it's the first max 9-rounder I've had at a Co event. A nice landmark, especially after being denied one on a conundrum by James Robinson at the first CO:LON a couple of years ...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2013 recaps
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7385
Re: COLIN 2013 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 26 January 2013. Table 1, Game 3 C1: Challenger Matt Bayfield. C2: Challenger Jon Corby. DC: Tracey Mills. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: B I P I R I W A P R02: T A S I H O Z E Y R03: Q E P E T U T O I R04: 5, 1, 2, 75, 25, 50. Target: 454. R05: N E S A R E R E D R06...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2013 recaps
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7385
Re: COLIN 2013 recaps
Ben's posted the very last game of COLIN 2013... so here's the first. Tracey and I, as unseeded players, were drawn in the triplet with number 1 seed Jon Corby, so this was a rare chance for us to play on Table 1. Countdown recap for Saturday 26 January 2013. Table 1, Game 1. C1: Challenger Tracey M...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2013 standings and results
- Replies: 43
- Views: 9618
Re: COLIN 2013 standings and results
It's a sorry-looking results table for the over 30s this year. Damn you young whippersnappers with your sponge-like brains, your asymmetric haircuts, your talents with a pool cue... ;-) Cracking event, as always, Ben. I'll be back next year, but with a new ambition - to finish as the highest-ranked ...
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2013- Saturday 26th January
- Replies: 195
- Views: 48098
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2013- Saturday 26th January
Anyone who does have a board game which exceeds the legal limit of shitty letters, is welcome to use it on whichever table I'm on, especially for when I'm picking my traditional 17 vowel selections against Jon Corby.
Sadly, I don't have a board game I can bring. Well, not a Countdown board game.
Sadly, I don't have a board game I can bring. Well, not a Countdown board game.
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:52 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptochallenge 6: Polish Your Skills
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5700
Re: Aptochallenge 6: Polish Your Skills
Thanks Adam.
The Way of The Kid, is indeed for Goatdown Jnr, although skill points only began to be awarded for The Way of The Kid, around 2 months ago.
The Way of The Kid, is indeed for Goatdown Jnr, although skill points only began to be awarded for The Way of The Kid, around 2 months ago.
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:45 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptochallenge 6: Polish Your Skills
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5700
Re: Aptochallenge 6: Polish Your Skills
A mere 1168 days after bringing all my skills up to level 3, today I've become the first person to reach a minimum of level 4 for each of the 13 skills currently available (Dog, Tadpole, Millipede, Giraffe, Centipede, Coyote, Wolf, Tanngrisnir, Parrot, Bat, Goat, Mole and Kid). Why did I set such a ...
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:31 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Proposed New Scrabble Letter Values
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5668
Re: Proposed New Scrabble Letter Values
Mark Deeks wrote: What's a Z worth in Polish Scrabble? One? Matt Morrison wrote: I won't pretend to understand Polish, but either 9 or 5 points depending on the variation of Z (or depending on which one you meant). Just to clarify this: the normal letter Z is worth one point. The two accented Z cha...
- Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:00 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Christmas Crossword
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4352
Re: Christmas Crossword
Loz and I have gone through Charlie's crossword... thank you for sharing. We agree with Jayne, and think 33 across might be (3, 7) rather than (10).
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoEdi recaps
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8460
Re: CoEdi recaps
#1 seed Innis Carson surprised nobody by being top of the table with 404 points. In one game he achieved a score of 99 which included three nine-letter words. Not only is this a new co-event record for a 9 rounder, but in the 20,739 9-round games played on apterous to date, the highest is 97. Not s...
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2013- Saturday 26th January
- Replies: 195
- Views: 48098
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2013- Saturday 26th January
On the subject of the Saturday evening entertainment at the Fox & Hounds, in 2011 we had karaoke (and Shane); and in 2012 we had an average live band (and no Shane). The karaoke was much more popular amongst COLIN attendees; and in 2012, I vaguely remember someone asking the landlord of the F&am...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:32 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: If Apterous were Real Life - the comic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7494
Re: If Apterous were Real Life - the comic
Oh, the inevitability that this would happen the day after Andy posts his cartoon.
- Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:53 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: If Apterous were Real Life - the comic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7494
Re: If Apterous were Real Life - the comic
*LIKE*
Guilty as charged...
Guilty as charged...
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:04 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 392179
Re: Is Apterous down?
Ooh, result. Ta.Mark Deeks wrote:BIOGAS is valid.
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:55 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 392179
Re: Is Apterous down?
I got 101, assuming that BIOGAS (which I declared R9) is invalid. If I'd've stuck with a safe 5, I'd've moved up to 106. My solution to the first numbers was ((100+75)/25 + 2 + 50)) x 4 . I couldn't get the second numbers spot on in 30 secs. Right, that's my Normal 15-rounder for the month of Octobe...
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:35 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Blockbusters on July 23rd
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3891
Re: Blockbusters on July 23rd
Ha... LIKE for Graeme's .GIF!
Re: Music
Jim, that's precisely why I've always thought it was an unlikely #1. There were plenty of dance records topping the charts around that time, but for one as spectacularly average as The Real Thing to climb to the top... well, it was huge surprise to me when the chart was counted down on Radio 1.
Re: Music
I love the Gotye & Kimbra single.
And if we're totting up unlikely number one singles, I'm tossing in The Real Thing by Tony di Bart.
And if we're totting up unlikely number one singles, I'm tossing in The Real Thing by Tony di Bart.
- Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:01 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: May-June 2012 Tournament... you decide the format
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7979
Re: May-June 2012 Tournament... you decide the format
I'm not interested in any of the above (so haven't voted), but good luck Adam, hope it's a success.
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:14 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Errors in Quizshow questions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3270
Re: Errors in Quizshow questions
When that muppet Andi Peters was given charge of producing Top Of The Pops in 2003, he re-vamped it as a live show including a phone-in question for viewers. The first re-vamped show was an absolute disaster on so many levels, but the most glaring balls-up was that none of the three proposed multi-c...
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:48 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
- Replies: 88
- Views: 18457
Re: Apterous Masters 2012
I'd be delighted to accept the invitation, Ben - it'll be a novelty for me not to have to qualify. Nice to see Rob, Andy P and I sneaking in without having been on-screen!
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:03 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Ditloids
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6772
Re: Ditloids
Oh, for god's sake, that one about the Polyphonic Spree is bad for so many reasons: 1) Adding "Texan band" makes it practically impenetrable. 2) There aren't even exactly 20 members in the band anyway. The number in the band has varied over the years. Wikipedia lists 21 current members. 3)...
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:09 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Code Puzzle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7712
Re: Code Puzzle
I noted that the image is a 36 x 36 grid, and if I replaced the black squares with 1, and white with 0, I ended up with 36 lines of binary (seems more logical than setting black = 0, white =1, given the large areas of white space). I then tried breaking down each line into groups of n bits (ideally ...
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
- Replies: 150
- Views: 49378
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Yes please to lunch. Casserole and apple pie sound grand.
I can send a cheque if you really want, though seems a bit of a faff if you don't mind waiting for cash on the day.
I can send a cheque if you really want, though seems a bit of a faff if you don't mind waiting for cash on the day.
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
- Replies: 150
- Views: 49378
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
I'll happily be in for a cooked lunch if one is going to be available.
- Sun Nov 20, 2011 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in London 2011
- Replies: 180
- Views: 47662
Re: Countdown in London 2011
A delayed reply in this thread... but a belated big thank you to Michael, The Count, Charlie, the engraver of the winner's trophy for not raising an eyebrow, and anyone else who helped to organise CO:LON 2011. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and as always it was a pleasure to meet with a bunch of such ...
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Lon 2011 Recaps
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4037
Re: Co:Lon 2011 Recaps
Tom was unlucky with the round order in this final, having to declare first in rounds 2 and 7. I had written down both REPENTER and CONFABS (not being quite sure of the validity of either), but Tom's declarations made it easy for me to go for the safe 7 and 6 respectively. Had the declaration order ...
- Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Tournament formats
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8918
Re: Tournament formats
I don't like the idea of there being a top 2 or top 4 play-off after the Swiss stages, but since any such final would never involve me anyway, my argument here is somewhat theoretical. Before Gev gets in here, I'd like to point out that at no point in this thread, did I ever say the above. In hinds...
- Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Periods [no longer safe for work]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3857
Re: Periods
I waited approximately 12 years from taking up darts, before I threw my first 180. Admittedly, I didn't play at all for about 6 of those years, but even so, you'd've thought I'd've cut my losses and taken up a different sport.
- Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Tournament formats
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8918
Re: Tournament formats
Martin: I was referring to Swiss style formats, which I believe have less potential for shock results. Because, yes, I did unexpectedly make the final of CoLei3 [of which I'm mighty proud], though the first three rounds of the day were drawn randomly, so I only had to win two knockout games against ...
- Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Tournament formats
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8918
Re: Tournament formats
I prefer the Edinburgh style, simply because I like to be able to pick my own letters and numbers. In the Bristol style, you're at the mercy of someone else's picking over 90% of the time, which denies you the tactical element of picking potentially high- or low-scoring selections depending on the s...
- Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Do you still watch Countdown?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8516
Re: Do you still watch Countdown?
Now that could be interesting! Those who follow the UK Scrabble scene will certainly know of Jessica's achievements. I'm surprised she's keen on trying Countdown, with its different dictionary to CSW - but good luck to her. And indeed, good luck to any other Scrabblers who give Countdown a go.
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:02 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bug reports
- Replies: 2157
- Views: 499145
Re: Bug reports
The "Others" column in this Spoilage Letters Round looks wrong to me, considering that it only used the first letter of the selection, when there is clearly a shorter word (as offered by me) which uses the first two letters. This is the first time I've seen this happen.
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 3rd Ocotber 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 66)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1640
Re: Monday 3rd Ocotber 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 66)
Ha, clearly no-one posting in this thread plays much Aegilops on apterous. Yes, CUNJEVOI is a fairly regular max in that variant... so I've also seen the word many times. [brag] Hence I spotted that 9 instantly, probably as Damian did. Very much a case of if you know the word, it practically leaps o...
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:43 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Duel conundrums
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4491
Re: Duel conundrums
Just seen the latest news on the apterous homepage. Thanks for listening, Charlie.
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10934
Re: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
Thanks for the responses, Ciaran and Gev, although I'm not going to be drawn into a lengthy debate on whether Numbers or Letters rounds are more interesting. My feelings on that are well-known, and one of the reasons I don't watch dCedL any more is the increased emphasis on arithmetic compared to Co...
- Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10934
Re: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
I can guarantee the loss of at least 1 viewer, if the proportion of Numbers Rounds in a game were to be increased beyond the current 20%. I already FFWD through the numbers games as it is. Of course, losing me as a viewer may be offset, by people who like the Numbers games and don't already watch Co...