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Gavin Chipper

Here is a list of all the Octochamps in the 15-round era who went on to win all 11 gamess to win their series - in fact all the champions have been Octochamps, apart from Ben Wilson who was a Viscount. 1. Julian Fell - 1307 2. Jack Hurst - 1276 3. Kirk Bevins - 1240 4. Craig Beevers - 1236 5. Conor ...

Gavin Chipper

We need recaps of JF's octochamp run, particularly the 138-29 which might have fulfilled that criterion (I know for sure he cocked up the final numbers so didn't score there, so was therefore 99+ ahead after round 13). Julian Fell was 97-23 up after 10 rounds, so his opponent "could" have...

Gavin Chipper

I think we should have a poll at some point, but after the next CofC so people will be at the same level of potential achievement (apart from the earlier players who had the supremes). But if I were to make a poll myself now, I would be slightly more generous than just including those five. It would...

Gavin Chipper

Why is a 'great player' not a candidate for greatest player ever? It's like saying a strawberry isn't a candidate for a fruit salad. This thread bores me to death. Some great players are candidates for greatest ever but not all. You may have a large strawberry but that doesn't automatically makest ...

Gavin Chipper

There are too many candidates. Craig, Conor, Scott Mearns, Paul Gallen, Paul Howe, Mark Tournoff, Chris Wills, Julian Fell etc etc - its just not possible. Maybe we'll find out one day if we do a supreme-like competition. Who knows. I think there are a lot of candidates for who is a great player, b...

Gavin Chipper

If you're going by what they were like when they were on the show I fail to see on what basis you could place Conor as high as 2nd. I don't think you could point to a patch of games and say he was particularly exceptional there. What counts as particularly exceptional? If he hasn't, then I don't th...

Gavin Chipper

I think Stewart Holden loses points for not participating in the CofC. I'm surprised you put Matthew Shore ahead of a few people, inlcuding series champion, Matthew Shore defeater, CofC finalist and nearly twice defeater of Paul Gallen, Mark Tournamentoff. I don't think you necessarily have to have ...

Gavin Chipper

Paul Howe wrote:If you don't get it, noone is controlling Mario, he's just bouncing off the various obstacles in the level.

What, so they have recorded millions of random games and put on YouTube the one game where he did something worthwhile? Is this like monkeys on typewriters or am I missing the point?

Gavin Chipper

In a one-off game, I might think about it, but looking at your case where you have 100 games, I would pretty much look at the mean, because it would ultimately get you more money - not just in a mean sense but you would probably win more money. Basically, you might probably get less than the banker...

Gavin Chipper

So far there have been 57 series completed. Full details are available for the final in every series except the first. Only in 21 of those series has the conundrum been crucial. Indeed, in 25 of the finals the winner has been determined before the last numbers round. And in one final, the result wa...

Gavin Chipper

Joseph Bolas wrote:Thank you for clearing this up.

As you say, it doesn't really matter, but I was just curious to know if the DOND team had any rules about family members appearing together.

Oh, forget to say - I made it up.

Gavin Chipper

I dunno, Adolf Hitler?

Gavin Chipper

Joseph Bolas wrote:
M. George Quinn wrote:I ate a mushroom once that tasted like frog crap. It was actually a toadstool.
I get the joke, but is there any real differences between Mushrooms and Toadstools?

Aren't toadstools the poisonous ones?

Gavin Chipper

What is the rule wth relations. Are 2 or more family members allowed to be in the same group of 22 people, or must they be separate from each other? Does this sort of stuff really matter? Someone could get stuck without being "chosen" for months so barring family members from competing wi...

Gavin Chipper

Martin Gardner wrote:Yes basically I was looking at a one-off situation rather than a longterm situation, because you can't legally reappear on the show.

Martin

OK, but you'll notice that I posted what I did after quoting your hundred games example.

Gavin Chipper

I was just thinking of the situation where there are five boxes left: £1 £250 £750 £3000 £100 000 In this situation he's going to offer more than £3000 so if he offer something like £20 000, there's a 4/5 chance that you will end up with less than that if you go to the end, and a 3/5 chance that th...

Gavin Chipper

Martin Gardner wrote:I'd imagine over 100 games of DOND you could use tactics

Yeah, you'd just look at the average of the boxes remaining versus the bankers offer. Easy. But as others have said, you just get one go, so it's down to how much you're prepared to risk.

Gavin Chipper

Corby wrote:Why did the fungi go the disco?

Because he was a mushroom.

Erm - actually, no, I think you know.

Gavin Chipper

That's my opinion anyway. And I think the idea she should retire is absurd. I don't think she should retire, and yes "rare" is perhaps a bit much but I wouldn't say she beats contestants "often" either. It's just a matter of fact that she will stop at some time and no I don't th...

Gavin Chipper

Charlie Reams wrote:20 is the lowest score since Steve Graston's trashing of Robin Barnett, which was a rather odd game in itself.

Are we forgetting the 13 against David O'Donnell?

Gavin Chipper

I can fully see why SC2 wouldn't be functional over a 3 month period, but is there anything against a 3-week 'champion of champion of champions' tournament between 16 of the best from series 34 to 65? Just think of the posts Gevin alone could make regarding the invite list. And no, I'm not sure whe...

Gavin Chipper

Kevin Thurlow wrote:Nowadays, the number of wins, although I believe in the past it was points at one stage? Mike Brown would know!

Kevin

Yes, it did change at some point. If you go to Mike's page, he has a seeding list for each series and how it was calculated. But it's definitely number of wins first now.

Gavin Chipper

Gevin-Gavin wrote:I was disappointed that he didn't become an Octochamp. With the scores he was getting in the games I saw, he must have been on for some sort of record.

I think his total was 648, with the record being 643.

Gavin Chipper

If this was going to be more exclusive than the previous supremes (with just 16 contestants), then I don't think it would necessarily have to be after 66 series. It could be done after the next CofC, although that could cause further problems for those claiming that the viewers don't like long-runni...

Gavin Chipper

Ben Wilson wrote:Just think of the posts Gevin alone could make regarding the invite list.

Exactly, although I would prefer the word "invitation".

And no, I'm not sure whether I was being facetious or not with that last sentence. :-/

Neither am I.

Gavin Chipper

Jason Larsen wrote:but after all Tony's brother's name is Lionel Durrant.

Sounds like you know more than any of us.

Gavin Chipper

Corby wrote:(Jason's definitely on a wind-up though by the way )

You reckon? It would take some real effort.

Gavin Chipper

For a crucial conundrum I have a set conundrum, of course, when the score doesn't matter I ask the contestants what they'd like. Nice to see yet another post from Gevin where is he trying to find fault with something. I don't mind Jono making a point like that since he is an active online player an...

Gavin Chipper

I don't think I watched Frank Mulvey. It sounds like the name of an old person. But then his acts don't. How old was he?

Gavin Chipper

Oh, that makes sense. Family look like each other. It's no wonder if an acquaintance comes up to you and says, "You look like just one of your parents." Not really. I ws joking. Just to clarify, none of Tony Durrant, Tony Blair or Lionel Blair are brothers with anyone else in the set. As ...

Gavin Chipper

Jason Larsen wrote:I'm not sure who Lionel Blair is, but I am sure that's nothing against him.

Tony's brother.

Tony Durrant that is.

Gavin Chipper

David O'Donnell wrote:I decided upon a difficult conundrum since it was academic.

Presumably you already have a set crucial conundrum before the game starts? Otherwise it could be open to abuse.

Gavin Chipper

Ben Wilson wrote:
Gevin-Gavin wrote:People thought I was bad.
Yeah, but you were rarely witty with it.

You must have low standards of wit (regarding this thread, not any of mine).

Gavin Chipper

Anyway so I thought I would share this great news with everyone! The other day I saw a sweetcorn. It was just like the sweetcorn you have in Britain! What is your favourite sweetcorn? I think this is the kind of thing we can all talk about. I must say, this is probably a coincidence, but if I see a...

Gavin Chipper

He reminds me of Lionel Blair.

Gavin Chipper

Jeff Clayton wrote:I am now the owner of one application form for Des Chiffres Et Des Lettres

And your application form for this thread?

(Sorry)

Gavin Chipper

I think when the champion's ahead he should say something like "So it's 37 points for the champ, 13 for the chump."

Gavin Chipper

Next person to post is a loser.

Gavin Chipper

Basically there are too many players for everyone to play everyone. Say it's a massive tournament you play 16 games against the others players, so maybe 16 players out of 40 or something. Players - just like at Countdown competitions - are sorted by wins first, and spread second rather than just po...

Gavin Chipper

The entrants comprised 26 series champions, three Championship of Champions winners who were not regular series champions and 25 other finalists from the first 32 series. The six champions of the first 32 series not to compete in the Supreme Championship were Andrew Guy, Nic Brown, Rajaretnam Yogas...

Gavin Chipper

Nice work, well done! Oh yeah, that too. I was under the impression that Tim Morrissey had scored the maximum total with his 73 and Allan Saldanha in the game against Joyce Cansfield, but apparently not. Presumably all the words have been checked against whatever dictionary was used at the time (wh...

Gavin Chipper

Anyway yea I've always been against best of 5 finals in Scrabble. As I've said before I would much rather the player's record from the main part of the competition was carried over to the best of 5 bit. There's enough luck in Scrabble as it is without exaggerating it via a shoddy, amateurish format...

Gavin Chipper

What do the asterisks mean next to some of the other available words? Isn't the point of an asterisk that you get told? Or am I being blind?

Gavin Chipper

My favourite beef about film premiere is that it's a masculin noun in French and therefore should be film premier! Martin I'm confused as to how you pronounce it. Is it pruh-mear or prem-yair? I think American is pruh-mear and British is prem-yair. Could be wrong. What about "Prem-ee-air"?

Gavin Chipper

Joe Denniss wrote:It all goes to pot soon though!

Don't tell us that! Or do you just mean about enjoying yourself?

Gavin Chipper

It is one of those weird things like the TV show Lost, Mozilla Firefox and Sudoku, that, despite being pretty crap, people seem to get really obsessed with. I don't trust such things and would advise staying well away from them. How can you not like Sudoku? If you don't like the original Sudoku, th...

Gavin Chipper

Corby wrote:Anyway, I think it's pertinent in your analysis Martin to record whether the first or second player wins, I can't believe you ignored that. Go back and start again

Exactly - you might find your "random chance variable" is greatly reduced if you take this into account.

Gavin Chipper

I think it would be good to ask for three from one of the rows that isn't the top and then three from any other row of your choice. So Carol has to choose between three large or no large. Or two from a non-top row and four from any other one row.

Gavin Chipper

Carol should also be horsewhipped for being pleased when the numbers game is piss-easy. She groans if the target is 101 and there is a 100 and a 1, but other than that she seems to prefer the easy games.

Gavin Chipper

I was disappointed that he didn't become an Octochamp. With the scores he was getting in the games I saw, he must have been on for some sort of record.

Gavin Chipper

After hearing it said for so many years I believe any contestant who - after being offered an `X` or a `Z` - says "And a better one please Carol", should be severely punished. Perhaps taken outside and horse-whipped, or automatically eliminated. Or both. Just to show how reasonable I am -...

Gavin Chipper

I was round someone else's house the other day and they complained about Carol's head. Back of the net.

Gavin Chipper

I had this on while doing something else and didn't write anything down and didn't play properly. But I thought I might have seen DIASPORAS in one of the rounds. Was it?

Gavin Chipper

It would be nice to see Jo Brand back on soon or another Countdown virgin. Any preferences anyone? I have to say that I'm not a big fan of Jo Brand. It seems she tries to come across as a bit "Richard Digance" with her ridiculous suggestions for words, but only succeeds in being (even) le...

Gavin Chipper

What about 3π?

(Sorry)

Gavin Chipper

Looks like we're all struggling with this.

Gavin Chipper

This is the off-topic forum though. How are we to decide when a topic is valid? I think a poster say he isn't going to be around as much is reasonable enough.

Gavin Chipper

I quite liked Richard Samson. Susie's alright but I've never seen why people think she's so much better than everyone else.

Gavin Chipper

If he doesn't, the slot's yours. So you are the all-powerful God round here - not just the chap who happens to administer the forum. :mrgreen: (Just an observation) I've really enjoyed your recent posts, Gevin, I don't know why you feel the need to revert to such pointless digs. People often ask me...

Gavin Chipper

Charlie Reams wrote:If he doesn't, the slot's yours.

So you are the all-powerful God round here - not just the chap who happens to administer the forum.

(Just an observation)

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