Official thread of scrag

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:59 am

Jason Larsen wrote:Ladies and gentlemen, I did something that I'm sure no other contestant has ever done before in the history of Countdown.

I declared a 1-letter word. Unfortunately, the word was I and I got no points.

Someone who scored with a 1 letter word

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:33 am

I've scored with a 1 letter word a few times, usually when I try to wing a word, don't get beyond the first letter and the opponent declares nothing/invalid.

Simon Myers · Post by **Simon Myers** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:21 pm

Jason Larsen wrote:Ladies and gentlemen, I did something that I'm sure no other contestant has ever done before in the history of Countdown.

I declared a 1-letter word. Unfortunately, the word was I and I got no points.

"I" has been declared 39 times on Apterous so far. It seems that Charlie accidentally removed it from the dictionary while he was adding in the new Hypercountdown words though.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:48 pm

Simon Myers wrote:"I" has been declared 39 times on Apterous so far. It seems that Charlie accidentally removed it from the dictionary while he was adding in the new Hypercountdown words though.

Some time between here and here, S also apparently ceased to be a valid word.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:00 pm

Is Charlie on vacation already or is he still here?

I want to tell him that I is a valid word.

P.S. I'm glad he discovered that s is not a valid word.

P.P.S. Junaid, it's good to hear from you. Now, I know you watch Channel 4 more than you watch "that other station!"

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:05 pm

Jason Larsen wrote:Is Charlie on vacation already or is he still here?

I want to tell him that I is a valid word.

P.S. I'm glad he discovered that s is not a valid word.

P.P.S. Junaid, it's good to hear from you. Now, I know you watch Channel 4 more than you watch "that other station!"

s is a valid word, as is every letter in the alphabet. This needs to be added. Charlie knows that I is a valid word - don't worry Jason.

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:10 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:Charlie knows that I is a valid word - don't worry Jason.

Yes, he once looked at a photo of David Beckham, and said "I look beautiful" at least 3 times.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:49 pm

Thank you, Kirk.

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:29 pm

This was a waste of a chance to impress my countdown idol. Still, Mark was a nice guy and it was a pleasure to play with him. Mixed emotions really.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:55 pm

JackHurst wrote: Still, Mark was a nice guy and it was a pleasure to play with him.

Wayhey!

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:35 pm

In my last game, I declared WEINER and it wasn't allowed!

How does the jingle go, "Oh, I wish I was an Oscar Mayer hot dog?"

Phil Makepeace · Post by **Phil Makepeace** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:47 pm

I would imagine that's because it's spelt WIENER, wiener.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:45 pm

Thank you, Phil.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:39 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=122467

What a wasted opportunity!

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:20 pm

Chris, what are you trying to tell us?

Did you make a big mistake?

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:41 pm

Jason Larsen wrote:Chris, what are you trying to tell us?

Did you make a big mistake?

Looks to me like he had a complete maximum game until he missed the conundrum.

Interesting game for a whole different reason too.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:13 pm

Jason Larsen wrote:Chris, what are you trying to tell us?

Did you make a big mistake?

Not sure if you clicked on the link that Chris very kindly added to his previous post, Jason, but clicking on the link really helps understand why he could probably be frustrated.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:38 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote:Chris, what are you trying to tell us?

Did you make a big mistake?
Not sure if you clicked on the link that Chris very kindly added to his previous post, Jason, but clicking on the link really helps understand why he could probably be frustrated.

This is the thread of scrag, not frustration. Perfect grounds for confusion if you ask me

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:27 pm

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:27 pm

Jason Larsen wrote:Wow.

I have seen this exact post made by Jason Multiple times.

Wow indeed.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:57 pm

One day in and this will be for years the worst Omeletteundrum spot of all time. 19s ffs!!!!!!

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:54 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:One day in and this will be for years the worst Omeletteundrum spot of all time. 19s ffs!!!!!!

And this will be the best miss...

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=1 ... 9#r1941159

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:03 pm

Ian Volante wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote:One day in and this will be for years the worst Omeletteundrum spot of all time. 19s ffs!!!!!!
And this will be the best miss...

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=1 ... 9#r1941159

Kudos for admitting to that.

Alec Rivers · Post by **Alec Rivers** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:17 pm

"It's my first game" is still no excuse for this. (And round 3 wasn't much better.)

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:10 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote:One day in and this will be for years the worst Omeletteundrum spot of all time. 19s ffs!!!!!!
And this will be the best miss...

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=1 ... 9#r1941159
Kudos for admitting to that.

Shame is something I don't have much of.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:29 am

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:36 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=139563

Round 8: didn't notice the typo until I declared. Never felt worse about a scrag than that.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:49 pm

Speed demon tournament hits a new low...

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:42 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=157821

Only realised my mistake on the first numbers too late and I had GUTTIES, probably the worst I've played in a good while. Well played Martyn.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:34 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=162906

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:31 pm

It may not be my first language but holy crap that's a bit of a miss.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:28 pm

A whisker away from going in the brag.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:42 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote:A whisker away from going in the brag.

Ouch. 100x9-10x5-9. Pretty direct.

Martin_May · Post by **Martin_May** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:35 am

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=173595

I'll get there eventually........ *shakes head*

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:55 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=175197
Definitely my worst game.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:45 am

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=177065

Would've won this and played a top drawer game if i didn't accidentally misdeclare my numbers 300 out

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:24 pm

A fresh-faced one day old Apterous Sponge almost takes me to the cleaners even with my 11 maxes! How does his numbers-learning work?

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=179155

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:52 pm

Dinos Sfyris wrote:A fresh-faced one day old Apterous Sponge almost takes me to the cleaners even with my 11 maxes! How does his numbers-learning work?

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=179155

However it works, I think he'd already finished doing it by the time he met you, Dinos:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=179078

I hope there's going to be a kind of mirror image Sponge who starts by knowing everything but gradually forgets it, like an Apterous Alzheimer or something (actually given the amount of super-obscure words that almost never come up, he could probably stay competitive for quite a long time).

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:25 am

I just assumed Charlie made Apterous Sponge a numbers wizard so that once Sponge starts caning the letters people can't squeeze him dry of ratings points in numbers attacks.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:21 pm

Ben Hunter wrote:I just assumed Charlie made Apterous Sponge a numbers wizard so that once Sponge starts caning the letters people can't squeeze him dry of ratings points in numbers attacks.

He shouldn't be able to do a numbers game unless that exact solution has come up before!

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:40 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:I just assumed Charlie made Apterous Sponge a numbers wizard so that once Sponge starts caning the letters people can't squeeze him dry of ratings points in numbers attacks.
He shouldn't be able to do a numbers game unless that exact solution has come up before!

Surely he should only know sums that have come up before!

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:27 pm

Star 27 of the First Path: brutal.

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:36 am

Least competent numbers round ever.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:04 am

Andrew Feist wrote:Least competent numbers round ever.

Not even close

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:15 am

Charlie Reams wrote:
Andrew Feist wrote:Least competent numbers round ever.
Not even close

At least you can claim that you knew what was going on, but somehow managed to misclick in a 10-second hurry. We have documentary evidence that we declared one away with a solution that had a 1 left over.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:19 am

Charlie Reams wrote:
Andrew Feist wrote:Least competent numbers round ever.
Not even close

Glad I'm not the only one.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:06 pm

Andrew Feist wrote: At least you can claim that you knew what was going on, but somehow managed to misclick in a 10-second hurry. We have documentary evidence that we declared one away with a solution that had a 1 left over.

Yeah I actually didn't though. Somehow I was so set on coming down from 750 that I didn't notice the 9 in the selection, and then my method involved using the 2 twice. It's quite possible I would've made the same error in 30 seconds.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:33 pm

I often find with numbers you can get some really satisfying solutions and then find yourself embarrassed by something really easy straight after. I imagine everyone's done it (maybe not Junaid).

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:42 am

Round 17 is factually true

Philip Jarvis · Post by **Philip Jarvis** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:09 pm

Derek was keen for me to put a posting on the forum of this game. This seems an appropriate thread.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=200112

In round 6 I got SWERVING and asked the question about OVERSWING, not realising WINGOVERS was a word.

In round 8 Derek got PERUSING and asked the question about REPULSING. He was most upset to realise that it was a valid 9 letter word.

As an aside, the stats show this as my highest scoring game. However, with only 10 maxes, it didn't feel like it. Maybe the high score was helped by me getting the conundrum - a feat I rarely achieve.

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:34 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=201767

a;sp. whats the lowest ever numbers attack max?

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:24 pm

I know I'm inconsistent, but how is it possible to go from this to this in half an hour? And no, I hadn't been drinking.

I am now though!

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:36 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=209753

missed out on a classy hyper-pencil in round 13

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:47 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=214840

Rounds 2 & 5 in particular. I'm never gonna get another chance for a score quite like that one.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:16 pm

Lucky I'd already maxed one a few days ago...

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:59 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 4953615277

This has to be my worst ever performance. 5 maxes in all. Shocking, I really don't know why I was so bad. Robert played extremely well, especially on the numbers, but I was truly shocking.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:02 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 4953615277

This has to be my worst ever performance. 5 maxes in all. Shocking, I really don't know why I was so bad. Robert played extremely well, especially on the numbers, but I was truly shocking.

Maybe it's pre semi final nerves.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:35 pm

Ahaha.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:46 pm

I'm getting evicted from my house and have a court date coming up, I also have a yeast infection.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:13 pm

Ben Hunter wrote:I'm getting evicted from my house and have a court date coming up, I also have a yeast infection.

Just go live in the Big Brother house for some time, they are letting anybody in so you definitely have a chance.