Spoilers for Friday May 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 38)
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Spoilers for Friday May 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 38)
We end the week with Eileen Taylor on 6 wins and creeping ever closer to the octochamp title. Can she end the week on 7 wins and guarantee herself an 8th game?
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Back where we left off.
TALAPOINS as a beater in round 1 for 9.
TALAPOINS as a beater in round 1 for 9.
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Nice Andy PENISES in round 2 for alt 7.
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Surprised nobody found the 593 in the first numbers. That was about as far as I got, I was nowhere near that 592.
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RINGDOVE excellent spot from the corner, looking back on track now!
Easiest method I saw for that was (50 + 7) x 10 + 25 - 3.Jordan F wrote:Surprised nobody found the 593 in the first numbers. That was about as far as I got, I was nowhere near that 592.
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FLUORITE beats FLORUIT
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I saw that the scorer scored 5 for both contestants in the last letters game with Nick announcing 72-53 going into the last numbers game. I thought I'd gone loopy again then magically the scores were corrected (without appologies or visually) 67-54 going into the conundrum. Oops
Inexplicably Sam lost his way mid game... was a great game until then, and was this the first time Eileen had a word disallowed ?!?
edit: I'll be rooting for Eileen to be the oldest ever octochamp on Monday!#
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Inexplicably Sam lost his way mid game... was a great game until then, and was this the first time Eileen had a word disallowed ?!?
edit: I'll be rooting for Eileen to be the oldest ever octochamp on Monday!#
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Nice one Peter. I wasn't anywhere near that.Peter Mabey wrote:FLUORITE beats FLORUIT
There was another beater too, I just lexplorered the rounds, can't remember exactly which round it but the contestants declared STEAMY/maytime^. The only seven was MISMATE which is an awkwardly hideous word but apparently valid, means the same as mismatch.
Got to say though, Eileen got away with one there! A challenger of the level of maybe an Alan Flanagan or an Alex Newton from earlier in the series would almost certainly have walked away with a victory there. Not the high standard she has been giving us recently unfortunately. Hope she plays up to her previous standard in game 8 as I think we all want to see her make octochamp!
REEKING when the letters weren't there in the epic game against Jill, and COWAGE against Morgan.Mauro wrote:was this the first time Eileen had a word disallowed ?!?
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A really odd one for me today as I did really badly in the early letters rounds and yet somehow managed to end up with a personal score of 84 (against both contestants), with the help of four perfect numbers games, MURDERS in round 8, FLUORITE in round 12 and a 10-second conundrum.
Hope Eileen manages to make it on Monday!
Hope Eileen manages to make it on Monday!
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Intrigued - what was everyone's scores from today? I scored 129.
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I got 131, didn't get RINGDOVE or MISMATE.James Roper wrote:Intrigued - what was everyone's scores from today? I scored 129.
PEONIES in round 2, RADIOED in round 4, BATTENS in round 7 and REMORSE in round 8.
2nd Numbers Alt.: ((100 - 10 - 10) x 6) + 8 - 3 = 485
3rd Numbers Alt.: ((25 - 4) x 3 x 10) + 8 = 638
4th Numbers Alt.: ((100 - 9) x (3 + 3)) + 1 = 547
Interesting also that Eileen didn't score in the last FIVE rounds today I wonder how many people have won by doing that. My guess is none.
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James Roper wrote:Intrigued - what was everyone's scores from today? I scored 129.
I'm right between the two James R's then with 130... Missed the same as Robbo, plus FLUORITE. (Bet I'd have beaten him to the conundrum though )James Robinson wrote: I got 131, didn't get RINGDOVE or MISMATE.
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I got it in 1 second, I've actually for some reason or other been waiting for LUBRICANT to appear as a conundrum.Andy Platt wrote:James Roper wrote:Intrigued - what was everyone's scores from today? I scored 129.I'm right between the two James R's then with 130... Missed the same as Robbo, plus FLUORITE. (Bet I'd have beaten him to the conundrum though )James Robinson wrote: I got 131, didn't get RINGDOVE or MISMATE.
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I got 132 against the challenger and 126 against Eileen (would have tried YAMMIEST^ if she'd have gone for seven as I didn't have MISMATE but not if I was declaring first ).
Eileen had me worried at the end. I think tiredness must be creeping into her game, which is perfectly understandable. Nevertheless, I really want her to become an octochamp on Monday as she's been a joy to watch, as well as a very good player. The end of this game wasn't her usual standard.
Eileen had me worried at the end. I think tiredness must be creeping into her game, which is perfectly understandable. Nevertheless, I really want her to become an octochamp on Monday as she's been a joy to watch, as well as a very good player. The end of this game wasn't her usual standard.
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It's happened once before.James Robinson wrote:Interesting also that Eileen didn't score in the last FIVE rounds today I wonder how many people have won by doing that. My guess is none.
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See everybody, this is the guy to ask about all things Countdown.Graeme Cole wrote:It's happened once before.James Robinson wrote:Interesting also that Eileen didn't score in the last FIVE rounds today I wonder how many people have won by doing that. My guess is none.
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Interesting that both winning scores were 67.Graeme Cole wrote:It's happened once before.James Robinson wrote:Interesting also that Eileen didn't score in the last FIVE rounds today I wonder how many people have won by doing that. My guess is none.
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Andy Platt wrote: I'm right between the two James R's then with 130... Missed the same as Robbo, plus FLUORITE.
I got FLUORITE, but only got 593 in the first numbers :/
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Who is this human being anyway, is it Tom now Even I'm getting lost nowJordan F wrote:Join a human being for the recap later.
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Think I was more like 1.25 - 1.5, so I'll give you that. I've had it recently online which helped, so very impressive Mr RobinsonJames Robinson wrote:I got it in 1 second, I've actually for some reason or other been waiting for LUBRICANT to appear as a conundrum.
Yep, Tom Carey said he'd take over Friday recaps again from the start of May. Maybe we should nudge him on Facebook? If all else fails or he has too much work on, I can resume Fridays again. I quite like doing them, although I tend to leave one stupid mistake in every recapJames Robinson wrote:Who is this human being anyway, is it Tom now Even I'm getting lost nowJordan F wrote:Join a human being for the recap later.