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James Robinson wrote:The final 25 of Series 23 to go, that's February 24 - March 27 1992.

SERIES 23: DONE

The first 20 of Series 22 next, although Rhys has done the first one, so #2-21 then. That's July 2-29 1991.

James Robinson wrote:The first 20 of Series 22 next, although Rhys has done the first one, so #2-21 then. That's July 2-29 1991.

Done. Next up: July 30 - August 26 1991.

James Robinson wrote:

James Robinson wrote:The first 20 of Series 22 next, although Rhys has done the first one, so #2-21 then. That's July 2-29 1991.

Done. Next up: July 30 - August 26 1991.

That was quick wasn't it.

The final 24 to go now. That's August 27 - Septemeber 27 1991.

James Robinson wrote:The final 24 to go now. That's August 27 - Septemeber 27 1991.

SERIES 22: DONE

The first 22 of Series 21 next. That's January 9 - February 7 1991.

Gonna do some Series 17, I'll take the first 20, though Mike's done two of them, so I'll do it up to Thu 9-Feb-89.

P.S. Charlie, my recap for the first game in series 17 still only shows at the bottom of the page, with that stupid blank one at the top. Please could you change this?

Thomas Carey wrote:Gonna do some Series 17, I'll take the first 20, though Mike's done two of them, so I'll do it up to Thu 9-Feb-89.

P.S. Charlie, my recap for the first game in series 17 still only shows at the bottom of the page, with that stupid blank one at the top. Please could you change this?

Bit large is it not?

Joseph Krol wrote:

Thomas Carey wrote:Gonna do some Series 17, I'll take the first 20, though Mike's done two of them, so I'll do it up to Thu 9-Feb-89.

P.S. Charlie, my recap for the first game in series 17 still only shows at the bottom of the page, with that stupid blank one at the top. Please could you change this?

Bit large is it not?

He didn't notice normal size.

Thomas Carey wrote:

Joseph Krol wrote:

Thomas Carey wrote:Gonna do some Series 17, I'll take the first 20, though Mike's done two of them, so I'll do it up to Thu 9-Feb-89.

P.S. Charlie, my recap for the first game in series 17 still only shows at the bottom of the page, with that stupid blank one at the top. Please could you change this?

Bit large is it not?

He didn't notice normal size.

Might a PM not be a good idea?

quote="Mike Brown"]

Thomas Carey wrote:

Joseph Krol wrote:

Thomas Carey wrote:Gonna do some Series 17, I'll take the first 20, though Mike's done two of them, so I'll do it up to Thu 9-Feb-89.

P.S. Charlie, my recap for the first game in series 17 still only shows at the bottom of the page, with that stupid blank one at the top. Please could you change this?

Bit large is it not?

He didn't notice normal size.

Might a PM not be a good idea? [/quote]

FAiL

Keep up the good work you lot.

Thomas Carey wrote:FAiL

In that case, maybe you need to go round to Charlie's house while wearing a tea cosy on your head.

Thomas Carey wrote:Gonna do some Series 17, I'll take the first 20, though Mike's done two of them, so I'll do it up to Thu 9-Feb-89.

P.S. Charlie, my recap for the first game in series 17 still only shows at the bottom of the page, with that stupid blank one at the top. Please could you change this?

Fixed. By the way I don't read this thread very often, so you should PM me if you want things done.

By the way, I notice your interests include "trying to be the guy on here with the most posts who has not played a game on apterous". How's that working out for you?

Charlie Reams wrote:

Thomas Carey wrote:Gonna do some Series 17, I'll take the first 20, though Mike's done two of them, so I'll do it up to Thu 9-Feb-89.

P.S. Charlie, my recap for the first game in series 17 still only shows at the bottom of the page, with that stupid blank one at the top. Please could you change this?

Fixed. By the way I don't read this thread very often, so you should PM me if you want things done.

By the way, I notice your interests include "trying to be the guy on here with the most posts who has not played a game on apterous". How's that working out for you?

Did that before I got an apterous account. Haven't bothered changing it.

Thanks for changing the thing, btw.

I'll make a start on the Masters, starting from the first 10 in Series "M1".

Mostly so we can fill in the wiki, I won't do M1.

James Robinson wrote:

James Robinson wrote:The final 24 to go now. That's August 27 - Septemeber 27 1991.

SERIES 22: DONE

The first 22 of Series 21 next. That's January 9 - February 7 1991.

Already gone well past that, so will just book out the rest of this series.

James Robinson wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

James Robinson wrote:The final 24 to go now. That's August 27 - Septemeber 27 1991.

SERIES 22: DONE

The first 22 of Series 21 next. That's January 9 - February 7 1991.

Already gone well past that, so will just book out the rest of this series.

SERIES 21: DONE

Next up: July 3 - 31 1990, the first 21 of Series 20.

James Robinson wrote:Next up: July 3 - 31 1990, the first 21 of Series 20.

Done.

Next up, August 1 - 28 1990. 20 more.

James Robinson wrote:Next up, August 1 - 28 1990. 20 more.

Done.

Finishing off Series 20 now. That's August 29 - September 28 1990. That's 23 episodes.

James Robinson wrote:Finishing off Series 20 now. That's August 29 - September 28 1990. That's 23 episodes.

SERIES 20: DONE

Heading well into the final few laps now. Around 800 episodes to go now.

Next up, January 1 - 26 1990. The first 20 of Series 19.

James Robinson wrote:Next up, January 1 - 26 1990. The first 20 of Series 19.

Done.

January 29 - February 23 1990. 20 obviously.

James Robinson wrote:January 29 - February 23 1990. 20 obviously.

Done.

The rest of Series 19 now. That's February 26 - March 30 1990. 25 episodes to do.

Forgot to say earlier, as tradition dictates... SERIES 5 DONE! Now onto the first ever Championship of Champions, which I'm particularly looking forward to recapping. And according to CDB, we appear to have now completed three-quarters of all the 9- (and 14-) rounders - great stuff and largely down to James! (but as always, thanks to everyone who's participating - as Mr Tesco says, every little helps!)

Well, I was so looking forward to doing the first C of C that I've completed it already. On to Series 4 shortly!

Mike Brown wrote:Well, I was so looking forward to doing the first C of C that I've completed it already. On to Series 4 shortly!

You'd better be careful, Mike. Or you'll starting turning into a machine like me, before you know it.

James Robinson wrote:

Mike Brown wrote:Well, I was so looking forward to doing the first C of C that I've completed it already. On to Series 4 shortly!

You'd better be careful, Mike. Or you'll starting turning into a machine like me, before you know it.

Think I've got some way to go yet. And besides, we'll probably run out of stuff to do before it happens!

James Robinson wrote:The rest of Series 19 now. That's February 26 - March 30 1990. 25 episodes to do.

SERIES 19: DONE

Next up: The first 20 of Series 18. That's July 10 - August 4 1989.

James Robinson wrote:Next up: The first 20 of Series 18. That's July 10 - August 4 1989.

Done.

20 more. August 7 - September 1 1989.

James, I know it's a bit of an awkward question, but why do you do so many recaps? I just like to do them when I'm extremely bored - which is very occasionally, only about every 4 months!

Soph K wrote:James, I know it's a bit of an awkward question, but why do you do so many recaps? I just like to do them when I'm extremely bored - which is very occasionally, only about every 4 months!

Basically the same reason almost. Plus there's the added incentive of having all the records of this show properly archived (although we still don't have all the shows), which would be very nice for a nerd and "superfan" like me.

Soph K wrote:James, I know it's a bit of an awkward question, but why do you do so many recaps? I just like to do them when I'm extremely bored - which is very occasionally, only about every 4 months!

Wow, thought my one a week was bad!

James Robinson wrote:20 more. August 7 - September 1 1989.

Done.

30 to go in this series. That's September 4 - October 13 1989.

James, because you're on the QFs for S18 already, i've reserved up to 9-feb-89 on s17. Just a reminder

James Robinson wrote:30 to go in this series. That's September 4 - October 13 1989.

SERIES 18: DONE

Thomas Carey wrote:James, because you're on the QFs for S18 already, i've reserved up to 9-feb-89 on s17. Just a reminder

No, I haven't forgotten, Thomas.

So, I'll book the other 26 episodes, which is February 10 - March 17 1989.

Thomas Carey wrote:James, because you're on the QFs for S18 already, i've reserved up to 9-feb-89 on s17. Just a reminder

Do the S's in s18 and s17 stand for Series? What exactly do s18 and s17 mean?

Soph K wrote:

Thomas Carey wrote:James, because you're on the QFs for S18 already, i've reserved up to 9-feb-89 on s17. Just a reminder

Do the S's in s18 and s17 stand for Series? What exactly do s18 and s17 mean?

Exactly that.

James Robinson - Most active topic: Return of the Awesome Dudes.

James Robinson wrote:So, I'll book the other 26 episodes, which is February 10 - March 17 1989.

Phew, that was fast, wasn't it

Done, but since Thomas hasn't done his part yet, the series is still incomplete.

So, next up for me is Championship Of Champions IV, which is just 7 episodes.

James Robinson wrote:

James Robinson wrote:So, I'll book the other 26 episodes, which is February 10 - March 17 1989.

Phew, that was fast, wasn't it

Done, but since Thomas hasn't done his part yet, the series is still incomplete.

So, next up for me is Championship Of Champions IV, which is just 7 episodes.

Sorry about my abysmally slow recapping.

To contribute a few more recaps before they all disappear into the ether [read: James Robinson's keyboard] I shall continue my work on series 10. There are still three left between the start and Harvey Freeman's first game so I'll take those.

Thomas Carey wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

James Robinson wrote:So, I'll book the other 26 episodes, which is February 10 - March 17 1989.

Phew, that was fast, wasn't it

Done, but since Thomas hasn't done his part yet, the series is still incomplete.

So, next up for me is Championship Of Champions IV, which is just 7 episodes.

Sorry about my abysmally slow recapping.

Or maybe I should be sorry for my absurdly fast typing, 26 in one day (or to be exact, less than 10 hours) must be a new record.

James Robinson wrote:So, next up for me is Championship Of Champions IV, which is just 7 episodes.

CoC IV: DONE

Next up, the first 20 of Series 16, that's June 20 - July 15, 1988.

James Robinson wrote:Or maybe I should be sorry for my absurdly fast typing, 26 in one day (or to be exact, less than 10 hours) must be a new record.

'Fraid not, some nerd did 28 in one day on 21 November 2010, and 27 on 17 July 2010

Series 10 is now complete up to 11-Nov-86. Will take next five.

James Robinson wrote:

James Robinson wrote:So, next up for me is Championship Of Champions IV, which is just 7 episodes.

CoC IV: DONE

Next up, the first 20 of Series 16, that's June 20 - July 15, 1988.

Done, and have already done the next 20, so just 15 to go of this series. That's August 15 - September 2 1988.

James Robinson wrote:Done, and have already done the next 20, so just 15 to go of this series. That's August 15 - September 2 1988.

SERIES 16: DONE

There's 50 episodes in Series 15, so I'll take the first half which includes the prelims of the legendary Allan Saldanha, that's April 11 - May 13 1988.

James Robinson wrote:There's 50 episodes in Series 15, so I'll take the first half which includes the prelims of the legendary Allan Saldanha, that's April 11 - May 13 1988.

Done.

I'll book out the rest of Series 15, that's May 16 - June 17 1988.

I'll probably start those soon as I return from Whitby next week.

SERIES 4: DONE!

Now, it's into the murky depths of Series 3, where my notes get even more unreadable. Should be fun, though!

Finally, me and Joseph have made enough entries for the masters on the wiki so I can start these recaps. I'll link "M1" to the wiki version.
I'll link it to the "9 round" format (LLLNLLLNC), as there's no LNCLNCLNCLNCLNC.

James Robinson wrote:I'll book out the rest of Series 15, that's May 16 - June 17 1988.

I'll probably start those soon as I return from Whitby next week.

SERIES 15: DONE

The first 21 of Series 14 next. That's October 5 - November 2 1987.

James Robinson wrote:The first 21 of Series 14 next. That's October 5 - November 2 1987.

Done. The next 21 episodes now. That's November 3 - December 1 1987.

Just to pull my weight on this project, I spent a load of time over the last week cleaning up the database, checking for any problems and fixing whatever I could find. Generally the standard of accuracy is impressively high. Nevertheless there's a few things that seem to go wrong consistently that you can look out for in future:-

1) Putting CoC games down as Quarter finals, semi-finals etc. They belong in their own category "CoC QFs" etc.
2) Putting games down in the wrong format (eg 9-rounder instead of 14-rounder).
3) Submitting games several times. If you find after you click Submit that you've made a mistake, please submit the corrected version as well and then ask me to delete the wrong version(s). This is much easier for me to fix if you tell me right away. Note that clicking Stop in your browser will generally not prevent the original submission from being added.

With all the new data, we also have some new stats. Theoretical octotal maxes have been extended to include the 9-round era, with some interesting consequences. And the 9-round octochamps page is now almost complete. Interestingly the lowest octotal ever available is still higher than the highest ever achieved! (This is almost true in the 15 round era, but Jack is the only person to beat the 941 mark.)

Thanks for all your good work! We've passed 90% complete now and the end is in sight.

Charlie Reams wrote:With all the new data, we also have some new stats. Theoretical octotal maxes have been extended to include the 9-round era, with some interesting consequences. And the 9-round octochamps page is now almost complete. Interestingly the lowest octotal ever available is still higher than the highest ever achieved! (This is almost true in the 15 round era, but Jack is the only person to beat the 941 mark.)

Thanks for all your good work! We've passed 90% complete now and the end is in sight.

Harvey Freeman's maximum available score seems to have gone wrong. Also, it's interesting that the lowest 8-game potential score involved Helen Grayson's games. She was very high-scoring anyway, so I think her run comes out at 90% of the max. Very good.

Gavin Chipper wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote:With all the new data, we also have some new stats. Theoretical octotal maxes have been extended to include the 9-round era, with some interesting consequences. And the 9-round octochamps page is now almost complete. Interestingly the lowest octotal ever available is still higher than the highest ever achieved! (This is almost true in the 15 round era, but Jack is the only person to beat the 941 mark.)

Thanks for all your good work! We've passed 90% complete now and the end is in sight.

Harvey Freeman's maximum available score seems to have gone wrong. Also, it's interesting that the lowest 8-game potential score involved Helen Grayson's games. She was very high-scoring anyway, so I think her run comes out at 90% of the max. Very good.

Yeah, one of his games has a max of zero because it hasn't been recapped yet. That'll get ironed out in time.

Charlie Reams wrote:Just to pull my weight on this project, I spent a load of time over the last week cleaning up the database, checking for any problems and fixing whatever I could find. Generally the standard of accuracy is impressively high. Nevertheless there's a few things that seem to go wrong consistently that you can look out for in future:- ... Thanks for all your good work! We've passed 90% complete now and the end is in sight.

Thanks for this Charlie. As well as all the other benefits, it gives us a much clearer idea of how many recaps are really still outstanding. I will have a scan over it all in the next few days to see if I can spot any further anomalies - if James hasn't already done so!

Charlie Reams wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote:With all the new data, we also have some new stats. Theoretical octotal maxes have been extended to include the 9-round era, with some interesting consequences. And the 9-round octochamps page is now almost complete. Interestingly the lowest octotal ever available is still higher than the highest ever achieved! (This is almost true in the 15 round era, but Jack is the only person to beat the 941 mark.)

Thanks for all your good work! We've passed 90% complete now and the end is in sight.

Harvey Freeman's maximum available score seems to have gone wrong. Also, it's interesting that the lowest 8-game potential score involved Helen Grayson's games. She was very high-scoring anyway, so I think her run comes out at 90% of the max. Very good.

Yeah, one of his games has a max of zero because it hasn't been recapped yet. That'll get ironed out in time.

Ah, that has one of Mike's old recaps so a max is not listed. Will find the max promptly.

Joseph Krol wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote: Harvey Freeman's maximum available score seems to have gone wrong. Also, it's interesting that the lowest 8-game potential score involved Helen Grayson's games. She was very high-scoring anyway, so I think her run comes out at 90% of the max. Very good.

Yeah, one of his games has a max of zero because it hasn't been recapped yet. That'll get ironed out in time.

Ah, that has one of Mike's old recaps so a max is not listed. Will find the max promptly.

Aha, it's 83. Quarter and semi details will be available as soon as I get to them during my recappage of series 10. Actually I don't think I've booked out most of the episodes I've recently done so I'll just book out the rest of Series 10.

Just been having a look at the 9 round octochamp page to see if my place in history is secure. There are a few blips I noticed (Tim Morrisey has nine games, one of Sharon Bridge's games has a zero maximum), but what really struck me was Helen Grayson's record. Sadly there's a glitch in that as well, as she only had seven games, and the eighth is actually her quarter-final. But her Ratio in those seven games is 90.3%! What would she have scored if she'd played 10,000 games of apterous? And let's not forget that there had only been a couple of hundred episodes when she appeared, so the 'Countdown favourites' we all know and love would not have been so well known either.

One of the all-time great runs.

David Williams wrote:Just been having a look at the 9 round octochamp page to see if my place in history is secure. There are a few blips I noticed (Tim Morrisey has nine games, one of Sharon Bridge's games has a zero maximum), but what really struck me was Helen Grayson's record. Sadly there's a glitch in that as well, as she only had seven games, and the eighth is actually her quarter-final. But her Ratio in those seven games is 90.3%! What would she have scored if she'd played 10,000 games of apterous? And let's not forget that there had only been a couple of hundred episodes when she appeared, so the 'Countdown favourites' we all know and love would not have been so well known either.

One of the all-time great runs.

I was just thinking the same. I'd noticed before anyway (before averages came up) that she was on for approx 500 if she'd played the extra game and she was the number one seed ahead of an octohamp based on points.