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So, after the brilliant 8 out of 10 Does Countdown and Giles' 130 performance on Friday, it's back to the start of the week, and by the end of tomorrow, Giles will be a distant memory.
6 wins and 733 points on from his début 12 days ago, Giles Hutchings has certainly made his mark on the scene, and if he wins today and tomorrow with a combined score of 214 points, then the all-time #1 spot will be his.
Richard Madeley will be in DC for the next 2 days before Paul Zenon takes over on Wednesday.
Even though he sounds very little like him, I've noticed in Giles that were he a little older and his voice a little gruffer perhaps, he might sound like Alan Rickman, or could at least do a passable impression of him. Can anyone else hear this? I consulted my Mum, who thought I was talking nonsense, and my sister, who said that she could hear where I was coming from, so I'm still unsure. I'm almost certainly a bit mad though.
This is insane. All Giles has to do is score 93 tomorrow and win to break the all-time record (technically only 36 too, or even one could argue he'd be the only octochamp in purely New 15, though there's a ton of different theories regarding this). That's something. Very well done again.
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Jordan F wrote:This is insane. All Giles has to do is score 93 tomorrow and win to break the all-time record (technically only 36 too, or even one could argue he's been the only champ in purely New 15, though there's a ton of different theories regarding this). That's something. Very well done again.
Interesting, what is the highest total for someone with seven consecutive wins and then one loss during an octorun? Also what does Giles have to score tomorrow to get to the magic 1000 mark?
I think I remember FOLLOWING being a conundrum quite recently, possibly with the same scramble, but for some reason I get no results at all when I search "following" in the Countdown Wiki. It's definitely been a conundrum in the past, does anyone know what's going on there?
Anyway, great stuff again Giles. In older times it was seen as something special when an octochamp would get 850 points in their 8 games, but you've gone and done it in 7! Ridiculous.
Jordan F wrote:This is insane. All Giles has to do is score 93 tomorrow and win to break the all-time record (technically only 36 too, or even one could argue he's been the only champ in purely New 15, though there's a ton of different theories regarding this). That's something. Very well done again.
Interesting, what is the highest total for someone with seven consecutive wins and then one loss during an octorun? Also what does Giles have to score tomorrow to get to the magic 1000 mark?
In order, I believe that's Steve Baines in about the 750s, and 146. (So basically, he'd have to tie or beat the all time one game record to break 1000.)
Innis Carson wrote:I think I remember FOLLOWING being a conundrum quite recently, possibly with the same scramble, but for some reason I get no results at all when I search "following" in the Countdown Wiki. It's definitely been a conundrum in the past, does anyone know what's going on there?
Anyway, great stuff again Giles. In older times it was seen as something special when an octochamp would get 850 points in their 8 games, but you've gone and done it in 7! Ridiculous.
Jordan F wrote:This is insane. All Giles has to do is score 93 tomorrow and win to break the all-time record (technically only 36 too, or even one could argue he's been the only champ in purely New 15, though there's a ton of different theories regarding this). That's something. Very well done again.
Interesting, what is the highest total for someone with seven consecutive wins and then one loss during an octorun? Also what does Giles have to score tomorrow to get to the magic 1000 mark?
In order, I believe that's Steve Baines in about the 750s, and 146. (So basically, he'd have to tie or beat the all time one game record to break 1000.)
