Best ever contestants

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Jon O'Neill
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Jamie Weisenberg wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 5:01 pm Who is the best ever contestant on TV Countdown that isn't involved/is completely oblivious of the professional scene ? By professional, I mean Apterous, CO-events, ZoomDowns etc ..
Scott Mearns, Harvey Freeman, Allan Saldanha.
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Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 11:54 am
Jamie Weisenberg wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 5:01 pm Who is the best ever contestant on TV Countdown that isn't involved/is completely oblivious of the professional scene ? By professional, I mean Apterous, CO-events, ZoomDowns etc ..
Scott Mearns, Harvey Freeman, Allan Saldanha.
I think the question was about contestants of the post-Apto era, though doubtless those three would still do alright today. Darryl Francis hammered most of us when he turned up on the Countdowners daily thread a couple of years back
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Darryl Francis has been on Apterous. Also being a Scrabbler seems a bit of a loophole here.
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I think the Scrabbling is fine, although I will say I'm garnering more respect toward the people who do well sans Apterous.
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Today's contestant Arthur is pretty good .. only 16 years old. 5 more to go for octo.
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^^^Probably best saved for the daily spoilers thread.
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Best not for ability but watchability was Hansford
His final against Craig Beevers was legendary
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I just looked at Ronan's wiki page https://wiki.apterous.org/Series_87
Some insane stats from this guy!

- Lowest score is 110. Has any series champ done better than that?
- Highest score of 150 which was in the GF!
- Maxed 2 games in a single series (Has any other player done this?)
- Insanely high Octo score.

For me, this is the most impressive set of stats for a series Champ. Fair to say he has a shot at GOATdom in his CoC.
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Yeah, I'd definitely say Ronan has had the best individual series. But the curse of the 1000 club may yet get him in the CoC!
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JackHurst wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 10:19 am - Lowest score is 110. Has any series champ done better than that?
Luke Johnson-Davies 112, Tom Stevenson 116, Zarte 111
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116?!
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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 11:59 am116?!
Yep, that was in the grand final too. 117 in his octorun. Scoring in every round will do that for you
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