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Countdown Team wrote:

Jack Worsley wrote:I doubt it after this one. It'll be a long time before there's another tournament like this, if ever.

Indeed, never to be repeated.

That's put a big dampener on it

Ah well, makes it more memorable that there's just the one, I guess.

Countdown Team wrote:

Jack Worsley wrote:I doubt it after this one. It'll be a long time before there's another tournament like this, if ever.

Indeed, never to be repeated.

Of course, that's what everybody was saying after Series 33, too.

Never say never. If Countdown is still on in say 15 years, it could easily happen again.

Series 100: The Tournament of the CENTURY

Most are missing my point, when is the next 'normal' Champion of Champions?

'They' still had Champion of Champions either side-ish of Series 33...

Since the last Champion of Champions (XIII), surely CofCs XIV will happen at some point???

Dave Preece wrote:Most are missing my point, when is the next 'normal' Champion of Champions?

'They' still had Champion of Champions either side-ish of Series 33...

Since the last Champion of Champions (XIII), surely CofCs XIV will happen at some point???

Well, he who works upstairs doesn't like the idea of CoC's any more, so he created this, basically so we could stop harassing him about it. (It just happened that the 30th anniversary happened to be at the same time too. )

But, it seems unlikely that they'll be a regular CoC again, unless we do some sort of begging spree or something of the like.

James Robinson wrote:

Dave Preece wrote:Most are missing my point, when is the next 'normal' Champion of Champions?

'They' still had Champion of Champions either side-ish of Series 33...

Since the last Champion of Champions (XIII), surely CofCs XIV will happen at some point???

Well, he who works upstairs doesn't like the idea of CoC's any more, so he created this, basically so we could stop harassing him about it. (It just happened that the 30th anniversary happened to be at the same time too. )

But, it seems unlikely that they'll be a regular CoC again, unless we do some sort of begging spree or something of the like.

Given this recent development, would it be worth editing the CoC article on the wiki to put it in the past tense (i.e., "The Championship of Champions was a tournament held every 3-4 years on the show...")?

Quite!

Johnny Canuck wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

Dave Preece wrote:Most are missing my point, when is the next 'normal' Champion of Champions?

'They' still had Champion of Champions either side-ish of Series 33...

Since the last Champion of Champions (XIII), surely CofCs XIV will happen at some point???

Well, he who works upstairs doesn't like the idea of CoC's any more, so he created this, basically so we could stop harassing him about it. (It just happened that the 30th anniversary happened to be at the same time too. )

But, it seems unlikely that they'll be a regular CoC again, unless we do some sort of begging spree or something of the like.

Given this recent development, would it be worth editing the CoC article on the wiki to put it in the past tense (i.e., "The Championship of Champions was a tournament held every 3-4 years on the show...")?

Not really. You never know what's happening in the future. But you could remove the 3-4 years bit, since it wasn't always 3-4 years anyway.

Gavin Chipper wrote:Not really. You never know what's happening in the future. But you could remove the 3-4 years bit, since it wasn't always 3-4 years anyway.

Isn't *

Jon O'Neill wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:Not really. You never know what's happening in the future. But you could remove the 3-4 years bit, since it wasn't always 3-4 years anyway.

Isn't *

Of course! Forgot myself there.

I've only got round to watching this just now. What an awesome game. As stupid as it seems to say it I'm actually quite emotional watching the ending as you see tears well up in Jono's eyes as he realises the enormity of his win. Great performance, great episode and well done Nick for not saying "You be sure of it" all week!

Kirk Bevins wrote:I've only got round to watching this just now. What an awesome game. As stupid as it seems to say it I'm actually quite emotional watching the ending as you see tears well up in Jono's eyes as he realises the enormity of his win. Great performance, great episode and well done Nick for not saying "You be sure of it" all week!

It's quite weird, because I "felt" that win more than any of the others this tournament so far.

Phil did a good job of stopping Nick from saying "You be sure of it" and it's a shame that the better DC guest got knocked out in the semis by Jenny Eclair though. Phil Hammond is one of the few I don't fast forward.

Kirk Bevins wrote:. . . you see tears well up in Jono's eyes as he realises the enormity of his win.

Quite amusing for a pedant like me.

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:03 pm

Andy Platt wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:

Didn't notice this - great comment

No it isn't, they're both equally legitimate pronunciations, so fuck off the lot of you.

I like how other people were having a dig at your pronunciation beforehand but just being polite about it:

Jojo Apollo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:56 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote: Even going into the conundrum I still didn't doubt that Jack would beat you to it so to hear you buzz I thought "he must have it wrong!". And then I thought you had as I thought "you need two H's for ECHOSPHERE!!" but of course that was my stupidity.

That was my exact thinking too with the two H's

I also like how both players did the massively complicated showboaty way of getting to 125 in the first numbers instead of just doing 100+25.

I've been watching these games with an eye on picking my favourite of the tournament as can be seen here. This game was certainly up there. Being a max game arguably helps, but is also arguably irrelevant because you wouldn't normally know it's a max game until afterwards.

I had OUTRAKES in R11 - I wonder when this became valid as clearly wasn't when broadcast. Is there any way to check words historically?

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 3:27 pm I also like how both players did the massively complicated showboaty way of getting to 125 in the first numbers instead of just doing 100+25.

Not showboaty, just good practice.

Only a numpty makes 125 by 100 + 25. You're left with useless larges if you do so. Use 75 + 50, and you can make a 4 if needed

Adam Dexter wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:47 pm I had OUTRAKES in R11 - I wonder when this became valid as clearly wasn't when broadcast. Is there any way to check words historically?

I had that and OUTLEARNT in another round which was presumably not valid at the time.

Adam Dexter wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:49 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 3:27 pm I also like how both players did the massively complicated showboaty way of getting to 125 in the first numbers instead of just doing 100+25.

Not showboaty, just good practice.

Only a numpty makes 125 by 100 + 25. You're left with useless larges if you do so. Use 75 + 50, and you can make a 4 if needed

I know that really - it wasn't a serious comment - but in any case it's a simple enough method that you can do it either way.

An additional advantage of doing 75 + 50 is that you get to watch Rachel awkwardly convert the "1" that she's prematurely written on the whiteboard into a "7"

Quarter-Final 2 2020 Word Update

The max would have increased by TWELVE (from 122 to 134), if played today, as there were 8's available in Rounds 3 & 11, as well as a 9 in Round 2, that weren't available in 2013.

That also would've meant that Jon's MAX GAME would've gone very quickly...

New Words Now Allowed:

R2: OUTLEARNT (increases MAX from 8 to 18!!)
R3: POETIZER, POETRIZE, TROPEINE (increases MAX from 7 to 8)
R4: OPALISE
R7: PEROSIS, POISERS, POWISES, PROSSIE
R11: OUTRAKES (increases MAX from 7 to 8)
R12: TRAINEAU

I've just caught this on the Tuesday morning repeat, and I'd forgotten how much Phil Hammond's anecdotes were party political broadcasts.