Item Request

[Ben Wilson]

All the new features do indeed rock.

I'm thinking there are a few items missing from the list of collectables though. As a few people mentioned at the coc, getting a Rex on a stick by hammering him in a conundrum attack is all well and good, but beating him in a 9 or 15 rounder deserves special recognition. Perhaps a 'special rex on a stick' or something?

Likewise, why are Darrens not recorded? You could even have awards for double and triple darrens- as infrequently as they come up.

Something for a perfect game too wouldn't go amiss.

I'm only saying this because I recently, finally figured out how pencils got awarded. Use the new features and you may work it out too.

Forum thread request: Item request?

[Charlie Reams]

I figure that people will always have new ideas for items, so having a thread just for that would be no bad idea. Do your worst.

[Joseph Bolas]

I'm thinking there are a few items missing from the list of collectables though. As a few people mentioned at the coc, getting a Rex on a stick by hammering him in a conundrum attack is all well and good, but beating him in a 9 or 15 rounder deserves special recognition. Perhaps a 'special rex on a stick' or something?

You could also have a little icons for every time you come up with Coutdown regulars like LEOTARD and TANGELO etc also one for APTEROUS too

[Jimmy Gough]

I'm only saying this because I recently, finally figured out how pencils got awarded. Use the new features and you may work it out too.

Ok, I think I get it now.

[Joseph Bolas]

You could also have a trophy for gaming milestones (eg one for every say 500 games you play).

[Jon Corby]

You could also have a trophy for gaming milestones (eg one for every say 500 games you play).

But the count shouldn't include games against bots.

[Ian Volante]

Howsabout an icon representing Mr Hansford for conundrums solved in less than a second. Your ideas welcome for what it could be...

[Joseph Bolas]

How about items for when you come up with a 9-letter word and also a 12-letter word (excluding the Unlimited format).

[Jimmy Gough]

I think you should get an item just for beating Kirk.

[Ian Volante]

I think you should get an item just for beating Kirk.

Any octochamp too.

[Jimmy Gough]

I was thinking "Kirk-killer coin"

[Joseph Bolas]

I think you should get an item just for beating Kirk.

Any octochamp too.

To be more specific:

A prize for beating any Octochamp
A prize for beating any Quarterfinalist
A prize for beating any Series Winner

[Kirk Bevins]

I think you should get an item just for beating Kirk.

Any octochamp too.

To be more specific:

A prize for beating any Octochamp
A prize for beating any Quarterfinalist
A prize for beating any Series Winner

If you were to do prizes for these, scrap the middle one. Some quarter-finalists have only won like 3 games so is not worthy of a prize. Also supposing you beat a series winner, would you get all 3 prizes? On this thought, if you beat an octochamp, you're almost certainly beating the quarter finalist too as nearly every (if not every) octochamp in the history of Countdown was a quarter finalist, so you might as well scrap the quarter finalist option.

[Kai Laddiman]

If you were to do prizes for these, scrap the middle one. Some quarter-finalists have only won like 3 games so is not worthy of a prize. Also supposing you beat a series winner, would you get all 3 prizes? On this thought, if you beat an octochamp, you're almost certainly beating the quarter finalist too as nearly every (if not every) octochamp in the history of Countdown was a quarter finalist, so you might as well scrap the quarter finalist option.

I think the Octochamp one sucks because everyone would be bragging about how many Kais on a Stick they have.

[Charlie Reams]

I might as well save you all the discussion by saying that there's no chance of me doing anything like that. Singling players out is bad. I know some players would be thoroughly embarrassed to have some kind of bounty on their head.

[Paul Howe]

Maybe an item for the game of the week winner, to encourage people to enter their games?

[Charlie Reams]

Maybe an item for the game of the week winner, to encourage people to enter their games?

Yes, good idea. Suggestions anyone?

[Kai Laddiman]

Maybe an item for the game of the week winner, to encourage people to enter their games?

Yes, good idea. Suggestions anyone?

A trophy................on a stick?

[Steven Briers]

Probably stating the bleeding obvious but maybe a diary or some sort of calendar.

[Kai Laddiman]

Probably stating the bleeding obvious but maybe a diary or some sort of calendar.

Yawn...

[Steven Briers]

Probably stating the bleeding obvious but maybe a diary or some sort of calendar.

Yawn...

I did say it was the bleeding obvious. Ok, how about the Fonz guy from Happy Days.

[Kevin Davis]

Probably stating the bleeding obvious but maybe a diary or some sort of calendar.

Yawn...

I did say it was the bleeding obvious. Ok, how about the Fonz guy from Happy Days.

Or an ice-cream dessert (ie a Sunday/e).

[Martin Gardner]

Martin Jarvis' head on a stick?

[Kevin Davis]

Martin Jarvis' head on a stick?

Because his anecdotes take a week to tell?

[Charlie Reams]

Winners of Aptobashes etc should finally find their rewards in their inventory from today.

[Ian Volante]

The Applet currently appears to be having issues with a blue egg amongst other things, I'm not sure this is completely the cause of its woes however!

[Andrew Feist]

A thought that may not be technically feasible: a chicken award for someone who types a valid 9 (or maybe a valid max) in the box, but chooses a lesser word instead. (You can then add a burnt chicken for such a person whose opponent then scores with the 9.)

[Charlie Reams]

A thought that may not be technically feasible: a chicken award for someone who types a valid 9 (or maybe a valid max) in the box, but chooses a lesser word instead. (You can then add a burnt chicken for such a person whose opponent then scores with the 9.)

That is a fucking good idea, and I'm willing to break some stuff to make it work. (I would've got one myself this morning )

[Matt Morrison]

A thought that may not be technically feasible: a chicken award for someone who types a valid 9 (or maybe a valid max) in the box, but chooses a lesser word instead. (You can then add a burnt chicken for such a person whose opponent then scores with the 9.)

That is a fucking good idea, and I'm willing to break some stuff to make it work. (I would've got one myself this morning )

I also think this is a fucking good idea, and I wish I'd declared earlier that it was a fucking good idea rather than waiting for Charlie to confirm that it is, indeed, a fucking good idea.

Charlie would have got the burnt chicken, and as such, I should have been rewarded with a big shiny pair of balls. As an item.