Series 47 episode 1 - my debut!

[Tom]

Hi guys, as promised I would find details of my Octochamp run from just over 7 years ago - hope you all enjoy.

Going through all the episodes and watching myself was nowhere near as cringeworthy as I imagined. Please bear in mind as well I have never done a review so if these look patchy I would appreciate tips greatly. Also as well in my games I have not put DC beaters in and have left you guys to fill in the blanks. I would also be most keen to find out what the max score is from each of my games and indeed my whole Octo run!.

So, lets get going then at my first attempt at a recap.

Countdown series 47 episode 1 broadcast December 26th 2001:

Champion Terance Carey - 1 win from Oldham
Challenger Tom Hargreaves - aged 16 from South East London
DC: Clare Pemberton and Geoffrey Durham.

Round 1: D S L E O I R N T

P1: SOLDIER
P2: STEROID
DC: EDITORS
Score 7-7

Round 2: G M C V A E O P S

P1: CAMEOS
P2: CAMEOS
DC: POMACE
Score 13-13

Round 3: F B F I E D A T L

P1: DETAIL
P2: DILATE
DC FLATBED
Score 19-19

Saw BAFFLED in the selection but thought it "too risky" oh well, it was my first game and I was only 16 - but probably old enough to know it would be in the dictionary!!!

Round 4: R N S H O E I W M

P1: INSHORE
P2: SHOWIER
DC: HEROISM
Score 26-26

Round 5: 25 7 1 9 4 10: 408

P1: 409: 10+7-1=16*25=400+9
P2: 409: 9+7*25=400+10-1=409
DC: 25-1=24*(10+7)
Score 33-33

Round 6: D T P R U A E C D

P1: CAPTURED
P2: CAPTURED
DC TRADUCED
Score 41-41

Round 7: S N L G O I A T G

P1: GLOATINGS x
P2: GLOATING
DC: -
Score 41-49

Round 8: R M F B E U A Q S

P1: FRAMES
P2: SQUARE
DC: SUBFRAME
Score 47-55

Round 9: X T N O E I L P R

P1: POINTER
P2: RETINOL
DC: TRIPLEX
Score 54-62

Round 10: 25, 8, 3, 4, 2, 10: 625

P1: 625 x
P2: 625: 10+8+4+3=25*25=625
DC -
Score 54-72

Round 11: F G V A E O D M S

P1: SAVED
P2: GAMES
DC: DOSAGE/FOAMED
Score 59-77

Round 12: T C H Y A E I N L

P1: ENTAIL
P2: CHATLINE
DC: LATENCY
RW: "I hope you don't use any do you?" me "just occassionally"
Score 59-85

Round 13: R D S T U A I E P

P1: PASTURED
P2: PASTURED
DC: UPRAISED
Score 67-93

Round 14: 25, 6, 2, 5, 7, 7: 551

P1: -
P2: 550: 7+7+6+2=22*25= 550
Score 67-100

Round 15: GIANTSOCC

P1: -
P2: ACCOSTING (2 secs)
Score 67-110

So there you go my first game and I'll get the rest up hopefully by the end of this week, hope you enjoyed reading.

It was a good game this and the scoreline was closer than it seemed. Terry was a half decent oppoent and would probably have won a fair few as would most of my other opponents. The GLOATINGS round was really tough cos I wasn't sure whether to go for it or not.

[Charlie Reams]

http://www.apterous.org/cdb/recapwriter.php would solve basically all of your problems.