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Will Ryan Taylor (no relation! - does anyone agree that he looks slightly like Charlie - not just the hair?) become the latest octochamp today?

Watch this space!

Julie T wrote:Will Ryan Taylor (no relation! - does anyone agree that he looks slightly like Charlie - not just the hair?) become the latest octochamp today?

Watch this space!

Another day, another spoiler opened before James Robinson posted. Tut tut.

Julie T wrote:Will Ryan Taylor - does anyone agree that he looks slightly like Charlie - not just the hair?

Jack Hurst appears to associate him more with another Podcastian member.

The first time I saw Ryan I thought he looked like Jono.

Davy Affleck wrote:Another day, another spoiler opened before James Robinson posted. Tut tut.

Does it matter if I don't start a spoiler thread, Davy?

Anyway, good luck to Ryan. A win with a score of around 80 will guarantee his place at the finals, which begin recording tomorrow, I believe. So wish I was going! DAMN

Amanda Lamb makes her DC debut today. Not quite sure what to expect from her, except some holiday tips presumably.

My maths suggests that assuming Ryan wins today, there'll be 17 shows left before the quarters, giving us enough time for 2 more octos, which means that the lowest placed octo might be eliminated! What a terrible thought!

But, let's not get ahead of ourselves, Ryan isn't an octo yet, but in around 3 hours time he might be.

James Robinson wrote:

Davy Affleck wrote:Another day, another spoiler opened before James Robinson posted. Tut tut.

Does it matter if I don't start a spoiler thread, Davy?

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Obviously

James Robinson wrote:Anyway, good luck to Ryan. A win with a score of around 80 will guarantee his place at the finals

Actually, a win with a score of 7 will guarantee his place at the finals. No idea where you get 80 from.

Phil Reynolds wrote: Actually, a win with a score of 7 will guarantee his place at the finals.

Haha, just imagine it. His opponent blanks every round and scores 0. Ryan is nervous as fuck and blanks every round too but manages to get RETAINS in a round containing NOTARISES. He wins 7-0 and makes the finals.

Kirk Bevins wrote:His opponent blanks every round and scores 0. Ryan is nervous as fuck and blanks every round too but manages to get RETAINS in a round containing NOTARISES. He wins 7-0 and makes the finals.

ZOMG SPOILERZ!!!

Phil Reynolds wrote:

James Robinson wrote:Anyway, good luck to Ryan. A win with a score of around 80 will guarantee his place at the finals

Actually, a win with a score of 7 will guarantee his place at the finals. No idea where you get 80 from.

Does it though - I haven't looked at the leaderboard but from the rest of James's post I think he's taking into account the fact that there is still time for 2 more octos - hence Ryan needs to overtake the current no.6, not just no.8.

Edit: Nope, just looked. Any win (even with a score of -13) should do it, shouldn't it?

Phil Reynolds wrote:

James Robinson wrote:Anyway, good luck to Ryan. A win with a score of around 80 will guarantee his place at the finals

Actually, a win with a score of 7 will guarantee his place at the finals. No idea where you get 80 from.

Even better. a win with a score of 6 gets him in, as he's got a better maximum score than Steve Wood.

Jon Corby wrote:Any win (even with a score of -13) should do it, shouldn't it?

Yes, you're right. I hadn't even noticed that Steve Wood's total after eight games is lower than Ryan's after seven - I was just going by the number of points he needs to overtake Jeffrey.

... and I'd said to myself 675 - 689 = 6

Phil Reynolds wrote:

James Robinson wrote:Anyway, good luck to Ryan. A win with a score of around 80 will guarantee his place at the finals

Actually, a win with a score of 7 will guarantee his place at the finals. No idea where you get 80 from.

I think I added an extra 0 to the statement. I seemed to think that he was still quite a bit behind Steve & Jeffrey. How wrong I was!

James Robinson wrote:I seemed to think that he was still quite a bit behind Steve & Jeffrey. How wrong I was!

I did say in my recap of Friday's game that Ryan only needs a winning score of 58 today to overtake Steve, Jeffrey and Brian. But no one takes any notice of me.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

James Robinson wrote:I seemed to think that he was still quite a bit behind Steve & Jeffrey. How wrong I was!

I did say in my recap of Friday's game that Ryan only needs a winning score of 58 today to overtake Steve, Jeffrey and Brian. But no one takes any notice of me.

Pardon?

D Eadie wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:

James Robinson wrote:I seemed to think that he was still quite a bit behind Steve & Jeffrey. How wrong I was!

I did say in my recap of Friday's game that Ryan only needs a winning score of 58 today to overtake Steve, Jeffrey and Brian. But no one takes any notice of me.

Pardon?

Damn, you stole my line and wasted one of those rare opportunities of me being anywhere remotely comical.

Ryan Wins
(or Vic?)

I always thought anyone could do a passable Mr Bean impression. How wrong can you be.

Phil Reynolds wrote:I always thought anyone could do a passable Mr Bean impression. How wrong can you be.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote: Actually, a win with a score of 7 will guarantee his place at the finals.

Haha, just imagine it. His opponent blanks every round and scores 0. Ryan is nervous as fuck and blanks every round too but manages to get RETAINS in a round containing NOTARISES. He wins 7-0 and makes the finals.

Bloody hell, this is like wank fodder for you, Beevins!

Phil Reynolds wrote:I always thought anyone could do a passable Mr Bean impression. How wrong can you be.

He is more like Mr Bean when he isn't trying his "impersonation"

First numbers, also 75 * (9-(9-1)/4)-3

As I am Thursday's contestant, and they were all recorded on the same day, I won't give anything away- but it was bloody raining all day in Manchester so don't know what Ms Lamb is on about saying it was "Sunny" - D'oh!

Yet another 1st numbers;

(75 + 9 + 3) x (9 + 1 - 4)

Wonder if they'll show a Scottish Widows ad during the break.

BESMEAR

Phil Reynolds wrote:Wonder if they'll show a Scottish Widows ad during the break.

They sometimes show double glazing ads

Sue Sanders wrote:

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote: Actually, a win with a score of 7 will guarantee his place at the finals.

Haha, just imagine it. His opponent blanks every round and scores 0. Ryan is nervous as fuck and blanks every round too but manages to get RETAINS in a round containing NOTARISES. He wins 7-0 and makes the finals.

Bloody hell, this is like wank fodder for you, Beevins!

Hmm is that like a weird hybrid of a handsome, word game playing machine and a guy who plays darts?

Kirk Bevins wrote:

D Eadie wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:I did say in my recap of Friday's game that Ryan only needs a winning score of 58 today to overtake Steve, Jeffrey and Brian. But no one takes any notice of me.

Pardon?

Damn, you stole my line and wasted one of those rare opportunities of me being anywhere remotely comical.

Time's up and Damian Eadie was the only person to get it; he solved it in 60.0 seconds and receives 3 points.

Rd 12 equaller POTJIES

Damn. When the time ran out on the conundrum I thought, oh good, we'll get to see whether the audience today were mainly pensioners (as Nick Gates averred) or students (as Damian rebutted). But it wasn't to be.

Anyway, Vic seemed to be a thoroughly decent chap (despite being useless at impersonations). Congratulations to Ryan on becoming no. 4 seed in your most relaxed game yet.

(Oh, and BARONET to equal DC in round 1, and DOPIEST in round 12.)

A stinker of a conundrum that I missed in the studio, but, funnily:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 58#r726358 (look who it was against too!)

Well done Ryan on octoing out. Solid performances with yet another century score.

Also, is it raining in Manchester now? If it is then since Amanda said it's always sunny some viewers would be a tad confused!

Edit: Did anyone else notice Jeff saying how Ryan had notched up 624 points? Dunno if I misheard this but this was clearly wrong.

Craig Beevers wrote:
Hmm is that like a weird hybrid of a handsome, word game playing machine and a guy who plays darts?

I didn't know you played darts, Craig?

Was todays player this guy?

http://www.apterous.org/viewuser.php?user=3148

Ian Dent wrote:Was todays player this guy?

http://www.apterous.org/viewuser.php?user=3148

Err, no, why?
His name is Ryan Vickers, not Vic Lennard.

Are you this guy?
http://www.apterous.org/viewuser.php?user=381

Kirk Bevins wrote:Did anyone else notice Jeff saying how Ryan had notched up 624 points? Dunno if I misheard this but this was clearly wrong.

I didn't notice at the time but you're right, Jeff did say that for some reason. However, someone obviously redid the sums during the show because 624 + 103 would have put him only at no. 5 seed, not 4 as Jeff correctly mentioned at the end.

Ryan Vickers is a very nice guy, he has been in lots of game shows (Both sides of the Atlantic) he's a fascinating character. You meet some interesting people in the Countdown studios, don't you think?

Alright Kirk, no need to be so aggresive.

Oh, I forgot to put a beater for round 3:

CREAKILY.

Did Amanda say YEARLY? If so, there was only one y in that round. (The one with RELEASE)

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Did Amanda say YEARLY? If so, there was only one y in that round. (The one with RELEASE)

Yes she did. I noted that down (mentally) as an error when in the studio. Thought they might edit it out but I suppose it's not that big a deal.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Did Amanda say YEARLY? If so, there was only one y in that round. (The one with RELEASE)

Yes she did. I noted that down (mentally) as an error when in the studio. Thought they might edit it out but I suppose it's not that big a deal.

In the studio again Kirk? Definitely after a job...!

3-D countdown would be cool.

Congratulations, Ryan, on becoming an octochamp. Look forward to seeing you in the finals. Shame you missed so many conundrums (the one you did get was the only one I got too!) as this could be your downfall in the finals. Good luck!

Kirk Bevins wrote:Edit: Did anyone else notice Jeff saying how Ryan had notched up 624 points? Dunno if I misheard this but this was clearly wrong.

Yes, he definitely did. When I heard him say that I thought I must've got the leaderboard wrong, but it couldn't be that out.

Congratulations, Ryan, on your octochampdom!

(Having started the thread, and intending watching it as transmitted for a change, a furniture delivery came, so I had to deal with that, and then Virgin Media Catch Up effed up.)

Good luck in the finals this week, Ryan (sorry I can't be there ), although Innis will be difficult for anyone to beat.

AnnieHall wrote:Ryan Vickers is a very nice guy, he has been in lots of game shows (Both sides of the Atlantic) he's a fascinating character. You meet some interesting people in the Countdown studios, don't you think?

Oooh, Annie, does your new avatar mean that you've made your Countdown appearance(s)? Cool!