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Darren Carter wrote:I vaguely remember a word round when a vicar was on the show when neither had it written down but both said the same word. I think Jeff mentioned something about being able to trust a vicar or something similar.

It rings a bell. (An Inspector Calls, by JB Priestley)

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Kirk Bevins wrote:I noticed Jeff kept saying that whoever sat in the champion's chair had "won the toss". Not sure if that matters but I'm sure most people who win the toss would sit in the challenger's chair.

Anal geek alert.

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The was one (a numbers round) in my game against Innis, and no-one was asked to write anything down. The way it was edited made it look as though I'd tried to cheat, whereas in real time it would have been clear I hadn't. So I'm interested to know what the current strategy is and whether it's been ...

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If neither writes their word down, we do ask both to do so then we retake the round coming off the clock. Does this apply to numbers rounds as well? If so, when did you start? Yes numbers too. We started doing this once we'd figured out how to get around it. I think the first time it happened it ca...

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Two simple things they could do. There should be no hint as to the acceptability of the first player's word until the second player has given his. If neither player has written their word down, then both should be asked to do so. (Quick edit. Would it be an idea to ask anyone who has not written th...

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Andy Wilson wrote:
D Eadie wrote:
Disturbia. (And no Dinos, it's not a conundrum)
Is it r u bad?

That's an absurditi

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Regarding the declaration order, if both declare a seven and one of them says it's risky, do they still always go to the risky one first (I think they used to)? I don't think it really makes sense to do this. Saying something is risky is just something extra they add. No-one needs to know and it sh...

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The problem is I couldn't tell, because I haven't seen you or any of the other finalists stood up, so I can't tell the height of all you lot. We'll add it to the application form.......'PLEASE STATE YOUR HEIGHT'. We'll put it next to the 'INTERESTING NICKNAMES?' box, i think. As for the ginger brea...

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Ahem.
The game i looked at contained all-maxes.
What i meant to say was, why do non-max words appear in bold?
Anyway, it was still a max game, so there were no non-max words.
I'll just go away.

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Not sure if its just me, but maxes no longer appear in BOLD when looking back at the details of the game.

Ps- i put the word 'bold' in bold, just for nuisance value. Getting more like James Robinson every day.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote: He doesn't lick, he likes.
Ah, very clever.
Is it?

Not everything complimentary is sycophancy. No wonder this place gets called negative.

Disturbia. (And no Dinos, it's not a conundrum)

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Kirk Bevins wrote: I don't think DesO was very consistent with this but Jeff certainly is.

DesO never quite got it, despite our best efforts.

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My own votes, presuming i'd be allowed three.....

C4Countdown
Apterous
Jon Gaunt

Ps - one of these it not strictly true.

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the placing of Origins of Words Would just like to make it clear that this isn't something I dislike about Countdown - far from it. Was just a question, thats all. There honestly isn't anything I dislike about Countdown at all - I love the programme!! :D Blame the title of the thread. Sensible feed...

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the placing of Origins of Words Would just like to make it clear that this isn't something I dislike about Countdown - far from it. Was just a question, thats all. There honestly isn't anything I dislike about Countdown at all - I love the programme!! :D It's a perfectly valid question and one that...

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Apterous is killing Countdown!!! Negativity is killing this forum :o That's a very negative thing to say. It's getting more like Digital Spy here every week, which is VERY negative. We still get stacks of letters and emails from viewers every week. Have yet to have anything negative about Jon Gaunt...

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Michael Wallace wrote: Apterous is killing Countdown!!!

Negativity is killing this forum

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"Can i have an inverted J please Rachel"? I take it my attempt at 'banter' when offering Rachel any 4 large of her choice, which seemed to confuse her a bit when she repeated it, was looked upon very dimly from the gallery then. :P Not at all Jeffrey, that's pretty straight-forward really...

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The placing of the 'Origin of Words' section, why not have it after the second numbers round, and just before the adverts (as with the dictionary guest slot after the first numbers round), instead of before the second numbers round, as it is now, it breaks up the rhythm of the flow of the game a bi...

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James Robinson wrote:
D Eadie wrote:"Can i have an inverted J please Rachel"?
How many people have ever asked for an inverted J (Or even a normal J for that matter)

I may have been close with a K & C, but a J

You'll see it in 2010, mid to late January.

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Incidentally, of the things i mostly dislike about Countdown, not one of them is listed as an option in the poll. Just shows how we are all different. James Robinson. :? The Q tile that's wasted without a U. Contestants who give one-word replies when spoken to by Jeff. Contestants who pick the same...

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Hope you do indeed remain part of the forum, Phil.

I enjoy the odd joust with you from time to time.

If not, then take care and god speed.

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I was initially suprised that Rachel's diction has cme into question, but my mum (she is 80) reckons her F's sound like S's. But I am always transfixed to the screen when Rachel is on,so I never notice. Haha - it's all coming full circle again. I did say above that once certain gripes are ironed ou...

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You're right, of course, Damian, but I did not write the list of possible dislikes - I just joined in. You have the devil's job trying to please everyone but I am clearly not alone in feeling that Gaunt isn't gaunt at all - he is fat and opinionated. I also promise I will stop now and never mention...

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Countdown's absolute biggest prob is the choice of DC guests. Because you personally don't happen to like some of them? Oh for a world where everyone has the same tastes as you. Wouldn't it be nice. :? I'd like to think that people were mature enough and rational enough to accept that we all have v...

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There's a problem with Hyper numbers. When you enter your declaration and the clock runs down, it hangs and doesn't ask you to input your solution, sometimes never at all and other times it takes 4 or 5 minutes to kick into that phase of play. I've had to quit a few games as i've waited for ages an...

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Above post appeared twice so have edited it out. May as well use this space to wish all Apterous and Forumites a happy xmas from all at Countdown. Exciting events to look forward to in 2010, including our 5000th show and the possibility of some specials, although we're still waiting on the green lig...

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I'd love to go, but there's a high risk, nay a certainty, that most of you will bore the fuck out of me, so i'll go to watch James Robinson's show instead.

http://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/cgi/e ... late&a=483

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Edit - i was, and i still remembered. Oh, and the bit where you asked me to recite all the 9-letter words that you had during your run, but in a French womans voice. "Reedlings......" etc, all very bizarre. I thought it was in a Spanish woman's voice. You're clearly mistaken. Either way, ...

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Apologies if you're already aware of this Charlie. There's a problem with Hyper numbers. When you enter your declaration and the clock runs down, it hangs and doesn't ask you to input your solution, sometimes never at all and other times it takes 4 or 5 minutes to kick into that phase of play. I've ...

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Given that Sir Bevins dropped the damned thing in the middle of the road shortly after winning it, i'm not sure it would have been a good idea at all. :) Did I? It was in its box still wasn't it? I hope that's a joke as I don't remember this... Crossing the road after leaving the Thai restaurant. T...

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In response to widespread complaints about yesterday's spoliers, I'll be brief. Today's match is No.2 Seed vs. No.7 Seed, Chris Davies vs. Steve Wood. Dr. Phil's in DC for the last time this decade, but hopefully not the last time ever. Enjoy the show. ;) I don't think it was widespread but you cer...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote: Won't you at least get the chance to hand the trophy over to the new champion.
That would have been ace!

Given that Sir Bevins dropped the damned thing in the middle of the road shortly after winning it, i'm not sure it would have been a good idea at all.

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I think a whole lot worse could have been said. I could've said, she shouldn't bother to turn up. That would be insulting on a super high scale. I might sound nasty at times, but compared to what I say to other people, I would say that was pretty mild. Yes and you could have said nothing, therefore...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:Evil conundrum Damo.
Yeah it was. Only me and Innis had our hands up in the audience and we were told we couldn't be on TV. Oh well.

We'd not got time for all the make-up Kirk.

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Since I'm here now, maybe I should go a bit more in depth with our contestants, so we can have a reasonable idea of what we might be expecting today. Oh for crying out loud, give it a bloody rest man. Just stop. All of it. It's gone to far. It's over. No more. Done. Ended. Enough. Please. Pretty pl...

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Marc Meakin wrote:Evil conundrum Damo.

Never mind, they get easier as we progress towards the final.

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James Robinson wrote:Since I'm here now, maybe I should go a bit more in depth with our contestants, so we can have a reasonable idea of what we might be expecting today.

Oh for crying out loud, give it a bloody rest man.
Just stop.
All of it.
It's gone to far.
It's over.
No more.
Done.
Ended.
Enough.
Please.

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Jim Treloar wrote:First quarter (and second) recorded on the afternoon of Tuesday Nov 17th - as was yesterday's last one of the prelims.

Ahh, thanks for that. I knew it must have been a Tuesday.

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Well at last, the moment that we've all arrived for has been waiting. Well, not for some of you who were in the audience as you've already seen what has happened, but anyway on with the real business of the day, I really can't wait for this. It's the first quarter-final today and we can expect to se...

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James Robinson wrote:Well, we have reached the end of the preliminaries of Series 61, well by the end of the day we will have anyway.

Inspiring stuff. The Daily Mail beckons.

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It's not really that important to be honest. We're not going to break the flow of the show for an upside down letter, unless of course it's an F or something that renders itself unreadable. The V has now been replaced also, but it was hardly a big loss. But I suppose the point is that there wouldn'...

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Argh, running all the selections through a solver it turns out if the W in round 7 was an M (which it should have been) I'd have had a max game. As it was a W I missed the max in that round and only managed 14. Frustrating. On the W v M thing, my question is that if is important and I guess, in the...

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Damian Eadie (1994) and John Eadie (1997) ???

No relation.

James Robinson wrote:(If I'm boring you, please complain.)

Will it make any difference?

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She's giving up her right to bare arms.

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James Robinson wrote:Jon Gaunt hasn't been the most liked of DC guests

Based on what, 6 or 7 posts on here?
We had a peak audience of 1.3million yesterday. Get real.

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You've already conceded that 25% of games are unlosable, 25% are unwinnable, and 50% are down to skill.
So effectively 50% of the games are actually based on skill, 50% are based on luck.
Enough said. You may as well start tossing coins IMO.

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Stewart Holden once told me that over a lengthy tournament against players of roughly the same skill, 25% of games will be unwinnable, 25% of games will, barring some serious mental cock-ups, be unlosable, and 50% of games will be a test of skill. It's just the nature of the game- and it's no coinc...

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The guy in the final lost by 370 pts. That's absurd and probably his biggest defeat ever i'd bet. With the letters you pick out, you could potentially play a max game in terms of pts scored in relation to plays available, but still lose badly to an opponent who misses several maxes, but can play QI ...

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...... We've not had 1 letter, 1 email or 1 call protesting at the apperances of Jon Gaunt, nor are we expecting any. I don't think we had any last time he was on either. Sorry to disappoint you, but he'll be back in 2010. Thank you, sir. I now feel rather put down. Can no notice be taken of commen...

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I totally agree with Kirk. It's very strange to have a World Championship of anything whereby the contestants / participants don't have a level playing field. This years competition is littered with participants from countries where English IS NOT their first language. Makes perfect sense. I'd love ...

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I will add that it seem that the popularity rating of Jon Gaunt seem to have shattered the floor. Would I be right in suggesting this :?: Hard to tell, given that your sentence doesn't make any sense. We've not had 1 letter, 1 email or 1 call protesting at the apperances of Jon Gaunt, nor are we ex...

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It seems that Jon Gaunt is still dividing opinions among fellow forumites, especially after his talk about food yesterday, but I'm still on the "not so sure" side of things about him. Still, we could always plead to Damian to bring on a journalist who is the direct opposite to Gaunt. Any ...

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James Robinson wrote:We're on Wednesday now

No shit, most helpful.

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I was one point behind as we went to a crucial conundrum. Smugly, though, I recalled overhearing Damian telling Kate that he'd chosen the scramble - and its solution - especially for me. The board turned over... and I stared at the letters in mounting dismay as the seconds ticked away: HESALOSER I ...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:there's some kind of enjoyment of posting beaters when solved yourself.

I hope you're using the word 'enjoyment' in the loosest possible way?

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Hopefully this will beat James Robinson's attempt to post the earliest "winter's here - it's official" spoiler, and so thwart his attempt to have the earliest day/month/season/year/decade spoilers. It's snowing outside my window just now so it's officially winter as of today. I won't be o...

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Sue Sanders wrote:So, how far up Jon GUNTFLAPS Gaunt's arse will Jeff be putting his tongue today?

Have you ever tried writing poetry?

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Richard Brittain wrote:Aren't oversexed people generally more angry?

You must be positively furious.

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It started this morning, minus 2 when i got in my car and windscreen / doors frozen shut.

*Another sentence without the letter V*

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