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Jordan F

Sorry this thread is cutting it close, for some reason I thought James still was able to do Tuesday spoilers. I'll be brief today. Mark Murphy has gotten to 4 wins in somewhat weak, but memorable fashion. Can he get the 5th today? Still in dictionary corner this week is former cricket player and cap...

Jordan F

Eh, personal taste I suppose, I do exaggerate my actual opinion of it in this for the sake of humor, but I just find it boring personally. Apologies if I made my opinion seemed a bit too widespread, just meant to be a comedic exaggeration of my own opinion.

Jordan F

(Sorry Matt, I'm groggy today so my form may not be on 100%) Because we have a contestant who may or may not be a time lord, as we learned in yesterday's program, today we have a spoiler that reads like a Doctor Who preview. Mark Murphy, who is in his second win and regeneration on Countdown (Who wa...

Jordan F

And now, a poem. As we play with letters and numerical digits, With new host Nick Hewer, who one can say fidgets As he continues this week without his sidekick Jack With new champion Mark Murphy, who hasn't Worsley's skill or hair, ack! As we still wait for Hewer to get a medium rare steak, We have ...

Jordan F

People, it's been an interesting run for Nick Hewer so far, but I think you all need to brace yourselves. This man, who's already under immense pressure as is, has to deal with his biggest test so far. A test that is so arduous, that it can break a man, even a man who's had as much boardroom experie...

Jordan F

I'm groggy today, so no attempts of humor in the spoiler today, I apologize. Jack Worsley has had an impressive few days on Countdown so far, averaging just over 104 points per game with 5 centuries out of 5. Can he keep it going today? This also wraps up Nick Hewer's first full week as host of Coun...

Jordan F

In honor of James' style, somewhat: Countdown still strong: :D Jack Worsley at 4 wins: 8-) Fifth win coming: :?: Nick Hewer's 4th show: :) More mice in pants: :?: :o :cry: Paul Zenon still in DC: 8-) More card and slight of hand tricks :?: :roll: Make Jersey Shore disappear: :?: 8-) Robbo Recap Late...

Jordan F

American spoiler thread time. Some crucial questions from today's show: Can Jack Worsley get win number 4 today and improve on his 106 average? How will Nick Hewer continue to develop in the host chair in his third show? Does he like his steak rare or well done? Can Paul Zenon use magic to fix Ameri...

Jordan F

In one of those interesting fun facts, Phyllis, as the last champion to lose, finishes as the number 9 ranked contestant of the series. Has that ever happened before where someone literally finished that close to being in the finals (without actually making it)?

Jordan F

And as has been discussed already, we do now officially have our final 8 set now that Kirsten has lost.

Jordan F

My picks, game by game: MD vs DB: Mark by 30-40 GC vs NR: Graeme by 15-20 PK vs DT: Paul by 25-30 CW vs JW: Jayne by 10-15 Semi 1: MD vs JW: Mark by 15-20 Semi 2: GC vs PK: Graeme on a crucial Final: MD vs GC: Mark by 15-20* *I actually think who ever had control of the board will be VERY critical i...

Jordan F

Two spoiler threads, one show.

I'm going to leave this up here just for the hilarity of that fact.

(Side note, I don't think this was intentional, just a matter of timing)

Jordan F

A new week on Countdown.

David Butcher is half way there, can he make it five today? If he does not, another David, Dave Taylor, is automatically in the finals.

In Dictionary Corner is some guy I don't know, but he has a hyphen, so I'm impressed, Mark Durden-Smith.

Join Rhys for the recap later.

Jordan F

How close are we from Dave Taylor clinching a finals place?

Jordan F

...Beryl's 81? I wouldn't have guessed.

Jordan F

Unless I misread the selection, TRAIPSED for a DC equaller in round 3.

Jordan F

Perhaps the only time I can say I've gotten a DC beater, even though who knows if there's better:

CHAISE in the CHAOS round.

Jordan F

Spoilers be in the white text:

Unlucky there James, seemed like an overall low scoring round that you got just the worst of it. Hoping for better luck on Monday.

Jordan F

The only sad thing about today is we lose one apterite from consideration one way or the other, a win by Nikki today would knock out our own Drew Halliburton from contention.

Jordan F

Well, since James isn't willing going to help out Corby here it seems, I"ll do the task. 206 points or more will get her the number 2 seed, and 217 or more will get her the number 1. As to why James would conceal this information from Corby, I can think of 3 options. A. The spirits of Huddersfi...

Jordan F

Yes according to lexplorer.

Jordan F

After Dave Taylor became an octochamp yesterday, we have two new contestants today. Who will rise to the occasion, and will they become the next octochamp?

Join Mike Brown for the recap sometime in the near future.

Jordan F

We have an exciting day here on Countdown today. Not only could Dave Taylor become an octochamp today, but if he does so, he will be the first non-apterite octochamp since Brian Selway all the way back in October of 2009, a gap of nearly two years. exciting stuff methinks. Join Rhys and his dancing ...

Jordan F

Dave Taylor continues to fly with 6 wins under his belt, and seems to be locked into the number 3 seed for right now, unless he can some how average over 153 points per game in the next two. Can he make his position more solid with win number 7 today? James is not here still, so join....somebody...f...

Jordan F

After defeating our own Andy Wilson, Dave Taylor now has 5 wins under his belt. Can he get the 6th win today and move definitively into the number 3 slot?

Join who I believe will be Liam for the recap later.

Jordan F

It's a new week on Countdown, and why not start it off with a dose of American in the spoiler thread? After an up and down week, Dave Taylor has 4 wins to his name. He'll try to make it 5 today, but I believe he might have a hurdle by the name of Andy Wilson today. Joining the usual suspects in dict...

Jordan F

Hey all,

Been real busy, and am travelling today, won't be back until almost midnight Tuesday your time. Will update then.

Jordan F

Thomas Carey wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 3180338140

I beat Supee, would have been a new pb if i was playing prune , which means i now have TWO games against Steve Balog. Should we play 2 seperate ones or just play one and then whoever wins wins both?

Please do two separate games.

Jordan F

Alright. So, with the whole tournament system thing not panning out, and me realizing that I probably should have done more to let players know about matches, I'm going to make a call and extend this round 1 by a week.

Jordan F

I'll edit specific results later...today your time, tomorrow mine, and I'll need some time to make a call with the no show matches. I'll be fairly flexible in a lot of them because I think a lot of people were depending on the tournament system, which never came through.

Jordan F

Speaking of Taymar, she is the first female contestant all series. That shocks me that it took this long to get even one.

Jordan F

U1400 Round 1:

Sophie Krol 34- 83 Jordan F

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 9456846507

Sophie kept me on my toes for a good while, I think I just got lucky about half way through. I move on to play John Gillies.

Jordan F

Nice comeback Mark, coming back from Jon's 9 and the outsets debacle, and you never seemed to lose your composure.

Jordan F

If Jonathan had stuck an A in front of scribed, he could have had ASCRIBED for 8.

Jordan F

Open:

Jordan F 93- James Leroux 67

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 1143068209

I honestly was worried that I'd have blown it at some points due to not going for it on gambles, but I ended up holding on, good effort from James. I move on to play Innis.

Jordan F

Here we go. It's time to reveal the match-ups in all of the brackets the 2011 Summer Knockout. This is still waiting for approval in the tournament system, so for now, you must post the results of your games on this thread. EDIT: If games have been decided, I will bold the winner, and also in the op...

Jordan F

Not a good day for me today, raw score of just 77, and both both contestants would have beaten me.

Jordan F

Drew Halliburton will be signing up from Apterous.

EDIT: As will Andy Wilson in all 3 he's eligible for.

EDIT THE SECOND: As will Lauren Hamer in the open and U1400.

Jordan F

Nice comeback from Jon.

Played along against both of the contestants today, would have beaten both barely, assuming John wouldn't have gotten the conundrum. I had 82-81 over John and 89-84 over Jon.

Jordan F

2nd numbers alternate:
100-9=91
91x10=910

3rd numbers alternate:
75+50=125
125/25=5
5x4=20
100+20=120

Jordan F

Alternate 999 that actually came to my mind before the obvious way

7-6=1
100+10+1=111
111x9=999

Jordan F

General note/question for historians

We're 4.2 weeks into the series, we only have 5 people on the leaderboard, and all of them have at least 3 wins. Has there ever been a series with a start like this of only a few very successful players?

Jordan F

Can't say I got 859, but I'm shocked neither of the contestants got the fairly obvious 860.

Jordan F

Quick note: Today's challenger is the apterite Declan Hayes.

Jordan F

Oh hi everybody, I would like to test run a game here called Think Different, which other people created and successfully used on another forum I frequent. The rules: For each question, you must come up with a correct answer that you think the least number of participants in this game will say. When...

Jordan F

Another sign up from Apterous, Andy Platt at 1098 will sign up for the open, U1400, and U1200.

Jordan F

I have a way to watch it from the states now I think it'd be better if you explained it rather than showed off! - I'm sure Jason and Steve et al would love to be made aware :) There's a site called TVPC that shows live streams of various shows all over the world. Not sure if the site is legal, but ...

Jordan F

Tony Atkins wrote:PILOTAGES IN r3?

Nope, thought I had it myself and checked it on apterous, turns out it's only valid in the singular.

(Yes, I have a way to watch it from the states now)

Jordan F

I'll post this now just so that this can be on record for when the seeds are determined. I didn't think this would actually happen, but there are two people with tied ratings in the pool, Ian Volante and Jamie French. According to the rules, head to head is the tie breaker, and Ian has beaten Jamie ...

Jordan F

When do you plan on getting this done by, would need to be over in 2 weeks for me to take part which is probably unlikely. Ultimately depends on how many people sign up in each bracket. I suspect the two you currently qualify for will take 3 weeks minimum, possibly and probably more, so it wouldn't...

Jordan F

I've talked to Scott Gillies on Apterous, and he'll sign up, with a rating of 1720.

Jordan F

Soph K wrote:I can't be bothered not to, so in please. Rating is roughly 1120.

As with James, please let me know if you'd like to play in all 3 you're eligible for, or which ones you would like to play in specifically.

Jordan F

In for the Open one please. 3. All matches will be a single elimination, consisting of one game of Standard 15 rounder. Even the semi-final and final? When the match is finished, one of the participants must post a link to a record of the match on Apterous. Will you not be using the Tournament syst...

Jordan F

I'd love to sign up, but I'm away from the 9th until the 16th of July, and then again for another week in early August. Seeing as sign ups are stopped on the 8th, I'm assuming it all kicks off the next day? Which would rule me out for the opening week. Sorry :( Yes, round 1 of each of the tournamen...

Jordan F

James Bradley wrote:In please. Rating 1210

For which brackets? You qualify for both the Open and the U1400, so you need to specify if you'd like to play in both or only one of them.

Jordan F

Rhys Benjamin wrote:All please. Rating is about 670, but I haven't paid as much attention.

Looked yours up, it's 695, and you haven't played in a month so it clearly hasn't changed in awhile.

Jordan F

Hi everybody, Because Andrew Feist seems to have disappeared, I'd like to take the initiative to host a summer tournament. Because I'm not nearly as advanced in organizing these things as he is to do multiple pools of round robins, I would like to propose a straight knockout system. Here are the rul...

Jordan F

Had not thought of that with the numbers, that's a good point. Numbers by far would be the hardest thing to do with this, all of the ideas in my head, including now that one, seem to be at not a reasonable level.

Jordan F

This might be hard to do, but had an idea in my head for something called Multi. How this would work is that during the letters round, your goal would be to declare as many valid words as possible in 30 seconds, and you can declare any length from one to nine. If you get any incorrect words however,...

Jordan F

And we're here at last. The grand final of Series 64, featuring the number 1 seed Adam "I Have Red Creatures As Avatars Sometimes" Gillard, and the number 2 seed Edward "I Have An Eeyore Toy" McCullagh. These two have been very impressive throughout the entire series, with 19 out...

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