You wouldn't have thought it from his first couple games, but Robin looks hard to beat now. How's he gonna fare in his sixth game?
(Stats people: may be getting ahead of myself here, but does anyone know the lowest debut score for an octochamp? 15 round era, obviously)
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- Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 65)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3756
- Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many countries have you been to?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 101376
Re: How many countries have you been to?
Maybe someone who got airlifted in and out for a big popey thing, but I doubt itGraeme Cole wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:45 pm I wonder if anyone's been to the Vatican City but not to Italy?
Feels annoying to have been to Italy for the second time, and still not 'completed' it in terms of countries because San Marino
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many countries have you been to?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 101376
Re: How many countries have you been to?
Add the Vatican for me
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2089
Spoilers for Tuesday 25th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 63)
Robin Johnson's just got better and better in his 3 wins so far. How's he gonna do now?
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:03 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 497436
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
You picked the right man for the job
- Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 21st September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 61)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5489
Spoilers for Friday 21st September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 61)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPpUYXZb2AA
Robin Johnson won 57-47 yesterday, let's see what he can do now.
Robin Johnson won 57-47 yesterday, let's see what he can do now.
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 20th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 60)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2900
Spoilers for Thursday 20th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 60)
Let's hope I haven't mangled the thread this time
Greg Purling got a decent win yesterday. Can he make it two? I have no idea but the episode's nearly over so you might
Greg Purling got a decent win yesterday. Can he make it two? I have no idea but the episode's nearly over so you might
- Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 59)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5444
Spoilers for Wednesday 19th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 59)
two new contestants. are we gonna get back to back to back to back octochamps? that'd be well good wouldn't it
- Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 59)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2157
Spoilers for Wednesday 19th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 59)
two new contestants. are we gonna get back to back to back to back? that'd be well good wouldn't it
- Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 13th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 56)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5808
Spoilers for Thursday 13th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 56)
Oh cool I'm awake in time this time
Uh yeah Dave's on game six now. Can we get a third back to back octo? Find out Monday at the latest I guess
Uh yeah Dave's on game six now. Can we get a third back to back octo? Find out Monday at the latest I guess
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 1:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 10th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 53)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3214
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 7th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 52)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3674
Spoilers for Friday 7th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 52)
Friday already. Mad stuff. Dave's back after a strong 95 point performance yesterday. Whack on't telly right now for more Dave.
- Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 51)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5331
Spoilers for Thursday 6th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 51)
It's two new contestants. Will one of them octo again? Probably not
- Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 5th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 50)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3687
Spoilers for Wednesday 5th September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 50)
We had a pair of back to back octochamps last series. Can Tony complete another here, or will he fall victim to the 7 time winner's curse this series? A win with only 17 points puts him ahead of Adam at #1 seed. Should he lose, he needs a score of 32 to beat Lewis for #3 and a whole 93 to beat Bob f...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 3rd September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 48)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5704
Spoilers for Monday 3rd September 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 48)
Tony's still at it. Can he get one step closer to octochampdom today? Probably but who knows really
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4913
Spoilers for Wednesday 29th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 45)
Tony got another good performance yesterday, getting only the fifth century of the series. How's he gonna do today?
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 28th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 44)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6111
Spoilers for Tuesday 28th August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 44)
Tony Manwani proper smashed it yesterday. Can he do it again?
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4712
Re: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
yeah, a lot. Don't mind subtitles (much prefer them over a bad dub), to the point where I often subtitle stuff in languages I can understand in case I miss a word or something to save me scrolling back a few seconds or whatever every time How many languages can you understand?! I often watch stuff ...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 23rd August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 42)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8791
Spoilers for Thursday 23rd August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 42)
How's Adam going to end his run? Another 7 time winner? The first octochamp of the series? Will he score more than 74 with a win to avoid the unfortunate record? Find out in like an hour I guess
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:56 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4712
Re: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
yeah, a lot. Don't mind subtitles (much prefer them over a bad dub), to the point where I often subtitle stuff in languages I can understand in case I miss a word or something to save me scrolling back a few seconds or whatever every time
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 41)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4929
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 41)
Well that was painful at the end. No offence to Adam but I kind of want there to be three 7 time winners just because it's such a weird thing to happen. If Adam wins tomorrow, a score of 74 would make his octotal match the lowest 15-round one so obviously anything below takes the record. (Love the s...
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 41)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4929
Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 41)
Adam's back for game 7 of what could potentially be a very low scoring octorun. Tune in, or something.
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How often do you go to the toilet?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11207
Re: How often do you go to the toilet?
I piss when I shitMarc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:55 pm Also whilst we are talking toilet habits.
Am I the only one who can take a shit and then after I have wiped and washed my hands, can then immediately take a piss.
Maybe it's an age thing
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 40)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6454
Spoilers for Tuesday 21st August 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 40)
It's Adam Rolston's sixth game. Will he be the first octochamp of the series? Will he lose his last heat game like those other guys? Who knows. Might not even get there. Whack on channel 4 right now to see how he does today.
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How often do you go to the toilet?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11207
Re: How often do you go to the toilet?
Probably a similar amount to you Mark. I don't drink as much (water) as I probably should though.
- Mon Aug 20, 2018 1:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: C of C Draw......
- Replies: 105
- Views: 75553
Re: C of C Draw......
Nah, it will only offend 15 people. Anyway I didn't exactly put an enormous amount of thought into it, just looked at the basic stats, and tweaked them a little bit to allow for dictionary updates and progress in their series finals. Wouldn't have bothered at all if it hadn't been for the outcry ab...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:38 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9869
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
Didn't think you were gonna accept the faceless
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL scoring system
- Replies: 57
- Views: 56957
Re: FOCAL scoring system
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11281&p=165157#p162047
This was Gev's thing. Quite liking the idea of your first suggestion atm Graeme (would need to run it with past events obvs)
This was Gev's thing. Quite liking the idea of your first suggestion atm Graeme (would need to run it with past events obvs)
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie coming to town!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6404
Re: Susie coming to town!
Would recommend. Went to a talk by her at Huddersfield uni in May which wasn't this tour, she was a guest speaker of some language society, but it was a similar two hour thing. Genuinely was really interesting all the way through (was a lot better than a very long origins of words would be I imagine...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11650
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
2 (that I can think of), both from school :( Both went to 'remembering' profiles. Not unfriending cause there'll be memories of them on their pages, and one of them died recently so people keep tagging her in fundraising things in her memory. Also still have one (a countdowner) coming up in the sugg...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Quantity of letter and number stacks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5604
Re: Quantity of letter and number stacks
Board gameTerence Mazon wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:03 am Thanks for this. Are these quanities based off of the board game? or averages based on what was found during the different series?
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Quantity of letter and number stacks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5604
Re: Quantity of letter and number stacks
Ah! I didn't search the word "distribution". Nice one. This is perfect. I think it's probably easier to just model the home game stacks and go from there. The thread that you showed me so far has the vowels from the newer home game. I'll keep digging for the consonants unless someone else...
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: C of C Draw......
- Replies: 105
- Views: 75553
Re: C of C Draw......
spicy meatball
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Octoruns
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7110
Re: Octoruns
*cough*
not quite Mark's, but
not quite Mark's, but
- Tue May 08, 2018 11:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 8th May 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 85)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10943
Spoilers for Tuesday 8th May 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 85)
It's Toby! And he's won 7 with yesterday's 104 being his lowest yet, can he octo? Probably, but find out soon I guess Was gonna do one of those 'he needs X points to be nth seed' things but since his points total is higher than all but one person's this series already: A loss puts him at 4th, above ...
- Fri May 04, 2018 8:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th May 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 83)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10425
Spoilers for Friday 4th May 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 83)
obligatory star wars reference Tobi-wan McDonald??? no
Toby's back for game 6 and he's doing pretty well tbh. Can he get another win/century/solid performance? Find out at the usual time woaw
Toby's back for game 6 and he's doing pretty well tbh. Can he get another win/century/solid performance? Find out at the usual time woaw
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: (SPOILERS) The Countdown Scoring System.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9018
Re: (SPOILERS) The Countdown Scoring System.
Good point. Actually I take back all the shit I said, average maxes is the way forward.Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:58 amAnd to do so you'd need an absolutely definitive list of which words are valid, with a ruling on every edge case.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:54 am Stuff like maxes aren't even officially measured anyway.
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: (SPOILERS) The Countdown Scoring System.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9018
Re: (SPOILERS) The Countdown Scoring System.
yeah but that's annoying to calculate, wins then points is much easier for your average viewer to understand and imo there's not really any point caring about scoring due to different selections at this sort of stage (random fluctuations when someone gets a bunch of easy nines etc) cause the opponen...
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:51 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
- Replies: 134
- Views: 117786
Re: Deathwatch 2018
Barbara Bush
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:36 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: School level maths question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12201
Re: School level maths question
The real issue here is 'school level'
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:15 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
- Replies: 97
- Views: 99091
Re: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
Updated as of early January 2019 thanks Gev Joseph Krol, Sophie Krol (ancient) Callum Todd, Jamie McNeill, Zarte Jones, Jen Steadman, Andy Platt, Heather Styles, Mark Deeks and Graeme Cole, Matt Hayfield and Loz Bamer, Matty Artell, Giles Hucthings, Aidan Linge, Sara Lawson, Anoush Khachik, Tom Capp...
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 95490
Re: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?
Enter Elliott Mellor.Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:55 am The odds on a player good enough to do it getting a good enough set of letters with which to do it are very small. The odds on them actually caring enough to try and work towards it is even less likely.
inb4 obvious jokes
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:08 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
- Replies: 134
- Views: 117786
Re: Deathwatch 2018
Stephen Hawking
Genuinely surprised nobody seemed to really mention him ever
Genuinely surprised nobody seemed to really mention him ever
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 44)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9863
Spoilers for Friday 9th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 44)
Zarte's on game 7 and he's got his cool red jacket back which I apologise for calling stupid a few days ago cause it actually looks pretty snazzy. Against him is some guy called Steve who didn't stand a chance, I can't remember much else about him tbh
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 244
- Views: 160272
Re: Countdowners in the news
Thirded. This hits worryingly close to home for me, with the guy being in pretty much the exact life position that I'm in RIP James
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Letter distribution
- Replies: 37
- Views: 12973
Re: Letter distribution
Bumping this cos I can't create a new one. If the first three rounds ( i.e.first 27 tiles ) where from a pool of the 26 letters of the alphabet plus an additional A what would be the best distribution for maximum points ? Interesting. Ignoring the fact that you don't have enough vowels for 3 valid ...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
- Replies: 134
- Views: 117786
Re: Deathwatch 2018
And I reckon there should be a wise person or people to adjudicate if people are too ill to count (and also if they actually qualify as being 'famous')
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
- Replies: 134
- Views: 117786
Re: Deathwatch 2018
I propose picking a constant x (we're essentially doing it with 1 here), 1.05 seems like a decent value from playing around a little bit feel free to change, and then a fixed age N (say 90) and then multiplying whatever points you would get by x^(N-[age of death]). This is just a suggestion after a ...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
- Replies: 134
- Views: 117786
Re: Deathwatch 2018
Here's my list of very old people, just last year's with the dead two replaced. Rest in peace Chuck Berry, rot in hell Hugh Hefner. Vera Lynn Prince Philip Sir David Attenborough :( Angela Lansbury Barbara Bush George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter Betty White I.M. Pei Kirk Douglas I agree the first time bo...
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Fantasy Countdown (will contain series 77 spoilers)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 15035
- Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 15th December 2017 (Series 77, QF2)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11736
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Fantasy Countdown (will contain series 77 spoilers)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 15035
Re: Fantasy Countdown (will contain series 77 spoilers)
In future, could it be a good idea for people to come up with their own margins? Maybe with different choices depending on who contests the semis/finals (or change them up as the results come in like real fantasy football)? A lot of people guess winning margins anyway so might as well combine these ...
- Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:49 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 497436
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
to bothElliott Mellor wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:09 pmSo Thomas thought Tim's LOUSIHAIR was HILARIOUS?Jennifer Steadman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:02 pm Last night I dreamt that I was chatting to Tim Down in an office and he was being verbally bullied by Thomas the Tank engine largely about his hairline. Tim was very upset and Thomas thought it was hilarious.
- Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:01 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 93869
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
stanley wang. love that man
- Wed Nov 29, 2017 6:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: When is it too early to celebrate Christmas?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10126
Re: When is it too early to celebrate Christmas?
Lmao it's last day of term at uni today so we've done all the Christmas shite there for the last week and then we're gonna go home and it's just beginning
- Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Vegetarianism/Veganism (in the right section!).
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9687
Re: Vegetarianism/Veganism (in the right section!).
Was veggie for 5 years (2008-2013). Literally couldn't tell the difference between real meat and Quorn (or the off brand version thereof) except in the case of sausages.
A lot of people cite bacon as the main reason for eating meat. It's alright but so so overrated imo
A lot of people cite bacon as the main reason for eating meat. It's alright but so so overrated imo
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 5th October (Series 77 Episode 67)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3069
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th September (Series 77 Episode 67)
It's October innit? Wd again Eoin
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 4th October 2017 (series 77, prelim 66)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6416
Spoilers for Wednesday 4th October 2017 (series 77, prelim 66)
Eoin is back for his sixth game. I think we have Dr Phil in DC again
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:52 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Do you know what you know?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15412
Re: Do you know what you know?
Mean confidence: 76.00% Actual percent correct: 80.00% You want your mean confidence and actual score to be as close as possible. Mean confidence on correct answers: 79.25% Mean confidence on incorrect answers: 63.00% You want your mean confidence to be low for incorrect answers and high for correc...
- Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Steam codes
- Replies: 35
- Views: 30303
Re: Steam codes
Mini metro please? Cheers Tom