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Andy Platt

yeah SLUGFEST is good, VIHUELAS is wonderful for a non-apterous player (it comes up quite a bit and doesn't stem, even the singular only takes S, so it's typically always the max too). I reckon Chris's conundrum is quality too, SAUCISSON. never heard of it, don't even recognise it from online play. ...

Andy Platt

What Mark said. Tournament wise, every single one of my games was very enjoyable (if I'm being picky, perhaps bar a couple of terrible misses against Conor which saw me quickly 14-0 down). Socially wise, the pub etc was great, lots of good banter around the pool table/quiz machine/darts board/etc Yo...

Andy Platt

I missed lorazepam on apterous a couple of days before that show was recorded. Maybe damo was online and remembered it brilliantly

Andy Platt

Cheers again to Ben for an excellent as ever tournament. Arguably the best yet?

Andy Platt

A seniors tournament would be a great idea.

Andy Platt

Yeah, it was alright that, you know.

Cheers for letting me sneak into the green room / audience the last few days as a contestant's honorary girlfriend.

Andy Platt

Thought it might be interesting to hear the contestants round by round thoughts like what they were picking for or what they were considering risking or what their logic was in the weird 4 large solve that got one away.

Andy Platt

I think you have nailed the majority pretty well but I think a few people are bit hard done to.

Andy Platt

Jon O'Neill wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Better now
I think it is, especially the subliminal message to Corby.

James Robinson wrote:BELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Andy Platt

I forgot about these.

I like this one very much. The pain would be doubly confounded if Eskay entered too.

Andy Platt

Adam Gillard wrote:
Future Andy Platt wrote:
Countdown recap for Tuesday 12 March 2013.

R1: Not a word.
R2: Not a word.
R3: Not a word.
[...]
R15: Definitely not a word.

Andy Platt

Can I do mine when I'm on, or is it generally recommended that someone else does it instead?

(I think it'll be broadcast March 12)

Andy Platt

When RTGAEICS came up i was thinking "i hope the next letter is a T" 8-) Andy and I were muttering "T, T, T, T" in the audience as he was picking the last letter - must've worked... :) Didn't you want a different letter? :p Congrats Andrew, when I was playing from the audience y...

Andy Platt

I hated them for about 2 minutes, then I quite liked them. Typical British traditionalism kicking in a couple of minutes before logic and reason then. I fear that older contestants might complain though. Then again there were a fair few in the audience and I didn't hear any of them say anything nega...

Andy Platt

Also, Jono is fine

Andy Platt

Can I have the 28oz steak and the champers please, nice one

Andy Platt

Only just watched it on 4oD as I was working... I too was very impressed by your ability to completely be on top of any differences between the two lexicons. Re: 'the debate' , I don't think anyone doubts scrabble players' abilities as such, but I for one would struggle with adapting to a new, more ...

Andy Platt

Adam Gillard wrote:List of games nominated that didn't make the top 3 of GotW results

Wot

Andy Platt

Playing against the TV, I beat Nicki easily on this one. Tom, alas, got me on the conundrum. Curse missing purloins and sludgier. I heard James Robinson got a MAX GAME !!! :D :) ;) :( :o :shock: :? 8-) :lol: :x :P :oops: :cry: :evil: :twisted: :roll: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow: :| :mrgreen: :geek: :ugeek:

Andy Platt

Good game that, enjoyed it, first time I've watched countdown without knowing the result or selections for what seems like ages. Well done on the conundrum, I've certainly never heard of it. You had me with BORGATE too. I should get that, especially having studied Italian. it's an everyday word Real...

Andy Platt

Doesn't need to be so complicated IMO - the cream will always rise to the top. I'd suggest the 10 to 15 games that are most frequently put forward by everyone who suggested, go into the final pot, regardless of any rules previously set out. We then vote on these games from 1 to 10 or some such. I do...

Andy Platt

OK cool. I've listed 20 in a draft message to myself. We'll see if any late entries from the end of the year are good enough but it doesn't really look like it at the moment. The standard is so good compared to last year. There are things that would maybe creep in the top 3 or 5 last year that don't...

Andy Platt

The standard is so high this year, in large part due to the CoC.
Do you want us to suggest potential candidates to you here, or in apto chat or priv message or whatnot

Whatever I'm gonna do it here anyway.

Andy Platt

Many thanks to all those who took part and all those who watched. This was a great series. On another day, Grant Waters could have won it, but for the fatigue of the schedule and the intensity of game after game. Rose Boyle was an absolute delight, Heather played brilliantly, David Barnard was so g...

Andy Platt

Yeah, watching on from the audience (sitting next to Phyl no less) and this was the best game in ages. Not as many maxes as Paul-Rose but definitely an awesome enjoyable game. David was very graceful in defeat. I'd have been a right bell face about it sloaned? Not found in my copies of OED and Colli...

Andy Platt

When was the last time the contestants got 23 out of 29 maxes? Probably Jack H vs Eoin, I imagine. Would be interesting to know. They both had me beaten from the audience, and from the quality of play it kind of deserved to be the final. Enjoy the other semi, it's probably an even better watch than ...

Andy Platt

Just came on here to add my echo to TRENDOIDS and also HULLOES in round 11

Andy Platt

5th February (recording) for me if anyone didn't know. Will let you know with broadcast dates

Andy Platt

Did dictionary corner mention LENITE in R13? I saw it, but would have certainly played safe if I was on.

ANALECTS is the maximum in R6 but that's not my spot.

Andy Platt

Only just catching up with this now-

Is it weird that after the first two rounds, and after getting two words I wouldn't expect non-apterous players to get, that I thought she might be James Nguyen?

Andy Platt

How did they miss ADVICE in round 3, only offering 5s, then spot it later?

TENTORIA alternative in R4, COTTISE in R8, and other people have already offered MEDIVACS and WOODSIA

Tony there's no S in round 9 for your 8

Andy Platt

Only just got round to watching this. No comment on the NOTARISED round lol, but yeah you had some really good words there, nice one

Andy Platt

By the way, the challenger looked really familiar, has she been on other quiz shows before?

Andy Platt

Wow, so BIGHEAD isn't in? Controversial.

I had LORICATE, MADISONS (after 30s admittedly) and SWAPTION but apart from those I was absolutely horrendous while playing along there

Andy Platt

Some really good rounds there, well played, I'm looking forward to seeing how you continue I too shat one when he declared nine then I felt really bad for him when he said waterised instead, would have made the game much more tense, but I'm sure you weren't too despondent with how that round turned ...

Andy Platt

CUNEATE is nice in R13 too

Andy Platt

Didn't we all get a few of them each though?

Susie/Nick stole one of mine when I was getting Kerry's birthday card signed, lol, but I still have another

Andy Platt

While we are semi-bragging, for some reason when Innis declared 8 I saw diegetic straight away but had sweet FA after 30 seconds itself

Andy Platt

James Robinson wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:Well done Innis. I forgot this was on. What record did you get that will stand a long time? Maxed everything?
He scored 99 in one of the 9 rounders. I've got his sheet, which I'll put up on my Facebook page tomorrow.

CD equivalent of swapping shirts

Andy Platt

There's not many players who are (A) nice enough to let you have that back and (B) cool enough under the circumstances to polish the next one off anyway, fair play to Innis to be honest

Andy Platt

Thanks Greme [sic] for the recap. On playing it through I was leading for a while thanks to PETANQUE and got all the numbers to only lose on the Conundrum. Well done to Innis for another win. Bravo Sierra Round 10: 25, 75, 1, 1, 4, 10. Target: 655. C1: 655. (10-1)*75-25+4+1 (10) C2: 655. (10-1)*75-...

Andy Platt

Just testing the rest of you!!!

Nah seriously, that was stupid. I clearly saw James's post and thought about Huddersfield, haha

Andy Platt

Just played through it during a quiet moment at work, I was absolute turd there!! Bad signs before CoHud

Andy Platt

ADDUCES in R1 to beat

Edit; apparently douches and douched both valid, JF

SCORIAE alternative in round 8, PRUINOSE round 9

Andy Platt

If you subscribe to apterous there is a dictionary where you can check the validity of any words. Might be worth the 15 quid alone, that, plus then as a bonus you can play a load of countdown too. Thanks mainly to Giles Hutchings et al it's about 99.99% accurate to the current version of the Oxford...

Andy Platt

OK, anyone please, help me on this! I'm getting an idea of some of the words I could use in Scrabble that are no good for Countdown (my GLADIEST was no good in Round 8, NOVELISER no good Round 13, and RELIEVING does not anagram to INVEIGLER) but where can I look things up? I'm not even sure exactly...

Andy Platt

I thought that Rose was better than Liam Shaw who she is ultimately behind, so that's a bit disappointing. Then again maybe she should have seen the conundrum.

I missed a few easy things there and still got 11 maxes, how many you get JR?

Andy Platt

In round 6 Sam sat back within a few seconds after spotting APOSTLES which he knew was a max because the other letter was a Q. I wonder if Rose only got the 8 because she noticed him sit back, which caused her to spot it. If so Sam would've won. I wonder this because this happened to me when I was ...

Andy Platt

some stuff Always hated conundrums half way through. Plus, long story short, old people who make up a lot of Countdown's fan base are probably averse to drastic change, so Damian/the team are far more likely to implement something small than something like this Edit: also, have dictionary corner be...

Andy Platt

OK that's actually very near to another place I saw online that was going for 30 quid. The travel bodges are looking pretty expensive for whatever reason.
I'll book that then

Andy Platt

I got my shift changed at work so can now stay over - where you guys staying?

Andy Platt

Don't let Corby hear you say that.

Andy Platt

I understand the point but I personally don't see having the choice as an advantage or disadvantage. Both players either know the solution or they don't or else one player knows it and the other doesn't. In that case the person who knows it deserves to win. The same goes for letters rounds. You eit...

Andy Platt

For two good contestants, equally-matched at all aspects of the game, assume 1. The gap between them after 13 rounds will be no more than 20 points. 2. The conundrum will be solved. 3. If either of them wins round 14, they will get it spot on. None of them 100%, especially the last one, but bear wi...

Andy Platt

Was hoping to stay over and go back in the morning - but I'm working the Sunday at 12:15 in Manchester.

Long story short, recommend me some form of transport guys (the earliest train available on national rail won't make it).

Andy Platt

As I say I'm playing all these games through quiet moments at work so I'm seeing them in a different way, but I thought that 2nd nums was easy, just 18x8 + 1, ah well. I really struggled with the letters that game though (again). Well, I was three away because 2 large is evil and should be extermin...

Andy Platt

As I say I'm playing all these games through quiet moments at work so I'm seeing them in a different way, but I thought that 2nd nums was easy, just 18x8 + 1, ah well. I really struggled with the letters that game though (again). What is the oddity Graeme? Apart from the fact the scramble meant it t...

Andy Platt

I thought Charlie and I did some stats on the 'benefit' of getting the round 14 numbers pick, did we ever put it on the forum? I seem to remember there is basically zero advantage, but don't have the time right now to go digging up the numbers. I don't remember seeing it. Might be interesting (assu...

Andy Platt

Just played through this on the Wiki, maybe I'm just struggling to see the words and solves because I'm copy and pasting screenshots from the website, rather than the neater interface you get from TV countdown or apterous, but I swear the standard is getting a lot higher with the last few shows. Bot...

Andy Platt

I've just got it successfully requested off work and will paypal you ASAP.

Edit. Done. See you there. (Or, if the organise+r ran out of room then let me know)

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