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- Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: SP01L3R5 4 W3DN35D4Y TH3 26TH 0F N0V3MB3R
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6968
Re: SP01L3R5 4 W3DN35D4Y TH3 26TH 0F N0V3MB3R
I don't see the need for debate. You have to take the first answer, which in this case was "I".
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown/Scrabble Champion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5214
Re: Countdown/Scrabble Champion
Someone should write a program to generate WSC newspaper articles; I love how they're almost identical every year.
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 4:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event spreadsheet and stats
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5833
Re: Co-event spreadsheet and stats
I'm expecting a huge attendance at my soon-to-be-planned Co-Abu Dhabi.Ben Wilson wrote:the 'points' system on sheet 2 is based on formula 1 scoring, with 25 points for a win, 18 for 2nd etc etc
- Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:09 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 10
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14816
Re: Only Connect Series 10
Tsk. If you read the blog of one of the best four Only Connect recappers on the Internet you'd know he was in Series 2 on the Cambridge Quiz Society team!Jordan F wrote:I vaguely recognize Simon from another team. I didn't know people were allowed to be on different teams.
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:29 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 10
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14816
Re: Only Connect Series 10
Is it just me or have the Chessmen been on before? I recognise Stephen Pearson from watching the Only Connect repeats on Dave recently. Yes, Victoria Coren Mitchell mentioned it during the wall round. Yep, they got to the semi-finals (losing to Mark Labbett's gamblers) and then won a third place pl...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:16 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 10
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14816
Re: Only Connect Series 10
Meant to say this ages ago and forgot. Did you see the team that met on a forum for Doctor Who? They were basically who we all are. Haha yes, I noticed that, I was sad because I naturally went snooping but couldn't actually find a Doctor Who forum with an Only Connect thread. (Lest this sound like ...
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
This situation I'm sure must have come up for someone before; when I chose my team, I went for three Chelsea players: Ivanovic, Cahill and Fabregas. But I also had Loic Remy (selected when he was at QPR) so now he's been transferred to Chelsea I've got four. The "Transfers" page is giving...
- Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 164939
Re: You Are The Ref
I was hoping this was going to go into some elaborate scheme where all of the 'friends' signatures' on her cast were actually times tables and stems.Graeme Cole wrote:Before the game, one of the contestants, with a cast on her right arm...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:41 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
- Replies: 253
- Views: 216540
Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
I was quite interested by the focus on City University, London, as this was where I worked for a spell between my PhD and coming out here. I even went as far as getting in contact with the chap organizing the team for the 2013/2014 series to see if I could help out, but that never came through (and ...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:17 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
- Replies: 253
- Views: 216540
Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
We both completely lost our shizzle when Innis popped up. Although that pipe-smoking dude was, er, a bit of a character?
- Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Half Time Team Talk
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3815
Re: Apterous World Cup 2014 - Half Time Team Talk
Spectacular effort. (I can't really think of anything constructive/witty/interesting to say, but wanted to acknowledge my appreciation of the effort MWM has gone to with this whole tournament, even if he sucked at rigging it so South Korea could win.)
- Sat May 24, 2014 6:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Guess who...
- Replies: 476
- Views: 55148
Re: Guess who...
Sally Funnell?
- Mon May 12, 2014 5:07 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Deal Or No Deal "Red Light" indicators?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21724
Re: The Deal Or No Deal "Red Light" indicators?
I'm pretty sure the 'one question' is 'Deal or No Deal?', they explain that in like, every show.Steven M. McCann wrote:I see Noel and the stooges, sorry players, are going to be dressed up as Superheros all this week, one question, why??????????????????????????
- Mon May 05, 2014 2:08 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Deal Or No Deal "Red Light" indicators?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21724
Re: The Deal Or No Deal "Red Light" indicators?
'Pilgrim of the day'? They should've called them the 'Choice Pilgrim' and got a cheese company to sponsor it.Rhys Benjamin wrote:I don't know, but the 'pilgrim of the day' who fetches the box is usually quite tall.
- Thu May 01, 2014 4:26 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Deal Or No Deal "Red Light" indicators?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21724
Re: The Deal Or No Deal "Red Light" indicators?
If they're going to do that, why don't they just rig the original box?Steven M. McCann wrote:Call me a cynic, but I think the +£10,000 is put in box 23 as a kind of insurance policy for players the producers like who look like going home with very little.
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 14th 2014
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12162
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 14th 2014
Sort of an aside, but Michael mentioned a disability for himself, and from what I recall watching Only Connect, the only thing I noticed about you was one eye perhaps looked like a lazy eye. This is just me being curious, but is there more to it than that? Again, I just happen to not know. Ha, Only...
- Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 14th 2014
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12162
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 14th 2014
You should probably clarify that you're talking about bad AIDS, rather than good AIDS there, otherwise that might come across as a bit offensive to people with the latter.Dave Preece wrote:It's not as if being deaf is something to hide or be ashamed of - like having AIDS or something!
- Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 14th 2014
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12162
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 14th 2014
FWIW I would be a bit wtf if I was on a show and in my intro they brought up that I was disabled without discussing it with me first. Obviously I can't speak for Ciaran (or anyone else) but growing up with a major disability one often finds it's considered a 'defining feature'. To put it in the same...
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:39 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 32486
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
Thanks for your comments, Michael. I think that Manchester are so weighed down with the pressure of previous years, it's hard for them to enjoy it in the same way as teams with no expectations. Off set, we got on really well with them. I bet that was all part of their game plan, drilled into them i...
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:16 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 32486
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
I don't know - I guessed dimension, but was still surprised when it was right. Maths questions are often necessarily convoluted that I reckon they're much harder than, say, a tough history question. Yeah agree - I almost never get those sorts of questions right which is kinda ridiculous. General sa...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 2:18 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 32486
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
Thanks Michael. I think the last round taught us that if we had a solid hunch, it was probably right, so we were much more confident. I think only Australia and Guggenheim were educated guesses for me (I did actually know Dostoevsky, even though I unnecessarily Hansforded it), and there were a lot ...
- Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:34 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2013/2014
- Replies: 74
- Views: 32486
Re: University Challenge 2013/2014
Cracking stuff, we were both thoroughly impressed, particularly with how many you clearly knew you knew, rather than just educated guesses.
- Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:40 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 8
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14105
Re: Only Connect Series 8
Thanks chaps. I've said it elsewhere, but anyone who's even vaguely considered applying should really do so. It's amazing fun and the team behind it are the best we've encountered in TV. (Plus you won't get on the show if you're not good enough at the audition, so you don't need to worry about makin...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 747575
Re: Ask Graeme?
That is quite interesting. Normally I'd say do the letters*10/11 + numbers*4/3 + conundrum score to convert from old to new, or do the add two points per game rule of thumb. But if we're looking at confidence intervals, perhaps we should really do this for everyone. Jack's score converts to slightl...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 747575
Re: Ask Graeme?
I've been having a think about the high scores 'record' thing, as it's a moderately interesting problem. Obviously the basic conclusion is "Jack has the old-15 record, Dylan has the new-15 one", because a straight comparison is always going to involve some subjectivity. However, I thought ...
- Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:57 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless (In General)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17942
Re: Pointless (In General)
Oh yeah, we're selling our spare pointles trophy, in case any of you c4cers are interested (and yes, I write excellent copy).
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trophy-from-B ... 4616e81c84
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trophy-from-B ... 4616e81c84
- Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:25 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless (In General)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17942
Re: Pointless (In General)
More details plz.JackHurst wrote:Did anybody see the final round on tuesdays (3rd Dec) episode?
Am pretty sure if at least one person in their survey was from London there would have been at most a quarter as many pointless answers than there were!
- Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 64806
Re: Countdown in the news
Yeah, but what about the ODO?Jon Corby wrote:No, it's definitely in my ODE2r.Heather Styles wrote:I'm sure Rachel and Jamie could do without the gutter press giving their tuppence worth at this difficult time. As far as I can tell, the word 'divorce' is a figment of The Sun editorial team's collective imagination.
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:12 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 8
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14105
Re: Only Connect Series 8
Little late, but spoiler comments art below: Good job Michael and co. for making it to the semi-finals. Never commented on your game with the Lasletts, but they definitely seemed like tough cookies that game, perhaps just nicked you guys on the buzzer too. What seems strong about your team, perhaps...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Geeks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6860
Re: Geeks
They put a show about geeks on during the Monday Quiz Hour?
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12058
Re: Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
Well that escalatt quickly.
(I don't think I'm very good at this game.)
(I don't think I'm very good at this game.)
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9833
Re: Random?
Bet it fails Benford's Law. Haha. Very good. Dave: nope, it's a very even spread. Using your suggesting to look at groups of 100, 11.2% of CECIL's draws have been in the range 900-999, while 11.1% have been in the range 100-199. You'd 'expect' about 11.1% of numbers to fall in each set of 100, so t...
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9833
Re: Random?
Charlie was kind enough to wang me CECIL's output (up to October 2012, or 13,364 draws), and I've done a spectacularly simple analysis as a 'first pass' of the data. The rarest number is 100, which is presumably thanks to it no longer being possible to generate. It has come up four times, the most r...
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9833
Re: Random?
OK, If we showed a (for want of a better name) random numbers expert the whole list of the thousands and thousands of numbers - in order - that CECIL has picked from the start of Countdown, would he or she be 100% happy that they were random? So... Yes or no? I don't know if he or she would be 100%...
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9833
Re: Random?
There's various tests statisticians might apply to the data, but like scientific tests in general, they'd really only be testing for whether it fails. You'd never say "yeah, it is random", but you might say "there's no particular reason to suggest it isn't random, so it could be"...
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9833
Re: Random?
in a sample of 1,000 numbers you'd 'expect' to see every number from 100-999 exactly once Would you? The way I understand it, that output of numbers is no more likely than any other list of 1,000 numbers. By 'expect' I mean if you did it lots and lots of samples of 1,000, you'd eventually average (...
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9833
Re: Random?
I am totally going to start calling myself a 'random numbers expert' rather than a statistician now. Surely a statistician is to random numbers what a hairdresser is to trimming a beard? Random numbers (and the processes that generate them) are pretty much the bedrock of everything we do. I'm not r...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Random?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9833
Re: Random?
I am totally going to start calling myself a 'random numbers expert' rather than a statistician now.
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jobs?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11275
Re: Jobs?
Statistician.
- Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:31 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Round Britain Quiz
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6953
Re: Round Britain Quiz
While I have nothing insightful to contribute, this is sufficiently awesome that it warrants some kind of comment, so here you go.Ryan Taylor wrote:A question submitted by me will feature on next week's episode (7th October @ 3pm).
- Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:01 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 8
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14105
Re: Only Connect Series 8
Very entertaining stuff Michael. Well done on the performance. I'm sure I've seen the captain of your team on University Challenge recently ? Hope you guys go far ! Thanks :) You're bang on, Jamie was captain of the UCL team two series ago (2011/12) - Hywel was in the same team (and I was on a diff...
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:53 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 8
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14105
Re: Only Connect Series 8
Didn't know you guys were going to be on it and just happened to watch it this week. Well done (except for the connecting wall)! My mum somehow got 'cow' from the first connection in the 'how now brown cow' round, which was pretty impressive (she also got 'y=x' and 'MP' pretty sharpish)! My dad got...
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:18 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 8
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14105
Re: Only Connect Series 8
Knew you'd come good in the missing vowels round. Well done. That wall was painful, though. Don't think I've ever seen anyone press so many buttons. Haha yep, Twitter is very annoyed about that :p Thing is, if you're not pressing, you're definitely not going to get anything, and most of the time we...
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14185
Re: Jon Corby
Especially as they'd then have to be an explanation for who it is in 'Jason's' Facebook videos.Mark Deeks wrote:Really hoping this is the moment Charlie accidentally forgot to log out of his other account and the truth is revealed - that Charlie is Jason and always has been. Really hoping this. Demanding, even.
- Wed Sep 11, 2013 5:05 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect Series 8
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14105
Only Connect Series 8
I know there's already an Only Connect thread, but if UC gets its own thread every series, then so can this, especially when it features such exciting contestants as me and CF. The new series starts on September 23rd, with our first (SPOILERS?!?!?!?!*) episode airing on the 30th. Be sure of it! *It'...
- Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Episode 5723
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4537
Re: Episode 5723
Tbh, if there's any chance a paedo was involved (which as far as I can tell from this thread there definitely was) then just tell the Sun, they'll sort it out and hopefully we'll get our episode back. In fact, new game: Sun style headlines about paedos on Countdown. I'll start with "Can I have ...
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:05 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Take On The Twisters
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5162
Re: Take On The Twisters
Yeah, it feels like someone had the idea for "plate juggling egg timers with question answering" (which is a questionable idea at best) and then tried to spin it into a game show. They make no attempt at explaining what's going on before it happens (presumably because it's basically imposs...
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:47 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Logic Puzzle: The Case of the Missing Countdown Episodes
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8806
Re: Logic Puzzle: The Case of the Missing Countdown Episodes
That was a superb read. A+++
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 28th 2013
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11870
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 28th 2013
What do we think about Rachel announcing as a fact that a numbers game is impossible? Susie never announces that there isn't anything better. The information can only come from a computer. Where do they draw the line? If Rachel blanks for some reason, might she be fed a solution? Any rational outsi...
- Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday June 27th 2013
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6239
Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 27th 2013
I have to say I did think that was all a bit patronising towards Eileen at the end. The subtext was definitely "Well done for doing so well despite being so old at 75! Normally people have completely lost their marbles by the time they're 75, so good on you for still having some brain function...
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: De Chiffres et Des Lettres live on France 3
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4159
Re: De Chiffres et Des Lettres live on France 3
I watched today for the first time in a while and missed the opening, but I had a strange feeling I'd seen the current champion (Arnaud) before. Here's where. Has there any been any explanation as to why he's appearing now despite having already been on the show and winning 5 games only a few years...
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:55 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Currently Pointless
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3506
Re: Currently Pointless
Just caught up with this. It's a pretty weird change, as all of a sudden we're faced with three list style questions simultaneously which feels a bit overwhelming (plus when you only get 60 seconds to come upw ith an answer, they kinda have to rush through asking the questions to avoid giving contes...
- Mon May 20, 2013 9:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
I think I enjoyed it a little more, but not loads. Obviously when things are going well you get annoyed a bit less, but at the same time it's pretty stressful when you find yourself with the opportunity to obtain such a high ranking. Fortunately(?) I was never in contention for the top spots so didn...
- Mon May 20, 2013 6:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Oh, I see what's happened. That's a list of 'current' players, so people who've left the EPL aren't on it. The highest scoring omission is Ryan Nelsen of QPR, while the most famous is probably Balotelli of City. Edit: So here's my version, which includes players who left the league, but doesn't take...
- Mon May 20, 2013 5:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Oh you fucker, I literally just did it myself. Although I get some slightly different numbers (the most alarming being that I have QPR with 1256 points, which looks correct when I do a manual check using this page). Agree for the most part with the others, including Chelsea top. Although I wonder ho...
- Mon May 20, 2013 4:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Top question. They used to do tables of this on the site but I can't find them. Might run the numbers later. It should correlate pretty well with goals scored and clean sheets, but we'll see.
- Mon May 20, 2013 2:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
My approach was probably almost entirely stats/maths. You can get some sense for players to keep an eye on from watching teams live, but as I don't have Sky I mainly just caught up with things on Match of the Day which doesn't tell you much about how individual players are doing. Moreover, almost ev...
- Mon May 20, 2013 1:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Cool. Where were you before your wildcard week? Where would you have finished if you didn't make the Coutinho switch? I was 189th, and had pretty much flatlined at that rank for the preceding 5 weeks. Looks like not making the Coutinho switch would have seen me finish in 82nd (although that's a bit...
- Mon May 20, 2013 12:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Intriguing. What sort of articles? What sort of stats? What was your biggest mistake of the year and what was your boldest/best move? (Or is everything such a calculated risk that you can't have such an emotional response?) How do the other people who were in your league feel about you finishing in...
- Mon May 20, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 77649
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Yeah, I thought we'd already talked about this on here, but if we have it wasn't in this thread. I've been in a league with some friends for years, and I don't like to battle on more than one front because of strategy and stuff. I take it you won the league you were in with your "friends"...