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Dave Preece

So you could actually lose a series grand final, perhaps, after having a word disallowed, that is - in fact - included in the collection of dictionaries that the winner - ironically receives - for beating you?

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Cheers Johnny!

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I was trying to point out that she was very selfish – in my opinion – in taking her own life over such a silly prank (think of her kids FFS). I didn't make any such effort to bump an old topic back up; as I wasn't on these boards back then and I am still reading though very interesting topics like h...

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Seriously, that was my situation. GladI made the correct choice and wasn't selfish with the ones I love!

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Thank you for that

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Rachel Riley on a plate v. The potential end to my marriage and loss of my family/son.

(OK it wasn't Rach, but she was fit AND good with numbers!) But I chose my family.

Ironically I felt suicidal about passing on the above chance, but again, I chose my family!

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Probably silly questions these (so I apologise): What is the EXACT name of the dictionary that Susie Dent uses; where can I buy it – and how much can I expect to pay for it? Also, are there more words in the 20-odd volume dictionary set that Series champ's win, than there are in Susie's little dicti...

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I feel many needs but I put my son and wife first, always!

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Sorry to sound harsh but only one person is responsible for her death, and the clue is in the cause of death: suicide!
She had two kids FFS, why kill herself over this?

Dave Preece

Good work guys, can we have any more please???

Dave Preece

Is there a link between some of the great players playing in final stages to the distribution of 'nice' letters for the production to ensure big scores for pulicity purposes?

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I can confirm that the buzzers are activated once Nick presses the button to start the clock. This means you can buzz whenever the clock is going (so in any round), but not when the clock isnt going. Whilst waiting to play our final, Conor and I asked the floor manager (Jay) about this, and he star...

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Thank you for all the kind comments. I’ve just got home from work and haven’t had chance to see today’s screening – I’ll save that for tomorrow when I’ve got a day off. Most of you have got it spot on – I’m absolutely delighted to win the teapot. That’s what I went for and that’s what I got. The ex...

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...Countdown Hall of Fame? PLEASE help me do this, it wont take too long... I realise we are going over old ground, but I'm new to this site, but have watched the show for ever! the 30th Birthday Series has inspired me to do this, but I've wanted to do something like this for the last decade or more...

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We'll never get a single hall of fame that we agree on. I think you could quite reasonably ask people to make their own individual lists and post them here. Basically what I said here . ANd then if you want, you could collate them and see which x have the most appearances. Ok, i'll start a new thre...

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We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new. +1 I don't really see what the obsession is with trying to determine who the 'best ever' players are anyway. It's going to be more or less entirely arbitrary regardless of what ranking system you implement. Other sports and ga...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new.

But we haven't all been on here from the word go back in 2008???

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Thousands of contestants Thousands of champs Hundreds of octochamps & finalists Dozens of series champions Around a dozen champion of champions Two 30th Birthday/Supreme champions But who are the BEST/GREATEST 10 or 15 out of all those??? Whoever they are they deserve top be put into the Countdo...

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Unless they engraved all winners' names on Sir RW's trophy? If so I didn't know that!

Dave Preece

Freeman and Fell aren't on Sir Richard's Trophy?

A Countdown Hall of Fame would DEFO have been approved by Richard, he loved this sort of stuff!

We could call it the Dame Carol Vorderman Memorial Hall of Fame or something?
(joking)

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If we had a Countdown Hall of Fame, who would you want in and why? What criteria would you want for a contestant to gain entry into the Hall of Fame? Would you only want the greatest Champions? or Only players with a certain percentage wins? or Only players with the best percentage of max? or What? ...

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Absolutely right about the numbers - my brain just can't handle the simplest solutions in the studio environment. Even when I had a chance of scoring in the 3rd numbers game, I inexplicably said 5 when I meant to say 7 as a multiplier. In contrast, I'm feeling fairly relaxed on the letters rounds. ...

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Round 9: QIBLAS Nice Q word when there's no U. I like how they talked about World Maths Day a fair bit. I wonder why the date has been moved in the last few years from the original March 14th date, which was more appropiate because of pi being equal to 3.14. Probably cos there are better things to ...

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Can't see it being a century, definitely maybe in the 90s?

Great question!

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Well that's an ironic question but I'll presume you mean "players" not "contestants" ;) If you look here real quick you will see a good indicator. So, we're looking at people like Dylan Taylor, James Nguyen, Kevin Stoba, Giles Hutchings, Jen Steadman, Josh Hurst, etc, (but not m...

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Cheers guys

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Any of them scheduled to appear on TV, or have any plans to?

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...on TV???

And how good are they?

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What about ex-contestants?

Fell
Freeman
Saldanha
Spate
Hansford(!)

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Jon Corby wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:Eating and words spring to my mind?
and burgers and hotdogs and cakes and crisps and biscuits

OUCH!

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Eating and words spring to my mind?

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Matt Morrison wrote:

Like

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Conor, Jack, all the other great contestants, the Countdown production team and everyone else involved — take a huge bow!

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I presume we're allowed spoilers in here. For me, Conor is both the best and the greatest. The best certainly - there's no question really. As for greatest, I'll evaluate a few claims. Harvey Freeman obviously achieved greatness in the earlier days, and pretty much was the greatest before the Fell ...

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Innes 4,368
Mark 4,342

You read it here first folks!

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This is almost impossible to call, but if I had to put my house on it, I'd have to go for Conor. The stato inside me wants Jack to end his career with 100%. How he is going to beat Conor is beyond me though?

Dave Preece

Wow what a game, another great one, well played lads. Well done Jon on making the semis and all games played in great style. Many congrats on another max, Conor and for making the final. 8-) What a final to look forward to between two all time greats, very reminiscent of the Supreme final all those...

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Grant Waters wrote:I can get 324 away

Good one, but you know what I mean

PS Im 324 away now youve pointed it out to me, LOL!

Dave Preece

JackHurst wrote: David could have beaten me on loads of conundrums so I was lucky it was one I had seen the day before on a laptop one of the runners had left out.

LOL?

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Can't wait for this!

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What numbers game had the best solution that was the furthest away from the correct solution? IE 25 1 1 2 2 3 with a target of 999 (You can only possibly get 399 away from the target)!

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Haven't seen it back on TV yet, but I remember it was definitely another really enjoyable game, so fair play to both of you. I was very impressed with the 2nd numbers solve where you went via 5000 but I wondered why you felt the need to do it that way when 3x100+75+25+2 was available? :D (100*50+25...

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At least he knew about countdown?

Nick seems to know very, very little...

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I'm on it...

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Someone hosting who knows the history of the show and actually gets genuinely enthusiastic about countdown will do.

I suppose we were spoilt with Sir Richard Whiteley?

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Shame that, a real legend. How about we start up a Hall of Fame? Strictest criteria of entry, of course!

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Until yesterday and especially today, Jack – in my mind – was a MASSIVE favorite (however nievely that seems), however, I'm now convinced Conor probably can not be beat in this competition.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Dan McColm and I will take any comers

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Dave Preece

What an absolute gent. Good arrows mate!

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LOL - Good one!

Dave Preece

I pretty new to all this countdown forum stuff, so I have a question: Has there ever been a cash/money game of Countdowm, I come from the world of Pool, and cash/challenge games are very common place, and seeing how competitive you guys all are, I'd be very surprised if there has never been a game ...

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Mark Deeks wrote:Pride is enough of a prize in itself.

But surely there have been grudge-matches where pride wasn't quite enough?

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One Word: Bloody Awesome!

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From the stat's, the ONLY chink in Kirk's armour is his % of conundrum solves/points, being a probable close game, this could be a KEY KPI?

Dave Preece

Question:

Graeme, who is the best Countdown Contestant ever, and what is the most accurate way to rank them all, in your opinion?

Dave Preece

I pretty new to all this countdown forum stuff, so I have a question: Has there ever been a cash/money game of Countdowm, I come from the world of Pool, and cash/challenge games are very common place, and seeing how competitive you guys all are, I'd be very surprised if there has never been a game p...

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Graeme, It says on Wiki the following about perfect games, obviously this hasn't been updated (recently): "Perfect game - A game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. There are currently five known perfect games, one under the 15 round format and the rest in the...

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Q. What is the shortest word declared in any round, I've seen a three, surely no one has ever declared a two?[/quote]
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Ah, of course, silly me!

Cheers Graeme, you're a legend!

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Quite!

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DEFO Gev x

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