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Craig Beevers

8x25 = 200
200 + 9 = 209
209x4 = 836
10/5 = 2
836 - 2 = 834

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I do a bit each day. Walk out (very quickly) most days and jog/run on the way back, that's with a camera to the local ecology park. Do yoga and some muscle exercises each day, stuff that's off Wii Fit.

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Probably well known for getting complete garbage at the business end of Scrabble tourneys.

And the usual Countdown stuff.

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Being good (as in really good ) at Scrabble and Countdown simultaneously is next to impossible. I've resolved this problem by being mediocre at both. Yep it is tough. I've forgotten most of the Countdown/Scrabble differences, although I still remember the odd ODE-only word unintentionally. These ar...

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eugenics in that round.

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Surprised no-one got the numbers in the time. Using 9x8 = 72 + 1 is the standout way of getting that 2.

Had no idea what EXACTA was, although I'm sure Nick did.

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Presumably OSMUNDA isn't in but maybe PIPETTE is?

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Well with Scrabble I wouldn't unlearn them exactly, just learn the ones that are a little more obscure but are okay in Countdown. Then when you get on just not risk declare stuff unless it's common, you know specifically that it's okay or your opponent pushes you into taking a risk. Carlisle's prett...

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Hello all, my name is Chris Civil, I'm 31 and live and work in Birmingham for a law college. I used to be a keenish scrabble player and after playing one rated tournament where I got some lucky letters had a provisional ranking just outside the top UK 100, circumstances meant that I haven't played ...

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75x8 = 600
600-10 = 590
590/2 = 295, + 25 + 7

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there's also a new RSPB reserve opening in the area (Saltholme) very shortly which I'll probably visit a fair bit. I live near two of them - Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore which are on the Lincolnshire side of The Wash. Slightly further afield there are two owned by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust; ...

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Family used to have a blue budgie, it spoke so it was always amusing when it 'mysteriously' picked up swear words and randomly threw them in with other phrases. Had a female cockatiel at the same time, which was tormented incessantly by said budgie. I walk out most days to the local Ecology Park, ta...

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And when I see the 75 come out I know I'm well and truly screwed. Why? If you can memorise your 4 digit PIN by pictures, can you not think of pictures to help you remember that 75 x 4 = 300? I think it's panic that skews my brain when that number comes out..... can you help me with that? I remember...

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Alternative way of getting the same result: multiply up the small numbers to get somewhere near. Eg. 9 x 6 x 5 x 3 = 810, so adding 1 to the 5 adds an extra (9 x 6 x 3, 162) to the total for 972. My problem is running out of time - if I'd guessed at adding 1 to the 6 instead of the 5, I'd have prob...

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I'm starting to learn definitions for some of the Scrabble words I'm learning that I consistently mess up.

Learning the definition definitely helps, but doesn't seem to be worth the effort most of the time.

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OUROBOROSES - awesome.

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I did write selections down on my first few shows, but realised it was 'unnatural' and I'd be better off just playing like I did anywhere else.

I can anagram perfectly well whatever order the letters are in and prefer seeing the letters in clear tile form anyway.

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From Charlie's perspective I think 3/4 large was the way to go. I think if you're really strong all-round at the numbers then 6 small would have been better.

Anyway have still only seen a bit of the final, so will watch all of it before passing more general comments.

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So how come Giles is in DC anyway?

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RAMEQUIN any good in ODE? At the time I wondered if another vowel was picked to secure that 8 as the darren.

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For those who missed out: build up your expectations, on all fronts, as high as possible. You won't be disappointed. This. I thought she looked pretty in the press photos, but I was genuinely amazed when I saw her for the first time at just how stunning she was. Add the fact that she is a ridiculou...

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I did the numbers (25 + 5) * 7, + 4

It's one of those that's a lot easier to get if you're at home not panicking when the more direct routes don't work.

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And I made it on Monday. What an brilliant run of games at the end of the afternoon. Interesting that the new set isolates the competitors so much from Jeff/DC that they have to pass "same here" slips to each other for checking. It's quite good actually because under the old format DC/Des...

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Hope everyone (contestants, presenters etc.) gives a good account of themselves.

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Never met him but saw his brief stint in dictionary corner as mentioned earlier. Must be a hell of a shock to everyone involved with Countdown.

My sympathies to all those who knew him.

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Looking forward to seeing how they get on and hearing how they are with the contestants, audience etc.

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Glad that people are warming to him, he seemed a bit nervous/wooden the first few rounds I saw. I've heard a few of his stories from Top Gear and probably other shows I've forgotten - he's probably achieved more in a given month than most people have in a lifetime. One of the few modern day people w...

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Recent practice makes such a difference. If for instance someone like James Hurrell puts in a few hours then he's just as likely to win as anyone else. Also you could easily find that someone who'd not put any effort in before plays to a high standard this time due to playing on apterous and taking ...

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I'm sure the C of C will be fine without me. Hope it's a good 'un and I'll look forward to watching it next year.

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What's Charlie's aggregate score so far then? I figure he must be on course for high 800s.

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OATMEAL is all one word I take it.

Charlie assured to be on Alright on the Night 732,319 after that.

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God another 9, why didn't I ever get letters like this...

Should be another big 100+ score anyways.

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Can't be arsed checking if AIRCREW is in, should be anyways...

and WARNER = WARREN

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Didn't see this, I know before I went on the heats I'd decided I'd go for any 9s I was 50/50 about and play safe on anything shorter (the shorter ones were more likely to be confused with Scrabble anyway).

Anyways will try and catch today's episode.

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Heh @ this list

Scrabble letters worth more than 1 point - it's a tiebreaker.

Wouldn't be surprised if they got through all of them (as he says that the challengers come up with N and lose)

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Yea I echo those sentiments, thought they were doomed when the deciding list was to do with the Spice Girls.

Think it's a bit mean that they split the winnings mind.

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Yea, don't think I could have done much more - 3 of the my main errors involved words I'm not familiar with (two 6 letter words and an incredibly unlikely 8). Even not challenging the phoney only cost me about 15 points and I lost that one by plenty.

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I've not been paying full attention but it seemed like Debbi's performance dropped off massively on Tuesday and Wednesday from what I saw, bit of a shame really.

Hopefully Debbi will play nearer her best assuming she makes it back for the finals - could be a dangerous lower seed.

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I appreciate that and for my money playing for money is not gambling - if it were, you could included tennis tournaments like Wimbledon as gambling. My point (which in fairness, I didn't make very well) is that if you're offering someone the choice between a £4 tournament and a £14 one, you're only...

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I feel like she's definitely going to find another job on television, an everyday one I mean. There are so many shows that she could do. This is why I am starting to see Carol leaving as maybe a positive thing. Like you said, Carol has done many programmes, a few that come to mind are: Vord's Big B...

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Well we've only heard Carol's version of events and she's very media savvy so she's not going to portray herself in a negative light.

We'll probably never know what really happened.

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Being reported on the BBC now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7527091.stm

90% sounds very improbable.

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If it was a kinda round/ovoidal room you could call it the amphitheatre.

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:CATAMERAN

edit: Bugger! Its not in!

It's CATAMARAN, probably been a conundrum at some point.

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8*5 - (9-7) = 38
38 * 7 = 266
266 + 1 = 267

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Hmm that one was quite easy as far as 4 large go.

I did the 75/25 * 100+50+1, +1 route.

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Hadn't seen this game so catching up on it now, bit of a mixed bag really. Obviously two of the rounds were very difficult to get the maximum on, plus the dead conundrum which didn't matter. Second numbers was a bit counter-intuitive, one of those where a run-of-the-mill contestant would probably ge...

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ASTONISH also. Probably edited them out.

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One of those annoying games where the champ could be winning by 50 points if he hadn't kept taking risks.

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Hmm he bottled those numbers somewhat, can happen to anyone tho.

I went 10*75 = 750, (50+6)/4 = 14
750 + 14 + 7 = 771.

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Yep thought he'd done that yesterday but wasn't sure.

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Boris Johnson, would only need to extend filming by a few hours. He could use it as a factfinding mission to see how a city with an apparent annual budget of 78p gets by. Anyway I don't listen to the radio but I guess there's probably a few candidates there who've not been unearthed yet. Maybe someo...

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Heh that's gotta be a bit humiliating when Des gets it.

I did [75 + (9-8)] * 10 = 760, 760 + 50 - 3 = 807.

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Yea, plus judgement spelt without the first e looks really, really crap. I always understood there is only one E in "judgment". Indeed it slightly niggles me when I see it written with 2 Es. One E in general usage is probably an Americanism, the first time I saw it spelt in this aesthetic...

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When you are playing a tournament for the first time, what is your UK rating and how is it worked out? For the first time it's very simple, if you beat your opponent you get their rating + 50, if you lose you get their rating - 50, if you tie you get their rating. You simply add these figures then ...

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In fairness the best way to take luck out of Scrabble would be to get rid of the 50 point bonus when you play all the letters. It works the same way as the 18 point bonus in Countdown. You get some games, not every game far from it, where player A picks up 3 bingoes in 4 moves and player B has mayb...

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Yea, plus judgement spelt without the first e looks really, really crap.

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Michael Wallace wrote:25-4 = 21
21*10 = 210
210 - 1 = 209
209 * 3 = 627

Did the same, except without the -1 bit and just took 3 off at the end. Surprised Carol didn't get it.

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Back onto the topic - it's quite interesting to read Julian Fell's experience on Mike's page. He comes across as not very competitive and lacking in killer instinct, which possibly contributed to his downfall. He saw it as a bad thing that Grace Page scored nothing in the first two or so rounds in ...

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I did it this way

6 * (9+7) * 10 = 960, 960 - 9 + 1 = 952.

You just know it's there when Carol says she thinks it's probably not doable.

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