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Gavin Chipper

Commenting on others' performances - it's an interesting thing really. On, for example, an F1 forum, you can say what you like about the drivers, commentators etc. because they'll never appear they're "professionals" and therefore it's fine, but on a Countdown forum things are different. T...

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Didn't watch it but someone told me they got APEMEN when everyone else got four.

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Speaking of these seedings (assuming thy are right), it's interesting that points counted over everything else, including winning the series. It's difficult to know if some people were actually selected out because of their points totals, but it seems of those that were selected, points then counted...

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There's a list of current seeds maintained almost daily on the Countdown Wiki. See here . Fortunately, the two seem to be in line with each other. :) Damien said a few weeks ago that the finals would start a week earlier than you've mentioned. Maybe that's to leave time for a COC following it. We'r...

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Ben Wilson wrote:Correct you are, regarding the answer to my trivia question. For bonus points, name all the current tournament Scrabblers to have particpated in a c of c .

No way.

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Ginger Jono wrote:Keep up the good work though!

Don't worry, I won't let your meanness stop me.

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Ginger Jono wrote:Wow. You really need to get a life.

Would the same apply if I ran a website and put such things on? Presumably Mike and Charlie need to get a life.

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Ben Wilson wrote:What's (only slightly) more interesting is that there were (at the time) members of the Scrabble fraternity in every c of c except one. 9 points to whoever can guess which one.

No, that's less interesting. But a guess - the one you were in?

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It is my understanding that some of the CofC tournaments were seeded in the early days, but I haven't seen these seedings listed anywhere. I had a look myself at Mike's page and worked out what I thought was the likely system used for some of the tournaments: CofC I Best estimate is that they sorted...

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ok First shortcut, as you've suggested, is to replace 33 x 33 : 9 with 11 x 11 This leaves you with (11 x 11 + 858) : 11 ... 858 is a multiple of 11, so the bit I've just written above reduces to 11 + 78 So the whole thing becomes 11 + 78 - 88, which is 11 - 10, and hence 1. (the last line is hardl...

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One of the numeric DUELs had some easy short cuts, which the winning contestant didn't see. I was surprised that he took nearly the whole time to come up with the correct answer to: ((((33 x 33 ) : 9 ) + 858 ) : 11 ) - 88 Let's get this out in the open then - what are the easy short cuts? To me it ...

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Corby wrote:And also my daughter's mate Gemma, whose party I am just about to take her to.

Bit of a coincidence, that one.

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Can we get a hat-trick of 13th Mays tomorrow?

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Martin Gardner wrote:His job is to sell the show, and after all wouldn't you like to go home saying you'd only lost by 1 point? I see no harm in it.

Martin

Are you suggesting it's intentional rather than mathematical ineptitude?

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Just out of interest, why is everyone obsessed with Amey Deshpande? Is it to do with getting on twice?

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Paul Howe wrote: Obviously said by someone who's never heard music being played well.

Maybe I've never heard it played badly.

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David Coulthard - but I'm not sure what it would mean for him to be in himself.

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Corby wrote:
Gevin-Gavin wrote:Chris Wills had to be talked down from a high building.
Why would you do that?

Wasn't me - I was just watching!

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Corby wrote:No! And mine was one of the few that went down, which makes it totally gay.

You're alright - Chris Wills had to be talked down from a high building.

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Corby wrote:Why would you do that?

It's vaguely interesting isn't it? Just a little bit?

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Ginger Jono wrote:Football is cool and if you don't agree then I'm gonna flush your head in the toilet, alright?

Well you would like football with a surname like One-nil.

Gavin Chipper

I used to have Facebook but deactivated my account because I didn't want any further part in the rampant narcissism that it tends to promote. It's too 'Hey, look at all these pictures of me, I'm doing something crazy! Now I'm screaming, now I'm pulling a stupid face! Haha, but everyone else is doin...

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I had a look at some of the highest scoring Octochamps and added their fourth and fifth best scores and multiplied by four to get an eight game total. Make of it what you will. The score in brackets is their actual total. 15 rounds 1. Julian Fell: 912 (924) 2. Craig Beevers: 904 (907) 3. Conor Trave...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Gevin-Gavin wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:youse
Wash your mouth out!
Sorry, I don't understand. What's wrong with the word youse?

"you" is a far better word.

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Joseph Bolas wrote:youse

Wash your mouth out!

I'm surprsied they didn't just make the letters, without having to consult a list of named fonts.

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I've never actually heard that, but it makes sense. Does it? Surely if there's enough of them, the guard ducks could be fully awake and then once they've done their shift go to sleep properly themselves. Edit - http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990702a.html - Apparently it is true, but ducks' q...

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Corby wrote:What in Christ's name does all that mean?

Freeroll - have a shit at no cost.

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Corby wrote:If we do that, can we simply call the subforum "AIDS" please?

Can Sir.

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:There was a young girl named Maddie
with a neglectful mummy and daddy.
Despite what they said
Lets face it. She's dead.
Raped by a Portuguese baddie.

I have to admit I laughed at that - it was the word "baddie" that did it.

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Joseph Bolas wrote:I must be the only one who hates UK football . Unfortunately though people keep asking me am I red or blue, when they meet me for the first time .

I remember at school, the first question anyone would ask when meeting you for the first time would be "Who do you support?" Cunts.

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Corby wrote:
M. George Quinn wrote:You can say anything in a limerick. Them's the rules.
Really? Cool...

"An Austrian father named Fritzl,
..."

Thought it would be good if his kids all,
Had sex before luncheon,
With him in the dungeon,
And comatose one when he hits all.

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Richard Brittain wrote:10. Who did Chris Eubank lose his unbeaten professional boxing record to?

Adolf Hitler?

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Bah, music players are much of a muchness - it's all about writing the music.

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What was the question that knocked Chris Wills out?

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Bad news, everyone! I sent my joke in to the Countdown crew and I got a failure delivery. Does anyone know what is wrong with Channel 4's account and how it can be fixed? I wouldn't worry about it. I've put your name down in the other thread, so you can deliver your offerings in person. (There's no...

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Ben Wilson wrote:Bornald, is that you?

You once accused Bornald of being me!

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Jason Larsen.

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Jason Larsen wrote:Whose initials are HFW?

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

By the way, all celebrity chefs should be killed off as they have a most pointless existence.

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Ben Wilson wrote:On a multiplayer game your arse would be mine on the sponge. :p

But you'd never touch my record laps. Do you have any records available for comparison?

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David Williams wrote:Interested to know what people mean by "support". In my book it means a bit more than feeling pleased when they win. I've been to between forty and fifty Liverpool games a year for the last forty years.

David

That sounds more like religious worship.

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:I managed 1:41.893 using Wario standard kart and boosting over the ramp on each lap. Would help if I knew how to do a starting boost.

But can any of you beat my lap times on Super Monaco GP on the Game Gear? Or Micro Machines 2 and 96 on the Mega Drive? I think not.

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Why would I care about a bunch of 11 players completely unconnected with me? Also, those players could all end up at another team, and I wouldn't support them, even though it could be exactly the same bunch of players. What is it about a football team - the name, the ground, what?

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Charlie Reams wrote:I will look into that. As its the same small number of users making the pointless posts you mention, the "Foes and Friends" feature works fairly well for me already.

I hope I'm not considered one of these!

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Damian E wrote:Not sure about the bit about sorted by highest scores in the event of a tie either. Has it ever happened??

Ben Wilson tied with Phil Wass on points.

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Hmmm - i'd forgotten about that. It was ridiculous IMO to have a No.1 seed with 7 wins and No.2 seed with 8 wins - bonkers in fact. I can't remember who changed it and how it came about. Mark and Michael governed over the rules in those days and were obviously happy with the set-up, so i can only p...

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Corby wrote:If he'd been suggesting that points For & Against should be taken into account, then he'd have more of a case.

I think that sounds even worse. You can't always stop someone scoring the same as you in a round.

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But what would've then happened in the situation with Matt Coates and Tony Durrant as both players got the same total when you added there losing score too. Say this week was the last week before finals and noone knocked Matt off #8 seed, what would happen in that situation? You mean what happens i...

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Jason Larsen wrote:Gavin:

There is no video of the episode in which Gordon Brown appeared as a guest on Countdown on that website.

Jason:

There is a picture of the numbers game in question.

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Jason Larsen wrote:The people whose relatives may someday appear on Countdown.

What has anyone said to give you that impression? No cryptic answers!!!

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Jason Larsen wrote:Are some of you saying that some people don't even care if their relatives were on Countdown?

Which people give that impression to you?

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Jason Larsen wrote:What link, Gavin?

In the first post of the thread.

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Imagine that there is a player (A) who was won 4 games with great scores and during these 4 games, they have had a brilliant performance throughout each game. Then something happens and on their 5th game, they have a poor performance and they lose, but they have made it to #8 on the seed table with...

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Of course I wouldn't fail, I would succeed. I would succeed to tell you that my birthday is on the first day of Fall 1986. Whose 1986th fall occurred on the day of your birth? Other than that, what date was it on? Perhaps you could tell us in a more cryptic way by telling us which season it was in ...

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Jason Larsen wrote:I am ready to admit to you all right now that I don't remember ever seeing a game like that!

Click on the link and you can see it for yourself.

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Corby wrote:Am I the only one who can't see the sense at all in this?

Me wrote:I think it makes sense that for equal wins, you look at al the data you have (i.e. all games) for the most representative seeding.

Way before you came on the scene, sunshine.

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rayfolwell wrote:Alternatively (3x3+4)x25 + 6x2

I did that one.

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jimbentley wrote:I did ((100 + 50) x 3) - 25 - 10, which seemed really obvious and straightforward, so I was surprised when neither contestant got it, then even more surprised when Carol came out with her convoluted method in the end.

Ditto.

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Gevin-Gavin wrote:Yes, and we all remember well that numbers game with six ones with a target of six.

I also remember this game well because I was closer to the target than the contestants - 7 points in the bag!

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Jason Larsen wrote:No, quiz machines.

I heard of Countdown on a forum about pubs. I used to think Countdown was the same as Closedown in the schedules until then.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote: This data though is going by Facebook Countdown games (which this topic is about) so I still thought it was a little subjective.
I don't think that word means what you think it means.

You quoted a whole post, not just a word. I'm guessing "games". Close?

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