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Elliott Mellor

One of the best games I've seen in a good while, best of the series for sure.

Special mention to the solve of HALOGENIC - a tremendous solve in the studio and shows Mike is a real threat for the final.

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Martin was on very fine form today, did think that was his best showing so far. Commiserations to Bob, who did do a very good job today I thought it was a very good game too by both players. But as for Martin's best game? Well, being picky I thought that 983 was pretty gettable to be honest! Aye, h...

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A bit slow in watching so only just seen this. Just wanted to add that this was one of the most thrilling games I've watched in a while - great sportsmanship and a really back and forth game. Made it very exciting.

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I have never owned an umbrella. An umbrella is a device which deflects rain coming only from directly above you. This, together with its tendency to flip inside out and/or act as a sail, makes it largely useless in even a moderate wind. (Funnily enough, wind and rain often go together.) Even when i...

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Noone's spotted the max in r7 yet...

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If anyone fancies... R1: AEITFDNSP R2: AEOPRDTIS R3: 100 75 50 25 7 1 @536 R4: AIIFGDTSI R5: OEETRMLOI R6: 10 10 9 4 3 1 @620 R7: EEEMCDFES R8: AIEPSRTOE R9: 100 50 1 8 1 7 @765 R10: AOIHZQNTS R11: IIAPSTNEE R12: OEUGGSGOO R13: UUARGTYAS R14: 50 8 9 6 1 2 @889 R15: PRESSUEED pentafids (0) POSTERIAD...

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If anyone fancies... R1: AEITFDNSP R2: AEOPRDTIS R3: 100 75 50 25 7 1 @536 R4: AIIFGDTSI R5: OEETRMLOI R6: 10 10 9 4 3 1 @620 R7: EEEMCDFES R8: AIEPSRTOE R9: 100 50 1 8 1 7 @765 R10: AOIHZQNTS R11: IIAPSTNEE R12: OEUGGSGOO R13: UUARGTYAS R14: 50 8 9 6 1 2 @889 R15: PRESSUEED panties, posteriad, 76*...

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If anyone fancies...

R1: AEITFDNSP
R2: AEOPRDTIS
R3: 100 75 50 25 7 1 @536
R4: AIIFGDTSI
R5: OEETRMLOI
R6: 10 10 9 4 3 1 @620
R7: EEEMCDFES
R8: AIEPSRTOE
R9: 100 50 1 8 1 7 @765
R10: AOIHZQNTS
R11: IIAPSTNEE
R12: OEUGGSGOO
R13: UUARGTYAS
R14: 50 8 9 6 1 2 @889
R15: PRESSUEED

Elliott Mellor

Had 2 last night, or one which had a time lapse... In the first, I'm playing Novak Djokovic in the final of Countdown. I don't know whether I just forgot the first part of the game, but it seems to sort of start at round 9. The numbers are (I think) 25, 8, 9, 9, 6, 3 (might be slightly wrong) and th...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:44 pm Well done on the conundrum Elliott! How long did it take you to spot it?

2 minutes. Quick huh?

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:22 pm Our boy Elliott Mellor on the conundrum

Oh, so it is

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Anyone else catch "CUM BUDGIE" being displayed on the board?

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What arguments is he giving for them being fake, exactly?

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Happy to also get a max game here. Felt really bad for Susan - she seemed very strong on the letters and if her numbers had been up to scratch she could have had 11 or 12 maxes. One of the more capable contestants of late and I was rooting for her to win.

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Countdown Team wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:16 pm We tell Rachel if the game is impossible.

……

Edit to add......
How do we know it's impossible? We text Elliott Mellor.

Only just seen this

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Noel, It's been an absolute delight to know you as part of the community. As has been echoed above you're the greatest 4 large player there has ever been and the 925 numbers solve in your semi final will always remain an iconic moment. I have very fond memories of being soundly beaten in 4 large rou...

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James Robinson wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:03 pm
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Sep 23, 2018 10:02 pm What with Rhys wondering about Annie, I'm wondering if Jeff Clayton was invited?
He wasn't, I was so shocked that he didn't even get an invite, especially as there's only one from S76.

If that's the only basis you have for his case, I'm not surprised he wasn't invited at all.

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My simulations indicate that the estimates of the number of impossible answers are: no big numbers: 16.97% one big number : 2.73% two big numbers: 1.92% three big numbers: 5.35% four big numbers: 10.19% Do these estimates look reasonable? If I want a solution then I would pick two big numbers. Not ...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:23 am Whilst I actually remember (and can't quite believe it hasn't come up) - Annie Humphries, was she invited?

I think she was invited but declined.

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Had a brief dream last night that Eddy Byrne had the world record for the longest marriage, at 95 years and was still going. Or sommat like that.

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Essentially the question was, what if what's shown on TV isn't the same as what happens in the studio. C1 and C2 are level going into the conundrum. Nobody gets it. They're given a tiebreak, and C1 gets it. The first conundrum is cut out for some reason. Does it count as a tiebreak? I think this is...

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Q: in event of a TB which is cut from broadcast (such as my first show), will this go down as a margin of 10 or a TB? Here’s how it will work: … In the event of a tie-break conundrum, this will be taken to be a 0 point win. ... Best of luck! I don't think that answers the question as well as you th...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:53 pm Q: in event of a TB which is cut from broadcast (such as my first show), will this go down as a margin of 10 or a TB?

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:13 am

Here’s how it will work:
…

In the event of a tie-break conundrum, this will be taken to be a 0 point win.

...

Best of luck!

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NASTALIQ!!!! <3

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Very detailed one last night...in this dream, I'm actually in champion of champions and it's implied I've won a series. My first match is against Spike, and I somehow beat him about 120ish to 50ish (heavily unrealistic!). The first rounds starts with Spike declaring 7 to my 8 and it turns out he had...

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"Just an 8"

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"Divine inspiration...or all your own work?"

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:06 pm I dreamt that Dylan Taylor was the Tory candidate in my constituency at the next general election. What happened next is not appropriate for this board.

The Tories got elected?

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(7+7)*8*8+25+5 for another 926 alt.

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Gavin Chipper: Elliott Mellor: I am using the incoherency solver and it often gives more than one solution. My original question was whether the solution set is complete. If incoherency gives only one answer then my question is not a meaningful question in the first place. Mathematics is never cons...

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I've just checked and it actually seems you are now right, it does give more than one solution. However I am certain this never used to be the case. It seems the solution set is complete - I just typed in a set of numbers and target that should give loads of solutions and indeed it gave me a heck of...

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Gavin Chipper: Thanks for the pointer to the "can of worms". I do not wish to re-open this "can of worms" but the equivalence problem is not exactly "rocket science"; any competent mathematician should be able to solve the problem. Maybe they could, but then another ma...

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Elliott Mellor: "More than 1. It will only ever give 1 solution regardless of whether there is 2 solutions or 200 solutions." I do not understand your statement. I have seen up to six alternative solutions from the incoherency solver. I've never really cared that much about it, but from a...

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:18 am
Alternative to R6: ((25 x 2) + 6) x 10 + (4 x 3)

This was the way my mum did it, she promptly felt very proud of herself for getting one right

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Gavin Chipper: Thanks for the pointer to the "can of worms". I do not wish to re-open this "can of worms" but the equivalence problem is not exactly "rocket science"; any competent mathematician should be able to solve the problem. Going back to the incoherency solver,...

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Owen Carroll: Why are you so certain that the incoherency solver gives all possible solutions to a given problem? I presume that you have not analysed each and every problem. Of course he hasn't analysed every single problem - he hasn't the time and nor has anyone. I can safely say that the numbers...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:51 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:16 pm After the conundrum went unsolved, Nick rolled it right away. I've often wondered why this sometimes happens - is it because someone in the audience guessed it wrong or some other reason?
Maybe sometimes they can forget?

Could be, just wondered if there was something more.

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After the conundrum went unsolved, Nick rolled it right away. I've often wondered why this sometimes happens - is it because someone in the audience guessed it wrong or some other reason?

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The only one reservation is that the uptake could well be ridiculously large. If it's open to any and all televised contestants you could well end up at a figure approaching 4,000. Really doubt it'd be even close to that tbh. Most one time winners who were on 12 years ago aren't going to be interes...

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Cannot help but feel the challenger was very similar to James Kennedy

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Why particularly if you like football? In your Facebook discussion, I think it was worded as if it was exclusively for people who liked football, so I feel I'm at least allowed to comment here. But I think most of what I'm about to say has been covered on Facebook. Basically, people like the sport(...

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Extending on that, I can see Bob posing at least a bit of a threat in the finals, though his conundrums are definitely a weakness.

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HOMELAND was a fabulous spot today by Bob, beat me completely there.

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Because all of my devices are Windows, and Windows and Apple don't always play together so well when you try to make them talk (At least, they don't when I try and make them - it's probably easy for someone who's less technophobic). Additionally I already have a "serious" laptop for my jo...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:21 pm How come you wanna sell it Zarte?

You could try reading the post, you know.

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Accidentally quoted instead of edited. Deleted.

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Very weird one last night...Jeff Clayton had been allowed back on Countdown and was filming his 8th game in his run (his points total was something around 690 so far I believe, I have a feeling it was 694). He was facing some really old geezer who seemed to either win the round or offer an invalid w...

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Think Bob is the best bet we've seen for octochampdom so far I think. He has a good wordbank for a non-apterite and his numbers are solid enough. Nevertheless, despite the difference in maxes, Alex put up a good fight and left with a decent losing score. Though , Bob's mannerisms make him remind me...

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Well done to Ryan, but he didn't half spend ages declaring (gave the impression he was looking for something longer to declare eg sssssssssssssssssss could have turned into sssssssssssseven has he spotted one).

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The basic rule is that single-syllable adjectives can have ER and EST added by default, whereas with adjectives that have two or more syllables, the comparatives and superlatives have to be explicitly specified. If a cheese is more goaty, then you can call it "more goaty". GOATIER might s...

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It'd be interesting to see the verdict of the actual producer on this. I'm happy to concede if wrong but there are certain rules that they apply eg the restaurant rule. If a cheese is more goaty than the other than how do you describe it? GOATIER, GOATIEST seem logical. The basic rule is that singl...

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Sarah Millican tried goatier once on Cats Countdown - disallowed When? Don't know. Some time back. U could find it on All4 Then it holds no water. Dictionary updates happen all the time and many words disallowed previously are now valid. The only way to know for sure if it would be allowed is to as...

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Steve Hawdon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:51 pm Sarah Millican tried goatier once on Cats Countdown - disallowed

When?

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Fred Mumford wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:26 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 3:41 pm If a cheese can have a goaty flavour, how do you refer to a cheese that is a bit more so?
Repulsive?

*Likes comment*

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It'd be interesting to see the verdict of the actual producer on this. I'm happy to concede if wrong but there are certain rules that they apply eg the restaurant rule. If a cheese is more goaty than the other than how do you describe it? GOATIER, GOATIEST seem logical.

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Sorry. Comparative adjective needs to be specified in the OED to be valid. It is not. Therefore invalid It's not specified in the free online dictionary, but it might be in the paid-for version. It's valid on Apterous so it probably is. I'm surprised you can't tell from what I've written that I've ...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:06 pm They don't usually have a presentation for the winner of the coc like they do for regular series do they?

They do, actually. Glitter falls from the ceiling and the winner gets a new car, £50000 and a lot of pride. It used to be £100000 but budget cuts reduced this.

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Christy Cooper wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:41 pm Jonathan Wynn is a good player too, I'd definitely place him near the top.

With all due respect to him I'm not sure I'd agree with him being amongst the very top. I don't think he would either in fairness. Top guy though.

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I also bought the latest dictionary today. Well, that you can buy. That should help me get better at countdown! It's the 2012 edition. They said in the bookshop that that's the most up to date version that you can buy! I'm hoping that the online version won't be too much different. Although I could...

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And if you're the second tallest then who's the tallest? Richard Osman is. It's a little known fact that Richard Osman was on countdown and made the final, losing narrowly to a guy called Harry Peters. However this was never broadcast due to some controversy sadly. The guy on pointless? Yes

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