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IMMOTILE in r1 for a dc beater.
Had some very flat rounds lately, literally at 6s and 7s.

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Can't blame them for not getting that conundrum - that was a stinker! I only got it because I've seen it before on the apterous wiki.

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:54 pm Dragged the streaming window into itself and lost about half an hour of progress. Joy. Recap will be up by 5pm.

Just FYI, today is the 3rd.

Last numbers alt.: (100 + 25 - 2) * 7 + 50

yeah I did that too, Rachel's way was a lot more complex!

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Ell! I nicked your new word for the 9 :P He could have continued and fudged from there too if he'd added the 50 for 425 and taken away the others for 407. Yeah, don’t know why you’d give up so soon. As for James, maybe it was nerves. Haha nice one :) Would have had the lovely 9 PELOBATID (cheers Br...

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Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:30 pm GINESTRAS as an alternative nine in R13

Got to feel for Dan there. He could’ve declared 400 and would’ve got over the line.

He could have continued and fudged from there too if he'd added the 50 for 425 and taken away the others for 407.

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Close game but failing to score on any numbers round is usually unforgivable. If someone can get all the numbers against him, then James will be stopped. BRA!! I'm in total agreement :) Unless they're all impossible. Declaring nothing on the last numbers was especially poor, you have to get at leas...

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If Dan octos....which looks quite likely at the moment, it'll leave 22 more episodes...which is enough for 2 octochamps and 6 more games...food for thought anyway.

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Yeah was a cracking game today with 2 good players - VENISON in particular was a brilliant spot, beat my WHINES hands down. GROUNDIE as a nice new tennis related 8 in round 8. The conundrum today is an example of where taking that extra second to think might be a good idea instead of buzzing in with...

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Not a particularly funny dream, but I had a dream last week that I'd received an email from the Countdown Team saying that my application was declined and that I was told to "never contact them again". It woke me up immediately and I had to check my email in the spur of the moment to chec...

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So....last night's starts with me and a few friends in sixth form discovering a part of the school that has been greyed because it has been "discounted from consideration from all records and statistics etc", exactly like an excluded game an apterous would be. Bemused, we walk inside to th...

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Tom S wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:40 pm I agree that he was unlucky with UNWISEST, but Lexplorer says no, nevertheless, his letters are very strong.

Aye they are on the strong side, he's clearly quite well practised.

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I think that's a view, simple as it may be, that many would agree with ☺. How do you think you'd cope if you were told that you had to go without meat for a month, for example? I wouldn't enjoy going without it for a month, but I reckon I'd be able to just about cope - wouldn't become vegetarian th...

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Doesn't appear to be on apterous, which is my guide. Perhaps it's just not in wide enough usage?

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:27 am I had FRACTILE in round 5, after my cock-up with factorial the other day I am more confident of this one!

Sorry, no dice (to nick Johnny's catchphrase):(

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TRIFOCAL to beat RICOTTA

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:06 pm
Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:48 pm Surprised they missed FALSITIES when FALSIES and FALSEST had been mentioned.
Perhaps they missed it because it shouldn't be valid, FALSITY is a mass noun: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/falsity

Yeah in your camp here - it's very dubious and I'm not sure it'd be allowed.

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Why were both players gazing across the studio when the conundrum was on? There's an actual board there where the conundrum is officially revealed - the monitors are only a camera view of this. It's probably much comfier to stare at that than hunch over a monitor, but admittedly it looks puzzling t...

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Why were both players gazing across the studio when the conundrum was on? There's an actual board there where the conundrum is officially revealed - the monitors are only a camera view of this. It's probably much comfier to stare at that than hunch over a monitor, but admittedly it looks puzzling t...

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I think it's just really become one of her catchphrases, I don't think she's trying to rub it in at all. It's a lot different from saying something like "yeah I had that 8, but I also found 6 other 8s" or stuff to that effect.

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Was OUTEARN removed in the last update? If not, its disallowal could have decided the game -- had it been allowed, the score after the conundrum would have been 49-49 and Lawrie would still have had a shot on the tie-break. Yeah he was very unlucky there, a more thorough look would have shown it to...

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ORNATURE in the OUTEARN round.

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Especial congrats on being an octochamp in a future series too as your signature says!

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Jojo Apollo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:27 pm Very well done Eoin on becoming an octochamp Good humour and laughs throughout your run, well done sir.

Suppose that's one way of describing it.....

But yeah good stuff Eoin, well done on octoing - with a good finishing score to boot.

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Did I hear "only an 8" used in a round today?

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Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:30 am
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:07 pm These incrementing badges of Eoin's are a neat idea.
Well that's one adjective for them.

Care to say what yours is?

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http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_2050 is worthy of a mention surely

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Can we just rejoice in the fact that for the first time in my lifetime someone tried to pick 6 vowels?
This is a significant moment in my lifetime, I feel very emotional.

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Aye, massive congrats Noel on octochampdom - richly deserved and you've been enjoyable to watch!

Loved the way you got to 262...you had to go out with a bang didn't you?

Look forward to seeing you in the finals!

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Was on 863 in the time, but out of time:
((50-4)*75-6)/4=861

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Noel Mc wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:35 pm R1 was dumb. Shoulda picked a final consonant.
R7 I wanted an E for WAYSIDE
R13 I wanted an A for FOLIATES Foiliest was dumb.

If we're talking about maxing your score though, picking 4L the whole time is pretty dumb.

You won the round....so I'd call that a success

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Sorry for saying my opinion.

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We often point the finger at contestants shitting up selections by always picking 3 vowels, but maybe it's time to look at the other side of this. People picking 5! Yes, that's you Noel! (But obviously well done, and I'm hoping you become an octochamp.) Absolutely don't know why you're claiming tha...

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Noel Mc wrote: ↑Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:35 pm Can I blame tiredness for the numbers? I had 526 in R9. R14 was just embarrassing.

Yes, I think so.

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All depends what the producer and that decide to do. If that is true it's a disappointing state of play. I would argue that the programme and its legacy trumps the whims of any current production set-up, or at least it should. It makes little sense to put blame on Apterous for the trend of C4 hosti...

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NABILONE as a beater in r8, PICOGRAM as a beater in r11. Saw RODGERSIA literally on 29s.

Feel today's challenger could certainly have won a few had he not come up against Noel, he was an above average player.

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Yeah, that's it Matt. I've seen old posts where it was basically said a good amount of viewers don't want to sit through a few weeks of lexo-nerds coming up with loads of obscure words and absolutely obliterating them when they try to play along - they want to actually stand a chance of winning or a...

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So you wouldn't change your answer in the same situation? Probably not to be honest. Unless I also thought it was OK to buzz in without the answer. There's no real difference between the two, especially considering that you could buzz in straight away with some crappy "answer" in your min...

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Some top four-larging from Noel today. Getting Noel's method in R3 in 30 seconds is very impressive, and would have been even more so had there not been a couple of simpler methods. I wonder whether Noel chose that method on purpose or whether it was genuinely the only method he spotted? I can imag...

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I thought my 78*7 method on the first numbers was complicated and around the houses.........until Noel produced probably one of the best solutions I think I've ever seen. Had his way on the 965 game though. Some great spots on the letters too, I toyed with GUNLESS but chickened it, well risked on yo...

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I think if she realised she had one thing and changed after she buzzed thats grand. There was no deceit intended when originally buzzing. This. I think if she realised she had one thing and changed after she buzzed thats grand. There was no deceit intended when originally buzzing. I dunno. I think ...

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Noel Mc wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:38 pm I was desperately trying to find anything else other than FAPS.

Some shocking number rounds from me so far.

It was Nick's reaction to faps that was best

Noel: Faps
Nick: FAPS!

I wouldn't say shocking nums rounds, they weren't exactly straightforward!

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GEOMETRAL to beat telegram.

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David Williams wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:47 pm Bit of a change of mind on the conundrum? No objection from Nick.

Aye, she did seem to take rather a long time to give the actual answer.

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2017 1:34 pm VIRAEMIC to beat VIREMIA in R8.

Bah, beaten to it.

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L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:58 pm Cork would be a brilliant spot for a co:event.

Crikey...I thought the standard was higher than that...if Cork's considered a good spot I'm obviously mistaken...

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L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:02 pm ***SPOILER ALERT***

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:10 pmI have the strangest feeling that REMBETIKA is going to feature in my game(s).
I'm not psychic.

OMG you've ruined the show(s) for me:-P

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OMG SPOILERZ:-P

Not really superstitious myself, the number 7's just a number as is the number 13. But if REMBETIKA does come up in a selection I might be swayed.

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Just a brief one last night in which I dreamt that it turned out Johnny Canuck turned out to be the series 52 champion and that he'd always been utterly ashamed of this and didn't want anyone to know (yet had edited the wiki to say so...).

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Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:00 pm Well I just did (25 + 9 - 5) x 10) + 100/50 so I can't believe Rachel didn't get it with the extra time

In fairness it doesn't exactly jump out.

ALUNITE R10
OPERANCES R12

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He seems a bit sure of himself, which doesn't make for great viewing.

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Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2017 11:32 am
L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:39 pm 2. It now seems Zarte will be allowed back before S80, so there is another major contender right there.
.....If I had a shot at it with a safe 8 and a safe 9 in round 118, I'd take the 8.......

If your 9 was safe, why would you not go for it...?

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Not sure I'd put money on it, but I think it's doable providing that the people who might be classed as being able to do it get lucky with a run of high maxes and opponents who don't nick the con off them etc. Though it must be said that there was probably no more than a handful of people who are go...

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JC obviously has skills that are well above average... it would be impossible to "Hansford" without them. But it does seem to me that John used the speculative buzzing method, just as Jeffrey did before him. You can see the cogs of his mind still turning, trying to unravel the scramble du...

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ftr, I am of the opinion that so-called Hansfording is a tactic than can be employed by supremely talented conundrumists. A tactic, rather than a cheat... I do admire the skill of people like Hansford who were able to pull it off, however it's a bit of a risky tactic it must be said and definitely ...

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I wonder if he will change tactic for the numbers come the final? He seems to either get it spot on or not get anywhere close generally, and he doesn't seem to want to deviate so I doubt it. His factorising is very good, so for something like 689 he'll see 53*13, but when it's something like 827 wh...

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Admittedly I haven't been watching, but going by the wikicaps, this doesn't really look like Hansfording to me. Why would he do it on some occasions but not others? Isn't it miraculously lucky that he decides not to Hansford every time he doesn't get the answer (or a very understandable guess) quic...

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Admittedly I haven't been watching, but going by the wikicaps, this doesn't really look like Hansfording to me. Why would he do it on some occasions but not others? Isn't it miraculously lucky that he decides not to Hansford every time he doesn't get the answer (or a very understandable guess) quic...

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Tim Down wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:25 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:58 pm Good to see he's not dirty playing the cons now.
Have you watched today's game?

Aye, he switched back to playing dirty

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Already sent you a message saying I'd like it

Cheers Paul, you're a legend!

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L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 11:13 pm
Adam Dexter wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:40 pmBeat John by 66 points
That is quite something!
I doubt many put that much fresh air between themselves and John...

Aye tis.
I didn't keep track but I bet I beat him by that or more which pleases me.

Good to see he's not dirty playing the cons now.

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