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MEAL!
Just gauging an idea of numbers for meal attendees. Looking to book Impasto- https://impastoworcester.com/ Very good rating online, and has a diverse menu to cater for all dietary requirements!

Please let me know if interested to help me gauge numbers! Tia!

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:00 pm Hehehe. Countdown in The Butts.

Used to work at a place with the address of 3 The Butts. And no, it wasn't the Nudist Association HQ....

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Hey you! Yes, you! Fancy ending a fortnight's drought of sign-ups? Send a payment within the next 24 hours to win/ be in the mix to win a complimentary bottle of Worcestershire Sauce (or veggie/vegan alternative!)! And for any prospective attendees coming by train from London, you can secure an on t...

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Very enjoyable run Ciaran! Congrats on winning 8. Good luck with what should in theory be some highly contested finals games!

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What better time to sign up for Co:cester than now, as there are now discounts available for signing up! If you've never attended a Countdown tournament before, then entry is just £6- Payment available here- https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thomasgeorgestevo/6GBP (+1 discount for 2 newbies) If you br...

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Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 11:48 am Nice work Tom - 11 new countries in under 4 months!

Thanks! The aim is to do 30 countries before 30, but think I can hold off from needing to do so many in such a short period of time- "quality over quantity!"

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Am only at a solid 4: Cyprus, France, The Netherlands, Spain. However, if the Balearics were to be classed in some imaginary world as a country, then it would be raised to a more well-travelled 7 :) Not sure why, but ended up thinking about this thread this evening- am now on 13. UK (England, Scotl...

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Very true!^

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For reference, for the train travellers, if you've googled your destination "to Worcester", then it may come up with Worcestershire Parkway as the train station. Unless you fancy walking over fields and up the M5, then you'll need to transfer from there to Worcester Foregate Street (less t...

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Co:cester (Countdown in Worcester) 2025! https://focalcountdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image.jpeg?w=1024 Mispronounced as many times as a Countdown contestant declaring a word they can’t define – Countdown is coming to Worcester! Roll up, roll up! And welcome to the debut Co-event in Worces...

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Yeah Amy statistically performed the best out of the 4 semi-finalists so far, with 9 maxes and 80.8% of the max. Tim James also equals her max-wise, but has the lowest percentage of the max based on his QF with 64.1%. Tim James has the 2nd highest percentage of the max, but has the lowest max count ...

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It does actually look to be a very open series. Looking at the max count percentage in brief, the stats are as so: Rhys Jones (54.1%) Tim Bridgstock (53.3%) Matt Fife (52.5%) Tim James and Christine Smith (50%) Tom Page (43.8%) Amy Berry (42.5%) Michael Kane (33.3%) It's a very tricky one to call, a...

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Thanks for hosting Mark! Enjoyed the event!

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RIP Peter- a good innings. Can remember his posts on here and thinking how sharp he was for his years.

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The staging for Portugal was too simplistic n my opinion, but it is authentic.It may have got some votes from the Rest of the World vote, given that it went viral with Portuguese migrants on TikTok. I'm quite shocked by Belgium not qualifying- I didn't think it was his best vocal performance, but th...

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Albania, Portugal and Azerbaijan are my faves from this Semi-final (and the competition), but the latter two performances won't advance imo. Agree with most of your qualifier predictions, Rhys, but think Slovenia will be in- possibly at the expense of San Marino or Poland.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:15 pm I've got a half marathon in Finland (Helsinki) in June.

Helsinki's genuinely one of the best cities I've been to- and wasn't necessarily expecting it to be one beforehand. Suomenlinna's worth a visit to get away from the hustle and bustle.

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Am only at a solid 4: Cyprus, France, The Netherlands, Spain. However, if the Balearics were to be classed in some imaginary world as a country, then it would be raised to a more well-travelled 7 :) Not sure why, but ended up thinking about this thread this evening- am now on 13. UK (England, Scotl...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:55 pm (75+8)×(25-9-5+1)=996 in the 2nd numbers.

(25 x 8 + 1) x 5 - 9 for me. Stipule in R4.

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Second this!

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Will be coming- will pay tomorrow after I get paid....

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Would have watched it for the first time in the 00s at my great-grandmothers', but didn't get into it properly until 2017.

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Certainly one of the tensest Grand Finals in history. Commiserations Chris, really bad luck. In my opinion, the right player won: an inspiration for the next generation of female players, and also giving hope to the home players who don’t play online or aren’t as obsessed as us geeks etc are. Yes, ...

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Updated top 8- James Swinnerton couldn't make the finals due to a pre-planned holiday, so Neil Holland took his place. https://wiki.apterous.org/Series_90 I would say that Chris is the firm favourite to win, but that it could be a similar case to the last series where he has a closer game in his SF ...

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Concur with the above. Well done to the winners!

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Thanks to Jeff and Rachel for an entertaining and fun event. Hope you're both having a well-earned rest today!

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Occam's razor my dude. Everyone involved in the product says she doesn't get fed answers, and you're finding conspiratorial thinking as to why she might sometimes miss them, rather than the obvious answer that she misses them sometimes because she doesn't get fed answers. It really is no deeper tha...

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Great event Phil- very well run and liked the declaration and QR code sheets.

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Tom Stevenson (Series 86 Champion) will be on Pointless on 21st August 2024 @ 5:15 pm on BBC One/iPlayer. He’ll have up to 3 chances (used to be 2 but now it’s 3) to make the final, so could potentially be on 22nd and 23rd as well if eliminated. This is today! Certainly not my finest display of qui...

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I get so genuinely angry when someone doesn't indicate. It is the most effortless thing in the world to do. The rage I feel over this is not normal but if you're out there and don't indicate - please explain to me why (even if its an empty road, nobody around you yadayada). Out yourselves peasants....

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Caught up with last night's Catsdown, and think that probably has to be the strongest performance across two teams I've seen on the show. Granted, Laura did a lot of the heavy lifting in her team, but that numbers solve that she got was genuinely impressive, even if it was outside of the 30 secs. Jo...

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What's the bus stop method? Is that a rival to the standard method? It's a method that is taught in schools to work out division sums. Say in this case, the sum is working out how many 8s go into 896, then the 8 would be placed at the side of the "bus stop", with the 896 underneath it. Yo...

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Belated congrats to Arthur on a very well-deserved win. I'd even say that he played at a higher level on TV than his already high level on Apterous- which is a talent few possess. Fair play to Michael, though- I think most of us would have had him down as a quarter-finalist at best given his draw, b...

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Gutted for Toby- really nice guy who acquitted himself well throughout his run. But fair play to Michael, great conundrum solve and definitely demonstrated his talent in this game...

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Thanks Darren & co. for a great event yesterday, and belated HB!

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It is an interesting series- but by no means weak imo given the amount of octochamps. Arthur is my bet for the win, but could also be rumbled any of the top 5. Given this, I'd say that it's the most open series for a good while given the amount of potential contenders.

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There was reference to the fact that yesterday's game featured two players born in the 21st century. My quarter-final game was the 1st finals game to feature two players born after the millennium. I'd also wager that it is the game with the smallest age difference between two players (5 days), but o...

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So thank you all for coming for what was a very enjoyable two days. You are all lovely, and it was sublime to see you all. Thanks must go to Beachy and Rach, without whom this would have been a ballache of cosmic proportions. Congrats to Zohaib and Jack for their respective victories-watch this spa...

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Am sure it will, but the other attendee in the family wants to know if wifi will be available as she'll be bringing a tablet for word checks etc...TIA!

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Cheers Andy for a great event. Sorry I didn't get time to thank you at the end of it all- but was a great day and nice to catch-up/meet with folks...

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Kusimanse in R4- May be the only time that I get to channel my inner Ahmed/Rob Foster.

Tom S · Re: Co:Liv II - Saturday 24 February 2024 Pinged you the dosh...

Pinged you the dosh...

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Adam Hills, then Seann Walsh for me. Joe Lycett and Chris McCausland also up there for me.

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I've just rolled out an updated prototype for Async Head-to-Head Games . This feature is still in its early stages and is accessible exclusively through invite links, which you'll find below. Before you dive in, here are some key points you need to know: Rate Limiting for Abandoned Games: To encour...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:18 pm It's been good fun - thanks Jack!

+1

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Thanks Callum/Adam for yesterday- really well organised and fun event!

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Cool- sorted it out now! Definitely some toughies in there!

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JackHurst wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:19 am The three of you should all now have a game available vs me

Whereabouts do I find it? Can't see anything as stands

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JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

Happy to do this- username is tom.

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Which day has had the most series champs appear over the years?

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From personal experience, I think Adam Hills has to be up there as one of the nicest celebs I've met.

My DC guests were lovely, too- in particular, Pat Nevin, Vick Hope and Richard Osman.

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Great game- defo think that you should be given a 2nd go soonish Niall irrespective of whether Paul wins 8 or not. Believe that the French version re-invites losing contestants that have played well against the champ to come back in the future at the end of their episode, so could be a potential ide...

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Not forgetting the highest scoring Irish octochamp of all time, Ed Byrne. Furthermore, one of my prelim opponents, David Clerkin, was an Irishman who'd faced Ed McCullagh on his original stint. Was one of the best prelim opponents I'd faced, and would be very worthy of a third stint.

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Just caught up on the ep and all this seems very overblown tbh, wouldn't say he played particularly bad and his level only really dropped in the last third of the game where he might have started feeling disheartened. Looks like he made the best out of a bad situation and came across well to me hon...

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I was also interested in Rachel not wanting to know the numbers solution - presumably she would see that as a spoiler. As someone who was on in Carol's day, she would come to contestants in the audience in an ad break and ask if anyone had got it. I remember her once showing a late solution and cre...

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Thanks to all of the organisers for a great event! Til next time:)

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Watched the latest series of scandi-noir detective series Beck on IPlayer, and can highly recommend.

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How come people's overall maxes are higher than their maxes in all the round types? Is overall maxes based on percentage of the max score and the others based on percentage of rounds maxed? Nice work, anyway! Thanks! The overall maxes column is the % of the points the contestant got out of the poin...

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Rankings Letters Maxes: 1.Ronan- 73.8% 2.Cillian- 72.5% 3. Greg- 44.3% 4. Adam- 40% 5. Andrew-38.5% 6. Peter- 32.5% 7. Dave- 25.7% 8. Graham- 25% Numbers Maxes: 1. Ronan- 93.8% 2. Cillian- 78.1% =3. Greg + Dave- 60.7% 5. Adam- 57.1% 6. Graham- 56.3% 7. Peter- 43.8% 8. Andrew- 39.3% Conundrum Maxes: ...

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Andrew Barrett Seed: 8 Wins: 6 Points: 573 (81.9 per game) Total Maxes: 40/105 (38.1%) Letters Maxes: 27/70 (38.5%) Badged Words: 3 Medalled Words: 3 B: Surgeons, Earhole, Ageists M:Whispered (with opponent), Nuggets, Scarring (with opponent) Numbers Maxes: 11/28 (39.3%) 6S: 0/1 1L: 2/4 (50%) 2L: 9/...

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