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Andres Sanchez

Hey guys, I don't know the best place to ask this, so I'll ask here on my family's behalf. Where's the best place to stay for the event?

Soho
Westminster
Waterloo

My family's open to any other suggestions if those don't suffice.

Andres Sanchez

I do wanna know what you think might be the best way to talk to people who are behind, been hosting tournaments and I need to get out of that "big fanatic that likes talking about skill" facade. It's difficult to provide a list of instructions but it's just about getting the balance right...

Andres Sanchez

I do wanna know what you think might be the best way to talk to people who are behind, been hosting tournaments and I need to get out of that "big fanatic that likes talking about skill" facade.

Andres Sanchez

A presenter that doesn't talk down to you AND is rude to the contestants and guests It'll be hard to find someone who doesn't talk down, yet IS rude to contestants and guests. You almost had your dream host in Ann Robinson, but she was rarely rude to guests - just contestants. Wasn't there some kin...

Andres Sanchez

Is CDB the same place that runs the wiki too?

Andres Sanchez

Agreed, I think for the most part it's just the Apto wiki out of all three. Although I have seen the forum with an error at times, I feel like that's out of his hands bc I've seen this same forum formatting before.

Andres Sanchez

I now own an iPhone, but I used to own an Android. I still have my old phone, but I like some aspects of both worlds.

Andres Sanchez

What season is it on now? Wanna see if I can find an online episode so I can watch.

Andres Sanchez

There's something Paul Anderson said about the best way to play being not to play at all; make it feel like you're watching the show rather than playing it. That's what kinda kept me in check a bit and made me less fussed when I lost, especially if it was a close game.

Andres Sanchez

Yo I'm planning to go but for anyone else that's staying in a hotel, you mind privately msging me where you might be? Me and my dad are in the process of booking and whatnot.

Andres Sanchez

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:57 pm Variation on a theme, but Chrome is flagging up security issues here because the HTTPS for C4C has expired.

That's been happening for a while I feel

Andres Sanchez

To add onto this, has anyone been able to play a game / have the site run smoothly? I don't know if it's just my computer or if it's everyone. I had a game with Ian Linton and it took about a minute to move from choosing how many large numbers to the board itself. And we even had a letters round whe...

Andres Sanchez

I don't think you can add a superlative to BOUND.

Andres Sanchez

I understand that feeling, but I promise you the only way that series would never come out is if I spontaneously died. I'd love it to come out, and I know a few others who want it out, too, but at this point in time, it is ultimately not the best.

Andres Sanchez

Nah Andres. I don't want it out particularly. I commented, as I was scrolling back through the forum looking for "Ask Graeme" and saw this and was reminded that it kind of existed once upon a time. I mean it's odd that you'd not want it out... definitely shoot me a private message on why ...

Andres Sanchez

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:11 pm Maybe trial it at a co event?

I mean honestly I have no idea how this'll do at a co-event. Bet it'll be pretty good though.

Andres Sanchez

This thing's been scrapped, right? It's not scrapped. It IS all filmed but I've simply lost motivation to edit. I know some people absolutely want it out, but please understand that I also have other things going on (e.g., an internship and a plan to go back into college to do coding since that mak...

Andres Sanchez

Finally got around to watching it, so glad to see a female champion too. And to comment on a previous post, I don't think Apterous is always gonna get you a win. There have been a lot of Apterites that haven't made it as a champion that are still good players, think all in all it just comes down to ...

Andres Sanchez

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 10:36 am Round 7 has generated quite a stir amongst terrorist supporters on X.

Although, as I have pointed out… they’re shouting at vowels and consonants.

Someone even heard Susie saying "That's there for eight" as "That's their fate", which is ludicrous.

Andres Sanchez

The Whiteley Stripes

Andres Sanchez

Yeah I'm with the majority here, I haven't seen the numbers today either and I'm just patiently waiting for the Wiki recap like most others. She's shown her worth so this debate doesn't feel like it's up for discussion anymore.

Andres Sanchez

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:43 am
Andres Sanchez wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:35 am Just wanna see who else here plays Balatro, as I'm chronically addicted
Never played it, but it's already started coming up in quizzes, so I need to be aware of it.

It's worth the hype, it became available on mobile recently too.

Andres Sanchez

Just wanna see who else here plays Balatro, as I'm chronically addicted

Andres Sanchez

BIG WIN FOR THE CO-EVENT COMMUNITY THANK YOU TOM!!!

Andres Sanchez

Was planning to come to one but I don't think I can, def still going to London if ppl wanna hang

Andres Sanchez

I mean so far just one, but hope that number increases next year. For some reason I feel like there should be some equation for this.

Andres Sanchez

I mean, I think the only "definitive hard copy dictionary" that's used is ODP itself. Plus, I think Channel 4 has been trying to get a sponsorship/collab with Oxford, but the conversation's just been very one-sided.

Andres Sanchez

Oh I'm not doubting what Jack's saying at all. I agree that there needs to be a motivation, and that's why my friends have made said game show constructions; some even being original. I'm just plainly asking if C# works fine with the reasoning being that most of the people I know are using it so why...

Andres Sanchez

Don't use Google sheets for this. That's like using a gun to chop down a tree. Sure you can do it if you put a lot of time, bullets and effort in. But wouldn't you have been better off going to the store to buy a chainsaw and using that? Learn some beginner python and get familiar with Chat gpt. Ha...

Andres Sanchez

I don't know if anybody else here is skilled with Google Sheets but I'd be interested in making a solver in Google Sheets. I have a mockup version of Countdown that I haven't run in a while, and I think I'd want to try improving on it a bit. EDIT: I do kinda realize IMPORTHTML formulae could work b...

Andres Sanchez

Of all the human behaviours I don't understand, not putting the shopping trolley back is one of the most baffling. Why wouldn't you put the trolley back? Not only is it the right thing to do, since you made the mess in the first place, but also, you get to do that thing where you put one trolley in...

Andres Sanchez

I don't know if anybody else here is skilled with Google Sheets but I'd be interested in making a solver in Google Sheets. I have a mockup version of Countdown that I haven't run in a while, and I think I'd want to try improving on it a bit. EDIT: I do kinda realize IMPORTHTML formulae could work bu...

Andres Sanchez

Don't know if this counts or not but found Zubair on The Cryptic Mystic: https://youtu.be/6rAUjgxyqA0?si=VHc4s2mLSsAHfSbf

Andres Sanchez

I hate how I can't unsee this.

Andres Sanchez

What also sucks is that I'm running a tourney for friends in a server and heavily rely on Apto. And I agree that the Apterous dictionary should be updated to match Countdown standards, in case people care about that standpoint.

Andres Sanchez

This is the really interesting bit for me - a player capable of hitting 154+ is now much, much less likely to encounter a max high enough to break the record during their octorun. Plus the players who are of a high enough level to get near a max game have a lot of unlearning to do As someone that's...

Andres Sanchez

Do we have a FULL LIST of the words that'll be taken out? The ticket that that ticket links is just all of the As.

Andres Sanchez

Alright after a quick scan of both and also sneaking a peek of Keir's winning, I think you guys might be in good hands. Certainly better compared to the main men in the U.S. at this point I feel. Keir Starmer is a power-hungry, authoritarian genocide-supporter. We're not in good hands. But at least...

Andres Sanchez

Alright after a quick scan of both and also sneaking a peek of Keir's winning, I think you guys might be in good hands. Certainly better compared to the main men in the U.S. at this point I feel.

Andres Sanchez

Any site that has simple read-ups of each of the parties so I can read up on them?

Andres Sanchez

Think it's meant to be A5 bc that's where the king on a chess board starts on. Although I did just look at a setup and it may should've been called E1 instead

Andres Sanchez

Alright apologies for the wait, but here's the final link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Andres Sanchez

I 100% agree on that, just wanted to bring up another example on my end.

Wonder what other words fall in the same category as SECATEURS and OUTSKIRTS tho, that'd be an interesting dive I feel.

Andres Sanchez

What are the rules? I thought they didn't have plurals for conundrums, and SECATEURS is a plural noun, even if it doesn't exist in the singular. If it had been crucial, and the loser claimed to have seen it and rejected it? I mean we've had OUTSKIRTS twice as a conundrum before if that adds anythin...

Andres Sanchez

What were the nicknames he had for all eight?

Andres Sanchez

I mean I do kinda want Mark Finnerty to win this one ngl

Andres Sanchez

I think later I'm gonna finish up that Series 89 stat chart, hadn't touched it in a while but I think I should get around to it

Andres Sanchez

MBE is "Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire", and it's the bottom rung of the overall ladder behind OBE, CBE, Knight Commander / Dame Commander, and Knight Grand Cross / Dame Grand Cross. Normally these things seem to be awarded to celebrities, politicians or party do...

Andres Sanchez

I mean as an American I don't know what an MBE is meant to initially show/present

Andres Sanchez

That's America for ya

Andres Sanchez

I wouldn't think so in all honesty, don't really know how much she'd even remember contestants that stood out to her. Could be podcast material if she was on one tho.

Don't even know if Alex is still enthused about Countdown as I assume he was back then.

Andres Sanchez

Petition to get this guy https://wiki.apterous.org/Richard_Williams invited back early. He was the only guy to lay a glove on Ahmed in series 84, and the most recent heat player to take an eventual series champ to a crucial. It would be a tragedy to make him wait until 2031. AGREED, legit thought A...

Andres Sanchez

I would love to have some time to get this updated! Sadly it's quite time consuming to do. Next step will probably be to open a GitHub Repository so that anybody who knows how to code and make GitHub PRs can add events. I know that's still quite a barrier to entry, but even if it increases the numb...

Andres Sanchez

I think the Scrabbling is fine, although I will say I'm garnering more respect toward the people who do well sans Apterous.

Andres Sanchez

Noel Mc wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 12:05 am Some pupils had been asking about some of my numbers round. Narcissistically just uploaded one to YouTube to show them, the stupid 925 one:

https://youtu.be/Qb6ueHOjE3I?si=l0VT0mRMmqO_wNR-

Love this vid, thank you Noel!

Andres Sanchez

Now thinking, I think Jack did superb in his run and very much deserved to be talked about as well.

Andres Sanchez

I've played Ahmed on Discord 16 times and despite being beaten every single time by his greatness, I still think Conor is better honestly. Both, of course, fucking immaculate playing.

Andres Sanchez

I'll toss my pennies in this thread too, why not? I think I can safely say that James Martin's 952 is the best numbers game of all time, it's like the NES of numbers games. What it did for maths in Countdown took that to a whole new level. Echoing Tom's sentiment, I do also agree that Jon's 813 is f...

Andres Sanchez

Not your fault. My suggestion is lifetime bans for the people who do an all in one letters pick when it's their turn. :) 6 consonants and 3 vowels immediately is the only acceptable iteration of all the letters at once CV9 is punishable by permaban Surely 5 and 4. As someone that likes CV5, I say w...

Andres Sanchez

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:41 pm
Andres Sanchez wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:04 pm Can me and Jason get the special American belts?
Do you mean like the Special Olympics?

My vision is something like this but of course, Countdown-ized.

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