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Adam S Latchford

Bristol style: ASREOTINY P1: 8 P2: 8 not written down. After a couple of seconds of hesitation Adjacent table audibly declare NOTARISE before P2 says their word. P2 declares NOTARISE. Similar situation arises 2 more times during the game when P1 declares first. At this point P1 kicks up a fuss that...

Adam S Latchford

I can imagine a very restless audience with three games to not play in. At every event sure This would be just for the finals - effectively the show piece and the culmination of the focal year. I think people would likely be invigorated enough for it *5 point conundrums would be a garbage idea but ...

Adam S Latchford

I'd maybe vote for a best of 3 9 rounders at the focal finals for a bit of additional spice

Adam S Latchford

What would people think of doing away with tie-break conundrums and allowing draws to happen? There isn't the same need to declare a winner that the TV show has, and I feel like achieving level scores over 9 rounds should count for slightly more than a defeat and slightly less than a win. Also avoi...

Adam S Latchford

you're due to have some people for the corug park run that won't be playing in the event but are very much affiliated with countdown (rachael montgomery melody coupe and maybe adam beach) so assume you're counting these guys?

Adam S Latchford

Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:32 pm I'm making a play for the non-Apterite belt!

1-0 down to coral aren't ya?

Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:06 pm
Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:32 pm I'm making a play for the non-Apterite belt!
Just Jack Hurst to beat and it's yours

Think he was on apto too long previously to be eligible!

Adam S Latchford

Why do people still love duty free? It isn't considerably cheaper, it's a ballache to lug the stuff about and for the most parts in european airports all the content is the same

Adam S Latchford

Someone tried to declare it once as PALATES (pronounced pilates and meant pilates) to absolutely get away with murder

It's totally understandable that someone would go for it

Adam S Latchford

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:47 pm
Adam S Latchford wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:33 am Iron man belt for most consecutive events made in a row - surrendered as soon as one missed
Well that's not going to work, because they won't be there to hand the belt on.

They get attacked in their own home just like someone with the 24/7 title

Adam S Latchford

Iron man belt for most consecutive events made in a row - surrendered as soon as one missed Tag team belts. Partner is picked based on prior relationship to countdown (one person drags the other into the world), couples, people who regularly bunk together etc Probably shouldn't promote getting rat a...

Adam S Latchford

For the record I also agree with those rulings for those scenarios so good to see same page.

As long as the goatnundrum first 8 letters aren't "ANGRIEST" ! (maybe there's an 8 with more stems but if there is I don't know it)

Adam S Latchford

How do you ref the following 3 invalid conundrums: There is a letter incorrect but the contestant still somehow solves it There is more than one solution (contestant says the other solution) There is more than one option (for goatdown specifically). For example the scramble is CAROMING where there a...

Adam S Latchford

I guess drawing the line over what is a used word and what isn't is what I'm finding a bit weird. And classifying current usage. There's a thing called the Oxford Corpus which is basically a big list of words and how many times they appear. It is heavily biased towards traditional print media, e.g....

Adam S Latchford

I guess drawing the line over what is a used word and what isn't is what I'm finding a bit weird. And classifying current usage.

Adam S Latchford

So basically...

Words don't get used anymore so they get taken out of the dictionary

Seems such a weird thing to do I can't quite comprehend it. Maybe I'm just thick

Adam S Latchford

Can anybody explain to me like i'm a 5 year old why words get taken out of the dictionary?

Adam S Latchford

Interesting. Could have my opinion swayed on this issue As for co event suggestion - I do think if there's somebody who is quite clearly a good host and can hurry a game along that they host first. Shows newer people how it's done and sets a precedent for more experienced but slower hosts on how to ...

Adam S Latchford

I'd consider that a good thing. You can just write down loads of plausible-ish words and hope your opponent declares one, and then go with that. Yeah - you can I think that's a more than viable tactic to play and don't really see anything ethically wrong with it. You might miss an 8 trying to write...

Adam S Latchford

part of the advantage of declaring second is lost if orders get reversed.

Lets say i have two dodgy sixes, they go six, then they say one i've written i'd just also go with that same 6. Reversing order loses that advantage i guess

Adam S Latchford

thought i'd found a winner with terence being 21/29 so 72% but conor has pipped it so far

Adam S Latchford

What is the most successful first name in countdown (if we say at least 3 people have to have been called this and do it by percentage of games won) My money is on Tom/Thomas. Or maybe Mark. My gut is it will be a more unusual name. Lets say there's been 2 random people called Innis pop up over the...

Adam S Latchford

What is the most successful first name in countdown (if we say at least 3 people have to have been called this and do it by percentage of games won)

Adam S Latchford

Think the only way possible for me to get to lincoln in time would be the 7pm start slot

Sounds fun though! And badges are cool

Adam S Latchford

wait till i one lap it next time and break the all time park run record

Adam S Latchford

i decided to do a park run when i had somewhere to be, so just basically sprinted the whole thing, killed myself by going at that pace and proceeded to have a miserable day where i ate about 4000 calories by 1pm
Would not advise

Adam S Latchford

Always use the letters packs that Callum made. The ones taken from various copies of the board game all have very bad (and inconsistent) distributions, which make it less fun for most. They used to. Adam 'awesome' Beach has gone through the packs and standardised them all, so everyone from COLIN on...

Adam S Latchford

Charlie has said he's doing an update this week! Whether before or after Lincoln I'm not certain but since Ben was using the Oxford as final say guess things stay the same. Worldies is finally gonna he valid. As is fuckery

Adam S Latchford

We've just coming to the end of the only point in the focal calendar where we get a big old 2 month gap between events. If this is something you wanted to happen, why not request it after Focal finals so there's some time? It's the timing which I find absolutely ridiculous. There's just been a big ...

Adam S Latchford

Dictionary at the moment on apterous is just not fit for purpose. It's been over a year. So many new words are in. Sure it's short notice but some of these words have been in the dictionary for a year now and should be allowed in word games lists. I get you might feel burdened with designing your ap...

Adam S Latchford

Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:05 pm where 2022 Colon had Conor and Ahmed on table 3 in round 2.

and some drunk absolute mug who actually bottled both games

Adam S Latchford

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:02 am r3 alt: 8*(9*10+4)+2=754
r5: OCTANES
r8: DANCIER
r13: BROMATES
r14 alt: (5+5)*(8*7)-2-1=557

Octanes bad (maybe it's fine in the new dictionary update idk but def bad on apterous), costean the falsey

Adam S Latchford

Cartridge imploding pipsqueak from my run, a classic insult

Adam S Latchford

Just looking at the sign ups for Colin. Rob and Jack W very likely to be Table 1 together for round 2. Therefore it's a sound strategy to try and win badly in R1 to get on table 2 or 3 for R2. Would be cool at tourneys like this is r2 was random game vs somebody on same wins. i've legitimately trie...

Adam S Latchford

Just looking at the sign ups for Colin. Rob and Jack W very likely to be Table 1 together for round 2. Therefore it's a sound strategy to try and win badly in R1 to get on table 2 or 3 for R2. Would be cool at tourneys like this is r2 was random game vs somebody on same wins. i've legitimately trie...

Adam S Latchford

Stole so many hubbies as a kid, not event to sell them, not even to keep them. Honestly no idea why we used to do it

Occasionally people would have quite flashy hubcaps and stealing them was an honour

(nobody tell 999 thanks)

Adam S Latchford · Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024

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the way to see scores in game now is excellent

Adam S Latchford

I'll be gutted for you, the day you finally get on the show and you're buzzing, you've moved your entire life here and this is finally your moment, and then you find out rob fosters decided to go on as you enter the green room

Adam S Latchford

Note: In async gameplay, both players play from the same set of rounds but don't see each other's solutions until the entire game is completed and a high score is submitted. Standard round-by-round scoring applies, so the single player leaderboard scores seen in the app are not what counts. If both...

Adam S Latchford

Backing George all the way, although he probably should have chosen a better series champ to become a regen of.

Can't see past Harry but let's go with my heart <3

Adam S Latchford

it's cool!

I'm wondering if there's a way of seeing some of the games that you arent involved in - the ben w ahmed one looks a cracker for example

Adam S Latchford

My travel dwelling friends certainly have less money than I do and i'm hardly swimming in cash. Only because you haven't actually *tried*. You could get 1.5 million Uzbek 1 tiyin coins for a mere pound at the latest exchange rate, and I dare say that's enough to swim in. Fair point We have our ente...

Adam S Latchford

Dan, I recommend you read that last paragraph back and check your privilege. Puts me in mind of Loadsamoney. Weird comment So many people who do the jet setting living in other countries etc do not have a lot of money. They don't choose to spend their money on things like housing, having children e...

Adam S Latchford

For rugby main event this year - there will be some form of food buffet at lunch time also. This is only because we're pushing the lunch break back to have 4 games before lunch and 4 after, so having something on hand will be helpful. I do think the easiest thing possible is that lunch isn't catered...

Adam S Latchford

You're at a co:event. This is a co:event. It's not Countdown. It's not apterous. It's a co:event. So you're at a co:event and it's Bristol style. Conundrum time. It's a crucial conundrum. Pretty important game in the context of the day too. Both players buzz at around about the same time, although ...

Adam S Latchford

Speaking of CASEIFORM, Adam solved it in his game but says he would've pronounced in SEE-ZI-FORM rather than CASE-I-FORM at a Lincoln style event, which could mean a host presumes he's answering with CEASIFORM and deny him the solve. Personally I'm fine with spelling being a part of cons for Bristo...

Adam S Latchford

Bottom of you challenges list. (These kind of things will probably get their own section of the app one day, but since I don't have the time to do it quickly, for now they'll just be in your challenges list. Nice, you trounced me :D Super hard cons coming for you at rugby except if you're against m...

Adam S Latchford

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. Excited for this mode! I won't have a lot of tim...

Adam S Latchford

One additional check I did for added ones was (for super hard cons) to look up recent dictionary additions, to hunt through apterous for 9s that have never ever been a conundrum, and also to look at my list of every single available 9 that I procured (valid as of about 6 months ago), remove the plur...

Adam S Latchford

Keanu Reeves
Dolly Parton

If anybody has a bad word to say about either of those two come meet me by the bins for a scrap

Adam S Latchford

if it was the weekend 18th and 19th may, could ping the henley tough mudder in afterwards and it'd guarantee me coming

Adam S Latchford · Re: Co:Lon - 26 August 2023 Any chance we can have the results on here?

Any chance we can have the results on here?

Adam S Latchford

It's good to see how much uproar there has been about this. Genuinely these issues are normally swept under the rug. Getting carried away was barely an excuse 30 years ago let alone now - it's all boomers who are seeing this in a light hearted way.

Adam S Latchford

Fun Event

Any chance of a run down of all the results for both events?

Adam S Latchford

Hi All I've re set up the league for fantasy football for the upcoming season. If you wish to join - click the link below. You can also use the code i've listed too. Should be a good laugh, and i've renewed the league so many returning players will be automatically entered https://fantasy.premierlea...

Adam S Latchford

seabass not being in another newcastle entry for ???

(aware it's two words if strictly speaking about the animal but it's not two words on every single food menu i've ever seen)

Adam S Latchford

Worked really well at co newc, very very helpful addition

Adam S Latchford

Great final, worthy champion!
150 in a final is awesome, but the margin of victory against such a Strong player more impressive to me.

(50-9)x9-100 for an easy solution round 3

Adam S Latchford

Aware how good ronan is but you can't not back a Cappleman!

Adam S Latchford

Weird weird series, both seems like it's been really strong and really weak.

Regardless, very solid line up for the finals - Ronan Cillian final looks likely but you absolutely never know. Think all of the quarters that ronan isn't involved in aren't completely obvious to call a winner in

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