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Julian Fell

Matt, Matt, if you're 7 points down against a numbers wizard going into the last numbers round, and it's your pick, surely you've got to go for 1/5? Easy for me to say I suppose :) No offence meant though, you both played really well - I think Charlie undersells you a bit, there were some excellent ...

Julian Fell

Yeah I enjoyed that guys

- admittedly have to agree with Damian worrying about your wellbeing... and mine for listening to it

But no, it'd be good to hear another episode, and hope to hear more about the progress of 'Netdown'...

Julian Fell

Hi I'd thought I'd add mine for future tournaments which i would like to join in with but looking at the recaps the standard seems to be extremely high, it even puts most of the contestant on TV to shame Mate, the standard of the players on here is light years ahead of the average standard on TV - ...

Julian Fell

Yeah I missed the last numbers as well, bit disappointed about that. I also missed the sixes in round 12, and ANECDOTES (well done for seeing that Ben - I beat DC with NOTECASE in that round and was quite pleased with myself till I loaded up CountMax...). I got FOREPART and the 553. The last numbers...

Julian Fell

I was extremely dozy when watching Thursday's show - first I went for YARNERS in round 7, which is patently bollocks, then in round 9 I got TAXONOMY, and didn't realize till I loaded up CountMax after the show, that there was no Y :lol: :oops: Damian's going to crush me in the COOT final... But yes ...

Julian Fell

... oh well since it appears that no-one's recapping Matt Green vs. Jon O'Neill, I'll just mention that both contestants got the fantastic PHEASANT in one round which completely beat me watching in the audience. As I remember it, Jono and Matt matched each other on all the letters rounds and very fe...

Julian Fell

Yes a league's a nice idea in theory, but in practice it doesn't work, people get bored of it after a month or two and stop playing their games, and it peters out. I don't think it would be any different if it were tried again now. Online tournaments have got to be short and sharp so you can see wha...

Julian Fell

Other results from tonight: Ben Wilson 96-112 Julian Fell (see Jono's recap) Matt Green 90-115 Jon O'Neill (I won't say any more about this for now since I assume someone's going to do a recap) Which means... COOT Final: Damian Eadie vs. Julian Fell (this Sunday, 9pm) COOT 3rd-place playoff: Ben Wil...

Julian Fell

I think SEALANTS is arguable either way - it's a 50-50 one and in such cases, as Damian has said, DC tend to reward the risk-taker (i.e. Ben). Would be interested to hear Damian's view though. Thanks for editing the text recap Jono - I took the liberty of doing the same for the Wiki recap. Also well...

Julian Fell

Thanks Paul & Charlie & Joseph for being honest about what you missed

I didn't miss anything in today's show......

because I didn't watch it

Julian Fell

Charlie Reams wrote:Re: Susie's origins of words, as Julian probably knows, mooting (in the sense of mock legal debates) still happens in Cambridge. But then most things in Cambridge are unchanged since the 16th century.

very true Charlie.

I did mooting... I was rubbish at it

Julian Fell

Yes really well played Ben - I thought I was a goner there. Thanks v much to Jono for hosting and doing the recap. For what it's worth - a few of the declarations were the other way round Jono - in round 2 it was me who got OZONIDE and Ben who got DEMONIC; also in round 7 it was me with ENTRAINS and...

Julian Fell

jasoncullen wrote:Plate holder Jon O'Neill

O rly ?

Julian Fell

Peter you actually got that within the 30 seconds?

Julian Fell

Hi everyone, Ben W and I are going to play our semi-final on Weds at 7pm - JaCu / Jono are you available to host then? Or anyone? Thanks

Julian Fell

Its almost like they've chucked in a few hundred South African words, then a few hundred USA words, then thousands of encyclopaedic entries like BLACKPOOL (population 175,000 a seaside town) etc, That's exactly what I like about it :cry: - I know there's a debate about encyclopaedic entries in dict...

Julian Fell

You'd not realy expect the adjudicator to keep on reading further down the page to look for ANDOSOL. I can't remember where I saw this - maybe it's in the dictionary introduction somewhere - but I think if a headword has an alternative spelling, then the alternative spelling will have its own entry...

Julian Fell

Looks like result from this morning was: Howard Somerset 57-98 Dinos Sfyris (from the Wiki)

Without wanting to sound too arsy, please post results here guys, as well as on the Wiki. Thanks

Julian Fell

I noticed one of these today, without any fancy computerized search facility ( :) ) - "unsifted" doesn't have its own entry, but is used in the definition of GRAHAM. Also, OINTMENT is a mass noun, but if you want to persuade Susie to allow the plural, tell her to look under LANOLIN, where ...

Julian Fell

Pluralising by putting "IZ" in front is a new one on me. I wonder are there any other unusual plurals like this? Ones I can think of: (I'm not 100% sure of these, haven't checked them) ABATAGATI I believe is the plural of TAGATI, LISENTE the plural of SENTE, MALOTI the plural of LOTI, MAK...

Julian Fell

Just a thought Ben - how much thinking time are you allowing for each Countdown Unlimited round, is it still going to be 30 seconds? Also is the target for the numbers rounds still going to be 3 digits as usual?

Julian Fell

That's interesting Rich, as I say, that happened twice on numbers games during my run and they didn't do retakes or give us extra time to write our answers down, they just went on to the reading-out to Carol as normal

Julian Fell

A few thoughts: Charlie would you be able to 'sticky' this thread or whatever the technical term is, so it stays at the top of Events forum ( => people who don't know about CONot yet will be more likely to see it)? Ben dyou want payment of the entry fee in advance for CONot? Also are you providing a...

Julian Fell

Just to point out Jono that Mr Hurrell won't be able to play his Plate QF until Sunday 20th, so you won't be able to have a big banging finals night then, unless you kick him out...

Julian Fell

Rich Priest wrote:bad luck Karen but stick with it I'm sure your day will come.

Yeah definitely - don't get disheartened Karen, keep playing the way you did against me and you'll soon start piling up the wins.

(Also I'm going to bribe whoever's in charge of the next tournament to give you an easier draw

)

Julian Fell

Matthew Green wrote:Is PICRITES ok, rd 2?

Hmmm... would be touch-and-go as a mass noun plural. Stick to PRICIEST mate

And why isnt BASSLINE in?

Dunno

Julian Fell

Today's result, for the sake of completeness: Julian Fell 112-71 Rich Priest (see recap written by Charlie)

Thanks Charlie for hosting, and to Rich for playing

Julian Fell

I actually thought I played better against Karen

MUTATED and RANCID were bad misses. Oh well

Julian Fell

Well I've scoured the BASS- words several times, can't see it anywhere

Julian Fell

A few more anomalies which have come up recently: FERREL(S) - in CountMax but no longer in the dictionary; BASSLINE likewise

Julian Fell

There were some DC-beaters Charlie, which I got: DEMINER (round 8) and RAVENED (round 12). I missed ESPOUSAL and LESBIANS and the last numbers though. (BASSLINE is listed in CountMax but it's not in the dictionary as far as I can see...) Edit to say: Patricia's level has droppped a long way since he...

Julian Fell

Yes thanks for writing all the recaps guys... I've enjoyed reading them, and all I can say is that I'm glad Corby's no longer in the main competition! Rich and I are still planning to play today at 6pm... Jason are you still able to host then? Thanks

Julian Fell

Yes great stuff Corby :shock: ... you'd have beaten me. Shame you're not still in the main competition - what is it with this COOT that all the fancied players seem to be getting knocked out early? Will it be me next :( Probably, because I had a real mare 'playing along' with this recap... I missed ...

Julian Fell

Actually EDITRICE isn't in the current edition of the dictionary - it was in the NODE, so that's maybe where Jason got it from (it doesn't come up in CountMax). So Ben and Paul in fact only missed one maximum between them in the whole game (not counting the conundrum)! The rest of the tournament wil...

Julian Fell

It's an interesting measure of how much harder the letters game has become recently though - in "my day", it was extremely rare for there even to be three of the same letter in a selection; nowadays that's fairly common, and even four of the same letter in a selection is far from unheard o...

Julian Fell

Ben W and Paul please do a recap of your game! Good luck to both of you

Charlie would you be able to transfer the recap thread for Michael Wallace vs. Richard Brittain in the prelims from Current Recaps to Events (since all the other COOT recaps are here)?

Julian Fell

Couple of random observations: 114 must be the lowest max. score ever for a game in which all three numbers rounds are possible?

And the letters maxes for the first four rounds went 8, 7, 6, 5. I like that

Julian Fell

I was sorry to see Katy go as well... but it was a high-quality game today and the new champion was impressive - she only missed 4 maxes in the entire show, and IVORIES (which beat me) and DUDGEON were excellent spots. She looks like she means business; hope she can maintain this standard, it'd be g...

Julian Fell

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Given that nobody exceptional has come up yet this series

It's a bit early days yet Dinos, what have there been, about 10 shows so far?!

Julian Fell

Yeah great performance Jono - you'd have beaten me! How on earth did you lose to Gardner?

only kidding Martin

Julian Fell

I remember a mate of mine, although I don't think we really "knew" each other at the time, wanted to put money on me to be the Series 49 champion, went down to the bookies and they explained to him that he couldn't because it had already been filmed. Yeah exactly the same thing happened w...

Julian Fell

Hmmm I don't know Martin, there were some letters rounds with a lot of maxes yes, maybe even slightly more than average, but I wouldn't say this game was anything massively out of the ordinary in that respect? Also, the number of maxes available doesn't precisely correlate with how easy the round is...

Julian Fell

Julian - any time between 5.30pm and 7pm Tuesday onwards is ok for me, failing that I may be able to do Saturday daytime.Looking forward to the challenge! Ok good stuff Rich, shall we say 6pm on Thursday then? Is anyone available to host at that time? Btw - unlucky Karen with the draw again, I woul...

Julian Fell

Yay Charlie's sticking up for me!

Julian Fell

Lol yes we did think of you Jono!

I believe HYPOCRITE was used as the conundrum in a previous match in this competition, so

to that too

Julian Fell

Lol that's unlucky Karen... but yes, without wanting to sound sexist, I think it's pretty rare to see a female contestant who's confident on the numbers - I have to admit I wasn't expecting it (should have researched your appearance on the show more thoroughly! I do remember reading the recap a whil...

Julian Fell

(In a football-style chant:)

Are you Bolas,
Are you Bolas,
ARE YOU BOLAS IN DISGUISE?
Are you Bolas in disguise...

Julian Fell

Does Charlie know something I don't

Julian Fell

Countdown recap for Friday 4th July 2008. Since Ben P couldn't do it, I've taken the liberty of recapping my own COOT last-16 game: C1: Challenger Julian Fell. C2: Challenger Karen Pearson. DC: 'Martina' Gardner and Ben Wilson and loads of randomers :) CV: Carol Vorderman (actually Jason Cullen) OT:...

Julian Fell

Ah that's a real shame Ben... I'd predicted you to be in the final with Corby and all! I was about to say that the Plate line-up looks possibly stronger than that of the main competition... maybe less so now, but there'll still be some tough competition in the Plate with Corby, Jono, Charlie... and ...

Julian Fell

I'd like to put some money on Ben Pugh being a future series champion - what odds are you offering for that Jason?...

Julian Fell

Damian E wrote:but we do tend to slant the decisions towards the risk-taker anyway.

I can think of at least one occasion when you didn't

Julian Fell

Ah right yes, thanks for putting me right Mike. Although you'd have to rely on DC's knowing that they have to look under SCEPTIC to find it... Ok thanks Charlie I've edited my downloaded copy of CountMax... but everybody else's will still have the mistakes in :x Guess there's not much you can do abo...

Julian Fell

Damian I completely agree / sympathize with the point about it being hard to remember previous decisions on mass nouns... would you consider having a spreadsheet or similar with past mass-noun decisions on it? Then you could either have it running in the gallery while you're officiating on the lette...

Julian Fell

Charlie Reams wrote:Actually it's specifically because I didn't want to remove you that I held out on pruning the list for so long.

Am v touched

Julian Fell

Another error which came up in Damian's practice game last night: SKEPTIC is listed in CountMax, but it shouldn't be because it's an American spelling Edit to say: just noticed that none of the errors reported above (UNBOOT, HIRABLE etc.) have been corrected... Jim / Charlie would you be able to do ...

Julian Fell

Hi everyone, am surprised no-one's posted them on here, but the two most recent results are: Kirk Bevins 94-68 Richard Brittain (as mentioned on the Wiki and on another thread here) Julian Fell 101-80 Karen Pearson I think Ben P's doing a recap of my game (well he said he was anyway...) so I won't s...

Julian Fell

Julian Fell

James Hurrell wrote:
Julian wrote: I got the impression you missed a few more maxima than usual!
Really???

(Just to clarify - I meant a few more maxima than Corby / Paul H are used to missing, not players in general!)

Julian Fell

Glad somebody apart from me is noting the amazingly high standard of play shown by the likes of Corby and Paul H these days - it seemed that people on here were becoming numbed to this level of performance (because it happened so often) so never said anything. Either that or they were too scared! An...

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