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by Matt Bayfield
Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:25 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Further to Kai's comment above, an alternative option for "Nasty Letters" would be to change the letter distribution. Perhaps there could be an equal number of each vowel in the vowel pile, and an equal number of each consonant in the consonants pile. Would lead to some very short maxes, b...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:15 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 52469

Re: General feedback

Charlie wrote: Yeah, those are kinda annoying. If anyone has a smart idea for how I can delete the proper nouns, please let me know. Unless you could somehow replace the lexicons with the official Scrabble lexicons for the various languages, I can't think of a reliable way to remove proper nouns whi...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:51 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 52469

Re: General feedback

Charlie: the new Word Stats (most frequent maximums by lexicon and variant) is a massive improvement, and much appreciated by a statto like me. In particular, I had to chuckle at this page - it's an ongoing "in-joke" between Anglo Italian and I that we always miss the "word" UNIC...
by Matt Bayfield
Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:21 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 52469

Re: General feedback

I'm guessing the Orange Egg was awarded for completing the Orange Task, not the Red Task, as it currently states here . Actually Charlie, on the subject of inventory items, wasn't I supposed to remind you, like, _months_ ago, to ask you for an inventory item for being the first apterite to get all S...
by Matt Bayfield
Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

A facebook app that reports your newly gained pencils to your friends' newsfeeds, so you can bewilder them. This made me smile hard. Fuck I'd love this. Especially as I'm not Facebook friends with fucking Bayfield. Recognition for my obscure pencil-mining! ;-) That always makes me happy. Incidental...
by Matt Bayfield
Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:00 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Having had the 8 vowels and 8 consonants Duels this week (both outside the normal allowed selection parameters), how about a one-off Duel, at some unspecified point in the future, with 5 or 6 large in Touch Numbers? I'd hate playing it, but I'd love to see how the Numbers experts would cope. You may...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:01 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: C4C Logo Contest
Replies: 35
Views: 4839

Re: C4C Logo Contest

Charlie Reams wrote:The winner of the contest will be announced at 23:59 on 31 July.
And the winner is...? ;-) Not that I entered, I'm just keen to see the new artwork...

Of course, there are still a few hours to go if Charlie's working to his new local timezone.
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

Thoroughly enjoyed myself today - well done Jeff on another successful CoLei event. Nice to meet those who I hadn't met before (Tom, Derek and Mary Jo).
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:36 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

It's been a while since the Duel was re-vamped... and whilst I admired that attempt to theme the days of the week... I (and I think a few others) are getting a bit bored of the Duels where the vast majority of the players score equally (or almost equally), and even one small mistake can sometimes co...
by Matt Bayfield
Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:35 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 6
Replies: 22
Views: 3671

Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 6

Open Week 6 I nicked a narrow win over Marcus in a deciding rubber, when I think he was distracted by wanting to watch something on telly. ;-) Both the first two rubbers were interrupted by lag, although as far as I'm aware, it didn't affect either of the results. And if you'd have given me 7 extra...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:26 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 5
Replies: 35
Views: 6344

Re: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 5

Open Week 5 Matt Bayfield 88 - 82 Matthew Tasssier Matthew Tassier 68 - 79 Matt Bayfield This was the apterous equivalent of darts players faffing around repeatedly missing their doubles, and I count myself very lucky to have scraped through. In game 1, I misclicked a numbers game and lost a furthe...
by Matt Bayfield
Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:23 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Funny that Ian should talk about his surname being valid in certain languages on apterous... as only a few days ago, I maxed a round in French play with VOLANTE. Disappointingly (for me), Anglo Italian had already beaten me to the pencil!
by Matt Bayfield
Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:37 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Not that I'm competitive about Inventory Items or anything, but I would like to be able to click an Inventory item and be taken to the list of the top 25 (say) players who have the greatest number of that particular item. This page now exists for pencils/bronze pencils combined (i.e. the fabulous Pe...
by Matt Bayfield
Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:15 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Glory Roll
Replies: 11
Views: 2279

Re: Glory Roll

Fantastic new additions to the site (GloryRoll & Pencilvania), esp for a statto like me. Just one query... I am listed as having 2437 pencils on the Pencilvania page, whilst the inventory items on my profile page shows 1509 pencils plus 1173 bronze pencils (at time of writing), i.e. 2682 in tota...
by Matt Bayfield
Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:34 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: The pencil thread
Replies: 72
Views: 11749

Re: The pencil thread

A tie for the longest English language pencil so far...
by Matt Bayfield
Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:21 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 4
Replies: 52
Views: 7129

Re: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 4

Open Division Week 4: James and I both made a couple of mistakes of judgement in our fixture. I played well (for me, anyway) but couldn't capitalise in crucial rounds, and James was solid enough to see himself to a 2-0 victory. James Hurrell 111 - 80 Matt Bayfield James Hurrell 93 - 89 Matt Bayfield
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
Replies: 144
Views: 14578

Re: Wanted: Awesome Dudes

And to repeat my last but one post [in case it was missed], could somebody please restore the correct recap for 25 July 2002? I accidentally submitted a recap for this date which should have been the recap for 15 August 2002... and now the correct game for 25 July 2002 (don't know if it was just a p...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
Replies: 144
Views: 14578

Re: Wanted: Awesome Dudes

OK, my 5 games are recapped. There are a few differences between the calculated max and the max in Mike's notes. In most cases, this is explained by very difficult numbers rounds, which went unsolved, but were possible to solve exactly. Also, in one case, Mike appears to have made a 1 point error in...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Friday 16 August 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 26)
Replies: 0
Views: 519

Friday 16 August 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 26)

Countdown recap for Friday 16 August 2002. C1: Champion Sassoon Messropian (1 win, 96 points.) C2: Challenger Frank Carmichael. DC: Susie Dent and Philip Franks. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: P I S O M E R E L R02: G N T A I E C Y R R03: D O F I S A V O L R04: T N G Q A I U...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Thursday 15 August 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 25)
Replies: 0
Views: 526

Thursday 15 August 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 25)

Countdown recap for Thursday 15 August 2002. C1: Challenger John Lomax. C2: Challenger Sassoon Messropian. DC: Susie Dent and Jan Harvey. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: B E F P U O L A T R02: T I S A R E L H O R03: S R S C U E N E A R04: G O R E P A M A V R05: 25, 4, 5, 6, 9...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Tuesday 23 July 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 16)
Replies: 0
Views: 487

Tuesday 23 July 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 16)

Countdown recap for Tuesday 23 July 2002. C1: Champion David Nickeas (6 wins, 574 points.) C2: Challenger Chris Girling. DC: Phiona Stanley and Tom O'Connor. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: D A C E T E S I L R02: N O R H R A E M G R03: D U T O S A R E P R04: I L W N E O F T R...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:37 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Monday 22 July 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 15)
Replies: 0
Views: 619

Monday 22 July 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 15)

Countdown recap for Monday 22 July 2002. C1: Champion David Nickeas (5 wins, 484 points.) C2: Challenger David Cooper. DC: Phiona Stanley and Robert Hardy. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: D E F I L I X B E R02: S D R A E I L G N R03: G U S A M O T O E R04: R N L E I A P C O R...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
Replies: 144
Views: 14578

Re: Wanted: Awesome Dudes

Ok, got my first recap added to cdb. I was using the wrong p/word. If, for some reason, there hasn't been a wiki version generated properly, then let me know. I copied-and-pasted the wiki recap into a text file, which I've got saved on my computer. Edit: I've accidentally added one recap to cdb with...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
Replies: 144
Views: 14578

Re: Wanted: Awesome Dudes

Cheers Howard. I still don't seem to be able to upload the recap to the cdb, but when I'm more awake, I'll stick my other recaps in the appropriate "Historical recaps" forum on c4c. Perhaps someone else could then upload to the cdb for me (or tell me what I'm doing wrong with the uploading...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
Replies: 144
Views: 14578

Re: Wanted: Awesome Dudes

I've recapped the first of my 5 games - this thread . If somebody familiar with recapping could confirm I've got the hang of it, then pls reply, and I'll get on to the other 4. [Edit: I can't seem to be able to submit the link to the recap to the database. I've entered the password and hit "sub...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Friday 19th July 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 14)
Replies: 0
Views: 645

Friday 19th July 2002 (Series 48 Prelim 14)

Countdown recap for Friday 19 July 2002. C1: Champion David Nickeas (4 wins, 400 points.) C2: Challenger Harry Mullen. DC: Phiona Stanley and Robert Hardy. RW: Richard Whiteley. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T O R A C A W O N R02: R M L S E U A K S R03: C E T O N I L I G R0...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 3
Replies: 56
Views: 8116

Re: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 3

A result from the Open Division

Matt Bayfield 111 - 76 Niall Seymour
Niall Seymour 60 - 112 Matt Bayfield
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:53 am
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
Replies: 144
Views: 14578

Re: Wanted: Awesome Dudes (& Dudettes)

Bung a couple my way if you like Charlie. Obviously I didn't watch any of the episodes from that series, but I can work from Mike's notes, unless he's got doctor's handwriting or something. I've used the recapper for a couple of my Co: event games, but not done any uploading to any database, other t...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

*nod* I'll be there, Jeff. There's a chance I'll be bringing Mrs B along too, which I hope is ok... although I'm sure by the time the weekend of 31 July rolls around, she'll have found something she thinks is more interesting to do!
by Matt Bayfield
Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:43 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Fair enough, and thanks for the response Charlie. I do think we'll see far fewer big scores in certain formats now, but I suppose that makes any new records all the more impressive.
by Matt Bayfield
Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:45 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread
Replies: 50
Views: 3402

Re: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread

Regrettably, I'll be away from apterous for most of Saturday (and no, not because Howards's hired me as a PI to spy on his wife and Jim). I wonder whether Charlie has planned some kind of 24-hour Duel challenge, one every hour?

I am of course excited on behalf of those who are able to take part.
by Matt Bayfield
Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:40 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Now that we're limited to having just 3 bot games unfinished at any time, I would like a "Kill" button which could remove unfinished Bot games and make them disappear from our Challenge window. Obviously this is entirely motivated by high-score/personal best setting ambitions, but since qu...
by Matt Bayfield
Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:13 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

I'd play, or host, or even set questions, for 15-to-1, but since I'm already (hopefully) playing Jeff in French, I don't want to hog playing time at the expense of others who'd like to participate. And I've seen a number of you working pub quiz machines, so I know there are some general knowledge bu...
by Matt Bayfield
Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:54 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How to make darts better
Replies: 50
Views: 6523

Re: How to make darts better

If I recall correctly, Anne-Marie Foss was one of the occasional presenters on late night show "The Big E" - a ridiculous magazine show about European culture which was on ITV in the early '90s about 1 a.m. on Sunday morning. "The Big E" must have had zero budget; they would freq...
by Matt Bayfield
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:55 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Charlie-- --not sure whether this suggestion best belongs here, or under the "ideas for new variants", but how about a feature for the classical scholars among us - apterous in Latin? There appears to be a suitable wordlist at http://users.erols.com/whitaker/wordsoth.htm (download LISTALL....
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:24 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 1
Replies: 69
Views: 9679

Re: Apterous Summer Open 2010 Week 1

I'm having a bit of difficulty getting a finish to my Round 1 Open tie with Kevin. Earlier today we managed one game of our best-of-three: Game 1: Matt Bayfield 107 - 77 Kevin Davis Following this game, at around 2:30 pm, apterous froze, and despite it coming back to life shortly afterwards, Kevin h...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:37 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: The pencil thread
Replies: 72
Views: 11749

Re: The pencil thread

by Matt Bayfield
Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 21st 2010
Replies: 15
Views: 2869

Re: Spoilers For Monday June 21st 2010

Today's challenger, Kevin Quinn, was a daily champion (and series finalist) on the first series of "A Question Of Genius". So a man of no mean quiz pedigree, if perhaps in a slightly different area. His specialist subject on "...Genius" was the life and career of Geoffrey Boycott...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

Jeff-- --looks good for those who are numerically inclined. As an alternative, maybe you could allow as many different games as possible (rather than a max of 10 games), with players then having to trade off a few extra clicks to get an exact solution, versus maybe getting to solve another game with...
by Matt Bayfield
Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

Jeff: If a host (and/or DC) steps forward, then I'll get practising my French. ;-) If no-one's that interested in hosting (or watching us play foreign language games) then I'm always happy to play a couple of rounds of French on the side. Of course, you should be able to kick my butt, although I hav...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:04 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Good idea for a variant?
Replies: 277
Views: 38136

Re: Good idea for a variant?

For Duckdown, you might also need some upper limit on vowels, perhaps, say 6 max, to limit the number of times you end up having to make words without any of A, E, I, O or U. For the variant where you pick consonants only, to add some skill, I think that would play better as a goaty variant, i.e. th...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:11 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Good idea for a variant?
Replies: 277
Views: 38136

Re: Good idea for a variant?

Thanks for the comments, gents - interesting to hear your views. Thanks also to Ryan for repeating his original idea, although any similarity with my suggestion was genuinely unintentional. (Then again, I would have read his post many months ago, so I suppose there's always the possibility I was sub...
by Matt Bayfield
Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:32 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Good idea for a variant?
Replies: 277
Views: 38136

Nudgedown

Whilst pounding training miles out at the gym, I had an idea for a new variant. It incorporates basic Countdown gameplay with the kind of Mental Agility puzzles you get in “the cube” on the Krypton Factor. Because the gameplay has parallels with the reels on a fruit machine, I'm calling this Nudgedo...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

In an attempt to stir up some interesting competiton: If it fits into Jeff's programme, I will happily play a non-English game if anyone wants to take me on in an exhibition, perhaps for those who like to turn up early, rather than as part of the main tournament. (We will need to have access to the ...
by Matt Bayfield
Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:48 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 437378

Re: Bug reports

This may already be a known issue/bug/deliberate design, but to echo the point made by Ian/Gavin, various pages of statistics don't appear to have been updated for a very long time. For example, not much (if anything) on Superstats appears to have been updated for a week or two, and the German 15 st...
by Matt Bayfield
Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:38 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433445

Re: Feature requests

Big thumbs up for the conundrum inventory items. I'm sure Friedrich Mohs would be proud!
by Matt Bayfield
Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:45 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
Replies: 253
Views: 166171

Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes

**SPOILERS IN YELLOW TEXT** Nice going Ian, and unlucky not to get through to your QoG thanks to some very tough subjects in the Question of Pressure round; Adrian's questions seemed considerably easier. **SPOILERS END** Incidentally, did you get to meet Bernie, the guy from Liverpool who appeared o...
by Matt Bayfield
Mon May 31, 2010 9:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

I'm in for the 31 July bash, Jeff.
by Matt Bayfield
Mon May 24, 2010 10:16 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bash Week
Replies: 65
Views: 6542

Re: Bash Week

I'm now unavailable for this coming Saturday's opening bash. And yes, it is Eurovision-related, of which I'm wholeheartedly proud.

I'll try to take part in as many of the others as possible. Even if just to make the numbers up, considering how phenomenally awful I am at things like Nasty Numbers.
by Matt Bayfield
Sun May 23, 2010 3:25 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Co:Lon 2010 - Recaps
Replies: 21
Views: 4315

Co:Lon 2010 - Recaps

Here's your chance to show off those fabulous words y'all got... or not, as the case may be. I'll start with my 5th game, against James Robinson. James was not the kind of opponent I was expecting to face way down on table 7... but he had been narrowly beaten on Crucial Conundrums in previous games....
by Matt Bayfield
Sat May 22, 2010 10:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in London | 22nd May | Registration full!
Replies: 245
Views: 31015

Re: Countdown in London | 22nd May | Registration full!

12:50 pm: K Bevins hits a 17-dart finish on a board and oche he's never played at before.
by Matt Bayfield
Mon May 17, 2010 7:06 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: TV puppet shows are not a passing craze...
Replies: 10
Views: 1508

Re: TV puppet shows are not a passing craze...

Nothing wrong with puppets per se, although it requires tremendous skill and choreography to make puppet shows entertaining for adults.

It can be done though - Avenue Q is legendary.
by Matt Bayfield
Sat May 15, 2010 8:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Thursday May 13th 2010
Replies: 17
Views: 2785

Re: Spoilers For Thursday May 13th 2010

Really? I did consider that (my years of playing Subbuteo have informed me that the claret-and-blue team are also allowed to be West Ham or Scunthorpe Utd), but it looked like the sponsor's name on the shirt was "acorns", i.e. Villa. Think you're right though - on closer inspection, there'...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat May 15, 2010 7:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: TMWRNJ
Replies: 3
Views: 685

Re: TMWRNJ

I found FOF and TMWRNJ a bit surreal in places - observational humour is usually more my thing - but I watched the lot and did find some absolute gems in Lee and Herring's repertoire. Simon Quinlank was a favourite of mine, and as a music geek, I was always amused by the appropriation of The Fall's ...
by Matt Bayfield
Sat May 15, 2010 7:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Thursday May 13th 2010
Replies: 17
Views: 2785

Re: Spoilers For Thursday May 13th 2010

I'm more impressed that an Aston Villa fan was allowed into the studio.
by Matt Bayfield
Tue May 11, 2010 10:40 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010
Replies: 129
Views: 27281

Re: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010

I've made no plans for that date in October, so please count me in. Same postal address as last year for the cheque, Jeff?
--Matt
by Matt Bayfield
Mon May 10, 2010 11:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: CountMax errors
Replies: 727
Views: 91047

Re: CountMax errors

Yup - from the Collins Ultimate Scrabble Word List:

SDEIGN, vb, old form of disdain
by Matt Bayfield
Mon May 10, 2010 11:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in London | 22nd May | Registration full!
Replies: 245
Views: 31015

Re: Countdown in London | 22nd May | Registration full!

Unlike my error, they're unfortunately not schoolboys. Nor, for that matter, schoolgirls. But real, grown women. Jon: in that case I look forward to both the glamour and worldly conversation they will bring. Plus, if they're as hot as you suggest, I'm sure they won't be the only fully-grown specime...
by Matt Bayfield
Mon May 10, 2010 10:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in London | 22nd May | Registration full!
Replies: 245
Views: 31015

Re: Countdown in London | 22nd May | Registration full!

Jon: this is perhaps an exciting development, but you have made the schoolboy error of neglecting to state the gender of the two hot single friends. To avoid potential disappointment, please rectify.
by Matt Bayfield
Mon May 10, 2010 10:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Replies: 131
Views: 20131

Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010

Call me paranoid if you wish, but sometimes I think people only listen to 92% of what I say. :D