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Gavin Chipper

Zarte Siempre wrote:
Callum Todd wrote:Oh and I know this situation is all kind of my fault, but can we please not turn this thread into a big debate? If it must be had, have it somewhere else please.
I've just changed sofa - happy?

I'm on the sofa Zarte was originally on.

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Most centuries scored by a woman in preliminary games... happy now? It's a proper record. Well if you want but then who has the most centuries by a person with an x in their name? That's a "proper" record too. By proper record, I mean outright records that don't discriminate. Obviously yo...

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I get what you mean about it not strictly being a "record", but when you consider the enormous disparity between gendered scores before Jen took Countdown history by storm, reducing the points gap between males and females by about 650%, and putting a female in at #3 in the list rather th...

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Most centuries scored by a woman in preliminary games... happy now? It's a proper record. Well if you want but then who has the most centuries by a person with an x in their name? That's a "proper" record too. By proper record, I mean outright records that don't discriminate. Obviously yo...

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Congratulations to Tricia for a great octorun. Well done to Dave too who played well and kept her to her lowest score yet, and preserved Jen's record too! :) It's not really a proper record though. Only woman to have done x doesn't really count. I know Jen likes to say she broke multiple records, b...

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Matt Morrison wrote:what was the amazing thing the twitter was on about

Cindy Ritson had her final show.

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Nothing against the discussion but I wonder if people are more inclined to post about all this because of how she comes across generally and, you know, that grin.

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She might have had a risky 6 or 7 that she was agonising over. She wouldn't have been able to get away with cheating here without it looking really obvious. It would have been - Long pause, "Six. Er, not written down." That would have looked pretty bad. This reminds me of the "slow p...

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Bit of an oversight from Nick not to go to Susie with SASHAYED as the teatime teaser answer. Also there was a very clear "chee" from Rachel when a G came out.

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In previous games I've been defending Tricia against various accusations, but I turned to this thread thinking I couldn't defend her this time. And there's nothing! The EMOTES round. C2. "Six". C1. Agonisingly long pause. "Five". Incidentally, I heard JILTED. She might have had ...

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Having met Lisa Hermann at the quizzing Grand Prix she mentioned that the person who beat her won her next game with a very low score so I looked the game up http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_2729 COLOR is no longer valid due to countdown rules so the winner should have actually lost this game, how ...

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16. It's crucial conundrum time, with C1 holding a narrow lead. The conundrum is shown and C1 buzzes in but the clock does not stop due to a technical hitch. The contestant gives his answer over the clock but the round is declared null and void. A new conundrum is shown, and this time C2 buzzes in ...

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Another easy numbers...

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Matt Morrison wrote:Anton Du Beke sounds classy, stylish, sophisticated, European. And he's actually Tony Fucking Beak.

I suppose so. A name so bad, it's better to be Ant and Dec.

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Matt Morrison wrote:Once you know his birth name, there is never any need for name-based Du Beke gags ever again. Look it up and enjoy.

Anthony Paul Beke? Why are we supposed to enjoy that? But given that Anton Du Beke isn't his real name, it means that he actually did name himself after Ant and Dec. Weird man.

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Also, I can't believe that anyone, upon first hearing of Anton Du Beke, didn't think that it sounded like he was some weird merger of Ant and Dec. So the rest should be easy.

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Zubair Patel wrote:Ah ok. Wasn't sure of the criteria.

I don't think there are actually any specific criteria as such, but realistically those who didn't make the quarter finals probably won't be selected.

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What do you mean you ignored my post first time round? I think you should deactivate your account out of shame.

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James Robinson wrote:The delightfully debonair Anton du Beke is in DC this week, after a 5 year gap.

That's a long time. Was he called Anton Du Beke back in those days, or was he still known as PJon Du Buncan?

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6) THIS is what I really want to get across: to go on an open forum and accuse someone of cheating on such flimsy evidence is, to use someone else's description, bloody rude. I think people have gone over the top with this. It's one thing to suggest it as a possibility, but these have been outright...

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Hang on, will series 71 definitely be included in this then? I imagine filming will start very soon, if not immediately, after series 71 finishes so will it be possible to plan them in? If so, great, the more the merrier. But I assumed that wouldn't be the case. Would be good for Bradley, Jen, and ...

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In coming up with my own list, I'm not too bothered about having the same number of people from each series, although it might be nice to have at least two per series. Basically all champions automatically qualify, and then the rest do based on some combination of how far they got and how good I tho...

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Callum Todd wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:Excellent. Obviously we're now going to have to start saying who we think should be included.
Dave?

You'd include Dave Preece? Interesting choice.

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Excellent. Obviously we're now going to have to start saying who we think should be included.

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This may have been asked before but I'll do it anyway. I remember coming across this video a while ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEpQ05577TE Have there been any other occasions where a contestant's added up all six numbers to reach the target or where it's been possible to achieve it in this ...

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Regarding the flattest-round-ever question, Gevin is right - I haven't done that because it's so dependent on having the right dictionary, something we know we don't have for series prior to the adoption of the ODE2r. Would you be able to find the flattest rounds that have occurred according to the...

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Very minor spoilers for today's Countdown episode so I don't think it's necessary to do a colour change but let me know if you think otherwise and I'll edit this post: In a round today, there was an amazing total of 17 seven-letter words available. Is that the flattest round in Countdown history? N...

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Three 9s came up in a numbers game once , and I think that's more of a big deal but even then as with the V case earlier, I don't think there's actually rule saying that only two of each number can come up. There is, it says "two each of the numbers 1 to 10" in the documentation sent to c...

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I'd be interested in opinions on this, perhaps it's along the lines of the debate centring around the numbers in the last game... 10/ Early in the game and C1 is playing a nervous C2. C1 is asked to declare by Nick and takes a notably long pause before slowly and unsurely saying "I'll try a ri...

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A few others I thought of. Not sure how many are relevant, but potential interesting situations. 11. A selection comes up that features what appears to be a W. C1 declares a correct 7, but C2 declares an invalid 8 that features an M. It is later revealed that the W is actually an M that the co-host...

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Before the game, one of the contestants, with a cast on her right arm, explains that she recently broke her wrist and is unable to write down her words or numbers methods. She can easily reach the buzzer with her left hand, so the conundrum isn't a problem, but she asks "do I really have to sa...

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Jon Corby wrote:I would notice it, because it makes me seethe every single time.

Logically you would ask the person who declares second to give their solution first - just like you do with letters. As David Williams says.

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Just to come back on my bit - I don't recall Nick ever asking the contestant who declares second to answer first, so why do it on this occasion? I don't think proves something was discussed is that wrong a word to use. Shenanigans, ok, maybe wrong word, but what happened has been adequately describ...

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Conor wrote:4. Ideally: replay all rounds from where the mistake occurred. If that's not possible, then just continuity and don't replay the numbers.

So you're saying it's all or nothing? If you can't fully fix a problem then don't fix it at all?

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http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_2795 I remember this one in particular. I'm pretty sure DROSSIER was a desperation play, and that it wasn't specified in the dictionary of the day, but it decided a semi-final. All the evidence I've looked at suggests that this decision was consistent with the worki...

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She looked very affronted to have that word disallowed (Aptathlon or something).

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So close!

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We've had a lot of easy numbers recently. CECIL needs to step up!

Also has anyone else noticed that Rachel pronounces G "chee"?

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Go for it!

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Although I didn't take to her at first, the more we learn of Tricia the more I like her. The 9/9 thing was so odd I still feel there must be a story behind it. Weirdly, in her previous game there was another 6 small game where her solution was "different but really the same". And she woul...

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The first numbers: She definitely had the body language that she had solved it before time was up and I am sure she would not have declared she had the second numbers if she didn't have it.6 small numbers is tricky enough anyway and I know from experience, it is easy to go around the houses in the ...

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A quick thought on the MINUTE one. Anyone remember the show where a contestant offered SUNDRIES, pronounced as if it were what one might do to tomatoes? He got lucky, obviously, but if you are going to say that MINUTE and MINUTE are two different words for Countdown purposes, you have to disallow S...

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But similarly, I could ask you where you draw the line in the other direction. Is 3*100 the same as 100*3? 100+3 the same as 3+100? They're not literally the same. And what if someone said they had the same solution but they multiplied by 1 at the end? You avoided my specific questions, but I'll tr...

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I actually don't think it's that rare to go round the houses with a numbers solution instead of a more direct way, even if it's not normally quite as obvious as that. If you're at "full stretch" when finding a solution, sometimes you just see something and it works and you don't then notic...

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James Robinson wrote:[(P.S. I hate so much that "srsly" is now in the dictionary.............. )

Srsly it's in the dictionary? Actually I'm not surprised. It was clearly added for publicity reasons as so often happens with the Oxford dictionaries.

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This is all getting rather interesting. Was Anton's comment deliberate? Was the teatime teaser a coincidence? If it was anything other than an innocuous coincidence then I'll eat someone else's hat. Was this some bet that they all made to get things in, or did it result from some genuine hostility?...

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And if you were wondering, it was a car accident in 1975 . Wow, that makes what Anton said really dodgy, and perhaps it's debatable whether it should have stayed in! You say that but Nick said something much worse (about something else) in the intros, which he begged Damian to keep out of the cut, ...

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This is all getting rather interesting. Was Anton's comment deliberate? Was the teatime teaser a coincidence? Was this some bet that they all made to get things in, or did it result from some genuine hostility?

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8. Harry Peters is controversially given a return appearance on the show, wins eight games with a record-breaking octototototal of 980, and qualifies for the quarter-finals. He beats the #8 seed in the quarter-final, and beats the #4 seed in the semi-final. In the final he faces the #2 seed Gary Go...

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9. C2 spots a quality numbers answer which ends by adding one. C1 claims to have spotted the answer also but claims that instead of adding one, divided 9 by 9 to get the final one to add on. Otherwise the answer is exactly the same as C2. As the ref would you just allow this at face value, disallow...

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9. C2 spots a quality numbers answer which ends by adding one. C1 claims to have spotted the answer also but claims that instead of adding one, divided 9 by 9 to get the final one to add on. Otherwise the answer is exactly the same as C2. As the ref would you just allow this at face value, disallow...

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Awesome thread. It's mostly been covered, but you clearly need my answers. 1. It's a letters round. C1 declares 6, then C2 declares 6. You ask for C1's word, and he says MINUTE, pronouncing it like the unit of time. C2 says MINUTE, pronouncing it like the synonym for tiny. C2 has not written his wor...

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I don't recall anyone ever saying that their solution was slightly different, but to all intents and purposes the same, and offering their paper to their opponent. It's far more frequent for someone to say they have the same solution but still have to be prompted by Nick to show their workings. I'v...

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Jury's out for me on whether she did actually cheat (body language during/after the clock didn't really suggest a fudge) but yeah she should have definitely offered her paper. I'm not surprised she didn't though, she comes across as really fucking rude. Ooh, the gloves are off now. I noticed at the...

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Sean Fletcher wrote:Alt first numbers (25*4+6)*8 - (9-7) = 846

Standard method was (6×7-8)×25-4.

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That teatime teaser was a bit of a dig at our wheelchair-bound contestant! Plus Anton earlier saying he was numb from the waist down! (Or maybe I'm seeing things that aren't there.)

Edit - Her Wiki page says she lost both her legs in a game of Scrabble.

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Based on today's performance, I think it's probably good that Tricia beat Jason yesterday. She seems the better player overall. And a very good player. We'll have to see if a potential weakness in the numbers and having to write down the conundrums has any effect later on. (It was about 55 years ago...

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We discussed Sean's point in chat today since Giles spotted it too, and it came up that rigatoni may already be plural. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/rigatoni?q=rigatoni noun Pasta in the form of short hollow fluted tubes. It doesn't have it as a plural in the dictionary. How...

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Steven M. McCann wrote:A global audience of one a half billion according to the BBC.

What odds did you get on that?

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Jon O'Neill wrote: You tedious prick.

You odious cock.

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