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- Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday, 21st April
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3273
Re: Spoilers for Monday, 21st April
Can you have COMEDOS in ODE? I seem to remember COMEDONES being in as a plural of COMEDO.
- Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 526
- Views: 413736
Re: Best ever contestants
Online games mean fractionally more than nothing Your solitary online loss was at the hands of Mr. Travers ... still smarting a little? I lost a goatdown game to someone else I think (lots of disallowed words like BORACITES which even I've heard of back in the days when I'd not yet done some practi...
- Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 526
- Views: 413736
Re: Best ever contestants
I really didn't want to post in this thread again but it's so bloody tempting. In my view the best contestant throughout a series in terms of consistency is Craig; the best performance is Paul Gallen in the CofC; and, I reckon young Travers has a genuine shot of being the current strongest player. ...
- Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 526
- Views: 413736
Re: Best ever contestants
But, if we're taking age in account, i still standy by Salldanha, but i know you're not taking age into account. You want to find the best ever, but without considering anything other than the statistics, which i don't really understand. TIger Woods is considered the best golfer ever, but he didn't...
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 526
- Views: 413736
Re: Best ever contestants
If you're going by what they were like when they were on the show I fail to see on what basis you could place Conor as high as 2nd. I don't think you could point to a patch of games and say he was particularly exceptional there. He won easily the most competitive series of recent times . Give a mat...
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 526
- Views: 413736
Re: Best ever contestants
If you're going by what they were like when they were on the show I fail to see on what basis you could place Conor as high as 2nd. I don't think you could point to a patch of games and say he was particularly exceptional there.
- Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Scrabble online
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3201
Re: Scrabble online
I came across dumbshit on JumbleTime a while ago which I thought was quite nice.
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 1st April 2008
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2458
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 1st April 2008
Must have been gutting to lose that.
- Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th March
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4057
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th March
Why couldn't the conundrum have 'revealed' like that when Jeffrey was on...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday, 21st March
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2782
Re: Spoilers for Friday, 21st March
Ah good I did remember rightly then.David O'Donnell wrote:Can't believe they missed that easy nine.
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Luck in Scrabble
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5671
Re: Luck in Scrabble
I know from one of the computer simulations I just did, the only two words I knew the meaning of in the whole games were REPULSE and EX! All of the other ones were obscure. I know in one of the games it played MINDFUCK^ which I thought was hilarious, although I don't know exactly what it means it's...
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday, 18th March
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3935
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday, 18th March
1 + 50/25 = 3
100 + 1 = 101
101 * 3 = 303
303 + 75 = 378
100 + 1 = 101
101 * 3 = 303
303 + 75 = 378
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday, 10th March
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2706
Re: Spoilers for Monday, 10th March
You could make virtually any physical object take -ED in that sense.
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday, 10th March
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2706
Re: Spoilers for Monday, 10th March
Am I the only one that thinks PATIOED sounds stupid then?
Oh and I do so love it when they stick horse racing on, who watches that shite without betting on it? Why don't they just leave it on in bookmakers and spare the rest of the population.
Oh and I do so love it when they stick horse racing on, who watches that shite without betting on it? Why don't they just leave it on in bookmakers and spare the rest of the population.
- Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "...and a better one..."
- Replies: 89
- Views: 11323
Re: "...and a better one..."
Err nope.Joseph Bolas wrote:I think everyone is likely to say "and a better one" at one point during a Countdown game.
Would be better actually if all the crud came out in one round, more likely to get 9s in the other rounds then.
- Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday, 4th March
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2596
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday, 4th March
25*4 = 100
100-10 = 90
90*7 = 630
630+9 = 639
Surprising miss.
100-10 = 90
90*7 = 630
630+9 = 639
Surprising miss.
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Wednesday, 20th February, Spoilers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3785
Re: Wednesday, 20th February, Spoilers
Electronic list says no to TEASHOP(S).
PESETAS was there tho.
PESETAS was there tho.
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday, 19th February 2008
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2245
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday, 19th February 2008
75 + 10 - 3 = 82
82*7 = 574
574-1 = 573
82*7 = 574
574-1 = 573
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Where were you?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3866
Re: Where were you?
I was in a holiday cottage in Castle Douglas (I think) watching it on TV. I remember thinking if I was in that building I'd be getting the hell out, meanwhile the people on the news kept giving the impression that the tower(s) wouldn't collapse.
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown on Saturday
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6222
Re: Countdown on Saturday
Yea would fall into some sort of coma I guess after watching Bolton.jasoncullen wrote:I'm with you Jason, Countdown should be on 6 days a week. Although, I would struggle to watch it on Saturdays if my beloved Bolton Wanderers FC are playing at home !
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Two points about number games
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3912
Re: Two points about number games
I vaguely recall that if you sit in the challenger's chair you can see the number she's putting up that would be otherwise obscured by her on the monitor or your view from the champion's chair. So you could say you're getting a very slight advantage seeing each number earlier if you're sat in the ch...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
- Replies: 190
- Views: 21294
Re: COMA- The Countdown Online Masters competition
Sorry I just don't have the time and energy for it.
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Return of Susie
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5271
Re: The Return of Susie
Personally I think it's up to people themselves whether they wanna skip past bits/go put the kettle on or not, so I don't really see the argument for having Susie's bit before round 10 as opposed to after it. Perhaps it's just some sort of equilibrium thing to try and have more people watch it and b...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:12 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Spinning Around
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11516
Re: Spinning Around
This is just for i) 364 times? If you imagine the earth in 2 dimensions at 3 o'clock to the sun, then at 6 o'clock to the sun. At 3 o'clock the left side of the earth faces the sun, at 6 o'clock it's the top side. So you've effectively gained an extra 1/4 of a rotation there (as the moving around th...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Return of Susie
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5271
Re: The Return of Susie
Yea I thought the timing was weird when I was filming, everytime after the last letters in part 2 (ie round 9) I'd get a clear sheet of paper and get poised for the numbers... then of course instead of the numbers it was the origin of words bit which kinda interrupted the game.
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3667
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
Brutal conundrum that
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3667
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
ECOTONE and CONNOTE in round 13
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3667
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th February 2008
TALLEST in round 6 I think it was. However there was also ALLOTTEES which I wasn't sure of the spelling or whether it was actually in in the first place.
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 800 club
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5744
Re: 800 club
800, meh.
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 4th February 2008
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5588
Re: Spoilers for 4th February 2008
Yea 880 not bad, 11 more would have ideal really.
Think there was NOONERS in one of the rounds, not sure of such words these days tho.
Think there was NOONERS in one of the rounds, not sure of such words these days tho.
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Favourite discipline
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8481
Re: Favourite discipline
Letters. Don't like conundrums because it's too easy for people to manipulate/cheat and I think it's a pretty lame way of giving someone a 10 point advantage.
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8043
Re: Versus Par
Yea, MODISTES. I did play a stand-in where I scored 128 and I played ridiculously safe against him (not 'risking' 3 words I was virtually certain of when declaring second because I would win the round without them), he scored 36 points and 30 were from the numbers games which were fairly straight fo...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8043
Re: Versus Par
Would be cool if you did generate a usability list, based on how many the 'maximum' scores and how many maxima there are in the given selection.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8043
Re: Versus Par
Also I don't see how you could attribute a vast difference in treatment down to racism in such a racially diverse group as the American public. Racism still exists in America, it's less than 50 years since the Civil Rights Act, you only have to go back a few years to Hurricane Katrina to see how st...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Recap for 24 January 2003 - C of C XI Grand Final
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6825
Re: Recap for 24 January 2003 - C of C XI Grand Final
That's all somewhat pointless really. There's no point comparing live rounds, 'crucial' conundrums and other high pressure situtations with my games where I won comfortably because they're completely different.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8043
Re: Versus Par
Look at the vast difference in the treatment of Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong by the American public. Huh? Barry Bonds is an arse, that's why people don't like him. Also I don't see how you could attribute a vast difference in treatment down to racism in such a racially diverse group as the Ameri...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8043
Re: Versus Par
I wasn't particularly surprised Chris missed it, but Conor has basically made himself into a top Countdown contestant by practising on words like NEUROGLIA and it's only 57th in the probability lists (the fact that it has 5 vowels doesn't change things particularly in this case). The difficulty of ...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Versus Par
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8043
Re: Versus Par
Of course, no such system will be perfect. I remember laughing at Craig being surprised that Conor and Chris missed NEUROGLIA because its a "high probability" word, when in fact its possibly never appeared on Countdown before, and you certainly wouldn't want to classify such a word as eas...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3400
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 31st January 2008
Anyway really well done again David, you missed almost nothing today, until part 3 (when the game was over as a contest anyway). The way things are going, you look to be on course for an octochamp score around the 850 mark, which would give you a good chance of being no.1 seed come finals week... I...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5477
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th January 2008
I got 994 going this way (this tends to be one of the first routes I try):
25*50 = 1250
2*(75+3) = 156 + 100 = 256
1250 - 256 = 994
25*50 = 1250
2*(75+3) = 156 + 100 = 256
1250 - 256 = 994
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7869
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
Yes ARTEFACT was there.
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7869
Spoilers for Tuesday 29th January 2008
Am I right in suspecting ALIMONY is (dubiously) only in as a mass noun?
ie no ALIMONIES in round whatever.
ie no ALIMONIES in round whatever.
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Suggestions thread?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8223
Re: Suggestions thread?
I think a round-by-round 'live' recap on the forum while the show is being aired would be kinda neat. Even if it's just as a one-off.
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28th January 2008.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4423
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28th January 2008.
Missed the first part...
Would be cool if some pioneering sort would do a recap on the forum round by round while the show is being aired.
Would be cool if some pioneering sort would do a recap on the forum round by round while the show is being aired.
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 25th January 2008
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6291
Re: Spoilers for Friday 25th January 2008
NACELLES was there in the first round if I remembered the letters right. Well spotted. I had a pretty good start today until the numbers, where I only got 127. I missed the 2nd numbers, but got the 3rd by going: ((75 - 4) x (9 + 1)) - (8 - 6) I got MENTALITY too. I missed TIRAMISU, GAROTTES but got...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 25th January 2008
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6291
Spoilers for Friday 25th January 2008
NACELLES was there in the first round if I remembered the letters right.
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 24th January (Davids 1st game)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8869
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 24th January (Davids 1st game)
I'd be very surprised if a 4 from the top specialist didn't get 721 there, it's the obvious route to go when you know you can get 725 just by using the 4 large via 25*25 + 100.
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Forum hints & tips
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11214
Re: Forum hints & tips
No worries Soo, we can all learn together, and then post it in this thread. Despite repeatedly checking the "log me in automatically" box as well, I keep finding that not only does it not log me in automatically, but also seems to randomly log me out mid-session from time to time.... Ouch...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 22nd January 2008
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4062
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Yep it did.
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:52 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: David Wilson on Mastermind
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2337
Re: David Wilson on Mastermind
Futurama and Red Dwarf... Nice. They would be two of mine if I was remotely interested in applying.
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1103662
Re: Welcome!
Aye I remember MODDING getting disallowed, isn't allowed in Scrabble either where the dictionary covers a lot more words - pretty farcical really. Can't imagine how irritating it must have been to have had it disallowed, I was bad enough when I had KEGFUL disallowed in a Scrabble tournament earlier ...
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 21st January 2008 [Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4638
Re: Spoilers for Monday 21st January 2008 [Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
No they didn't say ADHESION or even ANODISE - presume ANODIZES is ok too.
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1103662
Re: Welcome!
I'm Craig Beevers, winner of series 57. I'm primarily a Scrabbler, where I'm ranked 44th in the World and have won various tournaments. My other interests are the internet, cricket and watching sport.
For those that aren't aware scaly piscine is a quote from the awesome TV sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf.
For those that aren't aware scaly piscine is a quote from the awesome TV sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf.