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Defo have to use new ODE3 at the start though, can't confuse people by accepting words on a Friday then disallowing them the following Monday, so the participants will just have to use it. I'm all for making these super-champions work as hard as possible in return for yet more television glory, but...

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I agree Dan, it does seem the most workable. It's only 1 week and we can take 3 from each series. Defo have to use new ODE3 at the start though, can't confuse people by accepting words on a Friday then disallowing them the following Monday, so the participants will just have to use it. The ODE3 come...

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Personally I'd have the top four each quarter play off, and the four winners meet to decide the yearly champion. And ditch the current six month series. There's no particular reason to have six-month series anyway. Mind you I've suggested this before and been ridiculed. That sounds like a pretty ne...

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Marc Meakin wrote:
D Eadie wrote:[Indeed - i think Kirk should be forced to play for Star 30 in the conundrum attack, at least 10 times.
Haven't you punished him enough, by denying him a chance of winning a CoC.

Will maybe do something big in 2012 for our 30th birthday show, if we're all still here of course.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:How about the titles idea of mine but simply handicapped?
Interesting...
This would punish the ratings-hoarders, which is a plus.

Indeed - i think Kirk should be forced to play for Star 30 in the conundrum attack, at least 10 times.

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It's a great idea Jono - keep it moving like a hot potato and the lesser-rated players have a chance of wearing the crown if they beat a top player, then they can play someone of their own ability and if they lose, it goes to someone who normally wouldn't have much chance of winning anything. Terrif...

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Matt Morrison wrote:Just watching on 4+1. Did Jeff say "hiding away for sex" after Anna declared RAPIST?

No he said "you've been doing that all week" .

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Marc Meakin wrote:
D Eadie wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:A 0-player CoC would be awesome.
This.
Maybe Apterous will have to run the COC instead or perhaps have it at a CO event and post the games on youtube.

A COC. Got a great ring to it.

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Charlie Reams wrote:A 0-player CoC would be awesome.

This.

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One slight problem with that is the inclusion of Bob De Caux in there. Well, we all know how good he is on Apterous, but he didn't even get to the finals in his series, so how would he have even qualified for the CoC :!: :?: Or have there been instances where people haven't reached the series final...

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Damian let slip that there will be a new dictionary used on Countdown from next year (presumably an updated ODE) in the 'yearly champion' thread: http://c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3547 Unless Charlie has a better idea, will there be enough of us who will be buying the new edition as ...

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Still have the 16 player format but only show the last 7 matches. Hopefully this is a jokey request. If not that's a ridiculous idea. Poor people....recording for Countdown and not actually having it televised. "The number 1 seed from series 63 was knocked out in the last 16 by Bob De Caux in ...

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The dictionary changes at the start of 2011, Oh my God. Will we get a heads up of additions/subtractions from the new book. (2 -9 letter words, obviously) Not from me mate, it's all copyright stuff and there aren't enough hours in the day. I do know that AIRDATES loses its validity, but i can't rem...

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A lot of tension in 15 shows has got to be good for the viewers. It's not really. The light-hearted atmosphere of the show disappears, it gets very serious and we lose a little entertainment value. Fine in short bursts, but not for 3 weeks. On the games front there isn't an issue, they'd be top dra...

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I think it would be better and fairer to film it on a different day to the series final personally. Give someone a chance to celebrate their series win properly, would be a bit rough if they immediately lost thereafter. Although that would obviously depend on how serious the yearly winner show was ...

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Am toying with the idea of having a yearly champion, which means the winner of Jan - Jun plays the winner of July - Dec, at the end of the year - to transmit the day after the final proper, which would move to the Thursday. Slightly concerned about the workload for the winner of the July-Dec series ...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
D Eadie wrote: Did i have an egg salad sandwich for lunch?
No - you ate a venison burger.

Why would i want to eat the Arsenal manager?

It was indeed an egg salad sandwich.

Alternative to egg salad anyone?

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Did I hear Jeff slip up saying "you've been doing that all week" after it was a crucial conundrum? Ah - you've taken to including quiz questions as well, excellent. ;) How would we know? You might have been listening to your Ipod or something. As if anyone can possibly know what you heard...

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Never read the spoilers threads any more. They are shite.

They can be spiced up though. How about posting long words, using the same letters, but alternative dictionaries, a la apterous, so we can get 8-letter DC beaters but in German, French etc. That would be really interesting.

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James Robinson wrote:Quite a lot of people seem to want to lose on their 6th show this series.

Yes, apart from all those who 'wanted' to lose on their first, second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh.

A marvellous observation nonetheless.

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Somebody post an alternative to the 3rd numbers game ....please.......i can't bear the excitment.

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Yes we watched it here. All perfectly harmless and tasteful, except for the bit where the female presenter (with Eamonn Holmes), mentioned we'd be "going strong for 18 years now, since 1982" -then we had at the end, to Jeff "when IS the 5000th by the way, i only ask because somebody c...

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Is there a league table of contributors? Carol must still be way in front for the number of appearances, but is there anyone behind the scenes with an even better count? I know there's been a good few long-servers, which I'm sure is a big factor in Countdown's longevity. Anyone with a full 5000? Th...

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Damian states that people who disagree with him must be thick. How very predictable. Look at the title of the thread, it wasn't and isn't really the time and the place for you to start knocking our monarch. Thick may be an incorrect word to use, granted, so i'll offer stupid, ignorant and distastef...

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Wow, a message from the Queen, impressive stuff. I was thinking the opposite. IAWTP 8-) Who really gives a feck what some anachronistic monarch thinks? Bring on the British Republic! :D And who really gives a shit what you think? Gavin and Julie, the gruesome twosome, who between them have so few b...

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David O'Donnell wrote:Congrats! I trust there was a wee seisún to celebrate this glorious achievement!

We had a night out in Manchester, Des L, Jeff, Rach, Susie and the team - and drank far too much, hence next week's shows rarely feature anything more than a 4 from DC.

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James Robinson wrote: Will the challenger stop him in his tracks, or will Mr. Wilkinson put him/her to the sword (Rubbish joke, if you can spot it. )

Nope.

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No, its tomorrow. They've made a mistake.

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100325/tu ... 23e80.html

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Just think what Huddersfield would give to be 7th in the Championship.

Enjoy Spotland next term.

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James Robinson wrote:Or if you're a normal person, it's Wednesday's episode today.

That rules both of us out then. And its EDITION

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Dunno what the definite answer is Marc.
I hear both used all the time by loads of TV bods, so it must be a close call.

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Am sure someone can settle this, but we've always called them editions, not episodes.
It's not relevant, but it's in keeping with the rest of the thread.

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The many specials recorded in 2002/03 are separate episodes, as are the 4 recorded this year. The Masters shows in 1990/1 are also separate, as is the Richard Whiteley/Carol Vorderman Christmas special. You can cook figures however you want to. Not sure how or why you've deemed certain shows to be ...

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Marc Meakin wrote:So just to clarify, friday is the 5,000th show of regular countdown (ie not celebrity specials etc.).
But there have been more than 5,000 games of countdown broadcast.

LOL - i've no idea and am past caring now. If James says the 5000th has been and gone, then it's been and gone.

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Strictly speaking, we've already passed 5,000 episodes if we include every Masters episode and special show, so maybe we should just end it there. I'm personally just going by the Wiki page, which lists today as #5,000. Hang on, so we've already passed 5000 shows, yet you halfwittedly declare today...

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Marc Meakin wrote: The debate goes on.

If there's anyone alive who can prove Friday isn't our 5000th then i'll concede defeat.

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Both saw it, both went for the 5 in the name of decency. Points totals not really relevant at this stage.

And we're not 5000 until FRIDAY James !!!!

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No worries craig, it was my lame attempt at punning. Alburnum isnt a tree and Kirk is wide of the mark this time. Laburnum is the tree, alburnum is newly formed layers of wood on a branch. Both Dave and I were thinking "laburnum"...neither of us had heard of the actual answer, but with hi...

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No worries craig, it was my lame attempt at punning. Alburnum isnt a tree and Kirk is wide of the mark this time. Laburnum is the tree, alburnum is newly formed layers of wood on a branch.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
D Eadie wrote:
Or not the first time, as it didn't happen. Clue only matches 1 answer matey.
Aren't ALBURNUM and LABURNUM both trees? Can't remember what the clue was exactly.

Alburnum isn't a tree, no. It's the white of an egg.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:TTT has two answers....both fit the clue as far as I remember. First time this has happened I think.

Or not the first time, as it didn't happen.

Clue only matches 1 answer matey.

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Bug or not, am unsure. Played TopDog the other day, realised it was the numbers game, so i shut it down, not having the inclination to play round after round of maths. Since then, whenever i've logged in, even if its 2 days later and even though i've played TopDog since then albeit letters / conund...

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Bug or not, am unsure. Played TopDog the other day, realised it was the numbers game, so i shut it down, not having the inclination to play round after round of maths. Since then, whenever i've logged in, even if its 2 days later and even though i've played TopDog since then albeit letters / conundr...

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fuck the wiki

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Howard Somerset wrote:Me, Pauline Huggins, Jeffrey Hansford.

I'd need all the help I could get, no matter by what means it was obtained.

It's Countdown, not bloody Crimewatch.

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I'd choose Jon Corby and Chris Corby, just to feel attractive for once.

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One thing i've noticed, which is trivial but still a change, is that when you solve the conundrum, it just goes off the screen now and ends the game. Also, in Hyper, the DC words on the score interface......sometimes if you leave the mouse arrow over the words, it shows you all the different alterna...

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Howard Somerset wrote:My understanding was that it is going to be Friday's show next week in which Des is making a visit as DC guest, rather than Tuesday's show. But then of course I could easily be wrong.

The 5000th, featuring Des Lynam in DC, will be shown on Friday March 26th.

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JimBentley wrote:Yep, RB's rating isn't entirely realistic. I'd put him around 1200-1300 for normo games.

I'd put him around a burning tyre.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
D Eadie wrote: At the moment it's easier to log in to NASA's intelligence database.

Not that you'd know, since you've quit the site and everything.

Who can blame me, it's batshit

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Having said that, it's a shame that Damian has put himself in self-exile from Apterous, becuase on all the games that he's done on there, he seems like a formidable opponent. You almost forget that he was a Series Champion on the show once upon a time. I play under a dumpynose, at least one. The st...

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Ben Wilson wrote:I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a weak punny combination of both, at least that's what I recall original namer Stewart Holden telling me in 2004.

I can believe it. Stewart is stilly fondly remembered for his sizzling sense of humour.

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Bradley Holland wrote:Some of you are really good.

I like your pies.

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James Robinson wrote: I thought that conundrums had to be 9 letters long.

Nothing gets past you, James.
Its BIOWEAPON btw, which is a water-pistol loaded with Daz Ultra washing detergent.

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Most time played - 1 Innis Carson 35:03:26 This statistic doesn't tell the whole story. It's all very well claiming to have played for 35 days, 3 hours and 26 minutes, but if you include the time it takes to log in, log out, log in again, then clear the cache, reboot, scrap the lost game, log out ag...

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I understood the gist of your post Ciaran. :) I don't know if there will be future specials, but if there are then the odd twist here and there is possible, but it has to be very mild. We can't rebuild parts of the set etc to make it hold 12 letters or make radical changes. As for anathema, nice wor...

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Yes, I would think so. Shame we didnt see the other two numbers, and didnt see how they would have affected the game. I do hope that the alteration of the 4 large numbers is not the only twist to the proceedings of the other specials. I'm surprised that they didnt alter the letters or conundrum tod...

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Those playing knew the numbers were changing, but had no idea to what. Partly because i refused to tell them, and partly because i couldn't remember what they were. Kirk threatened in a jocular way to choose 6 small, so we gave all the numbers selections to Rachel instead. Nice seeing DC beat the co...

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The twist is not that twisty really. It's more of a slight curvature.

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