I'm liking the ability to change dictionary more easily in lexplorer
Opening up the stemmer box on this page takes a while.
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- Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:46 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: General feedback
- Replies: 284
- Views: 52712
- Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Experiment: Play along recaps.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 569
Experiment: Play along recaps.
So I had this idea that we could start making recaps that you can print off and play along with. Here is a template: TEMPLATE Here are examples of how you fill in the template: Play against Andrew Hulme on his "Debut". Play against Michael Harris in the same game as above. Let me know what...
- Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday August 13th 2010
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1617
Re: Spoilers For Friday August 13th 2010
I liked Ken this week, hopefully he will be in Dictionary corner again some time.
Well done for win #7 Tom. Am sure you will get the 8th just as easily as you have got the rest.
Managed to get a max game from today's episode, lucky to spot ESTERIFY as I'd seen it on apterous recently.
Well done for win #7 Tom. Am sure you will get the 8th just as easily as you have got the rest.
Managed to get a max game from today's episode, lucky to spot ESTERIFY as I'd seen it on apterous recently.
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday April 14th 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2644
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday April 14th 2010
Just came back to this thread to like Kirks post. I think others should do as I have.
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: COC14 Petition
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7772
Re: COC14 Petition
No sure which is more likely to get given the go ahead out of CofC 14, or your weird formula countdown fantasy. I for one would prefer to see the latter. Why :?: Because watching formula one racers pit their wits against in each other in a battle of lexicon and arithmetic would be much more enterta...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: COC14 Petition
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7772
Re: COC14 Petition
No sure which is more likely to get given the go ahead out of CofC 14, or your weird formula countdown fantasy. I for one would prefer to see the latter.
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 91337
Re: CountMax errors
Yeah, I just checked, its in Joshes Version of the current edition, but not in my version of the previous edition. Must have been added when they updated.
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 91337
Re: CountMax errors
GUILLEMET This came up in a game today and neither Dinos nor I had come across it before. I've looked in the great book and can't find it anywhere. Any clues? According to Wikipedia it means those brackets that are rather like arrows. It's right above GUILLEMOT, no idea how you missed it. Maybe you...
- Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday August 11th 2010
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2466
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday August 11th 2010
You've got to remember that if Tom had had sautee disallowed that the subsequent rounds would have panned put differently, so he probably would have still won anywayEoin Monaghan wrote:So Tom should have lost today!
What if he ends up winning the series!
- Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday August 11th 2010
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2466
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday August 11th 2010
Controversy! I wonder if the "losing" challenger will be allowed back on the show at a later date.
- Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday August 11th 2010
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2466
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday August 11th 2010
sautee^? I thought this at the time too as I played it not so long ago but then I quickly forgot about it. This affects the outcome of the game :o So Did tom Declare SAUTE or SAUTEE ? Also, what was the end score, and what did the other player declare in the same round as Tom had SAUTEE/SAUTE?
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:22 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Max Game Moment: What Would You Do?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4495
Re: Max Game Moment: What Would You Do?
Dunno, but I hope it wasn't nice, I thought he was a bit of an arse.Ryan Taylor wrote:
What became of Michael "Scrooge" Davidson?
I think I'd always leave it for my opponent to get a max game unless there was still a chance of me winning, or if it was a person I really disliked.
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:34 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bug reports
- Replies: 2157
- Views: 443433
Re: Bug reports
On the numbers interface, the multiplication sign on the commitment bar is now some weird diamond thing. Also, I just noticed that the division symbol has similarly been replaced by ~
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:32 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind - Champion of Champions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3460
Re: Mastermind - Champion of Champions
WTF?! No Kevin. He must have done a Beevers. I don't like him any more.
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:21 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind - Champion of Champions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3460
Re: Mastermind - Champion of Champions
I'm assuming record holder and egghead Kevin Ashman will be on tonight's episode, as its the final heat, and I've not seen him yet.
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Copyright war (JackHurst, please read)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3590
Re: Copyright war (JackHurst, please read)
The probability of me winning this so called "copyright war" is 1.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLEI RECAPS
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3748
Re: COLEI RECAPS
Hope Dinos doesn't post a recap of our game, i'll be horrified by how many maxes i got.
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:39 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind - Champion of Champions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3460
Re: Mastermind - Champion of Champions
Is kevin ashman going to be on?
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
- Replies: 118
- Views: 11996
Re: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
OK Howard, cheers. The episode they have on at the moment is a good one anyway.
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
- Replies: 118
- Views: 11996
Re: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
What the fuck?! They've put the wrong episode on.
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
- Replies: 118
- Views: 11996
Re: Spoilers For Thursday December 17th 2009
This Episode is on again today apparently.
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:11 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 438365
Re: Feature requests
As somebody who doesnt take the duels seriously, I could easily see why someone who takes it seriously would get very pissed off by todays duel as its basically more of a contest of who can touch type the best more than anything else, and I dont think thats what the duel should be about.
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Australian Countdown!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 14089
Re: Australian Countdown!
I thought that it was pretty good considering that it was the first ever show. It did appear quite different to the our countdown, as it seemed like they were openly using solvers for the rounds, and it looked as though the contestants were either actors or had had quite a bit of screen training bef...
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:16 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 438365
Re: Feature requests
Can the words using box be tweaked so that we can make it only add consonants or vowels to the selection we put into Lexplorer. To be honest, I don't see many users making use of this, but I would, and I know how much you love doing stuff for me, Charlie. :P Oh yeah, and can u plz change my shitty a...
- Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:26 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bug reports
- Replies: 2157
- Views: 443433
Re: Bug reports
This isn't actually a bug report, more of a question aimed at Charlie, but I couldnt find anywhere better to post it.
If you are playing a classic game and a conundrum has more than one possible solution, could you get points for either, or do you have to get the conundrum they used on the show?
If you are playing a classic game and a conundrum has more than one possible solution, could you get points for either, or do you have to get the conundrum they used on the show?
- Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:44 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 438365
Re: Feature requests
I'm not much of a hard core Duellist, but I think I completely see where Matt's Coming from, I think the two types matt has mentioned could be removed or maybe made less severe.
- Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
- Replies: 131
- Views: 20219
Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Great day, thanks for organising it Jeff. Well done to Richard for Championness
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
- Replies: 131
- Views: 20219
Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
I think everyone should have to give me £1 for every time they call me Josh.
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Da Vinci Code, or what?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1674
Re: Da Vinci Code, or what?
Barrack is soon going to upgrade the pentagon to the DECAGON.
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:45 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 168160
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Sorry to be a smug bastard, but I'm pretty happy with my top maxes column at the moment:
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
- Replies: 131
- Views: 20219
Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
I'm not going on a train, but the train station is on my route there.Dinos Sfyris wrote:I've booked my train ticket now. I'll be on the same train as Jack, Kirky et al arriving 10.23. See you there xx
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:35 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 438365
Re: Feature requests
Could this page somehow display up to further than third place for formats where max games are plenty.
- Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:14 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 438365
Re: Feature requests
Can we have a page on statland that is most time played per day/month/week, and it lists the most time a player have played in a 24 hour/7 day/4 week period. The interesting thing about this is that it could feature the same player on the leaderboard multiple times.
- Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
- Replies: 131
- Views: 20219
Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
You Should Walk, you lazy git.Kirk Bevins wrote:I've just booked my tickets. I get into Leicester at 1023. Anyone getting there around that time and want to share a taxi? My train home leaves 835pm so I get to have a couple of beverages and some Hexy time afterwards.
- Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
- Replies: 131
- Views: 20219
Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Yay, this sounds good.Dinos Sfyris wrote:I would like to play Jack if you can swing it
He just wants an easy win, I think.Jeff Clayton wrote:Yes mate we can sort that, provided of course Jack's happy aswell?
Any particular reason??
- Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:09 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Good idea for a variant?
- Replies: 277
- Views: 38202
Re: Good idea for a variant?
Just shut up and go away.Dmitry Goretsky wrote: HARD???!!! THAT'S VERY-VERY SIMPLE AND YOU'RE VERY-VERY STUPID!!!
- Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Birthdays
- Replies: 1252
- Views: 130364
Re: Birthdays
Ta.
- Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:34 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Welcome to the new subforum
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2803
Re: Welcome to the new subforum
I know bugger all about game shows, but am happy to moderate if you like.
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
- Replies: 144
- Views: 14660
Re: Wanted: Awesome Dudes
I dont have the foggiest on how to write a recap, But I'll read the guide at some point and then help with some of the remaining outstanding recaps. Ill be able to get started next week.
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Good idea for a variant?
- Replies: 277
- Views: 38202
Re: Good idea for a variant?
Click HERE if you are a probability genius.
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 4:08 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Good idea for a variant?
- Replies: 277
- Views: 38202
Re: Good idea for a variant?
Just to add to the discussion of a possible format where you pick the difficulty, another way of looking at difficulty could be the flatness of the selections. This would eliminate the fact that you would know the length of the max, so you would still have to do a bit of thinking. This idea would st...
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
- Replies: 131
- Views: 20219
Re: CoLei summer special - Saturday 31 July 2010
Yep Jeff, I should still be able to make it.
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:39 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3404
Re: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread
So how many conundrums do you all think the winner will get?
I will guess somewhere between 9000-10000.
Really no idea how accurate this will be.
Edit: divide that estimation by something between 2 and 3.
I will guess somewhere between 9000-10000.
Really no idea how accurate this will be.
Edit: divide that estimation by something between 2 and 3.
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:04 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3404
Re: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread
Whoever wins this marathon thing should get a life as the prize.
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:00 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3404
Re: Unofficial Mystery Event Excitement/Speculation Thread
I was with you Corby. Midnight is at the end of the night for me. Thanks for checking. Really? I see how it makes sense in a "I've been awake all day and midnight is at the end of the day" kinda thing but if you have 23:59 on a Thursday and 00:01 on a Friday, then the 00:00 in between has...
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is the target number completely random?!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3504
Re: Is the target number completely random?!
There are only two of each small number in the pack. Don't know if you knew that, but I think it might require a rejig of the calculations.
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 30th 2010
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2374
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 30th 2010
gaberfuckingdeeeen
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:29 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 438365
Re: Feature requests
Also, is there any chance that you could make it so that prune buzzes pretty much immediately after you make an incorrect guess, so you dont have to wait round for 20 odd seconds or whatever after you have got a conundrum wrong against him.
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Like
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7644
Re: Like
No, unfortunately not.Michael Wallace wrote: Is there not a thumbs-down icon where the thumbs-up used to be?
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:26 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 438365
Re: Feature requests
... which should keep Craig Chittenden and the rest of the numbernerd gang happy for a bit. :) What's the view on my old suggestion of being able to print rounds off to take on your travels (or whatever) with you. Going on holiday for a week next week and don't know if I will be able to cope withou...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Like
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7644
Re: Like
I liked this post just in the hope that there would be an unlike button for me to click after I had liked it, but I couldnt find one because I suck. And now it looks like i like that postMarc Meakin wrote:I used to be active 'til I broke my ankle.
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:24 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Good idea for a variant?
- Replies: 277
- Views: 38202
Re: Good idea for a variant?
I like that idea.Marc Meakin wrote:How about a variant where you make your best word (9 max) from say a 12 letter pick, but the twist is that discarded letters are then carried over to the next round, thus making play strategic.
I also think the idea about a variant where you only pick consonants is a good one.
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:05 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Where are they now?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4501
Re: Where are they now?
Unlikely that they've had them since 1982. The OED only extended to 20 volumes with the publication of the Second Edition which came out in 1989. Good point. Dudley's other claims include "they're only playing for a teapot" (throughout the finals and CoC) and "we've got all our past ...
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Calendar
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18164
Re: Countdown Calendar
Pesticide, again.David O'Donnell wrote:What did I miss here?Jon Corby wrote:Doddy, do you have the Calendar?
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday June 25th 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2385
Re: Spoilers For Friday June 25th 2010
Ditto.Ryan Taylor wrote:So glad Annie won, and even more glad how he lost by 2 points. HA!
This probably makes me sound like a pedantic cuntface, but when Susie claimed that anions were negatively charged electrons I was massively outraged.
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday June 25th 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2385
Re: Spoilers For Friday June 25th 2010
Anyone else in agreement that the guy in the champions chair came across as a completely unbearable prick?
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:32 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bug reports
- Replies: 2157
- Views: 443433
Re: Bug reports
When a game gets paused because one player leaves the room, is the same letters pack still used when the game continues? Because I have had games where a Z or Q comes out before the cut off and then they come out again in later rounds when we resume.
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday June 16th 2010
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3746
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday June 16th 2010
Craig was unlucky to have Susie asking him to spell out LITREAGE. Might have got away with it on another day. I'm pretty sure that in the studio Craig wasn't asked to spell it at all, having pronounced it correctly, but Susie said she couldn't find it in the dictionary. At the end of recording havi...
- Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday June 11th 2010
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3071
Re: Spoilers For Friday June 11th 2010
Pimentos great spot from Nicky. Cant beleive the series number 2 seed can only get a 6 from that selection. They had a bunch of 5s from that? Was that a mistake? What selections? This possibly sounds like too shit a game to even bother catching up with on 4OD later? Final score? 100-60 to Nicky, th...
- Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday June 11th 2010
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3071
Re: Spoilers For Friday June 11th 2010
Pimentos great spot from Nicky. Cant beleive the series number 2 seed can only get a 6 from that selection.