Wiki's down but I feel like Jack Worsley might have had 4 as wellTom S wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:06 pmI would guess so!Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:14 pmThe boy gone good.
Does James break the record for most different guests in an Octorun (4?) and equal most presenters (2)
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- Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 14th January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 9)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3852
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 14th January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 9)
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 12:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Letters Distribution Q
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3352
Re: Letters Distribution Q
wow i've been summoned yeha - it's changed a bit for tv - i don't really watch cd much but I remember a recent episode with two Ys. It's probably fairly easy to work out like Graeme did there and who knows maybe I'll spend my Christmas loooking at thta for series 82 but currently your guess is as go...
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10th December 2020 (Series 82, 1st Quarter-Final)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5461
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10th December 2020 (Series 82, 1st Quarter-Final)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5461
Spoilers for Thursday 10th December 2020 (Series 82, 1st Quarter-Final)
literally how do we not have a spoiler thread yet. luke v david. someone will chuck in some stats i'm sure
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Holdem: Help needed!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3121
Re: Countdown Holdem: Help needed!
yeah i can probably make this if you wanna host it or whatever
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5900
Re: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
ok, yeah, i feel like i should hvae hit yours with my method but i probably rushed it at that point - i hadn't used up the 73 by that point, so i should have stuck the 3 in next. either way i think that's it
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:13 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5900
Re: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
fiona where's your 13
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:30 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5900
Re: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
but yeah good point by gev at the end, reworking my answer hang on edit: actually i don't think he does i worked out that you essentially need one digit for each of the primes that start with 1 3 7 9, and 2 digits for the ones that don't - so 2x11+10=32 digits, and if i were to pull some shit like s...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:26 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5900
Re: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
gevin where's your 19
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5900
Re: Another brain teaser from my muddled mind
ok so i'm sure you know about the haruhi problem but i haven't looked into it enough to really have any idea how to go about this other than brute force so - here goes. obviously 2 3 5 7 are contained in longer boys so we can ignore them, and now it's basically try and get a string of digits where a...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
- Replies: 257
- Views: 230515
Re: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
When dictionary updates occur, pretty much instantly pencil upon pencil occurs. Are people genuinely learning and memorising these hundreds/thousands of new (often nonsensical) words, or are they printing off lists? Is it cheating if they are? I can't speak for others (and I'm probably not who you ...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 8:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 17th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 159)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1823
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 12th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 156)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1325
Spoilers for Thursday 12th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 156)
crikey this is a long series
Andy Bruno the series 1 guy is looking for a 5th win this millennium, can he do it?
Andy Bruno the series 1 guy is looking for a 5th win this millennium, can he do it?
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:11 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Squarebot
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10178
Re: Squarebot
He only rounds to a square at the point he says it, so the square of the area is good. yeah no that's not what i meant, i said a bad example but knowing the area doesn't necessarily mean you know whether or not it's a square? you kind of do with 289 cause it can't be a 1x289 rectangle but if he'd s...
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:44 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Squarebot
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10178
Re: Squarebot
alright then he says it's whatever 289 squared is, that doesn't help you does it
tcap's answer, jono's first answer (both of which gev later posted a very similar answer to, although i like the use of pizzas) and callum's seemgood
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
- Replies: 72
- Views: 25072
Re: Re: Ticket #5803: ZoomDown - evidence of potential cheating
: Promised to have somebody in the Zoom call on the Thursday episode (James Vs Phil, James vs Jonny) to specifically watch James for signs of cheating Went ahead with the Thursday episode without that person in the call As for this, I apologized privately but here we go. I had barely any sleep on t...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
One thing I've been wondering- who's played the most number of old 15 rounders without having ever played any other format? I'd be surprised if it wasn't Jack Hurst. Similarly, who's played the most number of old 9 rounders without having ever played any other format, including 14 rounders or maste...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
One thing I've been wondering- who's played the most number of old 15 rounders without having ever played any other format? I'd be surprised if it wasn't Jack Hurst. Similarly, who's played the most number of old 9 rounders without having ever played any other format, including 14 rounders or maste...
- Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
- Replies: 252
- Views: 62838
Re: Track and Field Athletics
If I was Geoffrey I would simply have run for another two minutes and picked up a free record
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
Ian Volante has september 2008 which I assume is the best you'll getL'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:42 pm Are there any Apterous users who have played at least one game every month since August 2008?
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 169043
Re: You Are The Ref
I've never thought about the playing order either. Indeed, I've even said to others on my table that the order doesn't matter when they look at the screen to see which game is "first". Players could be encouraged to play the games in the published order, but you couldn't really make it an...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
Sorted by coefficient of variation: name average stddev coeffvar -------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Jean Webby 92.25 10.73 11.63% Glen Webb 118.12 13.82 11.70% Aaron Webber 96.62 11.38 11.78% love it. cheers! can't believe i got 3rd again, especially to those two. crushing
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 5:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
Which octochamp has the smallest range of scores? Which has the smallest coefficient of variation ? Once upon a time I tried to calculate this in the hope that it might be me , but found that I was pipped by Tom Hargreaves . Very possible that I missed someone, though, or that a new winner has emer...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: ZoomDown finals!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13533
Re: ZoomDown finals!
hahaha i use one laptop with one screen and it all looks shite compared to fiona's, i'll post it though. uh yeah i basically listen to what paul says but sometimes paul is too quiet so i alt-tab into the zoom window and read the letters off the screen, M/N stuff occurs when I just mishear him for wh...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Offensive Words
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26353
Re: Offensive Words
How often does Countdown have to edit due to offensive words.....and is the scoring contrived so the person playing said word is not penalised. Round 7 of this game . From the selection CTDAEIFSH, Jack Hurst offered SHITFACE. (To avoid the inevitable comments: SHITFACED^ is hyphenated and CATFISHED...
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
All very interesting thanks everyone. Now a question related to personal stats. We have the Superstats on Apterous. I almost always pick CCCVVVCVC however my opponents obviously have a wide range of picks. Is there any way it could be seen what letter selections have the best max % for a player? I'...
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
this is yet another question that can be answered with 'a bunch of the best ever players and Frank Mulvey'
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
- Replies: 132
- Views: 37900
Re: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
I'm not Jack's PR agent or anything but I know Jack well enough to know that he'd still go for it. It would be a farce otherwise, it's not a practice game on apterous, it's a record that would presumably have literally stood forever, bearing in mind the upcoming change in format 12 games into the n...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: The COLIN Google Earth quiz
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4579
Re: The COLIN Google Earth quiz
ha, he wishes
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 1:56 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: The COLIN Google Earth quiz
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4579
Re: The COLIN Google Earth quiz
i'll do this tomorrow or whenever I'm Ben Wilson but I hope you included the lincoln bra lady. Definitely the highlight of the walk from hykeham station to the fox. Fuck I miss colin[
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CANCELLED - CO:WY 2020 - Countdown In West Yorkshire - Saturday 5th September 2020
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11611
Re: TBC - CO:WY 2020 - Countdown In West Yorkshire - Saturday 5th September 2020
provisionally in whatever messague you want me to put here_
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Inventions corner
- Replies: 51
- Views: 16375
Re: Inventions corner
a food in the hand is worth two in the mouth
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 759069
Re: Ask Graeme?
good shout. i thought http://wiki.apterous.org/Jamie_Ilett-Jones might be in contention but apparently not
- Thu May 28, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: VOTE FOR COUNTDOWN!!!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8723
Re: VOTE FOR COUNTDOWN!!!
Done. Quality in SF2 generally a lot stronger than SF1 I thought
- Tue May 26, 2020 3:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Joke Items
- Replies: 252
- Views: 89306
Re: Joke Items
i'd much rather have to change a battery every few months than have to deal with another unnecessary wire coming out my laptop/mouse
- Sat May 23, 2020 11:13 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Weird food fusions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2406
Re: Weird food fusions
peanut butter w marmite I don't even think this is weird and you can buy them together now. yeah this was a reference to meakin in taht other thread. i haven't tried them together but i will soon when a convenient opportunity arises. this is controversial but i recently partook in a cook off agains...
- Sat May 23, 2020 8:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Weird food fusions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2406
Re: Weird food fusions
peanut butter w marmite
- Thu May 14, 2020 12:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: *** EVENT CANCELLED *** Co Blackpool Saturday October 10th
- Replies: 44
- Views: 26948
- Thu May 14, 2020 12:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Code of Conduct
- Replies: 38
- Views: 18669
Re: FOCAL Code of Conduct
I'm also DBS checked and happy to be whatever role needs this, you know I turn up to most events anyway
- Wed May 13, 2020 6:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 30BC - a better way of drawing the contestants?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3823
Re: 30BC - a better way of drawing the contestants?
Domino's is the pizza place for the ExtravaganZZa Feast® pizza, when we combine beef with loads of pepperoni, ham, Italian sausage, fresh onions, green peppers, mushrooms, and black olives, all topped with extra 100 percent real mozzarella cheese.
- Sat May 09, 2020 1:25 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous brown? [GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4901
Re: Is Apterous brown? [GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD]
Yeah, some sort of bluey white but I think that's just association with Countdown or the fact that most of the screen is white when you're in the game
- Fri May 01, 2020 9:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who posts here?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 12890
Re: Who posts here?
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:23 pm
I don't think it's worth my time looking at visible posts as I did before
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: When Countdown episodes run out
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29805
Re: When Countdown episodes run out
haha toodThomas Carey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:33 am damo said it in aptochat at some point i'll find the link when i'm more awake
spoilers callum tood beats tim down in final (with steel chair). bradley horrocks narrowly misses out
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: When Countdown episodes run out
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29805
Re: When Countdown episodes run out
damo said it in aptochat at some point i'll find the link when i'm more awake
spoilers callum tood beats tim down in final (with steel chair). bradley horrocks narrowly misses out
spoilers callum tood beats tim down in final (with steel chair). bradley horrocks narrowly misses out
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coronavirus watch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2397
Re: Coronavirus watch
whoever the 10 oldest royals are. sub out charles i guess cause he already has it
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Private Message Abuse.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4379
Re: Private Message Abuse.
who's gonna say it
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 325750
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
'Do you wanna build a snowman' has the same number of syllables as 'teenage mutant ninja turtles'. Edit: and 'harder better faster stronger'. Enjoy your evening. Whoops, was gonna mention this and forgot. Someone did a Twitter bit which finds Wikipedia pages that do it. https://mobile.twitter.com/w...
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724050
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
baby don't hurt me
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 6:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724050
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Incorrect. Not a bush
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724050
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I particularly hate it when you're on the train feeling a bit tired and you want to have a nap but there's no plug socket to lean against! Touché. Is that actually what you meant? Lean against the wall. Combined with the seat back you have a nice corner. Try to do that in an aisle seat and you'll p...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724050
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Touché.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:06 am I particularly hate it when you're on the train feeling a bit tired and you want to have a nap but there's no plug socket to lean against!
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:51 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724050
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I usually move, unless I'm only on for a very short time. Often the window seat has a plug socket, and I like to lean against it to nap, so I prefer it even if someone else ends up during next to me. I don't mind the sitting next to strangers part of aisle seats, I just like the windows more
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:MyArs April 31st
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6638
Re: Co:MyArs April 31st
Sounds good. I'm in
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CANCELLED: CoGlasgow 2021- Saturday 13th March 2021 (Provisional date)
- Replies: 74
- Views: 37133
Re: CoGlasgow 2021- Saturday 13th March 2021 (Provisional date)
Is she the one?Martin Peters wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:51 pm under the tutelage of its new hosts, myself (Martin Peters) and my wife, Maureen.
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th February 2020
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4923
Re: Spoilers for 27th February 2020.
Happy birthdayGraeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:21 pm Susie said you couldn't put the S on MUTTON, which surprised me. Perhaps restaurants don't serve it any more?
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 148372
Re: Countdowners in the news
Can't believe nobody posted this. Stop the fucjing presses.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/m ... 152079.amp
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/m ... 152079.amp
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Preferred format for event finals
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7724
Re: Preferred format for event finals
where's the idgaf option
i mean 15s are less volatile than 9s and 14s for obvious reasons. is that good? bad? who knows! i don;t see any reason why it shoudldb e the same as the rest of event, but if the organiser wants it that way fuckin let em, free country in it, will of the people, j
i mean 15s are less volatile than 9s and 14s for obvious reasons. is that good? bad? who knows! i don;t see any reason why it shoudldb e the same as the rest of event, but if the organiser wants it that way fuckin let em, free country in it, will of the people, j
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Poll: The strongest series? [S01-S81]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7812
Re: Poll: The strongest series? [S01-S81]
cheers @whoever said 73 but yeah 69 all the way. the fact that you get games like this one between two players who didn't even make the finals, that there was a heat game between the last two CoC winners , the fact that Glen Webb's octotal went from being 3rd highest ever to 3rd highest in the serie...
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XVI- Countdown in Lincoln, 25-26 January 2020
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21870
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Contestants by Region: IRELAND
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4626
Re: Contestants by Region: IRELAND
Unsurprisingly, Feargal Delaney was indeed Irish - I recall watching his game while on holiday in Ireland. Likewise Gary McEnaney, who filmed on the same day as me. However, I'm fairly sure Wayne McSorley, who beat Matty Artell, had an English accent. Wayne was from Bradford yeah, was on my first f...