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James Robinson

Right, now that we have an Apterous World Cup, as well as the normal World Cup, the excitement is starting to build up here on C4C, but is the excitement rising in the Countdown Studios as well, with just 2 days before the finals commence.... :?: Well, with Scott Gillies in the champions' chair, the...

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Eoin Monaghan wrote:DRACONES in round 7 I think.

5 rounds later, I think you'll find, Eoin.

ELAPSING in round 4 also.

James Robinson

Unforunately for me, being at work means I can't watch the early kick-offs, so I'll watch Countdown on the Sky+, then watch the 7:30pm kick-off after that.

James Robinson

So, it's almost upon us. The waiting is almost over. The most eagerly anticipated event of the year is just a few days away. No, not the World Cup in South Africa, althought that's not completely insignificant, but the finals of Series 62 of Countdown . :shock: :o ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) But, while w...

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I'm in too.

James Robinson

It seems that the Kirkulator is 24 today.

Happy birthday, Kirky.

(Since you don't like my smilies, this'll be a special "sans smilie" post for you.)

James Robinson

Michael Wallace wrote:
JackHurst wrote:91-55 i think Michael
Cheers dude.

91-52 actually.

The audience seemed pretty geed up during the end credits, So much whistling!

TEACUPS in round 2 and PANDEMIC in round 3 as contestant equallers.

James Robinson

Right, so the bank holiday week is approaching its end, as is the series, with just 11 shows to go. Following yesterday's result, we now have the full line-up for the finals confirmed, so the question to be asked now is Who will be the carryover champion for Series 63 :?: Will it be our new champ, S...

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Because of the seeding system, we have the possibility that for the 3rd series running, we could have a semi-final, which would possibly have been a great final. We had Kirk v Neil in Series 60, Chris v Innis in the last series, and possibly Oliver v Craig this time round. If only the series had use...

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I'll enter too.

James Robinson

Scott Gillies wrote:May i mention james in round 7 dom beat me with a "suffix" not a "prefix" lol. I had that written as well and didnt fancy it.

As we've just discussed on Apterous, problem solved.

James Robinson

Douglas Wilson wrote:Is it just me or does Scott look really like our favourite Yorkshire based, usual spoilers thread starter?

One word, no

Unless proven, otherwise, of course.

James Robinson

Welcome to the earlier than normal 2nd half of the Robinson Recap Double Bill. Enjoy. ;) :) :D Countdown recap for Thursday 3 June 2010. C1: Champion Dominic "The Boggler" Travers (5 wins, 444 points.) An Apterite from New Malden, Surrey, but is currently studying biology at the University...

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3rd Numbers Alt: ((10 + 6) x 8) + 5 - 1 = 132

Very impressive performance, Scott.

And as mentioned above, the series finals are now set.

James Robinson

There's me thinking that SLOGANED was OK in round 12.

EDIT: And BLOKIEST in round 13.

James Robinson

Much simpler 2nd numbers:

((4 x 9) - 3) x 10 = 330

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Liam Tiernan wrote:Maybe it's deja vu, but did Susie not pencam COAMINGS only a couple of weeks ago?

COAMING was missed by DC 2 Mondays ago, rather than being pencammed.

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james doohan wrote:Jon Gaunt is a horrid little man, will be looking forward to Monday for someone else, even if it's Gyles Brandreth

It's another John, John Inverdale in DC on Monday.

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Ryan Taylor wrote:Rachel is looking fine today.

When does she ever not look fine

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Phil Collinge wrote:Irrelevant now, but had Scott started one show earlier and done enough to get into the finals with 6 wins unbeaten, would he have gone into them in this series, carried over to the next, or had a choice?

Carried over, no choice any more.

James Robinson

Unless I'm mistaken (hopefully James will confirm) we should have a very good idea of the line up for the finals today. If Scott wins Claudia is safe as Scott or anyone else can't win enough before the series ends and if Dom wins today he will probably be in because even if he loses tomorrow he'll ...

James Robinson

Unless I'm mistaken (hopefully James will confirm) we should have a very good idea of the line up for the finals today. If Scott wins Claudia is safe as Scott or anyone else can't win enough before the series ends and if Dom wins today he will probably be in because even if he loses tomorrow he'll ...

James Robinson

Ryan Taylor wrote:Come on Dom!

Come on Scott!

James Robinson

Countdown recap for Monday 21 March 2005. C1: Champion Sue Drinkwater (4 wins, 314 points.) C2: Challenger 8-year-old Tanmay Dixit. The show's youngest ever contestant. DC: Susie Dent and Ken Bruce. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: I O E M S R S G R R02: C X L I E O N D T R03:...

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This was the entertainers special from the original set of specials. Countdown recap for Friday 25 March 2005. C1: Challenger John Marlowe. C2: Challenger Alf Berry. DC: Alison Heard and Sir Bernard Ingham. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T L U S G I P E C R02: D R O I L N E ...

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Interesting that this one was the No.4 vs. No.5 seed match, even though the 3rd QF is normally No.3 vs. No.6 seed. Countdown recap for Monday 21 June 1999. C1: No.4 Seed Ricky Cohen (6 wins, 390 points.) C2: No.5 Seed Terence English (6 wins, 371 points.) DC: Susie Dent and Richard Digance. CV: Caro...

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Ah :!: A return to the promised land of C4Countdownia, after an excruciating gap of 5 days. :evil: But, with the greatest living Huddersfield Town fan, Patrick Stewart, being knighted today, as well as Town signing Joey Guðjónsson, all is well in my world. For now at least. So to celebrate, here's a...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:Round 2: L S K G I U T N A

C1: LUSTING (7)
C2: SLATING (7)
DC: SULKING (7)
OT: SALUTING (8) STALKING (8)
Score: 14–7 (max 16)

Both miss gettable -ING 8's but 7 points apiece will do just nicely.

I seem to recall the Stell-meister (as he is never called) declared STALKING on the show.

James Robinson

SNAFUED in round 4 and BUNGLED in round 7. Thought I had SALKOS in round 11, as in triple SALKO in ice skating, but apparently that's not OK.

James Robinson

Douglas Wilson wrote:We do however have the same Champion as yesterday in the shape of Dominic Travers, do we know if he's any relation to the great Conor Travers

He says no.

Easier 3rd numbers: (50 x 6) - (9 x 8) = 228

James Robinson

Wow :!: It sounds so fantastic, Jeff. ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) Unfortunately, I'm heading off on holiday on that very day, so I'm afraid I'm gonna have to pass on this one. So sorry. :( :cry: Hopefully everyone else will have a good time. :D Anywhere nice? Portugal, actually. Thank goodness I'm back ...

James Robinson

So, the week is about to end yet again, and we now have another Apterite in the champions' chair in the form of Dominic "Dom" Travers. Will he make a late surge for the finals :?: With only 9 shows til the finals, it's tight, but still doable. I think that's me done for the week, Mike will...

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It seems that the current Countdown champ is 22 today.

Happy birthday Chris.

Have a good one

Everyone cool seems to be 22 this year, how amazing.

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Scott Gillies wrote:veronals seems to be valid on apterous so why did susie not like it?

Are you sure, Scott

If it was in, it would've been mentioned in the OT words.

Are you sure you weren't looking in the Scrabble dictionary

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Gavin Chipper wrote:So 1-6, 7-12, 13-18, 19-24, 25-30, 31-36, 37-42, 34-48 gives you 8 tickets and because they all use different numbers I think we should be up to 8/n already.

Now that one should give you a very strong chance of winning the lottery

James Robinson

The 2nd half of this week's Robinson Recap Double Bill will begin in due course.... ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) Right, here it is. Enjoy. Countdown recap for Thursday 27 May 2010. C1: Champion James Saker (1 win, 67 points.) From Lincolnshire. He works as a Network Rail signaller at London King's Cross s...

James Robinson

Wow, a level 9 conundrum today. Hardcore. Yeah, I got it on about 35 seconds. Surprisingly difficult I thought. I think many people offer UNDERTEST but since this was the scramble, I was stumped. Yeah, I was so happy with myself with getting RESTUNTED after 5 secs. What a fool I am :!: :oops: Havin...

James Robinson

Right, so the new champion has been crowned, and his name is James (not a bad name

), but will the King's Cross signalman stay on the right track or go off the rails today

/

- Take your pick.

I'll be back later with the recap.

James Robinson

Hello all and welcome to the first Robinson Recap with 2 new challengers, so with no prior knowledge of our contestants, we're entering into the unknown today. Well for 40-odd minutes at least. :lol: Enjoy. ;) Countdown recap for Wednesday 26 May 2010. C1: Challenger Brendan Chadwick. An Apterite fr...

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SARDIUS in round 6, ASTEROID in round 8.

Slightly surprised that Dr. Phil missed PULMONIC in round 4, although I didn't get it, so I can't really judge him.

Slightly apt conundrum anagram, considering the outcome.

James Robinson

So, we now have our 2nd octochamp of the series in the shape of Danny Pledger. Not only that, but Danny's win yesterday also means that Nicki Sellars will be gracing the finals in 2 weeks time, meaning that there's just one space left. At this moment in time, it belongs to 6-time winner Claudia Tyso...

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2nd Numbers Alt.: (50 x 4) + (9 x 8) - 3 = 269

HOSTAGE in round 8 and SUPREME in round 13.

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Easily the biggest fluke of all time.

An idiot like me leading Chris Davies from start to finish:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=246694

And then being just a conundrum away from doing 2 in a row:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=246698

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 4 February 1998. C1: Champion Gerry Pearce (4 wins, 223 points.) C2: Challenger Peter Ritchie. DC: Mark Nyman and Angela Rippon. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R G V L A O I A H R02: N D O E D L I S I R03: T N T N O E I C A R04: 75, 8, 7, 10, 10...

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Am I the lowest scoring octochamp then? How about that. Just goes to show that it was very much luck of the draw.. Yeah, but you're an octochamp, which about 98-99% of the people on this forum can claim not to be. Well done, Danny. Good luck in the finals. ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) At least tomorrow w...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:C1: Champion Danny Pledger (6 wins, 467 points.)

Danny had 488 points at the start of this game, Ryan. It seems that Mike made the original mistake and you've decided to add to the irregular score.

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Mike Brown wrote:C1: Champion Danny Pledger (5 wins, 402 points.)

I count that Danny had 423 points at this stage, Mike. And Ryan seems to have copied your added point total too.

James Robinson

What shows have you been on, James :?: Countdown. That still remains the only one to date. I've auditioned for plenty others. I actually first met Ryan (although I didn't know it at the time) at an audition for Going For Gold in November '08. Also at that audition was Countdown legend Chris Wills, ...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:And yeah Karen, I liked Duel too, they should bring it back.

Yeah, Duel actually was a very good show. That definitely needs returning to the screens. I applied for that too actually, but didn't even get an audition

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Ryan Taylor wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Ryan will be along with the 2nd half of his double bill later on.
Didn't know for definite I was doing this as I wondered if Dinos was gonna do them again but I am more than happy doing it if Dinos isn't opposed?

Maybe you aren't, I could easily have just jumped the gun there.

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Marc Meakin wrote:Just, wondering what score will Danny need to achieve the lowest Octochamp score.

77 or under will be it, 78 will tie, over 79 will be clear. Of course, if he doesn't win today, it doesn't matter, although we do hope he wins obviously.

James Robinson

Well, is it going to be 3rd time unlucky for a 7-time winner this series, or 2nd time lucky for a 7-time winner this series :?: Apteforumite Danny Pledger is one step away from octochampdom, a #2 spot in the rankings (unless a perfect max game is about to come out of nowhere all of a sudden) and a l...

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I did, but didn't get through, although I'm hoping to try again, although leaving it pretty fine to hand in my application form, since I have til Monday to do it. (Bit slow, because the original closing date was not for another 7 weeks.) They're clearly looking more for personality, rather than inte...

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Peter Mabey wrote:
James Robinson wrote:3rd Numbers Alts.: (50 x 6) + 75 + 10 + 4 + 1 = 390 OR ((75 + 10) x 4) + 50 = 390
An even simpler one is: (75 - 10) x 6 = 390

Yeah, I know Peter, but Mark already wrote that one down.

James Robinson

I think we knew that fact, because DC did pencam that 8 on the show, Mike. This is a recap though? Maybe James was saying that because it was put as OT rather than DC. Although what am I doing guessing his motivation? Yes, I was mentioning it due to that fact, Gavin. No malice or anything pain inte...

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I always find the Eurovision Song Contest weirdly intriguing to watch. Not sure why.

I must know a bit about it though, because I even got a question right about Eurovision in my audition for A Question Of Genius.

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3rd Numbers Alts.: (50 x 6) + 75 + 10 + 4 + 1 = 390 OR ((75 + 10) x 4) + 50 = 390 TONEMIC as a contestant beater in round 6 and GRISTLE as an equaller in round 9. Unfortunately, Danny has put himself on the verge of breaking a certain record that has already been mentioned twice this series, so I wo...

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We have just 13 more prelims until the finals, and still 3 more places to fill. One of those will be filled today, if current champ Danny Pledger gets win no.7 under his belt today. One of these will be filled today, even if Danny doesn't win. Oh yes. Nicki would take the place if Danny loses, or D...

James Robinson

So, after the magnificent success of Co:Lon over the weekend. It was an absolute pleasure all of you who I hadn't met before (which was everyone with the exception of Richard & Kirk). But, well done to Michael for organising it and for Innis on winning it. Hopefully there'll be a Co:Lon 2011. ;)...

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Round 7: T N S I O A E H C C1: CASINO (6) C2: CHAINS (6) OT: ACHIOTES (8) ACONITES (8) CANOEIST (8) SONICATE (8) ASTHENIC (8) CHANTIES (8) ESCHATON (8) INCHOATE (8) Score: 41–24 (max 64) An amazing number of eights (although most are fairly obscure), but those that matter most struggle to six. INCH...

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