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- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:51 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Tracey Mills: Elliott you hag
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:50 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:50 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
RUPIAR?Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:49 amNIcely done there Ray, but there is an app beater in the 1st letters....Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:44 am 75*10+7*3+7 <-- Whoops, made 778 instead of 788
RAPID
JESSIES
(75+1)*(100/25+2)
OUTDOES
DIAPUR?
Not sure
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:49 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:48 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
To make this as realistic as possible, I have taken the liberty of adding some assumed dialogue for Tracey.
Tracey: Hagmeister does it again
Tracey: Hagmeister does it again
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:46 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
75*10+7*5+3 for the 788.
Same as Ray for the rest
Same as Ray for the rest
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:43 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:41 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Of course!Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:41 amSome things with or without apterous remain constantElliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:31 am Too difficult for you though wasn't it
God Bra, try harder!
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:41 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Do wish the app would pick more vowels
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:40 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:37 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:34 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Now the real question here is, are we allowing GAMBIERS?
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:31 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Anyone for: R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984 R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP ? I'm impatient: 984 = (100*50-75-5)/5 WHENUA Neat 4L trick, that wasn’t so difficult really. WHENUA hoping for us to get words like WHENUA, you may be waiting longer than Apto coming back up :P Too difficult for you though ...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:31 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Anyone for: R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984 R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP ? I'm impatient: 984 = (100*50-75-5)/5 WHENUA Neat 4L trick, that wasn’t so difficult really. WHENUA hoping for us to get words like WHENUA, you may be waiting longer than Apto coming back up :P Like for the pun :D
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:30 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Awaiting more rounds...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:24 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
I'm impatient:Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:22 am Anyone for:
R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984
R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP
?
984 = (100*50-75-5)/5
WHENUA
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:22 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Anyone for:
R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984
R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP
?
R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984
R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP
?
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:18 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:17 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:15 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Conundrum's still proving a toughie, it does begin with L and end PAM.
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:09 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:09 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Paturons is the 8 you're thinking of I think.Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:45 am Blah blah blah blah
R11: poturans (0) - always forget how to spell that one.
Blah blah blah blah
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:06 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Rounds 9, 12 and 15 remain unmaxed (totally a word) in or out of time (people clearly are bad at multiples of 3 rounds). Will post a new set soon, even though it seem only 2 people are playing...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:02 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Well then...Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:01 am
I can definitely get it up to 10... Hopefully someone can fill in the gaps!
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:01 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
108 raw score and 8 maxes are our best totals so far...keep em coming guys!
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:59 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Here's what I got... timing the rounds. R1: CREATINE (8) R2: BUTTON (6) R3: 596 (10) (this was a fun one) R4: ATOMISED (8) R5: CANISTER (8) R6: Nowt in 30 seconds R7: COUGAR (6) R8: MATELOTS (8) R9: 985 (7) R10: BUFF (4) (lol missed the -oon) R11: OUTSPRANG (18) R12: QUEAN (5) R13: VEXES (5) R14: 4...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:52 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
Re: While y'all wait...
Here’s what I got in 30 seconds: R1: PICTARNE (8) R2: UNCOUTH (7) R3: 596 (10) R4: ATOMISED (8) R5: NAVICERTS (18) R6: 566 (7) R7: GROUCHY (7) R8: MATELOTS (8) R9: 985 (7) R10: BUFFOON (7) R11: poturans (0) - always forget how to spell that one. R12: QUEAN (5) R13: STEEVE (6) R14: 451 (10) R15: not...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:42 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: While y'all wait...
- Replies: 179
- Views: 134816
While y'all wait...
While apterous has indefinite downtime, here's some rounds to keep y'all occupied; R1 - Letters - AEIPRCETN R2 - Letters - UOUCTHBTN R3 - Numbers - 100 75 50 3 1 1 @596 R4 - Letters - EOISTMDEA R5 - Letters - AEISCVRTN R6 - Numbers - 25 9 3 3 9 7 @568 R7 - Letters - AOUYCHPGR R8 - Letters - AEOTMLST...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 30th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 59)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5384
Re: Spoilers for Friday 30th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 59)
((100+10)*75+50)/25 another method in R6. Did DC not mention ANODIZER to beat ANODIZE in R8? No, likely didn't want to embarrass John tbh They would normally mention this sort of contestant-beater. I find it quite unsatisfying when they don't. Similarly with that numbers I mentioned above. It can b...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 30th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 59)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5384
Re: Spoilers for Friday 30th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 59)
((100+10)*75+50)/25 another method in R6. Did DC not mention ANODIZER to beat ANODIZE in R8? No, likely didn't want to embarrass John tbh Really gutted John lost today - he was such great viewing and was one of the rare few who actually look like they're enjoying every minute of it, thoroughly fun ...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 30th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 59)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5384
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:55 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 322040
Re: Is Apterous down?
Still down:(
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:55 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 322040
Re: Is Apterous down?
Still down:(
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 84822
Re: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?
"JE" is of an ability to do so, likewise a few others like Matt Hall and of course Elliott- thinking of potential top players who could make an appearance at some point inbetween the next year or so.... Ability is one thing, accomplishment of such a goal is another. I don't think it's ver...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 412791
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Had a random one recently where me, Ian Birdman and Innis Carson were part of an involuntary scientific experiment to see whether humans could survive for 110 years frozen inside giant lumps of ice. Remarkably, despite 110 years without food, water or anything we hadn't aged at all or died. I then s...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10727
Re: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
(100+7)x50x9/75+25 = 667 :) If you legitimately got that, especially in time, that's amazing. Way out of time - took around half an hour after exploring blind alleys (2001/3 and 23x29 obviously weren't going anywhere, but 100+567 looked promising) lmao reminds me of my sis on conundrums - always in...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 27th March 2018
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8568
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 27th March 2018
I didn't notice it in previous games but the champion guy was asking for letters like they were helpings of dinner. Instead of asking for a second one etc. he was asking for seconds and thirds. I noticed this too! Also asking for seconds when it was his fifth... Anyone laugh at the unintentional ha...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10727
Re: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
If you legitimately got that, especially in time, that's amazing.
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 15th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 48)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8928
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 48)
It's called being human, maybe you should try it ;) Also proves that you don't reedit to rectify human error. It also gives a lot of viewers pleasure to beat her for once. Yeah great - that's what it's all about. Which is why it's better than the French version which used a machine - beating Rachel...
- Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 52)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8242
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 52)
It might just be me, but there is something about Mohsin that I slightly dislike- perhaps find him a bit over-confident? Or maybe it's just me who thinks that.... Racist, that's a shame. 100% Not! I am rooting for him because this show lacks diversity imo which is a shame, and is time we had a cont...
- Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8297
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
It was nice to see Nick contribute in one of the rounds today - I wish he'd do this more often.
- Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 412791
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Zarte seems to be haunting my dreams...in one last night I was playing a football match. On the opposite team in goal was Zarte and a man I know who seemed to alternate. By the time 90 minutes was up my team was losing 4-3, so I made the executive decision to have "a large amount of extra time&...
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 47)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4273
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 47)
Suzi Perry was on the ball today as she uttered the comment after a letters selection "yeah, just a jumble of letters that."
I never knew that...
I never knew that...
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 47)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4273
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 47)
At least some rise in play today with an alright challenger..
Still quite dire though
Still quite dire though
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 13th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 46)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4694
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 13th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 46)
"2 good players"
mmm...yeah....
No disrespect intended but it stretches the definition of good a bit...
mmm...yeah....
No disrespect intended but it stretches the definition of good a bit...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 13th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 46)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4694
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 13th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 46)
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 2:55 pm Nice to see the Tory guy losing to LABOURS in round 5.
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 12th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7811
Re: Spoilers for Monday 12th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 45)
Excellent as ever from Zarte, congratulations on becoming an octochamp and a very well deserved one too. Never once showed any signs of smugness and I was really rooting for you to surpass 974, but 967 is certainly nothing to be sniffed at. The desperate fish for RATIONALE was evident. Look forward ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 44)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9279
Re: Spoilers for Friday 9th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 44)
Another record (currently belonging to Dylan) that Zarte can equal. He currently has 271 points from numbers round. Highest ever is 311 from Dylan. If Zarte gets 4 10s tomorrow he’ll equal it. Side note - From the wiki, about Dylan: “He is also the show’s best numbers player, scoring 311 points in ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 44)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9279
Re: Spoilers for Friday 9th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 44)
Shame it was such a low max game And that was the reason why Zarte couldn't score so well today. Nick was actually incorrect to say that Steve held him off when he acutally didn't because he had not beaten him in any of the rounds, only equalled it! I personally found it appalling when he said that...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7601
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 43)
Zarte needs to average 118.5 to get the record and 131 to get 1000...very interesting in that we might actually have a realistic chance of not just the record but also the 1000 club...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7601
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 43)
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 42)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7023
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 42)
Brilliant performance (again) Z man well done :-) Does anyone feel like a Birdman (mini) rant? If you do, you're in luck! Anyway... I sometimes feel like the priorities of the spoiler threads are somewhat incorrect. Zarte nails 130 (including a word which was unpencilled on apterous at the time) an...
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 412791
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Yeah, the last bit certainly is plausible...Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:25 pmThis one would almost sound plausible.Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:54 pm Had a dream last night that I played Zarte in the 4th game of his run and won 116-90. Zarte was absolutely devastated and threatened to destroy my family because of this.
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 412791
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Had a dream last night that I played Zarte in the 4th game of his run and won 116-90. Zarte was absolutely devastated and threatened to destroy my family because of this.
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5th March 2018
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4786
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 2nd March 2018
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10777
Re: Spoilers for Friday 2nd March 2018
Phil H wrote: ↑Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:21 pmAye, how much did Dylan pay Damian for that one!Brett Davids wrote: ↑Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:49 pm Anchoveta? Someone really didn’t want Zarte breaking any records...
Cmon though, if you're having to go to Susie to find out what a conundrum means...it's too hard for a preliminary.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:39 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 408508
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who check they've still got the tickets for something at least 5 times on a journey, as if it's possible they've somehow grown a pair of legs and walked from the spot they know they've put them in.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 8:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 1st March 2018
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15566
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 1st March 2018
Haha, the 419 one? That was quite funny tbh. "so..you..no..you take the ummmm 75 and..."Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:29 pm Tried to blag that numbers on the spot though, right?
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 5:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 1st March 2018
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15566
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 1st March 2018
Well done Zarte and your reappearance after five years...it's a shame Philip's run had to end nearly the same way as the former did five years ago...Philip even said he felt like crying after the show which I pity and feel for him...but hey cheer up, let's hope you qualify for the finals and I real...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 1st March 2018
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15566
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 1st March 2018
Because he filmed and it's now being transmitted.