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by Kirk Bevins
Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:47 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Next letter in sequence
Replies: 55
Views: 14900

Re: Next letter in sequence

The hash symbol, that classic marker of a missing letter which is never ever associated with numbers. I could guess it was part of the sequence or guess it wasn't, either way would be a guess. When you said it was something to do with planets, I assumed it was names of moons or something, quite fea...
by Kirk Bevins
Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday August 8th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 25)
Replies: 6
Views: 1861

Re: Spoilers for Thursday August 8th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim

I thought the challenger today was a real good sport - nice guy who really tried to make conversation and enjoy his time on Countdown. That's what I enjoy seeing nowadays.
by Kirk Bevins
Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Next letter in sequence
Replies: 55
Views: 14900

Re: Next letter in sequence

Matt Morrison wrote:Oh, it isn't part of the sequence?
Course it isn't. I thought you were clearly joking with your company comment but seemingly not. Call yourselves intelligent, pah!
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:40 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Next letter in sequence
Replies: 55
Views: 14900

Re: Next letter in sequence

Kirk Bevins wrote:I've done it now. It's not people (or companies).
Spoiler: Think planets.
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:29 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Next letter in sequence
Replies: 55
Views: 14900

Re: Next letter in sequence

I've done it now. It's not people (or companies).
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:51 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Next letter in sequence
Replies: 55
Views: 14900

Re: Next letter in sequence

You entering competitions again? Any context to go with this at all that might help? Yes and no, respectively. The title is "name game", hence my clue that it's to do with people. "What letter should appear next in this sequence?" (so that also implies that position is important)
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:15 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Next letter in sequence
Replies: 55
Views: 14900

Next letter in sequence

What's the next letter in this sequence:

Y S H S R N S #

I think it's to do with people's names, rather than position in the alphabet.
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: COHUD2 - Countdown In Huddersfield 2 - Saturday 6 July 2013
Replies: 78
Views: 29208

Re: COHUD2 - Countdown In Huddersfield 2 - Saturday 6 July 2

Just in case you haven't seen the post on the Facebook page, the deadline for entries has now been extended until Monday. If you can't pay before then, but are interested in coming, inform either me or Jeff of your intentions of coming, so we can inform the stadium, so you won't miss out. ;) :) :D ...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: COHUD2 - Countdown In Huddersfield 2 - Saturday 6 July 2013
Replies: 78
Views: 29208

Re: COHUD2 - Countdown In Huddersfield 2 - Saturday 6 July 2

Better take your money with you. A few of us will be hitting Huddersfield's "Camel Club" on Saturday evening which is 99p entry and plays 90s cheese all night long. Most drinks are 99p too so it's a cheap night out. And then, after all that money you've saved, it's off to the Grosvenor cas...
by Kirk Bevins
Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoBliviLon13 (aka CoKX) - 3rd August 2013
Replies: 36
Views: 12087

Re: CoBliviLon13 (aka CoKX) - 3rd August 2013

If there's gonna be free condoms, can you make them extra large this year please. Many thanks.
by Kirk Bevins
Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown Meets 8 Out Of 10 Cats
Replies: 35
Views: 8905

Re: Countdown Meets 8 Out Of 10 Cats

Yet again this made me cry with laughter. Hysterically funny, and always good to see what conundrums and teasers Damian comes up with (as if FINEGIRTH and LARGEBAPS aren't rude enough!)

IDIOLECT for a beater in one game.

Nice mention of Jack Hurst again! He's getting everywhere that lad.
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 16th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 26
Replies: 17
Views: 5652

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 16th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 2

Well done Giles. You came across brilliantly in every episode.

Also I'd like to make it known what a great guest choice Richard Madeley was. I loved his stories, his interaction with giving out the words and just about everything he had to offer. Definitely one of the best.
by Kirk Bevins
Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 15th 2013
Replies: 14
Views: 3452

Re: Spoilers For Monday April 15th 2013

Did Nick make the slip there of "not as quick as yesterday!"...it's Monday! :P

Well played again Giles....stopping me from studying for my exams...I'll blame you if I fail :P
by Kirk Bevins
Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351913

Re: Best ever contestants

From what I’ve heard and read Craig and Paul were both extremely good and on their day maybe could have been contenders to win the 30th tournament had they been in it. I’ve heard they are both top scrabblers which might mean the reason they didn’t participate? Not many people (including Craig and P...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Word of the tournament?
Replies: 37
Views: 9643

Re: Word of the tournament?

Nick Deller wrote:Loads of fabulous stuff, but Ben's STOTTY takes it for me. An obscure and ridiculous darren using a highly unlikely subset of TGYEOETST, and the only round Conor lost in the entire tournament. What's not to like?
It's not that obscure for northerners....common word for a breadcake/barm/roll/bap.
by Kirk Bevins
Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
Replies: 132
Views: 36834

Re: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013

Jon Corby wrote:Well you can drop one round (provided it's not a nine), so I can't see anything but it coming down to the conundrum. Which is a bit gay really.
Yeah, let's not bother with the first 40 minutes of the show and just do a 1 round conundrum to decide the winner.
by Kirk Bevins
Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 28th 2013
Replies: 49
Views: 11655

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 28th 2

I've just watched the show again - great ending and witty remarks from Jon. I couldn't hear what Conor said when Nick spoke over him (Care to enlighten us, Conor?) but I heard Jon swear once, if not twice, after the conundrum! "Fucking brilliant"...this was the portent of things to come af...
by Kirk Bevins
Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 28th 2013
Replies: 49
Views: 11655

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 28th 2

Nice conundrum setting by Damian....TURNMOIST followed by FINEGIRTH. Would have made more sense if they were the other way round :P Awesome game and awesome play Conor. We were discussing if my 17 maxes in a row was a record and that's been totally smashed now! My girlfriend was calling me Captain M...
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 2013
Replies: 41
Views: 12364

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 20

Also, did anyone else notice....after being so good at not saying "You be sure of it" all week last week, he said it 3 times today at the end of the programme to catch up! "you be sure you dont miss it, you be sure of it" Rewind a few seconds and there's another one just before ...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 2013
Replies: 41
Views: 12364

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 20

Also, did anyone else notice....after being so good at not saying "You be sure of it" all week last week, he said it 3 times today at the end of the programme to catch up!
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 22nd 2013
Replies: 81
Views: 18025

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 22nd 201

I've only got round to watching this just now. What an awesome game. As stupid as it seems to say it I'm actually quite emotional watching the ending as you see tears well up in Jono's eyes as he realises the enormity of his win. Great performance, great episode and well done Nick for not saying &qu...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 2013
Replies: 41
Views: 12364

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 20

Great episode...really enjoyed it and it was funny watching it again, especially the 2nd numbers. Good to see Jack shit himself a little.
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:07 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Monday February 25th 2013
Replies: 49
Views: 12274

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Monday February 25th 201

David O'Donnell wrote:Brilliant game from both. I remember Conor getting himself a drink before the match and being barely able to get the glass to his mouth as he was shaking uncontrollably. He looked as cool as a cucumber once the recording started.
Once he was 8-0 up you mean ;)
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:20 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Monday February 25th 2013
Replies: 49
Views: 12274

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Monday February 25th 201

Well what can I say? Conor is a machine and yet again I thoroughly enjoyed the episode. I was very nervous in this episode and was annoyed to miss FORERIBS and UPTEMPO (I had UPTEMPO on apterous a few weeks before filming) but Conor's conundrum time was phenomenal and there was no chance of me winni...
by Kirk Bevins
Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Good news, Gevin!
Replies: 22
Views: 6739

Re: Good news, Gevin!

I'd like to see a rule whereby each numbers round HAS to be different. And then choosing which type of numbers round to go for at certain times could be a new tactical element. It would also encourage people to brush up on their numbers a bit more! Does that extend to the letters too and that there...
by Kirk Bevins
Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:24 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Guinness World Record Attempt?
Replies: 1
Views: 822

Re: Guinness World Record Attempt?

With nearly all Countdown's 30-year history now made available to us in the form of detailed recaps (thanks mainly to the efforts of one man -- kudos to you, MB!), does anyone here think it would be suitable to have Countdown recognised in Guinness World Records as the "Best-recorded" or ...
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown's new format
Replies: 14
Views: 6496

Re: Countdown's new format

Interesting. How do we think this will affect the average scores? I'm assuming the average score is around 7 for a letters round so being able to get 10 for the new numbers round instead presumably means the average scores will be slightly increased, but surely one less letters round means there is...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:50 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Word of the tournament?
Replies: 37
Views: 9643

Re: Word of the tournament?

Adam Gillard wrote:SPOILERS
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(OBVIOUSLY)


MALAMUTE, CAJEPUT and SHIGELLA are all excellent spots from the last couple of games.
I didn't know this at the time but SHIGELLA is still unpencilled. Looks like I learnt it in a game vs Conor on apterous days before filming.
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:40 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Monday February 18th 2013
Replies: 52
Views: 13264

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Monday February 18th 201

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I'm entirely happy with my performance here, and the fact that it still wasn't enough just says it all about the standard of this competition. Even if I had spotted VENDETTA (which I was nowhere near, very well done on that one Kirk) it still inevitably would...
by Kirk Bevins
Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 15th 2013
Replies: 48
Views: 12718

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 15th 201

I disagree Jon, I thought I was being pretty ambiguous, but apologies nevertheless for not phrasing it differently. When people watched my semi final against Neil Zussman someone said "best game of the series". This person was in the audience and had seen both semis and the final. This sp...
by Kirk Bevins
Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 15th 2013
Replies: 48
Views: 12718

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 15th 201

Awesome game to watch in the studio and an awesome game to watch back today. Me and Innis have to somehow follow that! Thanks for the pressure guys! :P
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday February 13th 2013
Replies: 44
Views: 11677

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday February 13th

I didn't beat you, Conor. You were unbeatable, brilliant stuff. That's because you're shit DOD ;) In all serious, well played Conor. In one selfish breath it's a shame to not be the only person to have a max game on TV any more (although I can at least say I've got the most max games!) but in the o...
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683854

Re: Ask Graeme?

Ben Wilson wrote:
Nick Deller wrote:Measured by (number of maxed rounds/number of rounds played), which was the best series in Countdown history?
I'm guessing that 68 & 33 should perhaps be disregarded for this question.
For a curio, include these series and see how they compare with regular ones.
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 12th 2013
Replies: 19
Views: 5825

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 12th 20

Thank you guys. Congrats on the max game James. All of my family and friends seem to have got TOILET... maybe I should've worked on spotting everyday words! Well done Jono, try not to beat yourself up too much over missing two common, easy-to-spot words to deny yourself a televised max. NEGRONIS wa...
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 11th 2013
Replies: 28
Views: 8262

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 11th

I assumed he was being serious. I mean I actually got it too, and I'm no 4 large specialist. With 4 large it's often a matter of happening to pick the right way. It wasn't a method that involved complicated trickery so I can believe Rhys got it. Completely agree here, although had I spotted it I wo...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Monday 11th February 2013 (30th Champs, Round 2, Game 1)
Replies: 7
Views: 2237

Re: Monday 11th February 2013 (30th Champs, Round 2, Game 1)

Enjoy the show. Round 1: T D I L S O E A O C1: DIASTOLE (8) C2: SODALITE (8) DC: ISOLATED (8) Score: 8–8 (max 8) Kirk and Dan open up with DIASTOLE and SODALITE, leaving ISOLATED alone by itself. Hm? It's not Kirk and Dan? Oh yes, it's Tom and Jonathan. Silly me. Huh? I don't get the Kirk and Dan r...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683854

Re: Ask Graeme?

Have there ever been any declarations on Countdown that would be pencils on Apterous today? So, valid as maxes, valid in ODE3 now, still unpencilled. As an extension: Have there been any declarations (during 15 round Countdown) that had a) never come up on the show before and b) were pencils at the...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 400145

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

with a remarkably energetic James Robinson on the drums, sitting on a platform about 25 feet in the air. Wahey, it's nice to finally be in someone's Apto-dreams. ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) I had one about you around 6-12 months ago but refrained from posting because it was slightly weird. Well, here it...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:07 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 11th 2013
Replies: 28
Views: 8262

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 11th

Innis Carson wrote:I got it at the time, was unbearably smug about it for the rest of the day, and then missed it today.
Ah yes I remember this...although I don't remember you being smug!
by Kirk Bevins
Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 11th 2013
Replies: 28
Views: 8262

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 11th

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Surprised no one got 808 to be honest. I got it within the first 5 seconds.
One of the 30% or so of 4 large that you get!
Oh right. Was he being serious? I thought it was very tough and only managed 807 (as did Rachel).
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday February 6th 2013
Replies: 48
Views: 11786

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday February 6th 2

Awesome performance, Conor. Great wit in the 2nd numbers game and two top gents of the game...got lots of time for you both.
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 5th 2013
Replies: 86
Views: 25529

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 5th

Oh and by the way, I always remember Idolising Kirk when he was on, and distinctly remembering him saying what he wanted the last pick to be out loud. I can't recall there being such a fuss back then, so I thought it wouldnt be so bad now. I don't remember this! I've always enjoyed goatdown but I d...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 5th 2013
Replies: 86
Views: 25529

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 5th

On the other side of the coin, me and my girlfriend watched this together and two things came out of it: 1) She loves your jumper and says you're her favourite countdowner ever and she thinks she's in love with you. 2) She laughed at the "I hope it's an A" comment. I think you've scored ;)
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 5th 2013
Replies: 86
Views: 25529

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 5th

Secondly, Series 63 Champion Jack Hurst - 12 Games, 12 Wins, 1,384 Points. (Average: 115.33) Highest Score: 133 vs. Alex Curran (7th Game) Lowest Score: 108 vs. Peter Godwin (Quarter-Final) & vs. Mark Deeks (30BC Prelim) 9's Achieved: 6/7 Total Points/Max/%: 1384/1497 (92%) Letters Points/Max/%...
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:56 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
Replies: 205
Views: 46106

Re: Countdown for Comic Relief

Awesome idea! I don't usually donate if the person has fun in the process so you have to promise me for every max you miss you have to stab yourself with a pencil.

In all seriousness this is so exciting, I look forward to the mega-recap and I've donated.
by Kirk Bevins
Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:42 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 4th 2013
Replies: 30
Views: 7339

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 4th 2

Yeah, great game both of you, played in a wonderful spirit. Another enjoyable game to watch. Great speed on the conundrum, Tom!
by Kirk Bevins
Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Friday February 1st 2013
Replies: 62
Views: 14837

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Friday February 1st 2

Are we still calling this a max game even though Kirk declared MARQUES as MARQUEES? (The subtitles actually said "(PRONOUNCES WRONGLY) MARQUES" :) ) Haha that's amazing. I actually meant to pronounce it like "mar-kays" but even that's wrong! That's the problem with not actually ...
by Kirk Bevins
Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:06 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351913

Re: Best ever contestants

Matt Morrison wrote:
Mark Deeks wrote:It's cocky to start threads about yourself, though.
Oh my god you think James is the most doable. Me too.
Anyone else see that as the most albedo?
by Kirk Bevins
Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:27 am
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Friday 1st February 2013 (30th Champs, Round 1, Game 11)
Replies: 3
Views: 826

Re: Friday 1st February 2013 (30th Champs, Round 1, Game 11)

Round 12: C N S E I E T R O C1: RESECTION (18) C2: ERECTIONS (18) DC: SECRETION (18) OT: SECRETION (18) Score: 82–103 (max 103) All three nines are found. Enough said! Thanks for the nice recap Heather. How come the OT word is the same as the DC word here? Also I think you've missed out NEOTERICS w...
by Kirk Bevins
Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:19 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Friday February 1st 2013
Replies: 62
Views: 14837

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Friday February 1st 2

A max performance, it was just a shame that the numbers rounds presented 30 points on a plate. It's not really a shame that it was 30 points on a plate...I was kinda aware I could have been on for a max after round 13 and was praying for an easy numbers game! Also, that 2nd numbers game, I didn't p...
by Kirk Bevins
Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday January 31st 2013
Replies: 43
Views: 10444

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday January 31st 20

Awesome game lads. I'm pleased to say I lost to both of you today...sitting there in the audience watching that gave me goosebumps, literally. If I wasn't already nervous before playing tomorrow I was now!
by Kirk Bevins
Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday January 29th 2013
Replies: 26
Views: 7112

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday January 29th

It's a fair point - I also thought of UNCRAFTED and wasn't sure - but it's a bit of an ask for her to think of words that don't exist. But if she had thought of UNCRAFTED, I agree it would be worth mentioning it. Exactly this. Making up words is always going to be hard, which is why I mentioned RE-...
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday January 30th 2013
Replies: 25
Views: 5433

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday January 30th 2

Another close game with a crucial conundrum. Lovely stuff. I wonder the percentage of games so far that have had crucials compared with a standard series...much more? If we consider only 15 rounders, the database I have has 2510 applicable games in it (spanning from September 2001 to October 2012)....
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013
Replies: 42
Views: 12802

Re: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013

Sorry, I can't make it as it coincides with darts.
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday January 30th 2013
Replies: 25
Views: 5433

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday January 30th 2

I thought GGHINNIE was a great scramble and clue for the answer.

Another close game with a crucial conundrum. Lovely stuff. I wonder the percentage of games so far that have had crucials compared with a standard series...much more? Any stattos want some homework?

BLANCOED round 3 for a beater.
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:01 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: COLIN 2013 standings and results
Replies: 43
Views: 9433

Re: COLIN 2013 standings and results

Adam Gillard wrote:Isn't it "new-ter" as in neutering pets and "noi-ter" as in the German case?
I learnt it in German at school and it was pronounced "noi-ter". Then I learnt about the pets thing and assumed it was pronounced the same. Not a silly assumption at all.
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday January 29th 2013
Replies: 26
Views: 7112

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Tuesday January 29th

I was thinking, I wonder how often Susie says "if anyone was thinking of x at home, it's not in"? I'm thinking of agent nouns here or UN- or RE- words here. My dad often likes to play along at home and when DC don't mention something he just assumes it's not in but obviously DC do miss stu...
by Kirk Bevins
Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: COLIN 2013 standings and results
Replies: 43
Views: 9433

Re: COLIN 2013 standings and results

Matt Morrison wrote:This post is all the worst things about apterous and Countdown. Kirk, be ashamed. Sorry, MASHED + A.
What....knowing which words are in a particular dictionary and then how to pronounce things properly? Yeah, sounds awful.