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All finalists confirmed now! Will do full analysis of Sandra and Mark's stats at the week-end. Am sure some good games lie ahead!!

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 6:58 pm Quite a good game!! Never heard of the dc guest though

He is a TV presenter, who afaik is mainly seen circling on Strictly-It Takes Two, but first came to prominence on Blue Peter in the noughties...

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Real shame someone had to lose- guess I was not so accurate thinking that Harry would get 8, but even if Kevin had not got the conundrum his performance was still definitely strong enough for me to think that it was realistic. Fab prelim game as Brett stated- I'd say at least on a similar calibre as...

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Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:24 pm Love the badged/medalled stuff.

Thanks but I take no credit for it- credit should go to Martin Hurst who devised the whole format. It is always interesting to have a look and see though!

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Solid stuff by Harry again- letters definitely his forte- 9 maxes- could be a contender to get 8..... The numbers weren't too shabby either :-) I thought they were quite tricky ones today tbf. Agreed! Just thought that his letters outshone the number skills with spots like Hairline and Outgive...

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Solid stuff by Harry again- letters definitely his forte- 9 maxes- could be a contender to get 8.....

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Hi all, finally got in after a few login issues.... I've watched Countdown for many years and took the plunge in 2015, auditioning for the show. Had a great day at Dock 10 meeting all the usual suspects plus Helen Skelton-Myler who was in DC on my show. Wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be and...

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Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 11:21 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:15 am
Fiona T wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:57 pm

102 maxes is, I think, another record breaker. A formidable opponent indeed!
100%!
No... 85%...

Pedant

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Nice job Tracey!

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Found it a bit unusual that the 1st 3 rounds were cut out from All4 when I watched it- though as this is not an All4 support forum, I shall say that Harry had a solid debut and think we could be seeing him for a few more games....

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:57 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:15 pm Total Max: 102/120 (85%)
102 maxes is, I think, another record breaker. A formidable opponent indeed!

100%!

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Elliott Mellor Current Seed:1 Wins: 8 Points: 1061 (132.6 per game) Total Max: 102/120 (85%) Letters Maxes: 63/80 (78.75%) Badged Words: 6 Medalled Words: 15 :o :o B:Nodalizes, Porkier, Mediatory, Carrioles, Judicare, Oxidises M: Taiapure, Neoterism, Animateur, Infracted, Reusage, Wisteria, Operance...

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Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 8:25 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 6:53 pm That thing Janet Street-Porter was wearing can't go uncommented on.
And now it hasn't
Good close game today. David would probably have won a few matches against different opponents.

Yeah, was unfortunate for David- had he turned ER into RE for Renourish then he'd have won....

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Seen a few on 15 to 1 to recently. Nick Hall is on today, another former player Kate Strang won her show and one of Bradley Horrocks' prelim opponents Leah Holroyd made the final 3. Could be more...

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I am quite often thrown off by 2L, and used to miss easy 4L sums. 1L is my standard- take any other selection bar 2L as my risk strategy. Having said that, I have been prone to missing easy 1L's if ther have been more than 1 of the same number (similarly with letters!)

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Fred W wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 4:12 pm Some really nasty letters today...

118 max, didn't really work in anyone's favour!

Defo, found myself getting 4s and 5s on more rounds that usual today!

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Additionally, slightly surprising to see Chris go after 1 game. Not sure he would have been an octochamp, and although game 1 was a tad inconsistent, he still got a strong score and showed potential.

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Awful letters for the most part today!

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A question which may be more suitable in the "Ask Graeme" section- but what is the longest run of prelim games in which the champ has scored over 100- I would have thought that these last 9 games are in with a shout. Good score by Chris today, seems a solid player after a slightly wobbly s...

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46 points to tie with Dylan's highway ever octotal, 72 to get 1000, there's not really any higher targets because this is so unprecedented. His average has been over 132, so he'll probably get a few here. With a game in hand, he's beaten my octotal and indeed that of all but 8 people (wouldn't it b...

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Martin Hurst wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 6:18 pm 928 points after 7 games? WTF is this sorcery?

Already beaten Dinos` very strong total over 8 games. An Elliott-Dinos final would be an incredibly strong one of it happened

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At a guess, I'd say that there will not be a Rachel replacement and that filming will be done to suit her needs. If it results in Countdown taking some time off for whenever the episodes are broadcasted, then I can see that happen...

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 8:20 am
Tom S wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 9:19 pm Anyone who thinks that BoJo is a viable candidate for thw Tory election. Am not a Tory supporter, but I'd root for Rory Stewart to get the job which will not happen.
So much this. He'd be an absolute disaster.

The Trump of our Terre!

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Anyone who thinks that BoJo is a viable candidate for thw Tory election. Am not a Tory supporter, but I'd root for Rory Stewart to get the job which will not happen.

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At least the 8th seed can console themself with having had several good on-screen performances prior to their sadistical and gruesome slaughtering. Isn't that true of every 8th seed nowadays? The #8 seed in the last series Bob Lunt was quite capable imo. Can only think of Jan Pask in recent years f...

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Really nice news- congratulations to them both

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Sounds promising. Enjoy. ---------------------- Recent nominees for this:- Jodine Lawrence [S79] Robin Johnson [S79] Andrew Jackson [S79] Maggie Barlow [S80] Jodine showed some promise but does not deserve to be in the same league as others. I would rate Robin more over Andrew despite his debut. Ma...

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Elliott has now made it into the Daily Fail, cannot copy the link across.....

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 2:03 pm and to Kieran if you happen to see this by chance, I'm so so sorry you had to face such an incredible player. Tbf, you deserved more than this...

Echo this.

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I've done this in the past against players who've had a bit of bad luck in the game- to avoid an obscure max popping up...

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i thought 16 was a bit harsh on Sam given some other folks who've scored in that region.

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Phil H wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 9:28 pm An average of 117 for Elliott in his remaining games would do it.

The balance of probabilities may now be in his favour...

Looking like a certainty- he's a great spotter and also seems to know how to create the 9 letter selections.

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 10:50 am Thats why the voting juries would need to get the songs before anyone else and actually seal their votes until the big day

Staging plays a key part though. They have to vote on live vocals, visuals etc...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 11:51 am
Tom S wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 11:13 am
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 7:26 pm And maybe Paul Harper?
No. Don't mean to be harsh- nice guy, but doesn't fall into this category imo.
Ok fair enough. What about the two I mentioned above?

They got to CoC so I don't see why not even the Dougie lost his 8th game.

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 7:26 pm And maybe Paul Harper?

No. Don't mean to be harsh- nice guy, but doesn't fall into this category imo.

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Honorable mention to Maggie Barlow and Bob Lunt, despite not becoming an octochamp.

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Fab work Elliott! Would also add that the point differences between the past 2 games have made the opposition look awful, when they have not. They were both taking the game in good spirits though....

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Cracking job Elliott!

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Pity about Lesley's numbers today- her letters made her appear very capable on that front- Klutzes, Bracelet, Adipose being notable. Nevertheless, Sandra was on strong form with 8 maxes today- seems amiable, so will root for her to get 8

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After quite some time, I can finally update this thread with a new octochamp! Fiona Titcombe Current Seed: 4 Wins: 8 Points: 720 (90 per game) Total Max: 35 /120 (29.2%) Letters Maxes: 19/80 (23.75%) Badged Words: 2 Medalled Words: 1 B: Overused, Moralises M:Adjoiner Numbers Maxes: 13/32 (40.7%) 6S:...

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Quite a strong performance by Katie today- could certainly see her win 8 if she keeps that sort of play up. Hard luck to Stephen- thought he gave a good effort just saw a phantom letter too many today.

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Congrats Fiona- good play and good games throughout!

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Well done Fiona- a bit of an edge-of-your-seat game, so well done on pulling through. Renege, Adaptive and Limiters being great spots!

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Minor 2nd numbers variant: could use (8+3)*(9-7) to make the 22. When she did 8×3 I thought she was going to add that to (7+8-9)×100. Anyway well played today Fiona. A bit of a seesaw game and you did well to win after going 16-0 down. Two good players, as Nick would say. Seconded- one of the best ...

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I thought larper might be valid in one of the rounds, but it's not in. What is the book "Larpers and Shroomers" about if not words? SHROOMER is a valid word though. I also pondered Larper too, but LARP is an abbreviation apparently and has not yet made the transition to becoming lower cas...

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Andy McGurn wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:10 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:05 pmI was still wondering when the last octochamp to win a Tie-Breaker was
Moose

Ah yes! Thanks for that- was thinking it was even longer....

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Steven Turnbull: Current Seed: 4 Wins: 8 Points: 619 (77.38 per game) Total Max: 42/120 (35%) (exc. TB conundrum) Letters Maxes: 24 /80 (30%) Badged Words: 1 Medalled Words: 3 B: Lurgies M: Happens, Neither, Peroxide. Numbers Maxes: 16/32 (50%) 6S: 0/1 1L: 10/19 (52.6%) 2L: 4/10 (40%) 3L: 2/2 4L: N/...

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Well done to Steven- some on the edge of your seat games- especially the 2nd one when he was 25-ish behind - was wondering if there has been an octochamp who has become one from an even larger margin? I felt for Les, thought that he fell victim to declaring an invalid word and then being thrown off...

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Well done to Steven- some on the edge of your seat games- especially the 2nd one when he was 25-ish behind - was wondering if there has been an octochamp who has become one from an even larger margin? I felt for Les, thought that he fell victim to declaring an invalid word and then being thrown off ...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:21 pm Couldn't quite manage to break 600 though. Which will go first - 600 or 1000?

1000. Dinos's run was very generous, yet it would take quite a player to do so. Dinos is confirmed for the finals now though, not that we had any doubts

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Be unlucky to not make it on 7 wins anyway for the finals... the games have made for good TV- maybe not for Steven's stress levels

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Joyce Phillips wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 6:26 pm I reckon Carmel was just very nervous. Nothing to be gained from buzzing in too soon.

Agreed, I think it showed in those numbers rounds too.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:52 pm Was that a Hansford?

Don't really see why she would have found it tactical to have done so. I reckon she saw something then realised it was wrong, or pressed it by accident.

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One thing I was trying to put a finger on was his accent- seemed an eclectic mix of American, Scottish and something else....

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samir pilica wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:29 pm Did Nick say it was 40 years since Lennon/Ono bed thing ? Or did I mishear?

Hi Samir- he did.

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Well Maggie's stats throw a bit of a spanner in the works as her overall max count is a good 10 points higher than Brendan's This doesn't surprise me at all actually. It was just the close debut game between herself and John which brought her score down really. Her letters stats are not actually th...

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Maggie Barlow: Current Seed: 3 Wins: 8 Points: 794 (99.25 per game) Total Max: 66/120 (55%) Letters Maxes: 40/80 (50%) Badged Words: 4 Medalled Words: 6 :) B: Coarsest, Gullets, Untested, Crazing M: Milkiest, Assizes, Tandoor, Unthread, Bailouts, Outlain (sorry Toby, going to give it to Maggie as it...

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Brendan Whitehurst: Current Seed: 2 Wins: 8 Points: 821 (102.6 per game) Total Max: 55/120 (45.8%) Letters Maxes: 26/80 (32.5%) Badged Words: 0 Medalled Words: 3 B: N/A M:Trollied (which his opponent also got too, so a "shared" medal there :) ), Virtued, Obscured Numbers: 25/32 (78.1%) 6S:...

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Hi all, as promised I've started an analysis of those who are in the running to be finalists. I'll start with the 3 octochamps that we have at the moment, and will make additions as the series progresses. Dinos Sfyris Current Seed: 1 Wins: 8 Points: 918 (114.75 per game) Total Max: 81/120 (67.5%) Le...

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Now, that was some game. I thought the champion guy was octochamp material yesterday, and then this new guy came along and started smashing out words like he had his sights set on being series champion! But then he started struggling and the comeback was on. Was a very good game- did feel for Alist...

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