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Philip A wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:15 am What’s the record for fewest rounds lost in an octorun?

Elliott Mellor lost only one round and scored points in all 119 of the other rounds.

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I notice that the "Max games" section of the 10-second 15-rounder leaderboard is conspicuously empty... I came close to rectifying that with this game - http://jackhurst.co.uk/countdowngame?QmXKq1 - but a slightly disappointing miss in R7 spoiled it. Nonetheless, it's not a bad 10-second g...

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My thread not good enough for you?

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Well that was something!

I bet Tom was fuming when 6s was picked in R14 and delighted when 108 was the target.

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Didn't we have a referendum on this, and it was rejected. We had a referendum on AV, not PR, and I don't think that a "no" result in a referendum for one type of electoral reform (whatever you happen to think of how that referendum was conducted) should mean that all other forms of electo...

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Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:43 am Like today's - should I know what a "115 challenge" is?

It's the 115th daily challenge

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Downloaded the app yesterday! I hope you don't mind me sharing my thoughts here: - On the whole, smooth and easy to use. I've played a good number of games on it and the interface is intuitive. It'll be my go-to when I want to knock out some practice games. - If there's a way to undo one step on the...

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Maybe my use of language is out of touch, but there are two things that have so far been described as a "leak" in this thread 1) The draw being given to the contestants themselves 2) A contestant revealing information about the draw privately (and therefore in implied confidence) Am I alon...

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Carl Harrison wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:21 pm Would be good to see the draw for the tournament once that's been confirmed! (like it's been posted on this forum in previous years)

I'm pretty certain that won't happen this time.

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Actually... speaking of the daily duel thing, how come on Thursday there were zillions of 'em that all related to the number 100 somehow? Were you celebrating a milestone? Make sure you are up to date by the 8th, because on the 8th there will be some special daily challenges to celebrate it being t...

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Dan Byrom wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:44 pm All 4 is very resistant to adblock

Get uBlock Origin, it will change your life.

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:58 pm Looking forward to a Cappleman-Lynes showdown!

After discussing the ethics of offering a back-hander to set up a first-round match between the two of us, we've decided on an alternative course of action - neither of us is allowed to lose until we meet

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:55 pm When is this guy going to make his debut?

Today, as it happens. But not a CO parkrun so it barely counts at all.

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Interesting how the entire article is framed in terms of the environmental impact. I think environmental concern has become a "socially acceptable" reason for adopting (at least partially) vegan practices whereas you get funny looks if you're one of the "militant" vegans who focu...

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It's also useful if you don't have one of those double sinks to be able to run water down the side of your washing up bowl (e.g. to rinse items) without sending cold water directly into your hot washing-up water.

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Paul Anderson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:39 pm 10L Cons > Supernundrums (which is just more 9L cons)
It would remove the muscle memory aspect of the game and provide a real (and fair) challenge

Until the top players learn all the 10-letter conundrums.

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My copy of the dictionary guidelines (although this is getting on for two years ago now) started with "For all editions of Countdown we now use the Oxford Dictionary website as our method of adjudication (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/)" - no mention of Lexico. Although now that I foll...

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This is what the CG-ification of conundrums was heading for all along. 4D chess from CountdownTeam.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:12 am The athletics started yesterday and they had the men's 10,000m final. Didn't even get a mention.

They showed the entire 10,000m race, as well as studio discussion, live as part of the main coverage.

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David Williams wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 4:14 pm No other method should even be considered.

(10 - 3) * 8 * (4 + 5) is probably worthy of consideration

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:56 am Edit - I wonder what horrific location you'd end up at if you put TUG END HAT into whatthreewords.

The closest I can get is tugs.tend.that or tugs.send.that - the former is in the middle of the Australian desert and the latter is a cabin in the woods in North Carolina.

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JackHurst wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:47 am Mine are also still in the original packaging. So strange that they give the runner up £1k cash which is clearly better to have.

They must have forgotten the £1k for my series then

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Tony Atkins wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:59 pm Not obvious how to make the 146?

It's a standard 4L trick - 146 is (50*75 - 100)/25

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Here's another interesting story

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 6:17 pm (And the BBC haven’t really bothered to dwell on it, largely because they didn’t send any reporters here.)

Is that the reason? Or is it largely because the gain of a single council is quite an insignificant story compared to the massive losses suffered overall?

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It seems like most of the opposition is to the idea that the council will only serve plant-based food at its own events, rather than the school menus thing which almost anyone ought to realise is a good idea in a country where 20% of school-aged children are either already vegan or would like to bec...

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Obviously I'm not fully impartial, but solving SEPTENNIA as a crucial is one of the greatest conundrum solves IMO

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After 30 years I have decided to re apply.(after a disastrous audition in London) I have had my email and an audition by phone arranged tomorrow. Only problem is the audition information won't open on my phone Can anyone who has been through it recently give me some idea what's involved Cheers My a...

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In how many games have there been more vowels than consonants picked in total across all letters rounds? I'd hazard a strong guess that surely there has never been a TV game where every single letters round has had 5 vowels. Sure, but that wasn't the question. More vowels than consonants has happen...

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In how many games have there been more vowels than consonants picked in total across all letters rounds?

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Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:56 pm Note that PIROGI is in Premium only, cannot be found in Lexico.

A completely different word which is also spelled PIROGI can be found in Lexico, too, just for interest: https://www.lexico.com/definition/pirog

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Thanks, Fiona!

My reading of the ODO entry is still the same - that all plurals ought to be +ES rather than just +S. I don't think there's any other sensible way to interpret it.

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Susie thinks PIROGI can be pluralised, Apterous doesn't think so. There's nothing in Lexico to say PIROGI should be valid anyway, it's not given as a variant of PIEROGI, but equally there's nothing suggesting PIEROGI can't be pluralised. Lexico suggests that the acceptable plurals of PIEROGI are PI...

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Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:11 pm I think going back to half hour 9 rounders and cutting alot of the chit chat would help.

Without chit chat you could easily do a 9-rounder in 15 minutes and a full 15-rounder in 30.

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:31 am I'll get the final laugh over my tall companions.

You mean under them, surely?

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I don't know but I find this part of the article amusing By contrast many of the shows on streaming platforms appear “generic” because they are designed by algorithm to appeal to a global audience. I'd love to know which shows were designed by an algorithm. I bet the creator of that algorithm is rol...

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The song My Sharona. Sharona is not a name. Sharon is a name. Why not pick a real name that had the requisite number of syllables then amend a real name to fit, but that now just sounds stupid? When Doug Fieger was 25 years old, he met 17-year-old Sharona Alperin, who inspired a two-month-long run ...

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It's a good job we don't use MW then: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expresso

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:14 pm Anne says children will be going back to school tomorrow. Will they? Won't they be going back on Monday?

Some schools are, in fact, going back tomorrow.

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Adam Latchford wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:46 pm is there anything I'm not gonna be scored on in the countdown world

Good post, 8/10.

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https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussio ... ion-thread is the more current Digital Spy thread - the other one doesn't have any discussion any more, just people declaring their words while watching.

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Err, I don't think Mark is talking about vaccine passports, nor is he concerned with people who have a medical reason to be exempt, which is obviously a valid reason.

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Music is a standard at all the IFSC contests where they usually have a live DJ. And most climbing centres have music playing too. I think they're used to it.

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Fans of competition climbing have known for a long time that the scoring system in the Olympic format is stupid, but the men's qualification today really hammered the point home. Bassa Mawem of France is a competitive speed climber. He won the speed climbing portion by a clear margin with a time tha...

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The part of the post I quoted isn't anything to do with persuasion methods.

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Everything these days has become so divisive - you either agree with 'us' or you're wrong. It's toxic and horrible, and I much preferred the days where you could have strong differences of opinion on important topics, and respect that others may not always agree with you. There are topics where the...

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May have missed the mark there. I wasn't defending anyone - I was just trying to amplify the point that there's no good reason to refuse the vaccine. You can still call them what you like.

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Normally you only call something selfish if the action leads to personal gain - since there's no personal gain to be had from refusing a vaccine I think you can drop the "selfish" and leave the rest.

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Dina Asher-Smith doesn't make the 100m final but her teammate Daryll Neita takes one of the "fastest loser" spots by 1/1000th of a second. The BBC really made a pig's ear of the coverage around the event. Not only did they jump the gun last night and put "featuring Dina Asher-Smith&q...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:42 pm 8 weeks to the day today I have had my second one. Find it interesting that I have had the same side effect (a stiff shoulder) twice.

I wouldn't say that a stiff shoulder is a side-effect of the vaccine, but rather a primary effect of being stabbed in the arm with a needle.

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Fun solution to R14: 10 x (50+1)/(9-6) + 7 = 177

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Anne's conversations all seem really awkward and everyone always comes out of them looking a bit embarrassed by the whole encounter. Her conversations with Rachel Parris are really bad, and when she said of Florence Cappleman-Lynes (who has been on this series and wins 0 to 8 games) "Her husba...

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Peter Thomas wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:51 pm Is this the first time three large numbers have been chosen three times?

No: https://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5259

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Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:57 pm R14 alt: 9x8x4 = 288, then either 5-2x2 or 2/2, so it's actually pretty easy

The target was 285, and you seem to have gotten 287 twice, so apparently not!

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We didn’t get UNPENAL in R1. Susie offered ELASTICS, albeit without reason why; says mass noun but two example sentences give the plural – I wonder now if examples are still used for mass noun rulings, but not for capitalised or two-word entries. PLASTICS given as a count noun. This episode was fil...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:12 pm COURGETTE goes down as the joint-second-worst guess of all time with just two letters in common with the scramble.

I count 3.

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Even ESTANCIA in R12!

I think this episode was shown on 5th July, though...

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Edited - I somehow linked the wrong game entirely!

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 2:11 pm This is a horrible conundrum as the CAKEBREAD trap would have been far too easy to fall into, and it's Susie who gives the answer.

As Martyn Simpson did in this game!

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Interesting that the same conundrum, with the same scramble, was used towards the end of the previous series.

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