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Neil Zussman

Note Rd 4 , Rd 7 and Rd 1 ... Hahaha, that's great. Well spotted. The psychological effect of playing against Hamish! If the second and third matches, if either Heather or John had added that final letter, Hamish would have lost by just a single point. Close stuff. Does Hamish have the greatest dis...

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If O'sullivan plays his best, he'll win everything. But he rarely reaches his full potential. It'd be nice to see Ali Carter do well again, after being runner-up last year. But my money would be on 'A.N.Other seeded player to win.' But I don't know who. It's only a matter of time before the Chinese ...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Neil Zussman wrote:Candidate for the most inane observation ever?
You must be new here.

You're kidding, Charlie!

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Am I the only one who noticed that in one numbers round the column of two was in a different place to usual? The bottom row was a row of 6 instead of the second row. Good job I wasn't on that day, would've messed everything up. Candidate for the most inane observation ever? I expected the 4 large ro...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:I have now corrected Round 10 .

No you haven't. Should be a plus after the 25.

But only a minor error.

Neil Zussman

The Grand Final of this was shown today, with Chris obviously returning as the highest scorer from the heats. It'll probably be available to watch online soon if you missed it, so if you haven't seen it, look away now... Spoilers: Chris was a bit unlucky to get knocked out in the round of 4 I though...

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Unlucky Dinos. I have nothing to add to what's already been said- you were clearly the best player there, so it was almost inevitable that you'd be voted off. I thought they might give you a little bit of hope by waiting one more round though. Also, you might like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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I'm staying in the hotel Wednesday night, as are my parents- so I may or may not meet up for drinks depending on what their plans are, and whether I need to be up early for a lift back to Uni. You're more than welcome to a lift back with me as long as you don't want to leave stupidly early on Thurs...

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I had 14/14 here against Junaid, including two nines. I got the conundrum instantly and pressed P, but, oh no, I'm locked out, Junaid buzzed on 0.7 seconds. Ridiculous. I'm counting this as a moral max game as I spotted PURCHASED instantly too but it won't ever be recorded :( http://www.apterous.or...

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Anyway, attempting to restore the tone: who's actually staying over at the hotel on Wednesday night? I booked myself a room as I was anticipating getting totally slarmied with you guys after the recording and don't want to be worrying about driving later, but presumably some of you besides Julie an...

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It would have been nice to have seen him win the game, but at least he managed the conundrum, so did well on that score. Why would it have been nice to have seen him win a game, because he has a disability? how patronising is that?. I don't think Kathleen was referring to the disability in this com...

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Having thought about it some more: Am I right in assuming that the whole reason people are so anxious to do the duels is because it's a good opportunity to test yourself against everyone else on the same selections? If that's the case, could you not just have two duels everyday? (And I don't mean on...

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Well, that swings both ways. Say one person is available 23 hours a day and the server happens to be down all that time. Then another person logs on for the other hour and plays the duel. If there's no rollover, the person who is more "dedicated" loses out. It's just luck of the draw. Tha...

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Hello all :) I've watched the game for years - thinking of applying... one day. Thought I was pretty good until I watched my housemate (aka The Zussinator) play. James Hi James. I see you've been practising on Apterous. Don't play too much, I enjoy being the best in the house at something. :cry: Oh...

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Whilst playing bridge last week, a couple of my opponents started chatting to me about Countdown. It runs out they are regular viewers. Their verdict? "Kirk's good, yes. But that guy who won the last series? It was the last series right? The Scrabble champion? He was something else!" (Para...

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No nine rounders or goats then?

Neil Zussman

However, there will be plenty of people that are only able to log on at certain times, ie in the evenings if they are at work all day. Unfortunately, access is disabled on my work laptop so I can only play in the evenings from about 7pm. I guess it is a matter of opinion as to whether it is bad luc...

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Didn't know where to put this, so I just decided to plonk it here. I've been doing some statistics for the current series and I have worked out that (shock horror!) Kirk had the highest percentage of raw max (ie. as if it was flat scoring) of anyone in this series, and that the Zussinator had the 3...

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Closest I'll ever get to a perfect speed 9: http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42146 Pissed me off immensely. I got the first numbers, but for some reason apterous doesn't think 10/2*7 is 35. Which it clearly is. So in a way, I'm glad I messed up the other numbers as well. But it's still infuriat...

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Neil's octototal is 768. Before today's game Cate was on 568 and needed to notch up 2 centuries from her final 2 games to equal him which looked unlikely, but after todays fantastic score of 113 her total is 681 and she needs just 88 to surpass him! Shaking in your little spaceboots yet Zussman? My...

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Oliver Garner wrote:A semifinal line-up of Hulme, Davies, Carson and Pugh would by scary

Almost makes me glad that I'm in this series where I've *only* got Bevins and Gough to contend with.
Almost.

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Round 15: G A R Y O N E I L No one buzzes. The answer was LEGIONARY. Score: 80–67 (max 128) This is a really good conundrum scramble. Am I the only one who found the scramble immensely off-putting? Probably. :) I have too much time on my hands. That sounds pretty good. Although it's a bit short isn...

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Assuming you mean chicken eggs and not general eggs, it's possible for a non-chicken to lay a chicken egg (by genetic mutation), but by definition it's not possible for a non-chicken egg to produce a chicken, so it must have been the egg. IAWTP. However, this is a forum primarily about a word game....

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FWIW, I don't think duels should roll over at all. If I don't log-on for a day, I give up my right to do the duel. I don't expect to get a second chance to get some points just because apterous was down for a few hours at a time when I wouldn't have been on anyway. If only a few people can do the du...

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Getting random requests for games... from myself. I'd guess from the format that those aren't random, they're requests you sent to someone else which somehow got redirected to you. Which probably means they're caused by the same network/whatever issue that's causing all of your other problems. Yup,...

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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Neil Zussman wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:CYCLIC.
Icy.
Well done Zussman - I was wondering which of you'd spot that one first.

Have you cloned me without me knowing?

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Jason Larsen wrote:Hi, Louise and Gill!

Welcome to the forum!

I hope you both enjoy posting here!

Out of interest, what exactly was it about Gill's post that makes you think she will be making lots of posts on this forum?

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CYCLIC. Icy. The best I could come up with was QUICK. (Unless ICK is a word). I thought of MUUMUU as well, but umm, I don't think that's allowed. I think I'm right in saying that, as well as being longer, Syzygy is also better than Quick in that it doesn't contain any 2-letter sub-word anagrams eit...

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People who buzz in and get it wrong are frozen out for whatever is left of the 60 seconds, I think that's new - don't remember it happening in the first show at least. I may be wrong, but I'm not sure anyone got a question wrong after having buzzed in in the first show, so that may or may not have ...

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Marque for round 13. Or Barque, I think. Also is Sapiens allowed, in the penis round? And no disrespect meant, but if Kirk had been on today, I think Hazel Wheeler's record may have come under threat. (But maybe I'm being unfair, and it just seems that the contestant is worse than she actually is b...

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Besides it'll be a pleasure to watch the most one-sided finals matches ever! :) Not if the Goughulator has anything to say about it... That's what I meant, he'll annihilate Kirk in the final ;) By the way, did those of you who went to see Kirk's show being recorded get a chance to speak to today's ...

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Just imagine all the brouhaha there would be if his name was actually Colin Mochrie! I'm having difficulty imagining this, please elucidate. http://www.colinmochrie.com/index.cfm I imagine it would be a bit surprising if Mr. Mochrie registered on here. Incidentally, do you have one of those 'word a...

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From the moment I noticed you were 19 points off the record with 20 available, I knew you were going to make it. Although that numbers round certainly wasn't as easy as it could've been ( I did it a completely different way to you). A choice of 6 small would've been interesting! Well done Kirk. Do y...

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Apterous might overtake and get reovertaken and overtake again (and not even having to count get reovertaken immediately afterwards because there is a flurry of posts, but a while later). Would we get extra points for predicting that correctly? With Apterous down for an extended period as it is now...

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Nice easy draw. For James.

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Martin Gardner wrote:Kids need as much contact with other kids as they can reasonably get.

I guess that explains why Martin *had* his first girlfriend when he was about seven...

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Is this true that the last one from Leeds is being recorded today.............? http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a149686/final-countdown-from-leeds-films-today.html The finals (22 - 23 April) are being recorded in Leeds, and will be the last programme of any kind recorded in those studios. ...

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Ben Pugh wrote:I beat Neil 97 - 90 a few minutes ago:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=34292

Was just about to post this. Well done Ben. Stupid conundrum I've never heard of...

Neil Zussman

If it's going to be organised well, I may as well declare myself in.

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Why are gratineed and gratinee valid, but not gratinees? Surely you could say: 'I will gratinee some potatoes. He/ she gratinees some potatoes. I gratineed some potatoes yesterday'? But apparently not. :( Martini should be in too, but I believe that's been mentioned before. You can imagine how I fel...

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It would be good to have a list of all the valid threes played by human players, just for a laugh. I've definitely been down to three at least twice, BAP was one and the other I can't remember. Coincidently, I was just forced to declare the 3-letter word Vex, mainly because after the first 4 conson...

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OMG, Just got my first ever max game and it was on the duel which also means my first win on the duel (ok it might be a joint win but I'll settle for that!!!) :o :o :) :) :D :D Yeah, surely the flattest duel ever. ENCHANTER was difficult, as were the conundrums, but the other letters games were rea...

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I'll repeat a post I made elsewhere: Octostats now updated with Neil's games. 2 nines out of 3 ain't bad, especially when the missed one was a DC beater. Just for the record, I'm only 20, not 21. And also, I got 6 conundrums. But never mind, I'm just happy to be on the list! :D Also, why are there s...

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I wasn't a massive fan of horse racing until now, but at least it means I remain number one seed for a bit longer

Did any horses with names that are valid Countdown words win?

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To be fair it was the first recording of a new session, I've seen much worse gaffes from good players under similar circumstances. Funnily enough, my 6th game was recorded nearly two weeks after the 5th, and I was 33-0 after 3 rounds of the new session. Does this mean I'm not a good player then? :(...

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In other words you need to go from 92.6% of rounds maxed to 95.5% in order to keep up the rate of maxing one game out of two when moving from 9 rounds to 15. It's surprising (to me at least) that you don't have to be *that* much better to max 15 than 9. Although I suppose once you're at a 92.6% lev...

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When's good for you Ben? Any time tomorrow (afternoon/ evening) should be fine, or Sunday morning, or there are a few other random times I can be online if we still haven't played it.

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Out of curiosity Charlie, how do the duels actually work? Do you select the format (and presumably the order of Consonants/ Vowels) and then just leave it random which letters come up? Or do you input something like 'Round 2 will have a 9' or 'The max will be 110'?

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Andy Thomson wrote:Congratulations on getting an up close and personal photo with Susie. Nice...

Thanks. Highlight of my run, definitely

Neil Zussman

Surprised nobody's mentioned ADJOIN in the last letters round (though obviously it's still not as good as DC's word). Possibly the first letters game I've beaten Kirk on (but hopefully not the last...).

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Well done Kirk! Glad I wasn't your opponent on that day!
Out of interest, has anyone ever maxed all the letters and messed up the numbers/ conundrum before? Or is Kirk the first to max the letters full stop? I know Craig Beavers missed out on one letters round in his 120/121 but has anyone done it?

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I'm a bit disappointed I don't have the highest score of the series any more :( (though I didn't expect to keep it long anyway). This performance annihilated that previous score! Oh well. As long as I beat Kirk in the final, I won't mind :P Technically I'm male. Does this mean I have a female persua...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Octostats now updated with Neil's games. 2 nines out of 3 ain't bad, especially when the missed one was a DC beater.

Just for the record, I'm only 20, not 21. And also, I got 6 conundrums. But never mind, I'm just happy to be on the list!

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I may as well have a go please. Why not?

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Watched this game in the studio audience- the first time I'd even been in an audience for a TV show! Who were you with Neil?... just wondering who was responsible for giving the almost-a-round-of-applause that followed Jeff's own 'that's unbelievable Jeff' comment and figured it was more likely to ...

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Only Connect is superb, hope it gets more popular exposure. Countdown legend David Stainer's team of crossword players won the grand final. Good luck Neil, as a former Warwick maths student I'll be with you in spirit, and I'm stupendously jealous that you get to meet the lovely Victoria. Just to cl...

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I watched yesterday's game in the Green Room with Catherine, and she was a lot better than it looks. I don't know whether it was nerves, but she came out with a few good words in the previous match, and some nice numbers solutions, so I expected her to win. But what do I know? :roll: Am I the only o...

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Paul Howe wrote:Congratulations Neil, lots of great spots, and I think you had a harder than average set of opponents to contend with.

My suspicion is that I made them look good by not being amazingly good myself, but thanks anyway

Hopefully the seeds will work out so that I can't meet Kirk til the final!

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Hmm, ZZZ is not a legal word accorind to the Scrabble word list I have... Although I'm sure Craig or someone can correct me if my list is outdated). Yep. ZZZ has been fine since May '07. Along with, comically, ZZZS. Possibly the most pointless words in the entire Scrabble lexicon! :) That would be ...

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Ah nice, cheers for the info Neil. You're becoming quite the quizzer, clearly! What would your 'hilarious' team name have been? Yeah, I've caught the bug :) We hadn't got as far as choosing a name yet, but there would've been 3 maths students, so you can come up with your own incredibly witty jokes...

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