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Tom S

Hello all I'm Stephen and have been on Apterous for about 8 months. So I recognise some of the names here, even if it's just from giving me a whipping in the current tourney have always been a fan of Countdown, but have only started watching religiously for the last 4 series or so I'm off to Manche...

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Good standard of play today- a bit sad to see Steve go but Amy had a good comeback and it will be nice to see a lady in the Champion's Chair for a change. Think this has increased Philip's chances of advancing....

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Rattiness was an alternative to the 1st teaser (and was also what I thought the answer was).

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The winner of Yeovil's annual "Ken Bruce lookalike" was in the challenger's seat today.

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Adnouns in R11

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Goatier as a R1 beater....

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15 prelims to go.......... 1 Zarte Siempre 8 967 2 Toby McDonald 8 882 3 Chris Thorn 8 760 4 Phil Davies 8 757 5 Paul Harper 8 739 6 Dougie Mackay 7 759 7 Philip Aston 6 760 8 Mac Walker 4 447 Very possible we are going to get the Zarte v Philip rematch in the Quarter Finals. If not, Toby v Philip ...

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"All's good in the hood" ;P

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Some obscure maxes there today, and a close contest between the two players. Hard luck to Rosie who led for most of the game and fought well and hard!

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Good standard for 2 newbies today...

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 7:53 pm Only just got chance to watch this....think VETTURINO is there in one round?

Anyways, congratulations to Paul on octoing, a thoroughly likable contestant:D

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Ah well done Paul- an octochamp-worthy game there. Some very nice letters spots in there too- particularly Barefoot, Pastimes and Transpire to name a few....

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Come on Gerry!- supporting the local. Did not know Boatsmen was in and declared Boatmen instead.....

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Personally do not think Paul is a worthy finalist, ability wise as seeds 7 and 8 who sit below him are better all rounders, but he definitely deserves to be there if it was based down to Mr Nice Guy

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Definitely unusual about Paul and the letters. Phobia was a vg spot given that awful selection-only managed a 4 myself. Nevertheless, this is a good game on the letters front by both players.

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Just heard the UK entrant and it ain't too bad. Mind you ,Ed Sheeran could perform with Adele and we still wouldn't get in the top ten. Still gonna watch it. Might make it interesting this year by running a sweepstake. The BBC actually rejected the Austrian song which topped the jury vote. They obv...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 1:54 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 1:21 pm Very nice spot by Paul in Round 1.
Very strange game from him, pretty much alternating good spots with average ones.

Don't know whether he was playing the "kindness card" at times....

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Very nice spot by Paul in Round 1.

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Yeah was unlucky for Curtis there but the standard was quite good today. Padrino as a R11 alternative...

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She did fab fending off that stage invader tosser.

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Think Cyprus may be taking the crown this evening. She seems incredibly popular.

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 4:39 pm Is it supposed to be a SuBo reference or something

It is a combo of her names Susanna Marie.

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Lots of my faves were given the boot last night- FYR Macedonia, Switzerland (in particular whom I voted for several times as she delivered a great performance with a great song, and plus they have been underrated for a few years now) and also sad that Azerbaijan and Belgium did not pass. Most shock...

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Lots of my faves were given the boot last night- FYR Macedonia, Switzerland (in particular whom I voted for several times as she delivered a great performance with a great song, and plus they have been underrated for a few years now) and also sad that Azerbaijan and Belgium did not pass. Most shocki...

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Vwd Toby. Great total! Will look forward to seeing you in the finals

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Clarkson is being a knob, but he is actually quite good in doing so because this chap is quite hopeless.

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I would vouch for this but it would be a large hassle to make I'd imagine. It definitely would. What would be more feasible would applying a responsive design to the existing web version, by which I mean a design that adapts the layout to the screen size of the device. Still not a small job but mas...

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I would vouch for this but it would be a large hassle to make I'd imagine.

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http://wiki.apterous.org/Alyssa_Critchley someone got a bit out of hand on the wiki.

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I publicly apologise for cheating on this thread.

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At this rate scores wise, we could be getting a new member of the 900 club!

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Well played again today Toby- another century to add to the list

Maxim was a good player and certainly had it in him to win a few more games.

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There could be something going on-John Cowen seems to have confirmed that we will be getting a new Champion of Champions Series........

https://www.apterous.org/chat.php?base= ... ir=earlier

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Absolute cracker of a game- was nowhere near on that conundrum. Think Jason has joined Ciaran McCarthy in the highest losing score category, nevertheless brilliant play by both. Shall look forward to seeing many more games!

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Poor Maria had a bit of a mare today, felt for her....

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Anxiety for Beginners by Eleanor Morgan- totally enlightening.

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There'd be a fair few good'uns to update this list with....

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The way I feel about his passing is the same as my parents when they heard of George Michael's death- like a part of their childhood had been taken away.

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Tbh the news of Avicii's death made me feel physically sick because he is probably the first artist to die who I have seen evolve musically and then this happens- completely shocked me. Avicii is very well known amongst the teenager/young generation community and will forever have some great songs....

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Mac is finalist worthy.

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Dale Winton to add (rather shockingly) to the list. RIP.

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Very good standard again today- Masha putting on a super performance considering English is not her first tongue. Mac on the other hand did beat me twice in the letters, and is probably kicking himself for missing 399 earlier on, but he got the win. After that show, think he can definitely go on to ...

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Don't think that Mr Mac will become an octochamp because he faces someone familiar to this thread and forum in his 7th or 8th show should he make it. But the standard was good, Dougie deserves to be in the final-seems like a nice and likeable chap. We will have to see regarding Mack....

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If number of points were used, I think the finals stages would be too predictable. "Twists" like that generated by the current system are what make Countdown finals stages all the more exciting, IMO. I suppose if it did come down to the unlikely situation that only one makes it through- w...

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Hi all, this has probably been mentioned before, but today we saw Dougie Mackay eliminated in an unfortunate fashion, giving him a new record of the highest 7-time winner score. Although it is very likely we will be seeing him in the finals, it would not be impossible to see him not make it given th...

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There are no vowels in RHYTHM Thanks. Nick should be explaining these though. Same here! I had no idea what was the relation until I had a closer look at the word and thought to myself "Oh yeah..." Alternative to R3 if you want to use all the Numbers: (10 x 7) + 50 + 9 - 6 + 4 Good job on...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:29 pm Bizarre teatime teaser - I don't really see the connection between rhythm and vowelless.

Agreed

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Had a dream recently which featured a young, mid 20-s to mid 30-s Asian male player, who on his debut beat Joyce Phillips, despite playing rather averagely (which is no representation of Joyce's real ability :) ). However, the day after he smashed it beating Ray Wilding with a score in the 120s to R...

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First draw against a player in what seems like forever for me....

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Knew there was that 9 in R4, just could not remember what

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Although the scores don't suggest it, the play today was of a very nice standard, and I believe that Dougie has the potential to go and make it 8....

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At the risk of derailing this thread slightly, at the same time our family car was one of these, a Volkswagen Variant: http://www.fahnn.co.uk/images/vwv.jpg I only mention it because they seem to be completely forgotten now. I remember when my mum once completely demolished part of the garden wall ...

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It was good to see Stephen Mulhern give George a good run for his money today....

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If it is of any interest, the car was a Red Passat Estate. I can also remember Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve being blasted around the car frequently as a youngster, too...

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Very good game today, unlucky for Michael to lose on that score, but both played very well, good game to watch (maybe George is going up in my estimations).....

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:16 pm OUTRANTED to beat OUTRATED in R1.
OSETROVA an alt to ROOTAGES in R5.

Toyed with OUTRANTED, but played safe with OUTRATED in the end.

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Tom S wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:54 pm Good game today, with 2 good players, but I felt as if Noel was the better player overall...

And he was, with 5 maxes to 3 (for the 15 rounds).

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Good game today, with 2 good players, but I felt as if Noel was the better player overall...

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It has risen! Many thanks to Charlie for his work to reboot the site.

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Dan Byrom wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:40 am Decided against UNFOUND and SHAPELY... Was that a mistake?

I went for them purely because word 1 I have heard in a song, and I am sure you can be more ******* than another person.

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