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- Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 3rd 2013 (S69 P62)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2412
Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 3rd 2013 (S69 P62)
I'm amazed that Michaela Strachan was allowed out of the studio alive after that snake spitting poem thing that she did.
- Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:LEAM 2013 Results and Recaps
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4258
Re: CO:LEAM 2013 Results and Recaps
Clearly we need to see the reason for this.Tony Atkins wrote:Soapy Mouth: Catriona Cappleman
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What score have you got in the Google birthday game thing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1028
Re: What score have you got in the Google birthday game thin
CuntIan Volante wrote:184.
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What score have you got in the Google birthday game thing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1028
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What score have you got in the Google birthday game thing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1028
What score have you got in the Google birthday game thing?
I've got 176 so far.
- Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13703
Re: Jon Corby
OK I've read one post.
Of the members of the boy band that you don't think is the shittiest in the world, why have you only chosen to address No?Andy McGurn wrote:No, thats Niall, Harry, Louis, Zayn, LiamBen Wilson wrote:Aka the line up of the world's shittiest boy band.Ian Volante wrote:Charlie, Jon, Mark, Michael, No.
- Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13703
Re: Jon Corby
I can't bring myself to read any of the posts because it would break my heart.
RIP Jon Corby.
RIP Jon Corby.
- Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:35 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 509
- Views: 370493
Re: Best ever contestants
Jono's got a good point though. The stats based method won't take into account the fact that people are often considered great for taking the game to new levels, as "pioneers". So Harvey and Julian might get underrated. Although you could give points specifically for beating certain record...
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday September 10th 2013 (S69 P45)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8905
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday September 10th 2013 (S69 P45)
Definitely. You could argue that this sort of stuff averages out over a run, but if it's close between players, you could easily argue that I doesn't. I think I made up a system in the Ask Graeme thread that had this sort of thinking in mind. But these things are complicated to calculate.
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 509
- Views: 370493
Re: Best ever contestants
What other key 'key performance indicators' should be used in all you opinions? Number of maxs % of max I feel is a must Games played is also to ensure % of max isnt a fuke % of games won surely should also be there What else??? You could just have one of % of max score and % of max rounds. They do...
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday September 10th 2013 (S69 P45)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8905
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday September 10th 2013 (S69 P45)
What about maxes out of 120? Wasn't it decided that that was a better measure?
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 509
- Views: 370493
Re: Best ever contestants
My scoring system used (which for the record was the 16th different system I have tried over the last few months): Firstly all contestants must have been some sort of champion to qualify and all stats are taken only from championship games and not specials etc, etc. Formula: % of max + games played...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 11:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday September 13th 2013 (S69 P48)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3951
Re: Spoilers for Friday September 13th 2013 (S69 P48)
I've looked at the recording I have, and it seems that the time between the clock hand starting to move and the 30th second lighting up is about 29.5 seconds. If I look at it frame-by-frame and note when the individual lights come on, each "second" does appear to be very slightly less tha...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 11:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 707701
Re: Ask Graeme?
And who is the 'best' former contestant to get a second bite at the cherry, ie most wins/furthest progress on first appearance? (ignoring CofC, specials etc!) Maybe Glen Webb who I believe won 2/3 games and played in a series qf?? Yes, I'd say it's Glen Webb. No other contestant that I can see has ...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Countdown Wiki
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2255
Re: Countdown Wiki
You wouldn't have to have the names filled for the next two weeks but It'd be nice to know the name of the contestant who appears the next day..... just in case the camera pans the name too quick or has omitted to get it in shot as sometimes has happened in the past. Mauro I didn't think they told ...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Countdown Wiki
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2255
Re: Countdown Wiki
You wouldn't have to have the names filled for the next two weeks but It'd be nice to know the name of the contestant who appears the next day..... just in case the camera pans the name too quick or has omitted to get it in shot as sometimes has happened in the past. Mauro I didn't think they told ...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 509
- Views: 370493
Re: Best ever contestants
You can start by telling us how this one was compiled.Dave Preece wrote:Any suggestions to make this more accurate are more than welcome...
- Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 11th September 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 46)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1693
Re: Wednesday 11th September 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 46)
I'm going to have to have a couple of raviolis after reading this thread.
- Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:51 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 333081
Re: Is Apterous down?
How long does a bit of vacuuming take?Charlie Reams wrote:I'm investigating, unfortunately the server is not responding and I'm in California at the moment so if it's a physical problem I can't do much.
- Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 5th September 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 42)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1681
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What word am I looking for?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2021
Re: What word am I looking for?
Oh yeah. That.Thomas Carey wrote:Can't think of any. Can think of one ending in "ou're kidding Matt", though.Gavin Chipper wrote:I'm looking for a classic Jason Larsen quote that would fit here but I can't think of it. I guess it might end in "our kidding Matt!" Is there actually a quote?
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What word am I looking for?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2021
Re: What word am I looking for?
I'm looking for a classic Jason Larsen quote that would fit here but I can't think of it. I guess it might end in "our kidding Matt!" Is there actually a quote?
- Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 46479
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Do the conundrums have difficulty ratings on at COLIN? I know they have done at some CO events. They shouldn't. Also some people fold them over to hide them and some don't, leading to inconsistencies. Best they're just not on there.
- Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 707701
Re: Ask Graeme?
You can't do a sensible rating system. On Apterous people play each other hundreds of times and the players are ranked accordingly. Nothing like that exists for normal Countdown. Obviously you can come up with your own all-time ranking list but the Glicko 2 system wouldn't be close to appropriate.
- Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday September 4th 2013 (S69 P41)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4026
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday September 4th 2013 (S69 P41)
Following on from Rachel's suggestion that Jen is the best female player... today's 130 was the highest ever score by a female contestant. (I'm never really sure if we should focus on gender-divided records like that - doing so might carry an implication that women can't compete with men so need th...
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: An open letter to the BBC regarding Eurovision
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5757
Re: An open letter to the BBC regarding Eurovision
Send it again as a suggestion rather than a complaint. You only need change a couple of words.
- Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: An open letter to the BBC regarding Eurovision
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5757
Re: An open letter to the BBC regarding Eurovision
So yes.Rhys Benjamin wrote:... to theGavin Chipper wrote:To refuse disposal?Rhys Benjamin wrote:The BBC have received my letter and have passed it on....relevant department
- Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: An open letter to the BBC regarding Eurovision
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5757
Re: An open letter to the BBC regarding Eurovision
To refuse disposal?Rhys Benjamin wrote:The BBC have received my letter and have passed it on...
- Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday August 27th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 35)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2470
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday August 27th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim
Exactly. That is a hate of mine when people do that and don't put the word.Andy Platt wrote:Nice Peter, I missed that.
Missed an 8 in round 4 as well, anyone get it?
Fuck it this is the spoiler forum, it was COLANDER
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: I like Carol, and I like Rachel, but who's better?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5245
Re: I like Carol, and I like Rachel, but who's better?
Interesting, nice one Graeme. What's surprising to me is how excellent their solve rates are in 6 small. The rest is pretty much logical/expected, including Carol's decline as she gets older. I wonder if the decline was down to less practising because of other commitments or generally less inclinat...
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:14 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Countdown puzzles
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11117
Re: Countdown puzzles
What's the best 4-large selection in terms of the most solvable targets? (I don't know the answer) Charlie carried out some useful analysis of 4 large a while back here , which shows that 8 and 9 are the best pair, and answers many other questions you may have. Excellent, I can't believe I forgot a...
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:08 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Countdown puzzles
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11117
Re: Countdown puzzles
What's the best 4-large selection in terms of the most solvable targets? (I don't know the answer)
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday August 20th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 33)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2382
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 707701
Re: Ask Graeme?
What's the least Darrenic round that's there's been (with the most words at the max length)? I presume that this also would answer the question of what is the least Darrenic possible round, because it must have come up. (Although things may be complicated by different dictionaries at different times.)
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Next letter in sequence
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15066
Re: Next letter in sequence
New one, what is the next letter in this sequence? K R K M K K A M A M M A .. (Note the lack of hashtag) Two dots might confuse someone as they could just as much be part of a sequence as a hash symbol. At the risk of siding with Kirk, "next letter" would normally imply that they're all l...
- Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: THE NUMBERS GAME SCORING
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2097
Re: THE NUMBERS GAME SCORING
I think you need to get something sensible just for getting within 10. I think it would be unsatisfactory to have 1 point as a starting point, because you've made it across the scoring threshold. So 5 for 10 away seems fairly reasonable, as opposed to 1 for 9 away as the starting point. Of course, y...
- Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:01 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Next letter in sequence
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15066
Re: Next letter in sequence
New one, what is the next letter in this sequence? K R K M K K A M A M M A .. (Note the lack of hashtag) Two dots might confuse someone as they could just as much be part of a sequence as a hash symbol. At the risk of siding with Kirk, "next letter" would normally imply that they're all l...
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:57 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 333081
Re: Is Apterous down?
It's working now, but it was http://apterous.org/Charlie Reams wrote:Looks like it's working to me. Link?Gavin Chipper wrote:At the moment it just gives a list of films.
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:20 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 333081
Re: Is Apterous down?
At the moment it just gives a list of films.
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday August 6th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 23)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11519
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday August 6th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 2
Impressive debut, Dylan, and commiserations to Zarte, who nevertheless walks away with a few records. 109.33 is the highest average score of any non-octochamp, beating the previous record held by Lesley Hines . The highest total score of any five-time winner was 593 by Marie Hayden , and Zarte smas...
- Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:23 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 333081
Re: Is Apterous down?
I got into the site this morning (didn't try to play) but can't any more. Some people must have played at some point today though because there were duel positions for the day.
- Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 29th July 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 21)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1143
Re: Monday 29th July 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 21)
How well known is Zina Garrison the tennis player? I'd say that's a pretty obscure teaser, and I'm surprised no explanation was given.James Robinson wrote:TTT: GROANSIR - "A group of warriors associated with Zina, perhaps?"
Teatime teaser: GROANSIR -> GARRISON
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S1, E1 - 26 July '13)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4191
Re: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S1, E1 - 26 July
Are the Teatime Teasers bound by the same dictionary as the actual game? There's a discussion point for you.
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 24th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 18)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6867
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 24th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim
Why would anyone say "satay" anyway?
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:32 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: One Hundred Degrees of Kevin Bacon
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3482
Re: One Hundred Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Yeah, it was a straight up good joke.
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 486
- Views: 220156
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
I expect you to be away.Graeme Cole wrote:I'm going to be unexpectedly away for most of next week, so I can't do the recap for Monday 29th.
- Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 707701
Re: Ask Graeme?
So combining this all together, has the same question ever been asked twice in a row in this thread?Johnny Canuck wrote:A while back, I asked the same question.
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Negative numbers... why not?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4988
Re: Negative numbers... why not?
Amen to that brother. Here's a maybe-interesting question that seems definitely stupid at first but perhaps isn't: would allowing fractions make numbers games harder or easier? It can only make them easier to get them spot on, since you have everything you had before and more besides. But as for ge...
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Negative numbers... why not?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4988
Re: Negative numbers... why not?
But anyway the point with negative numbers is that they add no solving power and may add confusion so they are basically pointless. With fractions it would at least be a different argument.
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday July 15th 2013
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1908
Re: Spoilers For Monday July 15th 2013
I know you love alternative numbers solutions, so that post was primarily for you.Matt Morrison wrote:cool story broGavin Chipper wrote:Didn't watch the game, but saw how Rachel did 735 in the recap, but I thought a neater way would be 9*9*(10-1)+6.
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday July 15th 2013
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1908
Re: Spoilers For Monday July 15th 2013
Didn't watch the game, but saw how Rachel did 735 in the recap, but I thought a neater way would be 9*9*(10-1)+6.
- Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Tubewhack challenge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3168
Re: Tubewhack challenge
REPLACEABLE is 11 for St John's Wood.
There could be longer of course.
There could be longer of course.
- Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:57 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Tubewhack challenge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3168
Re: Tubewhack challenge
UNGUARDEDNESSES, which is Apterous valid presumably only due to the fact that mass nouns aren't listed for derivatives, is 15 letters and works for Pimlico.
I'm "cheating" though - I've been using this.
I'm "cheating" though - I've been using this.
- Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:52 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Tubewhack challenge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3168
Re: Tubewhack challenge
Do they have to be Apterous valid?
- Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 707701
Re: Ask Graeme?
Looks like the conclusion is that the letters on countdown are 'shuffled' very slightly better than apterous's shuffle algorithm, but Charlie has also done a bloody good job of replicating it. Or worse. Edit - Basically I think it's probably a bit harsh to say they're shuffled better on Countdown, ...
- Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 10th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 8)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3214
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 10th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim
But the dictionary and Countdown rules could hardly be clearer. WORNEST is fine. The dictionary says that 1-syllable adjective taking -er and -est are treated as regular and are not shown. I've never seen how this can be interpreted as implying that these forms automatically exist for every 1-sylla...
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 486
- Views: 220156
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
Presumably people fit the recaps around their lives, which may be busy in some cases. Yeah it might be nice to have a recap up within minutes of a game finishing but I don't think we should have any sort of sense of entitlement about it.
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:03 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8491
Re: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
It's going to take some pretty good going to connect 50 people in less than six connections. Why are some in twice anyway? Is there some logic to the people chosen?
- Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Shrinidhi on Child Genius
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3642
Re: Shrinidhi on Child Genius
Jesus. This programme. I particularly think that having a debating round where you can get your parents to write your speech is a very good way of measuring someone's "genius".
- Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 2nd 2013 (Surprise Special!)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6454
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 2nd 2013 (Surprise Special!)
Good game. Interesting to see the old 15-round format rearing its ugly head again. Having seen the newer format and going back to this just makes the old format feel really constipated. But anyway, I shouldn't moan. We have a good system now!