c4countdown

Gavin Chipper

Can we get back all the people that Corby bullied off the forum as a result of it?

Gavin Chipper

Of course you're being ridiculous. I haven't suggested any alternative, because YOUR approach is the alternative to the status quo. And it is not an improvement. Just to restate, the status quo is to apply the rules of Countdown (as they have more or less stood for 10+ years) to the headwords found...

Gavin Chipper

This all convincingly undermines Gevin's Search Box Word Validation method, consequently necessitating the presence of an expert adjudicator like Susie. Oh, so you think that because Graeme has posted you can come along and hide behind him rather than just whine to me by text like you normally do w...

Gavin Chipper

BOMBSIGHT???!!! Well done to Tracey for getting that, considering it's a made-up word. I wouldn't expect a word like that outside a CoC game really.

Gavin Chipper

Many thanks, Ben, and Ben's mum and everyone else involved. Once again, you've pulled off the best co-event ever. Also once again, Ben, you suggested that you were unsure whether you were going to do a Hangover event next year. In my view it's very much part of COLIN weekend now, and a very enjoyab...

Gavin Chipper

A few alts about so far (eg OCTUPLE+T), but just one 7 beater available for R8 (DEFEAT+COM). Not sure if the 7 beater would be valid - it's listed as a derivative of FACET, but has a note to say it can only be used 'in combination', so it's really more like -FACETED. Is there anything in the rules ...

Gavin Chipper

A few alts about so far (eg OCTUPLE+T), but just one 7 beater available for R8 (DEFEAT+COM). Not sure if the 7 beater would be valid - it's listed as a derivative of FACET, but has a note to say it can only be used 'in combination', so it's really more like -FACETED. Is there anything in the rules ...

Gavin Chipper

People whose favourite colour isn't yellow.
People who go for a shit and don't check if there's paper and get caught out.
People who do the above but think it isn't their fault.

Gavin Chipper

James Robinson wrote:Neil:
Number of maxes - 9

Or 8 if you count proper maxes.

Gavin Chipper

PARLOUS as a beater in round 8.

Tracey could have taken away the 2 for 875!

Rachel could have mentioned that Tracey could have taken away the 2 for 875 instead of going a whole new way.

Gavin Chipper

Jon Corby wrote:Amazing game, Neil was looking unbeatable (was he maxing the letters up until then?) until the last four rounds. Well done Tracey for hanging on in there and not giving up!

He didn't get VICOMTES.

Gavin Chipper

Stewart Gordon wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:Yeah, it's not an anagram if it's the same.
Even if the two is and the two ss have been swapped over?

They're fungible!

Gavin Chipper

FAO Gevin, RE your new list of invitees: assuming you are definitely going on TV form alone, why would you pick Barnard over George? There's no doubting that Barnard has the ability to win COC based on his Apterous performance these days, but in TV-related terms (which, as we agree, should be the o...

Gavin Chipper

Zarte Siempre wrote:Apterous thinks you can pluralise VICOMTE.

Susie seems not to suggest that?

Dictionary seems to agree. It's pronounced the same but not spelt the same.

And great game by both players as everyone else has said.

Gavin Chipper

Weird how getting one away on both the 4-larges involved almost identical methods.

Gavin Chipper

Standard method in round 6 was obviously (25×4+8)×9=972.

Gavin Chipper

Jon and Jack's winning score of 890 was also Conor's octotal.

Gavin Chipper

Your objectives and Countdown's are somewhat different. Maybe. But what do you think Countdown's objectives are? TORRIDEST: having skimmed through the old dictionaries I can find nothing to suggest it should have been allowable at any time in the show's history. But what should be allowed? It depen...

Gavin Chipper

Asking for small and medium numbers - interesting. Next people will be asking for specific numbers.

Gavin Chipper

samir pilica wrote:Apolune is a mass noun, so no plural...

The dictionary likes it though. Also the definition and example sentences don't really seem very mass nouny.

Gavin Chipper

Dictionary doesn't like POLENTAS.

Gavin Chipper

If you type in PONGEES it finds the entry for PONGEE. Have you discussed with OUP what can and can't be inferred in this situation, or are you just guessing? Some words don't come up when you type in the plural. It's more than a guess. It's really the most sensible way for Countdown to base their r...

Gavin Chipper

I paid £66 when I booked for 2 nights. I booked on 7 September. Graeme, you should collate stats from this thread and plot a graph of price vs date of booking. Together we can all beat the system... I think Corby does this already but he does it for competitive reasons rather than for the good of m...

Gavin Chipper

It's weird how several of you booked before the event was even officially announced.

Gavin Chipper

£63 (slightly less smug face). What can my room possibly have, worth £1, that Gavin's doesn't? You for a starter, Heather. ;) (Although, I'd argue that you were priceless, rather than worth £1.) But Heather is providing herself, so it would be a bit weird for Travelodge to charge for that. Unless t...

Gavin Chipper

PONGEES comes up if you search for it so that's good enough for me whatever Susie says. CONGEE is also a mass noun of course. PONGEES doesn't come up in search now, and CONGEES is fine thanks to the mass noun food rule, as we've discussed before, I'm sure........... :roll: If you type in PONGEES it...

Gavin Chipper

What's the best price anyone got? I got £62 altogether which I believe was better than Corby so it counts as a win whatever anyone else got.

Gavin Chipper

Peter Mabey wrote:NETTLING to beat LOTTING

It was only in one round wasn't it?

Gavin Chipper

PONGEES comes up if you search for it so that's good enough for me whatever Susie says. CONGEE is also a mass noun of course.

Gavin Chipper

Awesomeness.

Gavin Chipper

I agree that it doesn't count unless you stay in the Travelodge. I am staying in the Travelodge and booked ages ago for a good price (smug face), but was posting for the benefit of others less well organised (another smug face). It's just as well. Corby said he was going to check for evidence of a ...

Gavin Chipper

Fashion designer (noun) - Waste of space

Gavin Chipper

Travelodge price for Friday and Saturday nights is now £109 :o Last year some of us stayed in a B&B http://www.eaglesguesthouse.co.uk which I thought was quite nice. It's nearer the pub than the Travelodge is. That does sound quite a lot (and it might be even more now), but just to clarify, it ...

Gavin Chipper

MIDWATER is an "Entry from US English dictionary", so unless there's been a change of policy then DC were mistaken to offer it as an alternative in whatever round that was. I thought US words are okay, not US spellings, though of course it is not in ODE3. US words are OK as long as they a...

Gavin Chipper

Jon Corby wrote:I would comfortably beat 7 of the 10 people seeded ahead of me, that's a fucking joke.

Love the deliberate mistake.

I mean, you'd have to be a complete cunt to think that a comma is acceptable there.

Gavin Chipper

Is Touchy Words on Android? I've heard it's awesome.

Gavin Chipper

For the likes of Matt Morrison, a neat alternative for the first numbers is (8+1)×(8-1)×6=378.

Gavin Chipper

I am not as good a player as many people in recent series who did not happen to reach a grand final, and I might be washing my hair/doing my ironing on the day of recording anyway. However, I would like to question whether "actual form" is relevant in terms of being invited to take part i...

Gavin Chipper

In coming up with my own list, I'm not too bothered about having the same number of people from each series, although it might be nice to have at least two per series. Basically all champions automatically qualify, and then the rest do based on some combination of how far they got and how good I th...

Gavin Chipper

I was wondering if Andy made a mistake in his working and had to blag his way to 820. Like he was expecting 816+4 rather than 824-4.

Gavin Chipper

I want to know how many millions to 1 I would be.

Gavin Chipper

We're also considering the idea that this background event could also carry points for the following season's table. This would create the interesting dynamic of allowing people who may not usually have the highest chances of competing in individual tournaments, the chance to get a little leg-up in...

Gavin Chipper

I'm honorary winner for even accommodating that silly rule to be honest. You were lucky the officials didn't disqualify you for turning up an hour late or however long it was. But are you up for a battle with the champion of the new generation (whoever it may be) or are you retiring undefeated like...

Gavin Chipper

Just in case it's news to anyone (IMO, a couple of people were a bit vague earlier and I was confused for a while), I wanted to confirm: There is no CoC this series. It's moved to the start of Series 73. Has this been confirmed anywhere? Not that this isn't a CoC we're in right now, but that we'll ...

Gavin Chipper

Saying that EBONITE is another word for VULCANITE doesn't really help Susie!

Gavin Chipper

Last year's attempt at an eating competition had promise but due to a lack of proper planning it never really got the attention or the time it deserved. But before we try and plan it more properly, are you even interested this year Gevin? Seeing that you're a serious politician now I don't know if ...

Gavin Chipper

Matt Bayfield wrote:I like the idea - it's the sort of thing I'd've loved to have had a go at, before I retired from these sort of events.

Sorry, you've done what? Are you not coming to COLIN?

Gavin Chipper

JimBentley wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:You're thinking of donating the book you wrote, aren't you Gev?
Don't know what you're talking about.
Surely everybody already owns a copy?

I'd certainly hope so, but just in case...

By the way, has anyone else noticed that this thread is in the Historical Recaps subforum?

Gavin Chipper

Also bear in mind there are some who - wrongly in my opinion - think the Co event scene is biased enough towards the elite, so won't be pleased by part of their entry fees to Co events subsidising an invitation-only tournament. I wouldn't say that the CO event scene is necessarily biased towards th...

Gavin Chipper

Personally, I like duel scoring, because I think it's usually more impressive to beat 50 people than it is to beat 10. That's not to say that any of this is beyond discussion though. You're certainly right to an extent, and under the system I proposed, winning out of 51 people (so beating 50) would...

Gavin Chipper

I think it generally sounds like a good idea. However, I need to moan about something, and one thing I don't like, which I also don't like about the duels on Apterous, is the proposed scoring system. First of all, does the number of players need to be multiplied by two? But that's a side issue. I do...

Gavin Chipper

Jon Corby wrote:You're thinking of donating the book you wrote, aren't you Gev?

Don't know what you're talking about.

Gavin Chipper

They didn't point out that PRIMEVAL can be a nine but it's PRIMAEVAL rather than PRIMEEVAL as David Baddiel thought (but obviously the letters weren't there).

Gavin Chipper

You're not even the worst player in your football club, let alone of everyone ever.

Gavin Chipper

I won a book as one of the prizes last time, but I doubt I'll ever read it, so can I donate it back into the prize pot? Also, do you accept donations of stuff generally as prizes? Normally yes, however I've already got a massive pile of crap to dish out this year and will probably take a good chunk...

Gavin Chipper

I won a book as one of the prizes last time, but I doubt I'll ever read it, so can I donate it back into the prize pot? Also, do you accept donations of stuff generally as prizes?

Gavin Chipper

Jayne Wisniewski wrote:Does Matt or anyone else know if it's possible to play apterous on a tablet? Thanks.

People play drunk all the time, and I'm not sure this is much different.

Gavin Chipper

Any possibility you have another known wifi network available from the house and it occasionally gets confused about which to join? I have seen people have this problem before if they've ever joined a free BT hotspot, often the network is just called "BT WiFi" and if you happen to have a ...

Gavin Chipper

Terrible news. RIP.

Gavin Chipper

In the 372 round, Rachel could have pointed out that one of the contestants could have just added the 1 on at the end rather than going a whole new way.

Search found 13266 matches