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- Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday March 20th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 9)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5268
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday March 20th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Looking forward to the excuses for every non-maxed round.
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
Civilly.
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
You are completely and totally wrong, Adam. Dave has been civilly yet emphatically disagreed with, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Deliberately and consciously crafted controversial opinions were only going to bring about passionate responses, and if he didn't want that, he wouldn't...
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
You're whining about your right to give an opinion and then citing the "age thing". Sounds like you're playing a victim to me. Also, when your first five posts in a topic are "Sorry to sound harsh but", I'm pretty sure you're leading with some disparaging.
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
Honestly, if this is how easily you feel victimised, I can see why you think (thought) you could equate to her situation.
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
So now that you finally concede you know nothing about this, tell me again why you're seeking to disparage this dead woman, of whose situation you admittedly know nothing?
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
Seems like you want it to be an "age thing".
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Apparently we were on BBC1 for about 4 seconds today.
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:15 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
Sure you are, but that doesn't mean they always need expressing. If folk didn't express opinions, these type of forums/sub-forums and general conversation would be incredibly boring, wouldn't it? When that opinion is essentially "hey guys, I am WAY better than this dead chick!", it's a va...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
Sure you are, but that doesn't mean they always need expressing.
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
I kind of want to try and explain the difference in enormity between your situation and Saldanha's, but I sense I won't be able to do so in a way that you will truly acknowledge, so I don't think I'll bother. What I am interested is why you saw fit to mention that you would never have done such a th...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
Like I said, I strongly doubt you have been in a comparable situation to this.
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
I strongly doubt you have been in a comparable situation to this.
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9907
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
Because she felt she needed to. And that's a feeling we mustn't wish on, or exacerbate in, anyone.
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:39 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 758
- Views: 400185
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Dinos Sfyris wrote:Last night I dreamt I was playing Apterous and Charlie had introduced a new bot called Apterous Racist. It declared NIGGER for every round even when it wasn't the max and even when the letters for NIGGER weren't even there. It even declared it on the numbers rounds. Bizarre.
Heheheh
- Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:38 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: aptoSOS.03
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5997
Re: aptoSOS.03
Sorry to be that guy, but one week's a bit too tight maybe. Two weeks? I shouldn't think it'd be a deadline threatened too often.
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 683897
Re: Ask Graeme?
And who was the most arrogant? Because anyone to drink water on Countdown can only be arrogant.
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who are the best players not to appear...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3670
Re: Who are the best contestants not to appear...
Rob said to me at Lincoln that he didn't want to. Shame, he'd kill it.
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who are the best players not to appear...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3670
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
She does now. Sorry Rachel.
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Although I think the idea of a stupid number of points for the conundrum would have rendered the competition part of it meaningless. Why bother? Why not allow the player with the most points to just win? We had an obligation to make the show better, and that was the best way to do that. It is true ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12802
Re: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013
Hi Tony. Put me down as an "almost definite." Thanks!
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
....and if I lose, BEST OF FIVE.
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Oh and yes, the score was completely genuine. It turns out that when you take away conundrums, me and Innis are quite level. We're currently having a rematch on Apterous and there's only 4 points in it after 100 rounds. If I win, BEST OF THREE.
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
There was one part that was fixed - the fact that a nine came out on radio. We talked it over and decided the best way to showcase the marathon and the show in general was to deliberately put out a nine, a tough nine to spot but was a word that people had heard of, one which also had some spottable ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Good point. Edited.
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
And here's a timelapse video of the entire 25 hour show in only 3 minutes and 25 seconds. It's kinda fun to see how messy the stage and theatre ended up getting, and how. Things of note: 1) The song played over the top was recorded in the room above us about halfway through, and took several takes. ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
A few pictures from the event for those who didn't see anything: Leaning in for a pre-game picture completely unnecessarily. Same sort of idea, but with a comparatively fresh and chipper Mark Watson also in shot. Blatantly posing with a big number 25 that in the end got taken out and moved on stage,...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 509
- Views: 351957
Re: Best ever contestants
Matt Morrison wrote:If you're going by what they were like when they were on the show I fail to see on what basis you could place Conor as high as 2nd. I don't think you could point to a patch of games and say he was particularly exceptional there.
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 509
- Views: 351957
Re: Best ever contestants
Conor is not only the best player there has ever been, but he's the best player there can ever be. You can't be better than that. fin.
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
I got home at about 2.30 and was telling stories until about 4. I then only slept until 1 before waking up bolt upright. There was still adrenalin going on, and I haven't been tired all day. That was a freaking deep nine hours, though. I have a feeling tonight might be a mammoth sleep.
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: A massive thanks !
- Replies: 44
- Views: 14423
Re: A massive thanks !
The whole point of practicing is to see scrambles and words before. If you want to be Penelope and conclude that braintraining is wrong, go ahead I guess, but this whole tournament was about braintraining and look how freaking good it made it
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Conor Travers winning Series 54 in 2006
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1928
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Aside from one round, Innis led for the whole of the final 22 hours. It was closer than that stat makes it sound, but it's still a sweet stat.
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Thanks muchly to the 130 people who donated, most of whom are on here! We raised £2,530, which was £1,530 greater than our initial target, and even that was one we thought was ambitious. If anyone out there wanted to donate, but didn't/couldn't do it in time, you can still do it now. Or ever, in fac...
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
- Replies: 132
- Views: 36835
Re: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
Ben Wilson, take a bow!and was beaten on only one round in 90
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown mentions on other shows
- Replies: 315
- Views: 137056
Re: Countdown mentions on other shows
Mentioned/played on Radio 4 yesterday, the 5pm show with Eddie Mair. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qskw
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Couldn't care less about losing. Perfect day. Perfect. Just spesh.
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Fucking amazing.
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Now streaming live at http://www.justin.tv/countdownmarathon, and will be for the next day and abit. Come say hi! And remember - WE CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. Cos we're busy.
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Graeme Cole wrote:Nearly.Mark Deeks wrote:The live recap will be available at http://green.co.uk/countdownmarathon for those who wish to spec.
http://greem.co.uk/countdownmarathon
Bloody autocorrect. Fixed.
So we're all off to London to do this now. Starts at 11. Watch, spectate, sponsor, MOCK MERCILESSLY!
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
The live recap will be available at http://greem.co.uk/countdownmarathon for those who wish to spec.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
It starts at 11pm tomorrow night. 24 hours and 10 minutes from now.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
I'll get in to the city about 8 and will prolly head straight to the venue. I wasn't going to, but the BBC have asked us to so they can interview us . We famous now.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
The Justin. tv window we'll use to stream has chat, I think. And we might have aptochat open.
Damian set a special conundrum.
Damian set a special conundrum.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
TOMORROW!!!!
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10659
Re: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
Nick knows much more about the words used than Richard ever did.
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10659
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Cash Games?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2200
Re: Cash Games?
They had a lucky run one night, only because the dream team that won 9 undefeated the night before gracefully retired.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Cash Games?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2200
Re: Cash Games?
Team Greeks will take that freaking bet. It's on.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Cash Games?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2200
Re: Cash Games?
Isn't there more pride in a grudge match?Dave Preece wrote:But surely there have been grudge-matches where pride wasn't quite enough?Mark Deeks wrote:Pride is enough of a prize in itself.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Cash Games?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2200
Re: Cash Games?
Pride is enough of a prize in itself.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
You have my word. And since my word isn't worth much, you have Innis's word too.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1961
- Views: 1026409
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
You probably won't find her here. It's mostly a sausage fest. But hello anyway!
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Oh and it'll be LLLLN, so that numbers picks will alternate. When I typed LLLN earlier, that was a typo.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
That's the plan, although Damian never actually said he'd do that. Then again, he never said he wouldn't. I'll ask again.
THREE DAYS LEFT!!!!
THREE DAYS LEFT!!!!
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
We're reliably assured we'll have wiffy.
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Graeme has rigged up a scoring system that will function essentially the same as Aptospeccing. Bloody love Graeme.
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46106
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
This time next week, we'll be part way through hour 21 and probably ready to kill each other, so annoyed with each other will we be. Please support us in this exercise into mutual hatred!
https://www.justgiving.com/CountdownMarathon
https://www.justgiving.com/CountdownMarathon
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 22nd 2013
- Replies: 81
- Views: 18025
Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 22nd 201
Well done Jono. Claire texted me with a love heart that was intended for you, so I guess she extends similar congratulations.