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Callum Todd

Countdown: Jen Steadman, number 2 seed in series 69 with arguably the best octorun in the show's history.
Apterous: Marcus Hares, for his ATP tournaments.
C4C: James Robinson

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Matt Morrison wrote:
Callum Todd wrote:Ah, this was the episode where Nick and Richard attempted to destroy everything Zarte stands for.
I fast-forwarded through most of it. Anti-disabled or anti-gay?

Neither. Although at the rate they were going I wouldn't have been surprised to see some of that towards the end.

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Philip Wilson wrote:Not sure about this, but I think I may actually have a word round beater - in the badges round. Starts with bags---

-ied? Yeah, it's valid. Nice spot.

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Ah, this was the episode where Nick and Richard attempted to destroy everything Zarte stands for. Good game though. Impressive stuff from Bradley especially, he looks capable of challenging Dylan tomorrow.

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Dave Preece wrote:Statistically speaking, what letters selection is more likelier to get the more points?

Callum Todd wrote:I think it says somewhere in the Countdown contestant guidelines that 5C,4V is statistically the most bountiful selection.

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I would like to officially announce my resignation from this thread.

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We could even have a female version of the prize too? Why? Why not??? Why is it necessary? You mentioned the Oscars earlier, but that's different. Actresses play significantly different roles in films than actors do. Gender has no effect whatsoever on countdown, apterous, or c4c. Splitting an award...

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Tuesdays are fine by me

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Dave Preece wrote:We could even have a female version of the prize too?

Why?

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I think it says somewhere in the Countdown contestant guidelines that 5C,4V is statistically the most bountiful selection. Not sure which is generally better between 3V and 5V though. I guess players will pick for whatever they feel most comfortable with. Before I joined apterous, I would normally p...

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Heather Styles wrote:Also, http://www.gizoogle.net/xfer.php?link=h ... zdseJgRkAw

I don't know what this is or how it was made, but it is beautiful.

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I'll put my name forward in advance to take up a recapping role from the start of series 70 onwards. I'd rather not do Fridays, but any other day should be fine.

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Anthony Endsor wrote: if Callum was to re-record his QF now, he would get a max, thus catapulting him to the Countdown stratosphere

You're right; I would. Mainly because I know all the selections now.

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Thank you to everyone for your kind words. I hope you all enjoyed watching the game. I really enjoyed playing it, but took no joy in winning as I felt Jen deserved it more as she has been superb on Countdown, in my eyes the most spectacular contestant since Conor Travers. It was an honour to get to ...

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Unless I'm very much mistaken, GOITERED from DC in Round One surely wouldn't have been allowed, as there was only one E in the selection. I had GOITERS for seven, so I spotted this straightway - unless I was an idiot and missed the second E! :oops: 1st nums alt: (9 + 1) x (75 + 5 + 3) - 1 GOITRES a...

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MATE, that was too soon. LOTS too soon. Is this a spoiler? Well played Dylan and unlucky on the max. Commiserations to Gemma as well! No spoiler. Just a shit joke. And you're right; let's not drag too much attention away from Gemma. She did brilliantly, and I hope Nick's wish to see her again will ...

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i was so excited when i thought i got nine on first round but realise STAGEDOOR is two word :( The finalists were watching this game being filmed from the green room and a few of us thought about STAGEDOOR. Unfortunately it is two words, but it shows you've got some skill at spotting words if you s...

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Jennifer Steadman wrote:
Callum Todd wrote:James-inspired reply.
Well, Dylan did get a MAX GA- oh wait

MATE, that was too soon. LOTS too soon.

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Jennifer Steadman wrote:
Callum Todd wrote:Jen-inspired conundrum

James-inspired reply.

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Gemma worked hard on her 4L before the finals, so for Dylan to request for 4L in the first numbers round and then beat her at it with a fantastic solve must have been a real psychological blow to her. A good performance nonetheless, and very impressive stuff from Dylan. A shame about missing that Je...

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Was that fudging on the final numbers game by the challenger?

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Martin Thompson wrote:
James Robinson wrote:EVASION in round 1 and SATPHONE in round 5 as equallers.
Is PHONATES valid?

yes.

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Jordan F wrote:I could be totally in the wrong, but I thought I had heard that Mark Murray is recording in series 70. I also thought Zubair Patel's name came up, but I can't clarify either 100%.

Mark will be in Series 70, yes. Zubair passed his audition but I believe he won't be on until Series 71 or later.

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Good luck Sam!

So are there any more familiar faces from c4countdown and/or apterous that we can expect to see in Series 70? Personally I'm looking forward to seeing Ciaran on screen, I'm sure he's capable of doing well.

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I love that the challenger arrived at the studio in November with a spiffing MOVEMBER tash, probably unaware that his episode wouldn't be broadcast until December.

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I'm on the last show on the 15th. Apparently if I win I won't return for another match until the 27th, which seems a little strange. They normally film for Monday-Wednesday, every other week. You have the same schedule as I did, your first day is on a Wednesday so if you have a second (which hopefu...

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I've voted for who I thought would win before the finals were filmed. Obviously I can't confirm whether or not I got it right.

Somebody else has voted for me :S I struggle to understand why Glen hasn't had more votes yet, I would have made him a very comfortable 3rd favourite.

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Try writing down the letters as you play on apterous, then playing from your written down letters. That might help, but it would slightly shorten your time as you would have to stop for a few seconds to type out your written down words near the end.

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Someone voted for me but not Glen. What's wrong with you all?

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Really enjoyed the event today. Big thanks to James and Jeff for organizing, see you next year!

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Payment sent, travel and accommodation sorted. See you all in January!

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That post is really helpful Ben, thank you!

I'll get looking at train tickets to Hykeham now

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Thanks! Sorry to be a pain again, but do you have any links to the venues on Google Maps? Because I've tried searching and can't find it. Also, google reckons the venue is 5 hours walk from the train station, which could be problematic

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Sorry to ask a question that has probably already been asked and answered several times, but when does the event start?

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Sarah played brilliantly today! It will be interesting to see if she can go all the way; it would certainly take a strong player to beat her.

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Conor wrote:
Jack Worsley wrote: Round 4: L E N R I F U L D

C1: UNFILLED (8)
C2: DULLER (6)
OT: URNFIELD (8)
Score: 20–15 (max 32)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkjeorS12F0#t=57s

Love it

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Michael Wallace wrote:in a sample of 1,000 numbers you'd 'expect' to see every number from 100-999 exactly once

Would you? The way I understand it, that output of numbers is no more likely than any other list of 1,000 numbers.

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I'm not sure if that's possible to determine. The whole point of random is that each possible outcome is equally likely, and thus a biased number list is just as likely as an evenly spread number list. This means that it is just as likely that if you were to use CECIL a million times, it would produ...

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John Brackstone wrote:biogases for 8?

Not valid unfortunately. Can't remember if it came up on the show but BAGSIES was there for 7.

Really surprised to see Alan beat; I thought he was on track to qualify for the finals. A great contestant though, and a good run to be proud of.

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Sixth Form Student

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(9x6+6)x8+2

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SPOORER for a beater. Not sure if there's anything equal or better.

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I do like the idea of a larger finals, but unless there were more heat games (e.g. 1 series per year rather than 2) then the first round at least would not be competitive enough, as people with 2 or 3 wins would be pitched against the octochamps.

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Great game, looking forward to seeing how well Bradley does.

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Sam Hodkin wrote:Auditioning November 22nd in Manchester, fingers crossed!

good luck Sam!

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Dave Preece wrote:So what the guys rank??? I cant seem to get on apterous ATM???

1187 rating, 127th pro ranks, but 3rd in Most Time Played. The man is an apterous legend. Can't wait to see him on Countdown.

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R5 identical selection to R12 yesterday! (thanks Zubair for pointing that out) HEPARIN again as well as that OUTSIDES / SUBEDITS round. Seems some letters need shuffling! Thought SULFATED might be there for 8 (as an alt to defaults), but apparently not, only SULFATE. I don't think SULFATE can be us...

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R5 identical selection to R12 yesterday! (thanks Zubair for pointing that out)

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PHONIER for an alt. in R2

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Jason Larsen wrote:What is his real last name?

Horlicks, I hope.

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Great game. Congratulations to Mark.

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I'm not convinced it's entirely the same situation as Hansford. With Abdi it comes across like he buzzes believing he has the answer but realises straight away that he's wrong, and then flounders around trying to save face. Jeffrey would buzz in immediately, before he could possibly have even seen ...

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Good performance from the challenger, she was unlucky to fall behind so late on in the game. I was disappointed to see Abdi try cheat on the conundrum again, I'd thought he'd risen above that in the past few games.

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I'd like to do a few recaps from series 70 onwards at some point if there's a vacancy

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Jon Corby wrote:
Graeme Cole wrote:when you read the forum for long enough you learn that the flowchart for deciding "are they being serious?" includes the step "Is it Corby? Then no."
Haha. Although I'm as serious as cancer in the Series 70 thread

Have you said there that rhythm is a dancer?

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Graeme Cole wrote:
Callum Todd wrote:
Jon Corby wrote: Wow, sore loser. Get over it, mate.
... are you being serious there?
Don't worry, when you read the forum for long enough you learn that the flowchart for deciding "are they being serious?" includes the step "Is it Corby? Then no."

Ha, thanks Graeme

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It hasn't yet been ascertained, though, whether Callum solved 'Accepting' between Abdi's buzzing and Abdi's answering. If not, then it wouldn't have made any difference ;) I hadn't. I turned my attention to Abdi when he buzzed because I wanted to see if he was cheating again. I had isolated the -IN...

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It hasn't yet been ascertained, though, whether Callum solved 'Accepting' between Abdi's buzzing and Abdi's answering. If not, then it wouldn't have made any difference ;) I hadn't. I turned my attention to Abdi when he buzzed because I wanted to see if he was cheating again. I had isolated the -IN...

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Zarte Siempre wrote:Also,

Callum Todd wrote:Seems as we're all having a mass debate, I'll join in too.
Giggidy

I was hoping somebody would notice that. And I was expecting it to be you

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You've either got a word, or you haven't. And once you have it, you can write it down. If you've spotted it at the last second, you can write it down, and you're allowed to finish writing it down, but it's pens down at the end of the clock, and if you've seen something after that, tough shit. Why i...

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