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Thomas Carey

MANAGED in R3. Who says 'only 7s'?

Thomas Carey

So, I'll book the other 26 episodes, which is February 10 - March 17 1989. 8-) Phew, that was fast, wasn't it :?: :lol: Done, but since Thomas hasn't done his part yet, the series is still incomplete. So, next up for me is Championship Of Champions IV, which is just 7 episodes. :D Sorry about my ab...

Thomas Carey

Ryan Taylor wrote:
JimBentley wrote:As it's now 10.00am and nobody's apparently played the Duel yet, I'm guessing it's broken in some way.
Yeah I think I got to round 6 last night and it won't let me continue.

Yup; broken. I can't get past round 5 or 6 either.

Thomas Carey

James, because you're on the QFs for S18 already, i've reserved up to 9-feb-89 on s17. Just a reminder

Thomas Carey

Countdown recap for Thursday 19 January 1989. C1: Champion David Poulter (5 wins, 275 points.) C2: Challenger Alison Baker. DC: Lance Percival and Georgia Hole. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R S O A W J D E S R02: L T S T O E L S A R03: O A G A T B P V I R04: 75, 25, 1, 8, ...

Thomas Carey

I'll do some, don't care when so long as they're not Tuesdays. Because there's Scouts. You can't do Thursdays either though can you? Don't you have Sailing then? Yes, but Sailing's at like half 6. Tuesdays I've got to help my mum out at beavers, have computerprogrammingclub (all one word), and a lo...

Thomas Carey

Soph K wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:1. Yes

Ok. Thought there was.
Thomas Carey wrote:2. No, but would be a bit stupid
Why?

Unless you can speak the language, (suppose I can with German) it would be very difficult (apart from numbers).

Thomas Carey

How about a spoilage star path? And a Lockdown, Nasty and anything else I've missed? Are there already Aegilops and Omelette Star Paths? Don't think there are Language Star Paths...or are there? If there isn't already any, do you think this is a good idea, having maybe separate paths for Italian, F...

Thomas Carey

Matthew Tassier wrote:How about a spoilage star path?

And a Lockdown, Nasty and anything else I've missed?

Thomas Carey

I'll do some, don't care when so long as they're not Tuesdays.

Thomas Carey

In, please.

Thomas Carey

I have a bit of a bizarre idea for a new format. It came to me when I caught one of those "[name] got a 9 from GANDISEEG, can you?" messages in chat and got the answer, but realised that if I didn't know there was a 9 I'd never have declared it from the selection. It works just like a nor...

Thomas Carey

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:When you're selecting a custom game, could English rather than Dutch be the default language?
Ha yes, I've fallen into that trap before!

Same

Thomas Carey

I'll do some Series 17 ones, as soon as I get a countdown wiki account...

Thomas Carey

James Robinson wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:Watching it on +1, and I am surprised at the contestants missing PRINTOUT in R1 and the obvious 8s in R3.
I was more surprised that DC didn't check on UNATONED in round 9, when ATONED was mentioned.

Yeah, thought that too. (I wasn't at R9 when I typed that)

Thomas Carey

Countdown recap for Wednesday 18 January 1989. C1: Champion David Poulter (4 wins, 218 points.) C2: Challenger Steve Bruce. DC: Lance Percival and Georgia Hole. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: D F S I E I T N W R02: G R D L Y O O A E R03: I E I N S Q W C O R04: 75, 4, 5, 10, ...

Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey wrote:Watching it on +1, and I am surprised at the contestants missing PRINTOUT in R1 and the obvious 8s in R3.

By obvious 8s, I mean URINATES, BANISTER and URBANISE.

Thomas Carey

Watching it on +1, and I am surprised at the contestants missing PRINTOUT in R1 and the obvious 8s in R3.

Thomas Carey

Err... blind?

Thomas Carey

I have an idea for a letters (maybe you could join it on to Nasty Letters) where each letter has an equal chance of appearing and there is no limit to how many of each letter come out. (Obviously you can still pick vowels and consonants.) Also: Touchbling? EDIT: Touchblind! Touchbling and touchblin...

Thomas Carey

I have an idea for a letters (maybe you could join it on to Nasty Letters) where each letter has an equal chance of appearing and there is no limit to how many of each letter come out. (Obviously you can still pick vowels and consonants.)

Also: Touchbling?
EDIT: Touchblind!

Thomas Carey

Waldorf cheating on lockdown junior nums:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 0#r6305510

(Don't think this is legal)

Thomas Carey

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:So... today's duel determines Tiny Tots seedings, does it?
It does indeed.

Cool. 97 any good? (Probably not

).

Thomas Carey

So... today's duel determines Tiny Tots seedings, does it?

Thomas Carey

What's the Duel got to do with Tiny Tots?

Thomas Carey

Soph K wrote:James, I know it's a bit of an awkward question, but why do you do so many recaps? I just like to do them when I'm extremely bored - which is very occasionally, only about every 4 months!

Wow, thought my one a week was bad!

Thomas Carey

Welcome! Jason, I was watching a robot thing on TV this morning - not sure what it's called and it's quite boring but I couldn't be bothered to change channel - and there was someone on it called Jason Larsen - but I didn't see them because I was playing on my phone so I don't know if it looked lik...

Thomas Carey

How about a scoring variant where you multiply the number of letters by itself to get the points? (i.e. 1-letter-words score 1 point (cos 1 x 1 = 1), 2-letter words score 4 points (cos 2 x 2 = 4) etc.) This would encourage people to go for longer words to get a greater points differential and this ...

Thomas Carey

Countdown recap for Tuesday 17 January 1989. C1: Champion David Poulter (3 wins, 176 points.) C2: Challenger Jean Bakewell. DC: Clement Freud and Georgia Hole. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: Z D E O H R E S N R02: K X P R A O E S L R03: O A E T S H R T A R04: 25, 7, 5, 1, 1,...

Thomas Carey

Charlie Reams wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:Still, please give us Lockdown Junior.
17th of each month is New Variant Day. Will it be Lockdown Jnr? Tune in to find out!

(Yes.)

So...

Thomas Carey

I always thought in the Amarillo song that it was "Jimmy dreams of Amarillo" and I always got confused about who the hell Jimmy was. When I realisedit was "Dreaming dreams" then it made a lot more sense.

Thomas Carey

Kai Laddiman wrote:10 is a really awkward number of entrants. I'll have to devise something to make a rounder number of contestants. Perhaps the lowest two scorers in the Duel don't progress to the knockout?

Or see if 1 more can join, and join yourself. 12 is much easier to work with.

Thomas Carey

Lee Kelly wrote:Was erasing ok in the round they scored nothing?

Yes.

Thomas Carey

In please, if I'm not too late.

Thomas Carey

Tony Atkins wrote:25 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 8 is the quick way to make 43....

Yeah, that aswell.

Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey wrote:
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:Alt. method 1st Nums:

2*8=16
25+16=43
43*10=430

Only watched up to here so far, might find more.
25 add 16 is 41
Ok, add the other 2 then. Forgot that, thanks.

And also:

2*6=12
12+8=20
20-2=18
18+25=43
43*10=430

Thomas Carey

Eoin Monaghan wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:Alt. method 1st Nums:

2*8=16
25+16=43
43*10=430

Only watched up to here so far, might find more.
25 add 16 is 41

Ok, add the other 2 then. Forgot that, thanks.

Thomas Carey

Alt. method 1st Nums:

2*8=16
25+16=43
43*10=430

Only watched up to here so far, might find more.

Thomas Carey

To answer the question above, I would personally say no, purely for football reasons. :x But this is not for that so-called reason. After discussions with forumites and Apterites, some people have said that some of the locations for Co-events are in the isolated regions of the UK, especially after ...

Thomas Carey

Ian Volante wrote:Well I thought it was an excellent idea.

Seconded. Please can we have it back?

Thomas Carey

Countdown recap for Monday 16 January 1989. C1: Champion David Poulter (2 wins, 112 points.) C2: Challenger Eileen Farbrother. DC: Clement Freud and Georgia Hole. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R R E G D I L U A R02: S M E I E N T U F R03: I O U W L S E D J R04: 25, 8, 1, 1,...

Thomas Carey

Trying to bring back a topic that was forgotten for over 2 months.

Rate mine, please.

Thomas Carey

Charlie Reams wrote:
Soph K wrote:Couldn't you just have joined this on to Jolly Jokes??
This topic is nearly 3 years old.

I was just about to say that.

Thomas Carey

Robert Foster wrote:I'm in please Kai, if I'm not too late

Great place for a first post.

Thomas Carey

Sometimes when you're typing in the answer, the Guardian buzzes while you're typing and gets it.
Gott an image of this but don't knopw how to put it o here.

Thomas Carey

Not in. Tournaments are rubbish only because I will lose all or most of my games and my rating will go down. What about a tournament for people rated under, say, 1100? If you start turning down games to protect your rating, you'll never become good. Seconded. I don't like losing rating points, but ...

Thomas Carey

I didn't get an almanac for this round: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=433397&round=6184710#r6184710. The country in question is Cuba. I've got an almanac! You haven't! :D Almanacs are only given for English variants Rhys. And I've got 18 of them, Thomas. So there! I got a pencilled ...

Thomas Carey

What is the url (is there even one?) for the apterous podcast? When it disappears off the News thing it will be gone forever. Please change.

Thomas Carey

Joseph Krol wrote:I didn't get an almanac for this round: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 0#r6184710. The country in question is Cuba.

I've got an almanac! You haven't!

Thomas Carey

In! Typing this at school

Thomas Carey

Joseph Krol wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:
JackHurst wrote:Caught the last 5 minutes of this episode. Thought MELODRAMA was a very difficult conundrum to be used in heats.
Only a quartz, and I think it's about fluorite-ish as it's easily spotted.
Did you get it?

Yes, after about 16s the first time.

Thomas Carey

Charlie Reams wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:Still, please give us Lockdown Junior.
17th of each month is New Variant Day. Will it be Lockdown Jnr? Tune in to find out!

(Yes.)

Thanks, thought you just rolled new variants out whenever you could be bothered. Good system, that.

Thomas Carey

Charlie Reams wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote: (You may change the names if you wish.)
Thanks so much!

Lol, still not sure if those three are a good idea or not.
Still, please give us Lockdown Junior.

Thomas Carey

JackHurst wrote:Caught the last 5 minutes of this episode. Thought MELODRAMA was a very difficult conundrum to be used in heats.

Only a quartz, and I think it's about fluorite-ish as it's easily spotted.

Thomas Carey

Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote: Were you allowed only 2 vowels back then?
There was no limit, Thomas, until Series 30.

Thanks.

Thomas Carey

Lockdown Junior, please.

Also, not sure if this would be any good, but Goatlette, Goatilops, and Spoilgoat?
(You may change the names if you wish.)

Thomas Carey

James Robinson wrote:
Clive Brooker wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote: Round 7: H D Z R S O I N K

DC: (says it's a 7, looks like DISHOM which is in neither dictionary or selection. Max is a 6 though, strange.)
DISHORN, I'd imagine, which was in the COD7.
Just checked it, it's DISHORN.

Ah, thanks. Were you allowed only 2 vowels back then?

Thomas Carey

Countdown recap for Friday 13 January 1989. C1: Champion David Poulter (1 win, 57 points.) C2: Challenger Kenneth Quarshie. DC: Clement Freud and Georgia Hole. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: N C I E G D C A P R02: E I A O V F R G I R03: T I E B T B E N P R04: 50, 6, 2, 10, 1...

Thomas Carey

Think I can come.

Thomas Carey

There's something weird going on with the emboldening. I'd understood scores were emboldened if they were the correct max, but not if they were an incorrect declaration or below the max. In my Duel game today (it might be Hyper in general, I don't tend to play it very often) several incorrect decla...

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