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- Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 22nd March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 38)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1629
Re: Tuesday 22nd March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 38)
I'm happy to take it on for a while. To be honest, I don't know how much longer my Countdown obsession will last; now the series finals are recorded and that focus has abruptly been taken away, I'm finding it difficult to let go but at some point I imagine other things will start to become more impo...
- Fri Apr 15, 2016 1:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 22nd March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 38)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1629
Tuesday 22nd March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 38)
It's my recap debut. Please be nice. Countdown recap for Tuesday 22 March 2016. C1: Champion Conrad Teixeira (6 wins, 600 points.) An apterite and pharmaceutical salesman from Manchester. C2: Challenger Paul Bloom, an estate agent from Radlett. Loves football, theatre and talks to Nick about America...
- Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Where have all the recaps gone?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4134
Re: Where have all the recaps gone?
OK. I'll get onto that, probably on Thursday.James Robinson wrote:March 22 would be nice.
One thing that occurs to me is that writing the recap involves duplication of effort: you could generate most of a recap from the game data used by the game page on the Countdown wiki.
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 3:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Where have all the recaps gone?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4134
Re: Where have all the recaps gone?
Great, thanks. Which show would you like me to recap?James Robinson wrote:Go to the main recap page, and hit the "How to do a recap" option, the rest is pretty self-explanatory.
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Where have all the recaps gone?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4134
Re: Where have all the recaps gone?
I could probably do the odd recap although only for shows that are still on 4OD and for today onwards as I've deleted the rest from my Humax. If you could do some of the Tuesday recaps, that would be great, Tim. Are you familiar with how the recap writer works?? No, but I'm sure I can work it out. ...
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 21st December 2015 (series 73, semi-final 1)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1921
Re: Monday 21st December 2015 (series 73, semi-final 1)
Tiny error, ages after the fact: Rachel's solution in round 3 must have been ((6*2)+25)*(9*3)-1 rather than ((6*3)+25)*(9*3)-1.
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Where have all the recaps gone?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4134
Re: Where have all the recaps gone?
I could probably do the odd recap although only for shows that are still on 4OD and for today onwards as I've deleted the rest from my Humax.
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:01 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 361226
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
I'm running London Marathon in two weeks and then will be having a go at improving on 17:45 by the end of summer. I'm not convinced I'll find an extra 17 seconds though.
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4501
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
I don't think so. There have certainly been much smugger people on the show who have also done much less well.JJ Smith wrote:I'm currently polarising opinion among friends over whether or not I was smug. People feel quite strongly either way.
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1096203
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
With common 7s and 8s that you regularly spot (particularly ones that an average player might spot), use the 'Stemmer' tool on Apterous and note down any useful-looking stems. I mean, it's all well and good spotting RATIONS, but if there's a W in the selection then you can have WAITRONS, which woul...
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 8 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 32)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4603
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 8 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 32)
I got AGAINSTER in round 13 as a direct result of learning the stems of ANGRIEST, as recommended to me on here by Jen Steadman. Thanks, Jen.
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 2:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1096203
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
I know, I watched Matthew's preliminaries and the series finals. My numbers skills were below par, and I said ‘probably’, because the finding of a 9 letter word, could completely metamorphosize the outcome of a round. Apologies, if my original post was unintentionally written ambiguously. I don't t...
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday March 3rd 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 29)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2991
Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 3rd 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 29)
Dunno where to mention this. Hopefully someone will correct me.
The game summary on the Apterous wiki has a slight error: in round 4, Paul declared BALDIER rather than BALDIES (which would have been allowed).
The game summary on the Apterous wiki has a slight error: in round 4, Paul declared BALDIER rather than BALDIES (which would have been allowed).
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Electronic music
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7146
Re: Electronic music
One of the things apart from Countdown that I am really into is music. Though I could listen to most types of music (apart from some cheesy mainstream tracks), I particularly love electronic music. I particularly love House, Techno and some DnB. I regularly listen to radio shows and mixtapes with t...
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 22nd 2016
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1978
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 22nd 2016
Fun fact: If Paul completes an octorun here, then, only one month into the series prelims, he is already guaranteed to qualify for the finals. Also, he is currently on track to achieve an octototal over one thousand. Not sure why I didn't put that one first. I think that is only true assuming his o...
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1096203
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
With common 7s and 8s that you regularly spot (particularly ones that an average player might spot), use the 'Stemmer' tool on Apterous and note down any useful-looking stems. I mean, it's all well and good spotting RATIONS, but if there's a W in the selection then you can have WAITRONS, which woul...
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1096203
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
hi Tim If you'r eplaying on Apterous, with 30 second rounds, why not write the latters in your preferred 3x3 grid anyway? You should have 5 or 6 of the letters on paper before the time starts, then you're only investing 5 second maybe in getting the others down, if that's what you're more comfortab...
- Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1096203
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Hi Tim. Great to have you on board and welcome to the forum and apterous. :) In answer to your question about improving, my only suggestion is to keep on practising on apterous as much as possible. It is perfectly possible that with a lot of practise you could make a big impact on the Quarter Final...
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1096203
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Hi. I'm a recent contestant and highly fortunate octochamp on the TV show and occasional apterite. I also do other things but they're less likely to crop up on a Countdown forum. I'm currently trying to improve my game in the most time-efficient way possible in time for the finals of series 74, for ...
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 2)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1883
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 January 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 2)
I realised straight after buzzing that my guess was wrong. I should've kept my mouth shut about what I was going to guess.Jon Corby wrote:Love conundrum guesses that don't contain the right letters, moreso when they actually contain more than nine letters. I was truly spoiled today.
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday January 25th 2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3460
Re: Spoilers For Monday January 25th 2016
I think the second 4-large pick was a mistake as he had a decent lead at the time. It very nearly cost him. I disagree. I was always backing myself on 4-large and adding 10 points to my lead at that stage, which nearly happened, would have made it difficult for Nick to come back from. I was very ne...
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 361226
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
In the last preliminary game of last series, it was mentioned that the challenger Tim Down was a keen runner. He also appears to be on Apterous . And if this is also him then he has a parkrun PB of 17:45! Is this enough evidence to put him on the list? That is indeed me on both counts. Feel free to...