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Kirk Bevins

Jack Worsley wrote:Another close and competitive game, played in the right spirit. Great speed on the conundrum by Neil, which I think beat everyone in the green room.

Er, speak for yourself, Worsley!

Tight game, well played gents. Was a pleasure to meet you, Paul.

Kirk Bevins

Jennifer Steadman wrote: - The high-octane snowball fight on Friday night outside the Travelodge. (Even if most of the participants pussied out early - wimps.)
- Ryan trying to pronounce 'neuter' as 'noi-ter'

1) pussied^ isn't in, go for upsides.
2) I thought it *was* pronounced "noi-ter"?

Kirk Bevins

Yeah, great finish - even better as it took her over 20 seconds to solve each one so you hear the clock approaching a climax and you think you've won and then you haven't. Beautiful.

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Countdown Team wrote:We don't use solvers. Never have, never will.

LORAZEPAM isn't the best DC spot ever, think it was CUNJEVOIS about a year ago.

I remember QUODLIBET being a DC word a few years back...that was impressive.

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Adam had been practising 4 large before recording so perfectly sensible decision. Also I had 948 a different way using the 937.5 rule: (75x25+5)x50/100 + 8 = 948 So did Martin Long...about 2 hours before you posted. In that case it makes it even more shocking that someone who had practised 4 large ...

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I think you should state in the title of the thread that it contains spoilers. SPOILER WARNING JUST IN CASE I hope this is a joke. I considered doing this but then realised it's in the spoilers thread so that's a given! I never really browse the forum by the sections on it. I only ever click "...

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MYOPATHIC is the best conundrum spot so far, shortly followed by RADICCHIO

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Ryan Taylor wrote:I think you should state in the title of the thread that it contains spoilers.

SPOILER WARNING JUST IN CASE

I hope this is a joke. I considered doing this but then realised it's in the spoilers thread so that's a given!

Kirk Bevins

Well played Innis - excellent consistency. Just a quick query about tactics...when you're 8 behind, is going 4 large a wise tactic? Ultimately it then meant Adam was 15 behind and was now desperately trying to get within 10...something which is very hard to do against Innis! Also I had 948 a differe...

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SLUGFEST was a good spot by Adam I thought.

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Does anyone want to do this and keep it a rolling thing as episodes air? 1) Word of the tournament. Can be for a word nobody has heard of or just a really good spot from an otherwise rubbish selection (example: VIHUELAS) 2) Spot of the tournament. Can be for an everyday word that is hard to see...ha...

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Hard to put into words how much I enjoyed it. There are moments that'll stay with people who were there forever. I cannot bastarding wait for this all to be on TV. Gonna be gooooood! This. Thanks for having me back - I've loved every second of it and will treasure these memories for some years to c...

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Paul Erdunast wrote:Good game!

I managed to spot CAVENDISH - but are ANURETIC and MORTALIZE allowed in the shorter OED? MORTALIZE is definitely fine in the larger OED, and ANURETIC in CSW.

When you say "shorter OED" do you mean the ODE3 currently used on the show? If so, both are no good.

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James Robinson wrote:Round 9: A M D O E P D M N

C1: POMADED (7)
C2: POMADED (7)
Score: 51–51 (max 64)

Double double darren time now. This inhaler will be going into overdrive soon, I'm sure.

Why is this a double double darren? It's a darren, sure, but it's not a double darren as there are 6s.

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Martin Long wrote:Congratulations Ed and Jonathan. An excellent game and an excellent standard maintained throughout, thoroughly enjoyable.

I got 792 on the first numbers round via. a different method, anyone know if 793 was possible?

792 is the closest you could have got.

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Yeah, great game and a great ending. I also loved the banter between you both and good spirit the game was played. I was particularly pleased that this was mentioned by Martin Lewis at the end there - nice touch.

Ed, super unlucky. You'll be kicking yourself in the ATOMISE round for a while I'm sure!

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Well played, Andrew. I was impressed with DEADBOLT and could tell you had something decent with your relaxed attitude.

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Jackie was also unlucky in R2, she had both words written down but opted to declare the alternative one to add colour and interest to the show. I think it left her slightly off-balance for the rest of the game, but she did some really excellent letters work all the same. Good performance by Barry, ...

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Jack Worsley wrote:POUNCER(S) is invalid on Countdown, I was half expecting Wayne to go for that but it looks like he may have done some revision.
I think Kirk actually meant Scrabble.

Ah yes, I did mean Scrabble. Good spot!

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It's somewhat eerie how similar these two were in their Countdown careers. They faced each other in the series 21 finals, both lost their first game in the Champion of Champions, and both were runners up in their group at the Supreme Championship, I suppose it's just destiny. Well both are not goin...

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Ben Wilson wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:I thought you got really upset when people called it 'Colin' (or Co:lin or CoLin or any such variant) , and that it always had to be COLIN ?
Meh, whatever.

It cost extra for capital letters and he's on a budget.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER. Today's game. http://rhysbenjamin.blogspot.com/2013/0 ... -boom.html?

You've spelt RIGOROUS wrong.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:I am posting from my tablet so cannot check, but SPAGERIC in round nine?

You might be thinking of SPAGYRIC, which is in.

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Maybe...good memory! Haha Jono...I figured if there was a time I was going to use the Countdown calendar for practise it would be before I record so I went through several weeks.

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Strong performance, Wayne, and I was particularly impressed to see you not go for POUNCERS (is it valid in Countdown? If so this is even more impressive).

CORNUSES as a DC beater in round 1.

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Also one of letters games in February (I think) is wrong...there's 6 vowels and one of the vowels should be an S from memory (I'm at work right now so can't check)

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Ohhhh what a game. Sleepsuited and a 2 large to boot in round 14 when everyone was expecting a 1 large game.

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I couldn't fill in the survey because there weren't enough voting options, e.g. "I don't care" or "I don't vote" or "Who is David Cameron?"

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MAENADIC as another beater in round 9. How unlucky was Sohail...that numbers game which he actually had (just subtract the 4) and ADVANCE was said as ADVANCED. Either of those would have took the win. Well played Rachael, I look forward to seeing you on Monday! Edit: Anyone else notice the first fou...

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Round 3: Thought I heard guest John Inverdale give the word BOREDOM when there was only one O in the selection. I may have misheard. Round 6: Both contestants get their words disallowed :-( Both are OK in Scrabble. Round 8: Misheard, did David offer LEPEROUS? Need he risk it when opponent declared ...

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Just a quick question.. I don't know if it's already available but I'd be interested to see if my average maxes in a 15 round game today are better than my average maxes in a 15 round game in 2009 when I went on the show. Yes, I have a graph for superstats (can't access apterous at work though unfor...

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Nice solid start, David. A word of advice (although I know you've already recorded!)....don't say "I'll play it safe...1 large" because if you fail to score points it looks rather silly!

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Not really about Countdown, more about Rachel Riley. But anyway: http://www.praguemindsportsfestival.com/news/ In short she'll be working at the Mind Sports Festival (which includes Scrabble) start of next month in Prague (feel free to enter). I'll ask her if Kirk's head as gotten any bigger but I'...

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Adam is an excellent player and recently my wins against him have almost invariably been on crucial conundrums - to dismiss him like this would be ridiculous. Gutted to see Marcus miss out on the tournament, but I'm really glad that Adam's got a place now, he fully deserved one from the start. I wo...

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Some news which is known to a few people now, and which the powers-that-be have confirmed needn't be kept secret... Marcus Hares has regretfully had to withdraw from the tournament due to work commitments. Adam Gillard will take his place. Innis will be pleased. :shock: Hmmm. Their head to head 15 ...

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Well done Innis. I forgot this was on. What record did you get that will stand a long time? Maxed everything?

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It is with deep regret that I will have to miss my first COLIN ever due to the heavy snow. Actually I've qualified for a darts tournament on the same date with guaranteed prize money so this takes precedence. Good luck all. What's the minimum guaranteed amount? Because Ben will match that and add a...

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It is with deep regret that I will have to miss my first COLIN ever due to the heavy snow.

Actually I've qualified for a darts tournament on the same date with guaranteed prize money so this takes precedence. Good luck all.

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And surely you could do Pointless further in the future...or say you can't make that filming date and ask to rearrange? The Countdown 30th championship won't come up again and it's a chance you have to take...if you really were interested of course.

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I'd say don't change the format overall, but maybe consider making the third pick neutral for the Championship. By neutral, I don't mean Rachel's choice; I mean some sort of computer-generated pick. At the very least, seating position (and therefore number of picks per game) should be decided on th...

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Is COTISED not valid in Round 13? It's specified in the dictionary as COTTISE (also COTISE) with the adjective as COTTISED, so I'd have thought COTISED was OK.

Edit: It *was* in....it's been taken out. Damn me having to relearn everything.

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I think that the majority of viewers (not sure about contestants) prefer the letters games, but I could be wrong. And I was certainly glad the ratio changed when I went on in the relatively early days of the 15-rounder. I was never a fan of the quantity of numbers games in the 14-round finals, alth...

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...and I actually laughed out loud at the NOTATORS pun - brilliant!

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John Brackstone wrote:Catteries for a nine!!!

First game I've watched fully in a long while. I had CERATITES for a sexy 9 in this round. Also had SACREDLY for an equaller in the CURSEDLY round.

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Someone in Aptochat suggested that the person who is behind should get to pick it. I like this suggestion. Hmm. It leads me to wonder whether it's preferable to go into R14 3 points behind and picking, or 3 points ahead and letting the other guy pick - and how that might affect R13 of a tight game....

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Haha....actually made me laugh out loud at work. Nice one, Andy.

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What will be the prize for the winner btw? A limited edition version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar signed by Susie Dent, a one-way plane ticket to Eritrea, and a can of Irn Bru. Nah but presumably just pride & prestige, otherwise I imagine Damian would have mentioned something in greater detai...

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A real pity Apterous is unavailable. For those who would like to try something else, I started to write a book with the help of Charlie's website and practised. found it a great help, it contain pages with the scrambled word and the correct ones on the same page. Great practice to cover up the answ...

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Has the Countdown team contacted people individually (specifically those not part of the C4C/Apterous community) or is this just relying on contestants contacting Countdown? I worry that we won't be getting an answer to this question any time soon because if they're not a part of the c4c community ...

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Mark Deeks wrote:In the Countdown rules:

FLIGHTS ARE ONLY PAID FOR CONTESTANTS TRAVELLING FROM IRELAND.

I'm sure there's no restriction other than that. But you'll have to pay your own way over, which is a few hundred. It depends how much you want it.

No mention of boats though...

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Can you post a link please? http://www.theactuary.com/puzzles-and-games/2012/the-actuary-puzzles-june-2012/ The answers to last month's questions are there, including a detailed answer to the child problem where the answer is indeed 13/27. This month's anagram crossword has some black squares not b...

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Ian Volante wrote:Not been there since the 80s on a school trip, they've made the name much more sensible! The IMAX was excellent.

There is still the IMAX cinema inside this museum.

Kirk Bevins

Well, apparently there was an error in last month's puzzle and was impossible to solve. This month's prize puzzle is therefore doubled to a £100 Amazon voucher and is an anagram crossword! This is much more like it!

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I went to this museum in Bradford at the weekend and one of the sections of the museum is where you can watch old TV programmes. I chose Countdown and they only had one episode...was from 14th November 1996, Series 33 and was David Trace vs Russell Byers in the Supreme Championship. Was good to watc...

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Another really hard one this month for anyone who is bored. I've started to attempt solving it manually by recognising that numbers such as 91 must be made up of 13x7 or 7x13 and 93 being 31x3 or 3x31 but I've not got much further and decided a program would probably solve it. I wish I was good at c...

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Since a few weeks back my touchpad cursor has been giving me grief. Firstly it's hard to move it across the screen - it judders and is really difficult to move. Scrolling slightly up to click something is a nightmare. Next, it clicks randomly so if I'm typing here it'll click randomly and thus eithe...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Will this be another one where Graeme Cole solves it and you get the prize?

I haven't won to date but possibly lol. We're friendly folk here.

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Jason Larsen wrote:I have no idea what that could be about!

If you're good in bed, Jason, it means you are a restful sleeper.

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I'm sure someone could write a program to solve this. The key is to have the sum of each row and column equalling 28 and containing 1-7 only once. There can't be too many permutations of this...then it just needs to be juggled so the right sums are there for the centre squares.

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Hi guys. Please can you help with Puzzle number 500 from the actuary magazine. Puzzle 502 is quite fun - I solved it in about 3 minutes but puzzle 500 is the prize puzzle and is quite tricky I think. http://www.theactuary.com/puzzles-and-games/2012/the-actuary-puzzles-april-2012/ Click download puzz...

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