0.75 years isn't it?JackHurst wrote:*The third highest scoring octochamp in a format which has only been going for 1.5 series.Jennifer Steadman wrote:
If being the third-highest scoring contestant ever...
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- Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
- Replies: 84
- Views: 20421
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
- Replies: 84
- Views: 20421
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
I think another CoC event would be pretty cool, not just for selfish reasons. There's a lot of good candidates from this year alone that I think both fans on here and typical armchair viewers would be happy to see again. My understanding is that Damian or perhaps officials at Channel 4, or whatever...
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
- Replies: 84
- Views: 20421
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
It would be great to see a rematch, but would you qualify for entry to a CoC tournament? No offence meant, as obviously if it was based on ability alone then you would not only deserve a place, but would be one of the favourites. But if such a competition was opened up to one losing quarter finalis...
- Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
Was this fight going to be about something or was it more like a friendly eating competition?Matt Morrison wrote:Are you going to Colin Dylan? And will you be fighting Ryan this time? (I think it was Ryan you were going to fight before but correct me if I'm wrong.)Martin Sinclair wrote:EGOMANIAC
(I'm specifically asking Graeme.)
- Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The road to championship
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6260
Re: The road to championship
Series 46 (Ben's series) was the first with 15-round games rather than 9 rounds, so they probably thought that 6 games was enough for someone. 6 games with 15 rounds each is 90 rounds in total, whereas 8 games with 9 rounds each is 72, so even with just 6 games, viscounts were playing more rounds th...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
I've been having a think about the high scores 'record' thing, as it's a moderately interesting problem. Obviously the basic conclusion is "Jack has the old-15 record, Dylan has the new-15 one", because a straight comparison is always going to involve some subjectivity. However, I thought...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 509
- Views: 389577
Re: Best ever contestants
1) Conor Travers 2) Dylan Taylor 3) Jack Hurst 4) Edward McCullagh 5) Giles Hutchings Having seen the discussion in the other thread, I'm going to wade in, but in this thread. There's no way I'd put Dylan second. I know he has great stats, and I'm a fan of looking at stats, but they are just one th...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
I think Graeme does it that way because it's easier for him to calculate.Martin Sinclair wrote:I feel the numbers where you got 2 away but you could have got away as a max is up to opinion, as I know a few people don't think it should be classed as a max (I'm one of them).
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The road to championship
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6260
Re: The road to championship
Why did you pick those two?Jason Larsen wrote:I see two votes for Callum so far!
Was that an unintelligent question?
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
I'm waiting. I'm going to check Saturday again some time in January.Matt Morrison wrote:You're waiting too right Gev? Just the two of you?
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Well you could have nailed that deal ages ago. Saturday was the only one that was really a problem. You've only got yourself to blame over Friday. (And stop checking.)Jon Corby wrote:Fri £50 now ffs
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
- Replies: 84
- Views: 20421
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday December 20th 2013
Brilliant final, and brilliant series overall. I'd definitely say this was the best series in terms of good players that we've had. To have three 945+ octochamps and one player beating all three of them to win the series is pretty good.
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Friday 30th August 2002 (Series 48, Prelim 33)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9579
Re: Friday 30th August 2002 (Series 48, Prelim 33)
Try drinking one.Mark Deeks wrote:What's wrong with lagers?
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Could a CO:NY happen?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2351
Re: Could a CO:NY happen?
Have it in Vermont. It's a compromise between America and Canada and I have a friend who lives there so I can stay. Or you could hold it in May 2013 in New York as I was there then. You would need a time machine though.
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday December 17th 2013 (S69 QF4)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3355
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday December 17th 2013 (S69 QF4)
Not on Lexplorer.Andy McGurn wrote:I spotted MONOPEDS in round 13. Is it valid?
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday December 17th 2013 (S69 QF4)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3355
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday December 17th 2013 (S69 QF4)
POSTBAG as a beater in round 1 I think.
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday December 17th 2013 (S69 QF4)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3355
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday December 17th 2013 (S69 QF4)
Nick talks such shit.
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday December 16th 2013
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3276
Re: Spoilers For Monday December 16th 2013
HELIOSTAT? In the time as well!
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
Had one of the top 8 been unable to play in the Series 65 finals, that would've happened (Phyl Styles would've played instead of Matt Croy, having lost to some no-hoper called Jack Worsley who we never heard of again in the final prelim of the series). Dunno if it's happened properly but it wouldn'...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
Has a player ever missed out on a finals place as a result of winning the final preliminary game of a series? (eg. player finishes series x with several wins, but loses the first game of series y and misses the series y finals, when losing the last game in series x would have got them into the seri...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday December 13th 2013
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10202
Re: Spoilers For Friday December 13th 2013
Of course though "30 year history" is slightly bullshit (goes for Dylan too) because it would be impossible to have a higher score from the 9-round era, and even a lot harder before the change to 4 numberses. Although clearly there is no female contestant who would have beaten her with the...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
- Replies: 584
- Views: 71516
Re: Derren Brown - The Events
You watching, Corby?
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday December 13th 2013
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10202
Re: Spoilers For Friday December 13th 2013
SPOILERS!James Robinson wrote:You wait til the final between X and X this time next week............Peter Fenton wrote:Well done to both players - a fantastic game and one that would have been well worthy of the final.
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5313
Re: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
To be honest Callum, I think you came one series too early. If you were filming now I think you'd have a good chance of winning any series. I think because of the gap between his heats and the quarter finals and the Apterous practice, that has been shown not to be the case. Callum has improved to t...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
The thing is - I see myself as OK at eating food. If I go to a Pizza Hut buffet or go our for a curry where they have some offer meaning that you effectively have to order more than most people would eat, I do a better job than most of my friends. But I don't eat industrial amounts of food. I've nev...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Yeah. Carrots and pineapple are pretty disgusting. We could do that.Matt Morrison wrote:If you don't want to do quantity Gev you either have to do "spicy" or "disgusting", do either of those appeal more?
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Can a decision be made nearer the time?
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
It was probably the feeling uncomfortable for ages afterwards that I was against.Mark Deeks wrote:I dunno, I forgot. But you were up for it at one point and then backed down because you weren't feeling the competitive element.
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
How did this come up in the first place? Did I say I was really good at eating or did someone else put me forward on the basis of having two puddings in the pub or having more than one thing in Little Chef?Mark Deeks wrote:Fine by me. I bet Gevin won't play though. Pre-emptive booing. Booooooooo!
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:56 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
that adds up to £100!! Back to £28.99 and £64.20 today. Do you suppose that they monitor the number of people searching for specific locations/dates, and adjust the prices accordingly? If I stop showing interest for a week, will the price fall? This is getting very quantum mechanical. Is there a wa...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 486
- Views: 228211
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
I've enjoyed doing the Monday recap over the last two years, but I've decided to stop doing regular recaps at the end of this series. Time for someone else to have a go. So if anyone wants to take on the Monday recap slot, it's available from the start of 2014. As long as you don't think you can ev...
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 62532
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Good call.
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 69? (ZOMGSPOILERZ)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2522
Re: Who Will Win Series 69? (ZOMGSPOILERZ)
What does the pancreas say?
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5313
Re: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
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. I think someone said something similar about a player in another series when we had this thread. He has hardly any votes because everyone sees him a...
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:44 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: World's hardest Sudoku
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4061
Re: World's hardest Sudoku
Turns out that Sudokus are the biggest waste of human life ever invented. Don't waste your time.
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday December 10th 2013 (S69 P110)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1414
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday December 10th 2013 (S69 P110)
(4×6-5)×25-3 for the straightforward method.Tony Atkins wrote:Alt 3rd numbers ((3x6)+5-4)x25-3
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
Conundrums don't make a difference. But yeah, more likely to be people who are shit at numbers.Dave Preece wrote:I'm assuming the bottom few are very good conundrum/average numbers round contestants???
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Defo taking a risk by actually not booking anything yet................... That's the risk you take when a CO-event is on FA Cup 4th round weekend............... :roll: :roll: :roll: What's that got to do with the price of ... Travelodge? Easy, by the time, the 3rd round is done 3 weeks before COLI...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
What's that got to do with the price of ... Travelodge?James Robinson wrote:Defo taking a risk by actually not booking anything yet...................
That's the risk you take when a CO-event is on FA Cup 4th round weekend...............
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Corby's going nowhere near.
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:10 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7741
Re: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
And there's a theory that selections on the show are set a bit nicer and less randomly than online. I'd be interested to investigate that. I would be reasonably surprised if they were different enough that it's perceptible. Isn't that what got investigated and turned out to be just 3 points a game,...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday December 9th 2013
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3189
Re: Spoilers For Monday December 9th 2013
I'm ecstatic.Andy Platt wrote:METATES in round 5 or whenever it was. Gevin will be happy to know this is a beater.
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:23 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7741
Re: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
I always write the letters down and because there's more time pressure on Apterous, the letters don't always come out as well. That and I try to fit more rounds per page. I think that makes a difference for me.
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:52 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6524
Re: Mastermind
Unlucky there, James. On a related note, with the pretentiously long questions that they have on Mastermind (often with single-word answers), does John Humphrys ever fuck up a question and waste loads of a contestant's time? It must also be quite easy to accidentally blurt out the answer when someon...
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:19 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7741
Re: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
Read down from here. sean d reckoned playing against the TV is worth about 3 points a game over Apterous, based on the stats compiled there.
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
Graeme, could you please post a table off all old 15 octochamps' estimated totals in the new 15 using the following formula: (average points scored per numbers round - average points scored per letters round) x 8, + original total, then rounded to the nearest whole number? How much the new format c...
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday December 6th 2013 (S69 P108)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1828
Re: Spoilers for Friday December 6th 2013 (S69 P108)
Interestingly, ODO likes both PONGEES and NAIVEST.
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday December 6th 2013 (S69 P108)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1828
Re: Spoilers for Friday December 6th 2013 (S69 P108)
I suppose you can always go for VAINEST instead.
- Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:32 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7741
Re: The Apterous handicap. Is it just me?
I think its easier watching on television. You have longer to find the words as the letters go up really slowly and then Nick has to decide to start the time. I think I do better watching on television as well and that's probably partly it.
- Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5313
Re: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
Also the last day of the heats or the first day of the quarter finals (at the start).
- Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Never!Zarte Siempre wrote:Still feeling glad that I went early. How long til people end up in the Best Western?
- Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
Which contestant who played all of their games in the old format would have the biggest difference between their total score then, and their total score converted into new money (ie their numbers score multiplied by 4/3 and their letters score multiplied by 10/11)? What's your score in new money? (...
- Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5313
Re: Who Will Win Series 69? (Spoilers Included)
Who will take it? I think my answer to this question depends on if Jen can defeat Callum (for those who don't know, Callum has improved his game leaps and bounds since taping, and he was already pretty good before). If she can, I think it'll be her's for the taking, otherwise I think it'll be Dylan...
- Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th-26th January 2014
- Replies: 216
- Views: 47048
Re: COLIN X- Countdown in Lincoln, 25th January 2014
Sit tight.Jon Corby wrote:The Saturday is now at £64.20
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday December 4th 2013 (S69 P106)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3276
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday December 3rd 2013 (S69 P106)
(75×50+2)/(7-3)=938 for the 3rd numbers.
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Defining whether numbers solutions are identical
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5213
Re: Defining whether numbers solutions are identical
Stop teasing us!
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Playing words you don't know
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6950
Re: Playing words you don't know
To continue from my other post, I can quite imagine that some people might find the idea of playing a game for hours at a time that is just a case of finding certain arbitrary combinations of letters out of random scrambles (the fact that they can also be used as words being irrelevant) to be somewh...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Definitions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1835
Re: Definitions
It depends on how the game works, but if it's done on a computer, it could come up with a list of possible definitions (four or something) and you have to select the right one. Also, it could be that you lose all your points for the whole game if you get one wrong (or at least enough to make it a de...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 731063
Re: Ask Graeme?
This game , recently made famous, illustrates one of the problems with counting the number of maxes, at least whilst the data remains less than 100% perfect. The recap denies Tim Morrissey the max on round 5, but I don't believe SPREITEN was valid at the time. A system which awarded Tim 6/7 for tha...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Defining whether numbers solutions are identical
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5213
Re: Defining whether numbers solutions are identical
I would try to answer some of these, but I've run out of day and this post is too long as it is. So, um, yeah. I'll just leave it for Gevin to pick holes in. *wanders off just leaving this post sitting here* You've got me all wrong! It was a very interesting read. Obviously it was from the point of...