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I know I am always in awe watching the better contestants, and a few years ago when I didn't really watch Countdown I still watched Countdown for a few days in one series when I had happened to accidentally tune in when someone amazing was playing and I was in awe at how good they were. I even watch...

What I would give for Rachel to, just once, say something like 'Asia' next time someone says 'Continent' instead of 'Consonant'.

Nice to see APTEROUS make an appearance
Even if there was a 9 there with SPORULATE.

620-itis is probably stemmed from his horrible numbers game miss with a target of 620. I had a weird dream last night...I dreamt that I'd gone to see a Countdown recording with a family friend, which for some reason was in the hall of my college. Just as I sat down, I received a text of Damian Eadie...

I's be happy to do some recaps, though it appears that this subforum has long since ended

A fine accolade in solving all 8 conundrums, with terrific speed too!
Well done Elliott Mack!

Don't say that. Furthermore, what's done on apto stays on apto I think is the general consensus. Don't dwell on it.

I've been infected by the bug it seems... Only a short dream, but a very peculiar one nonetheless. It starts on apterous where I'm chatting away to people on there when out of the blue Giles Hutchings tells me he needs my help on something. It turns out he's got £1000000 to improve University Challe...

Have to say I was a little annoyed that Elliott Mack tried to play a dirty tactic earlier on, I'm pretty sure he didn't have an 8 there. However, his conundrum speed is really something, certainly not someone you'd want to face in crucial!

If I can be bothered either later or tomorrow, I'll do some analysis on average number of darrens, max etc per episode this series vs last and see if there is any noticeable difference. It certainly seems that way, a lot more duplicated letters in rounds for certain. Wonder why this is.

VERY consistent! Wonder if that has happened before?

Is it me, or have the selections been a lot less favourable lately?

BUSTLINE r8
Interesting on the 679 solution it sounded as though 97*7 wasn't the full solution and he just stopped when Rachel said '679'. I think he possibly miscalculated the 97*7 and managed to just play it off when Rachel said 97*7=679.

I got MORULAE too, and managed to slip it in my conversation with Susie at the end (mispronounced it though!)

For the 841 numbers game, I actually solved this in the audience and went to Rachel after they had finished recording with my solution. We went and found the numbers paper used for that round and I was allowed to write up my solution to it on that very paper with that very pen. She even wrote me a ...

It's not too amazing when you look at the method used. I eliminated getting close and adding/subtracting and just tried to get there by going above and dividing down. So I was aiming for 4205 with a 5 left over to divide it by, and spotted that method.

The 841 solution is ((100-10)*(50-3)-25)/5. There's been quite a lot of bad editing in terms of hands appearing lol.

I can also confirm that PORNIER was indeed found by DC, but Gyles got a bit excited over it and that's why it has been edited out.

For the 841 numbers game, I actually solved this in the audience and went to Rachel after they had finished recording with my solution. We went and found the numbers paper used for that round and I was allowed to write up my solution to it on that very paper with that very pen. She even wrote me a m...

PAROLEIN r8 I think

Suzy's a really good spotter of words, certainly one of the most talented non-apterites there has been.

Couple of quotes from a history text I was reading today... 'It was a grandiose old ship' '2 gaolers and a clergyman were accused of his murder' Noone else had ever come across the word gaoler before and I wanted to scream something like "HOW CAN YOU NEVER HAVE HEARD OF THAT WORD!!?? IT'S A REG...

I got all 4 8s in the PTOMAINE round, but I still missed the word I perhaps should have spotted most - APTEROUS:-P Yeah she is undoubtedly a good player, but she missed a few apto-words that might cost her if she comes up against one. However she seems like she could certainly octo and perhaps even ...

Wow, what a performance from Suzy! She seems like strong material, especially considering she isn't an apterite (unless she uses a pseudonym?). I have to confess I missed APTEROUS :oops: Though to be fair it's a tough word to spot. If she keeps the same average every day and octos, she'll post a ver...

It's not beyond the realms of possibility, but there are so many limiting factors that can affect your score. You're more likely to score a higher octototal if you say, film 3 games at the end of a series and then have a month's break before your next recordings than you are if you film 8 across 2 d...

There's a few people who I am fairly certain will die in 2017, but I'm not morbid enough to compete in something that relies on people dying.

Just going to put my point of view across in here. While I don't doubt that 1000 is possible for a player to achieve in an octorun, indeed most octoruns have maxes of 1000+ available due to the new dictionary words, I still can't really envisage it happening on the show. The reasons for this are: 1)...

Just want to add my congratulations to Martin here, a well deserved series champion. You played very well all the way through and held your nerve against a strong opponent. Loved the conundrum, though I have to admit to being a bit disappointed that Martin didn't buzz in with gandiseeg when he didn'...

Ooh...tough one...erm...erm..

Greetings, I'm HC2. Hello. You'll also probably wonder why my pseudonym is HC2 (actually you probably won't lol). HC stands for Human Calculator, which is a nickname I've always had since I seem to have a weird natural ability in that I can give you the answer to any arithmetic equation faster than...

Greetings, I'm HC2. I've known about this site for several months now, and Chris Marshall also mentioned it when I sat next to him at a Countdown recording in October. I have come over due to needing tougher competition and just in general needing something better than what I was using. The exotic v...