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Thanks to all those who submitted nominations for GotY 2019 . It has been customary to select a cut-off point such that 7-12 nominees make the final poll, indeed this year I included this clause in the nominations topic. However, this year saw a huge amount of nominators - nearly four times as many ...

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Nominations close tomorrow! Be quick if you still want to nominate!

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You had, Gev - you've only a few more days left to get your nominations in! Thanks to all who have submitted so far.

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Reminder that nominations close in 3 weeks!

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Yes - far from 'having got Brexit done' we are now only at the start of a long series of negotiations which are unlikely to have been completed in my lifetime (I'm 93). Truly the Devil is in the details. :( I'm expecting to see at least 100 from you. Although perhaps that won't be enough time. Ther...

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Evening, all! I'm setting up this thread to open the nominations for GotY 2019, and also for information and discussion about the GotY process. Firstly, I'd like to thank Adam on behalf of everyone for running this so efficiently since it started in 2010. Adam has, in his time, given so much to the ...

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5) Kane Tanaka to reach the 3rd spot on the oldest verified people ever list. To do this she'd need to survive until the 19th September, attaining the age of 117y, 260d to tie for 3rd place. She's fairly robust physically (or as robust as you could realistically expect a 117 year old to be - still ...

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James Robinson wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:53 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:49 pm 9) Leeds to win the Championship. Seems one of the more safe bets of this list.
Leeds United and safe bet, don't be so sure...

Considering they're currently top and most of my others are probably rather unlikely, I'd say the statement is correct

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Interesting idea, I'll have a go, providing a bit of justification if I can. 1) Roger Federer to announce his retirement after the Olympics. Think he's sticking around for one last shot at singles gold before calling it a day. 2) Rafa Nadal to beat Dominic Thiem 3-2 in the French Open final. It's be...

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Haha, promise I wasn't too drunk!

Edited.

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Why people are allowed to do remixes of "Fairytale Of New York". They're never going to match the original and they all sound utterly diabolical.

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I only learnt about a month ago that it was Fred Astaire and not Freddy/Freddie Stair.

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Well...RIP debut record, it was nice knowing you. I'll put flowers on your grave occasionally and weep over the loss of you... Really though, couldn't have gone to a nicer chap - absolutely thrilled to see Luke surpass this, was a pleasure to watch and he totally deserved it - stunning stuff Luke :)...

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A certain familiar face is in the seat of contestant 2 today...

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Last night's dream had me in some sort of Countdown meeting at the top of a very tall building. There was quite a number of people there, but I only really recall Fiona being one. At some point, Damian Eadie announced to me and a few others that he was planning on getting a new bot introduced on apt...

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Tremendously sad news. RIP to a true icon of word games, by all accounts a very talented individual.

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People who set their clocks fast. I've never understood anyone who has done this because they all know that it's 5, 10, or whatever minutes fast, which surely defeats the point... A frequently-quoted and plausible reason why people do this, is that the computation you have to do, e.g. "my cloc...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:20 pm I have a measuring stick that says I am 167 centimetres.
Am I wrong if it also says 5'7

No, the measuring stick is. 167cm is 5'6 (ish)

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It was a discussion I gently had with my mum a few times - If you (Christianity) are "right", how can the believers of Judaism/Muslim etc equally believe they're right too? A massive number of you who think your beliefs are right, must be wrong, This is one of the things that I have alway...

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Dreamt last night that I was with a large group of people tasked with designing some sort of flag. For some reason, this flag needed to have a pair of rabbits on it. Mark Deeks, one of the people there, was very set on having a male and female rabbit together on it. I disagreed strongly, insisting t...

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People who make fake accounts on here.

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Thanks for all the kind messages all. It was never going to be an easy task playing someone with the capability of Dinos, that's one thing. He really brought out his A game and on the day handled the pressure better - deserved winner of that game. I was indeed the favourite for this game, and it was...

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Thanks - have to say though credit to Mark, he put up a brilliant fight there. PROCLAIM was really well spotted - I totally blanked.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:45 pm He seems a little bit rattled actually. 13 up as I type though so not within crucial territory.

To be fair, after Rufus decided to spring something really bizarre on me that I didn't understand, and in truth not expecting a game as close as this, it's quite excusable.

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People who set their clocks fast. I've never understood anyone who has done this because they all know that it's 5, 10, or whatever minutes fast, which surely defeats the point. If I set my clock 20 minutes fast and it said 7:00, I wouldn't be thinking "it's 7 o'clock", I'd be thinking &qu...

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Hi I would like to make a public apologie for my actions. I joined this forum on 11th May and on 13th May I made my 1st post I would publicly like to apologize for my bad actions. Countdown in Brinsworth would have gone ahead if I had entrants but it seems that no one is interested. Can people plea...

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Ashton Until now, I have chosen to ignore your posts but as you have sent me 2 private messages in the space of a few hours marked ‘Important’ I will reply, but in open forum so that other community members can read what I have said to you. Despite you telling me ‘please you need to apply’, I will ...

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Ashton Hancock wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 5:19 pm Elliott What is your favourite numbers selection

Also off topic.

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Had a dream that I was playing against James Robinson in a hotel and Zarte rocks up and asks to join in Wouldn't be the first time Zarte has asked to play with Robbo in a hotel. Why They like to do ho:events, games in hotels. Typically Countdown but they have been known to play bingo and chess.

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Ashton Hancock wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 2:48 pm You will be pleased to know that I have changed my password to stop some arsehole logging into my account

1) That's totally off topic.
2) Repeating this story on loads of topics doesn't make people any more likely to believe you.

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 9:19 pm Anyone who thinks that BoJo is a viable candidate for thw Tory election. Am not a Tory supporter, but I'd root for Rory Stewart to get the job which will not happen.

So much this. He'd be an absolute disaster.

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David Williams wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 11:25 pm Carol?

Less than an epsilon chance of that, I should think...

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My memory is a bit hazy of it, but from what I recall both of our buzzers did something and there was a bit of confusion as to who got there first (though me and the crew seemed to generally agree it was her)...she answered incorrectly and they decided to redo the entire conundrum for some reason t...

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Interesting information, thanks. So the buzzers aren't actually high-tech enough to determine who buzzes first? I'm not sure - I think it was a technical glitch. Something like my buzzer sounded but her's lit up. Might have been the other way around or something different altogether. Yes, that's od...

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Beat Elliott to the conundrum today! But seriously, another great game and another unlucky opponent. Got that all-important last numbers though! The conundrum originally wasn't this and the slowness was in part due to me being a bit flustered by a bit of controversy. It was originally MOUSEFLLY, an...

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Beat Elliott to the conundrum today! But seriously, another great game and another unlucky opponent. Got that all-important last numbers though! The conundrum originally wasn't this and the slowness was in part due to me being a bit flustered by a bit of controversy. It was originally MOUSEFLLY, an...

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Beat Elliott to the conundrum today! But seriously, another great game and another unlucky opponent. Got that all-important last numbers though! The conundrum originally wasn't this and the slowness was in part due to me being a bit flustered by a bit of controversy. It was originally MOUSEFLLY, an...

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I never wanted to hold someone that close to getting 0 and I felt horrible that I almost did. In fact, the vowel pick in the SOLUTION round was for an E in the hope of flattening it out a bit. She took it very well though, and again was lovely both on and off screen.

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Fred W.

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 7:11 pm
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 6:17 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 6:09 pm

Blimey, that's a bad miss!? You guys are critical...
I gotta agree with Elliott here. That's a hard word to get.
I was kidding.

This is why we need a bit of punctuation for sarcasm.

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Irritating? Can be, especially when someone will pick 6 consonants on a selection screaming for another vowel (like with III vowels). Can I blame them? Not at all, the aim of a match is to win, not produce the highest maximum you can. If your speciality is 3 vowels there's no reason why you shouldn'...

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Like to put in a word for Kieran - he took it very well and was very pleasant to talk to in the green room. I didn't enjoy pulling off the largest winning margin, especially as there was a few rounds here he'd have got points against most other people. Also realised the "are you sure?" com...

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 1:31 pm MAULVI, bad miss in R7.

Blimey, that's a bad miss!? You guys are critical...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 8:53 pm
Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 12:54 pm Fiona is genuinely the best thing to happen to this community in the last month or so
Very kind of you to say so, but that particular post isn't one of my prouder moments.

(Especially in light of the revelation that Ashton's account was hacked!)

"Hacked"

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Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 8:59 pm Boaties <3

R14 Alt.: ((100+(10/2))*8)-1-1

Thought you might like that. I actually thought "Toby will love this" when going for it

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 1:33 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 1:26 pm Forget this event, Co:Ell'shouse is clearly going to be way better.
You still wouldn't be able to find it.

So true.

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Forget this event, Co:Ell'shouse is clearly going to be way better.

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This probably should be in a seperate thread but here goes. Most people who criticise the event cite national bias collusion , hatred of the UK etc. What if the same judges that vote on the songs hear them on tape weeks before they are played on radio , social media etc with no prior knowledge as t...

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UK's screwed... If ye participated properly (i.e. went through the semis) it'd already be over. I expect you to place no higher than 17th and no lower than 23rd. The song's not terrible, but John Lundvik definitely kept the best one for himself. Netherlands, Switzerland, Iceland, Australia, Russia ...

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Although our song definitely wasn't winner material, it definitely didn't deserve last. Also, what a surprise to see Greece and Cyprus giving each other 12 points from the jury vote (yawn) - I'm amazed these juries aren't banned yet. Still, the song that won wasn't bad, it wasn't one of my favourite...

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I kind of San Marino to place highly, in spite of the fact the guy singing has a rather terrible voice...

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Fred Mumford wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 6:39 am Isn't 3 large the median selection for difficulty? It's not as if he went for 6 small.

I'd probably have preferred 6 small, in fairness as I'm more likely to solve a 6 small than a 3 large :p

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Well, I guess most people felt sorry for John, as I did - until he picked 3 large in the penultimate round. What was he playing at? OK, I appreciate he almost certainly didn't know the record was in reach, but it must have been obvious that Elliot was on for a fantastic score. Why potentially make ...

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Thanks for all the kind messages guys

Was an honour to get it! John was lovely too - you can see us having a laugh in the credits after, great personality.

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What's this nonsense with the fake going high on the 4-large? If you're doing e.g. 75×50/25, you don't start with 75×50. Poor form. If I've got this right, 75x50=3750 3750/25=150 is poor form, when you could say 75/25=3 3x50=150. But 75/25=3 3x50=150 when you could say 100+50=150 is OK? If you're s...

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Tom S wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 4:39 pm Cracking job Elliott!

Thank you!

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 4:20 pm When you said you'd stick with a 5 Elliott, were you going for outjock as well?

Was toying with outjog.

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It's always good to see a talented young player come along, especially one who's good with numbers, and plays in a friendly, relaxed manner with a smile on his face. Such a shame that he had to play Elliot.... When you think of some of the people who have won half a dozen or more games, even got th...

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Fred W wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 1:08 pm Friend to many of us, and an all round amazing fella about to grace our screens.

Going to be a good'un. Good luck Elliott!

Aha cheers buddy

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