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Dave Preece

Ian Volante wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:One should not wish ill of the dead. Despite your hatred of her, I find the thought of people rejoicing over the death of someone quite repulsive.
Here, here!
Hear, hear?

Sorry, I have cold!

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If I was a serious betting man, I'd plump for 978.

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Andy Platt wrote:He's on 733 after 6.
Numbers x 8 + conundrums x 2 + 9-letter words x 20 = 460 pts.
Anything less and quite frankly I'll be very disappointed.

Possible, yes!

Probable... OK, sod it... I'm with Andy on his one, LOL...

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Would Giles now feature in anyone's lists?

Not mine... (yet)!

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Andy Platt wrote:1193

Not one of your bestest numbers games Andy?

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:One should not wish ill of the dead. Despite your hatred of her, I find the thought of people rejoicing over the death of someone quite repulsive.

Here, here!

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...octochamp total?

I'm pretty certain he will get 107ish in each of his next two games to break Jack Hurst's record, but how any can he end up with?

1,000?

He needs 133 and 134 or similar to get 1,000, it's possible, but is it probable?

Views please?

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I was very impressed with Alan today.

Giles is going to smash Jack Hurst's octochamp record; how close can he get to the holy grail that is 1,000 points?

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Very suprised they didnt get last numbers; 'twas so easy?

Good result Peter, hope you win a few more!

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Very easy conundrum I thought, even I got it, in about 1 sec...

Strange ending RE conundrum too???

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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Andy Platt wrote:Cheers gentlemen for your kind words, nice to see some people still give a shit.
Am I missing something here?

Giving a shit, by the sounds of it?

Well played (again) Andy, I've been giving a shit for nearly two weeks mate!

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Thanks Peter - MAGNETIC was a bit weird because in my head it needed two Ns... only when I wrote it down to check did I realise that it was actually completely fine! ISOBUTANE was just lucky, there was clearly only one word I was ever looking for after going CCCC, but I would have taken plan B/C/D ...

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As Nick would say: "Bravo".

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I was thinking that Countdown must be brilliant advertising for the Oxford dictionaries, so I don't think it's unreasonable to write to them making suggestions for improvements in later editions regarding the relevance of their dictionary to Countdown. I'm not saying they would be compelled to take...

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I can see what point you're getting at here. However, when it comes to events such as the finals, if there's only one or two apterites in the finals, along with all the other finalists, then the majority of the matches become far too predictable. Knowing who's going to make the finals rather than w...

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Over 84% of the Maximum thus far Andy, not bad, not bad at all...

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Beevers
Fell
Hurst

All got 11/11 series centuries and more impressively 42/42 centuries between them in total for their careers!

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Hulme
Hurst
Monaghon
Fell
Beevers
Gillard

Are the only players to have bagged eight centuries out of eight!

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Played Andy, already one of my favourite contestants just recently?

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Was about to ask the same!

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I'm really not sure it'll make much difference, maybe a tad more watchable, for some? Some won't even notice! You'll notice if you ever go to be in the audience. I was there for the first 3 shows, starting with tomorrow's. I never knew sitting doing nothing for 4 hours could be such hard work, alth...

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I'm really not sure it'll make much difference, maybe a tad more watchable, for some? Some won't even notice!

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Does anyone know anyone who is due to appear in the series who might challenge Andy?

Not after spoilers, just more in the hope that contestants get better, as this could be a one horse race?

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A blind man on a galloping horse can see tweaking happens, a lot!

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Thanks Jojo! ;-) No probs, Dave, keep up the good work. :) My list (alphabetical order) was based on a mix of the greats and who I most struggled to compete with during their runs/peaks, whilst playing along at home, no scientific analysis involved, just my inbuilt spidey sense of who are the best ...

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Adam Gillard wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:Come on boys and girls, how come no others have good opinions?
All right, you've twisted my arm. Here are my top 5 (totally subjective):

1) Tanmay Dixit
2) Tanmay Dixit
3) Tanmay Dixit
4) Edward McCullagh
5) Conor Travers

Haha!

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I doubt it Andy, but great question.

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Come on boys and girls, how come no others have good opinions?

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Hey, good work Thomas!

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Thanks Jojo!

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Third win, third century, going by what Mark Deeks said yesterday and todays question from Grant, I don't really think Andy can win (although I realise Grant wasn't being 'funny').

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Are there any stats you can get on Carol v. Rachel on their % performances solving numbers games?

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'Statistical noise' like it!

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Greame...

What percentage of 9 letter words have been found in the first round?

I seem to recall a hell of a lot scored in the first round, how does it compare with all rounds, please?

And what are the stats for possible nines too, please?

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Gavin Chipper wrote:I definitely remember at least once in the past someone hadn't written down a numbers solution or word and then said "You've got to believe me" and he got away with it.

LOL

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Andy Platt wrote:Heh, he gets everywhere that guy. Interesting character. He came across as a bit distant or anti-social for whatever reason in the green room. Oh well

I found nothing interesting about this guy, sorry!

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Mark Ivey wrote:I was quite surprised that, when declared in R1, BASTARD wasn't bleeped out.

'Bastard' has been on Corrie at 7:30pm before now, IE before the 9pm watershed, worse things are suggested at 10am on Jeremy Kyle...

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On the subject of shuffling face-up - What - Statistically are the chances of getting THREE available nine letter max rounds in a row?

How often has this happened and has there ever been more?

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I don't use any other online forums, so they may all be like this or worse, but as far as I'm concerned this is not the way to go about an argument. Most of them are far worse, Adam, both because others are effectively anonymous, and because so often arguments simply fail to be real logical argumen...

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I think it's more important to value the feelings of the innocent kids, before I value the worth of Mrs Saldanha or her actions or mental state. So a mentally ill woman a) is not innocent and b) 's life is not as valuable as those of her children?! Adults' lives are worth something too! Even acute ...

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I'm not whining. I'm not playing a victim. I'm not disparaging anyone. Are you normally this far off the mark, Mark? PS. aren't you being a little obsessive with chasing all I say in this thread, I've made my point, it's my opinion, you have your opinion, thats great... Think you need to leave it no...

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Victimised???

I don't feel victimised at all!

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So now that you finally concede you know nothing about this, tell me again why you're seeking to disparage this dead woman, of whose situation you admittedly know nothing? If you read my second paragraph and understood it, that's why I posted my feelings, I definitely didn't disparaged Mrs Saldanha...

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Mark Deeks wrote:Seems like you want it to be an "age thing".

Whether it seems like an age thing, or I want it to be an age thing, I can't help saying it as I see it, nor can you!

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Fair enough, I'll concede I know nothing about this... Still a real shame for the kids, who have to not only grown up without their Mum (if they think like normal – as ignorant as I may seem – laymen like me), their dead mum has also been very selfish, which is a double blow kids should NEVER have t...

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Is there a link between some of the great players playing in final stages to the distribution of 'nice' letters for the production to ensure big scores for pulicity purposes? The short answer is "no". Here's a table of average max letters scores by episode type, for all 15-rounders. Only ...

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Oh dear...

Listen, the main point I'm making is: mental health problems or not, you should NEVER let your children own, NEVER!

I'm not as ignorant or as thick as you think, honest!

I'm assuming not many of you have kids?

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My 10 nominees for the unofficial Countdown Hall of Fame:

Craig Beevers
Julian Fell
Harvey Freeman
Paul Gallen
Jack Hurst
Edward McCullagh
Graham Nash
Mark Nyman
Allan Saldanha
Conor Travers

(In alphabetical order)

Some greats, some high scorers and some of the best champions!

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Cheers Matt, it's obviously beyond some people to help though?

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I don't think you can possibly do this in two steps, having seen the three step answer.

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...Susie Dent be as a contestant?

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It must be 'an age thing' on this website?

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Cheers Graeme, as ever, very helpful.

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Andy Platt wrote:I think you are too into this, why not just make an unofficial site like Dave's Countdown Hall of Fame or something and leave it at that

Hey you can't knock keenness mate?

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I'm producing a three list-list like Gavin, just finishing mine off, and when we have a few more serious lists, I'll compile a list of potential 'Hall of Fame'-ers to the CountdownTeam and hopefully they can get this up and running???

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That is odd!

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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:Sorry to sound harsh but
It doesn't sound harsh. It just sounds retarded.

Jon, please, explain?

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I was trying to point out that she was very selfish – in my opinion – in taking her own life over such a silly prank (think of her kids FFS). Are you her doctor? Did you know her? How do you know that was the whole reason? How do you know she didn't have an underlying mental illness? The idea that ...

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Mark Deeks wrote:Sure you are, but that doesn't mean they always need expressing.

If folk didn't express opinions, these type of forums/sub-forums and general conversation would be incredibly boring, wouldn't it?

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I was trying to point out that she was very selfish – in my opinion – in taking her own life over such a silly prank (think of her kids FFS). Are you her doctor? Did you know her? How do you know that was the whole reason? How do you know she didn't have an underlying mental illness? The idea that ...

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