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(I posted it here bcause it might contain spoilers)

Me: 8 conundrums in 8 heats

Junaid: Only person to have played under 3 different hosts

Charlie: Only Shaggy impersonator to reach 2 finals

Submit your own!
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I'm the first person to lose in two finals since Allan Saldanha.

Junaid and DO'D never gave away a single point on the numbers. I'm sure other people can match this but not many of them played more than 13 games.
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Jon Corby - appeared on Countdown on FIVE consecutive weeks (don't know if this is a record but it would be difficult to beat :P )

Week 1 - Friday: first win
Week 2 - Mon - Fri : all games won
Week 3 - Mon, Tue : 7th & 8th wins
Week 4 - Fri : Series 54 Quarter final - win
Week 5 - Thursday : Series 54 Semi-final
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Charlie Reams wrote:I'm the first person to lose in two finals since Allan Saldanha.
I'm pretty sure you also get the title for worst ever conundrum guess. And first person to make Carol cry because of their numbers selection...
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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Junaid: Only person to have played under 3 different hosts
Alas, not quite. Anita Freeland, too. I was the first though if that counts!

Also, 5 visits to the studio as a contestant in a 6 month period must count for something right? Please?
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Junaid Mubeen wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:
Junaid: Only person to have played under 3 different hosts
Alas, not quite. Anita Freeland, too. I was the first though if that counts!

Also, 5 visits to the studio as a contestant in a 6 month period must count for something right? Please?
How about being dragged along as a parent 4 times in the last 5 months to watch (even when Kai wasn't actually playing on one of the occasions)!
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Charlie - funniest moment on Countdown that DIDN'T involve a swear word
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Hmm...am I I the only one to have juggled? Scraping the barrel I know...Incidentally, has anyone else 'performed' eg. playing guitar/magic trick etc before??
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Me: 12 games warming the champion's chair
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Mrs Kai wrote:
How about being dragged along as a parent 4 times in the last 5 months to watch (even when Kai wasn't actually playing on one of the occasions)!
My mum can beat that as by default she went 5 times in 5 months. Admittedly, it was only to watch me (at least I assume so), although she stayed after my first CoC match just so she could watch that 'adorable young guy'. Shame Kai beat him, really ;)

Also, I was there with Kai at every stage of his run and developed a protective, older brotherly type connection thing so I should win some loyalty points too. Not sure how Kai feels about this.
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Junaid Mubeen wrote:Also, I was there with Kai at every stage of his run and developed a protective, older brotherly type connection thing so I should win some loyalty points too. Not sure how Kai feels about this.
Personally, I hate brothers of all kinds.
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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Junaid Mubeen wrote:Also, I was there with Kai at every stage of his run and developed a protective, older brotherly type connection thing so I should win some loyalty points too. Not sure how Kai feels about this.
Personally, I hate brothers of all kinds.
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David O'Donnell wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:
Junaid Mubeen wrote:Also, I was there with Kai at every stage of his run and developed a protective, older brotherly type connection thing so I should win some loyalty points too. Not sure how Kai feels about this.
Personally, I hate brothers of all kinds.
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:?:
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Kai Laddiman wrote: :?:
See sense 3. Probably not going to be funny now I've explained but oh well.
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Debbi: In the Series 59 finals, she lost to the person who lost to the person who lost in the final. In the CofC, she lost to the person who won the whole tournament. Weird, innit?
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Should be quite a few more now that this topic is "declassified."
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First series champion of the 15-round format. :)
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Kai Laddiman wrote:Debbi: In the Series 59 finals, she lost to the person who lost to the person who lost in the final. In the CofC, she lost to the person who won the whole tournament. Weird, innit?
Well, I guess it's a record of sorts :oops:
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I can claim 'last person to win on a Saturday' - well, to be more accurate, last person to be shown winning a game on a Saturday afternoon on Channel 4 (in case there have been repeats at some odd time on Saturdays since then). And not even my relations watched it ........
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I'm going to try and claim the award for longest wait between passing my audition and getting a recording date (it was approx 1 year) which probably would've been longer if I hadn't phoned up to ask when it was :lol:

Also I am probably one of few people to come up with a 9-letter word that hadn't made it into the ODE :D
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Charlie Reams wrote:Junaid and DO'D never gave away a single point on the numbers. I'm sure other people can match this but not many of them played more than 13 games.
Me too, I believe.
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Joseph Bolas wrote:Also I am probably one of few people to come up with a 9-letter word that hadn't made it into the ODE :D
Still hasn't.. not very unique.
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Joseph Bolas wrote:Also I am probably one of few people to come up with a 9-letter word that hadn't made it into the ODE :D
If it's not GANDISEEG I'm not interested.
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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:Also I am probably one of few people to come up with a 9-letter word that hadn't made it into the ODE :D
Still hasn't.. not very unique.
I meant to say hasn't :oops:
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Well, I was the first ever Octochamp of the 15 round format in 2002, and though I'm not sure about this one, might hold the record for most rounds scored in consecutively (scored in my first 52 rounds)

BTW, I'm going to post up a couple of my heat games when I'm next home in a few weeks to add to the historical recaps section.
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Probably well known for getting complete garbage at the business end of Scrabble tourneys.

And the usual Countdown stuff.
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Somehow I have the longest run of numbers games where I couldn't be beaten, measuring from the first appearance. I'm sure someone else has a longer run from an arbitrary start point.
Joseph Bolas wrote:
Also I am probably one of few people to come up with a 9-letter word that hadn't made it into the ODE :D
3 times for me :?
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I can beat you Joseph.

I passed my audition in November 2002 and didn't appear on the show til May 2004.

I was also the best looking player in living memory (as stated on my wiki page) I'm not certain but of all 3 time winners I probably have the worst pts scored - pts allowed record.

All 3 shows I won were on crucial conundrums.

Had the teatime teaser come up in the round after it

And got a 9 my opponent missed and still managed to lose by 37 points

Oh, and offered Girates and Carots

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Oh, I also have a girlfriend which I believe is quite unique for countdown contestants
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Can I claim the record for the only person to lose on Countdown on successive shows? Lost the final of series 41, and this was immediately followed by losing my first round match in the subsequent CofC.

2 defeats in 2 days?! Shome record shurely? :cry: :cry:
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Joseph Bolas wrote:I'm going to try and claim the award for longest wait between passing my audition and getting a recording date (it was approx 1 year) which probably would've been longer if I hadn't phoned up to ask when it was :lol:

Also I am probably one of few people to come up with a 9-letter word that hadn't made it into the ODE :D
Oh I can think of quite a few, Loz Sands COALMINER effort was pretty brilliant (I bet Ben remember it, it was his Series I mean).

I was gonna say that I'm the first Countdown contestant to appear in the French World Scrabble Championship - but I'm actually the second! Patricia Pay did it in 1999.
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David O'Donnell wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:
Junaid Mubeen wrote:Also, I was there with Kai at every stage of his run and developed a protective, older brotherly type connection thing so I should win some loyalty points too. Not sure how Kai feels about this.
Personally, I hate brothers of all kinds.
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Funniest one-word post EVER lol.
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Jon Stitcher wrote:Oh, I also have a girlfriend which I believe is quite unique for countdown contestants
I don't think Debbi has one.
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I never understood it. :?:
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I wonder if it's more unique to have a boyfriend...

edit: it occurs to me that 'more unique' sounds a bit silly, but I can't be bothered to look it up, so let's assume I've used it correctly, or if I haven't then I know I haven't but am trusting everyone will know what I mean. Sorted.
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Michael Wallace wrote:I wonder if it's more unique to have a boyfriend...
Strange that this comes from Raccoon Boy, who has often referred to his fiance.
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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:I wonder if it's more unique to have a boyfriend...
Strange that this comes from Raccoon Boy, who has often referred to his fiance.
Or perhaps that's why it occurred to me?

I mean, er, raccoon boy?
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Jon Stitcher wrote:I can beat you Joseph.

I passed my audition in November 2002 and didn't appear on the show til May 2004.
Damn it :lol:
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My opponents in my first and last shows were an aggregate of 28 years old. This could be a pretty piss-poor record, but I'm clutching at straws.

Or how about a 28-point turnaround to win my first game? I'm sure there's better than that.
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Gingerest octochamp?
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Jon O'Neill wrote:Gingerest octochamp?
You wish.
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Ben Wilson wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:Gingerest octochamp?
You wish.
ARGH. With the lack of picture that was a painfully pointless link for those of us who don't know Scott by face!
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According to the Octochamps stats page (which I'm yet to be added to by the way) I had the second lowest number of points available from my eight games. Using the arbitrarily chosen marker of anything under 985 points as being a "low-scoring set of games," I get the title of best player with bad selections.
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Martin Bishop wrote:According to the Octochamps stats page (which I'm yet to be added to by the way) I had the second lowest number of points available from my eight games. Using the arbitrarily chosen marker of anything under 985 points as being a "low-scoring set of games," I get the title of best player with bad selections.
What was your %age of the maximum for your ocotchamp run?
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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Martin Bishop wrote:According to the Octochamps stats page (which I'm yet to be added to by the way) I had the second lowest number of points available from my eight games. Using the arbitrarily chosen marker of anything under 985 points as being a "low-scoring set of games," I get the title of best player with bad selections.
What was your %age of the maximum for your ocotchamp run?
83.2%.
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Matt Morrison wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:Gingerest octochamp?
You wish.
ARGH. With the lack of picture that was a painfully pointless link for those of us who don't know Scott by face!
Anyone got a pic? Side by side with Jono to compare hues of orange?
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Jon O'Neill wrote:Yes, Neb.
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Ben Wilson wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:Yes, Neb.
The one in the champion's chair.
Awesome. Thanks Ben (Neb?). Orange indeed.
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Hmm, pretty tenuous but I picked every type of numbers game (including a Carol's choice) and declared 300 away as a genuine attempt at a game.
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Ian Volante wrote:Or how about a 28-point turnaround to win my first game? I'm sure there's better than that.
Charlie turned me around by 43 points :oops: :evil:
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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Or how about a 28-point turnaround to win my first game? I'm sure there's better than that.
Charlie turned me around by 43 points :oops: :evil:
Yep, that would do it!
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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Jon Stitcher wrote:I can beat you Joseph.

I passed my audition in November 2002 and didn't appear on the show til May 2004.
Damn it :lol:
Just to add to this, I was the first person to stop Jack Welsby from scoring a century in his Octochamp run :D.
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In my QF Series 53 with Richard Heald, we "halved" all eleven letters rounds. I'm way too lazy to know if this is unique, but it certainly can't have happened that often.

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Ross Allatt wrote:In my QF Series 53 with Richard Heald, we "halved" all eleven letters rounds. I'm way too lazy to know if this is unique, but it certainly can't have happened that often.

http://www.apterous.org/cdb/game.php?game=499
It happened in my first appearance, against Andy Crompton.

http://www.countdownwiki.com/Episode_4704

Has anyone ever halved every single round up to the conundrum?
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Martin Bishop wrote:
Ross Allatt wrote:In my QF Series 53 with Richard Heald, we "halved" all eleven letters rounds. I'm way too lazy to know if this is unique, but it certainly can't have happened that often.

http://www.apterous.org/cdb/game.php?game=499
It happened in my first appearance, against Andy Crompton.

http://www.countdownwiki.com/Episode_4704

Has anyone ever halved every single round up to the conundrum?
The final of coc 12 was halved up until the final numbers game. Not only that, but maxed as well. :)
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Ben Wilson wrote:
Martin Bishop wrote:
Ross Allatt wrote:In my QF Series 53 with Richard Heald, we "halved" all eleven letters rounds. I'm way too lazy to know if this is unique, but it certainly can't have happened that often.

http://www.apterous.org/cdb/game.php?game=499
It happened in my first appearance, against Andy Crompton.

http://www.countdownwiki.com/Episode_4704

Has anyone ever halved every single round up to the conundrum?
The final of coc 12 was halved up until the final numbers game. Not only that, but maxed as well. :)
Not quite. Mark had cometh disallowed in R12, then Paul won R13 outright with the stunning DYSPNOEA
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Gary Male wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote:
The final of coc 12 was halved up until the final numbers game. Not only that, but maxed as well. :)
Not quite. Mark had cometh disallowed in R12, then Paul won R13 outright with the stunning DYSPNOEA
It's worth noting that Paul won round 12 ouright with the stunning TELECOM, whether COMETH was in or not.
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Martin Bishop wrote:
Ross Allatt wrote:In my QF Series 53 with Richard Heald, we "halved" all eleven letters rounds. I'm way too lazy to know if this is unique, but it certainly can't have happened that often.

http://www.apterous.org/cdb/game.php?game=499
It happened in my first appearance, against Andy Crompton.

http://www.countdownwiki.com/Episode_4704

Has anyone ever halved every single round up to the conundrum?
Maybe not in 15 rounds but I think David Ballheimer v Jason Witcher was drawn every round up to the conundrum in their series 42 game which was won 72-62 by David.
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I'm planning to put this on the wiki at some point, but I think Paul Gallen in that game has the longest run of maximums, at least in only one game. Nobody's ever scored a max game, or had a max game before the conundrum then missed it. Obviously there's quite a few games we don't have recaps for - Julian Fell being the obvious one.

As for Gary, I can come close as I played every type of numbers game - the only one of those I never chose personally was two large, which was chosen by Tracey Murrell in my 8th game. Also in my last game I chose 3 large and 2 small and let Carol choose the last one, as I had always wondered whether Carol would prefer 3 or 4 large, as 3 large is pretty f*cking difficult, if it were me I'd just chose the final large number. Oh she chose 3 large btw.
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Charlie Reams wrote:I'm the first person to lose in two finals since Allan Saldanha.

Junaid and DO'D never gave away a single point on the numbers. I'm sure other people can match this but not many of them played more than 13 games.
Oh yeah, on my 4 large games I won them 71-7, the 7 points against me coming in my first game, an impossible numbers game so it was actually a max for him in that round.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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