COC14 Petition

[Robert Baxter]

I did hear, somewhere, that COC 14 could be out at the start of next year . Damian, is this true? BTW, here's a reasonable lineup :

1) Kirk Bevins v Series 63 runner-up
2) Jimmy Gough v Series 63 champ
3) Chris Davies v Nicki Sellars
4) Andrew Hulme v Oliver Garner

SF:

Heat 1 v Heat 4
Heat 2 v Heat 3

GF:
SF1 v SF2

Now, who's with me, and Damian, are the rumours true?

[Eoin Monaghan]

There's usually 16 people.

[Innis Carson]

Not likely I'm afraid.

[Eoin Monaghan]

And Innis isn't in it.

[Robert Baxter]

There's usually 16 people.

Well, COC10 had 6! I might do another with 16. Why IS Damian reluctant to do it?

[Robert Baxter]

Not likely I'm afraid.

There is another dicussion on http://wiki.apterous.org/Championship_of_Champions_XIV

[Robert Baxter]

I did hear, somewhere, that COC 14 could be out at the start of next year . Damian, is this true? BTW, here's a reasonable lineup :

1) Kirk Bevins v Series 63 runner-up
2) Jimmy Gough v Series 63 champ
3) Chris Davies v Nicki Sellars
4) Andrew Hulme v Oliver Garner

SF:

Heat 1 v Heat 4
Heat 2 v Heat 3

GF:
SF1 v SF2

Now, who's with me, and Damian, are the rumours true?

Or.....
1) Kirk Bevins v Series 63 first semi-finalist
2) Jimmy Gough v Series 63 second semi-finalist
3) Neil Zussman v Series 63 runner-up
4) Hamish Williamson v Series 63 winner
5) Chris Davies (Series 61) v Lee Graham
6) Andrew Hulme v Craig Chittenden
7) Innis Carson v Nicki Sellars
8) Ryan Taylor v Oliver Garner

Adequate?

[Marc Meakin]

FTW Damian hasn't posted for several months now and has got on the flouncy castle.
This was IMO due to a combination of misrepresentation, shit stirring and stubbornness.
I do wish he'd come back though, even using a pseudonym.

[JackHurst]

No sure which is more likely to get given the go ahead out of CofC 14, or your weird formula countdown fantasy. I for one would prefer to see the latter.

[Marc Meakin]

Maybe Apterous could set up it's own version.

[Robert Baxter]

No sure which is more likely to get given the go ahead out of CofC 14, or your weird formula countdown fantasy. I for one would prefer to see the latter.

Why

[Robert Baxter]

Maybe Apterous could set up it's own version.

Of COC14? Get onto Charlie for that one!

[JackHurst]

No sure which is more likely to get given the go ahead out of CofC 14, or your weird formula countdown fantasy. I for one would prefer to see the latter.

Why

Because watching formula one racers pit their wits against in each other in a battle of lexicon and arithmetic would be much more entertaining than watching contestants who I had seen on the show before.

[Robert Baxter]

Heard it might double up as a qualy group for SC2, and Damian's not telling anything. (Well, it's a whole year to go to Series 66 )

[JackHurst]

Heard it might double up as a qualy group for SC2

Where did you hear that?

[Michael Wallace]

Heard it might double up as a qualy group for SC2

Where did you hear that?

Voices inside his head, at a guess.

[Robert Baxter]

Heard it might double up as a qualy group for SC2

Where did you hear that?

Voices inside his head, at a guess.

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

Have I repeated myself?

[Charlie Reams]

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

So to recap, where did you hear this rumour?

[Matt Morrison]

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

So to recap, where did you hear this rumour?

Haha. Remember the abuse I got when I started here? I bet you'd rather have ten Original MWMs for every one of these Robert Baxter knobs.
It's totally mental how deluded some people can be, coming to a forum and acting like this and thinking it's ok and will win them respect and friends.
He's not even from Ukrania.

[Gavin Chipper]

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

So to recap, where did you hear this rumour?

Haha. Remember the abuse I got when I started here? I bet you'd rather have ten Original MWMs for every one of these Robert Baxter knobs.
It's totally mental how deluded some people can be, coming to a forum and acting like this and thinking it's ok and will win them respect and friends.
He's not even from Ukrania.

This is the guy that's made up Countdown games with F1 drivers. He's already earnt our respect so now he can do what he wants.

[Jojo Apollo]

Hear, hear, let's get the big showdowns on in C of C 14, we've already had big letdowns in boxing with the big showdowns eg. Mayweather vs Pacquiao, Haye vs the Klitschkos... going up the spout. Don't let Countdown be another casualty. I would make Kirk slight favourite over Chris, with Innis as the dangerman opponent who could topple both of them... It makes for some exciting showdowns and TV viewing.

C'mon Damian, sir, you know it makes sense.

If all else fails, maybe we can bribe him

[Robert Baxter]

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

So to recap, where did you hear this rumour?

Voices inside his head, at a guess.

[Robert Baxter]

I did not. MABYE Damian's not telling us anything (so answer why he's been off the forum recently...)

So to recap, where did you hear this rumour?

Voices inside his head, at a guess.

[Kirk Bevins]

Do you really mean continent in your signature?

[Robert Baxter]

Do you really mean continent in your signature?

Yes, because everyone, (even you) says consonant like con-sin-ent, not con-son-ant.

[Ian Volante]

Do you really mean continent in your signature?

Yes, because everyone, (even you) says consonant like con-sin-ent, not con-son-ant.

Nope. And I pronounce both aitches in "which".

[Eoin Monaghan]

Do you really mean continent in your signature?

Yes, because everyone, (even you) says consonant like con-sin-ent, not con-son-ant.

And con-sin-ent, without the hyphens, magically transforms to continent?

[Lesley Hines]

Do you really mean continent in your signature?

Huh. Incontinent, more like.

[Robert Baxter]

Do you really mean continent in your signature?

Huh. Incontinent, more like.

Richard Stilgoe: "It's [DIARRHOEA] a collection of bowels incontinence basically!"

[Robert Baxter]

So to recap, where did you hear this rumour?

Haha. Remember the abuse I got when I started here? I bet you'd rather have ten Original MWMs for every one of these Robert Baxter knobs.
It's totally mental how deluded some people can be, coming to a forum and acting like this and thinking it's ok and will win them respect and friends.
He's not even from Ukrania.

This is the guy that's made up Countdown games with F1 drivers. He's already earnt our respect so now he can do what he wants.

BTW I used "list of 9 letter words beginning with C."

[Kirk Bevins]

Yes, because everyone, (even you) says consonant like con-sin-ent, not con-son-ant.

wtf? Most people pronounce it (even me) con-sun-unt as that's how it's pronounced....if you pronounce it con-son-ant then you're just a con-sun-unt with some letters missing in the middle.

[Robert Baxter]

Yes, because everyone, (even you) says consonant like con-sin-ent, not con-son-ant.

wtf? Most people pronounce it (even me) con-sun-unt as that's how it's pronounced....if you pronounce it con-son-ant then you're just a con-sun-unt with some letters missing in the middle.

http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet? ... Jc1TkWNTKw

Third comment down

[Miriam Nussbaum]

Apparently the joke is that the epenthetic /t/ between the /n/ and the /s/ can be mistaken for a "real" /t/ with some affrication (I've definitely seen contestants on the show who speak dialects that have this feature), and the reduced vowels /ɨ/ and /ə/ sound pretty similar. Linguistic fieldwork time: do those of you who say con-so-nant say "prince" and "prints" differently? For me, they are homophones.

But what I notice more often is people asking for a "consonance," possibly for the same phonological reason. (And then I imagine a piano appearing where the letters board should be and Rachel saying, "OK, here's a perfect fifth." "And another…and a dissonance…") Maybe those contestants are confused and think they're on a musical show called Counterpointdown?

[Ian Volante]

Linguistic fieldwork time: do those of you who say con-so-nant say "prince" and "prints" differently? For me, they are homophones.

Definitely different, prints I say as I would say "prinz" in German, feels like a glottal stop.

[Robert Baxter]

basically they're all saying consinent

[Kirk Bevins]

basically they're all saying consinent

Which is how it's pronounced.

[Robert Baxter]

basically they're all saying consinent

Which is how it's NOTpronounced.

[Andrew Feist]

Because ə is always an easily distinguished vowel sound, right?

[Charlie Reams]

Because ə is always an easily distinguished vowel sound, right?

Now now, let's not inject any kind of facts into this discussion.

[Robert Baxter]

Because ə is always an easily distinguished vowel sound, right?

Now now, let's not inject any kind of facts into this discussion.

For: 2
Against: Overload

[Robert Baxter]

Back to topic.....

[Matt Morrison]

Back to topic.....

"Back to topic..." then a blank message of nothingness follows. Talk about appropriate.

[Miriam Nussbaum]

Back to topic.....

OK.

[Robert Baxter]

Right. After all the continents, why is there a reluctance over COC14?

[Ian Volante]

Right. After all the continents, why is there a reluctance over COC14?

We've been struck by incontinence?

/meakin

[Rhys Benjamin]

Protest March:

C of C!
C of C!
C of C!
C of C!
C of C!
C of C!

[Gavin Chipper]

Protest March:

C of C!
C of C!
C of C!
C of C!
C of C!
C of C!

I'd prefer it if we went to Damian and shouted:

CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!

[Lesley Hines]

I'd prefer it if we went to Damian and shouted:

CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!

Do you think Damian might get offended if we all went up to him and shouted "Coc! Coc! Coc! Coc! Coc!"?

[Ben Wilson]

I'd prefer it if we went to Damian and shouted:

CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!
CoC!

Do you think Damian might get offended if we all went up to him and shouted "Coc! Coc! Coc! Coc! Coc!"?

Could be worse, he might oblige...

[Rhys Benjamin]

"We are the C of C society!
We are the C of C society!
We need those classics in waiting!
We are the C of C society!
We are the C of C society!"
To be sung to the tune of that really annoying Cuprenol advert. (The one about wood preservation)

[Rhys Benjamin]

BUMP!

[Johnny Canuck]

Wow, it worked!