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), filled with drama, we're back to a full week of shows this week (or a full 3 weeks, if you include the Challenge repeats).
EGOISTIC. 12-maxes if there aren't any dodgy new beaters available, which I think is unlikely based on recent episodes.Tony Atkins wrote:Another 12 max for John there - there's a beater in R13 (from GORIEST+IC).
I thought it looked like that to me, very bizarre....Jon Corby wrote:John also was presumably writing down "EPIMER" as he spelled it out to Susie. Which seemed odd as he surely already had it written down, having not declared "not written down" in his desperation not to lose a round to his opponent. The cheating cunt.
Do you think it was coincidence they chose BLATANTLY as the conundrum?Jon Corby wrote:John also was presumably writing down "EPIMER" as he spelled it out to Susie. Which seemed odd as he surely already had it written down, having not declared "not written down" in his desperation not to lose a round to his opponent. The cheating cunt.
Ha! Maybe. Not tantably sure though. Plumbing wildly into the depths of speculation, EPIMER strikes me as one of those words that you pick up as a curiosity rather than it being useful* - "oh, I never knew EMPIRE had an anagram", so I wonder if John actually had the word in mind when declaring or was tipped onto it by his opponent's word. That's the problem with not-written-down declarations, you just don't know...Keith Bennett wrote:Do you think it was coincidence they chose BLATANTLY as the conundrum?Jon Corby wrote:John also was presumably writing down "EPIMER" as he spelled it out to Susie. Which seemed odd as he surely already had it written down, having not declared "not written down" in his desperation not to lose a round to his opponent. The cheating cunt.
I've enjoyed Judge Jon's summing up over the past couple of daysJon Corby wrote:It's the few utter fucknuts that take advantage of it that are the real problem. Contemptible twats.
John also was presumably writing down "EPIMER" as he spelled it out to Susie. Which seemed odd as he surely already had it written down, having not declared "not written down" in his desperation not to lose a round to his opponent. The cheating cunt.
He might understand 4L methods, but that was the first one out of 6 he got spot on, and he did miss some simple ones. I got 4 of them, and I'm no 4L expertPaul Erdunast wrote:he understands 4l methods.
Although, granted his letters, particularly in this game were quite exceptional. 
Yep, John is an exceptional player, absolutely no doubt about that. If anything though, that just makes it rankle even more if he [cheats/uses gamesmanship/stretches the rules* - delete as to your preference] to deny his opponent a deserved round victory, especially when it's apparent that it's not going to affect the outcome of the game.Paul Erdunast wrote:This was a very impressive performance imo. He clearly has done a lot of work on the Countdown dictionary, and he understands 4l methods. I don't mind him writing down a different word if it's not written down - it's declaring the same word that the not written down rule is aimed at.
