Spoilers For Tuesday June 14th 2011
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Spoilers For Tuesday June 14th 2011
If anyone thinks that being a highly skilled Apterite almost guarantees you octochampdom, take a look at yesterday's game. Our Graeme was lucky to pass Graham Moonie-Dalton yesterday, and he will have to up his game today to make sure that that was just a blip and nothing permanent.
Liam will be joining you for the recap later.
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Well done again Graeme, seriously concerned for my record there
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It was higher score v zero, but that's not an official record.Tom Barnes wrote:Well done again Graeme, seriously concerned for my record there
I was quite please to equal Graeme in 12 rounds and nearly risked MATELESS, but didn't. Can anyone explain why TEAMLESS is not in ODE3, but MEATLESS and MATELESS are?
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Who decides what constitutes an official record, out of interest?Tony Atkins wrote:It was higher score v zero, but that's not an official record.
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Me.Jon O'Neill wrote:Who decides what constitutes an official record, out of interest?Tony Atkins wrote:It was higher score v zero, but that's not an official record.
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Good performance, Graeme, you missed very little. I spotted HAVELI in round 8.
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Well done Graeme. Hard to keep concentrating against such poor opposition.
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Good performance from Graeme after yesterday's scorcher, but oh dear, what a car crash for the challenger. I can only assume nerves got to him - lots of silly mistakes, missing obvious words and numbers. Not one of the most comfortable games to watch - even the last numbers I thought "phew", then he screwed it up. Oh dear indeed. Probably enough to make Graeme uncomfortable too.
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Well there was a record (of sorts) set today.Jon O'Neill wrote:Who decides what constitutes an official record, out of interest?Tony Atkins wrote:It was higher score v zero, but that's not an official record.
Since Graeme was 79 points ahead at the end of part 2, it was impossible for Mike to win, even with 3 9's and the numbers and conundrum.
So, that was the earliest a game was actually won in the history of the show.
It was also the 3rd highest winning margin, out of interest.
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Please go on Mastermind and chooe Countdown as your specialist subject.James Robinson wrote:Well there was a record (of sorts) set today.Jon O'Neill wrote:Who decides what constitutes an official record, out of interest?Tony Atkins wrote:It was higher score v zero, but that's not an official record.
Since Graeme was 79 points ahead at the end of part 2, it was impossible for Mike to win, even with 3 9's and the numbers and conundrum.
So, that was the earliest a game was actually won in the history of the show.
It was also the 3rd highest winning margin, out of interest.
FOETID in round 12 and REBASING in round 13.
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This would be Really Kewell (Harry's cousin).Ryan Taylor wrote:Please go on Mastermind and choo[s]e Countdown as your specialist subject.James Robinson wrote:
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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The letters rounds, fine. A lot of contestants faced with a top notch contestant like Graeme lose several rounds by one letter that they wouldn't to most other players; as a result their score on the day doesn't look too clever. But this guy screwed up 30 fairly straightforward points on numbers games. Graeme even abandoned 6 small for the first one which gave him a very fair chance.
The more I see heats like this the more I believe they need a rethink. Most of the people now in their 50s+ who both want to do the show and are genuinely good enough have probably already been on. If C4 insist, as they probably do, that the contestants are drawn from as wide a spectrum as possible in terms of age, gender, location and so on then sooner or later surely the rules have to change to let past contestants re-apply.
The more I see heats like this the more I believe they need a rethink. Most of the people now in their 50s+ who both want to do the show and are genuinely good enough have probably already been on. If C4 insist, as they probably do, that the contestants are drawn from as wide a spectrum as possible in terms of age, gender, location and so on then sooner or later surely the rules have to change to let past contestants re-apply.
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**LIKE **Ryan Taylor wrote:Please go on Mastermind and chooe Countdown as your specialist subject.
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Presumably because it's less commonly used in written English, at least according to the Oxford corpus.Tony Atkins wrote:Can anyone explain why TEAMLESS is not in ODE3, but MEATLESS and MATELESS are?
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Yes - and just think ...... If you happen to lose, their rules allow you to go back on again at a later date. LOLRyan Taylor wrote:Please go on Mastermind and choo[s]e Countdown as your specialist subject.James Robinson wrote:
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I sometimes have my doubts about how the Oxford corpus decides these things. Even if it is all computerised, the weighting given to different sources must be a human decision. Or is it a panel of the great and the good, cigar in one hand, glass of port in the other, taking a break from discussing the finer points of ancient Greece (or whatever Really Clever People do)?Mike Brown wrote:Presumably because it's less commonly used in written English, at least according to the Oxford corpus.Tony Atkins wrote:Can anyone explain why TEAMLESS is not in ODE3, but MEATLESS and MATELESS are?