Countdown Hall of Fame?
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Countdown Hall of Fame?
If we had a Countdown Hall of Fame, who would you want in and why? What criteria would you want for a contestant to gain entry into the Hall of Fame?
Would you only want the greatest Champions?
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Only players with a certain percentage wins?
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Only players with the best percentage of max?
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What?
I think it needs to be an EXCLUSIVE club, you wouldn't want any Tom, Dick or Harry nominated, say 10 or 15 max?
What do you guys think?
Before we mention any names (even the obvious ones), can we throw around ideas for a structure?
Would you only want the greatest Champions?
or
Only players with a certain percentage wins?
or
Only players with the best percentage of max?
or
What?
I think it needs to be an EXCLUSIVE club, you wouldn't want any Tom, Dick or Harry nominated, say 10 or 15 max?
What do you guys think?
Before we mention any names (even the obvious ones), can we throw around ideas for a structure?
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
I don't think there should be a Countdown Hall of Fame, for what it's worth. I think if your name is engraved on the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy, then you've achieved Countdown immortality and there doesn't need to be anything besides.
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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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
Freeman and Fell aren't on Sir Richard's Trophy?
A Countdown Hall of Fame would DEFO have been approved by Richard, he loved this sort of stuff!
We could call it the Dame Carol Vorderman Memorial Hall of Fame or something?
(joking)
A Countdown Hall of Fame would DEFO have been approved by Richard, he loved this sort of stuff!
We could call it the Dame Carol Vorderman Memorial Hall of Fame or something?
(joking)
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
Unless they engraved all winners' names on Sir RW's trophy? If so I didn't know that!
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
No, I don't think they did, but I was thinking of series champions in general.Dave Preece wrote:Unless they engraved all winners' names on Sir RW's trophy? If so I didn't know that!
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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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
With 60+ winners, there's hardly going to be room for all them on the trophy: I suppose there could be a plinth bearing tablets with all the names, but I think it might resemble a War Memorial
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
Thousands of contestants
Thousands of champs
Hundreds of octochamps & finalists
Dozens of series champions
Around a dozen champion of champions
Two 30th Birthday/Supreme champions
But who are the BEST/GREATEST 10 or 15 out of all those???
Whoever they are they deserve top be put into the Countdown HALL of FAME!
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Thousands of champs
Hundreds of octochamps & finalists
Dozens of series champions
Around a dozen champion of champions
Two 30th Birthday/Supreme champions
But who are the BEST/GREATEST 10 or 15 out of all those???
Whoever they are they deserve top be put into the Countdown HALL of FAME!
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new.
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
+1Ryan Taylor wrote:We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new.
I don't really see what the obsession is with trying to determine who the 'best ever' players are anyway. It's going to be more or less entirely arbitrary regardless of what ranking system you implement.
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
We'll never get a single hall of fame that we agree on. I think you could quite reasonably ask people to make their own individual lists and post them here. Basically what I said here. ANd then if you want, you could collate them and see which x have the most appearances.
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
But we haven't all been on here from the word go back in 2008???Ryan Taylor wrote:We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new.
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
Other sports and games do it, why not out beloved Countdown???Jennifer Steadman wrote:+1Ryan Taylor wrote:We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new.
I don't really see what the obsession is with trying to determine who the 'best ever' players are anyway. It's going to be more or less entirely arbitrary regardless of what ranking system you implement.
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
Ok, i'll start a new thread later today.Gavin Chipper wrote:We'll never get a single hall of fame that we agree on. I think you could quite reasonably ask people to make their own individual lists and post them here. Basically what I said here. ANd then if you want, you could collate them and see which x have the most appearances.
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Re: Countdown Hall of Fame?
Me neither. But what I meant was that there are already threads that discuss the exact same thing. Maybe find them, read them, and then add to them?Dave Preece wrote:But we haven't all been on here from the word go back in 2008???Ryan Taylor wrote:We'd be just going over old ground. Again. This thread adds nothing new.