Spoilers For Tuesday 28th May 2019 (Series 80 Prelim 90)

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Spoilers For Tuesday 28th May 2019 (Series 80 Prelim 90)

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Hey, I can do this! Sorry if I shouldn't :)
Just wanted to say 'mumbler' in one of the rounds.
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Philip Wilson wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 2:09 pm Just wanted to say 'mumbler' in one of the rounds.
Can't make out what you're saying - can you speak more clearly? ;)
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Ha ha 😂
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ENSILAGES in Round 10.

Countdown has finally gone green by dropping the usage of paper (At long last!) and going with a permanent whiteboard!
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A question which may be more suitable in the "Ask Graeme" section- but what is the longest run of prelim games in which the champ has scored over 100- I would have thought that these last 9 games are in with a shout. Good score by Chris today, seems a solid player after a slightly wobbly start....
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Possibly my first time beating dictionary corner with MORULAE in round 7!
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Fiona T wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 2:28 pm
Philip Wilson wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 2:09 pm Just wanted to say 'mumbler' in one of the rounds.
Can't make out what you're saying - can you speak more clearly? ;)
:lol:
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Ryan Lam wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 3:02 pm ENSILAGES in Round 10.

Countdown has finally gone green by dropping the usage of paper (At long last!) and going with a permanent whiteboard!
The writing is harder to see on the new permanent whiteboard. :( Couldn't they use the magnetic numbers with the blue background and symbols instead?
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Jojo Apollo wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 3:54 pm
Ryan Lam wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 3:02 pm ENSILAGES in Round 10.

Countdown has finally gone green by dropping the usage of paper (At long last!) and going with a permanent whiteboard!
The writing is harder to see on the new permanent whiteboard. :( Couldn't they use the magnetic numbers with the blue background and symbols instead?
It looks all right to me. One of the reasons they used to give for not using a whiteboard before was because it would reflect the studio lights too much, but somehow they've solved that.

The only difference I can see is that the pen makes slightly thinner strokes. To be fair, this is still a big change in Countdown terms. Haven't seen upheaval like this since they painted the conundrum flippythings a darker shade of blue. Maybe even since that time they got a clock with a slightly differently-shaped hand.
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Graeme Cole wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 8:30 pm
Jojo Apollo wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 3:54 pm
Ryan Lam wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 3:02 pm ENSILAGES in Round 10.

Countdown has finally gone green by dropping the usage of paper (At long last!) and going with a permanent whiteboard!
The writing is harder to see on the new permanent whiteboard. :( Couldn't they use the magnetic numbers with the blue background and symbols instead?
It looks all right to me. One of the reasons they used to give for not using a whiteboard before was because it would reflect the studio lights too much, but somehow they've solved that.

The only difference I can see is that the pen makes slightly thinner strokes. To be fair, this is still a big change in Countdown terms. Haven't seen upheaval like this since they painted the conundrum flippythings a darker shade of blue. Maybe even since that time they got a clock with a slightly differently-shaped hand.
Yeah that's it, the thinner strokes make it harder to see, for me at least. I suppose a thicker marker pen would help, ideally I'd like to see them use a good old fashioned chalkboard and chalk.
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Ryan Lam wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 3:02 pm Countdown has finally gone green by dropping the usage of paper (At long last!) and going with a permanent whiteboard!
I trust they also have a single refillable marker pen.
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There certainly seems to be an increased recycling of DC guests.
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