who is the 2009 Champion of Countdown
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who is the 2009 Champion of Countdown
After Chris Davies being announced as the 2009 champion on the CBB Countdown task it got me wondering what people think who should be called the 2009 champion
I vote for Chris, purely because the standard was that much higher in series 61.
I vote for Chris, purely because the standard was that much higher in series 61.
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Both Kirk and I are 2009 champions of Countdown. The media only refers to me as THE 2009 champion because they don't know any better.
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Yeah I thought so too.Chris Davies wrote:Both Kirk and I are 2009 champions of Countdown. The media only refers to me as THE 2009 champion because they don't know any better.
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What a bizarre poll...
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Well I couldn't be bothered to start a triangular foods poll.Charlie Reams wrote:What a bizarre poll...
Plus it was a ruse to get Chris to post about his CBB experience and to piss Kirk off
Plus with RB going AWOL someone had to do it.
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As Chris said. Both are 2009 champions.
But it would be good if it were possible to stage a play-off between them. But even if one were to be played, that would not make the loser any less of a 2009 champion.
But it would be good if it were possible to stage a play-off between them. But even if one were to be played, that would not make the loser any less of a 2009 champion.
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Are you implying there's something wrong with a triangular foods poll?Marc Meakin wrote:Well I couldn't be bothered to start a triangular foods poll.Charlie Reams wrote:What a bizarre poll...
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Wait - Steve Briers is CoC king for 2009, surely that trumps both Chris and Kirk's relatively modest "achievements", if you can even call them that.
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Well you could start one to find out.Michael Wallace wrote:Are you implying there's something wrong with a triangular foods poll?Marc Meakin wrote:Well I couldn't be bothered to start a triangular foods poll.Charlie Reams wrote:What a bizarre poll...
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Agreed, which is why I voted for "don't know". You can't have a playoff and declare the winner the 2009 champion because...well, we're both 2009 champions. I agree with Charlie - odd poll.Chris Davies wrote:Both Kirk and I are 2009 champions of Countdown. The media only refers to me as THE 2009 champion because they don't know any better.
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This thing does pose the wider question of "why do we have two series a year?"
The general public expect to have a 2009 champion and it seems a bit odd to end one series in June and start the next the following Monday. Would it not be better to expand a series over a calendar year and have the top 16 seeds battling it out in the finals in December?
The general public expect to have a 2009 champion and it seems a bit odd to end one series in June and start the next the following Monday. Would it not be better to expand a series over a calendar year and have the top 16 seeds battling it out in the finals in December?
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Extending it for a whole year could cause problems. With such a long time scale, people could move on, (literally by moving countries or just forgetting about Countdown altogether and being shit in the finals) and indeed the audience won't remember certain names from 11 months ago as most struggle to remember people at the start of the series. Good thought though but I'm just trying to foresee problems.Martin Bishop wrote:This thing does pose the wider question of "why do we have two series a year?"
The general public expect to have a 2009 champion and it seems a bit odd to end one series in June and start the next the following Monday. Would it not be better to expand a series over a calendar year and have the top 16 seeds battling it out in the finals in December?
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Really?Martin Bishop wrote:The general public expect to have a 2009 champion
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Maybe it could be added to the 2010 calender after the series 63 finals the winner plays the series 62 winner to give us an overall champion.
Why didn't someone think of this sooner
Why didn't someone think of this sooner
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Yeah, I agree with MW this is probably overestimating the importance of Countdown to the general public.Michael Wallace wrote:Really?Martin Bishop wrote:The general public expect to have a 2009 champion
Still, I also agree with Martin that one champion is enough per year, so we should bloody well force one upon them whether they like it or not.
That said, I agree too with Kirk that it could cause issues.
In summary; keep debating. I'm sure it's something Damian has considered before, I reckon he'd have some pretty interesting answers as to why one-a-year isn't possible or ideal or clever at all.
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Ok, the general public who write scripts for Big Brother, expect a 2009 champion. The only comparable shows I can think of, Mastermind, The Krypton Factor and University Challenge, only have one series a year. Also, when I tell people about being on Countdown I say I was a 2008 semi-finalist, because I can't be bothered to say series 59 and then explain that this covers the second half of 2008.Michael Wallace wrote:Really?Martin Bishop wrote:The general public expect to have a 2009 champion
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The series schedule is set for them by Channel 4.Matt Morrison wrote: In summary; keep debating. I'm sure it's something Damian has considered before, I reckon he'd have some pretty interesting answers as to why one-a-year isn't possible or ideal or clever at all.
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Oh oh. This is series-ous business!!!!!
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May be a little contrived, but you could have a series every three months, with the top four each series in a knock-out to determine the series champion. The four series champions would then meet to decide the champion for the year. And while a knock-out for four people is three matches, a mini-league would only be six.
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Why not call them Summer '09 champ and Winter '09 champ, or something. Not all competitions are annual: I used to play in an indoor 6-a-side league that had four seasons per calendar year – we were champs one year, but so were three other teams.
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Why not have a series every week, then have the two highest scoring contestants from that week play on the Friday to see who goes through to the end of the month finals, which would have the best four contestants from that month fighting it out to see who gets to play in the end of the quarter-year finals, then the best four players from the end of quarter-year finals could return at Christmas to play each other simultaneously or something to see who is really the champion of that particular year?
Or maybe leave things as they are.
Or maybe leave things as they are.
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Haha. This is such a Damian-esque reply. Love it.JimBentley wrote:Why not have a series every week, then have the two highest scoring contestants from that week play on the Friday to see who goes through to the end of the month finals, which would have the best four contestants from that month fighting it out to see who gets to play in the end of the quarter-year finals, then the best four players from the end of quarter-year finals could return at Christmas to play each other simultaneously or something to see who is really the champion of that particular year?
Or maybe leave things as they are.
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Who is the 2009 Champion?
There's only one way to find out... FIGHT!
Wouldn't it be great to see Kirk and Chris do a Harry Hill comedy sketch like this and put it up on youtube. Chris would be throwing Rubik's cubes at Kirk, who in turn would be throwing Maths equipment etc back at him. Ahem! Sorry got carried away there.
There's only one way to find out... FIGHT!
Wouldn't it be great to see Kirk and Chris do a Harry Hill comedy sketch like this and put it up on youtube. Chris would be throwing Rubik's cubes at Kirk, who in turn would be throwing Maths equipment etc back at him. Ahem! Sorry got carried away there.
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More like darts. Maths equipment is for maths teachers....Jojo Apollo wrote:Who is the 2009 Champion?
There's only one way to find out... FIGHT!
Wouldn't it be great to see Kirk and Chris do a Harry Hill comedy sketch like this and put it up on youtube. Chris would be throwing Rubik's cubes at Kirk, who in turn would be throwing Maths equipment etc back at him. Ahem! Sorry got carried away there.
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I'm getting Going for Gold flashbacks.JimBentley wrote:Why not have a series every week, then have the two highest scoring contestants from that week play on the Friday to see who goes through to the end of the month finals, which would have the best four contestants from that month fighting it out to see who gets to play in the end of the quarter-year finals, then the best four players from the end of quarter-year finals could return at Christmas to play each other simultaneously or something to see who is really the champion of that particular year?
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If you have darts, then Chris should wedge some razor blades in the cubes.Kirk Bevins wrote:More like darts. Maths equipment is for maths teachers....Jojo Apollo wrote:Who is the 2009 Champion?
There's only one way to find out... FIGHT!
Wouldn't it be great to see Kirk and Chris do a Harry Hill comedy sketch like this and put it up on youtube. Chris would be throwing Rubik's cubes at Kirk, who in turn would be throwing Maths equipment etc back at him. Ahem! Sorry got carried away there.
p.s. I think a Benny Hill sketch would be funnier. Harry Hill is a total tit; and about as funny as a paper-cut.
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The Chris v Kirk play-off is a brilliant idea - i think i might ask them.
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Great, I hope it comes to fruition on one of your special shows.D Eadie wrote:The Chris v Kirk play-off is a brilliant idea - i think i might ask them.
If it proves popular, you could shoe horn a 2010 version at the end of the year.
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Maybe, but it sparked some interesting debate IMHO.Charlie Reams wrote:What a bizarre poll...
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This "play-off" between them - there will be another CofC presumably? Who cares if it isn't for champion of 2009? And the CofC might lose some of its edge if the players go in these silly other games.
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Genius.Gavin Chipper wrote:This "play-off" between them - there will be another CofC presumably? Who cares if it isn't for champion of 2009? And the CofC might lose some of its edge if the players go in these silly other games.
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You're right - in the same way that it doesn't really matter who wins the World Snooker Championship, because everyone knows that was really decided in an exhibition match, too.Gavin Chipper wrote:This "play-off" between them - there will be another CofC presumably? Who cares if it isn't for champion of 2009? And the CofC might lose some of its edge if the players go in these silly other games.
Possibly not, then.
Lowering the averages since 2009
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JimBentley wrote:Why not have a series every week, then have the two highest scoring contestants from that week play on the Friday to see who goes through to the end of the month finals, which would have the best four contestants from that month fighting it out to see who gets to play in the end of the quarter-year finals, then the best four players from the end of quarter-year finals could return at Christmas to play each other simultaneously or something to see who is really the champion of that particular year?
Or maybe leave things as they are.
Sounds like Going For Gold! "First round", "first round proper" and all that...!
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