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Gavin, don't talk about him like that!

Jon, I like you so much as a friend.

Jason Larsen wrote:Jon, I like you so much as a friend.

Does that mean the answer's "no"?

I am so sick of that cop-out.

hi folks im a new member with two questions:
1, Is there anyway of appearing as a contestant on the show without having to download the application form.
2, I have watched countdown for close to ten years and i'm still not sure of the maximum number of consonants or vowels that can be selected in one round.

fidelis odukoya wrote:hi folks im a new member with two questions:
1, Is there anyway of appearing as a contestant on the show without having to download the application form.
2, I have watched countdown for close to ten years and i'm still not sure of the maximum number of consonants or vowels that can be selected in one round.

Hi Fidelis and welcome to the forum

In answer to your questions
1) you can email or write to ITV asking them to send you an application form
2) a contestant must pick at least 3 vowels and 4 consonants in each round

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fidelis odukoya wrote:hi folks im a new member with two questions:
2, I have watched countdown for close to ten years and i'm still not sure of the maximum number of consonants or vowels that can be selected in one round.

This isn't a question.

Dinos Sfyris wrote: 2) a contestant must pick at least 3 vowels and 4 consonants in each round

This doesn't answer the question. He asked for the maximums, not the minimums.

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Hi, Fidelis! Welcome!

You'll like it here!

Welcome, Fidelis.

Well, the previous three posts quite accurately represent the range of people and posts you'll get here, from pedantry through helpfulness to blind optimism.

Hi, I'm Craig Chittenden, I'm 21 and have been a fan of Countdown for a very long time. Have just come back from filming and had an amazing time. My game will be on Monday 8th Feb (and then anymore if I win but I'm sure you all worked that out already) but I'm really not looking forward to seeing myself on telly. Thanks for letting me on here without my surname Charlie, I didn't realise you needed your whole name, I thought by real name it just meant no names such as 'godofwar' or whatever

Hi Craig and welcome to the forum
We'll look forward to seeing your game - don't tell us how you got on but I hope you did well! If you like playing you could try Apterous - you can play people live; it's fun.

Hope this is the first of many posts

craig wrote:Hi, I'm Craig Chittenden, I'm 21 and have been a fan of Countdown for a very long time. Have just come back from filming and had an amazing time. My game will be on Monday 8th Feb (and then anymore if I win but I'm sure you all worked that out already) but I'm really not looking forward to seeing myself on telly. Thanks for letting me on here without my surname Charlie, I didn't realise you needed your whole name, I thought by real name it just meant no names such as 'godofwar' or whatever

Welcome, and sorry for the delay in approving your account. We're being absolutely bombarded with spammer accounts lately, two of which have managed to get through (very convincing forename and surname) so we're having to filter people very strictly to stem the tide.

Hi Lesley,

Don't worry, I'll be quiet about my games. I signed up to apterous today as well thanks. I want to play straight away, shame I have to go to college soon. I might just throw away my social life and replace it with this.

Ah Craig - top geezer. Good to meet you the other day. Pyrophobe my arse, its not in

D Eadie wrote:Ah Craig - top geezer. Good to meet you the other day. Pyrophobe my arse, its not in

A-Lol. Well it should be, I was really proud of that conundrum I made up. I've got some more if you want to show off again. Nice to meet you the other day too.

craig wrote:Hi, I'm Craig Chittenden, I'm 21 and have been a fan of Countdown for a very long time. Have just come back from filming and had an amazing time. My game will be on Monday 8th Feb (and then anymore if I win but I'm sure you all worked that out already) but I'm really not looking forward to seeing myself on telly. Thanks for letting me on here without my surname Charlie, I didn't realise you needed your whole name, I thought by real name it just meant no names such as 'godofwar' or whatever

Great to see you here, Craig. Look forward to watching you on TV next month.

craig wrote: I've got some more if you want to show off again.

I think you caught me on a non self-harming day.

craig wrote:A-Lol.

Woah, woah woah! What is this? Is my child spreading?

Matt Morrison wrote:

craig wrote:A-Lol.

Woah, woah woah! What is this? Is my child spreading?

I've still not worked out what the A stands for.

Ian Volante wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:

craig wrote:A-Lol.

Woah, woah woah! What is this? Is my child spreading?

I've still not worked out what the A stands for.

'actually'

Matt Morrison wrote:

craig wrote:A-Lol.

Woah, woah woah! What is this? Is my child spreading?

See here http://www.spodesabode.com/discussion/2 ... e-new-lol/

Marc Meakin wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:

craig wrote:A-Lol.

Woah, woah woah! What is this? Is my child spreading?

See here http://www.spodesabode.com/discussion/2 ... e-new-lol/

Wow, if you follow the trail in the comments it's actually recorded as early back as 2004, so it's possible that it was in usage even earlier than that. It hasn't caught on that well whereas 'lol' is still in widespread usage.

Now, back to the game, and it's the challenger's first pick of the numbers...

Welcome, Craig!

I suppose I'd better post seeing as i've now played about 70 games

Hello, I'm Joe, really enjoying the site, as is my missus Lisa who's probably better than me but not quite as polite.

having been on a couple of weeks, i'm now VERY tempted to throw a bit of money Charlies way

Hi, Joe!

Welcome to the forum!

I should ask you, how long have you been interested in Countdown?

Jason Larsen wrote:Hi, Joe!

Welcome to the forum!

I should ask you, how long have you been interested in Countdown?

Since the very first show in 1982

I play against the TV every day on skyplus, first thing i do after work

I'd say I win 75% in a year, never beat Mr Bevins or Mr Carson, but I did beat Mr Davies 1 time out of 11

I've just made Apterous sound like Reservoir Dogs, how apt!!

You're a good man, Joe!

I've still enjoyed Countdown even though it's hit puberty, by all means.

But is Countdown a 21st century television show? No. That's what will keep us watching!

Percy Round wrote:Yes, Sally, a welcome from me too, but please don't say, "James was sat in front of me" - an all too common grammatical error these days. You should say, "James was sitting in front of me". Sorry to be pedantic, but someone has to be!

I'll try to remember your advice in future.

Pretty soon after my first post my computer was damaged beyond repair. It has only been now after 6 or so months of saving that I have managed to buy a new one.

I returned to the Countdown studios for a second time in September with a couple of friends. I saw three of Jeffery Burgins games when Colin Murray was the guest. My friend took quite a shine to you, Jeffery. The best part for me was when Jeff couldn't say a particular tea time teaser as it implied something much ruder than it actually was. The outtake was included on the best bits compilation at the end of series 61. He's a legend.

I am a quarter of the way through my degree now and since I posted that grammatical error, I have got distinctions on both assignments I have handed in towards my degree. My grammar can't be that bad?

Basically the point of this post is to say hello again and hopefully my computer won't die this time around.

Welcome back Sally, I was sat here waiting for your return.

I hope my return was worth the wait.

Just thought I'd be friendly and introduce myself again as I haven't visited the forum for a while.

Hi. Sally!

When were you here?

Welcome back!

Hello! You might recognise my name as someone you've clobbered on apterous at some point within the last month or so…I'm an American college student (although, when left to my own devices, I basically spell like a Canadian…^_^), and I watch Countdown on Youtube. (Although there's not much there. What I have seen, though, I like quite a lot. )

Percy Round wrote:Yes, Sally, a welcome from me too, but please don't say, "James was sat in front of me" - an all too common grammatical error these days. You should say, "James was sitting in front of me". Sorry to be pedantic, but someone has to be!

Wait, then what's the passive of "The powers that be sat James in front of me"?

Hi everyone, I'm Eddie. Some of you may have already played me on Apterous (I love that website!) I'm 21, from a little city called Newry in Northern Ireland, but I'm studying French and Spanish in Stirling. I'm a big fan of Liverpool FC (please don't laugh! ) and other things I like include Boards of Canada, poker, pool, most sports, quizzes and going to the pub.

Countdown-wise, I haven't been on the show before but I'd like to go on sometime in the next few series, though I'd get so bloody nervous that I would probably embarrass myself pretty badly! Im sure I'll do that anyway with my silly accent and antisocial demeanour!

It's only fair to say...

Welcome, Edward!

Hello my name is Tracey Mills I am a former countdown contestant on series 47, I do post on here from time to time.

Hi everyone!

It said post here first, so here I am!

I'm Helen and I'm from London, and I think Countdown is great. I've only been watching a few years, so I missed the days of Richard Whitely, but from what I've seen on youtube I can see why people loved him so much.

Not really sure what else to say, so hi!

Helen

Welcome Helen. Hope you like it here.
Would you like to be a contestant one day?

Hi Ralph, thanks for the welcome

I'd love to be a contestant, but I think I'd want to get a bit better first - from nosing around this place I've seen it's inhabited by quite a lot of names I recognise from the show, maybe they'll rub off on me!

Helen Andrews wrote:
- from nosing around this place I've seen it's inhabited by quite a lot of names I recognise from the show, maybe they'll rub off on me!

Volunteers!

David O'Donnell wrote:

Helen Andrews wrote:
- from nosing around this place I've seen it's inhabited by quite a lot of names I recognise from the show, maybe they'll rub off on me!

Volunteers!

I'm very good at rubbing I'm told.

Oh dear

That's not what I meant!

This hasn't been the best start, has it?

Helen Andrews wrote:Oh dear

That's not what I meant!

This hasn't been the best start, has it?

Sorry Helen, hardly your fault that you have encountered a rather puerile sense of humour!

Edit: if you are looking to improve your game rapidly, and haven't already done so, then I'd suggest you visit Charlie Reams's excellent online Countdown interface at apterous.org

David O'Donnell wrote:

Helen Andrews wrote:Oh dear

That's not what I meant!

This hasn't been the best start, has it?

Sorry Helen, hardly your fault that you have encountered a rather puerile sense of humour!

Edit: if you are looking to improve your game rapidly, and haven't already done so, then I'd suggest you visit Charlie Reams's excellent online Countdown interface at apterous.org

Let's see if I can make this quote thing work...

Don't worry David, I don't think I would have got very far in the world if I couldn't handle a bit of 'lads banter'. This apterous.org thing looks quite good, although it seems a bit slow at the moment, but it says something about that on the website so i guess I'll have another try later.

Welcome aboard Helen

Rich Priest wrote:Welcome aboard Helen

Are you talking to Doddy?

this is getting worse

Helen Andrews wrote:it says something about that on the website so i guess I'll have another try later.

Experienced users take note!

Edit: Also, welcome Helen.

I think it's time I stopped posting in this thread, the way it's gone

Thanks (I think!) for the welcome, guys.

Hi all

First post on the forum here....look forward to contributing from time to time



Regards


Phill

You are welcome Phill

I don't think there is a standard method of announcing one's retirement from this forum - I assume that here is as good a place as any. If this is a matter of supreme indifference to most members, so be it.

I won't be reading Jon Corby's thread of yesterday because I know it will be too painful. Undoubtedly the presence of the OffTopic forum tempted me into saying things which should always have remained unsaid. Part of the problem was having hung around too long, something which I can put right now.

I am proud of the contribution I have made from time to time in offering statistical insights, particularly the "Rachel vs Carol" thread which seemed to hit exactly the right note at the right time. There was more I wanted to do, which probably explains why I did not disappear some time ago, but yesterday's events have certainly helped me to recognise that there are many more important things.

To help keep a proper perspective, I will always be grateful to this forum for the "How autistic are you?" thread, which helped to make sense of many issues and which encouraged me to seek help which I would have benefitted from many years ago. Seven months on progress has been slow, with many promises not being kept by organisations which appear overwhelmed by the demand for their services from people like me, but I believe I'm on the right track.

So - farewell. Be nice to each other.

Clive Brooker wrote:I don't think there is a standard method of announcing one's retirement from this forum - I assume that here is as good a place as any. If this is a matter of supreme indifference to most members, so be it.

I won't be reading Jon Corby's thread of yesterday because I know it will be too painful. Undoubtedly the presence of the OffTopic forum tempted me into saying things which should always have remained unsaid. Part of the problem was having hung around too long, something which I can put right now.

I am proud of the contribution I have made from time to time in offering statistical insights, particularly the "Rachel vs Carol" thread which seemed to hit exactly the right note at the right time. There was more I wanted to do, which probably explains why I did not disappear some time ago, but yesterday's events have certainly helped me to recognise that there are many more important things.

To help keep a proper perspective, I will always be grateful to this forum for the "How autistic are you?" thread, which helped to make sense of many issues and which encouraged me to seek help which I would have benefitted from many years ago. Seven months on progress has been slow, with many promises not being kept by organisations which appear overwhelmed by the demand for their services from people like me, but I believe I'm on the right track.

So - farewell. Be nice to each other.

You seem genuinely upset, if a hug isn't sufficient then I am more than willing to spoon. PM me baby and we'll hook up xxx.

David O'Donnell wrote:You seem genuinely upset, if a hug isn't sufficient then I am more than willing to spoon. PM me baby and we'll hook up xxx.

Yeah, like you're gonna keep that promise. I'm still waiting for that fork

Lesley Hines wrote:

David O'Donnell wrote:You seem genuinely upset, if a hug isn't sufficient then I am more than willing to spoon. PM me baby and we'll hook up xxx.

Yeah, like you're gonna keep that promise. I'm still waiting for that fork

LOL! Lesley = legend!

Sorry to see you go Clive.

Sorry you are leaving Clive. Good wishes.

Clive Brooker wrote:I won't be reading Jon Corby's thread of yesterday because I know it will be too painful. Undoubtedly the presence of the OffTopic forum tempted me into saying things which should always have remained unsaid. Part of the problem was having hung around too long, something which I can put right now.

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LOL - so Jon's thread was too painful. For who? The bloke who prides himself on giving 110% to the show that gave him his career, and with that his wife (who i met at YTV) and soon-to-be fifth child, or for the bloke who, along with others, became embroiled in a vortex of bitterness and hate towards people they know nothing about?

You've only fucked off because can't handle your own guilt complex after having been sussed out spreading non-truths about yours truly. You're nothing more than a spineless coward who's legged it when the going got tough.

Take your pathetic 'bowing out' speech and stick it.

Hello My name is Tracey Mills and I appeared as a contestant on series 47, my opponent was Jeremy Slaney that day I lost by 4 points after a 25 point deficit from the first half, I enjoyed time on the show and I would do it again if I was allowed, my interests are surfing the net scrabble music and keep fit.

Hello Tracey. Welcome.

Another member has bullied me into joining the forum. I don't name drop as much as him.

Hello, I'm Badcock

Heather Badcock wrote:Another member has bullied me into joining the forum. I don't name drop as much as him.

Hello, I'm Badcock

Oh hai

Woohoo! Top job Hello and welcome