c4countdown

Well, we're midway through the first Countdown week of 2010.

Jan put up a very commendable effort yesterday, but Aptoforumite Oliver Garner managed to squeeze out a victory thanks to his 0.1s conundrum solve, leaving Jan with a record of 5 wins and 500 points, a nice benchmark for the start of this series, when you consider that Jacqui got to the finals in the last series with just 10 more points.

Can Oliver continue his run today against his opponent?

I'll let you know when the Robinson Recap returns later today.

Cool, new sproilers

Nice opener, James

My balls, your chin.

Dude's called Troy Ramsey-Axelsson and turns up in a peachy pink shiny satin shirt, dude's gotta win, what a stud.

MINGLED also

MINGLED was there too, in FOLDING round. I bet some lovely shirts had a nice trip to the studios. Well, the dressing room of the studios!

(9 + 8) × (10 + 10) + 1

KIAATS.

Freakishly topical conundrum!!

if you come dressed in a shiny pink shirt, you gotta have some skills to back that shit up. brave man

Chris Philpot wrote:Freakishly topical conundrum!!

Lol!

Would have went for windfrost^ or frostwind^ myself but then I am fairly shit at conundrums.

Not a dig, Oliver! Well done again - bit more straightforward this time.

Matt Morrison wrote:if you come dressed in a shiny pink shirt, you gotta have some skills to back that shit up. brave man

I bet he is quite good at backing shit up

RUDDLES as an alternative to DODDLES
Alternative third numbers: 25x75/3-100/50

Nice work, Oliver. You looked much more relaxed and I'm hoping today's trouncing will relax you even further for your next game.

ALternative 3rd numbers, doing the simple 625-2 thing:

100 x 6, +25 = 625
50 x 3 = 150, /75 = 2
625 - 2 = 623

Marc Meakin wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:if you come dressed in a shiny pink shirt, you gotta have some skills to back that shit up. brave man

I bet he is quite good at backing shit up

No way man. Troy's had more girls than me and Kirk put together, serious.

Chris Philpot wrote:Freakishly topical conundrum!!

Thanks to the snowdrifts here, I've had the chance to watch a game go out "live" for the first time in ages. Having lost to Oliver today, though, I might leave it a while before watching live again. Well played.

Matt Morrison wrote:ALternative 3rd numbers, doing the simple 625-2 thing:

100 x 6, +25 = 625
50 x 3 = 150, /75 = 2
625 - 2 = 623

Or even (75-50)x25 then subtracting 6/3.

Sue Sanders wrote:MINGLED was there too, in FOLDING round. I bet some lovely shirts had a nice trip to the studios. Well, the dressing room of the studios!

Nice to see you back, Sue!

Ollie certainly had an easy opponent to ease him into the champion's chair.

Amazingly weird answer to round 5 numbers, but Troy did get the target.
I did 110x7 etc. method (IIRC that was Ollie's way?)
When Troy started 100x8, I thought, ah yes, he'll do 4x7 and subtract, but no.

On to tomorrow's game!

David O'Donnell wrote: Would have went for windfrost^ or frostwind^ myself but then I am fairly shit at conundrums.

And grammar

Marc Meakin wrote:I bet he is quite good at backing shit up

Counter-sunk turds.

Alternative to 2nd Numbers:

10 + 8 = 18, 10 + 9 = 19, 18 x 19 = 342, 342 - 1 = 341

OPANCI in round 6. Only know that after failing with CAPUCCINO on a Goatdown before.

Impressive stuff, I think Oliver will be the first Octochamp of this series (hopefully!)

Marc Meakin wrote:MINGLED also

and MELDING, as in Vulcan minds. My mother fancied James Shatner. That's my excuse.

Brian Moore wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:MINGLED also

and MELDING, as in Vulcan minds. My mother fancied James Shatner. That's my excuse.

My mum fancied William T. Kirk

Marc Meakin wrote: My mum fancied Kirk

I don't blame her.

Marc Meakin wrote:My mum fancied William T. Kirk

Yeah, sorry, I haven't been the same since the Tribbles.

Brian Moore wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:My mum fancied William T. Kirk

Yeah, sorry, I haven't been the same since the Tribbles.

I used to get trouble with the Klingons til I changed my loo paper.
Btw, wouldn't it be cool if James Doohan posts next.

David O'Donnell wrote:

Chris Philpot wrote:Freakishly topical conundrum!!

Lol!

Would have went for windfrost^ or frostwind^ myself but then I am fairly shit at conundrums.

Not a dig, Oliver! Well done again - bit more straightforward this time.

I was surprised no-one in the audience got it at all. I got it, but then I'm sure it's been on before (ages ago maybe) and for some reason it came to me.

Chris Philpot wrote:Freakishly topical conundrum!!

If this is freakishly topical, then what's Keith's guess of EPICENTRE 5 days later?