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Post by hodders on Apr 14, 2015 13:33:06 GMT -5
Seeing that it's unlikely that Countdown would air on a US network, surely a Canadian network would, and in a pre-news slot á la the Aussie gameshows.
Think the typical format of Countdown in the 9-round era, but with alternating letters and numbers rounds á la Des Chiffres et Des Lettres, and with a duel thrown in:
Letters, Numbers, Letters, Numbers, Duel, Letters, Numbers, Letters, Numbers, Conundrum.
I'm envisaging a returning champions format, with more cash available for each win, albeit in Canadian dollars.
Any takers?
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Post by palmer7 on Apr 14, 2015 13:41:19 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever played this before, so sign me up.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 15:03:58 GMT -5
I'll give it a go.
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Post by palmer7 on Apr 14, 2015 15:18:38 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 1:26:18 GMT -5
I'll take a crack at it!
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Post by hodders on Apr 15, 2015 3:32:18 GMT -5
You'll be the challenger in Episode 2, I assure you that. If I can get some short bios from the other 2 we can somewhat kick off. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 11:54:44 GMT -5
You'll be the challenger in Episode 2, I assure you that. If I can get some short bios from the other 2 we can somewhat kick off. Ty |
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Post by hodders on Apr 16, 2015 8:31:47 GMT -5
Good evening, bonsoir a tous, and welcome to the start of a Canadian series of Countdown. For an age people have been writing in their thousands asking for a Canadian version, and the good folk at CTV have obliged, and here we are in Montreal. For those who aren't familiar with the format, I'll explain as we go along, and if you want to play along, a pen and paper's all you need.
On the word verification front we have Katherine Barber, former editor-in-chief of the Oxford Canadian Dictionary, and the Oxford is our authority on all words declared in Countdown.
Our first contender tonight is Greg Palmer, a college student from North Carolina, South of the Border no less. Now I believe you're quite the fan of the Alan Parsons Project?
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Post by palmer7 on Apr 16, 2015 8:38:10 GMT -5
That's correct, Sam. So far, the only albums I'm missing are Tales of Mystery and Imagination; I, Robot; Freudiana; and The Sicilian Defence. I prefer their post-1980 work to their early stuff. I'd say the last six albums were their best.
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Post by hodders on Apr 16, 2015 9:29:15 GMT -5
We're on the same wavelength there. Taking him on is Ian Laudato, a poker player from Dallas whose interests include board games. So Ian, any in particular you lean towards?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 18:50:56 GMT -5
Maybe some Monopoly, The Game of Life, all that good stuff.
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Post by hodders on Apr 17, 2015 2:37:08 GMT -5
You never know during down time. We'll kick off with a letters round with Greg selecting. Only real rules to begin with are that you select a minimum of 4 consonants and 3 vowels within the 9. Any word declared must be in the Oxford English Dictionary, and American spellings ARE permissible. No proper nouns or capitalised words count, and the longest word scores.
[V for vowel, C for consonant Greg, all at once.]
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Post by palmer7 on Apr 17, 2015 7:13:27 GMT -5
Five consonants and four vowels, please. (CCCCVVVCV)
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Post by hodders on Apr 17, 2015 7:41:04 GMT -5
The computer will sort that out on your screens now:
NTRLEIITA
And your 30 seconds (30 hours in this case) start now (Submissions of words by PM please):
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Post by hodders on Apr 18, 2015 4:38:01 GMT -5
Alright, time's up, and everything's been submitted. Greg, what've you got?
Seven.
And Ian?
Also 7.
Alright, Greg?
ENTRAIL.
And Ian, your seven is?
LITERAL.
We go over to Katherine to verification.
I'm afraid LITERAL has 2 Ls and there's only one on the board, and unfortunately Greg, you can't have ENTRAIL as a singular.
Well gentlemen, it unfortunately means a scoreless round. Could we do better than 7 Katherine?
We certainly can Sam, two eights in the selection there, LITERATI, for those who are into books, and also INERTIAL, essentially anything to do with inertia.
And with that, the score is still 0-0, Ian, it's your numbers selection. The computer will choose 6 numbers at random depending on your selection, the small numbers are 1-10, the large are 25, 50, 75 and 100. The aim is to reach the target number using the basic four mathematical operations. I must caution you though, each number can only be used once, and your running total must always be a whole number, and your running total has no limit if needed. Your options are 6 small, 1 large, 2 large, 3 large, 4 large.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 13:00:39 GMT -5
3 large 3 small please.
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Post by hodders on Apr 19, 2015 8:01:26 GMT -5
Your wish is my command:
50 25 100 2 2 8
And I remind both of you that you can still score points if you come within 10 of the target either way if you don't reach it exactly.
Your target is:
885
And here's the clock:
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Post by hodders on Apr 20, 2015 5:48:23 GMT -5
Alright, time's up, and we'll start with Ian.
879.
6 away, Greg?
875.
Let's see how you reached 879 Ian:
100 X 8 = 800
50 + 25 = 75
800 + 75 = 875
2 X 2 = 4
875 + 4 = 879
And that gets you onto the board. Incidentally 885 was impossible, closest I could reach was 884 like this:
50 + 2 = 52
25 - 8 = 17
52 x 17 = 884
GREG PALMER 0-7 IAN LAUDATO
And we stay with Ian for a letters game. (C and V notation as Greg did please.)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 16:38:17 GMT -5
(CVCVCCVVC)
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Post by hodders on Apr 22, 2015 6:48:04 GMT -5
SEDUDRITG
And here's the clock.
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Post by hodders on Apr 23, 2015 2:42:26 GMT -5
And this time we'll start again with Ian.
Seven letters.
And Greg?
Also seven.
And your seven is Ian?
GUTSIER
And Greg?
GUIDERS.
Both alright Katherine, and anything more?
No contention with those two, and in terms of complexion, could have had RUDDIEST for 8.
GREG PALMER 7-14 IAN LAUDATO
And that's 7 points for both of you, and takes Greg onto the board, as well as to our first break, and we'll leave an anagram for you to solve for a couple of minutes, namely HAMUDDER, and the clue: It'll take the mother of all beatings, but it won't bruise.
HAMUDDER
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Post by hodders on Apr 28, 2015 14:47:51 GMT -5
HAMUDDER
DRUMHEAD
Welcome back, we gave you the clue that you could give it the mother of beatings, but not bruise it, namely a DRUMHEAD. We're going to continue with Round 4, and Greg, it's your numbers.
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Post by palmer7 on Apr 28, 2015 14:56:28 GMT -5
Two from the top row (large) and then four wherever you like (four small).
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Post by hodders on Apr 29, 2015 2:04:12 GMT -5
A man after my mathematical heart Greg, here we go:
25 50 1 7 8 2
and your target:
686
Six hundred and eighty six, and we count down.
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Post by hodders on Apr 30, 2015 7:45:49 GMT -5
Alright Greg, what do you have?
684.
2 away, and Ian?
686.
So we begin with you Ian, take it away.
50 - 1 = 49
49 * 7 = 343
343 * 2 = 686
GREG PALMER 7-24 IAN LAUDATO
And that's the full 10 points to Ian, I didn't get it any simpler.
We now go into Round 5, the Duel round, where it could be any of three types, and it seems quite fitting that the first one is a mental arithmetic Duel. You;ll see on your screen a 5 step sum, all you have to do is provide me with the correct answer. 10 points if you get it, but 5 points to your opponent if you're wrong, and a chance for them to gain another 5 if they're right. Here we go:
((((101*8)/4)*5)-759)+428 = ?
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Post by palmer7 on Apr 30, 2015 7:55:12 GMT -5
(does this use buzzcodes, or is this just the first to answer?)
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Post by hodders on Apr 30, 2015 8:17:11 GMT -5
(Buzzcodes between 1 and 100, speed if ties happen)
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Post by hodders on May 2, 2015 2:51:12 GMT -5
[12 hour warning on Ian]
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Post by hodders on May 3, 2015 14:31:28 GMT -5
[Buzzcode 32]
Greg (35)?
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Post by palmer7 on May 3, 2015 14:44:39 GMT -5
679
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