COUNTDOWN - Game Eight soon

[Mitillos]

I am perfectly fine with this executive decision, and do not intend to contest it, irrespective of outcome.

[Cheery Dog]

I also believe I've gone under enough that nothing is going to change, also I'm likely to just choose the same amount at some stage, like now
4 vowels, 5 consonants

[doctorwho]

E O U E R C S N H

That seems like a much better selection. Deadline is still 24 hours this round, but owing to Thanksgiving, the next numbers game and the conundrum will have 48 hour deadlines.

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[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

Cheery Dog: 6 (SCREEN)

Mitillos: 7 (CENSURE)

And one letter makes all the difference here, and Mitillos gets far enough ahead to take this game.

DC:

Lots of sevens there; besides CENSURE, ENCORES and REHOUSE are probably the least obscure.

It's 49-21, and though there are only 20 points on offer, let's see how much these scores can be bettered. Mitillos, your pick of the numbers.

[Mitillos]

2 large, please.

[doctorwho]

50 25 10 9 5 8

And your target now is...

827

(expired on 2016-11-29 12:06:00) to solve it.

[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

And how'd we get on there?

Mitillos: 827

Cheery Dog: 827

Mitillos, your solution?

50 * (9 + 8) + 10 / 5 - 25 = 827

Yup, that checks out, and Cheery Dog?

50 + 25 + 9 = 84
84 * 10 = 840
840 - 8 - 5 = 827

That works too! Ten points each for that.

59-31, and though this game is all but sealed in Mitillos' favor, we still have a conundrum to resolve! The best of luck to both of you - let's now reveal today's Countdown... Conundrum!

T I N Y R O L E S

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[Mitillos]

Storyline?

[doctorwho]

*brrrrrrrrrrrrrring!*

Mitillos, with a remarkably fast buzz...

Storyline?

Is it?

S T O R Y L I N E

It is!

And that's it. Mitillos, you are our first two-time champion in this game, and you've actually bettered your performance from your first game, so congrats for that.

Cheery Dog, you went up against a tough competitor, but 31 points is certainly nothing to be ashamed of here. We hope to have you back another time!

So yes, the final score: 69-31. Mitillos, it's your third game of a possible four coming up here, and you're currently set to face lilith2013 in it.

With that said... paging lilith2013, lilith2013, are you here?

[Cheery Dog]

I knew I was going to suffer in the letters round. My anagram skills need a lot of work. (and not paying attention to the first round doesn't help)
/in again

[lilith2013]

I'm here

[doctorwho]

We've reshuffled the letters, the numbers are set to go, and we have two players ready here, so let's do this, shall we?

Mitillos stays the course, and this is the result:

I E O O L Z G S C

Away we go!

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[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

Mitillos: 7 (COOLIES)

Its meaning creates a bit of a grey area, but the actual show has had it used successfully, so it will count here.

lilith2013: 6 (LOGICS)

As it is, the plural of LOGIC is unfortunately not to be found in the Oxford dictionary, so the points would be Mitillos' even if the length matched. Sorry!

DC:

COOLIES was one of three sevens on offer, the others of which go even more downhill than the preceding, so there you go.

Mitillos starts with seven points, but lilith2013 now has control of the letters for round 2.

[lilith2013]

5 vowels, 4 consonants please

[doctorwho]

A A I O E S M T N

TO THE CLOCK!

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[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

lilith2013: 6 (ONSITE)

Bad luck there, I'm afraid - the entry uses a hyphen, so we cannot accept that.

Mitillos: 9 (ANATOMIES)

Many moon come, that's a niner! That's the first one we've had, and that's going to get you a whopping 18 points, very well done!

DC:

The only other nine was ANATOMISE. ANIMATES would have been a good eight there.

And so Mitillos jumps far, far ahead. It's 25 to nothing, but there's still lots of points on offer as we go to Mitillos' second set of letters:

U A U E N R N D S

Here we go...

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[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

On we go...

Mitillos: 7 (ASUNDER)

lilith2013: 7 (ASUNDER)

Same word, same points, so lilith2013 finally gets on the board!

DC:

A bunch of sixes on offer there, but ASUNDER was only one of three sevens, and the least obscure of those at that. Well done, both of you!

32-7 as we flip from letters to numbers, and lilith2013, it's your pick.

[lilith2013]

finally!

1 large please

[doctorwho]

75 2 3 5 6 2

On your way to...

108

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[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

Right, low target number there, how'd it go?

lilith2013: 108

Mitillos: 108

Both right on, mm? lilith2013, let's see how you got there.

75 + 6*5 + 3*2/2 = 108

Overcomplicating it a tad, but it's still good! How about you, Mitillos?

108 = (6 + 3) * (5 * 2 + 2)

One of multiple ways he appears to have it, so there you go! 10 points each.

42-17 now, and lilith, you now get to start the second half of the game. Some letters, please.

[lilith2013]

Oops I thought you had to use all of them o.O

4 vowels 5 consonants please

[Mitillos]

Are you there, doctor?

[doctorwho]

Sorry, had to finish those wonderful things called finals. Update tonight, hopefully (the letters "piles" are on another computer).

[Mitillos]

Ah, splendid. Hope you did well.

[doctorwho]

E O A I V C J D B

A few rough consonants there, but you'll do just fine, I think.

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