COUNTDOWN - Game Eight soon

[doctorwho]

Hope all went well with the lecture, and I hope all goes well with these:

E I E S N D F W G

Best of luck on what's just about to be Friday the 13th here.

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[mv_gimmick]

/in

[doctorwho]

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


Realeo: 7 (FEEDING)

Mitillos: 7 (FEIGNED)

Great on both counts! Realeo makes it on the board.

DC:

Not an eight in sight, but scores of sevens there. SEEDING, DEFINES, SWINGED, and if you're playing Junior Countdown, WEDGIES, to name just a few.

Mitillos is still up 15-7, and the next picks are his:

A E E E S N D F W

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[doctorwho]

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

Let's see how you did....

Mitillos: 7 (DEAFENS)

Realeo: 5 (WANDS)

The S works in favor of both of you, but this round and seven points will go in favor of Mitillos.

DC:

Hooray for compound words! NEWSFEED was the one eight to spot in this set.

But hey, Mitillos ain't complaining, he's now up 22-7.

Realeo, now's your chance to start a comeback - your numbers please.

[Realeo]

Inverted T.

[doctorwho]

Translation from Countdownese: One large, five small.

100 3 5 3 1 6

Off to...

928

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[doctorwho]

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

Realeo: 928

Mitillos: 928

Right then, Realeo, what do you have?

(100) + (3) = 103
(3) + (6) = 9
103 X 9 = 927
927 + (1) = 928

Parentheses aside, it's good!

Mitillos?

928 = (100 + 3) * (6 + 3) + 1

Order of operations checks out, both players get 10 points!

32-17, no change in the lead, but Realeo, you now kick off the second half with some letters.

[Realeo]

5 Consonants. 4 Vowels

[doctorwho]

G R T B P I O I E

(expired on 2017-01-26 23:40:00) to have a go.

[doctorwho]

Acknowledging this still exists, will update sometime in the next 24 hours or so.

[doctorwho]

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

Let's see if I can remember how to do this... Can we have the next item up for bids, please?

Realeo: 7 (PIEROGI)

Mitillos: 6 (GOITER)

Pierogi is there! It's a kind of small dough dumpling, and for what may be the first time in all of his matches, Mitillos has been beaten in the letters! I'm sure Realeo will be all too happy to take seven points.

DC:

Realeo, another reason to be proud: that's the best word possible in this round. Well done!

This is still very much a game, Mitillos is still in the lead, but it's now 32-24, and he'll be trying to recuperate with these letters:

U E E E M S T M M

Okay, now that's just cruel. Let's go anyways...

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[Realeo]

Thank you Masterchef!

[doctorwho]

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

Apparently we've been cut down to weekly status. But we press on...


Mitillos: 6 (ESTEEM)

Realeo: 5 (MUTES)

And Mitillos has officially struck back, that'll get most of those points back.

DC:

Couldn't do better than 6 that time.

38-24 with a possible 38 points on offer right now, and here comes Realeo's last letters of this game...

[Realeo]

5 Consonant and 4 vowels

[doctorwho]

P P Q G R A A O O

Something tells me we won't be getting a nine on this one, but do your best...

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[doctorwho]

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

Realeo: 5 (AGORA)

Mitillos: 6 (GRAPPA)

Both good, but GRAPPA (a kind of brandy) will get the points on this one.

DC:

Couldn't do better than 6 AGAIN - actually, there were only three words better than four letters, so well done, both of you.

44-24, and Realeo can still hope for a tie, but it's Mitillos's last go at the numbers right now.

[Mitillos]

2 large, as usual.

[doctorwho]

25 100 6 8 6 4

How about...

878

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[doctorwho]

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

Mitillos: 878

Realeo: - (nothing submitted)

Yeesh. Mitillos, this is officially your game because Realeo can't score, but let's see how much more damage you can do.

(100 - 6) * 8 + (25 - 4) * 6 = 878.

Yup, checks out!

54-24 as we go to the Conundrum. Mitillos playing to increase his final total, Realeo playing to increase his score for the leaderboard. Right then, if you're ready, we're ready... let's please now reveal today's Countdown Conundrum!

R E N T M I N C E

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[Realeo]

This conundrum...

[Mitillos]

Increment.

[doctorwho]

*brrrrrrrrrrrrrring!*

For the points...

I N C R E M E N T

...as if you weren't gonna get it.

Mitillos, another 64 points to your leaderboard score, and you've officially become our first undefeated champ. We have to say bye to you now, but you're going out about as honorably as you can. Well done!

Realeo, you finished with just 24 points, but you have the honor of being the only person to beat Mitillos in a letters round, which I'd say is pretty impressive. Thank you for playing!

And with two goodbyes, we have two hellos in the pipeline. It's gonna be racefan12 vs. StrangerCoug next game, provided we hear from both of them.

[StrangerCoug]

/here

For all of my letters rounds in this thread, is it OK if I have the minimum four consonants and three vowels posted so I can decide what the other two letters should be based on those seven?

[Mitillos]

Thanks for having me.

[D3f3nd3r]

/in