tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post7461773118038834004..comments2023-06-02T12:22:11.624+10:00Comments on Playing Letters and Numbers: Ep 48: Esther Perrins, Liam Bastick (September 12, 2012; originally aired October 6, 2010)Geoff Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-224683099559094512012-09-14T00:51:54.776+10:002012-09-14T00:51:54.776+10:00No joy on UNCOSTED, Sam. I'd contemplated it ...No joy on UNCOSTED, Sam. I'd contemplated it also, but CONTUSED was safer. Well done on finding the full monty once it was mentioned -- that's more than I managed.<br /><br />Nice work getting the 378, JT. I agree, the first series had a lot of Scrabble and UK players, who were not surprisingly generally better off due to familiarity with Countdown. (And also not surprisingly, generally better with words than numbers as a result.)<br /><br />I can't speak for contestants, but there have been several comments from ex-UK people on the Letters and Numbers page and over at http://lanfans.org/ saying that they think that Letters and Numbers was better. The sample set is biased, though, so it's hard to read much into it.<br /><br />Nice game, Jan! You'd have beaten both contestants handily.Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-45329303496061866952012-09-13T23:12:06.852+10:002012-09-13T23:12:06.852+10:00I only had a couple of rounds where I bummed out, ...I only had a couple of rounds where I bummed out, and didn't do at least as good as the contestants, and I got the conundrum before Liam.<br /><br />JOINTED <br />FINEST<br />6*50+75+9 - 100/25 = 380 <br />COUNTED<br />MISDATE<br />3-2=1. 1+3=4. (100-5)*4 = 380<br />BRACES<br />(4*2*100)+10+9 = 819<br />CONFUSED - 2 secsJannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-47909441691061814172012-09-13T23:06:20.593+10:002012-09-13T23:06:20.593+10:00I'm calling season 1 the British and Scrabble ...I'm calling season 1 the British and Scrabble invasion of L+N I wonder what the answer would be the British contestants if they had to answer if L+N or Countdown is better...<br /><br />ORIENTS<br />FUSE (that was mental blank)<br />381-9*50-75+6<br />COUNTED<br />DEPARTS (This seems to be a reguarlity)<br />378-(100-5)*(5-3/3)-2<br />CUTLERS<br />819-4*2*100+10+9<br />1.3s<br />JTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-74455132230242180142012-09-13T18:34:29.395+10:002012-09-13T18:34:29.395+10:00I saw this episode in 2010, my take was that Esthe...I saw this episode in 2010, my take was that Esther had run out of steam, which was a bad time to run into Liam. My answers weren't anything to write home about here.<br /><br />JOINTERS<br />INSECT<br />384 = 6*50 + 75+9 I had a one-away, but kept looking for better. Got Lily's way after a minute.<br />CONTUSED (UNCOSTED?)<br />IMPALED<br />378 = (100 + 5*5)*3 + 3<br />BLUSTER (After David mentioned the nine, I got it after a minute.)<br />819 = 4*2*100 + 10+9<br />~3sSam Gaffneynoreply@blogger.com