Countdown - Series 58, Match 18 (25-01-08), Part 4

[DANWOODHOUSE1]

I Prefered the old style 14 round grand final format with two conundrums

i wish they played it like that these days

[MonsieurCountdown]

Alceste, I agree it could disrupt the format they have just now. But they could keep the first 2 parts as they are now, and in the final part have 2 letters games, 2 numbers games and the conundrum. If that were so I guess it would have to be done in the form of letters-numbers-letters-number­s-conundrum. OK, it might seema a little strange and hectic at first, but people had to get used to the 15 round format to begin with, so I'm sure it'd be OK. Besides, Carol might enjoy the extra exercise ;)

[MonsieurCountdown]

7 numbers games would be too much I think.  Typically, you would expect to get 7-10 points on numbers games, while you would only typically expect to score between 5-8 on a letters games. Obviously the 18 points you get for a 9 throws a variable into the mix, but generally that would be the norm. So given that, having 7 games of each would be too far in the way of the numbers. The format would be totally disrupted too, as all 3 parts of the show would be different no matter how you scheduled it.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

and to be honest, i don't c how the show has lasted this long with only 3 numbers games, if they balanced it out 7 of each and then the conundrum, then it would be a lot more fun

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

i'm pretty good with that type of stuff. (my friends call me the human calculator because i'm able to multiply really big numbers in my head, and i've shown some of them clips of this show, and they've said that it would probably be right up my alley, but a. this is a little different, and b. this is not nearly as easy as it looks.

[MonsieurCountdown]

I don't know what other people think (or if they care), but I would like there to be more numbers games than there are. 11 letters games to 3 numbers games seems too one-sided compared to how the show used to be (6 to 2). I wouldn't mind seeing 2 letters games removed and 2 numbers games added (so 9 to 5), but that may be too much. Don't see why there couldn't be one numbers game added and one letters game removed, making it 10 to 4, which seems fair.

And congrats on getting the numbers game.

[Alceste1977]

It's hard to know. When I started watching the show I hated the letters and loved the numbers, now that appears to be reversing. I do think you may have a point though, maybe there should be one more numbers game. That being typed you have to think about it as a producer: with three sections, three numbers games just fits better.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

wow, i'm getting better and better at the numbers game with each video i watch. (with the 708, 75x9=675 8x4=32

32+1=33 and add that to the 675