Conor Travers - Revision history

DaaniyalAli at 18:11, 20 December 2024

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GTh at 18:00, 20 December 2024

2024-12-20T18:00:38Z

LoganSkelton at 22:26, 12 October 2024

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DaaniyalAli at 15:12, 28 May 2024

2024-05-28T15:12:09Z

Andres Sanchez: Made ZoomDown section detailed again, fix if anything.

2023-05-22T00:54:34Z

Made ZoomDown section detailed again, fix if anything.

TobyMcDonald at 01:17, 23 January 2023

2023-01-23T01:17:26Z

Andres Sanchez: /* ZoomDown */

2022-03-31T15:40:55Z

‎ZoomDown

TobyMcDonald at 16:47, 30 January 2022

2022-01-30T16:47:19Z

TheWikiMan at 11:36, 21 September 2021

2021-09-21T11:36:10Z

The Doctor at 21:14, 30 August 2021

2021-08-30T21:14:46Z

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	He then stepped into [[Episode ZD134\|the final]] with a familiar face, Elliott Mellor. Both players matched each other on almost every single round. The only exceptions were when Conor found {{word\|GALEATED}} and when Elliott got a one-away solve on a 6-small. With a one-gap between both players in favor of Travers, Conor quickly turned {{word\|THINGEESS}} into {{word\|SIGHTSEEN}}, ending the close game and crowning Conor the winner of the Championship of Champions. He also managed to keep his streak of scoring a century in every single game, and has racked up 1,313 points throughout his run.		He then stepped into [[Episode ZD134\|the final]] with a familiar face, Elliott Mellor. Both players matched each other on almost every single round. The only exceptions were when Conor found {{word\|GALEATED}} and when Elliott got a one-away solve on a 6-small. With a one-gap between both players in favor of Travers, Conor quickly turned {{word\|THINGEESS}} into {{word\|SIGHTSEEN}}, ending the close game and crowning Conor the winner of the Championship of Champions. He also managed to keep his streak of scoring a century in every single game, and has racked up 1,313 points throughout his run.
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	Combined with the 2,466 points from his onscreen appearances, Conor has accumulated 3,779 points over 30 games and still has only lost two games (once on TV, and once on ZoomDown)		Combined with the 2,466 points from his onscreen appearances, Conor has accumulated 3,779 points over 30 games and still has only lost two games (once on TV, and once on ZoomDown)

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 [[Image:CTC25.jpg|thumb|Conor Travers in the [[Episode 4473|25th Anniversary Episode]].]]
 [[File:Conor Travers.png|thumb|200px|right|Conor Travers in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].]]
-'''Conor Travers''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 54]], a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions XII]] and the champion of the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. He is the youngest ever series champion, having won at the age of 14, and is one of the most popular and talented [[contestant]]s in the show's history. He has achieved three [[max game]]s, the only contestant who is known to have done so. As well as being one of the most experienced [[Apterous|Apterite]]s and tournament players, Travers has competed in 22 games of ''[[Countdown]]'', more than anybody else, and has also played more televised rounds than anybody else with with 327, 12 more than second-placed [[Zarte Siempre]].
+'''Conor Travers''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 54]], a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions XII]] and the champion of the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. He is the youngest ever series champion, having won at the age of 14, and is one of the most popular and talented [[contestant]]s in the show's history. He has achieved three [[max game]]s, the only contestant who is known to have done so. As well as being one of the most experienced [[Apterous|Apterite]]s and tournament players, Travers has competed in 22 games of ''[[Countdown]]'', sharing the record with [[Fiona Wood]], but has outright played more televised rounds than anybody else with with 327, 12 more than second-placed [[Zarte Siempre]].
 ==Appearances on the programme==

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−	Combined with the 2,466 points from his onscreen appearances, Conor has accumulated 3,779 points over 30 games and still has only lost ~~one game.~~	+	Combined with the 2,466 points from his onscreen appearances, Conor has accumulated 3,779 points over 30 games and still has only lost two games (once on TV, and once on ZoomDown)

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 [[Image:CTC25.jpg|thumb|Conor Travers in the [[Episode 4473|25th Anniversary Episode]].]]
 [[File:Conor Travers.png|thumb|200px|right|Conor Travers in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].]]

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 Travers is still interested in ''Countdown'', and regularly participates in unofficial [[Co-event|''Countdown'' tournaments]]. He attended the very first tournament, [[COLIN 2005]], followed by [[COLIN 2006]], [[CoBris 2006]] and [[CoLei3]]. He won [[COLIN 2008]] and [[CoBris 2005]], and came 2nd in [[CoBris 2007]]. He finished runner-up in [[COLIN XIII|COLIN 2017]] where he was beaten in a crucial conundrum by fellow [[Apterous|Apterite]] [[Dylan Taylor]].
-==ZoomDown==
+==Appearances on [[ZoomDown]]==
-On 23 July 2020, Travers won the first [[ZoomDown]] series, which was created during national lockdown that was imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was invited back for the [[ZoomDown Championship of Champions]], where he also won in a close game against [[Elliott Mellor]] in its [[Episode ZD134|final]].
+===[[ZoomDown Series 1|Series 1]]===
 {{series winner|preceded_by=John Mayhew|series=54|followed_by=Richard Brittain}}

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 [[Category:Octochamps of the 15 round era]]
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+[[Category:Contestants in the 30th Birthday Championship]]
 [[Category:Contestants in Championship of Champions XII]]
 [[Category:Prodigies]]

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 [[Image:CTC25.jpg|thumb|Conor Travers in the [[Episode 4473|25th Anniversary Episode]].]]
 [[File:Conor Travers.png|thumb|200px|right|Conor Travers in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].]]
-'''Conor Travers''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 54]], a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions XII]] and the champion of the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. He is the youngest ever series champion, having won at the age of 14, and is one of the most popular and talented contestants in the show's history. He has achieved three [[max game]]s, the only contestant who is known to have done so. As well as being one of the most experienced [[Apterous|Apterite]]s and tournament players, Travers has competed in 22 games of ''[[Countdown]]'', more than anybody else, and has also played more televised rounds than anybody else with with 327, 12 more than second-placed [[Zarte Siempre]].
+'''Conor Travers''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 54]], a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions XII]] and the champion of the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. He is the youngest ever series champion, having won at the age of 14, and is one of the most popular and talented [[contestant]]s in the show's history. He has achieved three [[max game]]s, the only contestant who is known to have done so. As well as being one of the most experienced [[Apterous|Apterite]]s and tournament players, Travers has competed in 22 games of ''[[Countdown]]'', more than anybody else, and has also played more televised rounds than anybody else with with 327, 12 more than second-placed [[Zarte Siempre]].
 ==Appearances on the programme==
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 ===2020 Special Episode===
-Travers returned to ''Countdown'' once more on [[Episode S49|23 December 2020]], 7 years after winning the [[30th Birthday Championship]], for a festive [[special episode]] against [[Jack Worsley]]. He continued his letters streak, and thus has not missed a single maximum in the last 61 letters rounds. He maxed every round in the game apart from the conundrum {{word|URINALAIM}}, which neither player attempted, but won the game {{score|118|110}} and became the first player ever to win 21 games on the show.
+Travers returned to ''Countdown'' once more on [[Episode S49|23 December 2020]], seven years after winning the [[30th Birthday Championship]], for a festive [[special episode]] against [[Jack Worsley]]. He continued his letters streak, and thus has not missed a single maximum in the last 61 letters rounds. He maxed every round in the game apart from the conundrum {{word|URINALAIM}}, which neither player attempted, but won the game {{score|118|110}} and became the first player ever to win 21 games on the show.
 ==Co-events==
-Travers is still interested in ''Countdown'', and regularly participates in unofficial [[Co-event|''Countdown'' tournaments]]. He attended the very first tournament, [[COLIN 2005]], followed by [[COLIN 2006]], [[CoBris 2006]] and [[CoLei3]]. He won [[COLIN 2008]] and [[CoBris 2005]], and came 2nd in [[CoBris 2007]]. He finished runner-up in COLIN 2017 where he was beaten in a crucial conundrum by fellow [[Apterous|Apterite]] [[Dylan Taylor]].
+Travers is still interested in ''Countdown'', and regularly participates in unofficial [[Co-event|''Countdown'' tournaments]]. He attended the very first tournament, [[COLIN 2005]], followed by [[COLIN 2006]], [[CoBris 2006]] and [[CoLei3]]. He won [[COLIN 2008]] and [[CoBris 2005]], and came 2nd in [[CoBris 2007]]. He finished runner-up in [[COLIN XIII|COLIN 2017]] where he was beaten in a crucial conundrum by fellow [[Apterous|Apterite]] [[Dylan Taylor]].
 ==ZoomDown==

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