Due to persistent vandalism, account creation has been suspended. If you would like an account, please contact Charlie Reams on Apterous.
Difference between revisions of "Co-event"
TheWikiMan (talk | contribs) (→List of co-events) |
BeachBoy99 (talk | contribs) (Updated.) |
||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
| [[Countdown in Braintree|Co:Braintree]] ([[Countdown in Braintree 2019|2019]], [[Co:Braintree 2021|2021]], [[Co:Braintree 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Bournemouth|Co:Bournemouth]] ([[CoBo 2017|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[CoBrum 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Cambridge|Co:Cambridge]] ([[Co:Cam 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in King's Lynn|Co:KL]] ([[Co:KL|2015]], [[CO:KL 2017|2017]])<br />[[Goat:Leeds]]<br />[[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XIX: The Hangover|2024]])<br />[[Co:Lon|Co:London]] ([[Co:Lon 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2017|2017]], [[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2019|2019]], [[Co:MK Open 2022|2022 Open]])<br />[[CoNot|Co:Nottingham]] ([[CoNot 2011|2011]])<br />[[Countdown in Oxford|Co:Oxford]] ([[Co:Oxford 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|Co:Reading]] ([[CO:REA 2017|2017]], [[Co:REA 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Rugby|Co:Rugby]] ([[Countdown in Rugby|2023]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2017 FOCAL finals|2017]]) | | [[Countdown in Braintree|Co:Braintree]] ([[Countdown in Braintree 2019|2019]], [[Co:Braintree 2021|2021]], [[Co:Braintree 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Bournemouth|Co:Bournemouth]] ([[CoBo 2017|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[CoBrum 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Cambridge|Co:Cambridge]] ([[Co:Cam 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in King's Lynn|Co:KL]] ([[Co:KL|2015]], [[CO:KL 2017|2017]])<br />[[Goat:Leeds]]<br />[[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XIX: The Hangover|2024]])<br />[[Co:Lon|Co:London]] ([[Co:Lon 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2017|2017]], [[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2019|2019]], [[Co:MK Open 2022|2022 Open]])<br />[[CoNot|Co:Nottingham]] ([[CoNot 2011|2011]])<br />[[Countdown in Oxford|Co:Oxford]] ([[Co:Oxford 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|Co:Reading]] ([[CO:REA 2017|2017]], [[Co:REA 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Rugby|Co:Rugby]] ([[Countdown in Rugby|2023]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2017 FOCAL finals|2017]]) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! rowspan="1"| | + | ! rowspan="1"|12 |
|[[Jack Hurst]] | |[[Jack Hurst]] | ||
| − | | [[Co:Braintree 2023|Co:Braintree]] [[Co:Braintree 2023|(2023)]]<br />[[Countdown in Brighton|Co:Brighton]] ([[Co:Brighton 2022|2022]])<br />[[CoBris|Co:Bristol]] ([[CoBris 2016|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[Co:Brum 2023|2023]])<br />[[CoLei|Co:Leicester]] ([[CoLei4|2011]])<br />[[COLIN]] ([[COLIN X|X]], [[COLIN XIX|XIX]])<br />[[Countdown in Liverpool|Co:Liverpool]] ([[Co:Liverpool 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in Rugby|Co:Rugby]] ([[Co:Rugby 2024|2024]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2020–22 FOCAL finals|2022]], [[2023 FOCAL finals|2023]])</br> | + | | [[Co:Braintree 2023|Co:Braintree]] [[Co:Braintree 2023|(2023)]]<br />[[Countdown in Brighton|Co:Brighton]] ([[Co:Brighton 2022|2022]])<br />[[CoBris|Co:Bristol]] ([[CoBris 2016|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[Co:Brum 2023|2023]]), ([[Co:Brum 2024|2024]])<br />[[CoLei|Co:Leicester]] ([[CoLei4|2011]])<br />[[COLIN]] ([[COLIN X|X]], [[COLIN XIX|XIX]])<br />[[Countdown in Liverpool|Co:Liverpool]] ([[Co:Liverpool 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in Rugby|Co:Rugby]] ([[Co:Rugby 2024|2024]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2020–22 FOCAL finals|2022]], [[2023 FOCAL finals|2023]])</br> |
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="1"|10 | ! rowspan="1"|10 | ||
| Line 46: | Line 46: | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Callum Todd]] | |[[Callum Todd]] | ||
| − | | [[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2019|2019]],[[Co:Blackpool 2023|2023)]]<br />[[Countdown in Cambridge|Co:Cambridge]] ([[Co:Cam|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Liverpool|Co:Liverpool]] ([[Co-Liverpool 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Co:Newcastle]] ([[Co:Newcastle 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in York|Co:York]] ([[Co:York 2019|2019]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2019 FOCAL finals|2019]]) | + | | [[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2019|2019]], [[Co:Blackpool 2023|2023)]]<br />[[Countdown in Cambridge|Co:Cambridge]] ([[Co:Cam|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Liverpool|Co:Liverpool]] ([[Co-Liverpool 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Co:Newcastle]] ([[Co:Newcastle 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in York|Co:York]] ([[Co:York 2019|2019]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2019 FOCAL finals|2019]]) |
|- | |- | ||
!7 | !7 | ||
| Line 70: | Line 70: | ||
| [[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XIII: The Hangover|XIII]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co:Waterford]] ([[Co:Wat III|2019]], [[Co:Wat?! 2020|2020]], [[Co:Wat?! 2021|2021]]) | | [[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XIII: The Hangover|XIII]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co:Waterford]] ([[Co:Wat III|2019]], [[Co:Wat?! 2020|2020]], [[Co:Wat?! 2021|2021]]) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! rowspan=" | + | ! rowspan="4"|3 |
|[[Ahmed Mohamed]] | |[[Ahmed Mohamed]] | ||
| [[Countdown in Brighton|Co:Brighton]] ([[Co:Brighton 2023|2023]])<br />[[Countdown in London|Co:London]] ([[Co:London 2023|2023]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Co:MK Open 2023|2023 Open]]) | | [[Countdown in Brighton|Co:Brighton]] ([[Co:Brighton 2023|2023]])<br />[[Countdown in London|Co:London]] ([[Co:London 2023|2023]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Co:MK Open 2023|2023 Open]]) | ||
| Line 80: | Line 80: | ||
| [[Countdown in Bristol|Co:Bristol]] ([[CoBris 2017|2017]])<br />[[CoMultiLon]] ([[CoMultiLon|2014]])<br />[[Countdown in St Albans|Co:StAl]] ([[CoStAl3|2016]])<br /> | | [[Countdown in Bristol|Co:Bristol]] ([[CoBris 2017|2017]])<br />[[CoMultiLon]] ([[CoMultiLon|2014]])<br />[[Countdown in St Albans|Co:StAl]] ([[CoStAl3|2016]])<br /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! rowspan=" | + | |[[Zohaib Rehan]] |
| + | | [[Countdown in Birmingham|Goat:Brum]] ([[Goat:Brum 2023|2023]]), ([[Goat:Brum 2024|2024)]]<br /> [[Countdown in Rugby|Goat:Rugby]] ([[Goat:Rugby 2024|2024]]) | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! rowspan="5"|2 | ||
|[[Jon Corby]] | |[[Jon Corby]] | ||
| [[COLIN]] ([[COLIN 2009|V]], [[COLIN 2012|VIII]]) | | [[COLIN]] ([[COLIN 2009|V]], [[COLIN 2012|VIII]]) | ||
| Line 92: | Line 95: | ||
|[[Bradley Horrocks]] | |[[Bradley Horrocks]] | ||
| [[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[Co:Brum 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2021|2021]]) | | [[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[Co:Brum 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2021|2021]]) | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Jonathan Wynn]] | |[[Jonathan Wynn]] | ||
| Line 1,069: | Line 1,069: | ||
| class="name"|162 | | class="name"|162 | ||
| class="name" | [[Goat:Brum 2024]] | | class="name" | [[Goat:Brum 2024]] | ||
| − | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Zohaib Rehan]] |
| − | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman]] |
|- | |- | ||
| class="name"|163 | | class="name"|163 | ||
| class="name" | [[Co:Brum 2024]] | | class="name" | [[Co:Brum 2024]] | ||
| − | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Jack Hurst]] |
| − | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Ben Wilson]] |
|- | |- | ||
| class="name"|164 | | class="name"|164 | ||
Revision as of 20:52, 8 August 2024
A Co-event is an unofficial tournament held at an organised location in the UK or Ireland that meets up for social and competitive Countdown. Inspired by Scrabble tournaments, players meet up with their Countdown board games (or in some cases, suitable computer software) and play a set number of games of Countdown, usually 5 or 6, and the player with the most wins claims 1st place. In the event of a tie, the number of points scored is used to separate the players. In most events, the top 2 players play a final to determine the winner.
There are two distinct types of tournament: head-to-head "Edinburgh-style" tournaments, and "Bristol-style" tournaments where everyone in the room plays from the same set of letters and numbers. The Countdown in Lincoln tournaments use head-to-head games, i.e. each 'table' of three players selects its own separate letters and numbers (one person acting as host, 'Dictionary Corner' and 'Rachel' whilst the other two play each other), while the Countdown in Bristol tournament uses the second system whereby players play in pairs, but all players have the same letters, numbers and conundrum (usually displayed on a board at the front of the room).
This second system eliminates the luck factor as no player or players have "better" selections than anyone else over the course of the day. However, some dislike it because, since they cannot select the letters or numbers themselves, it denies them the chance to use tactical selections to win individual games, for example picking an unusual numbers selection against an opponent known to be weak at the numbers game.
Some otherwise most Bristol-style tournaments have a system for numbers games that compromises between the two formats: A contestant from each pair makes a choice of numbers, just as on the show or in the Edinburgh format and, once everybody has chosen, a selection is revealed for each possible number of large and small numbers in one way or another, the 1st to introduce this was .co.mk in 2015.
Since 2016, the majority of tournaments have been run as part of organisational body FOCAL.
Prior to 2011, online tournaments were also listed here. However, the advent of Apterous's "tourney" system has allowed multiple tournaments to be played at once, rendering the number of tournaments sheer. Over 3,000 online tournaments have been played since 2011.
Co-event winners
List of co-events
The Edinburgh Countdown Club was the first to organise tournaments.
