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| − | A '''Countdown tournament''' is an amateur tournament similar to a [[Scrabble]] or Chess tournament. Players meet up with their [[Countdown board game]]s and play a number of | + | A '''Countdown tournament''' is an amateur tournament similar to a [[Scrabble]] or Chess tournament. Players meet up with their [[Countdown board game]]s and play a number of 9-round games, usually 5 or 6, and the player with the most wins is the tournament winner. In the event of a tie, the number of points scored is used to separate them. |
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| + | There are two disctinct 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 'Carol' 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 game|letters]], [[numbers game|numbers]] and [[conundrum]] (usually displayed on a board at the front of the room). | ||
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| + | 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 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. | ||
==Winners and runners-up== | ==Winners and runners-up== | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 21 July 2008
A Countdown tournament is an amateur tournament similar to a Scrabble or Chess tournament. Players meet up with their Countdown board games and play a number of 9-round games, usually 5 or 6, and the player with the most wins is the tournament winner. In the event of a tie, the number of points scored is used to separate them.
There are two disctinct 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 'Carol' 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 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.
Winners and runners-up
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Notable Countdown tournaments
- The Edinburgh Countdown Club was the first to organise tournaments
- Countdown in Lincoln, most recently COLIN 2008
- Countdown in Bristol
- Countdown in Redhill
- Countdown in Nottingham
- The Cambridge Charity Countdown Challenge
- Various online tournaments via MSN Messenger, such as the Countdown Online Masters and COOT 08.
