A group of us played a set of Countdown games on Saturday, September 8th which we thought were tougher than "usual" for CD. Days go by and several games of CD later, the level of difficulty seems to remain at the new, slightly higher level. I checked the gameplay history for a few of the higher ranked CD players in FL, and the data supports my theory.
It looks like: a) CD games in general are tougher b1) The easier questions may have been grouped into the first 8 to 10 questions, because we've had a lot of games start at 8,000 or 9,000 and end up as shit. -OR- b2) A new batch of questions started getting rolled in on Sept 8th, and the new questions are backloaded into the final 5 to 7 questions per game.
I applaud the change, and backloading the newer/harder questions is a good way to nail the chronic score dumpers.
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