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- Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:05 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: We could do with a new game
- Replies: 114
- Views: 69206
Some interesting points. I don’t own an SWP and never have done, although I did once obtain a CD of cracked SWP games many years ago, which I couldn’t be bothered to spend time playing and felt guilty about owning anyway. Speaking for myself, I relied during my SWP days on pretty strong general know...
- Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:39 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: We could do with a new game
- Replies: 114
- Views: 69206
Remember ten years or so ago when you could just go on the Cloud website and search for hotspots to locate all of the it boxes instantly. Nowadays everyone is on the cloud but back then nearly every hotspot signalled an SWP. Ha, I fondly remember transcribing likely spots onto maps from the Cloud l...
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:38 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Newbie looking for advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 14206
A) Smartphones B) Consumer trends C) Poor game design D) The decline in the pub trade E) Poor machine maintenance F) Pro Players G) The 2010 SWP regulations Mainly (G), I think. For me it was the substantial toughening of SWPs in response that led to SWPs becoming unenjoyable for all but the most e...
- Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:19 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Can you actually win money on these things?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2628
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:35 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Schoolboy errors
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2868
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:33 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Can you actually win money on these things?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2628
Have to disagree with that mendez. A number of years ago I was given a copy of certain quiz machine games on CD, for use on a PC (naughty naughty). I thought it would be great, but the absence of any cash prize element meant it was so stultifying that I couldn't even be bothered to play for practice...
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:31 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Trevor Montague
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2258
I know Trevor, but haven't seen him for a long while. He drifted away from most forms of serious quizzing in the early 2000s, aside from his ongoing involvement with his book. He plays very occasionally in my quiz league but is by no means the force he was. At his peak he was a really strong player,...
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:57 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: test mode
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3871
- Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:17 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: British Quizzing Grand Prix
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1849
Yes, I attend these Tonka - have dropped you a PM to find out who your real life identity is! They are good fun and I would recommend them, although SWPs, with their finite banks, rote-learning requirements, and multiple choice, are a very different kettle of fish. That said, the basic skills are id...
- Tue May 06, 2014 7:13 am
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Pub Antiques
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2373
- Sun May 04, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Pub Antiques
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2373
- Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:11 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Is it the end,or can anything be done?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3584
Well, cp999, I guess the question of what is a spoiler depends on how good you are and how much you’re playing and there may be some truth in your suggestion that my playing a lot less and having other things going on nowadays might just mean that I’m far more ready to shout “spoilers!” for what is ...
- Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:12 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Is it the end,or can anything be done?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3584
I would certainly agree the outlook looks grim. A few years ago I illustrated a post about the decline of SWPs by saying that the number of SWPs in pubs walkable from my (central London) office at lunchtime had pretty much halved within a year or so. Since then, at least one or two others have gone....
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:36 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Pointless
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3623
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:21 pm
- Forum: Quiz Machines
- Topic: Can you learn how to be a quiz genius?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2137
I would say, as with most things, it is partly about natural talent but also a lot to do with putting in the hard work. Even someone with a naturally very good memory who reads voraciously will struggle to compete with the very top world quizzers unless they are deliberately seeking to educate thems...