chancer on ebay

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:15 pm

Quality Hangman JP from them though (although sort of fast forwarded through much of it...)

cool · Post by **cool** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:38 pm

'<cool: cite this guy when you next see your Newquay proprietor mate>'.
Is that a reference to me. if so I only put my newquay experience on the site a few weeks ago?!

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:46 am

cool wrote:Is that a reference to me.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:58 am

Nothing new about the chancers, the have always been around trying to sell tips, tricks and question banks. Only the methodology has changed a la ebay.

It takes a lot of practice to become proficient at Hangman.

Alternatively, if you have a Gamebox in your house (they cost about £50), you can absolutely ram the Hangman full of money until it only asks you questions about Mickey Mouse's origins, film it in a blurred way so that nobody can tell the question difficulties, and claim to make £200 an hour.

I think not. Watching a proper Hangman jackpot is a thing of beauty. This isn't.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:06 am

On reflection QM, I'm sure you are entirely right. The prizes did look especially close together - it was obviously in super-gag mode. I've only done a Hangman JP twice, both in its stand-alone days - the bar is now a Wagamama's... <looks ruefully nostalgic>

K_Oranj · Post by **K_Oranj** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:21 pm

fortherz wrote:
cool wrote: Is that a reference to me.

@cool: I don't think the guy's 'Hangman powers' extend to the province of premonition. I can see though that without reading the phrase "pointed comments" to also mean 'my comments are in pointy brackets (which I've inserted for the sake of this post)' that this might have appeared somewhat freaky to you.

grecian wrote:Quality Hangman JP from them though

Depends what you mean by quality - quite in agreement with QM here. £8 from 2 phrases certainly suggests the machine was in a quality mood, though I'd guess that he threw at least £60 on it to get it into such a friendly state.

Either that or it was in test mode. Not fully sure about GameBox test modes but the old standalone Hangman had the correct answer highlighted (in green?) which I think even this blurry vid can rule out.

One thing that's difficult to rule out from this video alone is the possibility that the game's test mode uses only a handful of easy questions a la, say, old Poker Quiz which, in addition, had each answer accompanied by an asterisk even though any 10-year-old wouldn't have required such a prompt. Again, I don't think the GameBox's test modes were such - some were all A's with the full bulk, but maybe not all.

Whatever the case, it's all grossly misleading.

P.S. At the start of the video the Enterpriser is holding up a piece of paper with some scrawl on it which he brings into focus. Because of the poor video quality I can't for the life of me work out what the words say. Some cleverly disguised disclaimer? A piece of the Da Vinci Code?

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:01 pm

K_Oranj wrote:Whatever the case, it's all grossly misleading.

As I remember saying at the time the most misleading part of the whole thing was the implication that there were GameBoxes everywhere. Had that been the case (at that point or ever) I would have happily quit my job and become a pro.

K_Oranj wrote:P.S. At the start of the video the Enterpriser is holding up a piece of paper with some scrawl on it which he brings into focus. Because of the poor video quality I can't for the life of me work out what the words say. Some cleverly disguised disclaimer? A piece of the Da Vinci Code?

The answers? The piece of paper is small enough after all...

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:18 pm

P.S. I'm not sure my pans would have quite been in danger in an Istenem stylee had I ever seen one of these but nevertheless I would have to say that this must be the most beautiful quiz machine ever - a limited edition chrome GameBox (with 5 top class games as well):

Does anyone remember seeing one of these in the wild? They must have been pretty rare.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:46 pm

Cor, that's certainly a looker Nil Satis - marks out of two, I'd give it one etc. etc.

Should make it clear that I was clearly being rather gullible last night re the JP footage on YouTube - I agree with QM and K_Oranj that the box had almost certainly been heavily primed or, as KO suggests, in test-mode.

petera · Post by **petera** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:50 pm

Nil Satis wrote:P.S. I'm not sure my pans would have quite been in danger in an Istenem stylee had I ever seen one of these but nevertheless I would have to say that this must be the most beautiful quiz machine ever - a limited edition chrome GameBox (with 5 top class games as well):

Does anyone remember seeing one of these in the wild? They must have been pretty rare.

Looks fantastic but what a nightmare to keep clean ......

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:07 pm

petera wrote: Looks fantastic but what a nightmare to keep clean ......

Particularly if Istenem approaches, carrying a full pan...

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:08 pm

Or BFK with his Mcflurry

wires74 · Post by **wires74** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:34 pm

Silver gamesbox were dismantled 1000 quid millionaires consoles, saw quite a few in the wild but not for 2 or 3 years. WINNING LINES was very tasty must admit.