looking 4 feedback

skilljunky · Post by **skilljunky** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:25 pm

Quizmaster-

No relation with skill4prize... Just a bloke with a good idea (but no quids)... I love online games (worldwinner, king.com) and enjoy playing at the bar with a pint of beer..

Lots of these games have lost the interaction aspect, should you want it at that time. Did you know that when the Yankee "loyd Bushnell" invented Pong in the 70's they attributed THOUSANDS of marriages to the game cuz guys an gals were always playing against one another...

Also playing against someone in a bar in Australia or the USA would take out my competitive fangs...

skilljunky · Post by **skilljunky** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:27 pm

Istenem wrote:about 18 months ago, one of the test itbox issues had a live pool game whereby you'd play against somebody else in another boozer. also battleshits with a similar realtime opponent somewhere else.

to my mind this smelled a bit like fish (smelt a bit like fish would be neater) anyway.
i only saw it in one pub ever (quite near itbox offices as it happens) and when i played it, there was immediately an opponent for me. it didn't make it to general release so presumable it was a failure.

was it better than playing against the pc?

dmac · Post by **dmac** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:40 pm

K_Oranj · Post by **K_Oranj** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:24 pm

skilljunky wrote:Did you know that when the Yankee "loyd Bushnell" invented Pong in the 70's they attributed THOUSANDS of marriages to the game cuz guys an gals were always playing against one another...

Pongy marriages, brilliant. Bet some of them are having virtual affairs in Second Life though.

It would take something for SWP quiz developers to come up with a game that had such a nuptial effect. Maybe they could call it The Mating Game, oh darn...

One idea that wandered across my mind was to have a real phone-a-friend on Millionaire - connects up to server, select an online helper (who can declare a real area of expertise, unlike that crooked politician Norman), success rate displayed; incentives to give right answer, etc.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:08 am

This:

1) you win a game of xxx and are given a randomly generated code, pub and time eg. 3921, Hamilton Hall Spoons, London, 7:30pm, Sunday 4th Dec.

2) You turn up for your appointment at the correct time -> a window pops up, you enter your code and collect your 'surprise winnings': anything from 50p to £5000000.

Just imagine having travelled 800 miles to your appointment with 2 minutes on the clock, waiting for a drippy couple to vacate the itbox so you can be there to input your code - the excitement!

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:15 am

Just imagine having travelled 800 miles to your appointment with 2 minutes on the clock, waiting for a drippy couple to vacate the itbox so you can be there to input your code - the excitement!

...and the joys of winning 72p.

I just 'can't' see this sort of thing working in pubs (in relation to the original post) although how about '2-player' versions of some games on the same box? Not sure which ones though, probably wouldn't suit quizzes, although...

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:57 am

Well, I thought it was by far the best idea I've had this millennium.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:05 pm

Brilliant idea Bob. Comes unded the Lotteries and Prize Draws Act, and therefore would make all SWP's illegal.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:46 pm

dmac wrote:Or Word Up - players get the same grid, whoever gets the most points (or longest word or whatever) wins.

I don't know why they haven't put this on the internet already.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:35 pm

fotherz wrote:I don't know why they haven't put this on the internet already.

I think Word Up is somewhat underexploited - it could be massively popular, such is its accessibility and scope.

Properpro · Post by **Properpro** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:31 pm

roberto la vigna wrote:I think Word Up is somewhat underexploited - it could be massively popular, such is its accessibility and scope.

Have I yet again wandered into the wrong thread?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:33 pm

roberto la vigna wrote:
fotherz wrote:I don't know why they haven't put this on the internet already.
I think Word Up is somewhat underexploited - it could be massively popular, such is its accessibility and scope.

But really... the first whiff of money to be made and you'd be round every machine like a fly round a shite.

Not that I blame you, but it's nigh on impossible to make a tournament which will appeal to both munters and experts alike. Unless of course, you make 1 in 100 games a "payer" in which case you might as well make it an AWP.

cool · Post by **cool** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:45 pm

'I think Word Up is somewhat underexploited - it could be massively popular, such is its accessibility and scope'

The popularity of a game is a reflection of its longetivity---
therefore Word up is a massively popular game

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:56 am

Cardinal Sin wrote:But really... the first whiff of money to be made and you'd be round every machine like a fly round a shite.

Well yes, that's true - I was thinking more of getting Microsoft to buy Word Up and make it one of their default games, like Minesweeper or Solitaire.

With a few simple modifications WU could also become a language-learning educational game or Scrabble-training tool, opening up large new markets.

Interesting things could also be done with board sizes or letter distribution, strengthening the puzzle aspect.

Basically, as far as I've found, it seems to appeal more to novice word game players than Scrabble, so should be at least as big (especially since it is a single-player game).

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:30 am

Not a bad idea. I have several friends who can barely spell their own name and normally wouldn't look twice at a word game, but yet still enjoy Puzzle Word.

On a similar note, does anyone know of any online bookies / casinos which offer SWPs apart from Ladbrokes and Betfred?