Less and less to say?

borgcontact4 · Post by **borgcontact4** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:47 pm

Is it me or are the days of posting on quiz machines really slowing down to a snails pace?. If so is that the fizz has gone and its now too difficult to make money from them? I have always been an avid reader as quiz machines have been a mainstay for players and posters. My own opinion for what its worth is my visits to the pubs around is first hardly anyone in them, secondly most unlikely to find machines in play. So its not the games but the lack of people around. Can't blame the manufcaturers

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:48 pm

I'd say the business is cyclical from a player's point of view in that there are times when there are lots of decent games around and other times when there aren't, and at the moment we are definitely in one of the dips - the dreadful recent updates to the ItBox (still to my mind the market leader) being a case in point.

The optimists among us would say that the next wave of games will be better, in the same way that ItBox version 54 was a breath of fresh air in terms of introducing four or five decent new games and in the way that Jiggy Bank seemed to herald the arrival of 'grown-up' games where a £1 stake made worthwhile prizes winnable as long as you had the skills and patience to exploit that.

The pessimists among us (and I am usually in that group) would say that it is clear times are hard and getting harder for the pub trade owing to general economic conditions, social trends, the smoking ban and cheap alcohol being available on every street corner and so this will inevitably be reflected in the availabilty and generosity of quiz machines.

A subset of those pessimists (and I am definitely in this group :wink

think that the increasing numbers of Paragons is also a bad thing, given that the games that were previously playable on other cabinets have been made noticeably harder and the existing Paragon-specific games are virtually all not worth bothering with anyway.

Clearly the posters on this Forum are not representative of the overall target market for quiz machines but I would certainly look in here regularly if I was responsible for planning ahead for the industry as I'd say you would get a lot more usable feedback in here than anyway else I can think of.

kingzilla · Post by **kingzilla** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:57 pm

I wonder if its down to the amount of dross games that seem to on machines now, it would be nice if machine companies had some kind quality control powers

steven · Post by **steven** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:48 pm

lucky to scrape £20 a day off paragons lately

David Healy · Post by **David Healy** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:17 pm

steven wrote:lucky to scrape £20 a day off paragons lately

I assume you mean £20 a day off each paragon you play?

steven · Post by **steven** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:38 pm

David Healy wrote:
steven wrote:lucky to scrape £20 a day off paragons lately
I assume you mean £20 a day off each paragon you play?

obviously, sorry i thought someone as intellectual as you would know i meant that

Properpro · Post by **Properpro** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:13 pm

steven wrote:
David Healy wrote:
steven wrote:lucky to scrape £20 a day off paragons lately
I assume you mean £20 a day off each paragon you play?
obviously, sorry i thought someone as intellectual as you would know i meant that

Giving all your secrets away in your early posts? Every player will just have to look at Paragon

David Healy · Post by **David Healy** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:01 am

steven wrote:
David Healy wrote:
steven wrote:lucky to scrape £20 a day off paragons lately
I assume you mean £20 a day off each paragon you play?
obviously, sorry i thought someone as intellectual as you would know i meant that

How was it obvious? If you don't actually say what you mean then it is difficult for anyone to know what you meant, unless they are psychic of course (which I am not, although it would seem that you might be, seeing as you know how intellectual I am).

JG · Post by JG » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:38 am

Wot is v umptiur 4 v Pagarons Venn (diagram)?

Pm me I 'as lotz of info.

Or is it a quick Rrrrrrrrrrrrest in pieces for jackpottypoosypoos?

Eh?

Stop mumbling, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:35 am

All the games now are either rubbish or the same. I'm all for classics in some respects, but nothing blows your skirt up anymore!

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steven · Post by **steven** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:24 am

David Healy wrote:
steven wrote:
David Healy wrote: I assume you mean £20 a day off each paragon you play?
obviously, sorry i thought someone as intellectual as you would know i meant that
How was it obvious? If you don't actually say what you mean then it is difficult for anyone to know what you meant, unless they are psychic of course (which I am not, although it would seem that you might be, seeing as you know how intellectual I am).

fair comment

rogerthymes · Post by **rogerthymes** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:16 pm

Visited a town oop north today. Couldn't find a machine anywhere. Pubs either closed down or existing with a fruit machine or two.

steven · Post by **steven** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:19 pm

rogerthymes wrote:Visited a town oop north today. Couldn't find a machine anywhere. Pubs either closed down or existing with a fruit machine or two.

how north is north to you? grampians? or further up?

rogerthymes · Post by **rogerthymes** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:43 pm

steven wrote:
rogerthymes wrote:Visited a town oop north today. Couldn't find a machine anywhere. Pubs either closed down or existing with a fruit machine or two.
how north is north to you? grampians? or further up?

Yup. Scaled Ben Nevis all on my own only to find at the peak a bloody paragon. A crappy one at that with just the six games on it.

For the record:
Bully with an impossible 801 target
DOND ditto 78000
Cops n robbers - took 54 steps before got £1 back
Caesar's Palace - got whole pyramid for 3 keys
Buckaroo - £1 was on 8th rung of ladder - no chance
Swiss Tony's Bingo - not worth playing

Like Bono I have climbed highest mountain and I still haven't found what I'm looking for.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:33 pm

that appeals to me. haven't climbed ben nevis or snowdon or any of the others since i was forced to as a nipper but it must be a joy to have a pint after trekking for a few hours. hard lines on the SWP, unless you are pulling our plonkers. when i went up i was overjoyed to find a joke shop and bought a whopee cushion. it did indeed make 'a real bronx cheer'.