I know i know, and I actually said that to the barman, but he seemed so keen and sympathetic that I thought what the hell...I definitely think winnings on these contraptions need to be limited to 4 or 5 quid a game, then take the money out and start again.dmac wrote:
Machine malfunction voids plays and credits!!
New visit to Paragon
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I hear BFG are in trouble too....kingzilla wrote:I think there is an obvious reason why there seems to be more and more disappearing Paragons and that is they have over spent on personnel and and on the quantity of machines which they have found they cannot support.
I also hear they have had to let a number of people go.
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for one reason and another i've had to be out of the loop for a while. anyway, i noticed a terminal with the test menu today. charley boorman's game looks very playable, not least with the next game bonus wheeze (which i have no doubt will encourage replayability from even the thickest local).
this particular mug played four games and refused a couple of small prizes without collecting a brass farthing. but i still found it to be a diversion, and whoever said i'd be thrilled by the silly subgames was quite right.
anyway, game five threw up a small peculiarity, i'm pretty sure i didn't get any cleverer or less stupid with one sip of beer but i was merrily pootling along with a 2x bonus when a suitcase bonus thing popped up out of nowhere. the case on the left said £1 and there was a closed one on the right.
obviously a pound is immaterial so i went for the other and it banked £8 which was a surprise, but 16x stake for nothing is a good reward in what was an easy game. i ended up with £6 more from the main game when i was a coward on episode last. but it wasn't a struggle at all and i'm quite sure an average punter would have got these prizes too which is a good enough payday for five minutes. so for this reason i like it: if joe schmo can get a decent prize thrown at him then it means that the people who ultimately pay us may continue to be enamoured with the game.
also had a quick go on that battleships title but i've never had much interest in such a silly premise. however, i very much enjoyed the closing animation when it goes to monochrome with affected snowing. it reminded me of an old amiga game which i used to have and the WWIIesque treatment is quite charming.
this particular mug played four games and refused a couple of small prizes without collecting a brass farthing. but i still found it to be a diversion, and whoever said i'd be thrilled by the silly subgames was quite right.
anyway, game five threw up a small peculiarity, i'm pretty sure i didn't get any cleverer or less stupid with one sip of beer but i was merrily pootling along with a 2x bonus when a suitcase bonus thing popped up out of nowhere. the case on the left said £1 and there was a closed one on the right.
obviously a pound is immaterial so i went for the other and it banked £8 which was a surprise, but 16x stake for nothing is a good reward in what was an easy game. i ended up with £6 more from the main game when i was a coward on episode last. but it wasn't a struggle at all and i'm quite sure an average punter would have got these prizes too which is a good enough payday for five minutes. so for this reason i like it: if joe schmo can get a decent prize thrown at him then it means that the people who ultimately pay us may continue to be enamoured with the game.
also had a quick go on that battleships title but i've never had much interest in such a silly premise. however, i very much enjoyed the closing animation when it goes to monochrome with affected snowing. it reminded me of an old amiga game which i used to have and the WWIIesque treatment is quite charming.
nobody ever wins on those things.
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QuizMaster
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Sounds like the usual sort of aesthetic bollocks that would interest you.
That said, I too have purloined a free £5 from the aforementioned case, and much as I hate to say it, do find this game and Battleships too to be somewhat playable.
It also helps that everywhere I go to Paragons these days the punters seem to play these two a lot as well. But they lose. Which is always nice.
A mild distraction from Pub Quiz for a while whilst I investigate further.
That said, I too have purloined a free £5 from the aforementioned case, and much as I hate to say it, do find this game and Battleships too to be somewhat playable.
It also helps that everywhere I go to Paragons these days the punters seem to play these two a lot as well. But they lose. Which is always nice.
A mild distraction from Pub Quiz for a while whilst I investigate further.
Stupid punters. Telly all the week, screw the wife Saturday
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I think I'm a reasonably intelligent sort of person and pretty impervious to gimmicks such as this, but it suckered me into replaying Battleships (after I'd won a prize) after I was offered the SUPER WEAPON - I just couldn't turn down a weapon of that size.Istenem wrote:charley boorman's game looks very playable, not least with the next game bonus wheeze (which i have no doubt will encourage replayability from even the thickest local).
Then on to By Any Means and I got offered Easy Questions (again after winning a prize). Well I couldn't turn that down either, could I?