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As we are wont to do on Thursday nights, Chris and I went over to BW3 and has the boneless wings and played trivia.
Well, the people over at Buzztime/NTN have changed up the trivia format.
I like some of the changes, having a 10 question game in fifteen minutes means a faster pace and more questions per half hour than the old 30 minute game, but what if you have to go pee? It's also all "Wipeout" now, as in it's formated like an older game where the possible answers are displayed, and one by one they remove the wrong ones until one remains. They no longer have the game where all the answers remain on the screen and clues are given. I suppose they had to let the clue writer go.
I'm a big enough geek to have signed up for the Players Plus points. Generally it's nothing, just an acknowledgement that you've been playing for a while. Because I signed up I won a set of pint glasses for winning a "premium" game several years ago. Last night I saw nothing that said I was a points member or that I was even earning any points for playing, so why even sign in?
Speaking of that, the monthly leaderboard was gone. It's always fun to come back in later in the month and still see that you have one of the top scores, but now there's no such incentive.
Also, the game used to have five possible answers, now it only has four. I suppose that makes it easier for some, but I kept pressing five on the controlbox as I was trying to put in for the last answer on the list. I'm sure I'll get used to that, but still. The other thing is they changed to a new font, likely a smaller font to go with their new snazzy graphics, and now it's harder to read from across the restaurant. What were they thinking?
I guess that Buzztime/NTN is trying to attract new players to the game, but from what I'm already hearing the older players are not liking the changes. I've been playing pretty regularly for the past 15 years, so I guess I'm just set in my ways. Still, I know with the new format, I won't be staying and playing as long because the games are shorter. It's easer to leave at the 15 or 45 minute mark where they used to keep me captivated for a full 30 minutes.
We'll see what tweaks they make for the new format, but after the first night of it, I'm not too thrilled.
Well, the people over at Buzztime/NTN have changed up the trivia format.
I like some of the changes, having a 10 question game in fifteen minutes means a faster pace and more questions per half hour than the old 30 minute game, but what if you have to go pee? It's also all "Wipeout" now, as in it's formated like an older game where the possible answers are displayed, and one by one they remove the wrong ones until one remains. They no longer have the game where all the answers remain on the screen and clues are given. I suppose they had to let the clue writer go.
I'm a big enough geek to have signed up for the Players Plus points. Generally it's nothing, just an acknowledgement that you've been playing for a while. Because I signed up I won a set of pint glasses for winning a "premium" game several years ago. Last night I saw nothing that said I was a points member or that I was even earning any points for playing, so why even sign in?
Speaking of that, the monthly leaderboard was gone. It's always fun to come back in later in the month and still see that you have one of the top scores, but now there's no such incentive.
Also, the game used to have five possible answers, now it only has four. I suppose that makes it easier for some, but I kept pressing five on the controlbox as I was trying to put in for the last answer on the list. I'm sure I'll get used to that, but still. The other thing is they changed to a new font, likely a smaller font to go with their new snazzy graphics, and now it's harder to read from across the restaurant. What were they thinking?
I guess that Buzztime/NTN is trying to attract new players to the game, but from what I'm already hearing the older players are not liking the changes. I've been playing pretty regularly for the past 15 years, so I guess I'm just set in my ways. Still, I know with the new format, I won't be staying and playing as long because the games are shorter. It's easer to leave at the 15 or 45 minute mark where they used to keep me captivated for a full 30 minutes.
We'll see what tweaks they make for the new format, but after the first night of it, I'm not too thrilled.
