New Scaratings

There is only one BWW in the Chicago area that still has Buzztime, none in Las Vegas. How does Buzztime survive without a major player in the food industry? The independent places that I used to have as my regular places said it was too expensive to keep.

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Malort. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

All the BWW are off the site finder except for those 60 or so that decided to extend the contract. That extension may only be through Jan.

Our Gaithersburg MD BWW manager as recent as last night was saying they were keeping BT on. They thought at least a few more weeks till the 30th. They had got the bags or boxes to send all the tablets back but weren't going to. But BT has pulled the plug and disconnected them from the network today. Our several numbers 1s last night was the swan song.

The 4 closest BWW to me are off the phone app too.

I'll have to talk to our manager again about extending through Jan as a bunch have done. She said she forwarded that info to her district manager.

Time to start a new thread on "Getting new Bars to sign up for BT in the BWW void"

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BUD - Stained Glass Pub Silver Spring MD
OC BUD - Grotto Pizza DE near Ocean City MD

LET'S GO ....Caps and Os!!!!

To help keep track of the effect of all the lost BWW on the games I'll put up these numbers and see how bad they get from here.

11/9 - Playback 160 BWW of 385 total bars, 1103 players
11/16 -
11/23 -

11/12 - Showdown 175 BWW of 463 total bars, 1730 players
11/19 -
11/26 -

11/13 - Wed SIX 209 BWW of 475 total bars, 1272 players
11/20 -
11/27 -

11/14 - Thur SIX 232 BWW of 529 total bars, 1326 players
11/21 -
11/28 - Thanksgiving

11/8 - Spotlight 216 BWW of 489 total bars, 1457 players
11/15 - Spotlight 191 BWW of 454 total bars, 1406 players
11/22 -
11/29 -

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BUD - Stained Glass Pub Silver Spring MD
OC BUD - Grotto Pizza DE near Ocean City MD

LET'S GO ....Caps and Os!!!!

That data seems to represent about 1/3 of their players. At least that seems to be the number represented by Showdown. I'm not sure about the others. That would probably be a higher percentage.

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Middle age is when a broad mind and a slim waist exchange places.

I would say stay positive.Get those that played at BWW to play at ones that still have it.I feel bad for communities where the only place one could play buzztime was at a now discontinued BWW.Quitters never win.Winners never quit.

What Chicago BWW still has the game? I checked Homewood, still on BT's list, but it is gone.

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Merkin

There was one at 1832 N. Clybourn is still listed.

My wife and I were going through the list of places we had as our "home" location over the years. We've gone through LeQue (now Q-Bar) in Darien, TGIFriday's in Darien, Michael Anthony's in Berwyn, Bennigan's in Woodridge, Mister Mo's in Palos, Buffalo Wild Wings in Willowbrook. Looks like the next on our list will be DJ's in Westmont.

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Malort. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Added Playback from 11/16, per the "Hall of Fame" page on the Buzztime website.

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Malort. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

I got a little different number than you BiGTUNA. I used the player number off the front "premium game" page for the other dates below. It shows 588 for Playback there, but 486 in the actual HOF as you have? I'll keep with the front page number to keep it similar.

To help keep track of the effect of all the lost BWW on the games I'll put up these numbers and see how bad they get from here.

11/9 - Playback 160 BWW of 385 total bars, 1103 players
11/16 - Playback 12 BWW of 233 total bars, 588 players (47% drop)
11/23 -

11/12 - Showdown 175 BWW of 463 total bars, 1730 players
11/19 - Showdown 15 BWW of 342 total bars, 1422 players (18% drop)
11/26 -

11/13 - Wed SIX 209 BWW of 475 total bars, 1272 players
11/20 -
11/27 -

11/14 - Thur SIX 232 BWW of 529 total bars, 1326 players
11/21 -
11/28 - Thanksgiving

11/8 - Spotlight 216 BWW of 489 total bars, 1457 players
11/15 - Spotlight 191 BWW of 454 total bars, 1406 players
11/22 -
11/29 -

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BUD - Stained Glass Pub Silver Spring MD
OC BUD - Grotto Pizza DE near Ocean City MD

LET'S GO ....Caps and Os!!!!

To help keep track of the effect of all the lost BWW on the games I'll put up these numbers and see how bad they get from here.

11/9 - Playback 160 BWW of 385 total bars, 1103 players
11/16 - Playback 12 BWW of 233 total bars, 588 players (47% drop)
11/23 - Playback 18 BWW of 243 total bars, 642 players ( 9% increase)
11/30 -

11/12 - Showdown 175 BWW of 463 total bars, 1730 players
11/19 - Showdown 15 BWW of 342 total bars, 1422 players (18% drop)
11/26 - Showdown 15 BWW of 338 total bars, 1451 players ( 0% increase)

11/13 - Wed SIX 209 BWW of 475 total bars, 1272 players
11/20 - Wed SIX 20 BWW of 338 total bars, 985 players (23% drop)
11/27 -

11/14 - Thur SIX 232 BWW of 529 total bars, 1326 players
11/21 - Thur SIX 26 BWW of 363 total bars, 935 players (29% drop)
11/28 - Thanksgiving

11/8 - Spotlight 216 BWW of 489 total bars, 1457 players
11/15 - Spotlight 191 BWW of 454 total bars, 1406 players
11/22 - Spotlight 24 BWW of 346 total bars, 997 players (29% drop)
11/29 -

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BUD - Stained Glass Pub Silver Spring MD
OC BUD - Grotto Pizza DE near Ocean City MD

LET'S GO ....Caps and Os!!!!

Not that it matters at this point, but I'm surprised that most BWWs still seemed to have the game last Friday. I decided to pop into my local BWW last Friday in the off chance they didn't pull the game until the close of the business day... but any sign of buzztime was already long gone at that point as they had already removed all of the tablets, and boarded up the three walls where the tablets were located.

11/9 - Playback 160 BWW of 385 total bars, 1103 players
11/16 - Playback 12 BWW of 233 total bars, 588 players (47% drop)
11/23 - Playback 18 BWW of 243 total bars, 642 players ( 9% increase)
11/30 - Playback 11 BWW of 234 total bars, 604 players ( 6% drop)

11/12 - Showdown 175 BWW of 463 total bars, 1730 players
11/19 - Showdown 15 BWW of 342 total bars, 1422 players (18% drop)
11/26 - Showdown 15 BWW of 338 total bars, 1451 players ( 1% increase)

11/13 - Wed SIX 209 BWW of 475 total bars, 1272 players
11/20 - Wed SIX 20 BWW of 338 total bars, 985 players (23% drop)
11/27 - Wed SIX 27 BWW of 378 total bars, 1093 players (11% increase)

11/14 - Thur SIX 232 BWW of 529 total bars, 1326 players
11/21 - Thur SIX 26 BWW of 363 total bars, 935 players (29% drop)
11/28 - Thanksgiving 6 BWW, 166 total bars, 391 players

11/8 - Spotlight 216 BWW of 489 total bars, 1457 players
11/15 - Spotlight 191 BWW of 454 total bars, 1406 players
11/22 - Spotlight 24 BWW of 346 total bars, 997 players (29% drop)
11/29 - Spotlight 22 BWW of 367 total bars, 1113 players (12% increase)

On quick glance it seems the after that 1st week of major drops there has been small increases as players find new non BWW bars.

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BUD - Stained Glass Pub Silver Spring MD
OC BUD - Grotto Pizza DE near Ocean City MD

LET'S GO ....Caps and Os!!!!

Thanks so much for gathering these data, BUD.

To be honest, I expected the drop to be worse, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it actually rebounded a bit this past week for some games. We'll see if the trend continues.

Thanks again!

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Anon
"He may seem like Mr. Rogers but a dark spirit lies beneath."

And thank you Anon for using 'these data'!

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Merkin

Same from me, thanks Bud!

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Malort. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God.

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Anon
"He may seem like Mr. Rogers but a dark spirit lies beneath."

Looks like Playback was back down to under 600 players on December 7.

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Malort. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Most BWW dropped BT 11/15.

11/9 - Playback 160 BWW of 385 total bars, 1103 players
11/16 - Playback 12 BWW of 233 total bars, 588 players (47% drop)
11/23 - Playback 18 BWW of 243 total bars, 642 players ( 9% increase)
11/30 - Playback 11 BWW of 234 total bars, 604 players ( 6% drop)
12/7 - Playback 20 BWW of 231 total bars, 560 players ( 7% drop)

11/12 - Showdown 175 BWW of 463 total bars, 1730 players
11/19 - Showdown 15 BWW of 342 total bars, 1422 players (18% drop)
11/26 - Showdown 15 BWW of 338 total bars, 1451 players ( 1% increase)
12/3 - Showdown 23 BWW of 341 total bars, 1402 players ( 3% drop)

11/13 - Wed SIX 209 BWW of 475 total bars, 1272 players
11/20 - Wed SIX 20 BWW of 338 total bars, 985 players (23% drop)
11/27 - Wed SIX 27 BWW of 378 total bars, 1093 players (11% increase)
12/4 - Wed SIX 22 BWW of 341 total bars, 981 players (10% drop)

11/14 - Thur SIX 232 BWW of 529 total bars, 1326 players
11/21 - Thur SIX 26 BWW of 363 total bars, 935 players (29% drop)
11/28 - Thanksgiving 6 BWW of 166 total bars, 391 players ----
12/5 - Thur SIX 33 BWW of 359 total bars, 909 players ( 2% drop)

11/8 - Spotlight 216 BWW of 489 total bars, 1457 players
11/15 - Spotlight 191 BWW of 454 total bars, 1406 players
11/22 - Spotlight 24 BWW of 346 total bars, 997 players (29% drop)
11/29 - Spotlight 22 BWW of 367 total bars, 1113 players (12% increase)
12/6 - Spotlight 23 BWW of 320 total bars, 910 players (18% drop)

Big Tuna is right. Numbers across the board going back the wrong way last week, there was bad weather across the country.

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BUD - Stained Glass Pub Silver Spring MD
OC BUD - Grotto Pizza DE near Ocean City MD

LET'S GO ....Caps and Os!!!!

True on the bad weather. And Mary J. Blige didn't exactly inspire me to want to go out to play while fighting my cold.

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Malort. It's not just for breakfast anymore.