New Scaratings

Thanks, knowing Don definitely narrows this field.

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You can really taste the goat!

Thanks, SCAR!

I had a blast.

I’m so happy to have people to play with in Louisville.

GYPSY

Since Don Denton began tracking this statistic in 2009, the 65K site score put up by West Park Station is the 3rd highest site score in the last 9+ years. I share GYPSY's astonishment.

thanks for the kudos everyone. we had a full house and then some on thursday. the last person to show up got no playmaker, but stayed and contributed a couple answers as did just about everyone at the table. when we have a good game that is usually the case.

there is still a lot left of the tournament and it looks like most everyone is still in it. good luck all this thursday.

Congrats to WPS. You folks made up a lot of ground with this game. A great job by your team, and I'm sure, more to come.

I want to thank everyone for allowing our Colorado team to get involved with this site. And thanks to GYPSY for introducing the site to us.

N B C

No, thank you, N B C!

That night at Guido’s Nickel was one of the best times I’ve ever had playing trivia.

GYPSY

Welcome NBC, glad to have someone from Fiddlesticks on here. We do see that bar and Guidos on the boards often enough. I believe your bar had visitors from Gaithersburg not too long ago.

Good luck in the last 3 weeks of the Six challenge.

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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!!!!

week 3 standings

this tournament is really shaping up to be a horse race. we are three weeks in and we have three different winners. this week the plaudits go to walsh's, nice game. the scores from this week look like this:
1 Walsh's Bar and Grill 60,906
2 Boomerz 59,589
3 Caffe Cottage 59,450
4 West Park Station 59,228
5 B-52 Burger and Brew 59,091
6 Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 58,317
7 Chicago Sams Cromwell 57,949
8 Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersburg 57,869
9 Time Out West Sports Pub 56,206
10 Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal City 55,798
11 Mad River Bar and Grille 55,719
12 Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 49,650
13 The Fellowship 44,958
14 Buffalo Wild Wings Laurel 33,467
15 Lona's City Limits Cantina 20,199

the overall standings for the full three weeks are this:

1 B-52 Burger and Brew 181,967
2 West Park Station 178,426
3 Mad River Bar and Grille 177,885
4 Time Out West Sports Pub 177,050
5 Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersburg 176,365
6 Walsh's Bar and Grill 175,267
7 Chicago Sams Cromwell 171,359
8 Caffe Cottage 166,726
9 Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 161,354
10 Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 158,988
11 Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal City 147,561
12 Boomerz 124,632
13 Buffalo Wild Wings Laurel 111,698
14 The Fellowship 97,568
15 Lona's City Limits Cantina 71,353

taking into account the dropped score the standings are:
1 West Park Station 124,486
2 B-52 Burger and Brew 122,876
3 Mad River Bar and Grille 122,166
4 Walsh's Bar and Grill 121,670
5 Time Out West Sports Pub 120,844
6 Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersburg 118,496
7 Chicago Sams Cromwell 117,562
8 Caffe Cottage 114,036
9 Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal City 111,817
10 Boomerz 110,212
11 Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 109,989
12 Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 109,338
13 The Fellowship 97,568
14 Buffalo Wild Wings Laurel 78,231
15 Lona's City Limits Cantina 51,627

the scores are courtesy of the great work don denton does for us. you can go to http://ntn.donrdenton.com/tournament.php?sort=total&KeyCol=2 to play around with the scores to get the best look at how things stand.

this thing is totally wide open. if we can add a fourth different winner next week, i can only imagine how crazy the finish can be. we may have a photo finish at the end. good luck to everyone next week.

My B-52 has two weeks to make up 1610 points on West Park Station. Ugh!

And what are the chances that Walsh's group is going to play five straight weeks without putting up a 63K or even a 64K of its own? Wagering against that possibility is no way to make a living.

I'm spending an hour this morning perusing the periodic table - we all could do some spadework - and pray that I'm not just digging my own grave.

Quick unofficial update on Six Challenge:

Five teams within 1337 points!

week 1 week 2 week 3 week 4 total best 3 pts behind
1 mad river 57434 64732 55719 61138 239023 183304
2 west park 53940 65258 59228 58046 236472 182532 772
3 time out west 58351 62493 56206 61402 238452 182246 1058
4 walsh bar 53597 60764 60906 60499 235766 182169 1135
5 b-52 60627 62249 59091 58648 240615 181967 1337

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Merkin

Lorin, I did my own "unofficial" calculations & came up with the same numbers.
Husker Du,
RAY J.

How fitting fifth is 1337 away from the top spot. Truly elite.

this tournament is super. now for week 4 we have our 4th different winner. great job time out. the results for week 4 are:

Time Out West Sports Pub 61,402
Mad River Bar and Grille 61,138
Walsh's Bar and Grill 60,499
Boomerz 59,620
B-52 Burger and Brew 58,648
West Park Station 58,046
Caffe Cottage 56,762
Chicago Sams Cromwell 56,594
Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 55,199
Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersbur 53,747
Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal Cit 50,024
Buffalo Wild Wings Kent 49,045
Buffalo Wild Wings 42,657
Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 12,720
Lona's City Limits Cantina 8,712

the overall score up to this point looks like this with only b-52 averaging 60,000 points per game:

B-52 Burger and Brew 240,615
Mad River Bar and Grille 239,023
Time Out West Sports Pub 238,452
West Park Station 236,472
Walsh's Bar and Grill 235,766
Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersbur 230,112
Chicago Sams Cromwell 227,953
Caffe Cottage 223,488
Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 216,553
Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal Cit 197,585
Boomerz 184,252
Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 171,708
Buffalo Wild Wings 154,355
Buffalo Wild Wings Kent 146,613
Lona's City Limits Cantina 80,065

the rankings counting a dropped score show what a solid tournament mad river has had without winning a game:

1 Mad River Bar and Grille 183,304
2 West Park Station 182,532
3 Time Out West Sports Pub 182,246
4 Walsh's Bar and Grill 182,169
5 B-52 Burger and Brew 181,967
6 Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersbur 176,365
7 Chicago Sams Cromwell 174,156
8 Caffe Cottage 170,798
9 Boomerz 169,832
10 Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 165,188
11 Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal Cit 161,841
12 Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 158,988
13 Buffalo Wild Wings Kent 146,613
14 Buffalo Wild Wings 120,888
15 Lona's City Limits Cantina 71,353

we have one week left. maybe we will have a 5th different winner this coming week. the top 5 are so close anything could happen this last week. i can't wait to see what happens.

good luck to all tonight.

Let's do it.

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Merkin

Unofficial results from my spreadsheet:

week 5 best 4 pts behind
1 mad river new york ny 60923 244227 0
2 b-52 burger and brew 61713 243680 547
3 time out west hanover pa 55313 238452 5775
4 walsh bar and grill westmo 55883 238052 6175
5 west park station cleveland 51172 236472 7755
6 bww gaithersburg 55932 232297 11930
7 chicago sam's cromwell ct 57823 231979 12248
8 caffe cottage lafayette la 57019 227817 16410
9 boomerz 57120 226952 17275
10 bww crystal city 58677 220518 23709
11 bww salisbury 54978 220166 24061
12 bww kent 55038 201651 42576
13 fiddlesticks lakewood co 1357 171708 72519
14 bww laurel 42777 163665 80562
15 lona's city limits cantina long b 34481 105834 138393

Congratulations to B-52 for winning a tough night, but (subject to official proclamation) overall congratulations to Mad River for 'covering' and winning the Six Challenge!

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Merkin

While we're waiting for the College of Cardinals (consisting of IDJIT and BUD) to waft white smoke from the curia (MERKIN offering accurate conjecture from the well-informed global press), I have one or two observations.

First, that shortening the quiz, from Mudee's original month's long affair to a compact five weeks, makes it far more attractive to players who would not otherwise participate, and the proof of this is in the numbers. The Challenge originally hobbled along with only five teams, all very dedicated, but a two-month tournament runs afoul of all kinds of mischief, as ANON, moderator of the Showdown tournaments, can attest. You have family vacations, religious holidays, and reliably bad weather with which to contend. This year there were fifteen sites participating in the Mudee Challenge, which tripled the original number. This was my first participation, and I'm hoping that I drew enough interest to the enterprise that next year my neighborhood can field not just one, but two or even three competing groups.

Second, and here I'm guilty of repeating myself - I live under a rock - I don't listen to popular music, don't go to movies, and leave my TV unplugged. In a Six quiz, the people with whom you're least likely to engage are the also the ones from whom you're most likely to benefit. So be polite, and draw them out.

Thank you.

So to render it official Mad River did win the 2018 MUDEE Six Challenge. B-52 gave it a serious go with two wins including the last night. However, week after week Mad River just kept coming up with great scores. The trophy now will move on to a new home, the very deserving Mad River.

Thursday's scores are:

1 B-52 Burger and Brew 61,713
2 Mad River Bar and Grille 60,923
3 Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal City 58,677
4 Chicago Sams Cromwell 57,823
5 Boomerz 57,120
6 Caffe Cottage 57,019
7 Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersburg 55,932
8 Walsh's Bar and Grill 55,883
9 Time Out West Sports Pub 55,313
10 The Fellowship 55,038
11 Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 54,987
12 West Park Station 51,172
13 Buffalo Wild Wings 42,777
14 Lona's City Limits Cantina 34,481
15 Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 1,357

The final overall scores counting one dropped score are:

1 Mad River Bar and Grille 244,227
2 B-52 Burger and Brew 243,680
3 Time Out West Sports Pub 238,452
4 Walsh's Bar and Grill 238,052
5 West Park Station 236,472
6 Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersburg 232,297
7 Chicago Sams Cromwell 231,979
8 Caffe Cottage 227,817
9 Boomerz 226,952
10 Buffalo Wild Wings Crystal City 220,518
11 Buffalo Wild Wings Salisbury 220,175
12 The Fellowship 201,651
13 Fiddlesticks Bar and Grill 171,708
14 Buffalo Wild Wings 163,665
15 Lona's City Limits Cantina 105,834

No surprise that the two most consistent teams were at the top.

This tournament was so close and so much fun. BUD and IDJT want to thank Don Denton for his work in making the scoring easier. We want to thank the winners, Mad River, for having such a great tournament. We have to acknowledge B-52 for also having a great tournament, they came so close. We especially want to thank each and every team for participating. Our objective is to have a tournament that honors MUDEE and this one was truly outstanding. Finally, we save special thanks to MUDEE for creating this thing in the first place.

With that the 2018 MUDEE Six Challenge is clos

They searched far and wide for top trivia players.The Twin Cities Metropolitan area has about 3.28 million population.Some of them are the finest trivia players in the buzztime system reside here.They congregated under the leadership of Dave (Gone D and other handles) and did their home state proud with a phenomenal performance in the tournament.Congratulations!!!

I'm tellin' ya, BUGG, if you had announced in advance that B-52 would average over 60K before the drop and that we would finish ahead of Walsh's and West Park Station, I would have liked our chances a lot. But MEGUMI and XTRAIN et al would have none of it. Well played!

What it boiled down to were the mega-scores that West Park and Mad River were able to obtain in Week 2. West Park wasn't able to hold serve, and B-52 couldn't launch a counter-strike against Mad River. MERKIN would know what I'm talking about. Last year Walsh's averaged over 62K (again, without factoring in the drop, which pushed that number to 62.7 (which may prove to be a durable record). This year Walsh's couldn't breach 61K in five tries. Team GYPSY (whose captain, at this writing, is playing pub trivia in London), finishing 3rd in this year's Challenge, would have had a winning average in any of the first three of these tournaments.

I enjoyed this more than any of the Buzztime-sponsored Six tournaments I've played. I think IDJIT and BUD have hit on a winning format, and I'll certainly be back for more punishment next year.

Your group played outstanding.You were playing against regional paragon teams.Your leadership Dave in organizing team was immense.What an outstanding performance.Your team displayed why they are among the top pantheon of the buzztime heiarchy.Congratulations again.

Thanks so much to all that played this best Mudee Six tourney. Idjit said it all well including Don's website stats. Thanks to those that went along with the spirit of the tourney and joined in most likely not really expecting to beat the top bars but played with heart anyway esp. Lonas. Thumbs up.

Congrats to B52 on making it close. They, I believe, were one of the bars just joining in and not expecting much due to vacations and lack of players. But Gone D recruited well and almost won it all. Real Nice job.

Then Mad River swooping in with a stronger Thur team than usual, proving they are more than just a top SD team. Very well done guys and enjoy the Mudee Six trophy. But please keep the trophy safe, don't leave it at the bar, send it home with different guys like the Stanley Cup.

Jim (idjit) and I thank you all for playing and will look forward to 20 teams next June.

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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!!!!

Just to set the record straight...XTRAIN and DAR were absent for one of the five weeks, and our teammates didn't miss a step without us. We'll probably sit the next one out. Do you need an address to send the trophy to?
XT

GYPSY informs me that she hasn't "played trivia in weeks."

While the iron is hot, I'll be PM'ing BUGG regarding a possible MUDEE site for some of the outlying players. BUGG lives a million miles away from most of the sites he plays, but he keeps sober, so BUGG's space capsule can handle the g-forces on entry, and escape velocity on the back end of a Mudee Challenge. A couple of BUGG's brethren may be ageing out, J A K and PYRITE especially. GABBY, a wonderful player, plays at Ol' Mexico, which is in his back yard, as B-52 is in mine. The logistics here, for a hypothetical 3rd group, could pose a challenge.

Forming a second group should pose no challenge at all. JOHNL, JOHNNY, BACHO, and HSNBRG, are accustomed to play as a group at Wild Bill's Woodbury, and routinely embarrass the nation. If they stay put, they would be very formidable.

And I can field a competetive team. I think. But after all, I have eleven months to talk it over.

Yes,I do beleive Bacho could assemble a great team at Wild Bill's and Ole Mexico led by Gabby could also.There were also a pretty good Tuesday team that played at Fern's that could be effective if they wanted this challenge.That being said it was fun to see a power team congregate at B52's and emerge less than a question short of the title and actually with all games counted have the most points.Great post Dave and of course continued succes both on and off the playing field.