Baseball Trivia, all May long

-BO- · **Joined:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:20 pm **Posts:** 2291

Bugg wrote:

As noted by others it is much more difficult to change games on the new tablets.
This reminds me-Back when it was easier to to do hour long games sometimes they would be changed at locations to countdown games.That made it hard on the person that wanted to play the daily hour long games especially if one was traveling.

This would occasionally happen to me when on the road all the time. It was always fun to backdoor into the system, program in the premium game, change the password, and then sit back and watch chaos ensue.

Bugg · **Joined:** Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:42 pm **Posts:** 136

I did recommend to buzztime that when they had their nightly premium games that no other option should be available.I remember wanting to play Six and I came to play and they had countdown.They obviously did not agree with me.
Yes,minor league questions in baseball are tough.Perhaps,keep it to MLB only.I missed the one they had in the game I played.

GONE D · **Joined:** Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:33 am **Posts:** 710

poman wrote:

I stand corrected. We opted out tonight for Countdown... and only 11 bars played Countdown instead of baseball.

Noodling about the Buzztime website, I learned that there were 37 registered players for POMAN's Countdown, and 989 players for Baseball Trivia. At a cursory glance this appears to be 300-400 more players than had been playing Countdown in that particular time slot on Saturday evenings.

I read the box scores first thing every morning and have absolutely no interest in being quizzed about it. So Buzztime might be onto something (that I don't want to hear).

I've canvassed every Buzztime player I've encountered in the past week, more than two dozen certainly, and I've only gotten two positive responses to the question, "Would you rather play Baseball Trivia than Countdown?" Both positive responses were last Tuesday, in advent of Brainbuster. So I left Baseball in. Both BETH and JOE said afterward that once was enough (echoing LILJOL that the history of the game would be more interesting).

Bugg · **Joined:** Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:42 pm **Posts:** 136

Obviously,the sports games do not always resonate with the public,but that also is true of other games such as science fiction.Even lexitopia.Not all games need to be by majority rule.I respect the fact others love brain buster and showdown,but not everyone does.Overall,not all the games should appeal only to socalled intellectual pursuit.Myself,I have played many a game that does not really interest me that much.Does one have to know most of the answers to enjoy the games.Perhaps one can derive enjoyment with incremental improvement,simply helping a team win, or by oneself knowing some of the answers.etc.

TCHCNB · **Joined:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:19 pm **Posts:** 284

If its primarily historical baseball I would very much enjoy playing a few games this month. If it is primarily current events baseball a la Pulse mode (meaning if all you need is a weeks worth of USA today sports pages to be successful) than count me out. At that point I would rather play Countdown.

Bugg · **Joined:** Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:42 pm **Posts:** 136

I played only one game.It was some current but there were questions going back a few years.If I remember right it did not go way back.I would try a game or two and make a determination.I thought it was a well written game.I would rate level of difficulty as moderate.

rayj1029 · **Joined:** Sun May 27, 2012 10:51 am **Posts:** 200

It seems like there's no Baseball Trivia from before 1996.

RAY J.

ANON · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:59 pm **Posts:** 2232

To be honest, The Fellowship at BWW-Kent kind of submitted to Baseball Trivia this month as an exercise in humility. We are still usually assembling between 7:30-8:00 in preparation for Brainbuster; and apart from RAMBUC, WRATH, DROLL, and RABBIT, none of the team really follows baseball much. Neither RABBIT nor WRATH were there last night, and we kind of stumbled through as best we could while generally paying as much or more attention to conversation. I gave up my box halfway through the game to another teammate who did not have one, and found I couldn't finish the game on the Playmaker app (not that I cared particularly). Still, DROLL and RAMBUC came through with some good calls, and GUNDAM, who is our guru on all things Japanese, precalled the Hanshin Tigers question. When the game ended, we had a 12k score and kind of laughed at the prospect that we might actually squeak on to the Network Rankings board for a game in which we felt completely out of our depth.

I don't think anyone in the continent was more shocked than us when we found ourselves at #1.

We know it is not likely to happen again, but we will probably pay more attention to it next week. Until then, we are content to be blind squirrels/broken clocks this week.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

ANON wrote:

GUNDAM, who is our guru on all things Japanese, precalled the Hanshin Tigers question.

Well, hell. :shock:

GUNDAM is hereby awarded the Japanese card forfeited by F YU Darvish when he joined those F CUBS. :lol:

ANON · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:59 pm **Posts:** 2232

liljol wrote:

Well, hell. :shock:

GUNDAM is hereby awarded the Japanese card forfeited by F YU Darvish when he joined those F CUBS. :lol:

I'll pass that along to her.

spotes · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:27 pm **Posts:** 1558

rayj1029 wrote:

It seems like there's no Baseball Trivia from before 1996.

RAY J.

And this is EXACTLY why I didn't bother to check this game out. What's the point?

Asking me to play this quasi-current events baseball game is like asking Michaelangelo to paint a park bench. ..

Wake me up if you guys see any questions for grown-ups.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

Well, hell. :roll:

Seems that most of these games that this lil old grump has bothered to play consist of a few questions from the past few days, a few from at earliest a dozen years ago, one minor league question, and one Japanese League question. :shock:

IIRC there MAY have been the Countdown question on which baseball executive signed Jackie Robinson, but it could well have been near the end of the Countdown game just before this abominable game. :roll:

ANON · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:59 pm **Posts:** 2232

liljol wrote:

IIRC there MAY have been the Countdown question on which baseball executive signed Jackie Robinson, but it could well have been near the end of the Countdown game just before this abominable game. :roll:

Yes, I think the Rickey question was in the Baseball Trivia game.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

ANON wrote:

liljol wrote:

IIRC there MAY have been the Countdown question on which baseball executive signed Jackie Robinson, but it could well have been near the end of the Countdown game just before this abominable game. :roll:

Yes, I think the Rickey question was in the Baseball Trivia game.

Well, hell. :roll:

ONE.

BUD · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2018 9:28 pm

There was an old one last night. Real toughie, What city did Babe Ruth come from? Another 5 or so were about the last 3 days. The other 9 were decent. That game was ok except for too many about yesterday.

Baseball trivia is still welcome for 1 game a night at our bww for the time being. Hope they don't get real lazy and go all from last nights Sports Center.

Bugg · **Joined:** Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:42 pm **Posts:** 136

I enjoy the game.I only played three games and have yet to see a repeat question which hopefully continues.A little diversity from countdown games is nice.They should add some other games that would appeal to the customer base,even ones that I may not excel at.They need to expand player base.Put some games in that would do that .Do not though take out current popular games.

Shakes · **Joined:** Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:37 am **Posts:** 113

Kudos to CLIPPR for the brilliant baseball trivia handle.
I broke out laughing when I saw it (in the top 10 of course), and relished explaining it to my visiting millennials.

sakictgif · **Joined:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:53 pm **Posts:** 170

liljol wrote:

ANON wrote:

liljol wrote:

IIRC there MAY have been the Countdown question on which baseball executive signed Jackie Robinson, but it could well have been near the end of the Countdown game just before this abominable game. :roll:

Yes, I think the Rickey question was in the Baseball Trivia game.

Well, hell. :roll:

ONE.

They asked James' Bell nickname last night... thought that was pretty "cool"

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