New Scaratings

Thanks to the team at Old Chicago in Louisville for welcoming me to participate on their Smartest Bar team last week!

For those who don't know (probably almost everyone), I moved to Maine last fall. I still travel, but lately it has been to locations with few or no real BT nerds playing. This week, I was local, so I popped into the BWW in Bangor for Showdown night. Who should I discover on the board, but QUAHOG. We introduced ourselves, and since it was only the two of us, engaged in a little competitive play. He swept the night, but a good time was had, and we introduced a relative newbie to the game.

Our discussion turned to this board, and so hopefully he'll be lighting himself back up soon.

Hello Librty,

Hope to see you again at Teasers sometime.

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Was fun having you join us, hope you can make it again sometime. Always enjoy visitors.

My brother who plays as BOSTON is supposed to join us for the Smartest Bar this week after summering in Bath, Maine.
And a traveling gypsy is supposed to join us as well.

Quahog used to post on the first version of Scaratings, hope he reconnects.

I mentioned that the board was still here, so maybe he'll turn up.

Yep, LIBRTY, I'll be playing with SCAR and Friends in Louisville this week.

I don't know if you remember me, but I met you at Teaser's awhile back.

GYPSY

Ha! Thanks for giving me the nudge to check in here. It's been a long time.

Hi, scar!

Sadly, BT trivia is not as popular here (Bangor, or maybe most of New England) as it was in some of the other places I've lived. It was a jolt to have Librty recognize the handle and eventually realize it was from Scaratings.

Buzztime trivia is alive and doing quite well not far from that BWW in Bangor. I'm sure you've been to the Sea Dog? Some don't play as a team but others certainly do. Plenty of players there, maybe not for Showdown but they do well other days and on CD.

Rollie's in nearby Belfast also has a good following, cool bar in a beautiful town.

I'd love to see a bar in Boothbay Harbor get BT, nothing close to there.

Oh and welcome back.

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I've played at Sea Dog many times, especially before BWW existed here. I think only one time in the past two or three years there was another player. And the visibility of the screens is awful. I like to look at the TVs, not just down at the tablet. I go home with a sore neck every time I sit at the bar there and stare almost straight up to see the screens.

When I started playing in Auburn, AL 25 years ago, all 20 boxes would be out most night and each box had a team of several people around it. My own team had a half dozen players for most of the big games (Six, or whatever it was called back then -- Trivial Pursuit? and Showdown.) There would be scores of people involved on the "big nights". I just don't see that up this way.

I'm usually the only one playing at BWW, too. It gets very lonely and sometimes I think I'm seen as that eccentric old man hanging out at the sports bar and ignoring the sports.

When I'm in MA, I play at BWW Danvers, and there used to be a good contingent most nights maybe a dozen or so playing. The culture there was individual play, and then a crew of four people (I think) showed up and collaborated so most of the old players stopped coming. Don't get me wrong -- they're good players, and any of them playing solo would be very competitive. Now, other than Thursday nights, when they are there, there is usually no more than 3-4 people playing. And often just me and my trivia friend. Or just me, if she can't take it.

I like Belfast and even know the former mayor. I used to live on the coast, but a bit further up than Belfast. And now I am a half hour night go Bangor, which is an hour north of Belfast. So... not high on the list But if I'm down that way some evening, I certainly will check out Rollie's.

I worked in the summer in Bah Habbah a few years ago and there were two places across the street from each other. Sometimes it was pretty good there.

Oh, well, I'm just a grouchy old faht, I guess.

Had lunch at Schooner Landing a couple weeks ago.
Beautiful area.
In the summer.

I'm planning to head for Sea Dog tonight. Hopefully I won't be playing alone. I'll happily team with anyone who wants to join in. Maybe we can give the official Sandbaggers a run for their money (We won't have enough to join the tournament, but we might climb the BT leader board...)

Otherwise I might end up singing with the Jam Session crew. (OK, I might do that anyway... )

I think so. Glad you're still playing around!

Unfortunately, Buzztime was comatose at Sea Dog tonight. They said they've been locked up on the logo splash screen for several days and are waiting for a technician to fix it. ☹️

Well, I attended Auburn in the mid 70s. We'll need to share a few War Eagles next time.

ha! I taught there in the mid-90s!

Small world. Welcome back Quahog.

Yo, LIBRTY -- I am 80% sure I'll be at BWW Bangor tonight. Not to late, might arrive around 7.