GONE D wrote:
I'm curious why SPOTES, who formerly played 500 Countdowns in 6 months, very seldom plays.
This time it's work related stuff.
But I have previously taken sabbaticals for years at a time simply on a whim because trivia, prepare to be shocked, just isn't something that I always feel the need to do.
I've never really considered it a requirement in my life or even a serious hobby.
Simply put, it's always just been something that I'm really good at doing. So I do it.
Honestly, the thing I miss most when I'm away from playing trivia is hanging out with my buddies at the bar. The trivia is practically a macGuffin.
The real question should be why was I reduced to playing only LT and CD on Saturday afternoons.
The lack of Showdown players in the Indy area got me away from Tuesday nights. The guys at my bar don't do premium games in general anymore, certainly not SD. I suppose I could still go solo. But the thought of playing a night of trivia alone has a certain tragic Shakespearean quality to it. And I'm not just referring to my resultant scores...
While I cannot blame BT for that, a few other of their decisions definitely pushed me out:
the eradication of not one but two real premium sports games. There goes trivia on Sunday and Monday.
the change in structure of Six, along with it's inexcusable editing and content errors that were so prevalent that they drove me away from playing a game that was in my wheelhouse. There goes trivia on Wednesday or Thursday.
I've only ever played Friday or Saturday premium trivia on special occasions; bashes and the like.
Thus, I am left playing only Saturday afternoon CD with the boys.
I'll happily plug along one day a week, but I'd wager my pub would prefer my previous habit of four or five days/nights a week.
They can thank BT for that.
As to your general question about driving out lesser players:
I have two jobs at trivia: try to be agreeably sociable; come up with correct answers.
I've found that most folks join in because of the former and come back because of the latter.
Even if I fail miserably at the former, more often than not they will still come back because of the latter.
I have zero problems with folks that go it on their own at the pub. Have fun doing your thing.
I've been cordial at every instance.
But any person who would allow me to dictate their level of enjoyment based simply on my success at something as
pointless as trivia, has issues beyond my ability to salve with word or deed.
People will play or not play by their own motivations.