tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post2322776616320300120..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Sleb Mastermind Show 4Londiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-89549211018574361732011-12-31T10:45:13.371-08:002011-12-31T10:45:13.371-08:00Hi Daniel
Thanks for the nice things you said abo...Hi Daniel<br /><br />Thanks for the nice things you said about LAM on the Quiz Addict. <br /><br />I think that sometimes, when you get right down to it principles matter. This is what makes me react when I see blatant cheating going on even when there is no prize of any kind at stake. It's the principle. <br /><br />I've been playing in and taking my regular turns at setting the quiz in the rugby club for over 16 years now. It is very important to me, and I just think that sitting there and cheating with your phone shows an utter contempt for the rest of the teams, and for the person who has put a little time and effort into putting together a free evening's entertainment for everyone playing. <br /><br />Alright - my motives aren't totally as pure as that. I work the papers, every day if I can , and certainly as you know I compile a set of news questions every week. If someone beats me in the New Year quiz on the events of the previous year because a) they've worked harder than I have, or b) they just got lucky and the questions just fell right for them, then damn good luck to them. But if some numpty who never usually plays anyway comes along with his iphone and happily googles his way to the win, then yes, I do get really peed off about it. And what pees me off most is the way that for the last two years, said numpties have come along with 2 of our regular teams, who should know better, and DO know better. Nobody in either team has had the common decency to turn round and explain to them - look, sorry, but that's not how we play the game here. And then whenever I go into my diatribe about phone cheating next time it's my turn to do the quiz, they have the sheer brass neck to sit there nodding along with me, and murmuring their approval when I say that if I suspect anyone of cheating with phones they will receive zero for that round. But then, as we all know, it's only really cheating when other people do it. <br /><br />Sorry - touched a nerve there I think. Basically it all comes down to - do I really want to do the work preparing for the quiz next week, when it will all probably end in tears anyway ? <br /><br />Answers on a postcard , please.Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-29438555305483771422011-12-31T07:24:06.371-08:002011-12-31T07:24:06.371-08:00Don't worry Dave, one of the local quizzes I g...Don't worry Dave, one of the local quizzes I go to, always make a point of expressing their suspicions of cheating if they don't winDanielFullardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635161450969202410noreply@blogger.com