Eliminated?

Topical2009 · Post by **Topical2009** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:09 pm

Looks like Eliminator is really gone now. Obviously been like rocking horse doo doo on Paragons for a while, then removed from the new Open menu, but now seems to be rapidly disappearing from the Gamesnet as well.

What do we think are the chances of Eliminator 2.0 appearing at some point? It seems to have been popular with punters as well as pros, and there are clearly rounds on the database which haven't been used yet (or at least only used as wrong answers - Welsh Footballers anyone?), and lots more which could be written. Let's face it, Find Five isn't anywhere near as good, and I can't see it cutting the mustard as a direct replacement.

The strongest games have always survived by keeping the format, and regularly updating the question sets, but apart from Pub Quiz that doesn't seem to happen so much these days...

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:19 pm

Going more from being battered than being unpopular I suspect. I know a couple of lads who are demon on this, even when the superfast timers kick in.

Mat Ingram · Post by **Mat Ingram** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:21 pm

Find 5 is a pale imitation, and will never substitute for Eliminator.
Fatspanner won't pay for a superior game; so you are all left with a poor mans copy.

You only need to replace the hard categories, as these are the stoppers.
Trouble is that you need a lot of new stoppers, and its a lot of work for little money, as it is only on Gamesnet now.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:52 pm

May as well be called 'Find Fuck All' since that's what you get when you get there. How does this company stay in business?

And more importantly why haven't they put the real Pub Quiz back on instead of some shite clone?

paragoon · Post by **paragoon** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:49 pm

QuizMaster wrote:Going more from being battered than being unpopular I suspect. I know a couple of lads who are demon on this, even when the superfast timers kick in.

Aye.

ImpartialBernard · Post by **ImpartialBernard** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:20 am

Find 5 is a pale imitation, and will never substitute for Eliminator.
Fatspanner won't pay for a superior game; so you are all left with a poor mans copy.

ImpartialBernard · Post by **ImpartialBernard** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:10 pm

Although on a more serious note, according to my shady connections I understood the reason for Eliminators removal was a combination of it being dicked and that the company responsible for its creation has pulled out of the SWP market altogether.

Feel free to correct me if i am wrong because my connections have been known to make stuff up just to get a rise out of someone.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:50 pm

Good on people able to "dick" Eliminator. I never reached a particularly high standard on it, I must say.

Mat Ingram · Post by **Mat Ingram** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:55 pm

ImpartialBernard wrote:the reason for Eliminators removal was a combination of it being dicked and that the company responsible for its creation has pulled out of the SWP market altogether.

Sounds like a direct quote from Richard Terry.

paragoon · Post by **paragoon** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:49 pm

It was kind of dickable if you put the work in.

I'm wondering now if it's sudden disappearance is due to the current test series? Two of their harder categories were Pakistani cricketers and Indian cricketers. I was finally there with the Indian side...just a smidgeon too late.

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:28 pm

I saw someone empty an open with this game in a spoons last week. He seemed to just know the answers to every set, and would find the answers within seconds.
He didn't seem to be 'all there' when I spoke to him - Autistic or something, with a hunchback and gammy left arm. He said he had been playing it for 6 months and just knew all the answers.
It was impressive to see £70/80 won in about 5 minutes.

messiah · Post by **messiah** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:55 pm

Thumper wrote:Autistic or something, with a hunchback and gammy left arm.

Are you sure it wasn't Istenem?

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:21 pm

sounds like spacker Tim. He is autistic, he has a first from oxford in history. he finds it hard to cope with normal life, so hes found his living from machines.very nice man actually. he has a disabled wife that he lives with from blackpool

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:24 pm

we actually got him to give us locations of connect 4.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:23 pm

Thumper wrote:I saw someone empty an open with this game in a spoons last week. He seemed to just know the answers to every set, and would find the answers within seconds.
He didn't seem to be 'all there' when I spoke to him - Autistic or something, with a hunchback and gammy left arm. He said he had been playing it for 6 months and just knew all the answers.
It was impressive to see £70/80 won in about 5 minutes.

Fantastic story. Oddly I knew a chap called Tom at Oxford who matches the "autistic and got a first" exactly. I wish I occasionally came across players of this level of interestingness. All you see in London are muppets, plus Suri every two years or so.