track and field

ming · Post by **ming** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:05 pm

i have not made it to the gold medal level yet and havent collected any wins from it, i checked the stats last night and ive put 700 through it. i hav stopped playing as i dont think it would be profitable in a pub.
im not as good as others on here but i have had jps from dond,100-1,cops and robbers but this takes the piss.
jp on cops and robbers put % up to 180% payout.

wires74 · Post by **wires74** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:17 pm

jackpot on 1 v 100 that's a first how many credits did that take ?

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:30 am

David Healy wrote:Can we get back on topic and discuss the bug in the endgame of Track and Field? Surely someone has made it to the gold medal level (e.g. someone who owns their own Paragon and has played over 500 games) - anyone?

I did make it to the Gold Medal level once early on after a very kind set of 'random' picks - mostly up arrows with only one or two reasonable questions. I then was given an impossible question and that was Game Over. If there is a bug I'd be surprised if anyone has the luck or the patience to find it!

ming · Post by **ming** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:37 am

100 - 1 jp was in a pub not on mine

David Healy · Post by **David Healy** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:45 am

Nil Satis wrote:
David Healy wrote:Can we get back on topic and discuss the bug in the endgame of Track and Field? Surely someone has made it to the gold medal level (e.g. someone who owns their own Paragon and has played over 500 games) - anyone?
I did make it to the Gold Medal level once early on after a very kind set of 'random' picks - mostly up arrows with only one or two reasonable questions. I then was given an impossible question and that was Game Over. If there is a bug I'd be surprised if anyone has the luck or the patience to find it!

Did you turn down any prizes on the way up?

On more than one occasion now, I have reached the top silver level, revealed an arrow, but been unable to select a gold - the top silver level continues to flash (including the medal[s] already selected) and I was able to pick other medals on that level. Am I just unlucky?

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:15 am

Yes, I did turn down other prizes on the way. As I think I've made obvious on here

, I won't be wasting any more time on this one but someone else might be able to confirm or deny whether you have just been unlucky, but if this is repeating behaviour then it seems not. The other possibility is of course that it's delayed retribution for that goal you scored against England...

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:51 am

Nil Satis wrote:Has anyone else now come to same conclusion as me re this one? - namely that we are now looking at quite possibly the worst Q&A game* of all time, right down there with Treasure Island and any of the other 'favourites' you can mention. It seems to have been built on the simple premise that 'a long game = good value' and ignores the fact that after ploughing through 10-15 minutes of unexciting questions to then be presented with an extremely tricky end game where even decent players may not make it to the first sub-£2 prize offer makes it a 24 carat shocker.

I've played T&F three or four times now. I remember when I visited GWHL I liked it: the questions were good, I thought, and I liked the retro graphics.

Those comments still stand but I'm afraid to say that as a game worth playing, Nil is right: hopeless. I'm surprised the GWHL team weren't reading the wise words of our own QM when he's banged on in the past about the importance of "time and motion": from the perspective of a keen player, I guess we allow ourselves about 40-60 minutes a pub, and in the context of that it's only worth taking 15-20 minutes to plough through a maingame if the chance of a big endgame prize is very high. And when the endgame seems little fairer than, say, Megabucks Coffee, which I would argue is the case for T&F based on what I've seen so far, the whole prospect is a non-starter.

Which is a shame, because I suspect that had a bit more thought been given to the overall structure of this game there would have been a very successful game in it.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:28 pm

Nil Satis wrote: The other possibility is of course that it's delayed retribution for that goal you scored against England...

I know I'm repeating myself here, but...

Away in a manger,
No crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus,
Lay down his sweet head,

The stars in the dark sky,
Look down where HEALY, HEALY, HEALY, HEALY

Almost as good as the song chanted by Partick Thistle fans about Armand One (pronounced Ohn-eh).

There's only one Armand One
And he's hung, like a pony
He used to be shite,
But now here's alright
Walking in an One wonderland.

Hmmm. Probably not the right place for this.

kingzilla · Post by **kingzilla** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:18 am

Expect more of the same from the partnership of Blueprint games and Konami.