HMS Nostalgia

tonkarentino · Post by **tonkarentino** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:17 pm

QuizMaster wrote:I think the awareness of landlords and punters in the early days was much more raised by urban myths and hearsay rather than the few who tried to attain glamour from TV or media exposure.

I lost count in the early days of landlords and punters coming up to me saying 'Are you one of those guys who plays these for a living?', well before the media stuff started. To be honest there was far more heat back then than there is now. I can't remember the last time I encountered any hostility, but that's possibly down to the fact that the games are much harder now and the pros are far fewer.

Agree about the heat back then. Loads of machines started sporting "regulars only" signs and some interesting conversations were had about the definition of regular. Let's be honest-it was hard to hide really such was the speed at which money could be taken out.
I remember one day in a small boozer in Alfreton in Derbyshire the gaffer telling us after our first £10 on a Quizmaster that only his regulars were allowed to play. So we found the daftest looking lad in there and persuaded him to play the machine with us giving him the answers for a 50% cut just to see the gaffers face.

donttellhimpike · Post by **donttellhimpike** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:55 am

Now that is a blast from the past. Thank you for all the memories guys. I have this article in my collection of quiz related memorabilia!

I knew Tanglefoot, or at least a player who said he was Tanglefoot! He taught economics at the time and was exceptional on such gems as skillcash, adders, time machine etc

On the road in Birmingham, hmmmm

Pike, alive and well and thriving in fresh streams

Healthy & Prosperous 2012 to all

quizard · Post by **quizard** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:48 pm

Welcome back Pike. What you been up to?

donttellhimpike · Post by **donttellhimpike** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:39 am

Thank you, mate. Its been a roller coaster, real life stuff, sometimes difficult to manage but i've never left the quiz world if that's what you mean

Pike is as hungry as ever

Trust you've been well and everyone is tickety-boo?

Just loved seeing that article on here as I was only showing a couple of my cut outs to a friend very recently! I played with tanglefoot, or at least the chap who we knew to be him, twice in the west end, i was only a lad back then and he was tremendous and consummate, remember thinking how can i ever get to his level?