the education of quiz machine pros.

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:43 am

As a history student who plays fruit machines im not a great one to talk about quiz machines. You guys who make a living from playing must be reasonably intelligent. just wondering if you all had firsts in english from oxbridge? lol. oh yeah always wondered how much do u make a year? 50 k +. oh and i jped hex 2 the other night from my first go, should i feel proud or was it a fluke

cool · Post by **cool** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:49 am

you dont have to be University educated to be any good at quiz machines and in these days when its more about having the money to pay for it and not the quality of the degree there is more kudos in not going.Even when I went 80-83 the only person to fail out of 60 students in my subject had problems with drug taking. I got 2:2 geography Southampton. Desire to win and dedication(some would say addiction) is more important than education.

cool · Post by **cool** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:52 am

and its odd that in conversation most people want to know how much I win(more appropriate than earn). The same people if I ask them what they earn tell me to get lost!

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:31 am

A First in English from Oxbridge would be of little use to a pro player. Having been to the University of BFG however, I did my degree in Crap 1980's TV Trivia and One Hit Wonders, which is of immeasurable help.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:00 am

as QM says, formal knowledge is largely coincidental. but a latin degree means that you should know all the ancient history questions. oxbridge don't offer courses on who played some bozo in coronation street.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:49 am

I'd agree with UKP there. I must admit a few years ago I got sick of the endless lists that were coming out about certain subjects, so rather than learn them, I did read all of Shakespeare's and Dickens' works so as to familiarise myself with all the characters. This has proved more useful to me as a long term playing benefit than for any individual game.

And an understanding of Latin is very useful, particularly in Science releated questions. Lazy question writers to tend to revert to the Latin names for animals and plants as spoilers quite a lot. And it helps a lot with the AZ on Pub Quiz as well.

Hexpert · Post by **Hexpert** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:56 am

Maverick69 I hereby resign my Pseudonym of Hexpert in the face of your performance.

Never jped Hex yet. How long did it take and how much IS a Hex JP? (given that it doesn't advertise the JP on screen or in Rules).

Also, Hex 2?? A new version of Hex maybe? Different categories? Maybe if it is a new game, that's why it gave you a JP (not found it's payout level yet)

ex-Hexpert!!

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:01 pm

cool wrote:....there is more kudos in not going...

What a load of bollocks...

cool wrote:I got 2:2 geography Southampton.

...but then again, perhaps true in your case.

cool · Post by **cool** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:39 pm

Witty.Youre right .University to me was just a way of postponing having to work for a living. Unless the degree has some relevance to the resultant job in my opinion its a waste of time, moreso today. The taxpayers of the 80's had to subsidise my education so that I could become a quiz machine pro. Great!

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:48 pm

I agree with you to a large extent, but saying that there is "more kudos in not going" (to university) is clearly untrue.

Of course nowadays the taxpayer does not foot the bill, so if people choose to study joke courses at tinpot universities, then let them - they are making a bad investment.

dm · Post by dm » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:43 pm

cool wrote:Witty.Youre right .University to me was just a way of postponing having to work for a living. Unless the degree has some relevance to the resultant job in my opinion its a waste of time, moreso today. The taxpayers of the 80's had to subsidise my education so that I could become a quiz machine pro. Great!

hey cool, didn't you admit to your local newspaper that the only reason you became a "pro" was because you only got a 2:2 ? What would you have done if you had got a 2:1 then?

cool · Post by **cool** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:32 pm

carried on studying in my favourite subject - human geography- probably would have been a professor by now............................

dm · Post by dm » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:51 am

Glasgow has four universities* and its itboxes are the easiest in the country!

* in name only

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:55 am

Cambridge pub machines are generally not hard to win on. The reason is that although there are brainy gimps around who play machines in swarms of up to 15, they only play in their own college bars in long sessions. [for real people, Cambridge is one big uni, but students live in about 30 small colleges]. They have some good knowledge of course, but no specialist spoiler ability. So they get 30% of what they put in, if that.

They rarely if ever go to one of the other colleges, let alone pubs.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:08 am

Too right! If people like me can win pn them here, there must be hope for all

The Regal ones tend to be crap a lot of the time. I've found the best places to be the Baron of Beef, Boathouse and Bath House.