New Posts For Thread: Sports quiz tonight at 7pmhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pmWill prob go with 1pt for each correct answer as usual. Hence I will try to make them quite difficult otherwise scoring will be difficult. Will try to get 40 qs together by then, perhaps even 50. Will all be done by 9pm though because I think sparYeah. I think Rock Monkey would have won but for getting minus 3 million on the cricket one.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066802#417066802Yeah. I think Rock Monkey would have won but for getting minus 3 million on the cricket one.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:44:46 -0600Cheers Jimmy.I think we can safely bin that system!There were a couple of answers that would have skewed it somewhat, people getting up to minus 12, not through copying but misinterpreting the question.In my own case, i know i never copy, yet to lookhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066798#417066798Cheers Jimmy.I think we can safely bin that system!There were a couple of answers that would have skewed it somewhat, people getting up to minus 12, not through copying but misinterpreting the question.In my own case, i know i never copy, yet to lookTue, 17 Nov 2009 03:39:29 -0600ttt for Liam...againhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066794#417066794ttt for Liam...againTue, 17 Nov 2009 03:28:55 -0600ttt for Liam...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066790#417066790ttt for Liam...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:11:48 -0600I think Liam will want to get rid of his scoring system too considering he was near the bottom...lolhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066786#417066786I think Liam will want to get rid of his scoring system too considering he was near the bottom...lolMon, 16 Nov 2009 05:46:24 -0600" its the taking part that counts "I expect that sentiment goes for 80% plus of people that take part in these quizzes as at least that ammount will very rarely win a quiz but just enjoy the crac.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066782#417066782" its the taking part that counts "I expect that sentiment goes for 80% plus of people that take part in these quizzes as at least that ammount will very rarely win a quiz but just enjoy the crac.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:43:39 -0600I agree BJK. I would never want to have minus scoring. It will stop people guessing...and at the end of the day it should all be about a bit of fun. It's the taking part that counts.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066778#417066778I agree BJK. I would never want to have minus scoring. It will stop people guessing...and at the end of the day it should all be about a bit of fun. It's the taking part that counts.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:40:30 -0600Agreed bjk. Guessing is part of quizzes and good fun, so to discourage it would be a pity.No perfect scoring system online - all the ones we've used have drawbacks.Next quiz I do I might try 4-3-2-1-1-1 or something. That way a decent number score ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066774#417066774Agreed bjk. Guessing is part of quizzes and good fun, so to discourage it would be a pity.No perfect scoring system online - all the ones we've used have drawbacks.Next quiz I do I might try 4-3-2-1-1-1 or something. That way a decent number score aMon, 16 Nov 2009 05:39:39 -0600But then again as has been said before with any scoring involving people taking a minus score for being wrong, when people dont KNOW the answer they simply wont have a go at it.Why would you guess at 20Q you dont have a clue, for instance a country Qhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066770#417066770But then again as has been said before with any scoring involving people taking a minus score for being wrong, when people dont KNOW the answer they simply wont have a go at it.Why would you guess at 20Q you dont have a clue, for instance a country QMon, 16 Nov 2009 05:08:20 -0600It's actually quite a fun way to score it but I wouldn't want to be the in running scorer...lolhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23405378/sports-quiz-tonight-at-7pm?post_id=417066766#417066766It's actually quite a fun way to score it but I wouldn't want to be the in running scorer...lolMon, 16 Nov 2009 04:28:41 -0600