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i can usually google and answer before time up if i wanted to. have google open and ready in a new window and you can be quite quick about it.
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ok bags i always wonder at what level to set the q,s
you dontwant to make them too easy so that everyone nows them or too hard that everyone gives up i always try to do a mix. the prob is your own self judgement as im not as good as the top notch quizzers some of the q,s that i think are hard a lot of quizzers get them easily |
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im a slow typist munch maybe thats why
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i nearly gave up[ the legue coz i kept getting beat on fff
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3/20 skinners is the right mix
You could tell EGS last night was a googler and if you check back, I made my suspicions clear when asking people to google what came 2nd in the 1984 2000g |
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yes dragon. googlers would not type the questions into google of course. they copy and paste, hit search, and the answer is normally visible in the headlines of the first one or two posts. somebody found a way around this and it should be adopted for all quizzes on here imo. i have caught a few people out in the past in my quizzes by deliberately doctoring the questions so the google gives out the wrong answer.
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thanks bags bit worrying in terms of the leagues if munch is right.
is there a way to stop it ? suppose not you have to rely on peoples inegrity |
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there is a way to stop it. somebody found an ingenious way where if you copied the question into google it came up as NO RESULTS FOUND. this should be implemented and a speedy time up enforced - this would stop the googlers in their tracks 100%
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mmmm now you got me thinking i had assumed the tight time call would prevent googling :(
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what are the runners of the quizzes views on this?
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could that be implemented in the Leagues?
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we've talked about this before and everybody kept saying 20 seconds time up would stop it. BUT THIS IS FAR TOO LONG. 10 seconds is plenty of time to answer, or guess an answer, imo.
I think I can google certain answers and reply in about 6 seconds. |
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Takes me 10 secs to read the question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I did a quiz the other day and most answers appeared btwn 6 and 12 secs and I wss giving 20 secs
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i think we've all thought it at some time munchie. tbh, i couldn't care less if somebody is googling - as has been mentioned it's both self-delusional and usually fairly obvious. let them get on with it.
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it was redrich who posted 'google-proof' questions btw.
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and gave the method to study to test
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certain questions will take longer to answer of course dragon, but something like what is the capital of burkina faso? is easy to google. just copy and paste the question into google and the answer Ouagadougou instantly appears at the top of the page.
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put a call out for Red then get his e-mail & someone from the powers that be can tell all the other quiz refs how questions can be worded to be google free.
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Easteerr i care if they beat me through unfair means :(
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redrich yes. that was the man. it was a very clever system and should be adopted for the quizzes imo.
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munch man 09 Jan 17:47
we've talked about this before and everybody kept saying 20 seconds time up would stop it. BUT THIS IS FAR TOO LONG. 10 seconds is plenty of time to answer, or guess an answer, imo. I think I can google certain answers and reply in about 6 seconds. Like someone else said it takes me a few seconds to read a question, my typing speed is slow, not everyone is a dab hand on the keyboard ! |
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gosh youve given me something to think about here munch. what is the point in competing on an uneven playfield..
My typing skills are always a disadvantage but if people can goole in that thime there is really no point in competing as i just cant beat em :( |
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Hi Drag.. munch and I have had this conversation before.. and I agree 100% with him. My view is that the quizzes are tremendous fun and I don't see why my enjoyment should be spoiled just because some people google. Like munch I have Deffo caught out quite a few googlers.. some very surprising!! :D .. and also like munch I don't see any point in naming names. Let 'em get on with it. I am a strictly amateur quizzerer. I get a lot of enjoyment from playing, whether I win (increasingly rare nowadays as I get older and slower) or come well down the field.
Bring 'em on! :D |
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I think you probably get one or two googlers on some quizzes, but they usually get tired and clear off.
I would be fairly certain none of the regular quizzers google. Some may indulge in copying from time to time. As Easter said, let them get on with it.......all quizzes on here are a bit of fun and i'd rather come last (Which I do most of the time :D ) than win a few by googling. |
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RED WAS IN TOUCH WITH ADMIN Team 2 MONTHS AGO
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By the time I googled, typed the answer and clicked on 'post' the scoreboard would be up with the next bastid question.
Googlers should be shot Survivors should be shot again. |
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I too thought there was some use of google in last night's quiz.
For the life of me I can't understand why it goes on in quizzes like these which are for fun & are fun ! |
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For slow typists there is no fun in fff questions as they struggle to get on the scoreboard
When hard Qs come up, some of them google. |
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Who are the Googlers ?
Get in there Gamsty & El Gran Senor have most certainly googled in Quizzes I have seen..but are ther more high profile googlers? I tend to be quick on the time up to try to keep googlers out on my quizzes |
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hello.
Yes - I would like a less googlable system. I'm certain some poeople do it, and I can't see why. It's quicker just to type dunno, imo. Try googling these, from last night's quiz..... What type οf vegetable flavours a 'Sauce Sοubise'? and What was the name οf the Pilgrim in Βunyan's Pilgrims prοgress? |
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Redrich showed me how to do this, and it can be incorporated into every quiz, (takes a little while, but stops the **s).
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are any prem quizzers **s?
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maybe your right Paddy , its just that im apretty competitive person (always have been)
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It's hard to say, GT. Doubtful, but I have thought in the past that the occasional answer may have been gained by (Only 1 or 2 people) some outside assistance.
btw, I want it known I NEVER have and never would Google. |
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Now SF, you know the answer to that! :)
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.... and i must add that you are the most definate non-googler the world has ever seen! :)
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Thing is PM - I can't prove it, and while there's an element of doubt........
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You googled 1 in my quiz Study,albeit about 4hrs later when betfair crashed.You were proved right and my q was wrong.
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I think that's possibly acceptable, roy. :D
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