QB1
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:01 pm
Anyone here play this game?
http://players.buzztime.com/promotions/ ... 1_home.php
I'm sure most of you know about it, but for those who don't, it's an interactive "play calling" game where you try and predict plays of two NFL teams while watching the game on tv. For example, you can predict "run" or "pass" and you'll earn modest points if you're right. You can be more aggressive and select pass right, pass left, and then pass right deep, or pass left short, etc. The more risks you take, the more points you earn. Of course, the same holds true if you're wrong. The more you risk, the more you'll lose if you're incorrect.
Anyway, I've played in the past at local bars that have NTN Trivia, and that's always a good time, but I recently started playing it online at home.
Total disappointment.
The setup is the same, the game play is just fine, but apparently it isn't all that hard for some people to cheat. I couldn't figure out why some dude had 15,000 points when I, and a major percentage of everybody else only had about 3,000. No, he wasn't just that much better. Apparently some people are able to take advantage of "lag," and they're able to lock in an answer AFTER the ball is snapped. Yeah, if your online connection and the game as its being shown to you by your cable provider aren't in synch, then it's possible that can be an advantage for you. In a big, shallow victory sort of way. Fuckin sucks.
http://players.buzztime.com/promotions/ ... 1_home.php
I'm sure most of you know about it, but for those who don't, it's an interactive "play calling" game where you try and predict plays of two NFL teams while watching the game on tv. For example, you can predict "run" or "pass" and you'll earn modest points if you're right. You can be more aggressive and select pass right, pass left, and then pass right deep, or pass left short, etc. The more risks you take, the more points you earn. Of course, the same holds true if you're wrong. The more you risk, the more you'll lose if you're incorrect.
Anyway, I've played in the past at local bars that have NTN Trivia, and that's always a good time, but I recently started playing it online at home.
Total disappointment.
The setup is the same, the game play is just fine, but apparently it isn't all that hard for some people to cheat. I couldn't figure out why some dude had 15,000 points when I, and a major percentage of everybody else only had about 3,000. No, he wasn't just that much better. Apparently some people are able to take advantage of "lag," and they're able to lock in an answer AFTER the ball is snapped. Yeah, if your online connection and the game as its being shown to you by your cable provider aren't in synch, then it's possible that can be an advantage for you. In a big, shallow victory sort of way. Fuckin sucks.
