That's a valid point, but theoretically Top Locations could just be the places with the best people playing independently for the place. I know that would never happen, but it's another way of viewing it.


Looking something up is looked down upon, but turning to the guy next to you isn't.
I am just wondering the actual difference between the two. They both involve making up for what you do not know.

Are you old enough to remember "The GE College Bowl"? It is the same thing. The primetime BT games are team games not individual challenges unless you you choose to play that way. It is like baseball. Using a pitching machine in a game would not be kosher, but using good human pitchers is fine.

That's a valid point, but theoretically Top Locations could just be the places with the best people playing independently for the place. I know that would never happen, but it's another way of viewing it.

Most teams don't have 5+ players. It's usually fewer than five people playing 5+ boxes. Under your theory, the location wouldn't rank since they wouldn't have enough boards in play [to save time, insert West Coast rankings joke here ]

I didn't know prime time games were MEANT to be played as a team.... very interesting.

People are against people using the internet to get answers (and rightly so) but often play in groups. I am curious as to why this is the case. I know a lot of the top players who play in teams would still get Top 100 without their group, but the fact remains there will be at least some point in the games where the team helps them out. How is using an organic computer acceptable when a mechanical one is not? If anything, using another person to supply an answer is worse than a phone/computer because they are going to be quicker and will let you get maximum points. If you want to play in teams, more power to you... just curious as to why.

Well for me, I am just a bad player who can't make the boards without others help, so I leech off them as much as I can, then self aggrandize myself.

Life is good !

Well for me, I am just a bad player who can't make the boards without others help, so I leech off them as much as I can, then self aggrandize myself.

Life is good !

Well, well, well... BT's "strategy" for attracting new players worked! Once. He even has gone so far as find Scaratings!

Wow... At this pace, if BT stays in business another 50 years or so, they'll have a player database almost as large as what they had a few years ago...

I don't consider myself new to buzztime, having been playing for a few years now. All the same, nice to meet you.


Just realized I can start using the fact premium games are supposed to be team events to cope with how low my scores are.

What would you all say is a respectable score for solo Six? 50k?

What would you all say is a respectable score for solo Six? 50k?

Actually, I think 50K is quite good when going solo; most of my solo efforts are in the 40s with the occasional low 50s.

-- RWM

Assuming you can ace the final round, 50k is not an issue. I usually go into the final round with 24 - 30 k. (My matching round is atrocious most times). In fact, last game I was looking at a score of 52 k if things ended well. Unfortunately I am cursed and ended with 41 k. :p

Week before that one question cost me 7k in the final round, counting the bonus.

The Arts is my second-shakiest category, so when, that as my 2000-point final category question. Of course, the final question in the game always is that one category; I do wish they would randomize the order of the final round. I can't count the number of times I've had a perfect matching solo round only to blow the last question.

To date, the worst game of Six I've had (current version) was one where I had 27K going into the final round, and then had six straight question in the final where I had no clue, and missed five of those question; final score around 28.5K.

-- RWM

I sort of like the set order of the questions. I always bet the same way: 4,3,2 5,1,6
I am pretty shaky on arts too, but I place the 6 at the end in order to try to be as competitive as possible at the last second and pull off an upset in case of any close local games. Also if I blow the first questions I can shake it off with the knowledge I have the 5 and 6 k questions to make up for it. Besides, you ain't living on the edge until you end the game with a 10,000 point question.



Besides, if you were going to blow 1 out of 6 you were going to do it no matter the order. Less of a blow realizing it before the last question, I suppose. So far the days where I've had the best finals were days I had lower than normal going into the final.

What do you mean current version?

I sort of like the set order of the questions. I always bet the same way: 4,3,2 5,1,6