So, I have been in Atlanta for a week and so far trivia players are pretty sparse.

I did go out to Locos Deli & Pub in Alpaharetta on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, where there were some team players, and we put up a #1 or two, along with some top 5s.

If the bar gets a top 5, all the players get a free drink, limit 2. I think they only have 10 boxes but not sure. So the team play is very accepted, if not embraced. A little hard to read as I was a Bold Interloper in their group, but they were all generally friendly.

The other places I have tried have not been noteworthy due to absence of players.

Go to Sidebar!!!

oh no, evil Dante has 666 posts.

I will never post again, so it stays that way!

Wait...

Damn! Looks like you're here to stay.

How did you know what my mom said when I was born???

Go to Mellow Mushroom!!!
Stop hanging out at those ucky B-dubs.

I really didn't fit in with the crowd at Sidebar. I think, looking back, that I was just too old to fit in...but most of us posting here would be too old for a college-aged crowd, which was what I encountered my three visits to Sidebar. Those who do fit in really like the place.

I found the people at Sidebar to be possibly the nicest people I've ever met in a trivia establishment, and I was definitely a bit out of place given the crowd. I'd say it's would be easy to feel out of place, but after a beer or two, the people there are a delight. The prices, especially for downtown Atlanta, made it even more worth it. Plus, I found it quieter than most of the BDubs around here.

Go to Mellow Mushroom!!!
Stop hanging out at those ucky B-dubs.

I found the people at Sidebar to be possibly the nicest people I've ever met in a trivia establishment, and I was definitely a bit out of place given the crowd. I'd say it's would be easy to feel out of place, but after a beer or two, the people there are a delight. The prices, especially for downtown Atlanta, made it even more worth it. Plus, I found it quieter than most of the BDubs around here.

When I visited Sidebar, the music was so loud that the walls were vibrating. Without exaggeration, the ambient noise in the bar was well over 100 dB, and probably on the range of 120+ dB, the sort of noise that causes hearing loss. I've never been in any other Buzztime site of any sort that was so loud.

Like I said, quieter than our local BDubs normally are. I've been in a BDubs here over a weekend and literally been unable to hear the person next to me. I really dislike having to revert to reading lips in a bar. We do have one semi-quiet Bdubs though.

I have noticed the BDubs in other places (Cincinnati, etc.) seem to be quieter though