News for the Week

This week's news:

Breaking In

Jewels Carminucci held her debut trivia hosting event in Volcan Tenorio sim on Monday. A competitive group was in attendance, and response was mostly very positive. Jewels also introduced a new question format. Each question had two parts, an "easy" one and a "hard" one. Each player could answer the two parts separately or on the same lines, allowing the choice between playing it safe or taking a risk with more typing.

The questions were, for the most part, very challenging, even the "easy" part of some of the questions. More unusual than Jewels's new format is that she included an entire category of math problems. If Jewels continues hosting and retains the same level of difficulty, the crowd will probably be similar to that which attends Lebn Bucyk's trivia. At this point, she expects it will be an irregularly held event, subject to how often she has time to write questions.

Ringing In

From midnight, January 1, GMT+14 to midnight, January 1, GMT-11, the Trivia Fiends event announcement group held trivia on the hour, every hour, via group Instant Message, to celebrate the New Year as each time zone around the world passed into 2010. Ten different hosts split shifts and delivered three questions each. Players were reminded to reopen their group IM windows at the top of each hour. The event ran more or less smoothly, and the fact that there were very few scheduled in-person events throughout the day made the event all the more welcome.

Thanks go out to hosts Lotus Ceriano, JoshuaStephen Schism, Jewels Carminucci, Honey Potez, Cully Andel, Will Juno, Billy2Times Krams, Thornton Writer, and Lillian Shippe for their enthusiasm and their contributions in making this a successful event.

Checking In

Returning to the trivia circuit after a long hiatus, Trinka Breen, formerly of The Village, will begin hosting trivia events again beginning Saturday, January 2. The venue is called Memories, the game begins at 11:30am, and the question payouts are L$10 and L$20 for regular and bonus questions. Trinka's return to trivia is notable primarily because of the events that transpired last spring with Trinka's event at The Village at their center. Trinka was not responsible for those events, and so his game's revival might be seen as a fresh opportunity for host and players alike to start over with a blank slate.

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