oh my god thank god you are safe Smithy!

I only popped in to see who was winning

:joker:

Most loved 2035

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Not Smithy looking 60 in 15 years.

Ok y’all so I should be able to carry this on again this week. I’m back in Lancaster and I’ve quit the job following the absolutely atrocious (lack of) support following everything that happened at the weekend (more has happened since but I won’t bore you all with the details).

So I’ll give you till 10pm tomorrow to finish the geography round and then we’ll move to the final round.

Can Social Quiztancing just let me know what’s happening with their team? They can continue (sans Slim) if they so wish too, or as Niamh (?) I think suggested you can play without having a score, just for the fun of the game

ALSO I don’t think I did clues so if you still need/want them please post them (again) SORRY

I was about to say I should take down the post that has the thread with answers in it, but it's already been edited out by Niamh.

I can't remember which clues we originally wanted but just checking the thread of our answers now, we're still stumped on:

7, 11, 17, 19 and 40

...I’m really sorry for the personal stuff you’ve had in your life, Smithy...truly terrifying for you and I hope that things all come together for you soon with job, flat etc...but for the moment we know that you’re in the safety of your family home, which gives you space for it all...



..so far as the quiz...?..we won’t be continuing, we said that...it wasnt Niamh who suggested ‘playing for fun’ anyway but that’s just a by.the by...it was never something we considered...

...I’m just going to bring this post down from earlier because you might not have seen it with all everything you were going through...but (...unless my other team members would prefer something different and I would go with their wishes...)...I hope that you respect it because you know how really hard we’ve worked in every round, you’ve seen that...so it would be unfair to have any doubts about our scoring.../..thank you...

That job didn’t last long at all. Are you moving back to Manchester in the future or are you done with it now?

Looking forward to the rest of the pub quiz to see what else occurs

I think it was James suggested that not me, i said I didn't want to but I was pretty annoyed at the time but I'm over it now [emoji28] if James still wants i would play for fun

Sorry about all the hassle you're having atm Smithy, hope things improve for you soon :love:

Quoting this to renew request.

Thank you for letting this continue, btw.

Much appreciated.

And good luck.

still waiting :oh:

...I’m still pretty annoyed/hurt/upset/whatever at some things related to everything and many things...but I’ll also continue taking part in it ‘for fun’....Obviously mainly because of the others on my team and it being what they would like to do, plus I did request that this could be hosted again and I’m grateful to you Smithy for agreeing to it...


...there are a few things though and I just have to say them because if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be able to continue ...and they are only a few because so much, I’m not going to say...but if others on my team also want our scores/placing etc as well as carrying on then, these few things...

...with the 10 point deduction for the 2 teams...?...I’m asking if these could be given a reconsideration...(...and not deducted for either teams ...)...because of the reasons that Slim gave in the tearoom...in the very first post of our rooms, it was always pointed out quite openly that some images could be reversed etc...and it was more or less dismissed as any reverse image ones wouldn’t be the correct answer anyway...(...which apparently that answer wasn’t correct...so..)...Nothing else was said beyond that so deducting points as a ‘deterrent’ for the future just doesn’t feel any fairness at all...

...obviously, yeah our scores for the last round will be halved...but because of the warning that was then given, they shouldn’t be the only halved ones because that doesn’t show fairness either...


...then only one more thing...I don’t understand with Niamh taking the images down...they surely would still be able to be found as they were before so that has to be considered as well, surely...and also any answers may have already been noted, which also has to be considered...

...that’s all really....

Agree with this....what Slim did was wrong we all know that but I was shocked really at the way it was revealed, it left all of our team blind sided, shocked and sad. Cheating revealed and condemned by cheating - but it is what it is.

Anyway, until all this happened I was really enjoying the quiz, its only the second time I've played and appreciate the work that obviously goes into it as I wouldn't even know where to start.

...actually, I’m going to say one more thing...well, a request, really...that the deduction of 10 points for both teams to not happen because it was informed in the very first post in our tearoom and the public response was more or less that it didn’t really matter because nothing that could be reversed was correct anyway...(..which as I said, it wasn’t...)...so we goth that one wrong as was stated it would be and that 1 answer can be deducted would be the fair way...

...and also, because it’s left it that, that thing can be found...(...if not already noted etc...)...as it was before, so a thought that that whole geography round be scrapped and it’s all just 4 rounds with it being fair for all still playing...

If your team is only playing for fun and isn’t going to have their points posted ammi does the point deduction even really matter anymore?

...I think that it would make it fair for both deductions and also enable it to not be ‘just for fun’...

Thank you for the clues.

Right I’m sorry guys but I can’t be ****ing arsed with this; I’ve got people PM’ing moaning that Shauns team haven’t been deducted points, I’ve got ammi writing dissertation after dissertation in the thread and I still don’t really know what the **** she wants.

I’ve got **** loads of person **** to deal with; the posts in here don’t even scrape the surface of what I’ve been through, had to deal with or what I’m STILL dealing with.

This was meant to be a bit of fun, it’s not that ****ing serious but for some reason people on this site don’t seem to be able to just let things go and have to bitch, whinge and moan at every little thing.

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I’m not carrying on with the quiz, I’m sorry to the people that played fairly and were enjoying it but it’s too much aggro on top of everything else I have to deal with irl right now.

Oh ok. Can we be told what the scores were?

Ok Smithy. I understand. Fair enough :hug:

Please reconsider cancelling this, it would be a shame for all the work you and the contestants have done to go to waste and be the quiz left to a permanent unfinished state.

Maybe just postpone it and continue some other time?

But I understand, I you decide not to continue.

Smithy :hug:

Thank you for running this Smithy and I hope your personal stuff is dealt with soon and you can have that weight off your shoulders :)

damn I was just about to crack on with the clues :skull:

Fair enough tbh! I think this whole thing has been unfortunate and badly timed for Smithy.

I understand a lot of discussion about me is being done behind my back and that's odd - I even said in the thread that I understand if I were to be penalised (even though my search didn't actually find any results, and I didn't note down any of the answers that were revealed in that Liverpool-forum thread). I do think, though, that it is a little bit laughable that so little condemnation was done by your team - Annie, Ammi, Niamh - to the two instances of cheating in your midst but you are basically focusing on retribution towards me.

I consider all 3 of you good members and even friends on here, but the fact that you can't even reach out to me and message me (or reply to my messages) is a little disheartening. Perhaps I am unapproachable. Perhaps I am a big evil shitbag with no redeemable qualities. But I think in the whole gradual process of cheating being exposed in this thread, the idea of "...this is incredibly frustrating for the game-maker" has very much been an after-thought, placed below "did we have fun?" and "did we try?" in your priorities.

I thought that Slim owning up to what happened (and my points deduction) would be a good line to draw under the whole thing but I guess that wasn't possible.

...sorry that was all a bit



I'm over it and this whole thing was silly and unfortunate

Shaun. We love you. Xx

You have SOME redeemable qualities... I guess?!

Shaun is an evil shitbag confirmed?

Tru

wettie boy, i believe in U babe :dazzler:

I was actually really annoyed with Slim Shaun. The reversing images thing though I thought was a bit unfair because one of our team had pointed it out to Smithy in Round 1 that some were reversible and Smithy just said that the answers that came up were wrong anyway. When he then got annoyed about it in Round 3 and asked for opinions on what to do you were one of the ones who felt very strongly about not doing it but then admitted you had done it yourself in this round so while yes I was annoyed with Slim for cheating, of course I was, I was also annoyed that it had just been glossed over that you had done the thing that other teams were penalised for in the previous round.

Anyway, I understand you have been having a rough time lately Smithy so I won't say anymore about, i just wanted to respond to Shaun there.

..I truly do hope that things in your life start to resolve soon, Smithy...and that you’re able to enjoy Manchester again in the way that you hoped to..:hug:..