I mentioned briefly earlier in the week how my team mates have said they would rather not attend the usual quiz on a Sunday Night as they are sick and tired of the "marking up" used by the Quizmaster to keep the quiz close. As discussed earlier I can see why a quizmaster would do this, mainly to encourage re-attendance, but I have found marking up in this case is having the opposite effect.
It has happened every week no matter if you are only a few points off the lead or last......you always know extra ticks will be on there. This week for instance we came 6th out of the 11 teams in play, 2 points away from 2nd and 2 points away from 11th. We had on our sheet 3 extra ticks for obvious wrong answers he failed to mark wrong. This just isn't him missing or being a bad marker, he does it on purpose to most teams.
What this means is for people like us, who just want a fair quiz, a fair score and a fair placing...we have no idea where we have come in reality. Yes 6th was our final placing but because he marks in two rounds there is no way he can be consistent. what if he marks a team up in round one who suddenly has a stormer and goes on to win the prizes? Either way it has taken some of the enjoyment out of the quiz.
As I mentioned before I have no problems coming last, especially in quizzes where there is just two of us against much larger teams, but all I ask for is a fair placing and a genuine score. The fixated idea the quizmaster has of marking up therefore is, and not just in our case, driving people away.
Nevermind. Rant over :)
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