Primetime - 1 vs. 100 - US Beta Going On Now

[DestroVega]

I was going to pick NJ since that is where it takes place but my wife told me it was filmed in Minnesota so I got that one right.

yeah at the great mall of America or whatever it's called.

[DocRamon]

yeah at the great mall of America or whatever it's called.

no... at the Eden Prairie Center... nothing like the Mall of America...

[dembesum]

Damn, it was fun. At first I was wondering how they could pull off the game being fun when you're not in the mob or the one, but they whole points thing worked really well. And now I got like 70 sweepstakes entries.

[icp_00_111]

I didnt get on last night, quite a disapointment as I was pretty excited about it.

[DestroVega]

no... at the Eden Prairie Center... nothing like the Mall of America...

hmm... they mention mall of America numerous times in the commentary or documentary, which are both really awesome... maybe they were referring to it for something else totally different. It just stuck in my head from it.

The best part though is the studio wanted to "cast" Jay... and had guys like Seth Green reading for the part of Jay... hilarious shit.

[xbox_mole]

So was it just me or should we have heard Chris during the stat breaks and does he read the questions? I only ever heard him during the between game breaks.

[FriskyTanuki]

He only speaks during breaks.

[nasum]

hopefully they boost up the attendance capability for tomorrow's round. I wasn't able to get in on Monday but I'll be plopped down on time for the next one.

[Matt Young]

I don't think it has anything to do with what time you get on. I was on 10 minutes early, set a reminder, and still couldn't get into a game. People who signed on after me could, however.

[MSUHitman]

Just go to the XBox Primetime sometime before the show tomorrow and see if anything has to download (it will do it automatically just check your download queue once you enter.) I did that before Monday night's episode and was able to get in 5 minutes before start and I was in there for the entire 2 hours.

[Tigresa]

I had fun in the beta on Monday, I love trivia even though I suck at anything related to famous people or pop culture. But there were some video game questions scattered within the trivia set, which was refreshing and made it a whole lot more fun than your standard bunch of questions. Tomorrow night they're doing a special quick E3 edition beta where it'll be questions only regarding E3 which I set a reminder for. I believe it said 10:30pm EST. Too bad you don't really get any prizes during the beta, even though they're shown during the game.

[LinkinPrime]

They need to do some late matches for PST :bomb: If they keep this schedule when it goes live, I'll never get to play it.

Also, when they said the first "season" was going to be free for gold members...they didn't mean this beta, did they?

[Ichigo1993]

Didn't get a chance to attend the one on Monday, but will be on Saturday. From what I've seen, there were some issues with entering. Hoping that won't occur when it comes tomorrow.

[$hady]

They need to do some late matches for PST :bomb: If they keep this schedule when it goes live, I'll never get to play it.

Also, when they said the first "season" was going to be free for gold members...they didn't mean this beta, did they?


I feel your pain, I don't get off work till 11pm EST. Just when most of these will be ending. I've sent a few emails suggesting a later PST version so west coasters and 2nd shifters can get more involved. I ended up getting last monday off and played and it was alot of fun so hopefully something changes.

How hard would it be to do a rotating schedule of east then west coast? Say 10pm both coasts making it 7p/1a on the opposite coasts if you want to play every day. This would be more fair while letting more people experience it.

[lilboo]

^ Same here. I get off work at 11-11:30 EST every night. I work every other Saturday, too. I'm working tomorrow, TOO :bomb:

Just hope there's access so everyone can play.

[fart_bubble]

hopefully they boost up the attendance capability for tomorrow's round. I wasn't able to get in on Monday but I'll be plopped down on time for the next one.

they are supposed to completly remove the cap but with it being still in beta, I'm really curious that if they go through with removing the cap, if it doesn't crash

[greyzieoriental]

I Agree with you Prime, I'll never get to play 1vs100 unless it magically falls on my day off

[xbox_mole]

He only speaks during breaks.

Okay thanks!

[Matt Young]

Well, they're running shows pretty much every day. You have to have a free day somewhere along the line, right? Good luck getting in a game, though.

[MSUHitman]

Well I went to the Primetime section today and there were two new files that auto downloaded so you may want to do that before showtime tomorrow night.

[Aceboogz]

I thought he was going to narrate the whole game but he only speaks during breaks and halftime reports.

[kylerg]

Are the downloads for each day?

[n8rockerasu]

It looks like there are going to be two sessions of the E3 trivia tonight. I see one show set to start at 10:00 and another at 10:30. Are these only going to be 30 minutes, or do we think they'll be going on simultaneously, thus allowing twice as many people to play? I'm pretty sure MS already confirmed they'd be expanding the cap. I'm really curious to see how things go tonight. Hopefully super smooth! :)

[GizmoGC]

So we can only play once a week even if there are multiples?

[evilmojo12542]

i am logged in hope to play in few at the 8pm run

[GizmoGC]

So am I. Anyone with mics wanna be on the same 'team'?

[Immortal fWd]

Hopefully I can get in this time.

[Immortal fWd]

So do you have to download it each time? I didn't get in last time because it was full, but now that my reminder went off it's making me download it again.

[$hady]

im in yay

[Poor2More]

I dont understand, how and where do you enter?

[sleepy180]

man wtf. I got into the theatre but it just froze in the lobby or something. It says wecome to 1v100 live. And i'm just staring at a big TV with my name in the top left corner.

[sleepy180]

now after exiting 3 times and going back in the menu's came up.

[FriskyTanuki]

Weird. It's having me download two beta files before I can get in. One file is 43.93 MB and the other is 30.49 MB.

[screwkick]

how do i get out of the crowd? i've been in it for 4 rounds now. i thought you had the option to join the mob...or do i have to be selected?

[$hady]

Weird. It's having me download two beta files before I can get in. One file is 43.93 MB and the other is 30.49 MB.

it had me download those 2 earlier today when i set a reminder.


Bunch of dumb The Ones tonight lol. :applause:


Screwkick being in the mob, one, crowd is all random. I'm stuck in crowd as well.

[Soodmeg]

Yeah, that happened to me also. Had to download both beta.

Damn I want to be in the mob or the 1. I have been in the crowd all night with pretty good scores...only at most a 100 down from the top spot.

[doodofdoods]

these questions are too easy.

[FriskyTanuki]

I think somebody killed Chris.

[SynGamer]

"defenestrated"?

[JJSP]

LOL at the One who chose the money (800 pts). In the beta, you can't win prizes - and the host called him out on it too.

[VidPower]

I'm really enjoying this game. It's what you get if you merged an MMO and a trivia game.

[Lions]

A lot of idiots on here, lol.

[doodofdoods]

thanks for spoiling house for me, you bastids.

[SpazX]

lmao on fax paper question

[LegendK7ll3r]

lmao on fax paper question

It took out 55 people, and everyone in my party besides myself, haha.

[Immortal fWd]

LOL at the I like turtles kid.

[$hady]

nevermind i dont think there is a mob lol i was away from tv and just looked up and saw dots

[evilmojo12542]

some moron guessed "b" as the 24th letter of the alaphabet in the group i was in lmao

[GizmoGC]

LOL at the One who chose the money (800 pts). In the beta, you can't win prizes - and the host called him out on it too.

Chris never talked to me besides the start and end of the game..

[$hady]

some moron guessed "b" as the 24th letter of the alaphabet in the group i was in lmao

half of the mob got it wrong as well lol. a b or x I assume they pressed X

[KaneRobot]

Oh, all this wasted brain-space that knows the answers to these dumb video game questions...

[iiinightmar3ii]

Some of those video game questions were difficult and didn't deal with e3

[LostRoad]

Got to play a few games of this tonight, for not being a quiz show person, this was pretty damn fun. Is the one chosen at random or how does that work?

[nnthomas]

Boooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

[Aceboogz]

I couldnt get to play because my live ran out yesterday :X

[n8rockerasu]

Boooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

well, there's a worth while opinion :roll:

[kylerg]

I got home from work and totally forgot about this..damnit.

[dastly75]

I enjoyed the actual 1 vs 100, the extended play was fun but got boring as the question pace felt slower and slower.

[nnthomas]

well, there's a worth while opinion :roll:

u mad?

[cdeener]

I played in one of the extended play sessions and I was doing pretty well until towards the end I started to get questions wrong. I feel pretty good since I scored 110,000 in the session I played 10:30 pm but the high score was 191,000.

[Matt Young]

Damn, I slept through it. :(

[n8rockerasu]

u mad?

No. But why come here to thread crap? You're like one of the idiots who tries to buzz in as quickly as possible, regardless of whether the answer is right or not, just so he can see himself on the leaderboard for "quickest answer". Do you have nothing better to do?

[Draekon]

It's interesting I guess. I liked the E3 Extended Play version, but there were a bit too many breaks in that it felt like. Should be reduced by about half I think.

Since I joined late in the first E3 set, I didn't place very high. Although I got 30 out of 37 right (never passed) in the second E3 set. Placed me in the top 600 or so, which was nice.

[FriskyTanuki]

The next few shows are on the schedule:

Friday, June 12 - 10 PM EST - 12 AM EST
Saturday, June 13 - 8 PM EST - 10 PM EST
Monday, June 15 - 11 PM EST - 11:30 PM EST - Community Written Questions

[lilboo]

YAY I am off next Saturday AND Monday! :applause:

..Can 2 people on 1 Xbox play together? :-s

[SynGamer]

YAY I am off next Saturday AND Monday! :applause:

..Can 2 people on 1 Xbox play together? :-s
Yes. HotShotX was playing with his girlfriend on the same console.

[FriskyTanuki]

If you both have gold accounts.

[fart_bubble]

The next few shows are on the schedule:

Friday, June 12 - 10 PM EST - 12 AM EST
Saturday, June 13 - 8 PM EST - 10 PM EST
Monday, June 15 - 11 PM EST - 11:30 PM EST - Community Written Questions

in the channel, they list other times as well. Like, there is supposed to be a show later tonight and one on the 9th as well

[FriskyTanuki]

in the channel, they list other times as well. Like, there is supposed to be a show later tonight and one on the 9th as well
Ahh, I see that they list more under the main 1 vs 100 tab besides what the Featured Shows tab lists. It's mostly all Extended Play shows. What's the difference between Extended Play and the normal shows? Chris doesn't host?

The full list:

Sunday, June 7 - 7 PM EST - 9:30 PM EST - Extended Play
Monday, June 8 - 7:30 PM EST - 10 PM EST - Extended Play
Tuesday, June 9 - 7:30 PM EST - 10 PM EST - Extended Play
Wednesday, June 10 - 7:30 PM EST - 10 PM EST - Extended Play
Thursday, June 11 - 7:30 PM EST - 10 PM EST - Extended Play
Friday, June 12 - 10 PM EST - 12 AM EST
Saturday, June 13 - 8 PM EST - 10 PM EST
Sunday, June 14 - 7 PM EST - 8 PM EST - Extended Play
Monday, June 15 - 11 PM EST - 11:30 PM EST - Community Written Questions

[spree4567]

In Extended Play everyone is in the Mob and there is no One. No one gets eliminated and you just keep answering questions to try to build the largest streak and get the most points.

Chris also isn't there to provide his 2 minutes of "witty" banter every half hour or whatever it is. It seems like he hardly speaks.

[FriskyTanuki]

Weird. I guess I'll see how that is at the next show. I don't think Chris spoke until about ~30 minutes after I joined at about 15 minutes after it started.

[PleasantOne]

I actually got to play this tonight. I'm a trivia geek... so I had a blast! I just wish the questions weren't all so pop-culturey.

I really like how they put you in the groups of 4, out in the crowd... so you're still driven to be competitive.

I wonder if the extended play sessions increase your rep so you're more likely to be chosen to be the one or to be in the mob? Or is it just supposed to be for fun?

[dembesum]

Yeah, the extended play adds more points so you're more likely to be in the Mob. I'm not completely sure how the system works, but it's like how much points you have and a little bit of randomness.

[Soodmeg]

Played last night and thought it was pretty good. The pace of the show does need to be a little faster though.....the ad breaks need to be either shorter or actually entertaining in some way. Just staring at a sprint logo for a minute straight really isnt cutting it.

I couldnt get out of the crowd the entire night and the point system seems kinda strange to me. No matter what I did I would somehow still get crushed by like 3 or 4 thousand points from the highest guy.

I once had a round where I got every question right, instant answered most of them and was a full 10 thousand points above the rest of the people in my section of the crowd. When I went to the score screen I was 2nd in the round. Then at the end I was all of a sudden 10th with the top 10 guys scoring in the 30 thousands (I think I had like 23).

But its a beta and I think its pretty fun. Dont know if I would pay for it though.

[cdeener]

Played last night and thought it was pretty good. The pace of the show does need to be a little faster though.....the ad breaks need to be either shorter or actually entertaining in some way. Just staring at a sprint logo for a minute straight really isnt cutting it.

I couldnt get out of the crowd the entire night and the point system seems kinda strange to me. No matter what I did I would somehow still get crushed by like 3 or 4 thousand points from the highest guy.

I once had a round where I got every question right, instant answered most of them and was a full 10 thousand points above the rest of the people in my section of the crowd. When I went to the score screen I was 2nd in the round. Then at the end I was all of a sudden 10th with the top 10 guys scoring in the 30 thousands (I think I had like 23).

But its a beta and I think its pretty fun. Dont know if I would pay for it though.
It's free to play as long as you are a Gold Member on Xbox Live so it is no cost. Only difference is that you will actually be able to win prizes in the real game.

[Ichigo1993]

Missed it again yesterday. Was busy with some family business and was just a tad late on the arrival. Will have to try it out tonight.

[n8rockerasu]

Yeah, the extended play adds more points so you're more likely to be in the Mob. I'm not completely sure how the system works, but it's like how much points you have and a little bit of randomness.

I've got a theory about this. So far, just from the Live shows on Monday and last night, there have been at least 2 Canadians chosen to be "the one". Does anybody else think that maybe since their beta started first, it's easier for them to get chosen because they've already been accumulating points from the extended play sessions? I don't really have any evidence to support the theory, but it seemed plausible.

[HCHecxz]

Played all sessions yesterday to earn up points, the E3 Trivia was nice in the Extended Play, but damn they was pulling questions out that I know wasn't even a part of E3 and was stumping the hell out of me, lol Still I know I ranked up a good amount of points, hopefully here really soon i'll be in the Mob or hopefully the one!

As for joining the mob, the more points you have under your belt in overall play will determine your chance to be The One or in The Mob, so newbies who just started, forget about it, keep playing in the Crowd or play the Extended Play events and rank your points up fast! This whole week I do believe they are throwing a lot of Extended Plays out there to help you build up for it!

[MSUHitman]

Anyone else besides the RagTag's see that in the first EP game Shipwreck (Cobra Commander) was in the top 10 of the round after 30 questions? Congrats to him.

[fart_bubble]

I thought the questions in the extended play was too easy. Only one that I used a skip on was the "which day does the GamerChix play on?"

The extended play parts, Cashman wasn't live. All of those segments were pre-recorded.

I had a blast playing but I don't know if I could play that again for the full three hours.


Interesting in that there was at least 95 thousand people on at any given time. If that number keeps hovering around that or improves, I wonder how much Microsoft is going to rake in on advertising? Thats a big number of people and if it stays steady, I could conceivably see Microsoft scrap plans on charging people to play the game.

[n8rockerasu]

Interesting in that there was at least 95 thousand people on at any given time. If that number keeps hovering around that or improves, I wonder how much Microsoft is going to rake in on advertising? Thats a big number of people and if it stays steady, I could conceivably see Microsoft scrap plans on charging people to play the game.

This is what's truly impressive. It could conceivably get to the point where it's competing with mainstream media in that timeslot. I mean, right now, 100,000 viewers would only pull a Nielson rating of .087. But that's against every TV in America (and not factoring TVs not even in use at that time).

If you pulled a "Nielson" rating for just the number of 360s in existence, you'd get a far more impressive number. There are about 11.6 million Xbox 360s in the United States and 870,000 in Canada. That's a total of 12.47 million. So, with 100,000 people on last night, that gives you a rating of 0.8 (or almost 1%) Again, this doesn't take into account 360s that were not in use at that time.

Yes, those numbers aren't great by any means. But considering that this was only the 2nd live show, and that there was still probably a good amount of people who couldn't get in, it definitely has potential to expand and MIGHT even stand a chance to cut into the television market a little bit. I can't wait to see how this thing grows, and what other games will be added down the road. :)

[Cleaner7]

I played this again last night and had a lot of fun like the last time. This game is definitely my cup of tea so I will be playing it every chance I get. And I was like 200 points off the top 10 and 300 points from 3rd place or something like that last night. Hopefully I will be able to do good during the real game and win some prizes!

[FriskyTanuki]

You really think they'd give up the chance to sell the other seasons of 1 vs 100?

[n8rockerasu]

You really think they'd give up the chance to sell the other seasons of 1 vs 100?

Depends on how many new Live subscriptions this creates. I mean, yeah, advertisers might support much of it, but I think Microsoft has to see some kind of return on their end as well. Honestly, this could get moms, whose kids already have a 360, to sign up for their own Live account just so they can play. The logic to them would be $50 a year to play 1 vs 100. It's not unreasonable.

[DestroVega]

would love to play with my girlfriend at the same time but i'm not gonna shell out for another gold account.

[Wolfpup]

What am I doing wrong? I wanted to try this, punched in a 48 hour code, asked to "schedule" the newest one (6pm central), and (without telling me) it started downloading a 46MB file.

I may not have had that file finished downloading before the 6pm session started, and maybe that was the problem? But...I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do. it popped up a notice that it was starting soon (about 3 minutes after 6), but...I can't see any way to launch the program.

It's not listed in my games section, and on the 1 vs. 100 section it just has a "download" button for the current game, which gives the message "Can't complete this download. Please try again later."

Which...huh? What am I supposed to be doing to play this?

[FriskyTanuki]

It would be more interesting to me to use the entire mob to see who can last until the end of the show, if anyone at all, instead of just showing how many people missed each question.

[Wolfpup]

Okay seriously, what the hey am I supposed to do? I got another notice that it's starting soon, and then it tells me it's finished downloading it (even though it finished over 30 minutes ago and already gave me that notice).

And...nothing. Just says "download" on the 6 or 6:30pm shows, and gives that same worthless error message.

EDIT: Okay, I deleted 1 vs 100, and now it's downloading a 30MB file called "General Trivia" or something. This is messed up.

[decrot]

What am I doing wrong? I wanted to try this, punched in a 48 hour code, asked to "schedule" the newest one (6pm central), and (without telling me) it started downloading a 46MB file.

I may not have had that file finished downloading before the 6pm session started, and maybe that was the problem? But...I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do. it popped up a notice that it was starting soon (about 3 minutes after 6), but...I can't see any way to launch the program.

It's not listed in my games section, and on the 1 vs. 100 section it just has a "download" button for the current game, which gives the message "Can't complete this download. Please try again later."

Which...huh? What am I supposed to be doing to play this?
not sure if you can play this as its for gold members only

[Wolfpup]

Yeah, but that's why I did the trial :(

[n8rockerasu]

Extended play really sucks in the sense that if you want to be anywhere near the top 10, you need a perfect (and fast) round. It's nearly impossible. Sure, I'm getting points, but it's hard to remember why, haha.

EDIT - Ah, yeah, I'm out. I played for 3 hours last night, and couldn't sit through more than an hour tonight. The live shows are really great, but extended play is the polar opposite. Without any of the perks of the regular game, it almost feels like taking a test, lol. And for a competitive person, the fact that missing one question puts you at least 5,000 points back is infuriating (I was within 300 points of the top 10 for the first 12 questions).

I really hope they've got some kind of system in place for how often you can be in the mob or be the one, because the way some of these droids are playing this every session, every night, there's no way the majority of the population will be able to compete. It blows my mind that some people are routinely answering 100% of the questions correctly. Some of those got really tough tonight.

[decrot]

Yeah, but that's why I did the trial :(
48hr codes isn't a gold membership, youre still silver

[Wolfpup]

So then why do they exist at all? What's the point? And why did is specifically say Gold, and let me download the stuff?

[KaneRobot]

I'm wondering how people are averaging a "zero" reaction time? Are they just not answering anything?

I'm sure most people are aware, but Extended Play is going on right now, by the way.

[rad|cal]

48hr codes isn't a gold membership, youre still silver

Except you can play MP games which silver can't. Just not 1 vs 100 I guess because MS is being wankers about it. I put in a trial code too and I get the same download problem.

[FriskyTanuki]

You can't get into sales with a 48 hour code either, right? So it lets you try out stuff that gold members get, but not everything.

[KaneRobot]

What's with all the Kevin Smith questions? A Kevin Smith question and Mallrats question within 5 minutes of each other, and another Mallrats question the other night.

[Magus8472]

The extended play questions get absurdly obscure towards the end.

[decrot]

So then why do they exist at all? What's the point? And why did is specifically say Gold, and let me download the stuff?
all it does is give you MP benefits for games you already have, you don't have gold privileges, like the ability to play 1 vs. 100. like the game says, gold members only

[Draekon]

I'm wondering how people are averaging a "zero" reaction time? Are they just not answering anything?

Probably a turbo controller and just randomly guessing which button it's going to be.

[Kapwanil]

It would be more interesting to me to use the entire mob to see who can last until the end of the show, if anyone at all, instead of just showing how many people missed each question.

I'd love that as well, but some of the questions were slaughtering people tonight. I think it may make for a far more interesting game but it would probably end up frustrating a large swath of players, especially those who get nailed with something particularly nasty.

[FriskyTanuki]

That's what the skips you earn can help with. It gets harder near the end, so that kind of fits with that kind of format.

[Matt Young]

I played from 4-4:30 Pacific time. Didn't get on the mic since I had a friend over. It was pretty fun. I would have played longer, but we ordered the WWE pay per view.

[thorbahn3]

There were like three Rent the musical questions... I got them all wrong since I'm a man.

[cdeener]

That's what the skips you earn can help with. It gets harder near the end, so that kind of fits with that kind of format.
That is true but the thing is you got to answer enough questions in a row to earn them and if they have too many of them you get wrong then you have no choice but to anwser the questions.

[Wolfpup]

all it does is give you MP benefits for games you already have, you don't have gold privileges, like the ability to play 1 vs. 100. like the game says, gold members only

Well that sucks. Some kind of trial :roll: This was literally the first thing since the Xbox launched that I wanted to try out...oh well Microsoft.

[AlohaMars2]

What's with all the Kevin Smith questions? A Kevin Smith question and Mallrats question within 5 minutes of each other, and another Mallrats question the other night.

I was thinking the same thing about the Rent questions. There were 3 or 4 all last night. The only musical I care about is South Park.

[TrueBlueLS]

Well that sucks. Some kind of trial :roll: This was literally the first thing since the Xbox launched that I wanted to try out...oh well Microsoft.

Spend the $50 for the year if no one is having a sale on the cards. It's worth the $4.17 it would cost you a month.

[Wolfpup]

Unfortunatly it's not, to me. I actually think I might like this 1 vs. 100, but without even being able to try it :(

Oh well :-/

[AlohaMars2]

Finally made it into the top 10 for a few questions today.... Stupid authors and their pen names...

[Lions]

Almost 500 entries, hope I win!

[AlohaMars2]

It looks like it maxes at 500 =(

[Lions]

Yeah.

[MSUHitman]

There were like three Rent the musical questions... I got them all wrong since I'm a man.

Guess now's not the time to say I did 7 plays while in High School, including Grease and West Side Story. There are tapes out there if you want to attempt blackmail (and no I don't have them, wish I did as those were some fun times.)

[DestroVega]

was there another extended play last night?

[Galego23]

was there another extended play last night?

there's an extended play every night(including last night) until the live show this Friday and Saturday I think.

Man, the questions were tough last night. I broke a 100,000 the last 3 rounds but I was no where near the top 10, geez.

[cdeener]

They are doing the extended play every half hour from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm EST everyday until Friday. I played in most of the ones last night. The lowest score I had was 78k but I scored 120k in the last one I was in. The only one I didn't play in was the 9:30 show.

Has anybody else actually had a chance to play a full show with no one playing with you? This happen to me during the 8:30 slot. It felt weird to me but I keep playing.

[DestroVega]

oh ok cool... I didn't notice that. I'll try to get some time in... I can't play every night though which puts me at a disadvantage come the regular show.

[AlohaMars2]

Forgot to mention this! Was it just me or was there questions that repeated? From last night's show, I could have sworn they asked the question about the Velvet Ant being a Wasp that was from a few days ago.

[doodofdoods]

yea I definitely remember that wasp question from saturday, and that was the only day that I played.

[Ichigo1993]

They are doing the extended play every half hour from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm EST everyday until Friday. I played in most of the ones last night. The lowest score I had was 78k but I scored 120k in the last one I was in. The only one I didn't play in was the 9:30 show.

Has anybody else actually had a chance to play a full show with no one playing with you? This happen to me during the 8:30 slot. It felt weird to me but I keep playing.

That actually happened to me yesterday. Couple of my buds had to leave for dinner at around 8, was alone for a whole game until they came back.

It felt weird being alone after playing the previous night with a full party.

[archibishopthedoge]

Finally got a chance to play it. It's okay. There are tons of questions, but its really lacking in presentation. While I understand this was only an "extended play" bit, I dunno how much life it will have once its a regular thing.

The questions were good though. Appropriately mixed for the first segments and then after the last stat break, they really up the difficulty factor. Questions about ancient Egyptian politics and weird shit like that.

[cdeener]

Well, I had my best round yet last night when I scored 128k. I realized that I need to make better use of my skips.

I also feel kind of geeky because out of all the sessions I've played I didn't finish the leader in my group only twice up to now. I play a little too much cause my lifetime score is 906k. The people with the most though have 2 million plus.

[Galego23]

Finally got a chance to play it. It's okay. There are tons of questions, but its really lacking in presentation. While I understand this was only an "extended play" bit, I dunno how much life it will have once its a regular thing.

The questions were good though. Appropriately mixed for the first segments and then after the last stat break, they really up the difficulty factor. Questions about ancient Egyptian politics and weird shit like that.

The extended play is nothing like the actual live show which has quite a "good presentation."

[n8rockerasu]

yea I definitely remember that wasp question from saturday, and that was the only day that I played.

The question was worded differently. The first night it was "Something, something, and velvet ants are all types of..."
X: cockroaches, A: wasps, B: ants

The second time, the question was "Velvet ants are a type of what?" X: wasps, A: something, B: something
(I didn't look at the other answers because I knew what it was)

There are, without a doubt, many similar questions on the same subject. But I've yet to see a straight up, 100% repeat.

Oh, also, to archibishopthedoge, the live shows and extended play are different like night and day. I've actually stopped playing the extended play the last few nights (didn't play at all last night) because after awhile, it begins to feel pointless.

It's like taking a deck of Trivial Pursuit cards and going through answering the questions without playing the actual game. Catch one of the shows on Friday or Saturday night. You'll notice a huge difference.

[cdeener]

I'm hoping I get picked in the live show but I doubt it will happen. Plus, the live show is 2 hours long compared to the 30 minute extended play. N8rockerasu I enjoy the extended play because I like trivia and learning new things so they are always fun to me.

[Ichigo1993]

There's a constant flow of N'sync questions and a lot of questions based on previous questions already asked. Still though, there's a enough variety of questions to go around.

[SynGamer]

I think my favorite question was "What is the 24th letter of the alphabet?"

A X B

Obviously the answer is X but considering the button layout...good catch by HotShotX when we were playing.

[FriskyTanuki]

There's a new file to download tonight if you're going to get on to play, so be aware of that when trying to join the game.

[nnthomas]

Another night, another 2 hours of playing in the crowd getting nowhere near the top 3. YAWN. Please be pay to play so I have more reason not to bother

[Lions]

Idiot people who take the "money" when no prizes are given out are idiots.

[Draekon]

Wow... just wow... The question was something like this:

"How many numbers are on the front of a wireless Xbox 360 Controller?"
X - Zero
A - Four
B - Two

There were 100 mob members left as this was the VERY first question. The amount of mob members that got it wrong was... 46. FORTY-SIX PEOPLE COULDN'T LOOK AT THEIR CONTROLLER AND CHECK? Geezus, I've lost all faith in the Xbox community and then about five times more. ;o

[FriskyTanuki]

I'm starting to get the idea that they pick from the dumbest people around when choosing the one.

[halvorsb]

First time playing tonight, the people chosen for "The One" haven't gotten more than 3 or 4 right. Wow.

[frankcastle]

Wow... just wow... The question was something like this:

"How many numbers are on the front of a wireless Xbox 360 Controller?"
X - Zero
A - Four
B - Two

There were 100 mob members left as this was the VERY first question. The amount of mob members that got it wrong was... 46. FORTY-SIX PEOPLE COULDN'T LOOK AT THEIR CONTROLLER AND CHECK? Geezus, I've lost all faith in the Xbox community and then about five times more. ;o

i missed that one because i was confused. i thought they meant on the buttons, which are letters not numbers. thats probably why so many people missed it.

[cdeener]

I'm at my 500 entries so I'm probably not going to play this much more.

[ohthehellwithit!]

lol, I went out on that face buttons question too. I never ever noticed those damn numbers before.

[orbit18]

Wow... just wow... The question was something like this:

"How many numbers are on the front of a wireless Xbox 360 Controller?"
X - Zero
A - Four
B - Two

There were 100 mob members left as this was the VERY first question. The amount of mob members that got it wrong was... 46. FORTY-SIX PEOPLE COULDN'T LOOK AT THEIR CONTROLLER AND CHECK? Geezus, I've lost all faith in the Xbox community and then about five times more. ;o


Maybe they had a wired controller.

[Matt Young]

The answer would still be 4.

[MSUHitman]

What is the deal with all of the people with zero-100 gamerscore being The One? Are these extended play sessions actually worth bothering with? Are these just random game developers/MS employees getting to be The One?

[Draekon]

i missed that one because i was confused. i thought they meant on the buttons, which are letters not numbers. thats probably why so many people missed it.

I can excuse some people getting it wrong via accident or mistaking the question, but wow. I have never seen 46 mob members get a question wrong before, especially one that was one of the more simple ones.

[Viva Las Vegas]

Can you have 2 people playing at the same time on the same console? Meaning both are earning entries, etc. I assume both would have to be gold members?
Thanks.

[Draekon]

Can you have 2 people playing at the same time on the same console? Meaning both are earning entries, etc. I assume both would have to be gold members?
Thanks.

It was actually answered in the previous pages, but yes. So long as both accounts are gold accounts, you can play locally. I assume up to four gold accounts can play locally too.

[sendme]

I was playing some last night. I really liked it. I'm going to try and be on tonight also. It was more fun then I thought it would be. So the points with the blue icon would that be points to buy things in the marketplace if it was not in beta? I have seen that icon in the past and thought it was something that gave me MS points to buy things. I stopped playing befor that number question came up or maybe I got in after that.

Anyway when it has 2 or 3 other people at the top of the screen next to your icon what is that? I noticed I got a star under my name then they came up. After that someone else got the star and we were all around the same amount of points. I could see me really getting into this when it comes out.

[homeland]

I was playing some last night. I really liked it. I'm going to try and be on tonight also. It was more fun then I thought it would be. So the points with the blue icon would that be points to buy things in the marketplace if it was not in beta? I have seen that icon in the past and thought it was something that gave me MS points to buy things. I stopped playing befor that number question came up or maybe I got in after that.

Anyway when it has 2 or 3 other people at the top of the screen next to your icon what is that? I noticed I got a star under my name then they came up. After that someone else got the star and we were all around the same amount of points. I could see me really getting into this when it comes out.

When the random people showed up you all became a "party". The star indicated that you were in 1st place within your party.

[decrot]

I swear last night chris answered a email from someone with the tag "extremehomo".

[-BigC-]

Was in a party of 8 people playing in like 2 different rooms last night, and I thought the question was very easy and everyone would know it but I not 1 person did. So please tell me that some of you knew the Tiny Dancer question? I dont listen to Elton John but damn ive heard the song before...

[Lions]

I got it right.

[FriskyTanuki]

What is the deal with all of the people with zero-100 gamerscore being The One? Are these extended play sessions actually worth bothering with? Are these just random game developers/MS employees getting to be The One?
I doubt that they're plants or they would probably do a bit better than missing the first question or using a help on the first few questions.

With ~110k in attendance, your chances of being picked for The One or The Mob are pretty slim. If there were say 15 games played during the two hour session with 110,000 people around, you'd have a 1.3% chance of being picked for either. I'm not sure how much playing in the extended play episodes at all helps, but the canned Chris speech mentions that it does help make it easier for you to get picked. I'd like to see the stats of the people that get picked, as far as how much of 1 vs 100 they've played, so we could see how much they play 1 vs 100 to be picked at all and if it's just luck or not.

[budz]

Does anyone know when the actual game, not the beta, will come out? (it's fun to play imho)

[Immortal fWd]

I swear last night chris answered a email from someone with the tag "extremehomo".

I heard that too.

[Manatee]

i was fucking pissed when i never got picked. i racked up 2 million+ points in four extended play nights and one live show last week and i didn't have my chances increase for crap. I got my 500 questions right thursday, so what is the point now?

[sendme]

So what do they plan on giving out for winning on this thing? I thought I had heard at one time MS points.

[FriskyTanuki]

So what do they plan on giving out for winning on this thing? I thought I had heard at one time MS points.
Points and XBLA games, but that won't happen until the first season starts.

[AlohaMars2]

i was fucking pissed when i never got picked. i racked up 2 million+ points in four extended play nights and one live show last week and i didn't have my chances increase for crap. I got my 500 questions right thursday, so what is the point now?

Yea... Score doesn't get factored into your mob chances. I'm sitting shy of 3 million so it makes me sad =(

[n8rockerasu]

I doubt that they're plants or they would probably do a bit better than missing the first question or using a help on the first few questions.

With ~110k in attendance, your chances of being picked for The One or The Mob are pretty slim. If there were say 15 games played during the two hour session with 110,000 people around, you'd have a 1.3% chance of being picked for either. I'm not sure how much playing in the extended play episodes at all helps, but the canned Chris speech mentions that it does help make it easier for you to get picked. I'd like to see the stats of the people that get picked, as far as how much of 1 vs 100 they've played, so we could see how much they play 1 vs 100 to be picked at all and if it's just luck or not.

I thought about this too. Considering that canned Chris states that your chances to be picked for the one or the mob are based on your lifetime score (which is influenced by your extended play sessions, your speed, and your accuracy), I have a hard time believing that anybody with a gamerscore from 0-400 plays their 360 enough to meet any of that criteria. Much less, somebody who has to use a help on the very first question.

The other question I have is how frequently you can be picked for the one or the mob. As the weeks go by, the "super nerds" who play every extended play session and dominate the live shows are going to separate themselves from the "normal people". This would lead you to believe that this elite group of people will get to be in the mob all the time, or be chosen as the one. I really enjoy the live shows, but I've played a fair amount and have a score of about 1,023,000...and I've never gotten out of the crowd. Last I checked, the top scorer had surpassed 4,000,000. How the hell are "regular people" going to even have a chance in this game?

[FriskyTanuki]

They reset the "advantage" you get from the Extended Play shows every week, so you'd have to be consistently be playing every single show and have great luck to appear in the 101 that are picked each time all that often. I can't imagine that the bump in chances is all that great to overcome 100,000 others that are also in the mix for The One or The Mob.

[Matt Young]

I always see multiple people who answer every question, or close to it, instantly and correctly. They're fucking robots, I tell you.

On a side note, old episodes of 1 vs. 100 were on the Game Show Network today. I recorded one so I could see what the real show was like.

[n8rockerasu]

They reset the "advantage" you get from the Extended Play shows every week, so you'd have to be consistently be playing every single show and have great luck to appear in the 101 that are picked each time all that often. I can't imagine that the bump in chances is all that great to overcome 100,000 others that are also in the mix for The One or The Mob.

I always see multiple people who answer every question, or close to it, instantly and correctly. They're fucking robots, I tell you.

On a side note, old episodes of 1 vs. 100 were on the Game Show Network today. I recorded one so I could see what the real show was like.

That's what frightens me. As much as I enjoy the show, in its simplest terms, it's basically "Miss a question and you die!". Once you miss a single question, you're most likely done for the night. It's still a great time to be had playing with friends and making fun of the questions/answers ("overly horny" anybody? haha). But from a competitive standpoint, this game is more brutal than Halo.

[Matt Young]

Hell, you don't even have to miss. Hesitate to answer, or use a skip, and you'll fall 10-20,000 points behind. Happened to me when I didn't get a single wrong answer in the first 17 questions one night. I used 2 skips and didn't answer immediately on all questions, and I dropped from 10th place to 70-something quickly.

You playing in a half hour, Nate? I'm going to try to get in on that since I missed last night's session. If you're playing, we should party up.

[n8rockerasu]

Hell, you don't even have to miss. Hesitate to answer, or use a skip, and you'll fall 10-20,000 points behind. Happened to me when I didn't get a single wrong answer in the first 17 questions one night. I used 2 skips and didn't answer immediately on all questions, and I dropped from 10th place to 70-something quickly.

You playing in a half hour, Nate? I'm going to try to get in on that since I missed last night's session. If you're playing, we should party up.

I'm thinking about it. I've been trying to work on some music stuff, but I'm just blocked for whatever reason. Maybe some more questions about overly horny velvet ants will get the juices flowing. Wait, no...eww.

[Kevlar281]

Knock You Up...ughhh. I got trigger happy. :cry:

[homeland]

Knock You Up...ughhh. I got trigger happy. :cry:


As did I! Has there been any info on how large each room is? I'm curious what the actual odds are to make it into the mob. Not that I have played 1v100 alot but, if there's going to be some sort of dedication on the users part to gain points each week in extended play in order to get a halfway descent chance in making it into the mob, than I'm not sure I'll be down paying for the seasons if I'm always going to be in the crowd. Unless you can win prizes from the crowd.

[decrot]

this whole game is getting pretty stupid imo. they should just release it as a xbla game with 101 players in each room so you can actually play in the mob or the one. its a fun game, but its pretty useless if youre just in the crowd.

[nnthomas]

I got in the mob tonight for that last round. I survived and a popup appeared saying I won an XBLA game. Which I know I won't get, but I'm going to enjoy this moment.

[sendme]

I got kicked out the first 2 two rounds. I got my first 2 questions right then was kicked out and when I got back in it was on atleast the next question. If I picked x on the question that I got kicked out on it would take that for the answer for the one I came back in and I would get it wrong unless it was x. It would be nice to get in the mob when the game comes out. The crowd does not win anything or wont when the game does come out will they?

[nnthomas]

The crowd only wins for the top 3 people

[evilmojo12542]

getting into mob is imposible, was a player in my group with well over 2,000,000 crowd points liftime and never made the mob yet. playing tonight i missed the last question on one round and was almost 5,000 behind leader how the hell is that posible. like the idea still just think the cheaters will with the insane perfect scores will get the mob and one spots while rest of us get nothing

[nnthomas]

I only have a lifetime score of like 400k

[sublime90]

i wish i could play but i cant because i live in CT and CT sucks balls and ass and wont let me play.

[fart_bubble]

I survived and a popup appeared saying I won an XBLA game. Which I know I won't get, but I'm going to enjoy this moment.

I never make it to the mob but I always have those pop up on my screen

[lordopus99]

this whole game is getting pretty stupid imo. they should just release it as a xbla game with 101 players in each room so you can actually play in the mob or the one. its a fun game, but its pretty useless if youre just in the crowd.

I agree. This was my third night of playing this and it is getting kind of boring. You can use process of elimination on all the questions as the other answers are blantly obvious wrong. It would be better if they actually put in other choices that would confuse you.

I still wonder how some of these people put in their answers that fast.

I have yet to get into the 101 but I think you have to be a person that misses a bunch in order to get into the Mob since it seems they miss some of the dumbest questions i.e. the earth makes a rotation is how many?. It seems some people are lucky since the Conan O'Brien looking avatar guy got to play the 1 and on the Mob.

I did find it funny that "the brain" on one of the saves guessed "that mclovin guy". One of those blantly wrong answers.

[nnthomas]

You get the thing below your name? Are you the top 3 scorer then?

[fart_bubble]

You get the thing below your name? Are you the top 3 scorer then?

nope. I would be surprised if it wasn't a glitch though.

[n8rockerasu]

What I found ironic was the fact that last night, the host read an email from somebody saying that one of the people chosen to be "the one" looked like Conan O'Brien, and then tonight, there were several who looked like Conan. I'm really not buying the "the more you play, the better your chances for getting picked" line. There's just far too many stupid or casual (gamerscore wise) players being selected.

Oh, and one more thing...FUCK that mutantdog guy for always being at the top of the list! Nerdy Canadian asshole, lol

[-BigC-]

What I found ironic was the fact that last night, the host read an email from somebody saying that one of the people chosen to be "the one" looked like Conan O'Brien, and then tonight, there were several who looked like Conan. I'm really not buying the "the more you play, the better your chances for getting picked" line. There's just far too many stupid or casual (gamerscore wise) players being selected.

Oh, and one more thing...FUCK that mutantdog guy for always being at the top of the list! Nerdy Canadian asshole, lol

There is either some kind of cheat or this game is rigged right now. The top leaderboards always gets a boost to put them beyond a realistic score. One game yesterday I didnt miss one question and had an average of under 1 second per answer. Im not saying that should get me top 10, but I was like 200 points behind the top 10 when the last question came up. After that question came up I wait for the updated results to see if I somehow finally made it, then I see that I am now 5000 points behind them. They are giving/getting some kind of bonus.

[Lions]

There's a time and streak bonus, and it does make a difference.

[dembesum]

Even though I didn't play yesterday's episode, I've played the others, and this one is the worst, in terms of quality and the questions asked. Chris Cashman was disconnected at least 3 times. It was just pretty crappy.

I still like the whole thing in general though. And all the stuff next week seems awesome.

[OzCatter]

I can't be the only one, but seriously, that Mutant Dog guy looks like Fredo Corleone.

[Aku]

Finally got to try this tonight, just happened to see that it was on while I was playing Gears 2, and honestly I had a lot of fun with it. The best part though had to have been the host ripping this "The One" guy apart for choosing the Money over the Mob when there where only 4 people left. Apparently not many/nobody has beaten the mob yet, and if he had continued on he would have been first.

[evilmojo12542]

someone went all the way in a show last friday forget the name though. host made good point you get nothing for this why not try to beat the mod

[DestroVega]

i wish i could play but i cant because i live in CT and CT sucks balls and ass and wont let me play.

what the hell are you talking about?

[spree4567]

what the hell are you talking about?

CT is on the list of states that aren't allowed to play and win "skill-based prizes" along with IA, MD, VT and Quebec.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/1vs100/rules.htm

You can play now in the Beta because it's a sweepstakes and not "skill-based prizes" but once the real game starts, we technically won't be allowed to play. Now whether they'll actually block us from playing or just say we can't play is yet to be seen.

[lilboo]

I played for a bit last night.
I can't tell if I was in the mob or in the audience.. :lol: If you're in the audience, can you still play?

I only played like 3 rounds..and not familiar with the show.

[DestroVega]

CT is on the list of states that aren't allowed to play and win "skill-based prizes" along with IA, MD, VT and Quebec.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/1vs100/rules.htm

You can play now in the Beta because it's a sweepstakes and not "skill-based prizes" but once the real game starts, we technically won't be allowed to play. Now whether they'll actually block us from playing or just say we can't play is yet to be seen.

no way... I can't imagine that actually happening. I'd like to know now though because I'll stop wasting my time if I can't even play the thing when it's for real.

[Lions]

I played for a bit last night.
I can't tell if I was in the mob or in the audience.. :lol: If you're in the audience, can you still play?

I only played like 3 rounds..and not familiar with the show.
It tells you if you're in the crowd, mod, or the one before every game. You can still play if if you're in the audience, and it's almost no different than being the one or the mob, because you don't win anything right now. (Beta)

[ohboy10451]

when will the game officially release? Fall 2009?

[MSUHitman]

Finally got to try this tonight, just happened to see that it was on while I was playing Gears 2, and honestly I had a lot of fun with it. The best part though had to have been the host ripping this "The One" guy apart for choosing the Money over the Mob when there where only 4 people left. Apparently not many/nobody has beaten the mob yet, and if he had continued on he would have been first.

Mutant Dog 123 beat the mob on the first episode but he's from Canada. No American has done it yet.

[-BigC-]

There's a time and streak bonus, and it does make a difference.

I didnt miss any questions, and my answer speed was under 1 second. I wasnt saying I should be in the top 10, but how did they get 5000 points more then I did off the last question?

[sendme]

when will the game officially release? Fall 2009?

I thought I saw for 12/30/09 they were going to have a game of it and it said nothing about beta. So maybe then. If not I don't know. It would be nice if you had a better chance of being in the mob when the game does come out. Seems like it is the same people in it.

[Enclave Soldier]

Hey guys, so you need to be a gold member to play this. Am I able to play the beta if I have a one month live gold card? Do I have to download something?

It sounds really fun.

[Matt Young]

Hey guys, so you need to be a gold member to play this. Am I able to play the beta if I have a one month live gold card? Do I have to download something?

It sounds really fun.

You can't with 48 hour trials, but I'm pretty sure you can play with a 1 month. Also, there's a download before every show, I believe. It doesn't require you to do anything other than go to the game and select play. It's a stealth DL.

[Enclave Soldier]

Thanks! I'll be playing during the weekend events.

[Monsta Mack]

So basically if im playing for CT and I win prizes im going to jail? lol. Wonderful.

[decrot]

Hey guys, so you need to be a gold member to play this. Am I able to play the beta if I have a one month live gold card? Do I have to download something?

It sounds really fun.
for sure you are. 1 month is gold

[Matt Young]

no way... I can't imagine that actually happening. I'd like to know now though because I'll stop wasting my time if I can't even play the thing when it's for real.

That would be complete bullshit. You were besting the rest of us in the group most of last night, too.

[WordLife565]

its so weird, the extended play has some HARD ass questions, but the live show has easy ones. but I guess it does make sense, because in the real show you have to do good in the extended play to get into the mob or be the One.

[Stryffe2004]

its so weird, the extended play has some HARD ass questions, but the live show has easy ones. but I guess it does make sense, because in the real show you have to do good in the extended play to get into the mob or be the One.

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that. Guess I need to do some more extended play. You're right though, some of those questions on extended play come way out of left field.

[Lions]

I stopped playing games ago when I got my 500 entries.

[DestroVega]

ugh... i missed the user submitted night!!??

[n8rockerasu]

CT is on the list of states that aren't allowed to play and win "skill-based prizes" along with IA, MD, VT and Quebec.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/1vs100/rules.htm

That has to be the most bullshit law I've ever seen. Aren't wages a "skill-based prize"? So, nobody in CT should be able to have a job either. That makes sense.

[fart_bubble]

That has to be the most bullshit law I've ever seen. Aren't wages a "skill-based prize"? So, nobody in CT should be able to have a job either. That makes sense.

ah...no. This is a law that clamps down on gambling

[n8rockerasu]

ah...no. This is a law that clamps down on gambling

Regardless of the intent, it's bullshit. If your state has problems with gambling, fine. Crack down on gambling. But don't throw some ridiculous blanket clause over everything. If a 4th grade teacher gives out candy to the winner of a class spelling bee, he/she is breaking this law. That's just lazy governing.

[fart_bubble]

Regardless of the intent, it's bullshit. If your state has problems with gambling, fine. Crack down on gambling. But don't throw some ridiculous blanket clause over everything. If a 4th grade teacher gives out candy to the winner of a class spelling bee, he/she is breaking this law. That's just lazy governing.

elect better politicians then

[n8rockerasu]

elect better politicians then

oxymoron

I'm not from CT anyway. Just thought it was dumb.

[DestroVega]

^ I still don't know if they are blocking you from winning, or just leaving the possibility open to you getting prosecuted FOR winning...

I honestly will stop playing now if I can't win anything. I like the game, and feel I'm pretty strong, but it really is time wasted if it's for nothing, lots of other stuff to play.

How was user submission night, can't believe i missed it!

[homeland]

How can something like this be illegal in CT when it has Huge casinos like Fox woods and mohegan?

[fart_bubble]

How can something like this be illegal in CT when it has Huge casinos like Fox woods and mohegan?

Mohegan Sun is on indian land. Don't know about Fox Woods though I would be surprised if it wasn't

[homeland]

well of course they both are Indian land, had a blond moment for a second and totally looked over that little fact. So obviously its different but, still smacks of ridiculous.

[DestroVega]

Mohegan Sun is on indian land. Don't know about Fox Woods though I would be surprised if it wasn't

they are both on Indian Reservations.

CT had the chance to take a casino in downtown Hartford, and passed. Which I believe fucked the city for years to come, not to mention sealed the fate of the Whalers.

[Galego23]

so I just did what I thought wasn't possible.. LOL. I was in the top 10 after the first round, then missed a question, then jumped to #6, then was #1, then finished #2. I better be in the mob or something haha.



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[slickkill77]

Finally got to play this yesterday. Kinda fun but the questions, eeks man. I started off getting 7/11 or so then they started asking things that I had never even heard of. The thing that pisses me off the most is when you answer a question only to realize quickly that you answered it wrong.

[Monsta Mack]

My Wife and I are extremely pissed over the CT debacle because we enjoyed the beta but don't want to risk anything when it comes to prizes and what not. I've signed up and won MS points before through Microsoft drawings and what not, just because we are part of the Mob or the One and win a few hundred points they should just be able to tax us. Well whatever It's a shame I'm going to miss out on this great game when beta is over.

[luan87us]

for some reason it won't let me download the beta o.o. Keep saying Can't connect to server or Can't download 1vs100 babhalbh. I am on gold member ship o.o.

[thrustbucket]

My friend took first, I think, in the mob over the weekend. Got any xbla of his choosing. Pretty cool.

[seen]

so I just did what I thought wasn't possible.. LOL. I was in the top 10 after the first round, then missed a question, then jumped to #6, then was #1, then finished #2. I better be in the mob or something haha.



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Congrats, all that time you put in paid off ;)

[badboysean]

I was going to give it a shot yesterday but when I go to the 1 v 100 page it just keeps showing download but never gives me an option to play. It's not in my downloaded games or anywhere else. Where do you actually start the game?

It said it downloaded but also said could not download about 5 times.

[Galego23]

My friend took first, I think, in the mob over the weekend. Got any xbla of his choosing. Pretty cool.

Then your friend lied to you because

1)You can't win prizes in Beta other than the Sweepstakes which everyone gains entries to just for answering questions

2)If he did win it would be an XBLA of Microsoft's choosing not of his own.

Congrats, all that time you put in paid off ;)

haha I actually stopped playing for a bit until last night, I completely blew after finishing in 2nd that round though.

I was going to give it a shot yesterday but when I go to the 1 v 100 page it just keeps showing download but never gives me an option to play. It's not in my downloaded games or anywhere else. Where do you actually start the game?

It said it downloaded but also said could not download about 5 times.


This is why you had a problem BBS


Issue Update - 8:20pm Pacific (http://blogs.msdn.com/xblops/archive/2009/06/18/issue-update-8-20pm-pacific.aspx) Got over the immediate marketplace hurdle, and now the issue with the latest arcade titles downloading is resolved.
We still have some newer content we need to get re-added to get it up there, and we are still having issues with the 1 vs. 100 download.
Updates to follow.

[DestroVega]

i don't think his friend "lied to him".. I think his friend just saw the thing that pops up saying you won a XBLA title, and he didn't realize he actually doesn't win anything yet.

I'd still like some official announcement clarifying the CT issue when playing the game when it goes official.

[Galego23]

i don't think his friend "lied to him".. I think his friend just saw the thing that pops up saying you won a XBLA title, and he didn't realize he actually doesn't win anything yet.



that also said he could choose any game he wanted to?

[WordLife565]

I think I was in the mob once, but I can't even tell, because it seems like every time I go to the live show I'm in the mob, unless there is something I'm obviously missing here.

[DestroVega]

that also said he could choose any game he wanted to?

have u seen the pop-up? it says Free XBLA title... so im assuming his friend saw it, saw it didn't specify a title, and thought he really won it.

not trying to defend someone I don't know, but I bet it was an honest mistake

[kevgret]

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how mutant dog 123 is Number 1 EVERY game??

The odds are so impossible that he is number 1 every game he plays.

Kevin

[n8rockerasu]

"If your significant other proposes to you in a video game...

...you might be a redneck!"'

That was fucking terrible. I've never heard a more awkward and uncomfortable proposal in my life. The bride-to-be didn't sound too thrilled either. For anyone who missed it, here's a basic summary:

Chris Cashman: All right, are you ready to do it?
Guy: Yeah.
Cashman: Where's your girlfriend?
Guy: She's in the other room.
Cashman: And you're just going to go ambush her?
Guy: Yeah.
Cashman: Ok, go ahead. We'll just tag along and listen.
Guy: *takes, at most, 2 steps* Will you marry me?
Girl: Yes.
Cashman: Oh, wow...there you go. Can I talk to her?
Guy: Here.
Girl: Hello?
Cashman: So, you're getting married?
Girl: Yeah
Cashman: Were you surprised?
Girl: This is just like him.
Cashman: This is his style?
Girl: Yeah.
Cashman: Are you excited?
Girl: ...
Cashman: You said yes right?
Girl: What do you want me to do?
Cashman: Well, it is a question. Do you want marriage...or do you want the mob? *nervous laughter*
Girl: Uh...mob, mob! haha

#-o WTF?? My wife's suspicion is that they're already married and were just scheming to get on "national video game..radio", haha. If that's the case, the least they could have done was put on a better show. That was just pathetic.

[-BigC-]

I dont know what RENT is, but I fucking hate it. STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT RENT!

[ratzombie]

Yeah, 7,000 people getting that parachute question wrong is concerning.

I think the question was something like "What would you use to slow your descent out of an airplane?" and the answers were:

A) helmet
B) umbrella
C) parachute

Again, I don't recall the question exactly but it was something like that.

[Friend of Sonic]

I will never be in the mob! :(

[Spybreak8]

Well I tried it today but had no luck, first having issues with the episode info wasn't available and then the 1 vs 100 server could not be reached or something like that. The second was after I had downloaded the "game add-on". Oh well, didn't think it'd work with my satellite connection anyways but wanted to try it since I finally remembered the time of the game lol.

[DestroVega]

"If your significant other proposes to you in a video game...

...you might be a redneck!"'

That was fucking terrible. I've never heard a more awkward and uncomfortable proposal in my life. The bride-to-be didn't sound too thrilled either. For anyone who missed it, here's a basic summary:

Chris Cashman: All right, are you ready to do it?
Guy: Yeah.
Cashman: Where's your girlfriend?
Guy: She's in the other room.
Cashman: And you're just going to go ambush her?
Guy: Yeah.
Cashman: Ok, go ahead. We'll just tag along and listen.
Guy: *takes, at most, 2 steps* Will you marry me?
Girl: Yes.
Cashman: Oh, wow...there you go. Can I talk to her?
Guy: Here.
Girl: Hello?
Cashman: So, you're getting married?
Girl: Yeah
Cashman: Were you surprised?
Girl: This is just like him.
Cashman: This is his style?
Girl: Yeah.
Cashman: Are you excited?
Girl: ...
Cashman: You said yes right?
Girl: What do you want me to do?
Cashman: Well, it is a question. Do you want marriage...or do you want the mob? *nervous laughter*
Girl: Uh...mob, mob! haha

#-o WTF?? My wife's suspicion is that they're already married and were just scheming to get on "national video game..radio", haha. If that's the case, the least they could have done was put on a better show. That was just pathetic.

just got engaged 3 weeks ago... why didn't I think of this idea?.............

[decrot]

just got engaged 3 weeks ago... why didn't I think of this idea?.............
b/c proposing on xbox live is a terrible idea.

[DestroVega]

b/c proposing on xbox live is a terrible idea.

no sarcasm detection?

[seen]

Cashman: Oh, wow...there you go. Can I talk to her?
Guy: Here.
Girl: Hello?
Cashman: So, you're getting married?
Girl: Yeah
Cashman: Were you surprised?
Girl: This is just like him.
Cashman: This is his style?
Girl: Yeah.
Cashman: Are you excited?
Girl: ...
Cashman: You said yes right?
Girl: What do you want me to do?
Cashman: Well, it is a question. Do you want marriage...or do you want the mob? *nervous laughter*
Girl: Uh...mob, mob! haha


From reading the excerpt it appears a guy asked his girlfriend to act as though they were getting married as to "hopefully" get a price or a chance to be the "1".

Also what about a group(s) for 1v100; haha. Seriously though everyone would have a better chance, if you answer shared...It would make the game more enticing to play and everyone can improve their chances together to be in the mob, etc.

[n8rockerasu]

Also what about a group(s) for 1v100; haha. Seriously though everyone would have a better chance, if you answer shared...It would make the game more enticing to play and everyone can improve their chances together to be in the mob, etc.

I thought of this, but in a round about way, it makes the game even more pointless. If you're eliminating competition among your small group of 4 by sharing answers, the only reason you're playing is out of the small hope that ONE of you will eventually get picked to be in the 101. I think if you're that desperate, you might as well find something else to play.

After last night, I'm 100% convinced that their alleged "formula" for choosing the 101 is bullshit. No way would so many people in the lower hundreds of gamerscore (last night had a "one" with a GS of 120) play this game enough to give them a favorable chance of being picked.

And if anybody noticed, the numbers have been dropping since a week ago. Last night, the highest total I saw playing was 76,000. The most I've ever seen was 110,000 (last Friday possibly?) That's a pretty big drop for only one week. Between the 500 sweepstakes entry limit and always being put in the crowd, I think people are starting to get turned off by the game. As much as I liked it at first, I think it's grown stagnant.

I can't imagine them doing this for another 5-6 months until they open the game up officially. They need to come clean about the real selection process, or totally revamp it by having multiple mobs at a time (have the "one" square off against one group, and let the other groups compete amongst themselves for prizes). If they just leave it as is, I don't think anyone will be willing to pay to sit in the crowd week after week.

[FriskyTanuki]

It may be due to the immense amount of shows they're doing now. The past few weeks had Extended Play during the off days and the big show were the stars, but they had Extended Play episodes before the big show yesterday. That probably burnt some people out or confused them since I also got on and was disappointed that it wasn't a full show, so I decided to play something else until the big show started an hour and a half later. They should keep it simple and have Extended Play on off days and let the live shows be the stars on the weekend.

[n8rockerasu]

It may be due to the immense amount of shows they're doing now. The past few weeks had Extended Play during the off days and the big show were the stars, but they had Extended Play episodes before the big show yesterday. That probably burnt some people out or confused them since I also got on and was disappointed that it wasn't a full show, so I decided to play something else until the big show started an hour and a half later. They should keep it simple and have Extended Play on off days and let the live shows be the stars on the weekend.

Yeah, good point. I agree with that too. They really only need to have 20 extended play sessions each week. ie. 4 per night, Sun-Thu. Then have the live shows on Friday and Saturday. That's plenty of trivia for everyone.

[sendme]

I think I played this 2 nights. The first one I only was on it for about a half hour. The last time was for the full time. They need to do somthing so that you have a higher chance to get into atleast the mob like every one is saying. Is this going to be somthing you have to pay to play or just be a gold member?

[Darrith]

Playing right now. 50 out of 100 people in the mob did not know who invented the telephone.

[pimpster4183]

I thought it was funny last night like 3 people took the money when they weren't even getting anything for doing that

[evilmojo12542]

was 54,000 tonight. not sure i will pay for this game there are people who cheat out there and those are the ones that will win the chances of a person like me getting in slim to none. I have a average of about 1 second or less on time, played ass loads of shows both live and extended play and have a 60% accuracy. then you get some assclown up there that can not answer the first question? or 50 missed the phone question? give me a break

[will52]

I've played a few times, but I agree with evilmojo12542, I wouldn't pay a dime to play this. Too slow and too cheesy.

[Darrith]

Eh, it's not revolutionary but it isn't too bad. I've only played a total of 3 times and did get into the mob once. I wouldn't pay to play, only if it was free as a gold member I might from time to time.

I noticed the questions were much easier in live play than nearing the middle or end of extended play. Oddly enough the question about toxoplasmosis I had just learned about in one of my classes.

Wonder if they can find a way around resetting everything when The One disconnects? I don't see how anyone could have enough time to Google the questions, but obviously if you play in a group, whether in person or through voice, you'd have a lot more heads to work with and get a lot more correct answers.

[BlueWingX]

All through the game this evening, I had a yellow symbol in my name bar that I'd never noticed before, but I couldn't tell what it was... Does anyone know?

[Darrith]

Yellow symbol on the left means you're the leader (highest score in your group). The shields on the right are skips, so you prolly were the leader. Congrats!

[BlueWingX]

Yellow symbol on the left means you're the leader (highest score in your group). The shields on the right are skips, so you prolly were the leader. Congrats!

I was pretty sure that the leader star actually appears under your picture, though if they moved it, it might make since, especially since I was the only one in my group all night (Which was also kinda weird). Since it was the live game, it wouldn't have been skips.

I kinda wish I had snapped a picture of it. It was a little yellow symbol on the right side of the green name bar at the very top. Looked like something with a diagonal line slashing through it. I wondered if it meant I had somehow gone private, but I double checked and made sure I was set to public. Weird...

[ratzombie]

Well I'm sure interest will pick back up when we can actually win points and such.

[sendme]

I see some in this thread have said somthing about paying for this game. Is Microsoft going to charge to play this game?

[Soy Bob]

Hey, I've been having some trouble getting into the beta. Could someone send a reminder for tonight's game to "Living Corp" please? See if that will help.

Much appreciated.

[dtcarson]

I was pretty sure that the leader star actually appears under your picture, though if they moved it, it might make since, especially since I was the only one in my group all night (Which was also kinda weird). Since it was the live game, it wouldn't have been skips.

I kinda wish I had snapped a picture of it. It was a little yellow symbol on the right side of the green name bar at the very top. Looked like something with a diagonal line slashing through it. I wondered if it meant I had somehow gone private, but I double checked and made sure I was set to public. Weird...

Did you have a mic? Was it muted by chance?

Behind your name there's a bar, it looks like as you get questions right that bar fills up, although it's very faded and difficult to see; and when you get one wrong, it the bar empties. Anyone know what that bar does?

[Darrith]

...

Behind your name there's a bar, it looks like as you get questions right that bar fills up, although it's very faded and difficult to see; and when you get one wrong, it the bar empties. Anyone know what that bar does?

It represents your streak I believe. You get bonus points for each consecutive correct answer and how full the bar is represents how high your streak is. When you get one wrong it empties and the bonus starts over.

[Enclave Soldier]

New game starts in 5 min. Who is in?