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

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I tried to get in for a long time but never made it.

I really hope they start running more games. It would be nice if you could consistently get into a game.
 
They said mutant dog 123 the one repping Canada in a US beta? Haha

Pretty fun so far, i'm stuck in the crowd playing with the same 3 people the whole time...... I tried leaving to lobby between rounds and coming back but it stuck me with the same guys again... Fun wish the times were more me friendly though and a little later in the evening. :)
 
The one just won. Also, it appears the arcade title of choice being given away is Hardwood Spades. How exciting!

They just asked a Super Mario question.

EDIT - HA, the next person they picked as the one disconnected mid-game, they are having to pick a new one.
 
stayed for an hour, got in the mob on my last round... woulda won, but no prizes in beta... sucks.

but still cool to get in the mob!
 
I dunno about this scoring. I just did that last round and got every question right and got 4,000. Somehow the high score was 11, 000
 
The announcer actually said "if you joined us late, shame on you!"

Are you kidding me?


Anyway, this was pretty cool, glad I was in on the game where the one was the winner. I could see this really catching on. They do a wrap-up (and preshow) which is kind of cool too, having a live announcer helps break up the canned hostess voice.

The announcer did say during the wrap-up that they'd be opening up more slots for Saturday's game, and that they had 50,000 people playing tonight.

I really want to see other games incorporated into this setup.
 
They didn't update the score after the last question on screen but if you looked at your stats prior to them booting everyone out, you'd see it.

Fun stuff! I was in the crowd the whole session. Sometimes the announcer's voice didn't speak during the breaks and after games but other than that, it was a flawless beta as far as I was concerned.
 
Nope they kept saying you are playing just for entries and no prizes in the beta no matter what it says. I loled when someone took the money early on. :D

I ended up with like 80 entries.
 
[quote name='MrBrando']I dunno about this scoring. I just did that last round and got every question right and got 4,000. Somehow the high score was 11, 000[/QUOTE]

They just didn't show the points adding up for the elimination of the mob from that question.

Also did anyone else get put in the crowd with someone on their friends list without doing it on purpose. Wonder if live tries to match you to people on your list
 
That was fun but I missed a couple of easy questions by pressing the wrong button and missed a lot of pop culture questions that I'm way out of the loop for. How do you know if you were in the mob or not? It showed me in the box all night as far as I could tell but I wasn't paying 100% attention.
 
Managed to get in around 11:40, so I only got about 30 minutes of playtime. Pretty good, though the cap needs to be addressed before the next show.
 
LMAO, water freezing at 32 degress C. I didn't know it wasn't for points until the announcer said it like in the last few games; I thought people were just being stupid going for the points. I found it pretty funny when The One and the last person in the mob both got the question wrong xD
 
So, when this is out of the beta..what time(s) is this going to happen? I really haven't looked at anything on my Xbox lately.
 
Well, good. I hope they have multiple times. I'd like to come home from work and be able to play.
Really would be nice to use my 360 and XBL subscription :lol:
 
[quote name='kklems']Also did anyone else get put in the crowd with someone on their friends list without doing it on purpose. Wonder if live tries to match you to people on your list[/QUOTE]

Yes, the friend I mentioned earlier - I was in a group of four that included him. Looks like they try to match you with friends.

[quote name='mrcheapo11']LMAO, water freezing at 32 degress C[/QUOTE]

Ha, that got rid of like 70 people in the mob.

I did miss one or two easy questions by hitting the wrong button.
 
[quote name='spoo']That was fun but I missed a couple of easy questions by pressing the wrong button and missed a lot of pop culture questions that I'm way out of the loop for. How do you know if you were in the mob or not? It showed me in the box all night as far as I could tell but I wasn't paying 100% attention.[/QUOTE]

Right at the beginning of each round when it shows each person in the foursome, it will say crowd or mob above you.

That was a lot of fun. Plus I'm a fan of the Taking Back Sundaes! I'll have to look up thier first single.

I was surrised with the Nintendo and Blu-Ray questions. Like these words shouldn't appear on my 360...felt illegal! :)
 
[quote name='mrcheapo11']LMAO, water freezing at 32 degress C. I didn't know it wasn't for points until the announcer said it like in the last few games; I thought people were just being stupid going for the points. I found it pretty funny when The One and the last person in the mob both got the question wrong xD[/QUOTE]

I was one that picked 32C and as soon as I pushed it I did this #-o

[quote name='Panther1484']Right at the beginning of each round when it shows each person in the foursome, it will say crowd or mob above you.
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I didn't notice this all night, oh well.
 
I got in around 9:50 central time.. somehow after one game completed it said I won 800 points, which sucks because I won't get them. But it's cool because now I know winning points will not be that hard for me.
 
[quote name='spoo']That was fun but I missed a couple of easy questions by pressing the wrong button and missed a lot of pop culture questions that I'm way out of the loop for. How do you know if you were in the mob or not? It showed me in the box all night as far as I could tell but I wasn't paying 100% attention.[/QUOTE]

You'll disappear from the row you sit in as the crowd and appear under the big screen in the middle of the mob, your avatar will have blue (or red once you get a question wrong) lights behind them instead of purple and when it introduces you it'll say the Mob instead of the Crowd.
 
I had fun with my group. We were in the crowd but it was still enjoyable. I ended up with the largest total by the end because this other guy disconnected for a few minutes and missed most of a round. Otherwise it would have been a lot closer. Interesting to see the trivia relating to other video game brands/franchises, like the Mario stuff and the Heavy Rain question. And yes, LMFAO at 32 C, I was the only one in my group to get that one right somehow.
 
I had 17 people on my friend list playing, but I always got the "session is full" message. That happened to me and one other friend. Everyone else seemed to be having a gay old time playing. :( I was even on early and set a reminder.
 
[quote name='Matt Young']I had 17 people on my friend list playing, but I always got the "session is full" message. That happened to me and one other friend. Everyone else seemed to be having a gay old time playing. :( I was even on early and set a reminder.[/QUOTE]

Ditto it didn't work for me, I didn't set a reminder though, and I thought I got "the session is full" due to my crappy internet connection. Maybe there's hope for me after the beta and things get worked out. :cry:
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Yes, the friend I mentioned earlier - I was in a group of four that included him. Looks like they try to match you with friends.
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Same here, someone on my friends list got paired up with me while a friend and I were playing.

I guess I was lucky and didn't have any trouble getting into the game. I jumped in as soon as it was open though on the last 'airing' of it though, 5 minutes early or however soon it was that they let you get in.

But yea, I was pretty surprised that the game is so much fun to play. It was really, really exciting before I realized we didn't actually win anything in the beta...but even after it was fun to just drink with some friends and shout out the answers over Live. I can definitely see a lot of people I know who like to go out to bars on trivia night digging this game a lot, especially when it fully launches at the end of the year.

I was wondering though...unless you're looking at the One or people in your 4-man group, do you actually see what the person's real avatar looks like? Cause everyone I saw had really, really bland characters, so I wasn't sure if they'd actually bother rendering people around you...I'm assuming not since I guess it's not like people have 'assigned seats' or anything...
 
[quote name='Megaten']I was wondering though...unless you're looking at the One or people in your 4-man group, do you actually see what the person's real avatar looks like? Cause everyone I saw had really, really bland characters, so I wasn't sure if they'd actually bother rendering people around you...I'm assuming not since I guess it's not like people have 'assigned seats' or anything...[/QUOTE]
Good point. I bet you're right.

Saturday should be interesting if they are really going to take the player cap off and let anyone who wants to play get in.
 
This is the biggest pile of fail ever to hit the service. I spent two whole hours trying to get on and kept getting booted because it was "full"

Full? Wasn't the entire point was EVERYONE could play, and be a chance to be in the mob/one?
 
I know a lot of people are frustrated with not being able to get in last night. But honestly, wouldn't it make sense for them to put a cap on the first show so that it didn't crash the server completely? Not to pour salt in any wounds, but I was able to get in with some friends no problem (but I did also have friends not able to get in).

They had 50,000 people playing last night. If they would have allowed 100,000 in, only for it to crash and burn, and waste everybody's time, it would have been a disaster. Obviously, let's all hope that the service improves, but for the people who did get to play last night, it was a great time.

This is the kind of thing that could sell a system for Microsoft (and like Matt Young mentioned to me last night, it actually creates another good use for the Scene-It buzzers). Yeah, their motion capture camera looks great (if it will even be able to do half of what they claim it can), but MMO gameshows would destroy Nintendo's hold on the casual gaming market. Yeah, soccer mom's and girlfriends love playing Wii bowling, but if they could play their favorite reality/gameshows from the comfort of their own living room...with a live host...AND win real prizes, IT'S OVER!

Seeing it in action was really impressive. Everything ran smooth, and even when a person who was just chosen to be "the one" disconnected, the game didn't miss a beat, and acted as though the person had lost, and selected the next contestant. By the end of the night, everybody was so caught up in answering the questions the fastest, like 80% missed a really easy one, haha.

The question was "At what temperature does water freeze?" With the answers being revealed one at a time, the first thing you saw was 32*...C. Almost everyone had already buzzed in by the time they noticed it said Celsius. It eliminated at least 70% of the mob, the one, and most of the crowd. I'm sure most people got a good laugh out of it, and it ended up being the last question of the night. Overall, I'd say the launch was a huge success.
 
[quote name='nnthomas']This is the biggest pile of fail ever to hit the service.[/QUOTE]
The holiday service interruption debacle of '07 was much worse than this. This is a beta, so not everything is going to go as planned. Don't get me wrong, I was as pissed as anyone (see previous pages) but at least they are apparently rectifying the problem for Saturday. I hope. Maybe.
 
I got the full server as well. Figured it was because they capped the Beta, tried again a few times then gave up and watched The Tonight Show. I'll check it out Saturday.
 
[quote name='nnthomas']Why would I pay (IF it is pay) when I won't even be able to play at all some days because it's full?[/QUOTE]

Don't bother reading anything. Just keep bitching about it. That's far more productive. :roll:
 
Was so looking forward to this, but my Xbox finally crapped out on me after 2 years. *sigh*

I am excited to try this nonetheless.
 
Definitely a lot more fun than I thought it would be. For some reason though, I kept associating the left most answer as answer "A", and thinking the "A" button corresponded to that answer, the middle was answer "B", thus associated with the "B" button, and the right most answer "C", and for some reason associating it with the "X" button.

The bonus for answering quickly definitely changes the game.

If they monitored the Mic chat, there probably would have been a massive spike in activity around the time 99F showed up on the last question >_<

Stupidest question of the night award goes to "What is a 'comma'?"

Best Joke Answer? Nocturnal Transmission.
 
[quote name='moojuice']
Stupidest question of the night award goes to "What is a 'comma'?".[/QUOTE]

I actually got that one wrong since I hit the wrong button. Ugh.
 
I think Netflix and 1 vs 100 are the two best things MS are doing for their core audience, while also expanding their base.

I played last night and it was soo much fun. The questions were done really well. I like how they had a decent amount of video game questions. It also seems like a great platform to hype upcoming games/events. They were talking about E3 last night, but in the future I can see them (for example) having someone from bungie as a special guest right before ODST launches.
 
[quote name='moojuice']

Best Joke Answer? Nocturnal Transmission.[/QUOTE]

hahaha na, best one was

According to his Tweeter page, what is Michal Phelp's favorite NES game?

Narc, Zelda, Pipe Dream
 
[quote name='cmart05']hahaha na, best one was

According to his Tweeter page, what is Michal Phelp's favorite NES game?

Narc, Zelda, Pipe Dream[/QUOTE]

Ehhh...I'd have to give the reference to spooging on your sheets the nod over Phelps's affinity for toking up.
 
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