[quote name='Gamer SDP']haven't played for a few weeks.
I remember some of the worst "The Ones".
One guy used all 3 helps. He got out on the third question.
Another used the "Trust the Brain" help on the first question and got it wrong.
Another guy didn't answer the first question and lost (might have actually been away when picked though).
Same as above but happened when a break was over. The One should have known better.
Several Ones got the first question wrong when they should have at least used a help.[/QUOTE]
It's been stated on xbox.com why the One uses the 3 helps on the first questions. They have a system set up that if the one doesn't answer on the first three, the system automatically uses a help for them; which is why we saw so many ones uses 3 helps and go down on the fourth question. I had heard past Ones complain that, once they were chosen, they were slammed with PMs, sometimes to the point that they couldn't do anything gamewise. (They should call this trolling "Crowd's Revenge.")
To address a few other points:
-The Mob being so stupid. SOmetimes, people accidentally click the wrong button as they move their finger; I have done this myself. Or, in the moment, you blank out and click the wrong one, realizing what you have done a moment too late (Frisky has seen me do this). Any one who has ever played, say, poker with friends, then go somewhere competitive where money is on the line (like a casino) has probably had the same "stagefright" experience.
-The scoring. Speed counts as the streaks do add in an additional multiplier. However, I question how heavily the spped weighs in. I have watched myself be 10 points out of the top ten, get all the questions right with good time (about 180), only to go to 25 points out of top ten, 40 points out of top ten and by two more questions: 200 points out of top ten. (As a side note, I switched from using my wireless adapter to plugging in a network cable, and saw my speed bonus go from an average of 170-180 pts to 180-190 pts.)
Personally, I'm getting burned out. I played every Extended play this week (except the one that didn't load the other night) and played the EP until the live game last night. I wasn't even giving it my full attention last night; I had the controller next to me and spent the time drawing and would glance up, reach over and hit a button, and then go back to drawing. I found that my speeds were slightly lower, but my accuracy was about the same. I didn't even notice that Patch of Blue was the One again. (Head over to the xbox boards, you see that some people have been selected many times to be in the Mob or the One. There can't be only a handful of good players.)
But remember, it is only a beta. If this ever comes out of beta, I'd be kinda curious to see what the polished game is like.