It's not recommended by you. Some of us think it's a perfectly good way to score 2000 or more points in a day's play. It takes no time to "switch over" because you play then click on to something else, no one waits for anything. And if you can get 5000 points in the time it takes me to click on a link in my toolbar then you have to explain how you do it.



So? No one is saying you should do Obscurity instead of another hourly, only that it's easy to do it as well.



I repeat, if you're doing Obscurity to get Endurance points there's no need to google at all because you're not trying to win the game, just get five right. A quick read through the questions, two or three considered answers, and random clicking for the rest should do that.

Exactly.

And Mikey, who are you to say which games are more enjoyable than others? Do I find 10 completely easy questions (PoC) more fun than 15 very difficult questions (Obscurity)? No, and others might not either.

Well done Mikey I think that apart from the drop of blood on that badge, there should also be sweat and tears. It took me a straight 25 hours of sitting with no break ..... never ever again in a million years!

I've just done Obscurity for the first time in ages - 10/15 without googling. 201 bonus points and 200 Obscurity bonus = 401 pts in less than 90 seconds. If I did that ten times in a day that's 4000+ points in 15 minutes.

You just don't get it... not everyone *needs* to Google, in order to get the 'measly' 5 correct.




It seems that many of us are daredevils, then.

Salami has just done his usual trick of getting 5 correct in 5 seconds. I've got a sneaky suspicion he didn't google.

Mikey, I'm an admin.

Unless you were violating the site rules during your drive for Endurance, there's nothing you could reveal that would get you in trouble. This isn't a "trick" badge, where the point is figuring out clues or finding hidden quizzes.

While those attempting to get the badge may find your experience and advice useful, please remember that you are describing *A* way to win the badge, not *THE* way. There's no need for any argument - other players' experiences are as valid as yours.

So 62 seconds is not worth 200 points?



Let's say I take 2 minutes to complete 1 game of Obscurity (that is more than I usually take, but oh well). That means that I spend 48 minutes and get 4,800 points + any I get extra. I would probably get 10 extra per game, so that's a total of 5,040 points. I spend 12 minutes less and get 40 points extra. No downside whatsoever.



You were clearly very unlucky. On average, you should be guessing 3.75 correct.



I understand that some people like easy stuff, but you clearly didn't understand that some people like harder stuff. You said . That is your opinion, and I was saying that I personally find harder questions more interesting (of course it depends on how interesting the actual facts in both questions are).




3 people apart from you have added to the Obscurity discussion (me, flopsy and postcards). All 3 of those people have said that they can easily get 5 right in at least most games. I am certainly not an "expert Googler" or a "TRUEST trivia savant". I don't mean to insult flopsy or postcards, but there are better players than them.

If you cannot Google these questions fast enough, then I think you are the odd one out. Assuming you already had a Google tab open, how long would it take you to highlight a line of lyrics, press "Ctrl C", click on the Google tab and press "Ctrl V" and then enter? 5 seconds max, I would think.

When I went for the endurance badge, although I had some strategies in mind, basically I just 'went for it'. I managed well over 100,000 points, with several hours left in the bag if I had felt like carrying on. Effectively, I set myself a target of 5,000 points an hour, which generally I exceeded. Personally, whatever tactics you employ, the key point is in the name of the badge. i.e. Endurance.

Not insulted, Adam. You echo my daily thoughts

Better than postie?

LOL, no offence taken... though on a good day, with a following wind, and rabbit ears tied back I might do anything.

I remember it Brian well. Brian, Jax and I stayed up til past midnight, cheering you on.

It was the support I had from all of my team members that kept me going.

As you can see, there is *at least* one admin and *at least* one moderator following this discussion. Please make sure you keep things civil - discussion is welcome, insults are not.

100,000 is so incredible! I thought I had a lot at 50,000, but wow!



Just as a general thing: I didn't use Obscurity to get extra points for Endurance. I had no idea until reading these posts that there was a 200pt bonus for getting 5 correct. But, if I'd known, I probably would have played that game too. I'm generally a pretty good guesser.

The Girls in their Cheerleading outfits helped as well Brian, well it did me when I got mine

I didn't see it as a "free-for-all attack on [your] opinion". I was stating my opinion, and other people stated theirs, including some people who posted things that had nothing to do with Obscurity. According to SilverMoonsong, an admin and a moderator were/are watching this, and they haven't told us to stop.




Okay. I think we've reached a stalemate here. I never meant to "cram Obscurity into [your] subconscious", but if it sounded like I was, I apologise.

I think the original problem came for your tone (or what I thought was your tone). It sounded to me like you were saying that there has been multiple discussions with all the experts about whether Obscurity was a valid or invalid way of earning points during an Endurance attempt. Maybe if you hadn't used words like "research" and "recommended", and had put "opinion" somewhere, then this problem wouldn't have occured (that, of course, is just my opinion - other people may have read it differently, but I'm just trying to stop this from happening again since it's clear that you didn't like it).

And by the way, I have Endurance too. I might not have gotten as many points in the attempt (I think it was in the 30Ks), but I still have my own ideas.


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I've just though of another tip for a few extra points.

Rating: Always rate quizzes you play when you're done. In addition to adding to your total quizzes rate which can earn you a full badge "Quiz Rater", rating quizzes gives you an additional 20 bonus points per quiz. I believe you have to score at least 2 correct to rate a quiz, but googling should be enough to get to correct if it's on a subject you're not familiar with. Every little bit helps.

I would love to get the Endurance Badge and the idea of setting down one time to do it is a really good idea - thanks guys.
I find that in games like Piece of Cake if I do them often enough I start getting the easiest questions wrong which is embarrassing for me but I find that I can often get from five to seven right in the Obscurity - which is strange to me but possibly makes sense, and YES I find it frustrating that people can do PoC in twenty seconds I dont believe my computer can go that fast but oh well more power to others that can - well will set myself a day ok Take Care
Cathy

OUCH

I had more than one comment. To which are you referring?

Not sure what comment you're referring to with this. If it's the rating comment, I'm not sure why you're bringing it up. Rating for additional points would apply to any quiz difficulty. It's whether you rate or not, not whether you rate a quiz that is more difficult than another. If you're referring to something else, please explain further, as your comment is a little unclear.

What he means is that you have more of a chance to get 2/10 or higher on an easier quiz. For difficult quizzes, you may get a lower score, thus losing the chance to rate. Therefore, there is a risk in playing more difficult quizzes when you are trying to get many points quickly. At least, that's how I understood it.

With regard the the Endurance badge, the clue is in the name of the badge. To get this badge doesn't require the player to achieve maximum scores, nor to have any knowledge of the subject matter of the quiz.

It matters not whether the quiz be 'very difficult' or 'impossible', any points towards the ultimate goal are more than welcome in my humble opinion. No need to agonize over each question in the more difficult quizzes or 'google'.

When I got the Endurance badge, I think I was 'quizzing' for about 16 hours, but not constantly. I had time to cook and eat meals etc...I most certainly wasn't a 'Centurian', this didn't even exist when I got my badge!

I played Obscurity and the more difficult quizzes during my attempt. I don't think these quizzes can 'hurt' or thwart ones efforts, unless you take a long time to do the quizzes by researching answers! No need for research and googling, if you don't know the answer, 'click and go'

Each person has their own method for achieving this badge. The main ingredient for success, as far as I am concerned, is setting aside sufficient time, after all you wouldn't attempt to run a marathon in 1.5 hours