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Jan 28, 2009 17:44

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On University Challenge (Illustrated)All kinds of things about the show and our three matches for anyone interested ( Read more... )

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eatyourfudge February 24 2009, 02:00:35 UTC

I thought you were a fantastic team, and it was a shame but you lost, but none of the team have any reason to be ashamed with that lost. These things just happen. And the Sheffield match was fantastic!

lystellion February 24 2009, 23:15:25 UTC

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the Sheffield match!

Your icon is original and kinda hypnotic, I really like it. What inspired you to make a custard cream sofa? Also, your collection of Stephen Colbert videos is just brilliant. I love that man:

Reality has a well-known liberal bias

Too right!

eatyourfudge February 27 2009, 14:01:26 UTC

Yeah, it was especially exciting as I've applied to both Exeter and Sheffield. My mum asked me afterwards whether it made me favour one or the other - how could it? It was so close!

I must admit I didn't take the photos/think it up myself, I found the series on http://delicatesituations.blogspot.com/ and thought they were just brilliant.

Ah yeah, he's a genius! So annoyed that colbernation.com has blocked viewers from the UK (or at least it had last time I checked).

eatyourfudge July 19 2009, 03:22:23 UTC

Hi, just stumbled across this, fascinating read! I thought your performance was great in the first 2 rounds and you really were just unlucky in the third, it's great that you just enjoyed the whole experience and took it with such good grace, I suppose that's what it's all about at the end of the day! Nice to read a measured account after all the hype and hysteria (most of it ill-informed) that surrounded last series and, I think, detracted from it, especially the nasty and incredibly sexist comments made about GT, who was after all just playing the game and playing it well ( ... )

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anonymous December 26 2009, 12:03:28 UTC

Just found your blog by accident, and thought I'd say thanks for what made for a very heartening read. I captained the Loughborough team in this year's competition, and you're completely right about the difference between playing along at home and playing the game for real. People at home (including myself formerly) forget that University Challenge is in fact a *contest*, and that you're playing against another team - not only that, but, as you say, even if you have a hunch that the answer that's just popped into your head might be the right one, you sometimes err on the side of caution because you don't want to buzz in and get the answer wrong when one of your teammates might just be about to reach for the right answer and buzz in. You have to play a team game ( ... )

lystellion October 21 2010, 11:56:34 UTC

Thanks for the insightful comment! Sorry I've taken ages to respond, do comment back if you ever read this. Loughborough rammed into a great team in the second round, which unfortunately happens to a lot of teams who have great potential. I remember being very impressed when I saw your team, you did very well in the first round. I daresay you would have liked to have had a crack at some of the teams in the quarter-finals, who may have looked very beatable.

It's good to hear you had a similar experience with the gall bladder question. What you say is so true about buzzing in and being on a roll is so true, I don't have anything much to add to that. It does highlight just how much leads can beget more leads because you can afford to buzz in on anything.

anonymous October 19 2010, 22:25:41 UTC

I found this very interesting to read as a massive fan of the series. I have massive respect for all the teams, as I know I could never do it. At home I only get 4 or 5 questions correct per episode, and that's getting to answer them all, not just a certain teams. I'm always stunned with the vast extent of knowledge contestants like Gail Trimble have. I remember the series you are on very vividly and I was routing for Exeter all the way through (though as a Manchester student, I would have supported them if you ever faced them). I thought you were a good team and seemed very down to earth.

I was wondering how you felt about the disqualification of CC? I felt sorry for both CC and Manchester. CC as they lost their trophy for a spectacular team, and Manchester as its an empty win if you didn't win the final (though they almost did until Trimble's epic end 5 minutes!)

Nice to see the back stage photos and well done on your team's performance. Must have been a great experience.

lystellion October 21 2010, 11:34:43 UTC

Hey thanks for your comment, and for supporting us! Sorry it took a short time to get back to you/unscreen your comment, laptop issues ( ... )

anonymous November 12 2012, 23:22:15 UTC

Do many parents attend the recordings, or is it mostly made up of students or even the general public?

lystellion January 22 2013, 10:55:43 UTC

Sorry it took me forever to respond, I've practically forgotten about the existence of livejournal and University Challenge ...

As far as I remember the team had 10 tickets (I think it was 10, might've been more) which we distributed between us. Anyone can come.

Audience members will end up seeing at least two episodes if it's in the earlier rounds, which is why the audience looks bigger than 20. So my mum watched the episode before our Corpus Christi one. We both agreed that if we'd had those questions, things would have been different ... :P

anonymous December 27 2012, 19:46:19 UTC

Have just found this blog, and thought I might as well drop you a line. I was on the Edinburgh team in 2007-8 (scraped past round one with an extraordinarily low winning score, thumped in round two), and it's fun to read about other people's experiences! (I don't think we saw the best of Paxman, though to be fair we weren't exactly memorable. I do remember being disgruntled that he was surprised I knew the answer to a couple of pretty obscure questions about music and literature. Maybe I deserved it after the brain explosion that had me name Kraftwerk as a string quartet ( ... )