Shawn said:
2. Bounceback/sink
criticism.
Mike says this does not reward knowledge. I find
this criticism puzzling,
as bouncebacks reward
knowledge at all times, not just when you get
the
tossup.
The sink provided an escape valve
enabled teams to not have points
"stolen" from them
in areas where they knew they did not know the
answers. It also lends a strategic aspect to the game,
IMO.
However bouncebacks on 30-20-10 boni are not a
Good Thing (tm).
And I say:
It was
distressing to get a tossup just to see another team go ahead
and get more points. Or, get a tossup and then have
to sink it not necessarily on the fear that you are
going to do poorly on the question, rather, that the
other team will do better. I thought it brought an
unnecessarily complicated part to the game that was very low on
reward compared to the pain involved. And by guessing
wrong, you gave the other team fodder for answers they
may not have already have known.
--Mike