Postpone Total Quiz?

Recently, there has been a debate about whether the next Total Quiz should be postponed. 

The Total Quiz has been a long AE tradition that takes place once every three months, where a wonderful set of questions are fielded and answered by our distinguished and talented forum members, as well as by guests.

According to the TQ calendar, the next quiz should take place during the final week of July.  The timing of the next Total Quiz has raised arguments; some would like to postpone it, while others would like it to take place as usual.

Allow me to present arguments of both sides.

Those in favor of postponing argue that many forum members cannot concentrate their energies on TQ at this time of the year.  Some have demanding examinations to take, while others are away in vacation.  Therefore, the competitiveness of TQ will be diminished, and user turnout will be low.  Many forum members having exams or vacations are Total Quiz enthusiasts, and having Total Quiz at such a critical juncture presents a dilemma.  There seems little point in having TQ at a time when no one seems able to participate.

Those against postponing argue that the TQ schedule was put in place for an exact reason: to make sure that it would not be easily altered by random individual reasons.  It is an institution and therefore its rules should be respected.  Total Quiz turnout has always been cyclical, and if one misses TQ, he or she can always catch the next one.  There are also guests (non-forum members) who exclusively participate in the Total Quiz - postponing the TQ would confuse these guests and turn them off.


Now that both sides are presented, let us settle this argument in a civil and democratic way.  

Since the July Total Quiz was originally scheduled to start Wednesday next week, let us make Sunday night the deadline for voting!


Edited by poirot - 20-Jul-2007 at 02:45

The only problem I have with those dates, are that none of them are in my holidays - all are during the school term. Yes it is selfish of me, so I can understand if they remain as they are . I just probably shalln't be playing in many of them if school demands my attention. 

I must admit that I find the low number of total votes rather disappointing. I had expected the interest for the TQ to be greater.

Edited by Northman - 23-Jul-2007 at 08:56