While he had to quit quizzes altogether to study for university exams, if he really had no choice, then why was his enthusiasm for quizzes swept away, instead of saying like, "I still want to do quizzes, but I can't do it because I'm preparing for university studies."
Well, there are some reasons for this loss of interest:
1. Someone must have told him (probably parents or friends) or he had realized himself that quizzes have nothing to do with real life. After all, being a good quizzer does not get you to universities and is not the easiest way out to real-life success. It's not that easy.
2. Because he's a genius, odds are he was forced to do quizzes by his teachers in school. It happens all the goddamned time, even when the quizzer isn't particularly studious and just wants to have a normal life together with friends, and training for quizzes takes off all the time he could have spent with them. Or even when the quizzer IS very studious and just wants to be left alone because his grades would suffer if he joins a quiz club. /sarcasm
3. Assuming he and Gakuto competed together before, the loss of Gakuto must have hit hard on him. He was probably pissed off by the fact that Gakuto went to a low-tier school to hang around with n00bz instead of going with him to a god-tier school where they would rule Japan's competitive quiz world. He probably thought he can't lead Kaijou to victory without Gakuto on his side.
4. He probably was the ace player in his team, then he failed to deliver when it counts so he got kicked out of the team or something to that effect, and that shattered him to the point that he decided to avoid anything about quizzes altogether.
I would rather buy #2 and #3 because how else would you have interest in quizzes in the first place if nobody introduced it to you?
Yawn. At last, a real competition after like what, a year?
Asagaoka Girls High School Quiz Contest Tournament Format
Spoiler for spoiler:
Round 1 - 10/XX to Round 3, the rest to Round 2
- 50 + 1 Written Test
Round 2 - 8 / Losers of Round 1
- 5o2x buzzer quiz. Contestant advances to Round 3 after 5 correct answers, but is disqualified after 2 wrong answers.
Round 3 - 6 / 18 [10 from R1 + 8 from R2]
- (Hoo boy, this is going to be an exciting round.)
- Multiple choice question, then a 20-question buzz-in quiz.
- Right minus wrong (+3 for a correct answer, -3 for a wrong) plus a heal/hurt mechanic. You can choose to deduct some of your obtained points from another player (very useful for clutch situations).
- Anyone who drops to zero or below during the round is eliminated.
- First 6 to get 20 points advance to the Semifinals
- Sudden death tiebreakers (wow, this IS fun).
- If less than 6 players get 20 points at the end, point system is used to determine enough qualifiers to make it 6.
Wild Card - 1 / [Losers' Bracket]
- Winner advances to Semifinals as Wild Card.
Semifinals - 3 / 7
- Lock-out buzz-in quiz.
- Players who get a correct answer can lock out another player.
- Players who get wrong answers cannot buzz in for the rest of the round.
Finals - 1 / 3
- 10o2x quiz brawl
- Player who gets wrong answer cannot buzz in for the next question.
Analysis:
Spoiler for spoiler:
So this is the first official tournament hosted by an actual high school in the regular season as the one in Akihabara was a community event.
So, Round 1, piece of cake for Shiki, but just in case he fails qualify for Round 3, he prepares in advance. That's what I call dedication to the game, the hustle, the clutch.
He really needs to qualify for Round 3 because as we know, Shiki sucks at buzzer quizzes atm. Otherwise, let's just pray he gets 5 correct answers before getting two wrong ones.
But yeah, it really is difficult facing the top quizzers in the country. Here's hoping Shiki to make it past Round 3.
Looking forward to Round 2 and the Wild Card Phase.
Semifinals, hmm, I don't like the format personally, but it makes for a nice gambling battle. You make it, you lock out a strong player (such as the ones in Kaijou); you miss it, you can't buzz in.
The Finals, hmm, yeah, Asagaoka Girls High really loves that lock-out mechanic. Good thing it's a 10o2x quiz though. Because hey, you miss one, opponent makes 2 points at the most, no big deal. But the catch, you miss another one, you lose.
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