# I want my NTN **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270 "2005-07-26T18:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/1 "2005-07-26T18:18:20Z")
**monster** tripped my nostalgia circuit with [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6405449&postcount=10). Where I used to live our small gang would go out of our way to frequent a bar that had NTN. When I moved to where I now live, there as a restaurant that had it - my brother and I would go often. (NTN, of course, is the trivia game played by watching a TV screen from your table, answering questions into a little wireless console.) Then, all of a sudden NTN was removed - at that restaurant and everywhere. Visits back home to the ol’ haunt - no NTN. I had just assumed the company had disbanded - until **monster’s** post. So now the questions: Do you play NTN? Does anyone here run an establishment that carries it? What does it cost, and is it worth it? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/2 "2005-07-26T18:57:14Z")
I do when I go to the bar. When the game is Countdown or Wipeout I never, ever get less than 10,000, with 8 perfect scores and countless top 20 national scores. If you ever see MRMOJO from somewhere in Pennsylvania, that’s me. It’s a strange thing to be proud of, but when I walk into a bar and they see my name, everybody with a board looks up to figure out who’s killing them except for the people that always play who know me. They beat me every once in a while, but it’s really very rare. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/3 "2005-07-26T18:59:21Z")
BTW, it doesn’t cost anything to play. Just ask for a Playmaker from the bartender or the server. It’s worth it because it passes the time very well and makes you friends for life if you play often enough (if that’s something that recommends it to you- some people don’t like other prople at bars). ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/4 "2005-07-26T19:59:40Z")
I play quite often. I don’t have _quite_ as impressive a record as Airman Doors, but I aquit myself pretty well. You can go [here](http://www.ntn.com/hospitality_tech/players_corner/index.asp), and click on the “Sitefinder” link on the left. You can search for nearby locations that have NTN games based on city & state or zip code. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/5 "2005-07-26T20:15:21Z")
I haven’t played it in long time, but I loved that game. Finally, my useless knowledge comes in handy! ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/6 "2005-07-27T12:38:22Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > You can go [here](http://www.ntn.com/hospitality_tech/players_corner/index.asp), and click on the “Sitefinder” link on the left. You can search for nearby locations that have NTN games based on city & state or zip code. **carlb** you’re a lifesaver. Whodathunka using the internet to research something :smack: Turns out there’s a spot not too far from me! I wonder if my old username is still in the system. My brother and I were JUMBO and DUMBO respectively (he worked for Jumbo Video then). When I was on fire, it was fun to see DUMBO rise to the top of the list (my highest ever network ranking was 43rd). Once, when travelling, I went into a bar and started playing. This was in the very early days of the O.J. Simpson case (after the arrest but before the trial started, IIRC). There were a dozen or so playing. One of the players, mid game, changed their name to FREEOJ. Within 10 minutes the board was full of RUNOJ, OJRULEZ, FRYOJ, etc. Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![bradministrator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bradministrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bradministrator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/7 "2005-07-27T12:58:25Z")
My cable system (Comcast) has NTN available on the box. It’s no fun playing it at home though. I was #2 in the nation once. I got a free beer from the bartender. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/8 "2005-07-27T13:04:34Z")
I play it a lot also, and have made the Top 20 a number of times. I’ve even made it into the Top 50 for the Tuesday night Showdown game on a few occasions. Great fun! **Nature’s Call** , if you were a Player’s Plus member, you can find out if your DUMBO username is still in the system. Go to the Player’s Corner link off NTN’s main page, and log in. If you can manage to log in, you’re still there. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/9 "2005-07-27T13:19:56Z")
Actually a couple of weeks ago while my wife and son were out of town, I was aching to play it. I went to one old haunt and sat at a table. Turns out they no longer had NTN, so I went to my other local haunt and it turns out they no longer have it either. I used the sitefinder, found another new place, and sat at the bar for about 7 hours, nursing beers, eating dinner, and playing trivia all night long. It is unlikely you will see Tutone listed anywhere, but if you do, that’s me! ---
**Author:** ![PerditaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@PerditaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PerditaX)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/10 "2005-07-27T14:41:45Z")
I love NTN! There’s a sports bar/restaurant called Barnacles where they went utterly crazy with the tvs (3 or 4 giant-screen, another half-dozen large-screen and at least 200 regular-size) - usually about every 4th one of the normal ones is tuned to NTN. I win at Countdown more often than not, but I really like RetroActive (the classic-tv questions), because the questions are really snarky 😃 If you ever see BUNNY, that’s me! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-ntn/314270/11 "2005-07-27T16:58:36Z")
I used to love NTN. In my heyday (about 10 years ago) I used to kick most people’s asses in the TGI Fridays I used to frequent. Then a bunch of humps atthe bar started playing as a team (8 heads with one set of fingers on the device). Fucking cheaters. I lost interest.