Quiz duel
| Quiz duel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Original title | Quiz camps |
| Studio |
 MAG Interactive |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
July 5, 2012 (quiz camps) June 19, 2013 (quiz duel) |
| platform | Android , Apple iOS , Windows Phone 8 |
| genre | Casual game , quiz |
| Game mode | Player versus player |
| control | Touch screen |
| system advantages preconditions |
|
| medium | Download |
| language | American English, British English, German, Danish, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, Chinese, Indonesian |
| Current version |
(August 21, 2019) (April 2, 2020) |
Quizduell is the German-language version of the Swedish-language mobile app “Quizkampen” (Swedish: Quizkampf ) from the Swedish developer group MAG Interactive for iOS as well as for the Android platform and Windows Phone . The other players have to answer more questions correctly in different question categories than a selected or random opponent. The application has been downloaded more than 23 million times in eleven different languages via the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store (as of March 2014); the German-language version has the most players with over 34 million (as of February 2018).
Gameplay
The game currently includes around 27,000 questions from 19 question categories on general knowledge and everyday culture. In six rounds, two opposing players are presented with three randomly selected questions to which one of the four possible answers is always correct.
A game starts with the challenge of an opponent who can be chosen from participating friends, searched for by name or randomly assigned. The question categories are determined alternately by one of the two players before each round. The determining player is offered three categories to choose from. Both players are asked the same questions. You have to choose your answer within 20 seconds.
The player with the most correctly answered questions wins the game and receives between one and 24 points; either none or between one and nine points are deducted from the loser. The number of points gained or lost depends on the relative position of the respective game partner in the ranking. In the event of a tie , either both players or only the worse placed player receive points. If the game is abandoned, 24 points will be deducted from the person giving up the game. The winner receives the same points that he would have received for a regular win. If the game is interrupted for more than 48 hours, the game is only rated as lost for the person responsible. Winners and losers receive the same point gains / point deductions as in a regular game.
The 19 categories into which the questions are divided include classic general knowledge of natural sciences (“In the laboratory” and “wonders of technology”) or cultural topics (for example “books and words” and “movies”) as well as questions about current issues Events. Some categories are described with titles such as "Out in the open " ( biology ), "Around the world" ( geography ) or "Witnesses of time" ( history ). The German version is mainly geared towards regular consumers of television entertainment by using four separate categories ("TV Series", "Media & Entertainment", "Movies" and "The 2000s") to raise their content to be worth knowing advice items about which knowledge is almost is acquired exclusively through entertainment media.
The game offers the opportunity to exchange short messages with current game opponents.
A player can submit their own questions and the correct solution along with three incorrect answers which the company claims will be checked for use in the quiz duel. There is a ranking of the users with the most questions submitted. How many of these questions are used in the game is not shown here either.
development
Origin of the application
According to co-founder of FEO Media Henrik Willstedt, in 2011 he developed the idea for the game within fifteen minutes. In 2011, the authors began work on the Swedish-language app “Quizkampen”, which was first published in Sweden a year later, in July 2012. After two weeks, the game was number one on the download charts. The game consisted of 8,000 questions at the time. Despite the development without capital and without subsequent marketing, the app managed to reach the top of the charts in the Swedish app store within three weeks. The translation of around 12,000 questions into German was done by Alex Kessler. At that point in time there were around 25,000 questions in the Swedish database.
According to their own information, the makers of Quizduell had "no money for marketing"; the game spread through word of mouth. According to the computer magazine Chip, it seems unclear "how the app got its current soaring".
The number of users rose after the rapper Sido published a post about Quizduell on his Facebook page, and again after TV reports from RTL and ARD at the beginning of 2014.
From January 2014, the youth television broadcaster Joiz invited to play against the editors and announced a weekly prize for the winners. The RTL-aktuell online editorial team invited to quizzes via Facebook, and an author from the Süddeutsche also publicly asked to play against him.
The German database now contains more than 27,000 questions.
The game reached one million users in November 2013 and around four million users in January 2014. According to Focus, the app had been downloaded over 18 million times by February 2014, including over ten million times in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In April 2014 the app was also released for Windows Phone 8 and 8.1.
Basic and premium version
The basic version of the game is free. With this you can see detailed statistics such as the number of games played, wins, losses and draws in percent, the number of perfect games (all questions answered correctly), the average number of points per game and the percentage of correct answers per category. Furthermore, you can see your own rank, design an individual " avatar " = comic book header and change the application's color scheme.
A premium version is available against payment of a one-off fee, with which the advertising and the waiting times between games are removed and up to 120 "duels" can be played simultaneously. The premium version cost € 2.58 up to the end of 2017, and has cost € 8.99 since the beginning of 2018, but some functions that were previously only available in the premium version are also activated in the basic version.
Versions in other languages
The game is available for download in numerous languages in the shops of the various system providers (Google Play, iTunes, Windows Phone Store). The name of the app was adapted to the national language.
| Version name | country | language |
|---|---|---|
| Duel quiz |
 France
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French |
| QuizClash |
 United Kingdom
|
British English |
 United States
|
American English | |
| Quiz duel |
 Netherlands
|
Dutch |
| Quiz duel |
Germany
|
German |
| QuizDuello |
 Italy
|
Italian |
| Quiz camps |
 Denmark
|
Danish |
 Norway
|
Norwegian | |
|
Sweden
|
Swedish | |
| QuizReto |
 Spain
|
Spanish |
| Quizwanie |
 Poland
|
Polish |
| Bor'ba Umow (Russian Борьба умов ) |
 Russia
|
Russian |
| Kwijeukeullaesi (Kor. 퀴즈 클래 시 ) |
 South Korea
|
Korean |
| QuiZ duìlěi (chi. QuiZ 對壘 ) |
 People's Republic of China
|
Chinese |
| kuizu kurasshu (Japanese ク イ ズ ク ラ ッ シ ュ ) |
 Japan
|
Japanese |
| Duel Otak |
 Indonesia
|
Indonesian |
Accessibility
Quizduell can be operated by blind and visually impaired people with the VoiceOver screen reader integrated in iOS .
The New Quiz Duel app has been available since March 2020 and, unlike the previous app, is not barrier-free because it cannot be controlled via VoiceOver , which is essential for the blind and visually impaired.
List of all categories
The game currently comprises 19 categories:
- Books & Words
- comics
- Computer games
- The 2000s
- Out in the green
- Eat Drink
- Faith & Religion
- In the laboratory
- cinemamovies
- Art and culture
- Body & mind
- Power & money
- Media & entertainment
- Music & hits
- Around the world
- Sports & Freetime
- TV series
- Engineering miracle
- Witnesses of time
Trivia
For a while, Quizduell offered two automated opponents called "Der Osterhase" (around Easter) and "Das Christkind" (around Christmas), who chose their answers at random, but generally played worse than the opponent. However, the points gained were not included in the personal statistics. These opponents were suitable for the risk-free training of weak categories. Both opponents could be challenged all year round, but only challenged themselves in the respective season.
The "Santa Claus" training bot has been available since December 2019. You can also play against this automated opponent as often as you like, but you have to wait until you have been asked by him - then you can challenge him.
Spelling and questions are sometimes wrong and have not been corrected for years. English rather than German transcriptions from foreign alphabets are common (e.g. Sharia instead of Sharia ).
Ravensburger Spieleverlag also offers a parlor game version of Quizduell. Several players play against each other while an hourglass is running.
Quiz duel in the first
Of 12 May 2014 to 30 May 2014, presented Mr. Pilawa first time Monday to Friday at 18:00 in the first , the quiz duel as an interactive show. Four candidates competed in the studio against the users of the smartphone app Quizduell (the so-called “Team Germany”) who played at home, and they each had the opportunity to win money.
At the beginning of the broadcast, the candidates determine in the studio in a "power round" for what amount they are playing. The more correct answers the team of four gives in the given time, the higher the possible profit. Then the candidates compete with the "Team Germany", consisting of app users at home in front of the television, who have been activated for the program. These users at home have to answer three questions each in up to six subject areas. The answer option chosen by most of the users is considered a tip from the entire team. The only change to the normal game is that the app users always answer the questions first, otherwise the users would already know the questions from answering the studio candidates. Then the studio candidates submit their tip.
If the studio team wins after six rounds, the profit is shared among the four candidates. If “Team Germany” is ahead, ten winners will be drawn from all app participants with the most correct answers.
When the show debuted on May 12, 2014 in the first, over 1.4 million quiz duel users were online, according to Pilawa, and 187,000 people had registered for the TV version. However, due to overloaded servers, the “Team Germany” did not participate. Instead Pilawa improvised and let the studio audience compete against the studio candidates instead of “Team Germany”. The audience responded using voting machines designed for emergencies only. The duel was played to the end because the error could not be corrected during the broadcast. The audience won 22,000 euros by one point, which was distributed among them. Pilawa announced during the broadcast that an individual had hacked 15,000 servers worldwide. As a result, most of the online users received connection errors and were unable to participate. Jörg Pilawa publicly invited the person responsible for the attack on the show to come forward and take part in one of the next shows as a candidate. Legal consequences would not threaten, he let the hacker know live on TV.
The technical problems had not yet been resolved in the following editions either, so that the candidate team had to play against the studio audience again.
In episode three of the Quizduell broadcast, Jörg Pilawa explained that, in addition to a denial-of-service attack, too ambitious goals of the Quizduell editorial team were partly responsible for overloaded servers. For example, the answers of the online users were originally supposed to be linked to data such as age, gender and state in order to offer public comparative statistics. The server infrastructure was not strong enough for that. In the background, however, they are still working on a solution. Pilawa made a bet during the broadcast: If the Quizduell app should not work in the coming week, he will play a guest role in Forbidden Love .
On July 18, 2014, the ARD announced that the show would take over the evening program slot for the series Verbotene Liebe , which had been discontinued at the beginning of 2015 . The odds of the quiz duel show were always above those of Forbidden Love.
Since February 2, 2015, the program has been running regularly Monday to Friday on Das Erste. However, the number of candidates was reduced to two.
reception
Various media reported nationwide on the game in Germany and described it as “ who will be a millionaire? der Netzwelt ”( Die Zeit ),“ Success App ”( Deutsche Welle ) and“ Chart storm among the apps ”( RP online ). The Handelsblatt wrote that Germany was “enigmatic” and that the game was “simple and addicting”. Focus magazine published tips on how to beat opponents. Also SWR3 , DRadio knowledge , the German tabloid TV format Taff and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported quiz duel.
"Quizduell is a humiliation and show-off app. And that's why it's a lot of fun. "
Quizduell criticized the advertisements for each topic, which can only be switched off for a fee, and the frequent repetition of questions.
literature
- Quiz duel - the book . riva Verlag , 2014, ISBN 978-3-86883-436-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Q-Day! The waiting is over!! In: Quizduell Facebook page. June 19, 2013, accessed February 13, 2014 .
- ↑ "Quiz duel - Windows Phone App released"
- ↑ a b Deutsche Welle : The successful app “Quizduell” , March 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Quiz duel was not a lucky strike" . Austrian internet portal for news from the computer sector. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ Information about the in-game ranking system, accessed on February 25, 2018.
- ↑ a b RP online : This is how the game app Quizduell works , March 9, 2014.
- ^ A b Nico Stockheim: Quiz duel: Who needs Günther Jauch? News portal t-online, January 23, 2014, accessed on March 13, 2014 .
- ↑ GIGA : This is how the rating works in the quiz duel , March 12, 2014.
- ↑ The Lord of the Quiz Duel - excerpt from green strips . Extract from the program of the radio station DRadio Wissen . Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ↑ Puls : Hype about quiz duels: A Rosenheimer is in it ( memento from January 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), January 17, 2014. Accessed on February 13, 2014.
- ↑ startstories.de: Interview with Quizduell founder Henrik Willstedt
- ↑ a b c "Quizduell" is ready for television. In: Website of the time. Retrieved February 22, 2014 .
- ^ Quiz duel inventor Henrik Willstedt. "Germany is the biggest market for us". In: Website of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 19, 2014, accessed February 20, 2014 .
- ↑ "We are definitely not millionaires yet" (Interview), February 11, 2014.
- ↑ Chip : Quiz duel: The secret behind the addiction app ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 29, 2014.
- ↑ a b Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung : Kim Ulpts: Fascination Quizduell: Why everyone plays it. February 28, 2014, accessed March 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Joiz : Quiz Duel - beat joiz and clear every week , accessed on March 19, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Süddeutsche Zeitung : Chance for the ultimate embarrassment , January 17, 2014.
- ↑ Focus : “Quiz duel” phenomenon: Why is the app so successful? , 12th of February 2014.
- ↑ "Quiz duel - Windows Phone App released"
- ↑ "Quiz Duel - For Windows Phone"
- ↑ Freddy: Quizduell gives you free access to statistics, avatar design and color schemes. appgefahren.de, February 20, 2018, accessed March 30, 2019 .
- ↑ FEO: Quiz duel PREMIUM. FEO, March 7, 2018, accessed March 28, 2018 .
- ↑ cf. FEO Media: Our games ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 19, 2014.
- ↑ Database for accessible apps , February 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Accessibility in games is always possible". Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Uwe Mantel: Show on the app: Pilawa asks for a "quiz duel" from May. Medienmagazin DWDL.de , April 7, 2014, accessed on April 7, 2014 .
- ↑ The first: Four against Team Germany - the “quiz duel” with Jörg Pilawa from May 12, 2014, Monday to Friday at 6:00 pm in the first. news aktuell press portal, April 17, 2014, accessed on April 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Hackers interfere with "Quiz duel" premiere. (No longer available online.) NDR.de, May 12, 2014, archived from the original on May 12, 2014 ; accessed on May 12, 2014 .
- ↑ ARD starts “Quizduell” with a glitch. Sueddeutsche.de, May 12, 2014, accessed on May 12, 2014 .
- ↑ "Quiz duel" again without the app. (No longer available online.) NDR.de, May 13, 2014, archived from the original on May 15, 2014 .
- ↑ ARD confirms: "Quizduell" replaces "Verbotene Liebe". DWDL.de , July 18, 2014, accessed on July 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Die Zeit : The knowledge app "Quizduell" conquers the download charts , February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Handelsblatt : Quizduell will soon be on TV , January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Focus : "Quizduell" guide: How to beat your opponents , March 10, 2014.
- ↑ Fascination Quizduell from February 12, 2014 . Website of the German TV format Taff from ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, which is broadcast on ProSieben . Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ↑ Kritsanarat Khunkham: "Quizduell": The app for humiliation and show-offs. In: welt.de. welt.de, January 13, 2014, accessed on March 17, 2014 .
