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Dan LeonardFeb 19, 2007
 

 
I expect this will probably not make me popular around here, but I
have to say that I firmly believe that Just a Minute has actually been
much better in recent years than it was in times of old. For a start,
I think it is much better to have a constantly varying mix of
competitors, rather than a constant three with one guest each week.
Secondly, I think that it is a better game with the more fixed rules
than with the varying hodgepodge of rules that the game used to have.
Recently, I admit, I have only heard episodes from 2006 and from
1969, but in 1969 I noticed that challenges were sometimes (but not
always) accepted for repetition of words on the card, and challenges
were sometimes (but not always) accepted for repitition of words that
other competitors had used in the same round. These days both these
situations have been clarified completely, which makes for a much less
frustrating game for the listener. Thirdly, I think that the game
these days is a much more energetic game than it used to be, possibly
because of the influx of younger players, and possibly simply because
of the greater variety of players involved.

Discuss.

P.S. I have recently decided to start going by my middle name,
Nathan, rather than my first name, Daniel. For some reason, the
"From" field above this message still seems to give "Dan Leonard"
rather than "Nathan Leonard", despite the fact that I've changed both
my Yahoo Profile and my Gmail Profile (as Gmail is the address I use
for this service). Can anybody suggest why this might be so, and how
I might change it? Does this Group have its own profile section, maybe?

 
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