Trivia Crack has taken over Woburn Memorial High School one smartphone at a time. Random trivia questions can be heard anxiously echoing across the school. Students are only given thirty seconds to answer important, relevant questions. Somebody has to know how the third czar of Russia died, right?
Not to toot my own hipster horn, but I had downloaded the Trivia Crack app weeks before it infected Woburn High. Toot toot! After having the game for less than a day, I deleted it. I thought it was boring, dull and not as addictive, as the name clearly promises. Yet here I am today with Trivia Crack downloaded for the second time. What is it that makes this game so hard to stop playing? I have found that what makes this game so addicting is the chance to beat your friends. When bragging rights are up for grabs, everyone wants in on the challenge. Junior Nicole Vieira, a level 45 Trivia Crack addict, shared her input on the Trivia Crack.
“It’s
changed me. I’ve become a much more
competitive person than I was before.
I’ve spent countless hours on the app,” stated Vieira.
And
with six different categories – history, art, entertainment, science, geography
and sports- almost everyone has some knowledge in at least one of those
categories. Therefore, everyone thinks
they have an edge on their friends, promising a quick win. People from every corner of Woburn High are
now facing off for the sake of competition.
The
Trivia Crack phenomenon has its pros and cons, similar to basically anything
else in the world. Trivia Crack can be
taken as either positive or negative, depending on one’s outlook.
Pro - Trivia Crack is connecting
people together, forcing people to interact with a world outside of their
own.
Con –
Trivia Crack is allowing people to live through their phones even more,
stifling an actual conversation. People
may rather play trivia than talk to other human beings.
Pro –
Trivia Crack also has the ability to be a conversation starter. Everyone wants to show off what they know.
Con – Answering
a question wrong for your friend on Trivia Crack can lead to disaster, a
tremendous break in trust. Fighting over
trivia may be one of the silliest reasons to have a fight.
Pro –
Trivia Crack is chalked full of facts for students to learn, so students are
learning information while playing.
Con –
In the grand scheme of things, these facts are useless; they are trivial (hence
the “trivia” title).
Pro –
Trivia Crack is something to play when you’re bored and you are expanding your
knowledge.
Con –
It is addictive and can take up the already scarce time and motivation to do
important things.
Whether
being decidedly good or bad, Trivia Crack is the current fad of the
school. Along with silly bands, beanie
babies, etc. Trivia Crack will go down in history. No one knows how long this fad will
last. Fads can go as soon as they have
arrived. So for now, sit back, relax and
cuddle up with a nice game of Trivia Crack while people are still playing.
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