On 26/08/16, 6:14 PM, "silklist on behalf of Thejaswi Udupa" 
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>I have a fairly simple model for quizzing. I treat it as an >amateur sport. 
>And derive the same joy out of it, that a guy 

Ah, but when you treat quizzing as an amateur sport, you read for enjoyment as 
well as subconsciously pick out quiz worthy facts from here and there.  What 
you do isn’t prep for a landmark final – once you become a quizzer, you just 
can’t help noticing and retaining facts.

Similarly, people who enjoy their early morning outing at a cricket net will be 
quite happy to watch robelinda2’s youtube videos or pick up old flip books from 
blossoms for the sheer fun of it, while subconsciously figuring out how they 
can improve their cover drive.  Not as batting practice or match prep.

For the sheer fun of it, not because they dream of an envelope full of landmark 
coupons or becoming the next Sachin Tendulkar.

Of course you get people who obsess over quiz archives and force themselves to 
watch movies just because they know for sure it is going to occur as a Landmark 
prelim question that will give them the extra one point that will take them 
through to the final.  

And professional cricketers routinely go frame by frame through match footage 
as part of their prep and formulate strategies to hit some bowler out of the 
park when they next face him.

I am not sure just where the boundary lies where it stops being good clean fun 
and suddenly becomes work, but it exists.




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