- Niklas Moonsun
Yeeey nice Ben Pridmore!! 
I love
hearing stories from Memory athletes, especially from the olden times 
Ben Pridmore
Maybe I should do a special podcast just about the world championships
in the early days. 2000, 2002, 2003, there are plenty of great stories to
tell... 
Joe Murray
Hope you enjoy Nicklas 
Joe Murray
These stories sound interesting Ben…!
Phil Chambers
Ben Pridmore I
can tell stories from 1993 - That's the real early days! Some 'interesting'
characters back then.
Ben Pridmore
Phil Chambers Now
that's ancient history even for an old man like me! I'd certainly tune in to a
podcast of reminiscences from back then!
Now I'm looking back at Dominic's scores that year, and they're pretty
amazing for a brand new event with no precedent for what people believed was
possible - 900 digits in an hour, 1000 binary in 30 minutes, a pack of cards in
120 seconds... must have been even more sensational than later years when
people were expecting things like that!
John Burrows
well done ben on your podcast interview, really enjoyed it, as for early
memory competitions, that would be of great importance considering the interest
garnered so far, with many countries now competing, and so they may want to
know about its humble beginnings
Ben Pridmore
John Burrows I
think it's a good idea! I think I should round up some of the old-timers and
talk about the olden days of memory - I see it's Tom Groves's
birthday today, in fact! Happy birthday, Tom, and how would you fancy
reminiscing about the world memory championships of the nineties?
Tom Groves
Ben Pridmore I
think it's even less likely that people want to hear what I have to say about
memory than they want to hear what you have to say, but sure, I'd be happy to
chat about it
John Burrows
hi tom i ve never met you but rremember your world record 42.01 seconds
deck of cards straight after dominic s 43.59 seconds. awesome back then, sounds
good today too.
Ben Pridmore
See, this is exactly the kind of thing everybody loves to hear
about!
Tom Groves
John Burrows of
course the story about that one is that the person doing the timing stopped the
watch at exactly 42 seconds but didn't think people would believe that so he
added an extra hundredth to make it sound more plausible...
Phil Chambers
John Burrows -
I'd be up for a collaborative chat with you, Tom and Ben if anyone wants to
organise it.
I remember meeting former president of the Magic Circle, Daivd Berglas
in 1993 at Simpsons. I think he officially advised the WMC on the rules for
Speed Cards to avoid the possibility of cheating through sleight of hand.
I recently did a podcast interview (not specifically about memory, just
general ramblings about my life and 23 years in business) Not published yet but
it will be on:
https://podbay.fm/.../a-little-bit-of-talent-and-a-lot-of...
John Burrows
Phil Chambers happy
to be included, thankyou
Ben Pridmore
Let's see if we can organise something...
