Written by Anastasia Voloshina and Stephanie Barber
HQ Trivia is one of the few apps that offers players real cash prizes. Unfortunately, the app lost popularity as quickly as it gained it, leaving the fans with nothing. The cash prizes have become incredibly low, thus removing the incentive to play. Despite its ups and downs, the app is still up and running in North America! If you want to play a quick live round of trivia, you can do so using the HQ Trivia app.
One of the reasons HQ Trivia lost popularity is cheating. People were trying to find ways to win the game, resulting in thousands of winners and minimal payouts. Though HQuack is not around anymore, people still gather in Discord chats to discuss the game. Does that count as cheating? Let’s discuss!
What is Discord and Why Use it For HQ Trivia?
Discord is an instant messaging platform used to create online communities. You can send text messages, media, and files, as well as communicate via voice and video calls. Discord allows for private chats, as well as group chats called “servers.” Servers are made for communities and are set up and organized into topic-based channels where people can collaborate and share information without clogging up a group chat. You can chat with your community without moving to a more personal platform, like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. Friends who are on the same server will see when you are active and know that you are around to chat. Aside from being able to text chat, there are also audio and video options.
HQ Trivia communities come in handy when the game is on. You can join an HQ Trivia server to communicate with other players during the game. Servers are often used to share correct answers and help you win the game. Though the ethical side of this service is questionable, people do find servers quite helpful when playing HQ Trivia.
Setting Up Discord
You can use Discord on your computer or a mobile device. Setting up an account is as easy as having an email and creating a username.
Once you have an account, you can join servers or create your own. If you create your own server, you can invite members with a link.
There are servers for a lot of different topics, including specific games.
Discord Ethics
Most servers that are created will have a code of conduct. This is to ensure that users feel safe, and that there is no cyberbullying involved.
When you join a Discord server, make sure you read the code of conduct and adhere to it.
Discord Bots
Discord bots help to moderate the servers. There are bots that will welcome you to the server and bots that help with moderating chat rooms. It is important to follow the rules or the bots may ban you from the server.
The Servers
Shield
Shield claims to offer the best answers to HQ Trivia questions in the world. So far it has only been reviewed by one user but it received a 5-star rating. The user said that game accuracy is perfect, and it makes it easy to earn money using the app. Shield has almost 1,000 users.
WikiTrivia
WikiTrivia is one of the most seemingly “legit” Discord servers for HQ Trivia. The server has three (!) 5-star reviews. While that may seem promising, I encourage you not to trust all the reviews you read on Discord. Keep in mind that founding members of the server can leave a 5-star review on their own server. WikiTrivia focuses not only on HQ Trivia, but also Swagbucks. Join the server if you want to kill two birds with one stone.
Stardom
Stardom is the first Discord server that pops up if you search for HQ Trivia Discord bots. The discord chat only has one review, but it’s a 5-star one. Sounds promising! It’s worth mentioning that the review comes from Ryan, one of the founding members of the server. Ryan promises to deliver the correct answers most of the time, for Indian and international games. Stardom has over 2,000 members.
Other less popular HQ Trivia Discord servers include Clyde Trivia, Trivia Champions, and HQ Night. Those have fewer members and no reviews. At the moment, if you search for HQ Trivia servers, you will find 15 results, but they do not have any reviews yet. If you want to use Discord for HQ Trivia, check out the servers that are available to see which one you like best.
Can You Cheat at HQ Trivia?
HQuack is a website that will help people cheat at HQ Trivia. Of course, in my opinion, that takes all the fun out of a game.
HQuack is the first site that has been made available to the public for cheating at HQ Trivia. It is a website that will display the correct answer to the HQ questions in real time.
How Does HQuack Work?
When a new HQ question is displayed in your game, it also comes up on HQuack. The bot will Google the answer to the question and the answer will be highlighted in green.
Using this method, you will generally get the answers to eight or nine of the questions correct using HQuack (they have room for error). So, if you are using HQuack, you will also want to rely on your own knowledge to make up for the margin of error.
The Ethics of Using Discord
We’ve talked about the Discord Ethics and Code of Conduct… but what about the ethics of using a Discord server? Namely, is using HQ Trivia Discord bots to win cheating? And if so, is it ok to cheat? The answer to the first question is yes. If you get together with a group of friends and get accurate answers from each other, that’s cheating too, but it doesn’t feel as serious. Getting your answers from a bot is quite different.
I am not here to judge! If anything, I think playing with the help of Discord servers takes the fun element out of the game. What’s the point of playing if you’re not even answering the questions yourself? Still, it’s entirely up to you how you play the game and answer the second question.
The fall of HQ Trivia was largely caused by bots. Thus, using Discord is not exactly ethical. But don’t feel too bad! The chances of winning any money through HQ Trivia these days are pretty low. The app offers infrequent and small payouts. At the end of the day, it’s what you make of it! If you can enjoy the game even when the answers are given to you, then go for it.
Is Discord for You?
It is definitely worth checking out the discord servers if you like the social aspect of trivia games and apps, like HQ Trivia. It is a great place to meet some like-minded people and enjoy the experience together! Additionally, it might be a helpful way to refer people to the game and gain some extra lives in the process. Likewise, if you’ve got your PC already fired up and are planning on using Discord for HQ Trivia, we’ve also got a guide to playing HQ Trivia on PC here.
Final Thoughts
HQ Trivia has come a long way since its launch. Even though bots and apps like HQuack caused the app’s decline, it seems to have emerged from the ashes and learned to stay afloat among the cheaters. The price we have to pay is low to nonexistent payouts.
If you’re struggling and need a little help with HQ Trivia, try these three highest-rated Discord servers. They should provide the correct answers most of the time. If you’re feeling adventurous, try one of the other servers that are not mentioned here. And if you’re looking to add a little trivia fun to your existing Discord server, check out our list of the 8 best trivia bots for Discord.
Do you have any experience with HQ Trivia Discord servers? Share it with us in the comment section!
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