At its peak in 2018, over two million people signed on at once to play HQ Trivia.  Two years later, its all over.

With HQ we showed the world the future of TV. We didn’t get to where we hoped but we did stretch the world’s imagination for what’s possible on our smartphones. Thanks to everyone who helped build this and thanks for playing.

— Rus (@rus) February 14, 2020

The CEO of the parent company of the live game-show app says they were close to locking in new investors, but could not continue on after the deal fell through.  Which is a simplified, sanitized version of what TechCrunch claims really lead to the failure.  25 staffers have lost their jobs in the shut down…and as you can see below, had one last final ride — which included champagne showers, plenty of four letter words, and threats to poop on trolls hanging out in the chat room.

Hopefully you’ve had a chance to pull out that $0.76 you won.  — [eric]

[📷 : Pexels/Adrianna Calvo]