Advice for my friends attending speed dating?

[Iquestioneverything]

Last night I went with my guy and girl friend to a speed dating event. ( I was there for support only). It was their first time doing this kind of event and they are on their 30’s.
This was a new kind of speed dating I had never seen before being it was held by a sports league they are in. Male/ female were partnered up to play Cornhole against one another and each game was 5 minutes then they switch. There was no sitting down to ask questions and it was at an open bar room.
Both of my friends ended up with no matches by the end of the night and I’m not sure what advice to give them.

Guy friend- Looks much younger than his age, women were barely giving him time to talk so he never said his age, some walked away from him when he went to talk. Other men sabotaged his score in cornhole by deleting the digital score. Apparently the women found the best scoring guys more attractive, but my friend was doing great I actually saw some guys screw up his score after he switched.

Girl friend- Most guys approached her but having to play cornhole she found very distracting to ask questions and talk at the same time. Music was too loud also. By the time cornhole was finished after 3 hours she was too tired and wanted to leave early snd never got the chance to really talk to men for a while and a few people left earlier. She didn’t want give her number out and even though a few guys gave theirs she noticed they were also very flirty with other women a bit more than her and very drunk which she found unattractive.

[Nikki1989]

Are people really that desperate?

[Iquestioneverything]

Speed dating is supposed to be a fun way to meet people. It’s not desperate. We live in New York close to nyc a lot of people work long hours and not have much time to date so this makes its easier.
Usually you sit down for 5 minutes with each person of the opposite gender, ask whatever questions you like, and then mark if you are interested in them. By the end they tell you who you matched with and you can exchange contact info. This event was through a sports league for singles and the intention; while good, it was too chaotic.