[quote name=\'Moe Train\' post=\'125871\' date=\'Aug 1 2006, 03:48 AM\']I'm one of those contestants on Chain Reaction, and saying that it's for Dummies...[/quote]
Lemme clarify my use of the phrase "Chain Reaction for Dummies".
Old school Chain Reaction, both the NBC and USA versions:
* The last letter was never given.
* Linked words connected either up or down.
* Words weren't linked as just phrases, but also through examples, characteristics, uses, etc.
* The option to play or pass.
* Rod Charlebois--always a plus!
Chain Reaction 2006 style:
* The last letter is given, meaning easy money for a lucky team.
* From what I've seen in ads and the clip, words link downward only. An example of this was in my previous post. (EDIT: I stand corrected.)
* Linking words are phrases only, none of the extra possibilities that existed in previous incarnations.
* Dylan Lane doesn't impress me as a host. Blake Emmons anybody? (Don, put your hand down now.)
I'll given the scoring system edge to the current version. The 'one point per letter' thing never sat well with me, especially when a team could come back from the jaws of defeat by getting two or three long words, especially if the points were doubled for that word.
Prior versions made you think about the direction the linked words go, how they're tied together, and there was strategy about passing or playing. Hopefully this clears everything up.