Author Topic: Pyramid (Read 10617 times)

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #45 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:02:08 PM »

It's not confusing in and of itself, but it could be if it used the $25KP rules (for both '70s and '80s)--"first trip worth $10K, second trip worth a total of $25K, win or lose on the first trip".

BrandonFG · « **Reply #46 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:14:19 PM »

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No word on the format though but rumours are going around that its £5,000 for winning the Winners Circle once and £15,000 for winning twice.
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As in the first trip is 5,000 pounds, and the second trip is an extra 10,000, or can you win 20,000 pounds total?

Sorry if that sounds smartassed, but that's a genuinely confusing rule (as it was in the States), and I just wanted to clarify.
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Crikey, is that really confusing? The smart money is as Travis says, £5k for one success, £10k for winning it the second time for £15k total. You fail the first time but win the second, you win £5k.
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Um, that's why I asked. Excuse me for wanting a little clarification.

clemon79 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:15:33 PM »

[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'143957\' date=\'Jan 20 2007, 10:23 AM\']
Crikey, is that really confusing? The smart money is as Travis says, £5k for one success, £10k for winning it the second time for £15k total. You fail the first time but win the second, you win £5k.
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It's only confusing in that here in the States, they represented it much differently...you played for a total of $25K if you went to the Winner's Circle twice, regardless of whether you won the $10K the first time. So if you won the first time, then technically the second run was only worth $15K, but if you didn't, it was worth $25K.

If you're right, yours is a much more straightforward system.

Brig Bother · « **Reply #48 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:28:30 PM »

In which case, I'm the one in the wrong here, sorry. I always thought Donnymid was $10k for one win, $25k for winning both. Wow.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #49 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:31:02 PM »

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In which case, I'm the one in the wrong here, sorry. I always thought Donnymid was $10k for one win, $25k for winning both. Wow.
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That's how Donnymid worked. The Clark Pyramid was the more confusing one.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:44:04 PM »

Here...to end all.

Clark $25K/$100K (non-turnament):
- First attempt: $10,000
- Second attempt, regardless of first won or not: $25,000 (If I remember correctly, if you win both, you only win $25K)

Donnymid:
- First attempt: $10,000
- Second attempt, if first is NOT won: $10,000
- Second attempt, if first IS won: $15,000 added on for $25K

BrandonFG · « **Reply #51 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:46:02 PM »

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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'143983\' date=\'Jan 20 2007, 02:28 PM\']
In which case, I'm the one in the wrong here, sorry. I always thought Donnymid was $10k for one win, $25k for winning both. Wow.
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That's how Donnymid worked. The Clark Pyramid was the more confusing one.
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If there's anything I liked about Donnymid (there were a few), it's the fact that when someone won both Winners Circles, they'd flash a "$15,000" graphic for a few seconds, then flash "$25,000". I guess they realized that simply flashing "$25,000" might make the viewers think someone actually won $35,000.

Glad we got this all cleared up. :-)

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #52 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:46:52 PM »

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Clark $25K/$100K (non-turnament):
- First attempt: $10,000
- Second attempt, regardless of first won or not: $25,000 (If I remember correctly, if you win both, you only win $25K)
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If you win the 2nd WC, you only win $25K regardless of whether or not you won the 1st WC. The first WC total is wiped out.

trainman · « **Reply #53 on:** January 20, 2007, 09:55:54 PM »

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/Is it possible to do a pound sign on U.S. computers?
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Yeah, two ways: you either install the British keyboard set in Windows (assuming your Keyboard Control Panel will let you - I can't seem to make the IntelliType one do it) and flop back and forth as needed, or you hold down the Alt key and type "0163" on the keypad. (SPECIFICALLY on the keypad.) The latter is probably easier for occasional use.
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On a certain subset of "U.S. computers," the key combination Option+3 is all that's needed.

Fun fact: the pounds sterling symbol is part of the character set available in U.S. closed-captioning -- something I've always assumed comes from the role of PBS member station WGBH in the creation of captioning. If you're captioning programming imported from the U.K., you see, it helps quite a bit to be able to use £.

rebelwrest · « **Reply #54 on:** January 21, 2007, 01:09:54 AM »

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/Is it possible to do a pound sign on U.S. computers?
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Yeah, two ways: you either install the British keyboard set in Windows (assuming your Keyboard Control Panel will let you - I can't seem to make the IntelliType one do it) and flop back and forth as needed, or you hold down the Alt key and type "0163" on the keypad. (SPECIFICALLY on the keypad.) The latter is probably easier for occasional use.
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On a certain subset of "U.S. computers," the key combination Option+3 is all that's needed.

Fun fact: the pounds sterling symbol is part of the character set available in U.S. closed-captioning -- something I've always assumed comes from the role of PBS member station WGBH in the creation of captioning. If you're captioning programming imported from the U.K., you see, it helps quite a bit to be able to use £.
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I have a laptop computer that does not have a keypad. I guess I am SOL.

MikeK · « **Reply #55 on:** January 21, 2007, 11:16:48 AM »

[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'144036\' date=\'Jan 21 2007, 01:09 AM\']I have a laptop computer that does not have a keypad. I guess I am SOL.[/quote]
No, you're not. Most laptops should have a function/fn key somewhere near the space bar. The keypad numbers are combinations of that function key and a letter or number on the keyboard. YMMV with this method.

The sure-fire way to get pound signs on a Windows PC is to open character map, click on the pound character, copy it to the clipboard, and paste it where needed.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #56 on:** January 21, 2007, 11:45:08 AM »

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The sure-fire way to get pound signs on a Windows PC is to open character map, click on the pound character, copy it to the clipboard, and paste it where needed.
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I thought a pound sign was Shift+3.

I use Character Map all the time. For those who don't know where it is, on Windows PC's, go Start->(All) Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Character Map.