[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'163257\' date=\'Sep 10 2007, 02:54 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'163152\' date=\'Sep 9 2007, 04:21 PM\']
I'd love to see Password come back, too. I think the biggest problem is that there's no good way to keep it from straddling, which in today's market seems to be a deal-breaker.[/quote]
I assume the obvious solution to straddling - instead of a point limit for victory, impose a time limit (and maybe throw in a per-word amount in addition to a puzzle amount - say, $50 a word, plus $250 for the first puzzle, $500 for the second, $750 for the third, and so on), and play the bonus round at the end of each show - has a problem of some sort?
-- Don
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The problem is that you can build up such a lead that the last puzzle or two can't change the outcome. As I think about it, that's only a small problem if you're playing for cash. OTOH, if only the winner gets the money, which seems to be the case more and more, it's a big problem.
I'll back-pedal. If you get a host who can chew up time with the celebrities like Convy did, it would be fairly easy to make it self-contained. Short games keep all the chatter; long games get edited down; and unsolved puzzles get edited out most of the time.