Wheel of fortune Final Spin

[Robert Hutchinson]

I prefer always having a final spin, because it at least serves as a warning to the players that the game's about to be over. I never liked "you just won a lot in that round to get back in the game . . . but time is up, and Joe is our big winner."

[GrandMasterGalvatron]

Amazing.  I never knew such mechanics existed.  It's not surprising though, at least from a budgeting standpoint.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'GrandMasterGalvatron\' post=\'180843\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 01:47 AM\']
Amazing.  I never knew such mechanics existed.  It's not surprising though, at least from a budgeting standpoint.
[/quote]
Wow.

[GrandMasterGalvatron]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180851\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 06:03 AM\']
[quote name=\'GrandMasterGalvatron\' post=\'180843\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 01:47 AM\']
Amazing.  I never knew such mechanics existed.  It's not surprising though, at least from a budgeting standpoint.
[/quote]
Wow.
[/quote]
Don't be hatin'  I only spent the years watching, not researching or whatever.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'GrandMasterGalvatron\' post=\'180964\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 04:47 PM\']
I only spent the years watching, not researching or whatever.
[/quote]
I'll say.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'GrandMasterGalvatron\' post=\'180964\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 07:47 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180851\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 06:03 AM\']
[quote name=\'GrandMasterGalvatron\' post=\'180843\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 01:47 AM\']
Amazing.  I never knew such mechanics existed.  It's not surprising though, at least from a budgeting standpoint.
[/quote]
Wow.
[/quote]
Don't be hatin'  I only spent the years watching, not researching or whatever.
[/quote]
One need not do extensive research to know that rigging a show in any fashion isn't going to be allowed, and therefore to recognize that Dale's story was not meant to be taken seriously.

That said, you aren't the first to fall for such a preposterous story, and I doubt you'll be the last.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'180622\' date=\'Mar 9 2008, 09:58 AM\']I prefer always having a final spin, because it at least serves as a warning to the players that the game's about to be over. I never liked "you just won a lot in that round to get back in the game . . . but time is up, and Joe is our big winner."[/quote]And if they just did the Final Spin as the end of a round, I'd be fine with that.

The producers's adding of $1,000 to the Final Spin tells me that they want to make the last round more relevant, as opposed to just finishing off the last round of the day. And the problem with having the last full round as a Final Spin round is that it fails either way: Spin $5,000 and a runaway leader just might get lubed. Spin, well, anything else and the leader can't be caught. Damned if you do and all that.

(You could also fix that balance issue by not having the TDV of the wheel as a sore-thumb-outlier. But let's fix one problem at a time.)

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'180967\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 07:50 PM\']
That said, you aren't the first to fall for such a preposterous story, and I doubt you'll be the last.
[/quote]

Had a feeling that I would see Kleist's name once I clicked on the link.....

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'180979\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 08:47 PM\']
The producers's adding of $1,000 to the Final Spin tells me that they want to make the last round more relevant, as opposed to just finishing off the last round of the day.[/quote]
Plus, that gives us all the chance to hear and enjoy The Art Fleming Gong which tells us that it's time for that special spin.

[lobster]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'180967\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 06:50 PM\']
One need not do extensive research to know that rigging a show in any fashion isn't going to be allowed, and therefore to recognize that Dale's story was not meant to be taken seriously.
[/quote]

I'm just waiting for Dale to give us his explanation behind how Feud paid off S&P so they could turn a blind eye towards the lollipop trees..

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'181047\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 07:51 AM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'180967\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 06:50 PM\']
One need not do extensive research to know that rigging a show in any fashion isn't going to be allowed, and therefore to recognize that Dale's story was not meant to be taken seriously.
[/quote]
I'm just waiting for Dale to give us his explanation behind how Feud paid off S&P so they could turn a blind eye towards the lollipop trees..
[/quote]
Paid off?  No, they just gave "special" lollipops to S&P.  Problem ignored. ;-)

[dale_grass]

I was gonna capriciously suggest a link between lollipops and suckers, but decided against in the name of decorum.