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Casey Buck

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« on: July 20, 2008, 08:02:03 PM »
Corbinq27 from golden-road.net attended today's first taping of TPiR's 37th season (which will actually air the 2nd week of the season). Very few changes were made, but here's what did change:

-The set is the same as the Million Dollar Spectaculars, but with the white floor, instead of the reflective black floor.
-The Big Wheel bonus spins are now worth $10,000 for the green sections, and $25,000 for the dollar.
-For the first week of tapings, the "regular" Wheel spaces have a purple color to them, but will supposedly go back to normal at next week's tapings (according to Drew)
-The sides of the Wheel are also purple, with silver TPiR dollar signs.

Other than that, it sounds like everything was the same as usual, for now.

More info at: http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=7906.0
« Last Edit: July 20, 2008, 08:16:14 PM by Casey Buck »
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2008, 08:08:47 PM »
[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'191458\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 08:02 PM\']
-The set is the same as the Million Dollar Spectaculars, but with the white floor, instead of the reflective black floor.
-The Big Wheel bonus spins are now worth $10,000 for the green sections, and $25,000 for the dollar.
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Nice, although I see no problem with keeping the bonus spins the way they were.

I loved the checkerboard pattern from the MDS, so I think it works great for the daytime show, instead of the hypercycloids. A little too kitschy IMO, even by TPiR standards.

I'm guessing they haven't instituted the vid wall yet?
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Casey Buck

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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 08:11:38 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'191459\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 05:08 PM\']I'm guessing they haven't instituted the vid wall yet? [/quote]

No video wall, so far.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2008, 08:12:42 PM by Casey Buck »
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Jeremy Nelson

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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2008, 08:26:03 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'191459\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 07:08 PM\']
Nice, although I see no problem with keeping the bonus spins the way they were. [/quote]

Well, considering what a bonus $10,000 got you back when the bonus spin was instituted, I think the change could be seen by some as a necessary one.

Nice to see that the majority of changes will be cosmetic, rather than gameplay.
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 08:43:25 PM »
...And the sky remained above Studio 33 as predicted.
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J.R.

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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 08:53:38 PM »
[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'191458\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 07:02 PM\']-The Big Wheel bonus spins are now worth $10,000 for the green sections, and $25,000 for the dollar.[/quote]
Do you know how much the initial "dollar on the nose" is worth?
« Last Edit: July 20, 2008, 08:54:57 PM by J.R. »
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2008, 09:02:30 PM »
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-The Big Wheel bonus spins are now worth $10,000 for the green sections, and $25,000 for the dollar.
Oooh, Roger would never have stood for that. Good thing they fired him.</snark>

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-The set is the same as the Million Dollar Spectaculars
He wouldn't have stood for that, either. If you stared at those hypocycloids long enough, the visage of Jay Wolpert appeared, but you got awfully dizzy in the process. And you had to be in the studio for it to happen. It doesn't work on TV.

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but will supposedly go back to normal at next week's tapings (according to Drew)
Thanks for posting that. I think you just prevented a couple of suicides.
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Don Howard

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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2008, 09:02:46 PM »
[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'191458\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 08:02 PM\']
More info at: http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=7906.0
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"Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later".
At least it's due to heavy traffic over there this time. $10K and $25K on the wheel for bonuses. Seeing how the five and ten thousand began, I believe, in 1978 this is far from a terrible move. Glad the fan base can all exhale now.
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2008, 09:09:13 PM »
[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'191458\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 07:02 PM\']-The Big Wheel bonus spins are now worth $10,000 for the green sections, and $25,000 for the dollar.[/quote]Worth noting, while I think it's way too much, it's actually under inflation rates...$10,000 in '78 (when the bonus spin was added) is $33,849 in 2007 dollars.

Their server dies all the time.

Glad to see the Spectacular set is making its way over to daytime.  I wonder if the hypocloids had some sort of negative viewing effect in HD.
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Chelsea Thrasher

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« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2008, 09:12:47 PM »
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'191472\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 09:09 PM\']
I wonder if the hypocloids had some sort of negative viewing effect in HD.
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They had a negative viewing affect in SD too - they were just plain ugly.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2008, 09:12:57 PM by Seth Thrasher »
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Don Howard

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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2008, 09:36:03 PM »
[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'191458\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 08:02 PM\']
-The Big Wheel bonus spins are now worth $10,000 for the green sections, and $25,000 for the dollar.
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And yet, those money amounts have been such a fabric of my life for these three decades.
By changing them, I feel as though I've lost a second illegitimate step-snail.
I need to work this out. I'll be in my room waxing my skiis.
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Justin Dyer

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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2008, 10:05:40 PM »
I knew all the panicing and people saying the sky is falling was premature. :)

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TLEberle

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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2008, 10:16:13 PM »
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'191472\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 06:09 PM\'][quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'191458\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 07:02 PM\']-The Big Wheel bonus spins are now worth $10,000 for the green sections, and $25,000 for the dollar.[/quote]Worth noting, while I think it's way too much, it's actually under inflation rates...$10,000 in '78 (when the bonus spin was added) is $33,849 in 2007 dollars.[/quote]Question, then: would you change the amounts, and if so to what? I really don't have a problem with this. After all, they must have come in under budget enough to make the change.

What I think is odd is that the game that least needed a money bump is the one that got one years ago (Plinko), and the one that could most benefit from one (Punch-a-Bunch) is still played for a top prize similar to that of Grand Game and 1/2 Off. And I don't have a problem with winning $10,000 for picking the four least expensive items on the counter, or lifting a box lid and being lucky.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2008, 10:17:05 PM by TLEberle »
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TroubadourNando

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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2008, 10:49:58 PM »
Good news so far, but I'm not convinced we're out of the woods yet. We know Gas Money and the video wall are coming.

Cautious optimism is the best approach, I'd say. Roger wasn't fired for nothing...
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chris319

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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2008, 02:28:02 PM »
[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'191473\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 06:12 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'191472\' date=\'Jul 20 2008, 09:09 PM\']
I wonder if the hypocloids had some sort of negative viewing effect in HD.
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They had a negative viewing affect in SD too - they were just plain ugly.
[/quote]
And you couldn't see Jay Wolpert's visage. What a rip.
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