TPiR Season 37 changes

[Sodboy13]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194545\' date=\'Aug 19 2008, 07:55 PM\']
[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'194543\' date=\'Aug 19 2008, 05:19 PM\']
(EDIT: It's my interpretation that the only change is that if you don't switch and hace the third marker wrong, you keep the $500 now, but lost it before.)[/quote]
That is my interpretation as well.

Which is a long way from "Basically, if you play Make Your Mark, you win $500 minimum."
[/quote]

And to me, this makes for a better risk/reward scenario than "you can give up your $500 to switch, or still have a 50/50 shot at losing it anyway."  Makes sense to me, and I don't get what all the huffing and puffing is about.

/the $500 in hand, or chance at a hot tub, wine rack, and cotton candy maker?
//putting that cash as deep into my pocket as possible

[HYHYBT]

I never did understand why this wasn't the rule from the game's beginning.

[ClockGameJohn]

[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'194572\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 12:43 AM\']
I never did understand why this wasn't the rule from the game's beginning.
[/quote]

Because it shouldn't be a standard practice to award $500 for making your way onto the stage.  Why should someone win $500 for losing?

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'194572\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 12:43 AM\']I never did understand why this wasn't the rule from the game's beginning.[/quote]
Because the money wasn't intended as a bargaining chip.  It was a bonus for getting everything right on your first try.  If you thought you didn't have the last marker in the right place, the only logical choice was to give up the money -- because if it was indeed wrong, you'd already lost the money, anyway.

Under these new rules, if you aren't sure what the last price is, you can just keep the marker where it is and walk away with $500...and if you happen to win in the process, so much the better.  It's ridiculous.

[Craig Karlberg]

Ah!  So in essence, the $500 now is considered a "consolation bailout".  Sodboy has a point in that the $500 may be nicer than some of the prizes offered, but in theory, it's nothing more than a "hand-out" on a non-switch that can be incorrect.  It's awkward, & it's totally unnecessary.

[clemon79]

I am COMPLETELY flabbergasted. Really. I shouldn't be, but I am.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194576\' date=\'Aug 19 2008, 11:18 PM\']
Because it shouldn't be a standard practice to award $500 for making your way onto the stage.  Why should someone win $500 for losing?[/quote]
(See Roll, Let 'em.)

/god not more CHANGE
//I can't handle CHANGE
///if a bum asks me for spare CHANGE I'll go insane

[ClockGameJohn]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194582\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 04:44 AM\']
[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194576\' date=\'Aug 19 2008, 11:18 PM\']
Because it shouldn't be a standard practice to award $500 for making your way onto the stage.  Why should someone win $500 for losing?[/quote]
(See Roll, Let 'em.)
[/quote]

Great point.  So we're encouraging flaws now?

[TheLastResort]

[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194583\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 05:40 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194582\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 04:44 AM\']
[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194576\' date=\'Aug 19 2008, 11:18 PM\']
Because it shouldn't be a standard practice to award $500 for making your way onto the stage.  Why should someone win $500 for losing?[/quote]
(See Roll, Let 'em.)
[/quote]

Great point.  So we're encouraging flaws now?
[/quote]

Why is it a flaw??  Are you going to turn down $500 if somebody offers it to you??  Besides, they don't keep the money if they change the marker and they're wrong.

[parliboy]

To all people complaining about Make Your Mark, I'd like to point out the following from the show's perspective:[list=1]

• Some products awarded are not provided by the manufacturers.
• Those not provided by the manufacturer cost the show money.
• This change allows them to put up three prizes purchased by the show and have it effectively be cheaper to play.  Why?  Because people are more likely to go for it if they keep the $500 anyway.
• A rule that appears to make the show more generous while actually saving it money is a good thing.

[TimK2003]

While everyone here is bickering about the paltry sum of a guaranteed $500 in Make Your Mark, I'm surprised that nobody as of yet has even mentioned the game in which you pretty much walk into at least $3000 worth of goods as soon as you step on to the stage -- Temptation (:The All Original Rossi-Free Car Game).

If you compare MYM to that game, getting $500 just for playing is nothing.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'194590\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 08:49 AM\']
While everyone here is bickering about the paltry sum of a guaranteed $500 in Make Your Mark, I'm surprised that nobody as of yet has even mentioned the game in which you pretty much walk into at least $3000 worth of goods as soon as you step on to the stage -- Temptation (:The All Original Rossi-Free Car Game).
[/quote]
Good point, but at least with Temptation there is still the chance you walk away with zilch.

[CarShark]

[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194583\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 05:40 AM\']Great point.  So we're encouraging flaws now?[/quote]Why is a consolation prize a flaw?

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'194593\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 08:09 AM\']
[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194583\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 05:40 AM\']Great point.  So we're encouraging flaws now?[/quote]Why is a consolation prize a flaw?
[/quote]
When the consolation prize is comparable to the prizes you're offered, it's a flaw. $500 vs. a car is fine. $500 vs. three IUFB prizes that the contestant might not even want is something else.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194583\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 02:40 AM\']
Great point.  So we're encouraging flaws now?
[/quote]
(See Game, Money.)