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Sodboy13

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« Reply #195 on: August 20, 2008, 11:49:00 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194596\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 10:30 AM\']
[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'194583\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 02:40 AM\']
Great point.  So we're encouraging flaws now?
[/quote]
(See Game, Money.)
[/quote]

Wait, so you mean to tell me you don't think Money Game could be improved thusly?
"You've got $136 so far.  You can take that and quit now, or you can play on for the car.  If you don't get the other half of the car, though, you lose everything."

/sarcasm, folks
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« Reply #196 on: August 20, 2008, 12:11:07 PM »
[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'194594\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 11:24 AM\']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.[/quote]Isn't that more of an indictment of the prize coordinator, rather than the new format?
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Steve Gavazzi

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« Reply #197 on: August 20, 2008, 12:40:42 PM »
[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'194600\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 12:11 PM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'194594\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 11:24 AM\']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.[/quote]Isn't that more of an indictment of the prize coordinator, rather than the new format?[/quote]
What do you want 'em to do -- play the game for $22,000 worth of prizes?

In general, the more prizes a non-car game offers, the lower their average price is going to be.
« Last Edit: August 20, 2008, 12:41:43 PM by Steve Gavazzi »
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clemon79

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« Reply #198 on: August 20, 2008, 01:04:31 PM »
[quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'194597\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 08:49 AM\']
Wait, so you mean to tell me you don't think Money Game could be improved thusly?[/quote]
I got your sarcasm, but the point I am making is twofold: one, that not only is there a precedent for consolation money in TPiR games, but there is a THIRTY-FIVE-PLUS-YEAR precedent, and it happens to be one of the more highly-regarded games on the show.

(And according to this, guess how much $100 (and I don't think $100 is an unreasonable estimate for Money Game losers over time) in 1972 dollars is worth today?)

Oh, and two, that the fanb0is really need to get the hell over this.
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« Reply #199 on: August 20, 2008, 01:12:10 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194605\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:04 PM\']
Oh, and two, that the fanb0is really need to get the hell over this.[/quote]
They will -- as soon as the next game gets changed.

/You notice we're not talking about Three Strikes anymore.
//The pattern here is remarkably predictable.
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« Reply #200 on: August 20, 2008, 01:14:37 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'194607\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 10:12 AM\']
They will -- as soon as the next game gets changed.[/quote]
Clearly I'm working from a far more global definition of "this" than you are. :)
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #201 on: August 20, 2008, 01:15:41 PM »
[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'194603\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 09:40 AM\']
[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'194600\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 12:11 PM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'194594\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 11:24 AM\']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.[/quote]Isn't that more of an indictment of the prize coordinator, rather than the new format?[/quote]
What do you want 'em to do -- play the game for $22,000 worth of prizes?

In general, the more prizes a non-car game offers, the lower their average price is going to be.
[/quote]
This.

$20,000 in prize(s) can justify a consolation prize. $5,000 cannot.
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jmangin

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« Reply #202 on: August 20, 2008, 01:16:30 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194605\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:04 PM\']
Oh, and two, that the fanb0is really need to get the hell over this.
[/quote]
But Syd fired THE DOB!! He's ruining the show!  

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//until the new season starts
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clemon79

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« Reply #203 on: August 20, 2008, 01:21:52 PM »
[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'194609\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 10:15 AM\']
$20,000 in prize(s) can justify a consolation prize. $5,000 cannot.[/quote]
You gotta be kidding me.
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Steve Gavazzi

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« Reply #204 on: August 20, 2008, 02:03:01 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'194607\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:12 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194605\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:04 PM\']Oh, and two, that the fanb0is really need to get the hell over this.[/quote]They will -- as soon as the next game gets changed.

/You notice we're not talking about Three Strikes anymore.[/quote]
Who's to say the next game to get changed won't be 3 Strikes?  They've already messed with it twice in two playings.
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Sodboy13

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« Reply #205 on: August 20, 2008, 02:20:47 PM »
[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'194609\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 12:15 PM\']
$20,000 in prize(s) can justify a consolation prize. $5,000 cannot.
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Somebody, hand me a facepalm, stat.

/New on the Punchboard: 5 $10,000 slips and a boatload of zeroes
//Did I mention the new all-or-nothing Race Game?
///Ditto on Switcheroo, if the car's under $20K
« Last Edit: August 20, 2008, 02:22:32 PM by Sodboy13 »
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« Reply #206 on: August 20, 2008, 03:32:20 PM »
[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'194616\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:03 PM\']
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'194607\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:12 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194605\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:04 PM\']Oh, and two, that the fanb0is really need to get the hell over this.[/quote]They will -- as soon as the next game gets changed.

/You notice we're not talking about Three Strikes anymore.[/quote]
Who's to say the next game to get changed won't be 3 Strikes?  They've already messed with it twice in two playings.
[/quote]And if they do, so freakin what! The core concept of the game is still there.

Next up: The flippy boxes on Bargain Game become electronic monitors.
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Steve Gavazzi

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« Reply #207 on: August 20, 2008, 03:38:16 PM »
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'194628\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 03:32 PM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'194616\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:03 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'194607\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:12 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194605\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 01:04 PM\']Oh, and two, that the fanb0is really need to get the hell over this.[/quote]They will -- as soon as the next game gets changed.

/You notice we're not talking about Three Strikes anymore.[/quote]Who's to say the next game to get changed won't be 3 Strikes?  They've already messed with it twice in two playings.[/quote]And if they do, so freakin what! The core concept of the game is still there.[/quote]
So you seriously think it's wise for a pricing game to have different rules every time they play it?  'Cause you just implied that that's hunky-dory.

(...Did I just say "hunky-dory?")
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #208 on: August 20, 2008, 03:57:20 PM »
I'm wondering if the next change isn't gonna be something along the lines of dropping 15 seconds on Race Game or something wonky with Triple Play.
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ClockGameJohn

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« Reply #209 on: August 20, 2008, 05:04:45 PM »
Perhaps if everyone understood why the Make Your Mark change was implemented, it would stand to reason why some [of us] get frustrated.

Perhaps the game will just go away anyway, and this will all be moot.
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