I got the call from WWTBAM!

[Nik B]

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'221289\' date=\'Jul 27 2009, 09:07 PM\']I tell you what, one regret I have as a ring-of-fire player who didn't make it to play for money is that I sat and studied all sorts of facts. Facts, facts, facts. People giving me books, telling me what to study, blah de blah.

And it didn'tI reckon it's probably a good idea to be as updated on the minutiae of current events and pop culture as possible. Read a few newspapers front to back on the plane flight. That's the kind of stuff where you're sitting and playing, and you say, "hey, I just read about this thing."

Good luck to anyone who's playing! Don't let Regis dawdle, get those questions in![/quote]

Thanks for the advice! However I live about 10 blocks from where the taping will be held, so perhaps I'll simply tell the driver of the car service they provided to drive quite slowly.

Not to toot my own horn, but I'm actually pretty sure I have very keen reflexes; many days of backyard, midget, and high school hockey goaltending have refined them to a pretty quick trigger. To be quick and correct at the same time, ay, that's the rub!

Appreciate the warm welcome to your board!

[tomobrien]

Breathe, breathe, breathe.  Actually, that's really good advice.  It's really easy to tense up like a board in that situation.

Pushing the FF buttons isn't all that difficult; it's not like you've got a lot of them to worry about.  If you want to get some practice in the "linear" style of thinking for the FF, you might want to see if you can find some of the old UK Millionaire quiz books.  They have a series of FF questions (granted, some are out of date and/or Anglo-centric) but a lot of them are pretty straightforward info.  Have somebody read them to you and see how quickly you can answer them.  

And good luck.  You'll never forget the experience.

[ljouvin]

And (maybe it's obvious, but it wasn't mentioned), if you don't think you'll be able to put things in order rapidly, just push the buttons as fast as possible. This is the part where if you can't make it by your knowledge, you can make it by your luck.

/From ABC's Television City in New York City, it's time to Press Your Luck !

And good luck

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'ljouvin\' post=\'221369\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 02:57 AM\']And (maybe it's obvious, but it wasn't mentioned), if you don't think you'll be able to put things in order rapidly, just push the buttons as fast as possible. This is the part where if you can't make it by your knowledge, you can make it by your luck.[/quote]
I'd be very curious to know how many people have gotten out of the Ring of Fire via a wild-assed guess.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221389\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 01:19 PM\'][quote name=\'ljouvin\' post=\'221369\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 02:57 AM\']And (maybe it's obvious, but it wasn't mentioned), if you don't think you'll be able to put things in order rapidly, just push the buttons as fast as possible. This is the part where if you can't make it by your knowledge, you can make it by your luck.[/quote]
I'd be very curious to know how many people have gotten out of the Ring of Fire via a wild-assed guess.
[/quote]
I place the odds at 25,000,000:1

[chad1m]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'221391\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 01:33 PM\']I place the odds at 25,000,000:1[/quote]Your ability to synergize multiple threads is beautiful.

[RyanCDN]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221389\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 12:19 PM\'][quote name=\'ljouvin\' post=\'221369\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 02:57 AM\']And (maybe it's obvious, but it wasn't mentioned), if you don't think you'll be able to put things in order rapidly, just push the buttons as fast as possible. This is the part where if you can't make it by your knowledge, you can make it by your luck.[/quote]
I'd be very curious to know how many people have gotten out of the Ring of Fire via a wild-assed guess.
[/quote]

I would wager very few.    I do recall, if I am not mistakened, someone getting a FF question correct in less than 1 second.  I would wager, that at less than 1 second, she played her odds at 1 in 24 and got it right.

I mean, if you are clueless, a 1 in 24 shot isn't bad, just hammer and go.

Ryan

[DoorNumberFour]

[quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'221401\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 03:54 PM\']I do recall, if I am not mistakened, someone getting a FF question correct in less than 1 second.[/quote]
Nope, you're not mistaken. The record for the FF was 0.03 seconds.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'221401\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 12:54 PM\']I mean, if you are clueless, a 1 in 24 shot isn't bad, just hammer and go.[/quote]
If you're COMPLETELY clueless, sure. I don't think I'd risk it if I could suss it out with a few seconds of thought.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'221403\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 03:56 PM\']Nope, you're not mistaken. The record for the FF was 0.03 seconds.[/quote]
How does a human being push five unfamiliar buttons in three one-hundredths of a second, even guessing wildly?

As a comparison, it takes three times that long to blink.

[DoorNumberFour]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'221405\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 04:01 PM\'][quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'221403\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 03:56 PM\']Nope, you're not mistaken. The record for the FF was 0.03 seconds.[/quote]
How does a human being push five unfamiliar buttons in three one-hundredths of a second, even guessing wildly?
[/quote]
I am absolutely wrong. Somehow I remember seeing that on a Pop-Up Video episode of Millionaire a while back.

The actual record is 0.87 seconds. My apologies.

[RyanCDN]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221404\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 02:57 PM\'][quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'221401\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 12:54 PM\']I mean, if you are clueless, a 1 in 24 shot isn't bad, just hammer and go.[/quote]
If you're COMPLETELY clueless, sure. I don't think I'd risk it if I could suss it out with a few seconds of thought.
[/quote]

For certain, and that is what I mean, if you have no clue at all, just hammer.  If you can figure it out, there is no sense in just guessing.

[Bill Neuweiler]

[quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'221401\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 03:54 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221389\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 12:19 PM\'][quote name=\'ljouvin\' post=\'221369\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 02:57 AM\']And (maybe it's obvious, but it wasn't mentioned), if you don't think you'll be able to put things in order rapidly, just push the buttons as fast as possible. This is the part where if you can't make it by your knowledge, you can make it by your luck.[/quote]
I'd be very curious to know how many people have gotten out of the Ring of Fire via a wild-assed guess.
[/quote]

I would wager very few.    I do recall, if I am not mistakened, someone getting a FF question correct in less than 1 second.  I would wager, that at less than 1 second, she played her odds at 1 in 24 and got it right.

I mean, if you are clueless, a 1 in 24 shot isn't bad, just hammer and go.

Ryan
[/quote]

this is totally splitting hairs but it got me thinking, hey i've never seen the FF answer be A-B-C-D.  Would that improve my odds to 1 in 23?

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'Bill Neuweiler\' post=\'221419\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 03:48 PM\']this is totally splitting hairs but it got me thinking, hey i've never seen the FF answer be A-B-C-D.  Would that improve my odds to 1 in 23?[/quote]
That's a pretty reasonable assumption, but I've seen it happen once in the first season. I remember it striking me as kind of odd at the time.

/And then there was Norm's fastest finger question, but that was a joke anyway.

[WhammyPower]

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'221428\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 07:47 PM\']/And then there was Norm's fastest finger question, but that was a joke anyway.[/quote]
Speaking of, it should be airing next Tuesday or Wednesday in the midnight ET slot on GSN.