Author Topic: Pyramid Question (1991 Series) (Read 3195 times)

WarioBarker · « **on:** April 09, 2010, 11:14:46 PM »

I watched the first Davidson episode earlier, and noticed that although there was a 21-21 tie in Game 1 there was no mention of the $5,000 bonus...nor was the graphic shown when the tie was broken.

Did the Davidson version use the $5,000 bonus at any point during the run? Thanks for any help.

TLEberle · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2010, 11:36:04 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239156\' date=\'Apr 9 2010, 08:14 PM\']I watched the Davidson Premiere earlier, and I noticed that although there was a 21-21 tie in Game #1 there was no mention of the $5,000 bonus...nor was the graphic shown when the tie was broken.

My question is -- did the Davidson version use the $5,000 bonus at any point during the run? Thanks for any help. :-)[/quote]Given these cases, my guess is that the bonus was gone, though you can't discount John's propensity to [foul] things up. I would suggest finding more episodes (on the YT, for example) to widen your sample space.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2010, 11:58:17 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'239158\' date=\'Apr 9 2010, 08:36 PM\']Given these cases, my guess is that the bonus was gone, though you can't discount John's propensity to [foul] things up. I would suggest finding more episodes (on the YT, for example) to widen your sample space.[/quote]
Seems to me that the graphics guy would know what he was doing though, not to mention the director.

pyrfan · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2010, 01:32:21 AM »

The $5,000 bonus for breaking a 21-21 tie was never used during the Davidson run.

Brendan

tvmitch · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:47:49 AM »

Interesting, I never realized this. Not having the $5K bonus, but throwing around $1K here and there for the Double Trouble categories and things like that.

WarioBarker · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2010, 12:40:40 PM »

Quote from: pyrfan on April 10, 2010, 01:32:21 AM

The $5,000 bonus for breaking a 21-21 tie was never used during the Davidson run.

Which made 21-21 ties as they were pre-1984 -- cool, but ultimately useless to strive for in terms of bonus cash.

Sodboy13 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2010, 01:40:42 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239174\' date=\'Apr 10 2010, 11:40 AM\'][quote name=\'pyrfan\' post=\'239165\' date=\'Apr 10 2010, 01:32 AM\']The $5,000 bonus for breaking a 21-21 tie was never used during the Davidson run.[/quote]
Which made 21-21 ties as they were pre-1984 -- cool, but ultimately useless to strive for.
[/quote]

Tell that to the player trailing 14-21 headed into the sixth category.

mmb5 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2010, 01:54:14 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239174\' date=\'Apr 10 2010, 12:40 PM\'][quote name=\'pyrfan\' post=\'239165\' date=\'Apr 10 2010, 01:32 AM\']The $5,000 bonus for breaking a 21-21 tie was never used during the Davidson run.[/quote]
Which made 21-21 ties as they were pre-1984 -- cool, but ultimately useless to strive for.
[/quote]
Uh, if I'm on the show, I'm striving for 21. If my opponent is as well, bully for him or her.

Please think a few minutes before hitting "Add Reply".

--Mike

clemon79 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2010, 01:58:30 PM »

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'239182\' date=\'Apr 10 2010, 10:54 AM\']Uh, if I'm on the show, I'm striving for 21. If my opponent is as well, bully for him or her.[/quote]
Hey, if you're lucky, you're playing against Dan, who apparently doesn't strive for 21 unless there is money involved.

TLEberle · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2010, 02:43:08 PM »

Hey, if y'all want to continue the dog pile, that's fine, but I think he meant useless in terms of something extra. You try to win no matter what, that's just Day One of Game Show Community College. But then again, I would rather go back to actual discussions and not nitpicking and mindreading.