[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'241270\' date=\'May 23 2010, 08:20 AM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'241268\' date=\'May 22 2010, 11:08 PM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'241244\' date=\'May 22 2010, 12:00 PM\']The problem I had with Pay Day is that it seems that there was never enough money.[/quote]
Isn't it always, my friend. Isn't it always.[/quote]Y'know, that's funny. I useta enjoy playing
Pay Day, because it had to do with finances, and it was a game and so that was OK by me.
Little did I know that years later, I would be living it. I hate getting mail these days, because it is NEVER good. It is always someone who wants money. So
Pay Day can go pound sand.
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In Italy we have had a PayDay-like gameshow in 1992 titled "Porca Miseria!" (an expression like "dammit!") and it lasted for two seasons.
Season 1 ran in the late night slot and every week there was one family playing the game. The family started with 2,447,000 lire (the average income of a family at the time) and used a spinner to determine how many spaces they moved (1 to 4) on a 30 spaces board. The
Rischiatutto theme was played at every spin ^_^
Some spaces had bills to pay, others offered a chance to earn or save money.
Some of such opportunities required answering a question or completing a task (like "your daughter needs some extra math lessons. you can homeschool her if you tell me which of the following numbers is a prime number. otherwise, it's 150,000 lire for a private teacher")
Others involved a game of chance and usually questioned the morality of the family ("your dog is getting old and needs vet attention. the vet's fee is 200,000 lire. but you know what, I've got some poisoned dog food right here for just 10 thousand...")
After the choice was made, an assistant illustrated the probability of being caught doing something illegal and any applicable penalties, taking inspiration from real-life statistics.
Finally, he spun a carnival wheel with adjustable sections, to see if they did the right thing.
After the board was completed, if the family had still money left, they won that money and tried to answer a final question for a 15 million bonus. If they went broke, they still played the bonus but for just 3 million.
Season 2 aired in primetime and had a bigger budget. There were two competing families, and they went through all of the 30 spaces one at a time.
After every 5 spaces there was a special question. The family who answered it correctly added 30 million to their "bonus bank".
After board completion, each family was asked a batch of final questions. For each second spent in coming up with the answers, the family lost 1/60 of their bonus bank. When all the correct answers were given, the bonus bank was added to their regular score, and that was their final score. The family with the highest total score won the money.
To make things more complicated, one member of the audience was randomly drawn at the beginning of the show and awarded with 1 million. During the game, the family with the least money can ask that audience member to give them the million in excange of a share of their final winnings. If they really win, that's it ^_^
here's the show's cast with the "starting check"
http://data.kataweb.it/kpm2x/field/image/kpmimage/2321726
