Family Feud getting a new set?

[MikeK]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'243668\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:52 AM\']Fremantle was too busy making pilots for dash 4 cash, lucky cards, the 25,000 body language, cheap skates, pleasure palace...[/quote]
Don't you run the Pleasure Palace? ;-)

Sorry, it's now known as The Pleasure Palace Studios.

[NickS]

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'243676\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 07:58 AM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'243668\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:52 AM\']Fremantle was too busy making pilots for dash 4 cash, lucky cards, the 25,000 body language, cheap skates, pleasure palace...[/quote]
Don't you run the Pleasure Palace? ;-)

Sorry, it's now known as The Pleasure Palace Studios.
[/quote]

If he does, no "happy endings" there.

ObFeudSet: As usual, I'll wait until I actually, y'know, see what they do before I make my comments.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Here's the short dialog that I had with the Family Feud Twitter person over the last couple days-

Me: Wait...you guys have a new set this season?
Family Feud: of course!
Me: So is this new set a retro throwback as well, or are you just teasing us, lol?
Family Feud: not a "retro throwback"...but very nice. especially the floor!

And yes, in hindsight, I realized the "retro throwback" term was redundant. Nonetheless, unless the FF Twitter-er is an idiot or a liar, it looks like we have a brand new set....or re-imagining, rather.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'243688\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 12:39 PM\']And yes, in hindsight, I realized the "retro throwback" term was redundant. Nonetheless, unless the FF Twitter-er is an idiot or a liar, it looks like we have a brand new set....or re-imagining, rather.[/quote]
Plus a really cool floor.

[Jeremy Nelson]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'243693\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 01:00 PM\'][quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'243688\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 12:39 PM\']And yes, in hindsight, I realized the "retro throwback" term was redundant. Nonetheless, unless the FF Twitter-er is an idiot or a liar, it looks like we have a brand new set....or re-imagining, rather.[/quote]
Plus a really cool floor.
[/quote]
If it's what I think it is, and it's a floor that changes colors just because it can, then I'm not sold. But then again, it might not be that. Can't wait to see what they have in store, though. If I remember correctly, they start taping this weekend, and it'd be cool to get a Youtube tease or two like what they did when O Hurley became host.

[DrBear]

Maybe, MD Password style, the center area raises up 6 inches for Fast Money.
(Hey, they've got to amortize that podium someplace)

[Mr. Armadillo]

[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'243578\' date=\'Jul 3 2010, 07:55 PM\']I really wasn't a big fan of the way they did Fast Money..it just seemed broken. There was no suspense, because if the first player gets all 5 number ones, the second player is 40 or less points away, and the celebration is (almost) inevitable and therefore not climatic. But if you flip that around... Dad has a tough round, nets us 47 points, I bat cleanup, get all 5 number ones, and we only get $5K....wha? I work my tail off in cleanup for the door prize? Equal pay for equal work, my friend. I'd rather take the Family Fortunes route, and offer a larger cash prize for winning with all 5 number ones on the board.[/quote]
Anything is better than the current format, where you can nail all 5 number ones and get nothing more than $800 for your efforts.  Even my dad rants about how impossible the bonus round is when the #1's are worth 20-23-26 points.

(Actually, I'm not familiar with the rules you're quoting, and a Google/Wikipedia search is turning up nothing.  How did they do Fast Money exactly?  The first person gets some sort of bonus for #1's?  I'm not really following.)

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'243667\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 02:50 AM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'243641\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 08:24 PM\']Front Game:  $5 per point for both families' final scores at the end of the match ($500 minimum for losing family if score < 100 pts.).
Fast Money:   $10 per point if Fast Money is not won.[/quote]Let's say the final score is 427-290.  $3,585 being paid out.  Let's say they score 180 in fast money.  That's another $1800.  You're paying out almost $4500 more in just one episode then you have been since 'Nam.[/quote]
So?  How much more is Jeopardy! paying out every episode than they did in 1984?  How much more is Wheel of Fortune paying out in the Speed-Up Round alone than they did in 1976?  

Cash payouts that looked fine thirty years ago can seem outright chintzy in 2010.  Not that I'm saying Feud needs an injection of Mo' Money, but you're allowed to make at least a token gesture toward inflation once every couple decades or so.

/Also, I'd rather say 'Each person on the team gets $290' than 'We'll give you $5 per point, for a total of $1,450'

[Lirodon]

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'243760\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:28 AM\'](Actually, I'm not familiar with the rules you're quoting, and a Google/Wikipedia search is turning up nothing.  How did they do Fast Money exactly?  The first person gets some sort of bonus for #1's?  I'm not really following.)[/quote]

The pot is decided by how many #1 answers the first person gets.

[Jeremy Nelson]

[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'243761\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:02 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'243760\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:28 AM\'](Actually, I'm not familiar with the rules you're quoting, and a Google/Wikipedia search is turning up nothing.  How did they do Fast Money exactly?  The first person gets some sort of bonus for #1's?  I'm not really following.)[/quote]

The pot is decided by how many #1 answers the first person gets.
[/quote]
0 Number Ones: $5,000
1 Number Ones: $10,000
2 Number Ones: $15,000
3 Number Ones: $25,000
4 Number Ones: $50,000
5 Number Ones: $100,000

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'243760\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 07:28 AM\']/Also, I'd rather say 'Each person on the team gets $290' than 'We'll give you $5 per point, for a total of $1,450'[/quote]
Wait, you're complaining about chintzy payouts, and you want to make them look even chintzier by doing this?

[JMFabiano]

[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'243762\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:19 AM\'][quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'243761\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:02 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'243760\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:28 AM\'](Actually, I'm not familiar with the rules you're quoting, and a Google/Wikipedia search is turning up nothing.  How did they do Fast Money exactly?  The first person gets some sort of bonus for #1's?  I'm not really following.)[/quote]

The pot is decided by how many #1 answers the first person gets.
[/quote]
0 Number Ones: $5,000
1 Number Ones: $10,000
2 Number Ones: $15,000
3 Number Ones: $25,000
4 Number Ones: $50,000
5 Number Ones: $100,000
[/quote]

Trying to remember what 100MD/QDLG did for a five-number-one's Dinero Rapido win...any help out there?  (I want to say it was a bonus added to the usual winnings)

[Mr. Armadillo]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243768\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 11:34 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'243760\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 07:28 AM\']/Also, I'd rather say 'Each person on the team gets $290' than 'We'll give you $5 per point, for a total of $1,450'[/quote]
Wait, you're complaining about chintzy payouts, and you want to make them look even chintzier by doing this?
[/quote]
You have a point.  I hadn't thought of it that way.

[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'243762\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:19 AM\'][quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'243761\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:02 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'243760\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 10:28 AM\'](Actually, I'm not familiar with the rules you're quoting, and a Google/Wikipedia search is turning up nothing.  How did they do Fast Money exactly?  The first person gets some sort of bonus for #1's?  I'm not really following.)[/quote]

The pot is decided by how many #1 answers the first person gets.
[/quote]
0 Number Ones: $5,000
1 Number Ones: $10,000
2 Number Ones: $15,000
3 Number Ones: $25,000
4 Number Ones: $50,000
5 Number Ones: $100,000
[/quote]
Thanks.

[golden-road]

[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' post=\'243771\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 12:22 PM\']Trying to remember what 100MD/QDLG did for a five-number-one's Dinero Rapido win...any help out there?  (I want to say it was a bonus added to the usual winnings)[/quote]

Regardless of whether the actual round was won or not ($500 if it wasn't, anywhere from $5K-$15K if it was), five #1's in DR meant $1000 ($2000 for a week in 12/07).

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'243760\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 08:28 AM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'243667\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 02:50 AM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'243641\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 08:24 PM\']Front Game:  $5 per point for both families' final scores at the end of the match ($500 minimum for losing family if score < 100 pts.).
Fast Money:   $10 per point if Fast Money is not won.[/quote]Let's say the final score is 427-290.  $3,585 being paid out.  Let's say they score 180 in fast money.  That's another $1800.  You're paying out almost $4500 more in just one episode then you have been since 'Nam.[/quote]
So?  How much more is Jeopardy! paying out every episode than they did in 1984?  How much more is Wheel of Fortune paying out in the Speed-Up Round alone than they did in 1976?  

Cash payouts that looked fine thirty years ago can seem outright chintzy in 2010.  Not that I'm saying Feud needs an injection of Mo' Money, but you're allowed to make at least a token gesture toward inflation once every couple decades or so.

[/quote]

Besides, being in Orlando this season, the odds are that you won't have to pay that many people to be an "audience member".  So upping the consolation prizes a tad should be a wash anyways.  And I'd much rather be giving money to people who are actually playing the game than paying people to ooh, ahh, and applaud every 30 seconds.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Buzzerblog's got the first new set pic....it looks like there are a few alterations, but basically the same as last season. I wasn't a big fan of the audience in the round, so I'm glad that's gone. The new podiums look kinda short, but the stage looks like it could be blocked to use the board scoreboards for a change. It also looks like they're using the long family signs from Celebrity Family Feud.

http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/first...amily-feud-set/