TPIR doing Plinko stunt week of Apr 9th..

[golden-road]

Could you refresh my memory about that setup?  Had trouble finding a clip on Youtube.

2500-500-1000-zero-5000-zero-1000-500-2500. There was another that had two 5000s and the rest were zero or 500.

$2500/$500/$1000/$0/$5000/$0/$1000/$500/$2500 & $2500/$1000/$0/$5000/$0/$5000/$0/$1000/$2500

[TLEberle]

Thanks for the correction, G-R. I hadn't seen the doubled 5000 layout, just going on something I read and mis-retained.

[SRIV94]

Thank you both.  Mark's right in that any of them would be an improvement over the current setup.

[golden-road]

Thank you both.  Mark's right in that any of them would be an improvement over the current setup.

I'm partial to bumping the outer slots from $100 to $250, and doubling the whole board for a MDS.

[Dbacksfan12]

I'm partial to bumping the outer slots from $100 to $250, and doubling the whole board for a MDS.

So you can play it 'safe' and perhaps end up with $5000-$10,000?  Blah.

[golden-road]

I'm partial to bumping the outer slots from $100 to $250, and doubling the whole board for a MDS.

So you can play it 'safe' and perhaps end up with $5000-$10,000?  Blah.

Ah. Didn't think the second part all the way through. I do stick with bumping the outer slots through.

[TLEberle]

I'm partial to bumping the outer slots from $100 to $250, and doubling the whole board for a MDS.

So you can play it 'safe' and perhaps end up with $5000-$10,000?  Blah.

They gave away a $35,000 truck on a playing of Push Over that had a single reasonable right answer. $5,000 isn't going to ruin a primetime special for me.

[Joe Mello]

I'm partial to bumping the outer slots from $100 to $250, and doubling the whole board for a MDS.

So you can play it 'safe' and perhaps end up with $5000-$10,000?  Blah.

Isn't the half the point of an MDS to Lesko everything?

[TLEberle]

I watched the Friday episode, and I'm going to put everything behind a spoiler tag just in case.

Sure, they carried it off well for the most part, but to have someone zero out on your big event (having won just two chips) takes the air out of it. One of the problems I have with the show is that they do stuff like this, but totally blow dog on the fundamentals, like having your players win the play-in chances to play the game.

[clemon79]

Sure, they carried it off well for the most part, but to have someone zero out on your big event (having won just two chips) takes the air out of it. One of the problems I have with the show is that they do stuff like this, but totally blow dog on the fundamentals, like having your players win the play-in chances to play the game.

Returning the favor...
Today's contestant was a pinhead and was gonna fark it up no matter how easy you make the play-in items. The guy was too much of a moron to let Drew finish his explanation and drop the chip, fer Gawd's sake.

Further, it doesn't matter how many chips he wins, the "event" was only tied to the last one. And by definition he always gets a last one.

[TLEberle]

To your first point, absolutely. To the second, it absolutely matters how many chips are won (not tied to the event, but in general) because you can't win the top prize with just one or two extra. And instead of contestants winning three and four chips most of the time, it seems like they're getting one and two more. Which, as a viewer, feels dog lame.)

/Yay internet etiquette!
//Next time I'll lift my pinky while typing, too.

[clemon79]

(not tied to the event, but in general)

Yes. I am speaking solely to the event.

[TLEberle]

In which case I read you five-by-five.