I guess the difference is that MSQ has the whole \"You won the bout! And you won this money! ....but it\'s not yours yet.\" Imagine if WoF had only the top winner keep any money.
Or if on WWTBAM, Regis only paid out at the end of the two weeks. To Matt\'s point, that IS what we\'re used to. That\'s the expectation. Once Ryan got around to explaining it, MSG wasn\'t hard to understand, it was dissatisfying--despite giving away a ton of money in the end. Maybe if they counted seconds rather than the $10/sec, there wouldn\'t have been the letdown.
A 10-day, 24-hour-a-day game show is such an intriguing idea. If only it could be fixed.