Interesting they've added a second $650 space. Why not something like $750?
750? *Sploosh*
When I saw this picture before, I thought it was fake. Seeing it here, I laughed. I'm
somewhat surprised they've inflated the numbers in this fashion. There are only 8 unique dollars values on the wheel at one time. Sure, that won't get monotonous at all...
Concurrently, keeping vowels at $250 with these changes... oy. It obliterates the original rule's strategy and purpose. Maybe they'll change them to $320 instead? Either way, I'm hopping aboard and commandeering your ship Jeremy.
This would've been a good time to, instead, emulate an aspect of the game from, now almost 20 years ago, that I miss: elevating values throughout the show that AREN'T the TDV (i.e. up one normal space to a 1000 and then to 1500 or 2000 in R3 or R4). It builds excitement for some, and makes the possibility of early runaways (especially due to prize puzzle, mystery, 1/2 car, etc.) decrease a bit. Just doing this, alone, with the values they were using last year I'm sure would've been cheaper than just axing every sub-500 space (and added better variety).
Maybe this layout should've been reserved for rounds 3 & 4, while last year's could've been kept for rounds 1 & 2.
