[quote name=\'Monarx\' date=\'Jan 14 2004, 06:45 PM\'] My view of a successful steal and addition to the bank can be summed up with a hypothetical analogy.
Imagine you're stealing* stuff from someone's house. You have about $20,000 worth of jewelry, money, a TV, and September. When you're about to make your getaway, you spot a car in the driveway with its engine running and doors unlocked, so you steal that too, and it's worth, say, $10,000. Then, you sell all that stuff to someone at even price. Would you get $30,000? Of course. If you say an answer that's on the board, you should get credit for it.
BTW: Karma is misspelled.
BTW II: I only like Mo' Money Syndrome if I'm on a show it's infecting. ;-)
* - I do not condone illegal activity. [/quote]
And that's my point on adding the Stolen Answer's points to the bank.
Say Team A is dominating all the points after the 2 singles and double round, and Team B has ZILCH.
Say Team A managed to, in the Triple Round, nails 2 of the 3 answers, and using the current format. Say the #1 answer has 80 people (240), and #2 has 10 people (30), and they don't get the #3 answer before getting the 3rd strike. So, there's 270 up there, and a chance to steal the bank, PLUS the remaining 30 for the full 300 and the win.
If this happens, then Team B can finish what Team A started. If they managed to find the answer #3 up there, they can add THAT answer's value to the bank, and take the WHOLE Bank, for the win! This means, that after conferring, if they've found the #3 answer up there, which'll have 10 people, this means that 30 is added to the 270, for the total 300 points in the bank, AND the win.