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Barry Joker's Wild Mystery Category ?
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on September 19, 2024, 03:20:55 PM ---Huh? How is that even possible? I must be out of the loop on that one because it's the first I've heard of that. Is there a link to it anywhere?
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While I've never seen the episode, I know others can vouch for me / correct me on this. But I'm pretty sure the sequence went:
* Bonus round
* Main game - 3 jokers came up, question asked, game was won
* Bonus round
* Audience game
rjaguar3:
--- Quote from: aaron sica on September 19, 2024, 03:55:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on September 19, 2024, 03:20:55 PM ---Huh? How is that even possible? I must be out of the loop on that one because it's the first I've heard of that. Is there a link to it anywhere?
--- End quote ---
While I've never seen the episode, I know others can vouch for me / correct me on this. But I'm pretty sure the sequence went:
* Bonus round
* Main game - 3 jokers came up, question asked, game was won
* Bonus round
* Audience game
--- End quote ---
This is how it's accounted for in Adam Nedeff's Quizmaster (p. 486).
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: aaron sica on September 19, 2024, 03:55:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on September 19, 2024, 03:20:55 PM ---Huh? How is that even possible? I must be out of the loop on that one because it's the first I've heard of that. Is there a link to it anywhere?
--- End quote ---
While I've never seen the episode, I know others can vouch for me / correct me on this. But I'm pretty sure the sequence went:
* Bonus round
* Main game - 3 jokers came up, question asked, game was won
* Bonus round
* Audience game
--- End quote ---
Add to that a leisurely interview of the champion at the top of show, then another one with the oncoming challenger. The audience game is a fun way to ride off into the sunset on a Friday but for a show that's supposed to be fast-action and chock-a-block full of quiz questions, the audience game taking up the final segment was a stake in the heart.
That Don Guy:
I always wondered why they bothered having both the Mystery category, with its doubled amounts, and Potpourri, which was pretty much the same thing but with normal amounts.
rjaguar3:
--- Quote from: That Don Guy on September 19, 2024, 09:14:56 PM ---I always wondered why they bothered having both the Mystery category, with its doubled amounts, and Potpourri, which was pretty much the same thing but with normal amounts.
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Maybe a way to change the game strategy up. If the main strategic decision of Joker's Wild strategy is picking a lower-valued question in a category you're more comfortable with versus picking a higher-valued question in a category you're less comfortable with, increasing the value of the mystery category makes it more likely for interesting decisions to come up.
Not sure why they'd keep potpourri around in that case though.
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