Author Topic: Anybody gonna do one of those (Read 5558 times)

That Don Guy · « **Reply #15 on:** July 05, 2004, 04:30:14 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jul 4 2004, 04:09 PM\'] Actually, whatever was in the pot was tripled and awarded to the Sprint winner during that week or so under that payoff system.
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As I recall, "the pot" was based on the words used in the head-to-head round; each letter was worth $25, with blue squares worth $50 and red $100 (or is that backward?). The amount was based on the entire word, not just the letters that were revealed.

-- Don

DrJWJustice · « **Reply #16 on:** July 05, 2004, 04:55:38 PM »

[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jul 4 2004, 03:01 PM\'] In 1986, the rules of the game were amended once again. Scrabble was now a self-contained show, with the Sprint slightly altered. The first match's winner (the game the champion played in the event that there was one) would set the time, and it would be up to the second match's winner to beat it. The winner would win $1,500 and go to the Bonus Sprint...two words successfully guessed in 10 seconds resulted in a jackpot of $5,000 (plus $1,000 for each day not hit). [/quote]
Personally, I thought the Bonus Sprint format was the better format, with the daily "mini-tournament" as it were. Yes, I know there are Scrabble CD-ROM games out there, but it would still be nice to see the game show format return as a CD-ROM game, nothing against BigJon's game (which I play quite a bit).

zachhoran · « **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2004, 06:59:03 PM »

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 03:30 PM\']
As I recall, "the pot" was based on the words used in the head-to-head round; each letter was worth $25, with blue squares worth $50 and red $100 (or is that backward?). The amount was based on the entire word, not just the letters that were revealed.

-- Don [/quote]
Only the revealed letters added money to the pot in that first week format. THe spelling format is the format where the unrevealed letters(upon giving the missing letters in the word correctly) added to the bank.

gameshowguy2000 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2004, 07:53:34 PM »

So, when did the Bonus Square amounts become 10-fold?

zachhoran · « **Reply #19 on:** July 05, 2004, 07:59:03 PM »

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 06:53 PM\'] So, when did the Bonus Square amounts become 10-fold? [/quote]
Starting with week two, the pot format was eliminated and winning the maingame was worth $500. In October 1984, the Blue $500/Pink $1000 Chuckbucks rule debuted(though the Chuckbucks play money didn't debut on the show until a few years later)

J.R. · « **Reply #20 on:** July 05, 2004, 08:51:01 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 06:59 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 06:53 PM\'] So, when did the Bonus Square amounts become 10-fold? [/quote]
Starting with week two, the pot format was eliminated and winning the maingame was worth $500. In October 1984, the Blue $500/Pink $1000 Chuckbucks rule debuted(though the Chuckbucks play money didn't debut on the show until a few years later) [/quote]
How much were the squares worth before October 1984 ?

Out of curiosity:
How long did the first champ, Jack Archer remain as champ ? (I know he has won at least 5 sprint rounds)

-Joe R.

zachhoran · « **Reply #21 on:** July 05, 2004, 09:04:37 PM »

[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 07:51 PM\']
How much were the squares worth before October 1984 ?

Out of curiosity:
How long did the first champ, Jack Archer remain as champ ? (I know he has won at least 5 sprint rounds)

-Joe R. [/quote]
IIRC he won 6 or 7 Sprints.

Pink and Blue squares were worth zip before 10/84.