Author Topic: TPiR Pricing Games... (Read 8706 times)

chris319 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 01, 2004, 01:50:19 PM »

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Get rid of the Bonus Game. Once the bonus is lit, you realize that three of the items were played for no reason at all.

Huh? The idea is that each small prize won increases your chances of winning the bonus. What's your solution, play it with one small prize?

MSTieScott · « **Reply #16 on:** October 01, 2004, 04:09:18 PM »

[quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 09:04 AM\']"Check Game" -- Either get rid of it or require contestants to write down the rules of the game as an answer on their application to see if any of these goofballs in "PICK ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shirts actually _watches the show_!

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Bob: Rich, for whom are we looking?

Rich: Nobody! No one passed the application process!

Bob: Well then, help control the pet population -- have your pets spayed or neutered. Good-bye, everybody!

(45 minutes of credits and theme)

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Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2004, 06:47:21 PM »

You know, I know I'm gonna get crucified for quoting Karlberg...but for once, he's actually made an honest mistake.

[quote name=\'Craig\']How can Any Number be a back-up 4-digit game when it's exclusively played for a car, a 3-digit prize & the piggy bank?[/quote]

Pick-a-Number.

Anyway...what would I axe? Nothing. There's not a game on the show that you can't sit down and enjoy if you don't overthink it. Lord knows I like some games better than others, but that doesn't mean I don't like seeing them played.

[quote name=\'whewfan\']I think they were right to put Time is Money on the shelf... the first version, where the player was not told how many he/she got right, just didn't work. Still, I think they should've kept the money voucher.[/quote]

Time is Money is out of the rotation (not retired...or at least not yet) because they were having trouble taping the game without having to make edits. It had nothing to do with the game's difficulty; its win/loss ratio should be proof enough of that.

[quote name=\'rigsby\']I always wondered if anyone tried that...did they succeed?[/quote]

Nope. Nice as it would be, you can't win Secret "X" vertically. :-)

[quote name=\'TLEberle\']Penny Ante: Make it a table game, like Pick-a-Pair.
It's a nice quick game, and it rewards knowing the exact prices.[/quote]

But Travis, Penny Ante's board is pretty much all it has going for it. When you strip that away, you're not really left with much of a game. Frankly, the goofy board is the only reason it works.

[quote name=\'TLEberle\']On the Spot: Instead of for a car, play for an "orange" prize (from the MB box game.)
Way too easy for a car, and there are far better car games out there.[/quote]

"Way too easy?" It had a win record last year of 3-10!

[quote name=\'Neumms\']Get rid of the Bonus Game. Once the bonus is lit, you realize that three of the items were played for no reason at all.[/quote]

Remember what I said before about not overthinking the games?

[quote name=\'GPeefalt\']Either Clearance Sale or Eazy Az 1-2-3, these are the same in form.[/quote]

I've seen a playing of Clearance Sale where Scott Robinson said that due to what the sale prices were, he'd ordered the prizes differently than he would have in Eazy az 1-2-3. That's reason enough for me to keep 'em both around.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #18 on:** October 01, 2004, 07:39:37 PM »

I think I would get rid of the "Race Game" or modify it somewhat so that nobody could possibly get injured.

Frank15 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 01, 2004, 07:49:19 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 06:39 PM\']I think I would get rid of the "Race Game" or modify it somewhat so that nobody could possibly get injured.[/quote]
WHAT?!

Um... sorry about that.

WHAT?!

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #20 on:** October 01, 2004, 09:47:01 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 07:39 PM\']I think I would get rid of the "Race Game" or modify it somewhat so that nobody could possibly get injured.

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That may be the worst reason I've ever heard for wanting to retire a pricing game.

That Don Guy · « **Reply #21 on:** October 01, 2004, 10:07:48 PM »

[quote name=\'rigsby\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 07:38 AM\'][quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 04:32 AM\'](Well, one contestant tried to pull a fast one by getting 3 in a row vertically)

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I always wondered if anyone tried that...did they succeed?

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I remember one episode where somebody did try that; at first, Bob came up with one of his "new rules", but then somebody from offstage reminded him that, every time they play the game, Bob explains the rules and says that the 3-in-a-row must be across or diagonally.

Back to the topic at hand, the two I would get rid of are:

Joker - it's just Shell Game with a fifth shell, but you can only pick four. (I am not a big fan of games where there's a chance you can't win even if you know all of the prices.)

Either Side By Side or Coming Or Going (or is it Coming & Going) - you don't need that many versions of Double Prices, especially when you have Switch? as well.

(And if I could change two games:
Punch-A-Bunch - it's a bit of an anachronism in the days of Plinko, especially now with Pass The Buck and Half Off; I would make it more like Pass The Buck by having a maximum slip of $5000 (four or five of them, for a $20,000 maximum) but also include "Lose Everything"-type slips and also maybe some "Stop" slips where the player has to stop at that point.

Hole In One Or Two - consider bringing back the bigger cars, but move all of the lines back a few feet to make it harder.)

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Fedya · « **Reply #22 on:** October 01, 2004, 11:08:38 PM »

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 09:47 PM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 07:39 PM\']I think I would get rid of the "Race Game" or modify it somewhat so that nobody could possibly get injured.

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That may be the worst reason I've ever heard for wanting to retire a pricing game.

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What about the reasons for getting rid of Bump? :-)

If I were to get rid of any games, I'd think first of those games where pricing things perfectly can still lead to a loss. That would include Secret X and Half Off (amongst others, I'm sure).

starcade · « **Reply #23 on:** October 02, 2004, 04:38:51 PM »

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Bob: Rich, for whom are we looking?

Rich: Nobody! No one passed the application process!

Bob: Well then, help control the pet population -- have your pets spayed or neutered. Good-bye, everybody!

(45 minutes of credits and theme)

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Scott Robinson
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You just explained why TPiR has become next to UNWATCHABLE...

Seriously, I don't even watch daily TPiR anymore since it just seems like an unending mass of morons in "PICK ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shirts who have no clue WTF they are doing...

starcade · « **Reply #24 on:** October 02, 2004, 04:40:40 PM »

[quote name=\'Frank15\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 06:49 PM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 06:39 PM\']I think I would get rid of the "Race Game" or modify it somewhat so that nobody could possibly get injured.[/quote]
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Pulled hamstrings as a result of quick stops comes to mind...

(Of course, associated question, what happens if they have Race Game and the player is obviously unable to play the game -- wheelchair-bound and the wheelchair isn't built for speed, as an example...)

SplitSecond · « **Reply #25 on:** October 02, 2004, 04:42:25 PM »

[quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 01:40 PM\'](Of course, associated question, what happens if they have Race Game and the player is obviously unable to play the game -- wheelchair-bound and the wheelchair isn't built for speed, as an example...)
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They make sure that doesn't happen.

starcade · « **Reply #26 on:** October 02, 2004, 04:49:11 PM »

[quote name=\'SplitSecond\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 03:42 PM\'][quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 01:40 PM\'](Of course, associated question, what happens if they have Race Game and the player is obviously unable to play the game -- wheelchair-bound and the wheelchair isn't built for speed, as an example...)
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They make sure that doesn't happen.

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How?? Short of excluding any such contestant on the day they list RG as a game on their board, all they could really do is change the games to be played upon discovery that a WC-bound contestant is one of the nine selected...

cmjb13 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 02, 2004, 04:53:15 PM »

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(Of course, associated question, what happens if they have Race Game and the player is obviously unable to play the game -- wheelchair-bound and the wheelchair isn't built for speed, as an example...)

Not quite.

They make sure if Race Game is played, that an elderly/wheelchair bound person is not called until the game has been played.

zachhoran · « **Reply #28 on:** October 02, 2004, 07:40:06 PM »

They make sure if Race Game is played, that an elderly/wheelchair bound person is not called until the game has been played.

Here's a question for Randy or someone who might have attended TPIR Live in Atlantic City or elsewhere: How would they handle an elderly or wheelchair bound contestant who won their way up onstage to play Race Game on the live show? Unlike the CBS show, audience members don't get a 10-second interview with a Roger or Fingers-type person before.

Unrealtor · « **Reply #29 on:** October 04, 2004, 11:18:03 AM »

[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 10:08 PM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 09:47 PM\']
That may be the worst reason I've ever heard for wanting to retire a pricing game.

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What about the reasons for getting rid of Bump? :-)

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Bump was actually a pretty good concept, but (once the lawsuits hit) poorly-executed. I wish it had been retooled rather than retired.

I feel the same way about "That's Too Much." Finding the first one that's over the actual price is good, but the slow pacing really kills it for me, with having to get the yell right and the speed at which the trip down the row of prices moves. If they revealed the entire row and turned it into a one-decision game, it might work better for me (but it might not).