CS Rule

[jrjgames]

Not sure how many of you KNEW this, I assumed it...but it was never officially explained on the show..and if you check out this link, no one explained it to Bob neither I guess

http://www.jrjgames.com/main/promos/video6.htm

John

[Don Howard]

So that's why no one ever made an odd wager like $127 or some such. It wasn't allowed. Another mystery is solved.

[gameshowguy2000]

$50 increments only. Who came up with that rule, anyway?

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Oct 30 2004, 08:19 PM\']$50 increments only. Who came up with that rule, anyway?

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The producers, or the creators of the game, probably.
Such insight.

[WhammyPower]

Heh, I like how they subtract money even though she was right.....

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Oct 30 2004, 09:33 PM\']Heh, I like how they subtract money even though she was right.....

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You noticed that, too, eh? From $550 to $350 to reward the right guess.

[jrjgames]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Oct 30 2004, 08:19 PM\']$50 increments only. Who came up with that rule, anyway?

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Well it makes sense when you think about it, if you get to the Big Bet with say $1025, you cant bet HALF

John

[gameshowguy2000]

I assume this rule was also in use during the Perry and Rafferty eras, too, it seems.

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Oct 30 2004, 11:53 PM\']I assume this rule was also in use during the Perry and Rafferty eras, too, it seems.

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The only such resemblance of this on the Perry version happened one time when a woman tried to bet three-quarters of $3,750 at the Big Bet.  "We'll let the mathematicians handle that one," Jim said, but someone offstage told him she had to give him an exact number, so she made it $2,500 instead.  (For the math-impared--and I knew a lot of those in my younger years--three-quarters of $3,750 works out to be $2,812.50).

[tvmitch]

But, at least a few times in both shows' runs, contestants bet half in their big bet and it came out to either $xx25 or $xx75. I guess this was the exception?

[jrjgames]

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' date=\'Oct 31 2004, 12:12 AM\']But, at least a few times in both shows' runs, contestants bet half in their big bet and it came out to either $xx25 or $xx75. I guess this was the exception?

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Right it wouldnt matter because there was no betting after that.  The $50 incriment rules was in effect so it was possible to get an equal bet at the end, which didnt have to be a $50 incriment.

I had the same issue when redeveloping Combination Lock where each wrong combo cuts the question value in half, I had to be careful all my question values could be cut and cut and cut and they wouldn't come out to wierd values...PLUS everything had to add up to $1,000,000...I wont tell you how many piece of paper I went through that night! :-D

John

[Craig Karlberg]

The Flashgames version of CS uses the same increaments as the actual show except that you can go by either $50 or $100 increaments.  The major diffrence comes in the Big Bet where at least half of your winnings is required to bet with.  The only fly in the oinment is you can't go half of $xx50 because of the $50 increaments feature.  If that game gets an update, hopefully when the Big Bet is at hand,, the feature where you type in your bet will alieviate that problem.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Oct 31 2004, 02:41 AM\']The Flashgames version of CS uses the same increaments as the actual show except that you can go by either $50 or $100 increaments.  The major diffrence comes in the Big Bet where at least half of your winnings is required to bet with.  The only fly in the oinment is you can't go half of $xx50 because of the $50 increaments feature.  If that game gets an update, hopefully when the Big Bet is at hand,, the feature where you type in your bet will alieviate that problem.

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You tried to wager $25 on a Big Bet? It's play money!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ian Wallis]

I had the same issue when redeveloping Combination Lock where each wrong combo cuts the question value in half, I had to be careful all my question values could be cut and cut and cut and they wouldn't come out to wierd values...

Similar thing could be said about "Monopoly".  When nobody answered a question, the value was cut in half.  I always wondered if they'd gotten down to an amount like $25 and had to cut it in half again, would the next question be worth $12.50? I'd love to see that displayed on the scoreboard!  I never saw it go that far though.

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Oct 31 2004, 10:42 AM\'][quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Oct 31 2004, 02:41 AM\']The Flashgames version of CS uses the same increaments as the actual show except that you can go by either $50 or $100 increaments.  The major diffrence comes in the Big Bet where at least half of your winnings is required to bet with.  The only fly in the oinment is you can't go half of $xx50 because of the $50 increaments feature.  If that game gets an update, hopefully when the Big Bet is at hand,, the feature where you type in your bet will alieviate that problem.

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You tried to wager $25 on a Big Bet? It's play money!!!!!!!!!!!

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This reminds me: someone in 1980 had just $50 coming into the Big Bet.  Jim said she had to bet the whole $50 (which is the minimum on the first two lines anyway).