Author Topic: Rafferty CS changes (Read 11522 times)

ChuckNet · « **on:** June 28, 2005, 07:09:17 PM »

That brief experiment w/3 questions in the maingame rounds (and 2 for tiebreakers) has ended, and they're back to the standard 4-4-3 format. Also, players now retire upon winning the car.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

cmjb13 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2005, 07:40:32 PM »

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 07:09 PM\']That brief experiment w/3 questions in the maingame rounds (and 2 for tiebreakers) has ended, and they're back to the standard 4-4-3 format. Also, players now retire upon winning the car.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

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Wasn't retiring after winning the car always the case?

On a side note, Chuck please e-mail me at your convenience at cmjb13@yahoo.com.

Thanks.

zachhoran · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2005, 07:44:37 PM »

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 06:09 PM\']That brief experiment w/3 questions in the maingame rounds (and 2 for tiebreakers) has ended, and they're back to the standard 4-4-3 format. Also, players now retire upon winning the car.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

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The players retiring upon winning the car rule will be quite short-lived. As of today's airing, the cars were downgraded to $15K(in 1986 dollars) sports cars like Camaro IROCs, and all time Card Sharks winner Brian Hunt won a second one of them and was not forced to retire.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2005, 12:53:26 AM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 06:44 PM\']The players retiring upon winning the car rule will be quite short-lived. As of today's airing, the cars were downgraded to $15K(in 1986 dollars) sports cars like Camaro IROCs, and all time Card Sharks winner Brian Hunt won a second one of them and was not forced to retire.

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1) It was $16,000. I just had to nitpick the King of Nitpicks.

2) You say downgrade like it's a Geo Metro* or something. $16,000 is good for a car in 2005, let alone 19 yrs. ago. Yeah, I know that they offered Corvettes and Cadillac's, but I still wouldn't consider a Camaro a "downgrade," considering how it was still one of Chevrolet's higher-end cars.

*I know that the Metro wasn't offered till the late-80s. I'm just using it as an example.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2005, 01:56:09 AM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 11:53 PM\']2) You say downgrade like it's a Geo Metro* or something. $16,000 is good for a car in 2005[/quote]
Besides the Ion, Kias and Hyundais', Sunfire, Cavailier, Aveo, Neon, and Civic what other cars can you get for around $16,000. None of the aforementioned models are exactly Park Avenue.

Edit: I knew it was one of two Honda's. Thanks for the correction. Further edit made due to poor punctuation. It's late. I should be in bed.

clemon79 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2005, 01:57:26 AM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 10:56 PM\']Besides the Ion, Sunfire, Cavailier, Aveo, Neon, and Accord...what other cars can you get for around $16,000.
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If a Honda Accord is crap, then I aspire to drive crap, 'cuz I drive a Civic now and I would LOVE for my next car to be an Accord.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #6 on:** June 29, 2005, 02:11:35 AM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 12:56 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 11:53 PM\']2) You say downgrade like it's a Geo Metro* or something. $16,000 is good for a car in 2005[/quote]
Besides the Ion, Kias and Hyundais' Sunfire, Cavailier, Aveo, Neon, and Civic what other cars can you get for around $16,000. None of the aforementioned models are exactly Park Avenue.

Edit: I knew it was one of two Honda's. Thanks for the correction.

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I thought the Aveo was only about $12,000? BTW, Sunfire is Pontiac.

You forgot Corolla (I had to blatantly plug my car ;-) ), but I see what you're saying. I didn't realize so many compact cars were in the mid-teens. Still, none of those are el-cheapos. AFAIK, they all get good consumer ratings, esp. that Corolla. ;-)

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2005, 02:27:05 AM »

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I thought the Aveo was only about $12,000? BTW, Sunfire is Pontiac.
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Add a sunroof, transmission, and a couple other things. Not only do you have a $15,000 car...but you have the most tricked out Aveo on the block.

snowpeck · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2005, 02:56:28 PM »

The only time a contestant ever retired upon winning a car is if it put them over the show's winnings limit (not sure what it is at this point.)

Greg

MikeK · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2005, 03:22:56 PM »

[quote name=\'snowpeck\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 02:56 PM\']The only time a contestant ever retired upon winning a car is if it put them over the show's winnings limit (not sure what it is at this point.)[/quote]
No. The lady who won the car at the top of Monday's episode was retired after winning a car, amassing just over $35,000 in winnings. I'm pretty sure at least one person in the pre-car game era of Rafferty CS had winnings above $35,000, but wasn't forced to retire.

Anyhow, IIRC, the limit on both the daytime and nighttime versions of CS was $75,000.

zachhoran · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2005, 07:07:02 PM »

[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 02:22 PM\']
Anyhow, IIRC, the limit on both the daytime and nighttime versions of CS was $75,000.

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It was $50K from Jan-Sep 1986. A contestant retired after passing the $50K mark in the first month of the daytime run. Brian Hunt was retired on the syndicated version at $63,105 because, as they said to him at the time(airdate November 1986) and he reported in ATGS a few years back, winning one more car would take him over the CBS winnings limit of $75K.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2005, 07:48:25 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 06:07 PM\'][quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 02:22 PM\']
Anyhow, IIRC, the limit on both the daytime and nighttime versions of CS was $75,000.

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It was $50K from Jan-Sep 1986. A contestant retired after passing the $50K mark in the first month of the daytime run. Brian Hunt was retired on the syndicated version at $63,105 because, as they said to him at the time(airdate November 1986) and he reported in ATGS a few years back, winning one more car would take him over the CBS winnings limit of $75K.

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I take it that was because the syndicated version must have aired on WCAU or another CBS O&O? I know it was on WABC in NY and KNBC in LA, so it would have had to conform to those network's limits as well.

Don Howard · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2005, 10:59:47 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 06:07 PM\']Brian Hunt was retired on the syndicated version at $63,105 because, as they said to him at the time(airdate November 1986) and he reported in ATGS a few years back, winning one more car would take him over the CBS winnings limit of $75K.

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Over $10K away from the limit and they bounce him? One good Money Cards and he'd have been over the limit, too. Couldn't they just reduce his total to $75000 from whatever it would end up being if he got that far? It seems rather rad to kick him to the curb just because he MIGHT get to the limit. A player with $45000 might bust the limit, too, under that grand plan. Would they have stopped him or her there as well?
If a contestant was within $1000 or so of the plateau I could see them retiring the player. That did happen at least once on the CBS Joker's Wild. The blonde lass who wore the cowboy hat was within a few hundred of the $25000 "legal limit" so Jack Barry just spotted her the extra bills and bade her goodbye.

zachhoran · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2005, 11:04:02 PM »

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Over $10K away from the limit and they bounce him? One good Money Cards and he'd have been over the limit, too. Couldn't they just reduce his total to $75000 from whatever it would end up being if he got that far? It seems rather rad to bounce him just because he MIGHT get to the limit. A player with $45000 might bust the limit, too, under that grand plan. Would they have stopped him or her there as well?

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Brian Hunt was up to $58,005 before he played in his final match(including two cars), and they didn't boot him at that point.

Don Howard · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2005, 11:06:37 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 10:04 PM\']Brian Hunt was up to $58,005 before he played in his final match(including two cars), and they didn't boot him at that point.

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Had he won the maximum five games yet? Otherwise, the man was robbed. Made out very well, but robbed nonetheless.