Author Topic: Playmania (Read 36066 times)

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #90 on:** August 19, 2006, 04:13:47 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'128069\' date=\'Aug 19 2006, 03:30 PM\']
Okay, I truly apologize for any rash comments or accusations I may have made (especially with the quote box - I completely forgot about modded posts). I'm not trying to be a jerk, but when I've got four different people "coming at me", I tend to get defensive. I've been a lurker at this board for quite some time and only recently have I decided to join. This is a great group of people and I don't want you guys hating me on my first week. I'd be willing to just stop discussion of this and just move on. Again, I apologize for my moments where I was an ass.[/quote]
Pretty decent apology, I'd say. In Chad's defense, if I was sixteen years old and had already been on Jeopardy, not to mention a national call-in game and my high school quiz team, I'd get defensive in a hurry too if someone questioned my intelligence. Also, let's not lose sight of the fact that Chad was, in fact, right to point out that GSN has some goofy-ass contradictory rules. (Though I may be paraphrasing with the "goofy-ass".)

dzinkin · « **Reply #91 on:** August 19, 2006, 11:40:29 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'128088\' date=\'Aug 19 2006, 04:13 PM\']
Pretty decent apology, I'd say.
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Certainly works for me. I'm somewhat surprised -- far too often the new guys decide that they're automatically right and everyone else is wrong, and they refuse to concede any ground. It's been so long since someone backed off and promised to do better that I'm not quite sure how to handle it.

If Chad is a regular at the GSN boards, he doesn't seem to have allowed it to rub off on him. :-)

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In Chad's defense, if I was sixteen years old and had already been on Jeopardy, not to mention a national call-in game and my high school quiz team, I'd get defensive in a hurry too if someone questioned my intelligence. Also, let's not lose sight of the fact that Chad was, in fact, right to point out that GSN has some goofy-ass contradictory rules. (Though I may be paraphrasing with the "goofy-ass".)

In fairness, GSN has done enough stupid things in the past that I shouldn't have been so quick to believe that it wasn't contradicting itself. Chad, I apologize in turn for giving GSN way too much credit.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #92 on:** August 20, 2006, 01:01:14 AM »

This is meant as no disrespect to Chad himself, but rather the system as a whole. It doesn't help personally as somebody who has contributed a lot of moments of PlayMania frustration to the thread to hear that somebody underage has gotten on numerous times - and the rules basically allow it!! GSN could save themselves money if the rule were "contestants found to be underage will lose their winnings" rather than having it transfer. Unless there's a bizarre tax writeoff on giving away money on a text-in show...

-Jason

clemon79 · « **Reply #93 on:** August 20, 2006, 01:32:23 AM »

Well, from the sounds of it, being underage isn't illegal. It just sounds like if someone underage wins, the monies have to be paid to their parents. Which makes sense. So I dunno if I would look at it that way.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #94 on:** August 20, 2006, 02:37:50 AM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'128156\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 01:01 AM\']
This is meant as no disrespect to Chad himself, but rather the system as a whole. It doesn't help personally as somebody who has contributed a lot of moments of PlayMania frustration to the thread to hear that somebody underage has gotten on numerous times - and the rules basically allow it!! GSN could save themselves money if the rule were "contestants found to be underage will lose their winnings" rather than having it transfer. [/quote]
You might just as well say GSN would save money if they only let people named Jason play, and the rule were "contestants found to be not named Jason will lose their winnings." If the rules allow a minor to play, then minors can play.

chad1m · « **Reply #95 on:** August 20, 2006, 03:00:27 AM »

Wow, have I been cursedly lucky this weekend or what? I got a call for the Missing Link game

? STRING/HORN/LACE. I didn't make it into the Player's Lounge, but I was held on the line. I thought they might let me carry over into the next game, but sadly, they didn't. =( All well, that's more luck than I deserve.

Joe Mello · « **Reply #96 on:** August 20, 2006, 03:03:29 PM »

Maybe this story is a telling sign, but here goes.

I was exiting church(!) this afternoon, and a couple guys were talking and out popped the word "Playmania". Said person also couldn't sleep, but I couldn't determine whether Playmania was the cause.

So, perhaps that's GSN's target: Insomniacs with money to burn and a gaming jones.

PYLdude · « **Reply #97 on:** August 20, 2006, 03:50:07 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'128167\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 02:37 AM\']
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'128156\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 01:01 AM\']
This is meant as no disrespect to Chad himself, but rather the system as a whole. It doesn't help personally as somebody who has contributed a lot of moments of PlayMania frustration to the thread to hear that somebody underage has gotten on numerous times - and the rules basically allow it!! GSN could save themselves money if the rule were "contestants found to be underage will lose their winnings" rather than having it transfer. [/quote]
You might just as well say GSN would save money if they only let people named Jason play, and the rule were "contestants found to be not named Jason will lose their winnings." If the rules allow a minor to play, then minors can play.
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I agree.

Jason, I know you weren't intending it, but to me you came off as a really sore loser there. Admittedly, I can't blame you for feeling that way (I had a similar feeling of being cheated when I lost the PA announcer job I tried out for last year to a guy who wasn't as good as half the people there and had worked for the team before...). But the way you said it came off wrong, IMO.

I go to Joe Mello for a second:

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So, perhaps that's GSN's target: Insomniacs with money to burn and a gaming jones.

Online poker sites beware.

clemon79 · « **Reply #98 on:** August 20, 2006, 03:53:56 PM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'128208\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 12:50 PM\']
(I had a similar feeling of being cheated when I lost the PA announcer job I tried out for last year to a guy who wasn't as good as half the people there and had worked for the team before...).
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You didn't lose a gig to Sherry Davis, who would go on to ask how a player's name was pronounced...while the mic was still open.

PYLdude · « **Reply #99 on:** August 20, 2006, 04:03:20 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'128211\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 03:53 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'128208\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 12:50 PM\']
(I had a similar feeling of being cheated when I lost the PA announcer job I tried out for last year to a guy who wasn't as good as half the people there and had worked for the team before...).
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You didn't lose a gig to Sherry Davis, who would go on to ask how a player's name was pronounced...while the mic was still open.
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Suddenly I don't feel as bad.

(Still had the mic open when asking for pronunciation? Geez.)

--Richard · « **Reply #100 on:** August 20, 2006, 07:43:46 PM »

Was anyone able to catch the new game on Playmania last night? I'm not 100% on how it works.

chad1m · « **Reply #101 on:** August 20, 2006, 08:44:35 PM »

This is my write-up at Wikipedia:

Name the Catch Phrase

A rebus based on a popular, everyday phrase is given. (i.e. VA DERS would be Space Invaders, because there is a space in the word "Vaders".) The caller must identify what the "decoded" phrase is. This game debuted on the August 18 episode.

clemon79 · « **Reply #102 on:** August 20, 2006, 09:07:10 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'128240\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 05:44 PM\']
(i.e. VA DERS would be Space Invaders, because there is a space in the word "Vaders".)
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I totally don't get that. Try explaining it again?

chad1m · « **Reply #103 on:** August 20, 2006, 09:09:04 PM »

I'm not entirely sure if that's sarcasm, but I'm in a nice mood so I'll give a different example.

MILL1ION

As you can see, one is in the word "million." So, the phrase described in the rebus is "One in a million." Below is one more example.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/chad1m/longtime.jpg

The word "time" is obviously morphed, making it long. The letters below "time" are in alphabetical order, but the "c" is missing. If you put both visuals together, you get "Long time, no see."

aaron sica · « **Reply #104 on:** August 20, 2006, 09:12:14 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'128244\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 09:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'128240\' date=\'Aug 20 2006, 05:44 PM\']
(i.e. VA DERS would be Space Invaders, because there is a space in the word "Vaders".)
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I totally don't get that. Try explaining it again?
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I think I've been around long enough that I think my sarcasm detector is working well and that you honestly didn't get it.

VA DERS

There is a space between VA and DERS.

"Space in VA DERS"

Author Topic: Playmania (Read 36066 times)

dzinkin

--Richard