Author Topic: You Produce "Wheel" (Read 20011 times)

clemon79 · « **Reply #60 on:** June 09, 2005, 11:34:52 PM »

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saussage · « **Reply #61 on:** June 09, 2005, 11:43:24 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 10:34 PM\'][quote name=\'saussage\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 08:31 PM\']Some of this might be trash
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Monarx · « **Reply #62 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:01:08 AM »

1) One toss-up total, right after the Pat/Vanna intros. Winner gets, say, $2,500. Saves some time and $500.
2) The return of the $1500 space, plus 'fun' spaces like $850, $1250, and other ones like that. Probably from $300 to either $1,500 or $2,000, not including TDV, depending on round. It's real annoying to go from $900 to $5000.
3) No 'superspecialty' categories like "Best Seller". Let's bring back the days of Thing, Phrase, People, etc.
4) New Bonus Wheel config: 2 Car A, 2 Car B, 2 Boat, or some other fun Wheel Bonus Prize from the mid-90's, 2 Annuity, 10 $25,000, 1 $30k, 1 $35k, 1 $40k, 1 $45k, 1 $50k, and 1 Jackpot/$100k/huge-ass uberprize space.
5) Make the prize name on prize wedges at least a LITTLE easier to read. Black on tan is cool. Blue on a replica on the Mona Lisa is annoying.
6) Either keep control on a puzzle solve or have the next player get control. I prefer the former, because it gives more incentive for smart play... of course, Wheel players are not known for intelligence.
7) PLEASE. No more than 3 or 4 bonus discs/wedges on the main game wheel at a time. It's annoying to see a prize, two Mystery wedges, the free spin, and two gift tags on the wheel, with Pat going "Oh, that's Wedge X, sponsored by Y-Co."

If you need a bit more cash, why not put the company logo where the "SLOGAN" answer appears, for example, "COMPANY X (Company X's logo)" would appear instead of just "COMPANY X".

clemon79 · « **Reply #63 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:10:17 AM »

[quote name=\'Monarx\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 09:01 PM\']2) The return of the $1500 space, plus 'fun' spaces like $850, $1250, and other ones like that.
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What's "fun" about this? This is the same kind of logic the brain trust at Balderdash was using when they thought betting 483 points was funny.

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4) New Bonus Wheel config: 2 Car A, 2 Car B, 2 Boat, or some other fun Wheel Bonus Prize from the mid-90's, 2 Annuity, 10 $25,000, 1 $30k, 1 $35k, 1 $40k, 1 $45k, 1 $50k, and 1 Jackpot/$100k/huge-ass uberprize space.

The average viewer gives not a single rip about this.

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If you need a bit more cash, why not put the company logo where the "SLOGAN" answer appears, for example, "COMPANY X (Company X's logo)" would appear instead of just "COMPANY X".

You don't think they're not getting product placement money for this already?

Monarx · « **Reply #64 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:28:19 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 11:10 PM\']What's "fun" about {$850 and $1250 spaces}? This is the same kind of logic the brain trust at Balderdash was using when they thought betting 483 points was funny.

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OK, fun wasn't a good choice of words, I was trying to get a phrase down to one word. How about 'lesser-used and slightly more balanced'? (And I like odd 483 point bids. <g>)

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The average viewer gives not a single rip about {boats and annuities on the bonus wheel}
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You're right... Of course, there's not a lot viewers of Wheel care about other than LIGHTS LIGHTS LIGHTS!!! ( Excuse me. :-) )

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You don't think they're not getting product placement money for this already? {About logos along with SLOGAN question answers}
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I wasn't clear on about tying this to #7, sorry. I meant for Wheel to get rid of some of the sponsored bonus discs and to maybe put this in instead to get some lost revenue back.

JIANORAN · « **Reply #65 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:43:35 AM »

If i could make a better idea for Wheel of Fortune, here's what happened

1. Have a Stage Rush if someone wins the Jackpot in the Bonus Round or The Tournament Of Champions!
2. Bring back $1000 and $1500 and new values like $850, $725, etc.
3. Have a Scoreboard Overlay during the puzzle shot, as well as a contestant shot in the video screen
4. Bring back Double Play
5. Bring back NBA Week
6. Bring Back Soap Stars Week
7. Bring back Shopping
8. New Bonus Wheel Config (6 Car A, 6 Car B, 1 $25K, 1 $30K, 1 $35K, 1 $40K, 1 $45K, 1 $50K, 1 $55K, 1 $60K, 1 $65K, 1 $70K, 1 $75K, 1 Jackpot starts at $100,000 in $10,000 Cash and $90,000 Prizes increases 2 prizes if not won)
9. End of Season Tournament with 9 money winners return and selected to compete for the first 3 shows, top three compete for a 2 day final, no bonus rounds in the last 2 shows, winner will receive a $100,000 bonus and advances to the Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions, rest keeps the money they won.

sshuffield70 · « **Reply #66 on:** June 10, 2005, 09:51:51 AM »

[quote name=\'JIANORAN\' date=\'Jun 10 2005, 12:43 AM\']If i could make a better idea for Wheel of Fortune, here's what happened

1. Have a Stage Rush if someone wins the Jackpot in the Bonus Round or The Tournament Of Champions!
2. Bring back $1000 and $1500 and new values like $850, $725, etc.
3. Have a Scoreboard Overlay during the puzzle shot, as well as a contestant shot in the video screen
4. Bring back Double Play
5. Bring back NBA Week
6. Bring Back Soap Stars Week
7. Bring back Shopping
8. New Bonus Wheel Config (6 Car A, 6 Car B, 1 $25K, 1 $30K, 1 $35K, 1 $40K, 1 $45K, 1 $50K, 1 $55K, 1 $60K, 1 $65K, 1 $70K, 1 $75K, 1 Jackpot starts at $100,000 in $10,000 Cash and $90,000 Prizes increases 2 prizes if not won)
9. End of Season Tournament with 9 money winners return and selected to compete for the first 3 shows, top three compete for a 2 day final, no bonus rounds in the last 2 shows, winner will receive a $100,000 bonus and advances to the Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions, rest keeps the money they won.

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I thought we threw this poster under the bus......

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #67 on:** June 10, 2005, 10:09:43 AM »

[quote name=\'JIANORAN\' date=\'Jun 10 2005, 01:43 AM\']If i could make a better idea for Wheel of Fortune, here's what happened

1. Have a Stage Rush if someone wins the Jackpot in the Bonus Round or The Tournament Of Champions!
2. Bring back $1000 and $1500 and new values like $850, $725, etc.
3. Have a Scoreboard Overlay during the puzzle shot, as well as a contestant shot in the video screen
4. Bring back Double Play
5. Bring back NBA Week
6. Bring Back Soap Stars Week
7. Bring back Shopping
8. New Bonus Wheel Config (6 Car A, 6 Car B, 1 $25K, 1 $30K, 1 $35K, 1 $40K, 1 $45K, 1 $50K, 1 $55K, 1 $60K, 1 $65K, 1 $70K, 1 $75K, 1 Jackpot starts at $100,000 in $10,000 Cash and $90,000 Prizes increases 2 prizes if not won)
9. End of Season Tournament with 9 money winners return and selected to compete for the first 3 shows, top three compete for a 2 day final, no bonus rounds in the last 2 shows, winner will receive a $100,000 bonus and advances to the Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions, rest keeps the money they won.

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Aside from maybe #2 (and we'd be the only ones who'd even care), you haven't suggested a single thing that would improve the program. #9 is particularly asinine...qualifying for Jeopardy! via Wheel of Fortune is a colossally stupid idea. I don't think the two shows even take players from the same gene pool, let alone the same contestant pool.

GS Warehouse · « **Reply #68 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:13:18 PM »

How about this: the top dollar value on the wheel would be two dollars and fifty cents. OK, so somebody posted something not unlike that already, but what better cure for Mo Money Syndrome than to apply a strict budget.

So let's try this...replace the money amounts with the title of a pop song, with each song occupying six of the 24 spaces. Of course, this requires retitling the show Wheel of Four Tunes.

[crowd boos]

OK, now that I've had my fun, here's my serious response. Pat prefers not to use his likeness on licensed consumer goods. The touch-screen puzzle board makes Vanna mostly ornamental. The logical solution: meet your new host, Vanna White.

Don Howard · « **Reply #69 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:21:14 PM »

[quote name=\'JIANORAN\' date=\'Jun 10 2005, 12:43 AM\']winner will receive a $100,000 bonus and advances to the Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions, rest keeps the money they won.

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Oh, I'd love to see that. Don't think a Jeopardy! contestant has ever had a score of $-10000. That would change.

jmangin · « **Reply #70 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:44:28 PM »

At this point, the thing that would help Wheel the most is for them to STEER CLEAR of all ideas posted in this thread.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #71 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:49:11 PM »

[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Jun 10 2005, 08:51 AM\']I thought we threw this poster under the bus......

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I'm having a 1970s-era ZOOM flashback:

"But the cat came back, the very next day. . ."

Doug

TLEberle · « **Reply #72 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:36:45 PM »

[quote name=\'saussage\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 08:43 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 10:34 PM\'][quote name=\'saussage\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 08:31 PM\']Some of this might be trash
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Yes.

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The sad thing is, you're right. That single line was the best thing out of your whole post. The problem is that everyone is making miniscule tweaks to the game. Do you think the viewers give two tin ones whether the wheel has a $1,475 space or "Free Spin" is a dedicated wedge and not a disk? Once someone posts their laundry lists, all of the kiddies rush to their terminals to be next in line to post their 'ideas', whatever they might be.

Your ideas include changing the $5,000 space to $10k. Great, make the game even MORE of a crapshoot. Then there's this mess about buying a vowel being a wedge and all this? Yipes. I know it's hard for some of the people here to grasp, but let the thought roll around in your head for a few minutes before you post it. Does it really make sense?

wschmrdr · « **Reply #73 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:39:22 PM »

I'm noticing a trend here......... we complain for years and years about what we think is wrong with the game show, and what usually happens? Jack Squat.

The probable reason for this is that us game show geeks are not the only demographic out there. So what if we don't like one little thing that Wheel is doing? Maybe about 10 million other people in the United States do. Heck, isn't Wheel of Fortune still atop the syndicated ratings? Obviously they have to be doing SOMETHING right, or Wheel wouldn't be in production anymore.

I realize the good thoughts of the posters in the thread, heck I've even made a couple suggestions myself. But, until one of us gets to sit in the producer's chair, let's sit back and try to solve the puzzle.

Don Howard · « **Reply #74 on:** June 10, 2005, 02:16:57 PM »

[quote name=\'wschmrdr\' date=\'Jun 10 2005, 12:39 PM\']until one of us gets to sit in the producer's chair, let's sit back and try to solve the puzzle

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Let's do. And we shall begin at once.
Here's the puzzle:
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Author Topic: You Produce "Wheel" (Read 20011 times)

JIANORAN

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