Quote from: Kevin Prather on June 16, 2025, 06:41:50 PM

Quote from: chrisholland03 on June 16, 2025, 12:42:14 PM

Quote from: MikeK on June 16, 2025, 12:19:20 PM

I think the easiest way to save time is one showcase with both players locking in secret bids.  That would save four or five minutes, at least.  Editing out/down the hemming and hawing while listening to 180 different bids from 180 audience members saves time too.  Within $250 doesn't win both showcases, obviously, so the bonus could be $25,000, a car, or some combination of cash and transport.

Cash equivalent bonus was what I was thinking in lieu of DSW.  Would still need a solution for a tie - fastest finger?  Sub-bidding on one of the prizes?

Just give them both the showcase. The current rule provides for awarding both players both showcases under the right condition, so awarding duplicate prizes is not off the table.

But then what's to prevent all contestants from bidding the same amount every time, thereby guaranteeing everyone who makes it to the Showcase a win? It might not happen right away, but it wouldn't take long for people to figure it out once they learned the rule.

Yeah I realized that a little while after I posted it. Bidding on the same showcase, it does sort of remove the jeopardy if both players bid the same amount.

Another option for the secret bid showcase, if both players tie, award it to the top winner.

I admit I do like the idea of both players doing a separate bid on one of the other prizes as a tie-breaker of sorts.

Another option would be to show a list of 10 possible showcase prices, the top winner would have the option of selecting one first or passing to the other player to select first, and giving the top winner potentially a 1 in 9 chance.

The drawback with a secret bid I realize is it would take away all of the screaming excitement of the audience participation in the live audience in screaming out different bids, but I suppose they could still do so anyway, just without the audience seeing the list of possible prices.

In all cases, the list of 10 possible prices for the showcase, at least one of the prices shown would always be guaranteed to not be over the ARP of the showcase.  Conversely, it could be where all 10 are below the ARP as well. 

Two secret bids might lead to more ties too. Right now, two separate people bidding on separate showcases, it's pretty unlikely that a tie will occur (especially if one costs say $21,500 and the other $18,437). It's more feasible for two people to secretly bid $22,000 on a single showcase.

If they do go a secret bid route, they could always just have the contestants rebid if they do end up the same and do that (and edit the tape as necessary) until different bids happen.

Quote from: MikeK on June 16, 2025, 12:19:20 PM

I think the easiest way to save time is one showcase with both players locking in secret bids.  That would save four or five minutes, at least.  Editing out/down the hemming and hawing while listening to 180 different bids from 180 audience members saves time too.  Within $250 doesn't win both showcases, obviously, so the bonus could be $25,000, a car, or some combination of cash and transport.

Cash equivalent bonus was what I was thinking in lieu of DSW.  Would still need a solution for a tie - fastest finger?  Sub-bidding on one of the prizes?

Just give them both the showcase. The current rule provides for awarding both players both showcases under the right condition, so awarding duplicate prizes is not off the table.

EDIT: This is actually a bad idea. See Mike Tennant's post below.

Family Feud giving you the survey answers and having YOU provide the survey question.

They really did that in Italy    (albeit for one round only)