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PeterMarshallFan:
--- Quote ---I think I watch NickGAS more than GSN now.
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You're not alone.
--- Quote ---DD, FK, GTP and FIO.
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Really? From what I've seen it's Hidden Temple, FK, DD, GUTS, and FIO. I've never seen GTP in there [but one of the racecars in the promo has Nick Arcade's logo on it...go figure]
--- Quote ---I dunno if I've made this observation here yet, but watching a couple episodes of Starcade on G4 reminded me of just how horribly broken the format was.
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The one problem I had with Starcade. They should've had 5 games that all had average scores in the same range. It'd be kinda hard to pull off, put it certainly could have been done.
But you actually GET G4. I don't. :-(
clemon79:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 15 2003, 03:05 PM\'] The one problem I had with Starcade. They should've had 5 games that all had average scores in the same range. It'd be kinda hard to pull off, put it certainly could have been done.
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Wouldn't be hard at all, actually. They already had the data, since they allegedly matched up opponents based on relative skill (although we saw how well THAT worked out in practice). It would have been a simple matter to use the information they already had to figure out an average score for each game, group 'em into low, medium, high (or something along those lines), and just make sure games were from the same group.
Now, it's POSSIBLE that they did this on purpose as a strategic twist...give the player an opportunity to tip the scales in his or her favor if they knew enough about a game to know how it scored, but based on the rest of the production I'm pretty sure the concept simply didn't occur to them.
--- Quote ---But you actually GET G4. I don't. :-(
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I'll rub it in further: I never watch the flippin' thing. The interesting shows are few and far between, I don't like Starcade, and too many shows are about RPG-type games (which I DESPISE), or are half-hours of video game intro and cutscene movies set to sleep-inducing New Age music. I can get THAT at work. :)
Do they even HAVE a sports game show on that channel? That mighta saved me $50 on ESPN NHL Hockey... :)
PeterMarshallFan:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 15 2003, 07:06 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 15 2003, 03:05 PM\'] The one problem I had with Starcade. They should've had 5 games that all had average scores in the same range. It'd be kinda hard to pull off, put it certainly could have been done.
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Wouldn't be hard at all, actually. They already had the data, since they allegedly matched up opponents based on relative skill (although we saw how well THAT worked out in practice). It would have been a simple matter to use the information they already had to figure out an average score for each game, group 'em into low, medium, high (or something along those lines), and just make sure games were from the same group.
Now, it's POSSIBLE that they did this on purpose as a strategic twist...give the player an opportunity to tip the scales in his or her favor if they knew enough about a game to know how it scored, but based on the rest of the production I'm pretty sure the concept simply didn't occur to them.
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True....Jim Caruso, the producer/director of Starcade, is a contributor to the G4 boards. I'll ask this question over there and see what I find out.
--- Quote ---I'll rub it in further: I never watch the flippin' thing.
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Looks to me like there's not much good stuff on there either, but I like Starcade, so it's good enough for me.
--- Quote ---Do they even HAVE a sports game show on that channel? That mighta saved me $50 on ESPN NHL Hockey... :)
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Which channel? If you're referring to Nick GAS, there is GUTS...if you can put up with Mike O' Malley's caffeine high. :-)
clemon79:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 15 2003, 04:13 PM\'] Which channel? If you're referring to Nick GAS, there is GUTS...if you can put up with Mike O' Malley's caffeine high. :-) [/quote]
Nono, G4...a whole show on sports video games might be worth my occasional time.
daveromanjr:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 15 2003, 05:05 PM\']
--- Quote ---DD, FK, GTP and FIO.
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Really? From what I've seen it's Hidden Temple, FK, DD, GUTS, and FIO. I've never seen GTP in there [but one of the racecars in the promo has Nick Arcade's logo on it...go figure] [/quote]
They had GTP in the Pumpin Gas during the last schedule (when they still aired WWYD?), I believe. Same with Nick Arcade.
Actually, the more I think about it, Nick Arcade was in Pumping Gas during the current schedule change, but dropped it.
Its best to watch DD during the pumping gas... the show is great without commercials (then again, which show isn't).
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