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If Password returned,
Brandon Brooks:
[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 11:03 AM\'] [quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jun 21 2003, 06:08 PM\']
That's \"mo' money\" syndrome. $10,000 isn't a bad haul for a win at a bonus game, and if there is returning champions, all the better.
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Two letters: B.S.
That's not \"'mo' money syndrome.\" That's inflation. Take a look at H2, especially the day when Peter Marshall hosted. Sheesh! [/quote]
No, that isn't. 500% inflation over 15 years is ridiculous. What makes $25,000 better than $10,000 for a show where there are returning champions?
Brandon Brooks
Neumms:
Here's two more cents' worth.
--- Quote ---That's \"mo' money\" syndrome. $10,000 isn't a bad haul for a win at a bonus game, and if there is returning champions, all the better.
Two letters: B.S.
That's not \"'mo' money syndrome.\" That's inflation. Take a look at H2, especially the day when Peter Marshall hosted. Sheesh!
--- End quote ---
Password isn't a game where the money matters that much. They used to play for $350, after all. As long as it doesn't seem cut-rate, any amount would do.
I'd structure it like this:
--Start with three password puzzles, preferably the more clever Super Password type (where they're a little like the board game Tri-Bond). Pay off, say, $500 apiece.
--Whoever leads at this point plays Cashword. Or, even better, Carword.
--After that, switch celebrities then play good old-fashioned Password until time expires (with the Tattletales bell sound, I hope). Either start each word at $500 and take away $50 for each clue, or simplify it and play a flat $500 a word. This way it's tense until the end, yet you can still end the game at a set time.
--Winner plays the Lightning Round for some amount of money. (They could use Alphabetics/Super Password rules, but I insist as someone else did that Lightning Round is the best bonus game name ever, so they've got to keep it.)
Timsterino:
Wow would I love to see a \"Password\" revival. Now that is a classic show. If and when (I think it eventually will re-surface) it comes back I think it will be the most recent \"Super Password\"/\"Password Plus\" format.
Tim :-)
DrJWJustice:
[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 01:26 PM\'] Here's two more cents' worth.
Password isn't a game where the money matters that much. They used to play for $350, after all. As long as it doesn't seem cut-rate, any amount would do.
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Money doesn't matter on a game show??? Gimme a break. It's not the only reason why people play, but it's certainly a major reason.
DrJWJustice:
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 12:14 PM\'] What makes $25,000 better than $10,000 for a show where there are returning champions?
Brandon Brooks [/quote]
I cannot believe you signed your name to that. I don't know how you did -- probably not that well, given the question you asked -- but I did get through grade school mathematics with well beyond a 'C' average. I'll take a game show that has returning champs and $25,000 for a bonus win over a show that has returning champs and $10,000 for a bonus win.
In case you need me to draw you a picture, a person could win $50,000 (or more) in two games with $25,000 for an Alphabetics win. It would take five games to do that under your scheme. Better quit before you cram your foot further down your throat, Mr. Brooks.
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