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PeterMarshallFan:
--- Quote ---the $1M Match Game
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Stoooppp!!! [throws head against padded walls and screams]
Can't we just end this flame war already? Lemme give you a happy medium. $20,000. There.
HomieG1386:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 07:43 PM\'] Can't we just end this flame war already? Lemme give you a happy medium. $20,000. There. [/quote]
Agreed. $20,000 seems nice. If you win 5 straight days that's $100 grand. Not a bad amount compared to game shows nowdays. Wheel has a $100K space. 5-day champs on J! and H2 win up to $100K. Family Feud has 5-time champs that can win up to $100K over 5 days. $20K seems good for a bonus round.
If you don't agree, let's go back to school. $x. Done.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 04:11 PM\'] Prizes are part of what make the show interesting. They can help ratchet the tension. They can keep people at the end of their seats. That does not mean that everyone will watch a game show for that reason. As for me, it is a reason why I watch. It is not the reason. [/quote]
But you're still not explaining why a 25K grand prize is more exciting than a 10K one. All you've said is \"well, because.\" Which doesn't surprise me, because I don't think a convincing reason exists.
--- Quote ---As for the second part of your statement, Chris, my statement is a matter of my OPINION.
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So's mine. So's Brandon's. And yet with your \"foot in mouth\" comment you attempt to deny Brandon his. If you're gonna dish it out, you'd better learn to take it.
--- Quote ---If I played for Brandon's $10,000, do you think me so stupid as to say \"no, I won't want my winnings -- they're not high enough\"?
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But that's the exact argument you are making. If they ARE high enough, why jack it to 25K? And I'm not making an assumption, this is information based completely off of your own posts. Can't you even argue with yourself efficiently?
--- Quote ---All you know how to do is say \"no\" to people around here. You did it in ATGS, the old board, and now here.
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If that were the case, do you think I'd still be here? If you really feel that picked on by me (and I assure you it's nothing personal...I think about you and your opinion of me even LESS than you do of mine, rest assured), you should take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself why. Yeah, too much to ask, I know.
--- Quote ---Now, enough of this crap. Back to game shows.....
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Translation: \"I have to have the last word, and to ensure this I'm going to stick my fingers in my ears and sing \"Volare\" at the top of my lungs, which automatically refutes all further responses.\"
DrJWJustice:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 09:29 PM\'] Translation: "I have to have the last word, and to ensure this I'm going to stick my fingers in my ears and sing "Volare" at the top of my lungs, which automatically refutes all further responses." [/quote]
Actually, I knew you couldn't resist having the last word, so out the window goes your 'translation.' And actually, I had Dvorak in mind, but Voltaire will do nicely. If you want to think less of me, as I said earlier, more power to you. (I will admit it is fun to argue w/ you, sometimes. It is theraputic, at least for me, after a long week in the office.)
Oh, and to answer your question of 'why jack it up'? Because it's MONEY! Given the choice of $25,000 and returning champs (I never ruled out that last part) or $10,000 and returning champs, which would you choose? Would I say 'no' to ten grand? Hell no! Would I rather have twenty-five grand over ten grand? All things being equal, HELL YES!
First things first, though, and that's getting the show back on the air, preferably w/o the Pearson-style 'improvements' that took down Match Game, TTTT, and Card Sharks.
OK, Chris, your turn.
DrJWJustice:
[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 11:04 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 09:29 PM\'] "Volare" [/quote]
Excuse me, I meant 'Volare,\" not \"Voltaire.\" Actually, Voltaire is good for the mind, too.
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