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If Password returned,
Jimmy Owen:
I wasn't as fond of the Password Puzzles because you sometimes would have a clue word show up as a password later within the same round, also they would occasionally have initials rather than words as passwords. The CBS/ABC shows were a better test of word knowlege, IMO (try using that as a password sometime). Lightning Round was more exciting than Alphabetics because of the unpredicability factor (and I liked how the words came up from under the table.) I also enjoyed the much maligned 1975 format because you had to think fast in the qualifying game. I don't believe a revival would be successful in today's television climate, the Great Unwashed would not have the patience for it.
Clay Zambo:
Well, clues showing up as passwords later on is just part of life in puzzle-land. But I'd think with careful puzzle-writing that could be minimized. (As could the elimination of initials as passwords.)
Since you're so fond of Lightning Round (and I am, too, I admit), how 'bout this:
30 minute format, no straddling.
P+ passwords and puzzles played, but each time a team solves a puzzle, they play a 5-word, 30-second Lightning Round to determine how much they'll win. (Substitute real prize amounts depending on the production budget) First two puzzles @ 1 point/word, then 2, 3, etc. High scorer at the end of the show plays Alphabetics for a gazillion dollars, or a really nice hand-knitted sweater, or whatever.
(If I've proposed this format before, I apologize; the memory is the second thing to go and I can't remember the first.)
SteveRep:
I think it could work. I've always been partial to shows that reward you for what you know and how well/quickly you can use it.
If it were to come back, I think it would have to be primarily in the P+SP style. Instead of decreasing points, how about a bonus if you guess the puzzle on the first clue? 25 points? 50?
I'm split on doing BOTH a Lightning Round and an Alphabetics in the end game. On one hand, it seems convoluted and redundant. But on the other, it could help the show fill out the time so that it would be a non-straddling show.
Five words, $200 per word, then 'Betics for 10x for a max pot of $10,000. Works for me, if straddling isn't wanted.
How about this too -- play a Cashword somewhere in the front game for a set amount, say $2,000. BUT it also works as a doubler. If you get the Cashword and you end up winning the game, your 'Betics pot is automatically doubled.
willmorris:
Okay, here's a thought...
The puzzle starts at 250 points. The first word is shown. Team A gets the first crack. Their first guess is free. If they get it wrong, though, it takes ten points off the puzzle value, and team B gets a guess. Each team gets up to three guesses and for each missed guess except B's last, the puzzle value goes down 10 points. B's last guess instead triggers the revealing of the password; a maximum of 50 points can be lost on any word.
Once the PW is correctly guessed, they have one chance to solve the puzzle for that value. They do, they get the points. They don't, no penalty.
Game is to 400 points. If we get to the third puzzle, then it plays at 500 points to start and 20 points lost per word.
Lemme know what you think of this idea.
tom0930:
I think you could easily combine the original and P+ formats...Make it a best of 3 to 50 points each game.
You work the passwords like the classic (10 to 0), then play a Password Puzzle with the following scoring scale.
1st clue--10
2nd clue--7
3rd clue--5
4th clue--3
5th clue--1
If a team wins on a password, simply reveal the puzzle and if time runs out in the middle of a puzzle, reveal it and start a new one the next show.
The bonus round should be called \"The Big Money Lightning Round\" and played like Alphabetics...start the jackpot at $10k, add $5k to the jackpot each time it's missed.
BTW, one illegal clue in bonus loses jackpot chance....Music cue idea--the cue used on TPIR's Pushover would work under the lightning round (subtle intensity)
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