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H2 question
tommycharles:
[quote name=\'pyrfan\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 01:29 PM\'] I have to wonder if someone on the Marshall HS staff was encouraging contestants to start in places other than the center square. Notice how rarely a game from that era starts with a center pick. Often they went to the corner squares, which then meant more of the inside squares got chosen, allowing for even more variety.
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On the current version, the opposite happens. One of the staffers is there to encourage people not to start anywhere but the center.
I haven't been there myself, but when they had \"Entertainment Reporters Week\" one of the Colorado guys got to go (he played Friday, IIRC), and they showed some behind the scenes stuff on the 4pm newscast that day, and the \"encouragement\" was noted.
EDIT: Fanfare, confetti, bring on the dancing girls... 100 posts. Not that that's much of a milestone among some of the people here...has Lemon reached 1000 yet?
bricon:
--- Quote ---On the current version, the opposite happens. One of the staffers is there to encourage people not to start anywhere but the center.
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While contestants are told that it is a good strategic move to start in the center, they are also told that they are free to start anywhere they choose.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 12:18 PM\'] On the current version, the opposite happens. One of the staffers is there to encourage people not to start anywhere but the center.
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One wonders if this is the same pinhead who encourages WOF contestants-to-be to \"buy lots of vowels\".
--- Quote ---EDIT: Fanfare, confetti, bring on the dancing girls... 100 posts. Not that that's much of a milestone among some of the people here...has Lemon reached 1000 yet?
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Naw. I'm thinking sometime around Halloween. :)
EDIT: Ooh, no way. My profile says I average nine a day, so assuming that holds true, I'd hit four digits in just about two weeks.
SplitSecond:
--- Quote ---While contestants are told that it is a good strategic move to start in the center, they are also told that they are free to start anywhere they choose.
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Even more to the point, they are also told that center square is a very aggressive move that can seriously backfire on them if they agree or disagree incorrectly. This is more of a risk now with Martin Mull, who actually realizes that he can look just as smart by selling a bluff as Whoopi could by giving nothing but right answers.
pyrfan:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 02:08 PM\']I doubt that a contestant on Hollywood Squares is going to adjust his or her strategy because of the concern that a celebrity's feelings will be hurt if the star isn't chosen. As for the \"sameness\" of the episodes, heck, it's tic-tac-toe! Exactly how \"wild and crazy\" do you expect it to be?[/quote]
Point well taken, Matt. However, if the strategy is to go to a corner square after your opponent correctly gets the center box, why keep going to the same corner square every single time? If all the celebs are briefed equally, shouldn't I have just as much luck choosing Jillian Barberie as I would choosing Al Roker (scary as that might seem)? Therefore, all things being equal, why not go to a corner square that hasn't been heard from yet?
Concerning the sameness, yeah, it's tic-tac-toe, but it's televised tic-tac-toe. If I feel like I'm watching the same celebs get asked questions all the time and never hearing from others -- who may be my favorites and may be the reason I tuned in that day -- I might not be inclined to watch further episodes.
Brendan
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