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H2 question
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote ---Seems to be the case, they've decided not to rotate center squares as they did last season.
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One thing I liked about earlier years of this version, and during the Davidson' verson is that celebrities rotated squares after each episode. It gets kind of the same to see the same celebrities in the same squares each day - especially when some squares don't get called on as much as others.
bricon:
--- Quote ---Is Martin Mull the new permanent center square? Seems that way, IMO.
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There will be other center squares during the season, for example,
Susan Lucci, for \"Daytime TV Week\".
pyrfan:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 07:54 AM\']One thing I liked about earlier years of this version, and during the Davidson' verson is that celebrities rotated squares after each episode. It gets kind of the same to see the same celebrities in the same squares each day - especially when some squares don't get called on as much as others.[/quote]
I also can't help noticing that after a game is finished, often the contestants will choose the exact same patterns and celebrities as in the previous games. Since all the celebs are getting coached on bluffs and should be equally prepared, aren't all corner squares and all \"inside\" squares just about equal? Maybe they should have someone on the staff mention during commercials, \"Hey, so-and-so hasn't been called on yet.\" It would take away from some of the sameness of the episodes.
I also think that the pattern of the contestant always choosing the center square first gets less tiresome when there are different center celebs every week or, in the cases of Davidson HS and MG/HS, every day. As much as I love Paul Lynde's humor, I don't think the show would have worked as well had he been chosen first all the time.
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.
Brendan
TraderRob:
From a strategic point of view, you should *always* pick a corner first rather than starting in the center. If your opponent should not choose the center square, no matter where s/he chooses, you can choose a square that, within a few more moves, will allow you two ways of winning. Of course, this *is* Hollywood Squares and not regular tic-tac-toe, but assuming everyone gets all of his/her questions right, this strategy would work.
Rob
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote ---Maybe they should have someone on the staff mention during commercials, \"Hey, so-and-so hasn't been called on yet.\" It would take away from some of the sameness of the episodes.
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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?
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