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Matt Ottinger:
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 03:02 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 11:41 AM\'][quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 07:01 AM\'] You'd figure after all this time it would have gone up to $10 a point by now, what with inflation and all.  Since the main prize is now $20,000 (four times what it once was, and twice what it was earlier in this version) it's surprising the "consolation" prize hasn't gone up as well. [/quote]
Oh good lord.[/quote]
Yes, we know how much you hate Mo' Money Syndrome, Chris, but this isn't that bad of a suggestion.  I don't like Mo' Money Syndrome, either, but this does make a reasonable amount of sense.  I mean, $5 a point has been the norm since the seventies.  Raising it to $10 means a family still can't end up with more than $1,990, compared to $20,000 for getting just one more point; and since it's divided among 5 people, they can each get a whole $398.  Especially when they aren't getting anything for winning the front game, this isn't unreasonable in the least. [/quote]
 It also has the added advantage of making more intuitive sense to the home viewer (they just added a zero!), as well as being something that Karn wouldn't need a cue card to figure out.  So, yeah, there's something to this one.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 12:02 PM\'] Raising it to $10 means a family still can't end up with more than $1,990, compared to $20,000 for getting just one more point; and since it's divided among 5 people, they can each get a whole $398.  Especially when they aren't getting anything for winning the front game, this isn't unreasonable in the least. [/quote]
 I guess. I'm not hot on the idea of a "consolation prize" for losing a bonus game being more than a thousand bucks, even if it is divided among teammates. (No, don't bother citing Donny's Pyramid, y'all know what I think of that show anyhow.) Perhaps the times are a-changin', tho...

Jimmy Owen:
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 02:02 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 11:41 AM\'][quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 07:01 AM\'] You'd figure after all this time it would have gone up to $10 a point by now, what with inflation and all.  Since the main prize is now $20,000 (four times what it once was, and twice what it was earlier in this version) it's surprising the "consolation" prize hasn't gone up as well. [/quote]
Oh good lord.[/quote]
Yes, we know how much you hate Mo' Money Syndrome, Chris, but this isn't that bad of a suggestion.  I don't like Mo' Money Syndrome, either, but this does make a reasonable amount of sense.  I mean, $5 a point has been the norm since the seventies.  Raising it to $10 means a family still can't end up with more than $1,990, compared to $20,000 for getting just one more point; and since it's divided among 5 people, they can each get a whole $398.  Especially when they aren't getting anything for winning the front game, this isn't unreasonable in the least. [/quote]
 I used to participate in trivia tournaments with my vast trivia knowlege, and one thing that used to bother me was that when we split up the money, I would get the same share as someone's spouse who tagged along and didn't answer a question.  Nothing to do with FF, but I just wanted to vent.

Brandon Brooks:
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Nov 26 2003, 03:26 PM\'] I used to participate in trivia tournaments with my vast trivia knowlege, and one thing that used to bother me was that when we split up the money, I would get the same share as someone's spouse who tagged along and didn't answer a question.  Nothing to do with FF, but I just wanted to vent. [/quote]
 When I was on Knowledge Bowl (Memphis' Quiz Bowl), the same thing happened.  But I was part of a team... and I got over it quickly.  So should you.  I was mad that we didn't win, not at the person who made us "lose."

Brandon Brooks

Jimmy Owen:
Oh, we won.  It's just that I only got half of what the married people got.

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