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TLEberle:
Looking over that poor contestant who got the big donut playing Plinko, I'm reminded of two times that I rooted against the contestants, both times on TPiR:

Either last month, or close, a woman in Contestant's Row makes an incredibly dumb bid (that narrows down the field how much?), is generally not paying attention to the game, and so forth, but miraculously makes it onstage to play Plinko. ("Damn it all, you stupid woman; why on earth are you onstage?") Imagine my disgust that such a good game is wasted on her. I hope for the worst, and damn near get it: three chips and $600 is all she gets. She's bounced in the Showcase Showdown and all is right with the world.

Last year, more TPiR ineptitude abounds, two college age yokels make it on stage, completely botch their respective games, and luck into the Showcase. I say, "you know, I can't stand either of you. I hope you both go over." Ta-da, double overbid, Bob exits through the audience. And it was an atrocious double-over, at that. Not even close.

I know it's not very nice to hope that contestants lose, but sometimes people on that show really irritate me. Am I the only one that thinks that the viewing audience might enjoy watching people who know what the hell they're doing onstage rather than the Cross-Section of America thing the coordinators are doing now? And I don't mean knowing the secrets of the games like us, I mean not making dumb choices, like underbidding by $1 in Contestant's Row, being able to play the games properly, and making the Showcase a reasonably exciting final act.

Commence to discussion.
Travis

Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 01:25 AM\'] Commence to discussion.
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 Yes, I occasionly root against a contestant.

One that comes to mind is Skyler from the Whammy! premiere

PPatters:
Actually, I'm pretty sexist in who I root for. When a man and a woman play against each other, I ALWAYS root for the woman. Don't know why, I just do.

aaron sica:
This ranks up there with the weirdest things I've said here...:)

I only root against a contestant when they're playing "Cliffhangers" on TPiR....I get some kind of inner joy seeing the mountain climber go over the edge..

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'PPatters\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 05:57 AM\'] Actually, I'm pretty sexist in who I root for. When a man and a woman play against each other, I ALWAYS root for the woman. Don't know why, I just do. [/quote]
 I root for ladies a bit more if its a show on which women win less than half of the time(i.e. J! and WBSM)

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