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PYL and/or Whammy: Your views
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 10:24 PM\']
Classic PYL: Peter Tomarken always talked about getting 4 whammies in the first round. Very, very, very confusing rule. Does that mean the player who hits 4 whammies in Round 1 can't participate in any part of Round 2 (Question Round or Big Board)?
[/quote]
Yeah, they presumably wouldn't take part in round two if they got four Whammies. I say presumably because no one ever got four Whammies in round one, though occasionally players got three. Usually someone would pass their spins after getting a second Whammy in round one, as Peter would tell them to be careful about getting a third Whammy in round one.
Don Howard:
--- Quote ---Also, I don't understand why, on the Classic PYL, a player's scoreboard is turned off permanently when they he or she gets 4 whammies. Why can't they just put the score on $0? This lets the audience and home viewers know, "Oh, that player is not only out of the game, that player's score will stay at $0 for the REST of the game!
--- End quote ---
Because if your readout says $0, it's possible that you'd still win the game
and return the next day. When it's turned off, you're done forever.
gameshowguy2000:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 10:26 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 10:24 PM\']
Classic PYL: Peter Tomarken always talked about getting 4 whammies in the first round. Very, very, very confusing rule. Does that mean the player who hits 4 whammies in Round 1 can't participate in any part of Round 2 (Question Round or Big Board)?
[/quote]
Yeah, they presumably wouldn't take part in round two if they got four Whammies. I say presumably because no one ever got four Whammies in round one, though occasionally players got three. Usually someone would pass their spins after getting a second Whammy in round one, as Peter would tell them to be careful about getting a third Whammy in round one. [/quote]
Uh-huh. And I remember that all too well.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 08:24 PM\'] Well, the rules of Whammy's first round are easier to learn than that of the Classic PYL's first round:
[/quote]
Um, PYL's rules aren't exactly taxing.
--- Quote ---Classic PYL: Peter Tomarken always talked about getting 4 whammies in the first round. Very, very, very confusing rule.
--- End quote ---
How is "If you get four Whammies, you're out of the game" confusing? Sounds pretty cut-and-dried to me.
--- Quote ---Does that mean the player who hits 4 whammies in Round 1 can't participate in any part of Round 2 (Question Round or Big Board)?
--- End quote ---
You're kidding, right? Let's break this down:
"If you get four Whammies" = if you land on a Whammy space four times over the course of the game
"then you're out of the game" = you are disinvited from participating in the rest of the show. Period, paragraph, end of story.
Or maybe we should put it in code:
If (Player.Whammies == 4)
{
OutOfGame(Player);
}
else
{
GameContinues(Player);
}
--- Quote ---Also, I don't understand why, on the Classic PYL, a player's scoreboard is turned off permanently when they he or she gets 4 whammies. Why can't they just put the score on $0?
--- End quote ---
Because $0 represents the state a player is in if they have no money, but are still in the game, whereas a blank slate indicates a player is out of the game. Done. Finito. They're not coming back. Turn the eggcrate off.
If you're having trouble grokking these simple concepts, then I don't suggest you attempt tackling anything taxing like Lingo anytime soon.
Don Howard:
--- Quote ---"then you're out of the game" = you are disinvited from participating in the rest of the show.
--- End quote ---
That's hilarious. I must add "disinvited from participating" to the list which
contains such other phrases as "non-winners" and "hamsters apparatuses".
I burst out laughing when I saw that.
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