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dickoon:
[quote name=\'reason1024\' date=\'Dec 23 2003, 02:43 AM\'] Do you all think Nick's GUTS had it right with their point structure for the 'Crag? I got the (perhaps wrong) impression that it was a little off because the scoring went something like 725-550-375. [/quote]
Afraid I've never seen it. :-) I've seen it listed as a UK show from time to time and I'm fully prepared to believe that it has been broadcast on the UK version of Nick. Our family have never had Nick, though.
Sounds reasonable. I could make an obscure reference to We Are The Champions which had a vaguely similar scoring system, plus lots of bonus point opportunities. Oh look, I just have done.
Ahem,
C
PS Am most amused by the crossover mentions of German Games in the next thread along, because it lets me say things like "Peter Sarrett is! Chris Lambert". Wouldn't celebrities' favourite Time's Up! by R&R Games be adaptable into a potentially great Win, Lose or Draw-style show?
Brig Bother:
I'm fairly sure there was a GUTS UK. I can't find the review on the UKGSP, but I'm convinced I wrote one which made the point over how MAD Mike O Malley was.
The interesting thing about IAK and AAG is that the French show it's all based on, Intervilles, is actually over long and upsettingly dull. Even watching people getting chased round by a bull loses its appeal after a couple of minutes but the games seemed to last 10 minutes plus. JSF and IAK remain better shows I think.
brianhenke:
There was The Grand Knockout Tournament, a version where celebrities and British royalty dressed in medieval costumes competed in games like Knock A Knight. It aired on USA in 1987. (Hey, I wrote something about it on IMDB.com!)
Brian
100 plus 100 equals 600?
We want some more pro wrestling (STILL) and NASCAR questions!
Speedy G:
[quote name=\'reason1024\' date=\'Dec 22 2003, 08:43 PM\']Do you all think Nick's GUTS had it right with their point structure for the 'Crag? I got the (perhaps wrong) impression that it was a little off because the scoring went something like 725-550-375. Meaning you could really only expect to make up 100 points in a close race because the lower places, for some reason, got higher "tiebreaker digits".
Mike
Tom Hanks: "There's no crying in Jeux Sans Frontieres !!!"[/quote]
IMO, the initial idea was probably 700-500-300 or something like that in planning, but then they decided they didn't want to have a tiebreaker, so they made the change to 725-550-375.
Here's how I figure it. If 300 is first and 100 is third in regular events, someone who is less than one "event" behind the leader (only 100 off or tied) can take it themselves by winning the crag. Someone who is one event behind (200 or 300 off) needs help to win (namely, they can only win if they get first on the crag and the leader gets third). Someone who is two events or more behind (400+) can't catch up to win, obviously.
uncamark:
[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Dec 23 2003, 07:27 AM\']There was The Grand Knockout Tournament, a version where celebrities and British royalty dressed in medieval costumes competed in games like Knock A Knight. It aired on USA in 1987. (Hey, I wrote something about it on IMDB.com!)[/quote]
And based on the original "It's a Knockout" series, complete with British host Stuart Hall (who mostly got edited out of the USA version when possible--A&E aired the British version of the show some years later).
And up in Game Show Heaven, Randy would want me to mention that the Peter Gabriel song "Games Without Frontiers" (which is "Jeux Sans Frontieres" in English) has lyrical references to both the French and English titles.
"If looks could kill/They probably will/In Games Without Frontiers/War without fears..."
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