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5 Least Favorite Current Pricing Games
BillCullen1:
--- Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on December 18, 2024, 05:27:47 PM ---
I recall at least once a woman won all 4 Plinko chips and she ended up getting all zeroes. Perfect pricing and she won ZERO dollars. Yes she won the 4 small prizes, each worth less than $100, but for a huge cash game such as Stinko...but I imagine the powers that be on the show and CBS would never consider trying this idea. For one budgetary issues are considered and for another, so many past players of Plinko might feel slighted by the rule changes but that's just how it goes. Rule changes happen with games all the time.
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I remember this with Bob as host. After the woman got five zeros, Bob had a model (Janice?) go up and try her luck for the woman. She got a zero as well.
Kevin Prather:
I think the last thing they need to do is cheapen a Plinko win by making it easier. By all means, eliminate the zeros and beef up the other prizes, but leave the ultimate goal alone. Five chips in the center.
Dbacksfan12:
--- Quote from: Steve Gavazzi on December 18, 2024, 10:16:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on December 18, 2024, 08:39:28 PM ---Nope, still a top prize of $50,000. If the first four chips all go into $1,000 and the 5th and final chip lands in the center, the player would win another $46,000, thus augmenting their total cash prize to $50,000.
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Bob Stewart is not a good person from whom to steal payout structures.
I'm sure half of you have heard this already, but here's what I've been saying they should do since I can't even remember when anymore if they absolutely need to get Plinko won: If and only if the contestant wins all five chips, after they've all been dropped, they should let the player give up the cash they've won to drop the golden Plinko chip from the MDSs. Whatever it lands in gets multiplied by five, so if they hit $10,000, they get the full $50,000.
On the other hand, if it hits zero...well, 5 x 0 = 0.
It realistically allows the game to be won without absurdly cranking the odds, and it maintains the need to do all the pricing correctly.
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I swear I saw Steve's reply before Bill's 10:09 post ever populated.
Bill, I'm sorry, but your idea of making Plinko progressive is a non-starter. I don't understand the logic behind making the middle slot worth more as the game goes on.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on December 18, 2024, 08:39:28 PM ---Nope, still a top prize of $50,000. If the first four chips all go into $1,000 and the 5th and final chip lands in the center, the player would win another $46,000, thus augmenting their total cash prize to $50,000.
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Keep in mind that even though this is a game show centered around numbers, you're gonna confuse a lotta people at home - not to mention the contestants - with this progressive jackpot. And is this progressive jackpot only for every playing? In other words, if they play it tomorrow and the jackpot gets to 50K, will it still be 50K when they play Plinko in a few weeks or reset back to 10K? Because while a say, $130K jackpot sounds appealing, it's hell on the budget and will likely confuse the viewers who don't watch every day.
Denials:
And while Plinko is a luck-based game, it's not a *completely* luck based game. Where you drop the chip from influences the odds, despite few contestants ever seeming to understand that.
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