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Comparing Password Plus to Super Password
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on January 15, 2025, 08:53:26 AM ---IMHO, Bert livened things up and slowed the pace down a bit compared to earlier Password incarnations to give contestants to enjoy their time on the show a bit more to give them more than just a quick 10-15 minute experience...
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Not to mention what that does to the prize budget.
chris319:
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on January 15, 2025, 01:13:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on January 15, 2025, 08:53:26 AM ---IMHO, Bert livened things up and slowed the pace down a bit compared to earlier Password incarnations to give contestants to enjoy their time on the show a bit more to give them more than just a quick 10-15 minute experience...
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Not to mention what that does to the prize budget.
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Those things are not as important as how the audience receives the show.
TheInquisitiveOne:
--- Quote from: PYLdude on January 13, 2025, 03:27:47 PM ---While Super Password kept the progressive jackpot, I still have to give a slight nod to Alphabetics because I felt the penalty for illegal clues was, to me, the fairer one (reducing the value of the pot instead of an outright forfeit of the jackpot).
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I do agree, but I also think the stiff penalty was a way to balance something that, to me, gave the overall gameplay aspect advantage to Password Plus: the prohibition of opposites.
In Alphabetics, if all you could do was give an opposite at the cost of one-fifth of the jackpot, at least the prize is still appealing. In “The Endgame,” you can give opposites again, but any other goof will cost you severely. I felt the balance was justified to a degree.
The Inquisitive One
Eric Paddon:
There were also a couple instances in Password Plus where a deliberately illegal clue was given on a word the contestant was stuck on so that way they could get a $4000 jackpot instead of $900. Not exactly the way you should win that much money in a Bonus Game IMO.
Musc wise, "Password Plus" had the better theme.
SuperMatch93:
What do we all think of P+ banning opposites as clues? I generally prefer it as a show, but I don't like that rule very much.
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