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BrandonFG:
Would Blackjack be a good analogy? If the dealer and I both get an 18, I don't collect but I don't lose my bet either.
It reminds me of the CS contestant who got three or four pushes in a row, and I wanna say he went Bust. It made for an interesting blooper but it still feels like bad television.
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on January 18, 2025, 03:42:22 PM ---Would Blackjack be a good analogy? If the dealer and I both get an 18, I don't collect but I don't lose my bet either.
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I think Baccarat is a better comparison in this case because Blackjack is your hand versus an adversary. Baccarat is you choosing between two possibilities, not unlike the Higher/Lower decision.
Steve Gavazzi:
--- Quote from: aaron sica on January 18, 2025, 02:43:50 PM ---but my wife (who was at one point a math teacher) says it shouldn't be, because it's neither higher nor lower, which was the bet. I don't agree, but she makes a fair point.
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She's logically right, but there's no situation where a game show can come out looking good because they didn't provide a correct answer and then took money away from the contestant.
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: Loogaroo on January 16, 2025, 08:40:24 PM ---I have never understood the appeal of Cash Cab. It's filler. It's good filler, but it's filler nonetheless.
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It's curious to me that this show gets a brickbat since you literally created a format to be finished within five minutes in a single take.
Sometimes I want a battery of fun trivia questions with contestants who are fun and excited but not over the top.
To Jeremy's point about the takes being chilly to cool--for me personally getting to know people in the industry has helped to understand things such as casting decisions and rule sets, and also getting to know several people through conventions or chatting all the way back to the days of ICQ and AOL IM. I certainly have strong opinions, and I'll die upon the hill the Scrabble is better when they don't have to play to a time up sound effect, but I'm not going to dismiss the opinions of people who have become if not lifelong friends, we're at least excellent to each other.
Jeremy Nelson:
--- Quote from: aaron sica on January 18, 2025, 02:43:50 PM ---The "push rule" is quite literally one of the very few things my wife and I disagree on. I say because it's the same, it *SHOULD* be a push, but my wife (who was at one point a math teacher) says it shouldn't be, because it's neither higher nor lower, which was the bet. I don't agree, but she makes a fair point.
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As a contestant, no, you don't lose money, but keep in mind that it's still a wasted turn that cuts deeply into your max possible win. So while you don't lose the money from your current bankroll, it hurts down the line.
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