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Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch

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Mr. Matté:
Two secret bids might lead to more ties too. Right now, two separate people bidding on separate showcases, it's pretty unlikely that a tie will occur (especially if one costs say $21,500 and the other $18,437). It's more feasible for two people to secretly bid $22,000 on a single showcase.

If they do go a secret bid route, they could always just have the contestants rebid if they do end up the same and do that (and edit the tape as necessary) until different bids happen.

TheLastResort:
Contestant #1 bids on the showcase. Contestant #2 guesses whether the ARP is higher or lower than that bid.  If #2 is right, he wins the showcase. Otherwise #1 wins it (see Card Sharks).

wdm1219inpenna:
Another option for the secret bid showcase, if both players tie, award it to the top winner.

I admit I do like the idea of both players doing a separate bid on one of the other prizes as a tie-breaker of sorts.

Another option would be to show a list of 10 possible showcase prices, the top winner would have the option of selecting one first or passing to the other player to select first, and giving the top winner potentially a 1 in 9 chance.

The drawback with a secret bid I realize is it would take away all of the screaming excitement of the audience participation in the live audience in screaming out different bids, but I suppose they could still do so anyway, just without the audience seeing the list of possible prices.

In all cases, the list of 10 possible prices for the showcase, at least one of the prices shown would always be guaranteed to not be over the ARP of the showcase.  Conversely, it could be where all 10 are below the ARP as well. 

Kevin Prather:

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--- Quote from: MikeK on June 16, 2025, 12:19:20 PM ---I think the easiest way to save time is one showcase with both players locking in secret bids.  That would save four or five minutes, at least.  Editing out/down the hemming and hawing while listening to 180 different bids from 180 audience members saves time too.  Within $250 doesn't win both showcases, obviously, so the bonus could be $25,000, a car, or some combination of cash and transport.

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Cash equivalent bonus was what I was thinking in lieu of DSW.  Would still need a solution for a tie - fastest finger?  Sub-bidding on one of the prizes?

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Just give them both the showcase. The current rule provides for awarding both players both showcases under the right condition, so awarding duplicate prizes is not off the table.

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But then what's to prevent all contestants from bidding the same amount every time, thereby guaranteeing everyone who makes it to the Showcase a win? It might not happen right away, but it wouldn't take long for people to figure it out once they learned the rule.

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Yeah I realized that a little while after I posted it. Bidding on the same showcase, it does sort of remove the jeopardy if both players bid the same amount.

BrandonFG:

--- Quote from: TheLastResort on June 16, 2025, 07:55:55 PM ---Contestant #1 bids on the showcase. Contestant #2 guesses whether the ARP is higher or lower than that bid.  If #2 is right, he wins the showcase. Otherwise #1 wins it (see Card Sharks).

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Only thing is, it's a big difference between guessing Higher/Lower for control of the row of cards, and guessing H/L for a chance at $20K+ in prizes. Way too little work for such a grand prize, esp. when someone obviously over/underbids by a lot.

I actually liked Kevin's idea of letting both contestants get their Showcase if there's a tie, but Mike makes a good point. How about a "DIY" Showcase where you're shown no more than four items. Each contestant can pick two or three and bid on that, under the condition that they can't pick the same three items. Whoever's closer wins.

You still only have four items described, and through editing magic the contestants make their "choices" by the time George finishes describing everything. "Jennifer, you're bidding on the Kia Soul, a trip to Rome, and a new camera. Robert, you chose the Kia, the camera, and the Macbook Pro. Lock in your bids and we'll be right back..."

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