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Cheering for a contestant to lose for selfish reasons....

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parliboy:

--- Quote from: BrandonFG on September 19, 2025, 01:27:48 PM ---Never been a fan of $1 upbidders (I know it's strategy but it still irks me), so anytime they get on stage I root for them to lose their pricing game. Because I'm petty.

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See, I'm completely the opposite.  I'm of the opinion that if you are the fourth bidder, there are only four possible rational bids, and I get irked when they win while making a different bid.

BrandonFG:

--- Quote from: parliboy on September 19, 2025, 02:38:16 PM ---See, I'm completely the opposite.  I'm of the opinion that if you are the fourth bidder, there are only four possible rational bids, and I get irked when they win while making a different bid.

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That's fair, when you put it like that.

I'll also add any Deal or No Deal contestant who said "[Six-figure offer] is not enough...No Deal!" I always got a good laugh out of them going home with $50 due to their greed.

That Don Guy:
I remember when studio audiences could be heard rooting against contestants. For some reason, on one of the versions of NBC High Rollers, once a contestant won over $20,000, the audience tended to start rooting for the challenger.

Does rooting for challengers to lose so I can see the champions go for bonuses (e.g. rooting for a third-day champion to win on $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime, or even something like rooting for a Pyramid contestant who won their first game of a day to win their second one as well) count?

TimK2003:
Moreso in the 80s reboot of Treasure Hunt, I liked when contestants would wind up getting Klunked, as they at least had another guaranteed shot at picking the winning jack-in-the-box in the next game for another chance at a decent prize.

Ian Wallis:
I know we've discussed the ratio of male-female contestants on certain shows in the past, but I found that on '80s Pyramid, whenever there was a male contestant I always rooted for them (and against the female) because if the male contestant lost, it could be over a week before we saw another one.

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