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clemon79:
[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Jul 5 2003, 08:04 PM\'] TJW as we all know and love.  The winner of this round (Still $500) moves on to round 3. Two new players are introduced for round 2, and it's still the same game. Winner moves on to round 3 [/quote]
 \"It's the slot machine game you've played all your life, but never quite like this!\"

(Not that that's a bad thing, it worked fine for Scrabble.)

Is this gonna be an hour show, anyhow? 'Cuz it ain't fitting in 30 minutes, no way no how.


--- Quote ---ROUND 3- Fast Forward Round
--- End quote ---

Is still just as broken as it was before.


--- Quote ---The bonus round
I'm still working on that.
--- End quote ---

So far, all you've done is change back a broken format to an original format, and left the rest of the broken format broken. This isn't even close to excretable, much less viable.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jul 5 2003, 10:18 PM\'] So here's a new bonus round, which at least introduces an element of risk to the whole thing. It even keeps the devil around. It may be too expensive, but what the heck.
 [/quote]
 The knock on the original bonus round (which I've never had a problem with, BTW) wasn't that there wasn't enough risk, it's that there was NO SKILL. Yours doesn't take any more skill, it's just luck in a different form.

I don't see where yours improves on the current format, aside from giving away a boatload more money, and everyone and his brother ought to know where I stand on that issue by now.

dmota104:
My two cents on a TJW revival (FWIW I've thrown around this idea at the old place...BTW, I still like the idea this forum still has that \"new board smell\")...

Play the main game just like the original syndicated series except that...

\the champion goes first

\the values are double those of the original (I'm thinking $100 for a single, $200 for a pair, $400 for a triple, $1000 for three jokers; first to $1000 wins).

\if you answered a question correctly, the value of the spin is added to your score *AND* you get to spin again (this as opposed to alternating turns)

I always felt it was unfair when the first player would spin \"a three-way split\", using Cullen's terminology, and then, regardless of the result, the second player would spin a potential game-winning three jokers.

Neumms:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 6 2003, 12:42 AM\'][quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jul 5 2003, 10:18 PM\'] So here's a new bonus round, which at least introduces an element of risk to the whole thing. It even keeps the devil around. It may be too expensive, but what the heck.
 [/quote]
The knock on the original bonus round (which I've never had a problem with, BTW) wasn't that there wasn't enough risk, it's that there was NO SKILL. Yours doesn't take any more skill, it's just luck in a different form.

I don't see where yours improves on the current format, aside from giving away a boatload more money, and everyone and his brother ought to know where I stand on that issue by now.[/quote]
It's hard to rip on a game for not involving skill when it's based on slot machines. My trouble with the original endgame was that it was pathologically dull. \"High Rollers\" is luck, too, but there are decisions to be made and the game built to a climax. \"Split Second\" was all luck, but it was quick and had some drama to it. On TPIR, more and more pricing games involve a risk--first came Temptation and the Punchboard, more recently Spelling Bee, Let 'em Roll, and It's in the Bag.

The goal of my idea is to add more temptation to quit, thus giving the player something to think about. Otherwise it's like watching a total stranger scratch off a lottery ticket. And while my idea may require bigger prizes, I think a luck-based game needs reasonably high stakes to be interesting (as opposed to a skill game with play-along value, such as \"Lingo\" or \"Password\").

ilb4ever2000:

--- Quote ---My trouble with the original endgame was that it was pathologically dull.
--- End quote ---

Technically, isn't the original endgame the one with the prizes and circled prizes (Coffee! Another case of coffee! Color TV!)?

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