Author Topic: Password, or Password Plus? (Read 13235 times)

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #60 on:** March 10, 2005, 05:25:38 PM »

Didn't anyone like the qualifying game of PAS/75? I thought it was a neat innovation.

mmb5 · « **Reply #61 on:** March 10, 2005, 06:30:47 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Mar 10 2005, 05:25 PM\']Didn't anyone like the qualifying game of PAS/75? I thought it was a neat innovation.

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My only problem with it was that you were off the show if you didn't qualify. It should have been at least 2 losses. Plus I'm surprised no one ever injured themselves on the arrow.

--Mike

Don Howard · « **Reply #62 on:** March 11, 2005, 12:23:53 AM »

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Really? Having one completely-irrelevant puzzle leads to a better scoring system? You must've *loved* Body Language and Feud '99!

Oh yeah...forgot about that extraneous $100 puzzle, LOL.

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Which? Both $100 puzzles were unnecessary.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #63 on:** March 11, 2005, 11:01:45 AM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Mar 11 2005, 12:23 AM\']Which? Both $100 puzzles were unnecessary.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the scoring was $100-$100-$200....

Round 1: $100-$0
Round 2: $100-$100
Round 3: $100-$300 [Player 2 Wins]

zachhoran · « **Reply #64 on:** March 11, 2005, 11:25:17 AM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Mar 11 2005, 11:01 AM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Mar 11 2005, 12:23 AM\']Which? Both $100 puzzles were unnecessary.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the scoring was $100-$100-$200....

Round 1: $100-$0
Round 2: $100-$100
Round 3: $100-$300 [Player 2 Wins]

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That was the scoring system on Password Plus with the $300 to win rule. The Body Language rule to which Don Howard refers is $100-$100-$250-$250-$250(playoff puzzle if no one had won after fourth pantomime/puzzle was played) with $500 needed for a win. The first two puzzles didn't really have an effect on the outcome of the game.

TLEberle · « **Reply #65 on:** March 11, 2005, 12:13:23 PM »

They didn't have an effect on the outcome any more than giving away $200, but they did do the following:

Ensure that four puzzles would be played each show, and the fifth was a throwaway. Even if you won the first three puzzles, it wasn't over.

Make sure that the show would wrap with a bonus round each time.

Give both teams one chance to get the hang of the game before the important rounds were played.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #66 on:** March 11, 2005, 12:29:47 PM »

Could something had been done involving points on P+ or SP? For example, the sooner you got the puzzle, the more points, or maybe points could be banked for each word guessed and if you solved the puzzle, your team would get the points you banked, etc.

zachhoran · « **Reply #67 on:** March 11, 2005, 12:35:21 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Mar 11 2005, 12:29 PM\']Could something had been done involving points on P+ or SP? For example, the sooner you got the puzzle, the more points, or maybe points could be banked for each word guessed and if you solved the puzzle, your team would get the points you banked, etc.

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Chris C. stated that a system like this was considered for the P+ scoring system, no?

TLEberle · « **Reply #68 on:** March 11, 2005, 03:01:27 PM »

Maybe you should let Chris confirm or deny that, then, instead of blindly speaking for him when you clearly don't know either way. For anyone else, this would be common sense, but obviously, this is a special case.

chris319 · « **Reply #69 on:** March 11, 2005, 05:46:59 PM »

As best I recall from 26 years ago, each password started off with a value of $100. $10 were deducted for each clue after the first. When a password was solved the money went into a bank. When a puzzle was solved the team who solved it received the money in the bank. The first team to reach or surpass a specified amount won the match.

Let's say the goal was $200. In the best case, one team would get all the passwords and solve the puzzles on the first clue. The match would be over after two puzzles. In the worst case, each team would use six clues to solve each password and $50 would go into the bank for each password solved. After five clues the puzzle would be solved and the match would be over. This introduced a great deal of variability into the timing of each match as well as making the puzzle more valuable as it got easier (more clues revealed).

chris319 · « **Reply #70 on:** March 11, 2005, 05:56:27 PM »

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In their constant attempts to impress Mr. G that they were doing something different, some G-T scoring systems got a little convoluted.

Goodson was just as happy with a flat scoring system. G-T producers were concocting elaborate scoring systems to impress themselves more than anybody.

Raising the dollar goal on P+ meant more main games and fewer end games, resulting in a smaller prize budget.