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Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on July 01, 2009, 01:13:05 AM
For lack of a better term up there; what are people's opinions on some of the little "gimmies" that Roger (and may still) use?  Examples of these "rules", I'm told are:


Personally, I think they cause the show to become rather stale.  When I host the game online, I tend to stray away from such rules.  Are they a reasonable expectation to use for one; and two, do they make for good TV?
Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on July 01, 2009, 08:31:40 AM
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'219286\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 01:13 AM\']0/5 always ends the price of a car[/quote]
Who the hell told you that?  That's not even close to right.
Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on July 01, 2009, 08:35:06 AM
I should clarify that the original statement was "Car prices end in 0 or 5 unless paint and fabric protectant [sic] is included."  Still, I want to say that I've seen cars end in other numbers without these features, even with Roger at the helm.
Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: TimK2003 on July 01, 2009, 08:55:16 AM
[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'219298\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 07:31 AM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'219286\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 01:13 AM\']0/5 always ends the price of a car[/quote]
Who the hell told you that?  That's not even close to right.
[/quote]


Perhaps for 10 Chances, but not for any other car game.
Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: jmangin on July 01, 2009, 09:02:13 AM
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'219286\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 01:13 AM\']No repeating digits in cars[/quote]
Numbers repeat all the time. Even in playings of Any Number, the car price had a repeating digit 14 out of 29 times this past season.

I only know this because I counted the playings from this site. (http://\"http://tpirsummaries.8m.com/Season37/PGStats.html\")
Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: Mr. Armadillo on July 01, 2009, 02:03:14 PM
Temptation is pretty much the only game where numbers can't repeat in the price of the car.  

Also, always put the 0 last in Ten Chances.
Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: catnap1972 on July 01, 2009, 02:28:02 PM
[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'219311\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 02:03 PM\']Temptation is pretty much the only game where numbers can't repeat in the price of the car.  

Also, always put the 0 last in Ten Chances.[/quote]

Seems like 95% of the contestants still haven't figured that out yet.
Title: TPiR "Frequent Viewer Bonus"
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on July 02, 2009, 05:14:08 PM
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'219299\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 08:35 AM\']I should clarify that the original statement was "Car prices end in 0 or 5 unless paint and fabric protectant [sic] is included."  Still, I want to say that I've seen cars end in other numbers without these features, even with Roger at the helm.[/quote]
That's just the most basic of descriptions, and we only even know about the paint sealant and fabric protectant deal because of Ted.  If I spent a few hours thinking about it, I could probably come up with something resembling an official set of "rules" for each car game -- but I don't think any of us, including me, really wants me to do that.