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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: bandit_bobby on July 19, 2010, 04:49:18 PM
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According to Marc Green of Golden-Road.net, "The Price is Right" will be introducing a very exciting new Pricing Game called Pay the Rent with a grand prize of...$100,000!!!
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'244501\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 04:49 PM\']$100,000!!![/quote]
Need a towel?
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'244501\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 04:49 PM\']According to Marc Green of Golden-Road.net, "The Price is Right" will be introducing a very exciting new Pricing Game called Pay the Rent with a grand prize of...$100,000!!![/quote]
Must be LeBron James' rent.
/also the amount of the bounty on James' head when he returns to Cleveland
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'244503\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 04:59 PM\']Need a towel?[/quote]
Well played, Mauer. (http://\"http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_OSpjnK5U50/0.jpg\")
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Here's a picture of the game. (http://\"http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=a48998e53ba6bcb81dd735bd2a1844c2&topic=15232.0\") I'm definitely feeling the style of it.
Also included in this link is a picture of Plinko's new LCD score display from behind.
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'244506\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 03:06 PM\']Well played, Mauer. (http://\"http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_OSpjnK5U50/0.jpg\")[/quote]
I'm not even *allowed* in Mexico.
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Looks pretty spiffy. I'm liking the designs on the newer games.
And there's complaints about the new LCD Plinko screen. iAy dios mio!
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'244511\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 06:31 PM\']And there's complaints about the new LCD Plinko screen. iAy dios mio![/quote]
I do think it ruins the Feng Shui. Other than that, meh.
Honest question: do they make screens longer than 16:9?
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'244512\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 03:53 PM\']Honest question: do they make screens longer than 16:9?[/quote]
I'm sure it's possible for specialized applications, why?
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How do you know it's "very exciting" when it hasn't been seen on the air yet?
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'244512\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 06:53 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'244511\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 06:31 PM\']And there's complaints about the new LCD Plinko screen. iAy dios mio![/quote]
I do think it ruins the Feng Shui. Other than that, meh.
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You know, that would be a perfectly fine reason, the aesthetics of it all might look weird. But the impression I get from some of the G-R posters is "ZOMFG! Change!1! It's not the eggcrates so I'll never watch again!!1!"
The same Chicken Little reaction that the modified IUFB screens got, and honestly, if someone hadn't told me, I would never have known. And of course, it's not everyone, but the one or two overreactions are enough. Although I'm not fond of some of the changes the show has taken, I've never understood the idea of boycotting because the show doesn't look exactly the same way it did in 1984.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'244514\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 06:23 PM\']How do you know it's "very exciting" when it hasn't been seen on the air yet?[/quote]
That's a damn good question. This could very well be one of Mike's "Curtain or Box" games, 'cept with a $100,000 attached to the end of it.
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I like the fact that they're starting to introduce new pricing games into the fold again; it mixes things up. IIRC, is this the third new game of the Carey era (behind Gas Money and Rat Race)? Not only that, but the designs are pretty cool too- unlike the On The Spot/Time Is Money pair from the mid 00s.
Screw a money ladder- I want to see what this money......chimney......is all about.
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Even with a $100,000 tag on it, the game could still blow. So, for those who say "very exciting," let's just wait and see...
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Am I the only one who thinks the set piece for Rent Money looks like a birdhouse?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'244515\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 07:43 PM\']You know, that would be a perfectly fine reason, the aesthetics of it all might look weird. But the impression I get from some of the G-R posters is "ZOMFG! Change!1! It's not the eggcrates so I'll never watch again!!1!"
The same Chicken Little reaction that the modified IUFB screens got, and honestly, if someone hadn't told me, I would never have known. And of course, it's not everyone, but the one or two overreactions are enough. Although I'm not fond of some of the changes the show has taken, I've never understood the idea of boycotting because the show doesn't look exactly the same way it did in 1984.[/quote]
I just wish I knew what the front of the damn thing looked like. They proved last year with Contestants' Row and Temptation that they can make these new displays work really well. They also proved with the Showcase podiums and, to a lesser extent, Any Number that they can come off looking pretty half-baked.
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[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'244522\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 05:45 PM\']Am I the only one who thinks the set piece for Rent Money looks like a birdhouse?[/quote]
A bird house with a chimney and a little TV set? It does. It looks to me like they repurposed a set piece from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'244527\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 08:56 PM\']I just wish I knew what the front of the damn thing looked like. They proved last year with Contestants' Row and Temptation that they can make these new displays work really well. They also proved with the Showcase podiums and, to a lesser extent, Any Number that they can come off looking pretty half-baked.[/quote]
If I had to make a complaint about the new displays, it would probably be the inconsistency. The Contestants Row screens were awesome replicas, but then they do the white on blue for the Showcase screens. It's not jarring enough to annoy me, I simply think an eggcrate replica would look just as cool, esp. if they switched up the background colors, i.e. black for the Showcase, red for Plinko, etc.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'244511\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 06:31 PM\']And there's complaints about the new LCD Plinko screen. iAy dios mio![/quote]
Yet if I were TPIR dictator and didn't have to worry about ratings, I'd retire Plinko. I hate it.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'244532\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 08:33 PM\']Yet if I were TPIR dictator and didn't have to worry about ratings, I'd retire Plinko. I hate it.[/quote]
Do you have a reason why?
Not trying to sound like an arse, just wondering.
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'244535\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 09:57 PM\'][quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'244532\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 08:33 PM\']Yet if I were TPIR dictator and didn't have to worry about ratings, I'd retire Plinko. I hate it.[/quote]
Do you have a reason why?
Not trying to sound like an arse, just wondering.
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The impression I get when watching Plinko is that it comes closer than most games to bringing out in the contestants and audience the same sort of irritating things that show up on a show like Deal or No Deal. I also find the game tedious and too long with a bad ratio of pricing to interesting gameplay. I'm sure there will be somebody with statistics to prove otherwise, but it also seems as though it gets played more than almost anything else, with the exception of one-decision games that are substitutes for something else.
Punchboard has relatively litle pricing, but at least forces the contestants to make interesting decisions.
Then again, I'm probably highly atypical in that I think I'd nominate Switcheroo as my favorite pricing game.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'244538\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 09:43 PM\']The impression I get when watching Plinko is that it comes closer than most games to bringing out in the contestants and audience the same sort of irritating things that show up on a show like Deal or No Deal. I also find the game tedious and too long with a bad ratio of pricing to interesting gameplay. I'm sure there will be somebody with statistics to prove otherwise, but it also seems as though it gets played more than almost anything else, with the exception of one-decision games that are substitutes for something else.
Punchboard has relatively litle pricing, but at least forces the contestants to make interesting decisions.[/quote]
That's a very reasonable explanation and I happen to agree with most of it.
I think, while it lacks in gameplay, it does bring a nice dose of harmless fluff to the show.
/Hey, I still regard "Give or Keep" as my favorite and that's been dead for 20 years.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'244538\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 09:43 PM\']The impression I get when watching Plinko is that it comes closer than most games to bringing out in the contestants and audience the same sort of irritating things that show up on a show like Deal or No Deal. I also find the game tedious and too long with a bad ratio of pricing to interesting gameplay. I'm sure there will be somebody with statistics to prove otherwise, but it also seems as though it gets played more than almost anything else, with the exception of one-decision games that are substitutes for something else.[/quote]
My biggest gripe with Plinko is that it comes with so much fanfare and excitement, but more often than not ends in disappointment. I still find it surprising that people go so bananas over the only game on the show that has never truly been won. How many people have we seen win $30,000 on Plinko? Just one, and it took nearly a decade to do it. I'd be all for them going back to $25,000 and using the Davidson configuration to see people win a decent amount; for a game that offers a $50,000 prize, I'm tired of seeing $2100 wins for someone who got all 5 chips (and these days, it's a miracle to see someone take 4 to the board, let alone 5)
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'244501\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 01:49 PM\']According to Marc Green of Golden-Road.net, "The Price is Right" will be introducing a very exciting new Pricing Game called Pay the Rent with a grand prize of...$100,000!!![/quote]A hundred grand! Cadbury, fetch me....TWO TOWELS!
I think it would be terrifically funny if the game is won on the first playing and we get another stretch of Pick-a-Number, and That's Too Much and weeks where nobody wins everything, because the wad was shot on a single game. (Then again, they offered a Tesla convertible on what amounts to a one-in-twelve shot that you can't control. A game that isn't won stops being fun to watch.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'244515\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 04:43 PM\']The same Chicken Little reaction that the modified IUFB screens got, and honestly, if someone hadn't told me, I would never have known.[/quote]I noticed before being told, and thought it was pretty neat. It still looked like a readout for a game show. Eggcrate and vanes look like they belong on a game show, and the current showcase screen doesn't have that look. It doesn't ruin my day if the crew decide that everything should be in that assy Dom Casual font, but I do like it less than Swiss.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'244550\' date=\'Jul 20 2010, 01:19 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'244515\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 04:43 PM\']The same Chicken Little reaction that the modified IUFB screens got, and honestly, if someone hadn't told me, I would never have known.[/quote]I noticed before being told, and thought it was pretty neat. It still looked like a readout for a game show. Eggcrate and vanes look like they belong on a game show, and the current showcase screen doesn't have that look. It doesn't ruin my day if the crew decide that everything should be in that assy Dom Casual font, but I do like it less than Swiss.
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Along these lines, I'm okay with any switch to modern displays, as long as the font used in said display is not included in a standard Windows install*. Bonus points for using the old-school display font in the modern display. For what the repairs and maintenance must cost on a 20 or 25-year old eggcrate display, I'm sure that can be made up in one plasma/LCD purchase, all for the better.
*looking at you, Arial and Times New Roman
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[quote name=\'tvmitch\' post=\'244554\' date=\'Jul 20 2010, 08:12 AM\']Along these lines, I'm okay with any switch to modern displays, as long as the font used in said display is not included in a standard Windows install*.
*looking at you, Arial and Times New Roman[/quote]
Amen, brother. One of the UK versions of TPIR had LCDs for everything and everything (even the wheel) was in Frutiger. I don't think they should go that far, but a little bit of tasteful and simple would serve these guys well.
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[quote name=\'tvmitch\' post=\'244554\' date=\'Jul 20 2010, 09:12 AM\']Along these lines, I'm okay with any switch to modern displays, as long as the font used in said display is not included in a standard Windows install*.
*looking at you, Arial and Times New Roman[/quote]
We've got a weather guy at my station who, when adding on-screen notations to the radar image, never fails to use...(shudder)...Comic Sans.
/I prefer a nice Akzidenz Grotesk myself...
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[quote name=\'bscripps\' post=\'244578\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 12:20 AM\']We've got a weather guy at my station who, when adding on-screen notations to the radar image, never fails to use...(shudder)...Comic Sans.[/quote]
I dare say he's got a future in Cleveland.
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I donno...looks like a good visual game, but $100,000? Matthew Lesko must be controlling the prize budget for the game. I do hope there is somewhat of a unique pricing element to the game...they've done a good job with new pricing elements (Rat Race, Gas Money to an extent) as of late.
[quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'244579\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 01:52 AM\'][quote name=\'bscripps\' post=\'244578\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 12:20 AM\']We've got a weather guy at my station who, when adding on-screen notations to the radar image, never fails to use...(shudder)...Comic Sans.[/quote]
I dare say he's got a future in Cleveland.
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[font=\"Comic Sans MS\"]"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT CLEVELAND WILL NOT GET A BLIZZARD BEFORE THOSE SO-CALLED 'STEELERS' GET ONE"[/font]
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'244583\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 09:23 AM\'][font=\"Comic Sans MS\"]"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT CLEVELAND WILL NOT GET A BLIZZARD BEFORE THOSE
SO-CALLED 'STEELERS' 'APPALACHIAN RAT BASTARDS WHO HAVE THAT QUARTERBACK NAMED RAPELISBERGER' GET ONE"[/font][/quote]
Corrected, as you're clearly giving Pittsburgh way too much credit.
At least our baseball team is better than theirs...
/That's not saying a heckuva lot.
//The worst thing our starting QB has done in the last year was suck in Carolina.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'244591\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 10:44 AM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'244583\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 09:23 AM\'][font=\"Comic Sans MS\"]"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT CLEVELAND WILL NOT GET A BLIZZARD BEFORE THOSE
SO-CALLED 'STEELERS' 'APPALACHIAN RAT BASTARDS WHO HAVE THAT QUARTERBACK NAMED RAPELISBERGER' GET ONE"[/font][/quote]
Corrected, as you're clearly giving Pittsburgh way too much credit.
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Doesn't know what the hell you speak of... (http://\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nflpassers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/guys-nightout-480x3841.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nflpassers.com/guys-night-out-ben-roethlisberger-tiger-woods/&usg=__1aWBvpVx5gRQ_fbj21gG-m0MKCo=&h=384&w=480&sz=30&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=NaaWB9bTvM_IvM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=173&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBen%2Band%2BTiger%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1126%26bih%3D672%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=185&ei=UQhHTPmnFoH_8AbK_r2dAw&page=1&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&biw=1126&bih=672\")
And speaking of Comic Sans, something I found on Twitter today... (http://\"http://a.yfrog.com/img833/6775/mk5.jpg\")
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Odd little thing I noticed...I'm watching this morning's episode, and I notice Drew walked out, but wasn't greeted by a standing ovation, as had been the norm probably since before I was born.
Anyways, how long has that been going on, and what led to it? Drew being modest? Time issue (the intro seemed very rushed)?
I like the change seeing as how I think the standing O is completely overdone nowadays and has been for a good 15 years now (I blame Jerry Springer, it all started there).
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'244541\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 10:10 PM\']/Hey, I still regard "Give or Keep" as my favorite and that's been dead for 20 years.[/quote]
I'm surprised that they haven't recycled the game mechanics at some point since then, especially since they seem to be relying more and more on simple, quick games these days.
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[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'244657\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 09:55 PM\'][quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'244541\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 10:10 PM\']/Hey, I still regard "Give or Keep" as my favorite and that's been dead for 20 years.[/quote]
I'm surprised that they haven't recycled the game mechanics at some point since then, especially since they seem to be relying more and more on simple, quick games these days.
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Well it's a simple enough mechanic that I really can't think of a way to "redo it" that hasn't already been done (Finish Line and Hurdles were Give Or Keep knockoffs). Besides, it's still describing 6 small prizes, the main prize, and playing the actual game.
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[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'244657\' date=\'Jul 21 2010, 10:55 PM\'][quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'244541\' date=\'Jul 19 2010, 10:10 PM\']/Hey, I still regard "Give or Keep" as my favorite and that's been dead for 20 years.[/quote]I'm surprised that they haven't recycled the game mechanics at some point since then, especially since they seem to be relying more and more on simple, quick games these days.[/quote]
Forget recycling it. If Roger hadn't been fired, it would have been unretired this past season.