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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: TimK2003 on September 22, 2011, 03:47:35 PM

Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: TimK2003 on September 22, 2011, 03:47:35 PM
Anybody else notice that for the first time in the history of Family Feud, Steve Harvey now reveals the leftover responses on the board in reverse order???
Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: chad1m on September 22, 2011, 03:50:02 PM
Yes. I think this rather falls in the "If it ain't that big o' deal, don't worry about it" category.
Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: wdm1219inpenna on September 22, 2011, 03:50:58 PM
Quote from: TimK2003 on September 22, 2011, 03:47:35 PM
Anybody else notice that for the first time in the history of Family Feud, Steve Harvey now reveals the leftover responses on the board in reverse order???


I forgot to watch the season premiere.  I wonder what caused them to do that?
Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: gameshowcrazy on September 22, 2011, 04:19:14 PM
Not that I would know the answer definitively, but here is my guess as to why:

The bottom answers are the ones the fewest people responded with, and therefore are probably the most likely not to have been thought of by viewers, this keeps your "excitement level" up until the top space is revealed to see if "your" answer is there.
Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: DoorNumberFour on September 22, 2011, 05:51:41 PM
Quote from: gameshowcrazy on September 22, 2011, 04:19:14 PM
Not that I would know the answer definitively, but here is my guess as to why:

The bottom answers are the ones the fewest people responded with, and therefore are probably the most likely not to have been thought of by viewers, this keeps your "excitement level" up until the top space is revealed to see if "your" answer is there.
This is the feeling I get too. It does seem to make more sense to reveal them from low to high--the way Super Match does.
Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: Johnissoevil on September 22, 2011, 06:36:26 PM
They make a change like this.  And at the end of the day, the Feud is still the Feud with the same format they've always had.  So it's not that big of a deal.
Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: JasonA1 on September 22, 2011, 06:37:18 PM
With a host so known for his humor, you could also argue that revealing them the "old" way keeps your best potential for humor (the "somebody SAID that??" response at the bottom, for 2 points) to the end, where you can milk it.

-Jason
Title: From The Fremantle, "If it ain't broke, fix it" Category..
Post by: WhammyPower on September 23, 2011, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: JasonA1 on September 22, 2011, 06:37:18 PM
With a host so known for his humor, you could also argue that revealing them the "old" way keeps your best potential for humor (the "somebody SAID that??" response at the bottom, for 2 points) to the end, where you can milk it.

-Jason
See "Stewart, Martha."

/"He's gay."