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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: J.R. on August 12, 2003, 02:01:55 AM

Title: "Larsoning" the Fame Game ?
Post by: J.R. on August 12, 2003, 02:01:55 AM: I have to ask. When they changed the Fame Game board on $ale of the Century from simple picking to PYL-esque bouncing lights, did the board have a set pattern or was it random ? And did someone try to study the pattern and try to \"Larson\" the FG by landing on all the Money Cards ?

(I look foreward to the Sutans of Snark's commentary !)
-Joe R.
Title: "Larsoning" the Fame Game ?
Post by: Gus on August 12, 2003, 07:30:01 AM: I think I'm a bit slow on the gun here, but is \"Larson\" as a verb now an acceptable usage of the word?
Title: "Larsoning" the Fame Game ?
Post by: GS Warehouse on August 12, 2003, 01:48:50 PM: [quote name=\'Gus\' date=\'Aug 12 2003, 06:30 AM\'] I think I'm a bit slow on the gun here, but is "Larson" as a verb now an acceptable usage of the word? [/quote]
They say if enough people use words to that context, it eventually becomes standard usage. I, for one, hope that \"verb\" stays within this group.
Title: "Larsoning" the Fame Game ?
Post by: TheInquisitiveOne on August 12, 2003, 07:13:56 PM: Going back to topic, I believe that there was a randomized pattern for each Fame Game round, since the amount of possible landing areas decreased by one each time.

Besides, I am sure that NBC and Reg Grundy Productions, at the time, were more than aware of the fiasco that took place at Television City.

The Inquisitive One
Title: "Larsoning" the Fame Game ?
Post by: zachhoran on August 12, 2003, 07:28:26 PM: Granted, finding the three money cards on the FG board didn't even assure a maingame win, but yeah, it was no less random than the PYL board in 1985.
Title: "Larsoning" the Fame Game ?
Post by: AZAndrewG on August 23, 2003, 07:23:55 PM: Not to mention, the lights, IIRC, moved A LOT faster than their counterparts at PYL, so even if someone did \"Larson\" the board, they would need super-fast hand-eye coordination to pull it off.

Andrew
Title: "Larsoning" the Fame Game ?
Post by: beatlefreak84 on August 23, 2003, 07:31:49 PM: I'm sure the faster lights were their defense against somebody \"pulling a Larson.\" I always wondered why PYL never sped up their lights (in fact, they were SLOWED DOWN when they changed the patterns shortly afterward for about two months).

However, I also agree with Zach: Even if you got all of the \"Money Cards,\" that would only get you $50, which may seem like a lot, but that can still be made up in the speed round (though unlikely).

My question is, though: Why DID $OTC change to a random light pattern? It was fine as is with just picking the faces/numbers, I thought! Does anybody know why this change happened?

Anthony