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The Big Board / Re: Cheering for a contestant to lose for selfish reasons....
« Last post by BrandonFG on October 16, 2025, 05:30:56 PM »
There are definitely contestants I have rooted against because I haven't liked them. I had a friend who was up against James Holzhauer on the second taping day of his Jeopardy! run and supposedly he kept up the "Jeopardy! villain" kayfabe to the point where the contestant staff were complaining at him and this friend took an intense dislike to him as a person.
I think that's what turned me off when he was a Chaser: he leaned into the villain role way too heavily. Ken and Brad seemed to have fun with it, Mark continued his role from the UK and GSN versions, but it really felt like James was self-aware for all the wrong reasons.

Wasn't a big fan of the other Chasers they added in S2 for the same reason.

/His "Brad's score is still up there" J!GOAT zinger is still pretty funny tho
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The Big Board / Re: Cheering for a contestant to lose for selfish reasons....
« Last post by JasonA1 on October 16, 2025, 05:05:21 PM »
basically, you only one-up someone if you think they're particularly close, and otherwise you go for the lower end of your best guess for what the price is.

Regarding this Price is Right strategy if they installed the Showcase Showdown rules Alonzo brought up -- I like all of it in game theory land, but there are so many items with a price that feels "illogical" that I think the net effect would be lost, especially in America.

Our collective knowledge of what attributes make things expensive, and what brands have what reputation, isn't as strong as our trivia knowledge IMO. If everybody's bidding around $500 for a riding lawnmower, and I know as a Husqrvana that it's somewhere in the thousands, I don't know how much I want to play with that idea and risk not getting on stage at all. Looking right now, I thought most of their models would be $3000 and up these days. But they still have several under 3k. I can't see a world in which I straddle the line of safety (in this case, bidding $1999) and still gain the advantage I want for the Wheel. Prices are too big of a crapshoot NOT to one-up.

-Jason
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The Big Board / Re: Cheering for a contestant to lose for selfish reasons....
« Last post by Loogaroo on October 16, 2025, 04:03:05 PM »
This blends into the "hyperactive contestants" discussion quite a bit, but whenever I see a contestant that's so incredibly extra that it reads as fake, then I'm rooting for that player to go down.

There was also a phenomenon when I worked on Funny You Should Ask where about 20-30% of the contestants in the interview phase would say, "WHEN I win the money..." and we usually rooted for those players to lose. It's like, you're playing for $6800, max. The last question is going to be a 1-in-5 crapshoot. Stop it.

In terms of specific examples, there was that one guy on WWTBAM during the clock era who verbally trampled over Meredith to lock in his answer as fast as humanly possible just to pick up a few extra seconds for that million-dollar question that he was oh so certain he would get to. Strategy wise I get it, but he was playing into the heel role a bit too heavily by bellowing "Do You Have A Problem With That?" when Meredith called him on it. Watching him crash at $25K was immensely satisfying.
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The Big Board / Pop Culture Jeopardy! back for season 2
« Last post by JasonA1 on October 16, 2025, 02:54:04 PM »
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The Big Board / Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Last post by Clay Zambo on October 16, 2025, 12:59:34 PM »
Scroll to the bottom. We have audio of what we think is the first two minutes of the premiere.

https://www.billcullen.net/three-on-a-match

Woh! Thanks!
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by Bob Zager on October 16, 2025, 12:17:11 PM »
On Tuesday's WOF (10/14), towards the end, Ryan showed a home game with his picture on the box.

I am rather surprised that Vanna White is not pictured along with Seacrest.
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The Big Board / Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Last post by Adam Nedeff on October 16, 2025, 12:42:05 AM »
Yes and-ing Matt, I will never not want to see the premiere of “Three on a Match.” I so want to hear how that game was explained for the first time.
Scroll to the bottom. We have audio of what we think is the first two minutes of the premiere.

https://www.billcullen.net/three-on-a-match
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The Big Board / Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Last post by steveleb on October 15, 2025, 08:39:58 PM »
I'd love to see some of the aforementioned shows myself, but also get them to the people who actually worked on them back in the day. Most of these have been assumed lost for years; you've got to think they'd be thrilled to see some of their work.

When our only series-run episode of The Moneymaze appeared five years ago, I made sure to send the YouTube link to director Arthur Forrest -- who was absolutely delighted. (Probably because his daughter's birth was announced at the top of the show.)

Curt I kinda doubt Ron Greenberg is aware of Adam ‘s latest find—feel free to reach out privately to me on FB messenger so you can have a second opportunity to brighten a seasoned pro’s day.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by BillCullen1 on October 15, 2025, 07:52:54 PM »
On Tuesday's WOF (10/14), towards the end, Ryan showed a home game with his picture on the box.
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The Big Board / Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Last post by calliaume on October 14, 2025, 10:42:23 PM »
I'd love to see some of the aforementioned shows myself, but also get them to the people who actually worked on them back in the day. Most of these have been assumed lost for years; you've got to think they'd be thrilled to see some of their work.

When our only series-run episode of The Moneymaze appeared five years ago, I made sure to send the YouTube link to director Arthur Forrest -- who was absolutely delighted. (Probably because his daughter's birth was announced at the top of the show.)
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