Comments on: Another New “Chain Reaction” Bonus

By: Pierre Kelly

Pierre Kelly — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:39:29 +0000

That’s a good idea…and replace “I’ve got a Secret” with something else. the reuns are getting tired on me.

By: Adam Kendall

Adam Kendall — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:38:37 +0000

I have a question. If certain contestants in 1980 could get 9 or 10 in 90 seconds, then why is it that in 2007 NOBODY can could get 10 in 90 to triple the money.

Is the contestant pool for the GSN version that slim, or have society’s communication skills taken a nosedive?

By: Stevie

Stevie — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:29:10 +0000

Go all the way GSN, and bring back the best known bonus round format from NBC,
10 in 90 for $10,000, or $100 a word. But I do agree making each $250 or $5K for 5 in 60 would be a wiser choice

By: Rob Hoffmann

Rob Hoffmann — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:53:55 +0000

abric said: “BROKE! BROKE! BROKE!”

Who let the Swedish Chef in here?

On topic: does breaking the connection between main-game winnings and the bonus round hurt the main game? I mean, I realize that most players showed they weren’t rocket scientists in their last-chain betting, but without the chance to triple the main-game score, will it change players’ strategy? Such as it was?

By: abric

abric — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:21:53 +0000

BROKE! BROKE! BROKE!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:08:51 +0000

I can see why they did this. The game play during the bonus round was absolutely pitiful, and the contestants passed way too often. The word would show up, and they’d pass before they could even try and make a sentence. Not good TV.

With the new bonus round, I wouldn’t be surprised if they still didn’t get a lot of $5,000 winners.

By: Ben Williams

Ben Williams — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:44:37 +0000

It’s BETTER,,,but still just-not-right.

By: CarShark

CarShark — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:21:11 +0000

I can’t believe they found a way to make the bonus round worse. They made it cheaper and too easy. Why are they changing the game instead of the contestant selection process?

By: LostCluster

LostCluster — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:21:02 +0000

Sounds like they decomplicated the game. They’re eliminating the low-odds high-jackpot possiblity of a team sweeping the main game with all sucessful $500 bets in the betting round, but also making it much easier to win a GSN-standard $5000 jackpot.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:00:16 +0000

5 in 60 for 5 grand sounds okay, but $100 per word sounds too cheap. I’d have put it to $250 for sure, so that if you don’t get all five, you can still leave with and extra $1,000. Why not give $10,000 for getting 7 words in 60 seconds, with 5 still winning the $5,000? That sounds like a better idea.

By: King Erroneous

King Erroneous — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:41:49 +0000

I liked the bonus round from the USA version where you have to complete a chain. You are spotted the first letter of each words, and you can get at most seven more letters for the entire chain.