Comments on: The Best US “Deal or No Deal” Moment http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: andrew b http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62827 andrew b Thu, 22 May 2008 17:17:26 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62827 She had enough guts to mention going for it when no one has before! She had enough guts to mention going for it when no one has before!

]]> By: Justin the Bull http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62692 Justin the Bull Fri, 16 May 2008 10:06:23 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62692 Wow. I have to wonder if that couple will actually go through with their wedding plans after all. I could definitely see the woman holding a grudge against her man for "costing her" a million bucks. She did not take that very well at all, judging from the footage at the end. Then again, maybe I just assume the worst about shrill women... Wow. I have to wonder if that couple will actually go through with their wedding plans after all. I could definitely see the woman holding a grudge against her man for “costing her” a million bucks. She did not take that very well at all, judging from the footage at the end.

Then again, maybe I just assume the worst about shrill women…

]]> By: jaymich1128 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62690 jaymich1128 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:16:09 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62690 To me it's all relative...to some $100,000 is a lot of money (to use an arbitrary amount). To others, it's just a drop in the bucket. People will go home with whatever they feel comfortable with. Yes, I am waiting for someone to go all the way, and win the $1,000,000. However, people will only do it if they have the guts. Besides, if the offers become as cruel as the UK version, there won't be any risk involved...and, for our version, risk is a main factor. Without it, people may stop watching. Not all, of course. But, a good enough amount to become noticeable. To me it’s all relative…to some $100,000 is a lot of money (to use an arbitrary amount). To others, it’s just a drop in the bucket. People will go home with whatever they feel comfortable with. Yes, I am waiting for someone to go all the way, and win the $1,000,000. However, people will only do it if they have the guts. Besides, if the offers become as cruel as the UK version, there won’t be any risk involved…and, for our version, risk is a main factor. Without it, people may stop watching. Not all, of course. But, a good enough amount to become noticeable.

]]> By: andrew b http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62682 andrew b Thu, 15 May 2008 23:29:56 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62682 How does she expect to win the World Series of Poker, since it takes more guts than turning that last offer down? How does she expect to win the World Series of Poker, since it takes more guts than turning that last offer down?

]]> By: andrew b http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62681 andrew b Thu, 15 May 2008 23:28:56 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62681 This person is a complete idiot! Someone who really loves their fiance more than anything in the world would not tell him that she has the million! And when will this opportunity ever get any LESS risky than where it is now?! This person is a complete idiot!

Someone who really loves their fiance more than anything in the world would not tell him that she has the million!

And when will this opportunity ever get any LESS risky than where it is now?!

]]> By: Marc Power http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62678 Marc Power Thu, 15 May 2008 15:58:32 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62678 but Vince, if you look at it that way, she could have eliminated 13 over the course of the game and lost the million. personally I think the only way anyone's ever gonna go for the million at 50/50 odds is if the backup is at least $100,000. but Vince, if you look at it that way, she could have eliminated 13 over the course of the game and lost the million. personally I think the only way anyone’s ever gonna go for the million at 50/50 odds is if the backup is at least $100,000.

]]> By: Mark http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62677 Mark Thu, 15 May 2008 15:16:15 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62677 Also, these new shows really show how great Regis was. He would only hold contestants in suspense if they weren't 100% sure of their answer. But if it was obvious they knew it, Regis just said right away that they were correct. See John Carpenter's $1M answer vs. Joe Trela. Then compare that to Don't Forget The Lyrics or Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader.......they will sometimes even break to commercial before they reveal that, yes, moth is spelled M-O-T-H. I hate the new era of game shows. Also, these new shows really show how great Regis was. He would only hold contestants in suspense if they weren’t 100% sure of their answer. But if it was obvious they knew it, Regis just said right away that they were correct. See John Carpenter’s $1M answer vs. Joe Trela. Then compare that to Don’t Forget The Lyrics or Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader…….they will sometimes even break to commercial before they reveal that, yes, moth is spelled M-O-T-H. I hate the new era of game shows.

]]> By: Scott http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62675 Scott Thu, 15 May 2008 02:09:06 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62675 I am lead to believe the reason our network version offers so much is to play up the drama factor which has been done to death on these big jackpot shows. Yes, it works for "Millionaire" but that show was designed for it and earns the right to do it because you have to be somewhat intellectual to earn your cash. "Deal" has just gotten far to gimmicky and is a braindead game. I am lead to believe the reason our network version offers so much is to play up the drama factor which has been done to death on these big jackpot shows.
Yes, it works for “Millionaire” but that show was designed for it and earns the right to do it because you have to be somewhat intellectual to earn your cash. “Deal” has just gotten far to gimmicky and is a braindead game.

]]> By: vince http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62672 vince Wed, 14 May 2008 20:52:26 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62672 this was painful to watch because had she picked case 3 instead of 21 she would have knocked out the $25 and most likely have gone on to win the million this was painful to watch because had she picked case 3 instead of 21 she would have knocked out the $25 and most likely have gone on to win the million

]]> By: Erskine Thompson http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62671 Erskine Thompson Wed, 14 May 2008 16:10:08 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62671 This episode was the first one I had watched in a VERY long time, and I watched it with my wife, who absolutely HATES the show (and is in no small part why I don't watch the show much). We both found ourselves caught up in the emotion of this episode, and were completely shocked when the offer went DOWN after the half-million went. This sparked a conversation about the show, and the banker's role in it, that we hadn't yet had. This was a GREAT example, as Alex said, of what this show should be. $341,000 is a ton of money, and it was enough for HER to go for it, but the family talked her out of it. That scene brings forth all the elements this show was meant to have: Risk vs. reward, the evil banker's calculations, and the element of the family, which many other versions worldwide don't have. And yes, dropping the offer was a brutal touch at the end. I actually DVRed back to make sure the previous offer had been higher, and then smiled evilly myself when I realized what the banker had done. :-) Erskine Thompson Rome, GA This episode was the first one I had watched in a VERY long time, and I watched it with my wife, who absolutely HATES the show (and is in no small part why I don’t watch the show much). We both found ourselves caught up in the emotion of this episode, and were completely shocked when the offer went DOWN after the half-million went. This sparked a conversation about the show, and the banker’s role in it, that we hadn’t yet had.

This was a GREAT example, as Alex said, of what this show should be. $341,000 is a ton of money, and it was enough for HER to go for it, but the family talked her out of it. That scene brings forth all the elements this show was meant to have: Risk vs. reward, the evil banker’s calculations, and the element of the family, which many other versions worldwide don’t have.

And yes, dropping the offer was a brutal touch at the end. I actually DVRed back to make sure the previous offer had been higher, and then smiled evilly myself when I realized what the banker had done. :-)

Erskine Thompson
Rome, GA

]]> By: Marc Power http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62670 Marc Power Wed, 14 May 2008 15:20:36 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62670 makes you wondering if NBC is starting to follow the uk version more, the syndie version is going to be more like the uk version, and in the uk the banker is known for making cruel offers, like that contestant who was down to 3,000 and 250,000 and the offer was only 45,000, or Trevor's infamous game where he was left with 1p, 10p, 50 pounds, 250 pounds and the 250,000 and the banker offered only 9,900. I must admit I along with this contestant's supporters thought it was going to be a higher or at least more or less the same offer, maybe $400,000 at the lowest. makes you wondering if NBC is starting to follow the uk version more, the syndie version is going to be more like the uk version, and in the uk the banker is known for making cruel offers, like that contestant who was down to 3,000 and 250,000 and the offer was only 45,000, or Trevor’s infamous game where he was left with 1p, 10p, 50 pounds, 250 pounds and the 250,000 and the banker offered only 9,900. I must admit I along with this contestant’s supporters thought it was going to be a higher or at least more or less the same offer, maybe $400,000 at the lowest.

]]> By: Alex Davis http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62669 Alex Davis Wed, 14 May 2008 14:58:03 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62669 More tempting to play on, I meant to say. Otherwise that would just be stupid. More tempting to play on, I meant to say. Otherwise that would just be stupid.

]]> By: Mark http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-best-us-deal-or-no-deal-moment/#comment-62668 Mark Wed, 14 May 2008 14:53:09 +0000 http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/?p=1834#comment-62668 "You need to make offers tempting enough that people will think about gambling it all away for seven figures." I don't understand this. If you make tempting offers, people will take the offer.... I think that offers need to be LESS tempting, because if you offer something equal to or more than the EV (expected value) of the remaining cases, the statistically correct thing to do is to take the offer. “You need to make offers tempting enough that people will think about gambling it all away for seven figures.” I don’t understand this. If you make tempting offers, people will take the offer…. I think that offers need to be LESS tempting, because if you offer something equal to or more than the EV (expected value) of the remaining cases, the statistically correct thing to do is to take the offer.

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