The Logic of Game Show Contestants

[gynn]

Am I the only person who never fails to be puzzled at the logic behind the choices that game show contestants make?


On Deal or No deal, they say "Well number 17 is a lucky number for me, so I'll get rid of it early on."


On Pointless, having already got through to the next round, and therefore able to give a risky answer and boost the jackpot, they say "I'll play safe on this one...."


On Eggheads, confronted with three possible answers to an obscure question about football, they think it is relevant to mention that they once went to a match........:confus ed:


....and did I hear right tonight when one of the contestants on Million Pound Drop, when given a choice of categories between Babies and Tennis, said "Well my friend had a baby......"

[DaveinGermany]

Must admit, I can't be doing with all the prattle most contestants put out, answer the question & be done with it right or wrong.

[garinda]

I don't think logic, and Deal or No Deal, can be uttered in the same breath.

I can't watch it.

It's a guessing game!

Calm down.

You superstitious, needy, nutters.

[gynn]

Originally Posted by garinda

It's a guessing game!

Deal or No Deal: Channel 4 to face commission over gambling concerns | Media | guardian.co.uk

It's taken them seven years to realise it, but (forgive the pun) the penny has finally dropped with the gaming authorities.

The only skill involved in Deal or No Deal is in Noel Edmonds' persuading the contestants the game is anything other than a complete gamble, and he's built a whole aura of smoke and mirrors around it. The death box, the curse of the newbie, the Governor 26,000, spank the banker, the 1p club, the power five etc etc etc.

The truth is that its no less of a gamble than the spin of a roulette wheel.

[Boeing Guy]

Really, thanks Gynn. The company I used to work for, before getting in to Aviaition, made SWP Quiz and Bingo Amusement Machines, thanks to a gaming commission deciding that SWP's (skill with prize) should be reclassed as Amusment with prize (AWP) thus incurring lots of backdated tax to be paid, meant they and a large number of manufactures went to the wall.
It has always made me wonder how Deal or No Deal gets away with it, there is no element of Skill involved.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by gynn

Deal or No Deal: Channel 4 to face commission over gambling concerns | Media | guardian.co.uk

It's taken them seven years to realise it, but (forgive the pun) the penny has finally dropped with the gaming authorities.

The only skill involved in Deal or No Deal is in Noel Edmonds' persuading the contestants the game is anything other than a complete gamble, and he's built a whole aura of smoke and mirrors around it. The death box, the curse of the newbie, the Governor 26,000, spank the banker, the 1p club, the power five etc etc etc.

The truth is that its no less of a gamble than the spin of a roulette wheel.

I only find it funny when they gamble...and lose.

Like her.

Lecturer sacked over TV show (From Lancashire Telegraph)

[gynn]

Originally Posted by garinda

I only find it funny when they gamble...and lose.

Like her.

Lecturer sacked over TV show (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Reading that, I agree with the College.

If any of the rest of us applied for time off work, which was refused because there was no good reason, we'd abide by the decision or resign.

Her reasons for going, ie because she couldn't pass up the chance to win a life changing sum of money, diesn't hold water. She could use that excuse every time she fancied a trip to the local casino! Her chances would be better!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...l-jackpot.html

[cashman]

Sorry if her workmates agreed to cover her shifts, they should have given permission,

[gynn]

Originally Posted by cashman

Sorry if her workmates agreed to cover her shifts, they should have given permission,

Suggests the problems went deeper than a simple request for time off!

[Boeing Guy]

She walked away with £30,000 tax free. not bad really
Deal or No Deal Fansite Forum - DoND • View topic - Louise 12/06

[MargaretR]

If she wanted to participate in 'Brain of Britain' I suspect that her employers decision would have been different.

A brainless game show, like the one she took part in , undermines the concept that college lecturers are discerning intelligent people.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

She walked away with £30,000 tax free. not bad really
Deal or No Deal Fansite Forum - DoND • View topic - Louise 12/06

As she'd have been on about £45,000 per year, it depends how long it took her to find another job, and if that job paid as well.

The gamble won't have paid off if she's now shelf-stacking at Aldi.

[garinda]

'I really hope it's a blue for you.'

'Now lets all hold hands, to increase the chances, like a bunch of sad saps.'

It drives me mad.

I sadly usually see the end of the programme, if I'm tuning in to watch what comes after it.

As thrilling as watching bingo.

[jaysay]

It as always made me wonder why people enter these "game shows" without a modicum of general knowledge, shows like Weakest Link, Pointless, Perfection, even In It to Win it, last night a guy lost 30k when he didn't know that it was the menai straights between North Wales and Anglesey

[cashman]

Whilst its garbage n edmonds is a complete idiot, that aint the point.