Post by StrangerCoug on Dec 12, 2023 18:55:08 GMT -5
So I went to the Wheel of Fortune Live show at the Tobin Center in San Antonio last night. I had the VIP experience, so I got to spin the wheel before the show (I landed on the green 500 next to 1500).
I confirm most of the rules in jjc927 's report (there wasn't a need for a tiebreaker here), so I will only mention them when they add new information. The other gift tag besides the dinner and a movie one I remember being spa-related, but I don't remember any other specifics about it. The Surprise was on the wheel but not won in this game, but all the other wheel prizes were as in the game jjc927 and gameshowfandanny attended.
I think the contestants tried their best given that it was Wheel of Fortune Live's first time in San Antonio and not all of us were fully familiar with how things were to go. One contestant tried to buy a consonant instead of a vowel (all I'll say is that it wasn't Y). Mark let him take his guess back and pick an actual consonant. That was something the host teased him about for the rest of the game. There were also two missolves—one player changed a word to something that was plausible given the letters left (until the very next turn confirmed made absolute sure that the guess was wrong), and another added the word A before the answer when it wasn't there. Mark, for his part, wasn't perfect—after a contestant picked up the $10,000 and Surprise and failed to win them that round, he forgot to pick them up until he spun Lose a Turn in the next round. In addition, when one of the Mystery Wedges was flipped and turned out to be Bankrupt, he was supposed to flip the other to prove the 5,000 was behind it, but the next contestant spun before he had a chance to. He was allowed to complete his spin and pick a letter before it was shown.
Speaking of the Mystery Wedge being a Bankrupt, the contestant who flipped it had already secured the Vegas trip, and Mark joked with her that she could go bankrupt in Vegas if she wasn't careful.
No puzzles had to be thrown out, but Mark felt the need to give several reminders not to say anything that could unduly influence the game, one of which came after some people next to me were discussing the puzzle. We were in the second row, so it's likely Mark could make out at least some of what I could.
The bonus puzzle was lost, but the contestant who played it and a selected audience member still both won $250 for her efforts.
Overall, it was a fun experience worth the 11-month wait after being postponed from this past January. I'd go again
I confirm most of the rules in jjc927 's report (there wasn't a need for a tiebreaker here), so I will only mention them when they add new information. The other gift tag besides the dinner and a movie one I remember being spa-related, but I don't remember any other specifics about it. The Surprise was on the wheel but not won in this game, but all the other wheel prizes were as in the game jjc927 and gameshowfandanny attended.
I think the contestants tried their best given that it was Wheel of Fortune Live's first time in San Antonio and not all of us were fully familiar with how things were to go. One contestant tried to buy a consonant instead of a vowel (all I'll say is that it wasn't Y). Mark let him take his guess back and pick an actual consonant. That was something the host teased him about for the rest of the game. There were also two missolves—one player changed a word to something that was plausible given the letters left (until the very next turn confirmed made absolute sure that the guess was wrong), and another added the word A before the answer when it wasn't there. Mark, for his part, wasn't perfect—after a contestant picked up the $10,000 and Surprise and failed to win them that round, he forgot to pick them up until he spun Lose a Turn in the next round. In addition, when one of the Mystery Wedges was flipped and turned out to be Bankrupt, he was supposed to flip the other to prove the 5,000 was behind it, but the next contestant spun before he had a chance to. He was allowed to complete his spin and pick a letter before it was shown.
Speaking of the Mystery Wedge being a Bankrupt, the contestant who flipped it had already secured the Vegas trip, and Mark joked with her that she could go bankrupt in Vegas if she wasn't careful.
No puzzles had to be thrown out, but Mark felt the need to give several reminders not to say anything that could unduly influence the game, one of which came after some people next to me were discussing the puzzle. We were in the second row, so it's likely Mark could make out at least some of what I could.
The bonus puzzle was lost, but the contestant who played it and a selected audience member still both won $250 for her efforts.
Overall, it was a fun experience worth the 11-month wait after being postponed from this past January. I'd go again
