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Post by woffan9821 on Sept 19, 2024 19:11:55 GMT -5
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Post by jjc927 on Sept 19, 2024 21:10:51 GMT -5
A few Bankrupt and Lose a Turn hits early with some more painful than others.
Great job by Kim on her two TTU solves, both very impressive.
The bonus solve was pretty much sealed with the H call.
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Post by dim3ns10n on Sept 19, 2024 22:38:46 GMT -5
Troy did great in solving the first two TUs and the first two main round puzzles. However, the PP round with a huge price tag on the trip to Chile and Argentina sealed the deal for Kim instead.
After eight episodes of full Speed-Up, we finally had one without it. I thought it would be great if Otis accepted his winning amount in the form of coins
I got the BR with the RSTLNE and the H had to be called in order to win (The BR category was a giveaway). Great that she called it along with the other consonants and the vowel that were also in the puzzle.
Unrelated to the gameplay, the full closing credits tonight ran in static frames instead of a single list scrolling from the bottom to the top of the screen, the first time since December 25, 2000 that a syndicated series running the full closing credits in such a manner (Two episodes of Hawaii shows in 1996 also ran in that same manner). When I saw the smaller font of the credits and was running over the closing chat in the last eight episodes, I thought that the credits would be running in the same fashion as CWOF. Many things have changed in this new era, I guess. Is it just me that I like the closing credits to scroll from the bottom to the top?
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wheelfan910
The production values Bellamie SHOULD strive for.
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Post by wheelfan910 on Sept 19, 2024 22:41:54 GMT -5
Didn’t expect to have as much to comment on with this show as I do, but hey, I’ll take it!
For one, the puzzle writing was particularly bad tonight. I found no record of NURSE SHARK in the compendium despite SHARK being a relevantly frequent B&A staple itself. R2 and TTU2 were particularly garbage, the latter in particular felt really shoehorned just to fit the sibling theme. BR I didn’t really like as WAYW?, but I guess it fits the category’s definition.
A R4 that doesn’t start with a final spin? In this economy? Is that a first for this season or am I just conditioned to always hearing the bells go off after the TTU?
Speaking of, that final spin completely went against the precedent of completing the spin when the bells go off. Not sure if this type of incident has occurred since the switch to having the in-control contestant do the spin, but it’s definitely not a change I’m a fan of.
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