Post by germanname1990 on Jan 9, 2015 20:21:32 GMT -5
Well, I'm sure you know the pattern of how the 1974 pilot layouts worked (smallest value/Bankrupt/largest value; second-smallest value/Lose A Turn/second-largest value), but I noticed something about the add-on wedges.
I also made illustrations demonstrating how the values were rearranged on the daytime layouts in 1986.
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germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-2-304781329
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-3-304781553
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-4-304781833
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-5-304782283
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-6-304783135
Yet, a while back, I noticed how the add-on wedges were all multiples of $100 and (with the exception of the orange/tan $800 on the blue $175) were all placed on multiples of $100. In fact, I'm pretty certain that was why the $150 by the $1000 in Round 2 was decreased to $100. When the new color scheme was introduced in 1986, the blue $175 became a lighter blue $500.
I also noticed how the colors of the add-on wedges were in 1985. They were colored differently than the wedges they were meant to cover, with the exception of the yellow $1000 on top of the yellow $100 in Round 1.
Round 1
Tan (sometimes orange) $800 on blue $175
Dark red $700 on tan $100
Lime $900 on mustard $200
Lime $1000 on yellow $100
Round 2
Yellow $500 on red $300
Orange $600 on beige $100
Round 3
Yellow $500 on red $300
Silver $5000 on beige $2000
When the color scheme changed in 1986, in addition to having these add-on wedges be multiples of $100 and being placed on smaller multiples $100, the add-on wedges were now all the same color as the wedges they occupied.
What do I have to say about that? Well, I'll say this. It wouldn't have hurt keeping the $150 by $1000 valued at that and making the add-on wedge valued at $650, especially since $650 would've been back from the dead much early on (the misplacement at the "Wits End" episode also could've ensured that $100 was not making one last comeback). My other thing was making the $500 red instead of yellow. That way, they could've prevented two wedges of the same color separated by only one other wedge, which I find just as weird as two wedges of the same value separated by one other wedge, although I know every layout since 1996 had such occurrences. Apparently, based on the infamous December 1984 episode, the yellow $500 was originally meant to cover the red $200 next to the $1000 in Round 2 (Lose A Turn in Round 3). If that was the case, someone didn't do their homework.
I also wouldn't be surprised if the misplacement at the "Wits End" episode was a factor in the color scheme change to prevent further mix-ups.
What are your feelings about all of this, folks?
I also made illustrations demonstrating how the values were rearranged on the daytime layouts in 1986.
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-1-304780583
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-2-304781329
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-3-304781553
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-4-304781833
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-5-304782283
germanname.deviantart.com/art/86-Switch-6-304783135
Yet, a while back, I noticed how the add-on wedges were all multiples of $100 and (with the exception of the orange/tan $800 on the blue $175) were all placed on multiples of $100. In fact, I'm pretty certain that was why the $150 by the $1000 in Round 2 was decreased to $100. When the new color scheme was introduced in 1986, the blue $175 became a lighter blue $500.
I also noticed how the colors of the add-on wedges were in 1985. They were colored differently than the wedges they were meant to cover, with the exception of the yellow $1000 on top of the yellow $100 in Round 1.
Round 1
Tan (sometimes orange) $800 on blue $175
Dark red $700 on tan $100
Lime $900 on mustard $200
Lime $1000 on yellow $100
Round 2
Yellow $500 on red $300
Orange $600 on beige $100
Round 3
Yellow $500 on red $300
Silver $5000 on beige $2000
When the color scheme changed in 1986, in addition to having these add-on wedges be multiples of $100 and being placed on smaller multiples $100, the add-on wedges were now all the same color as the wedges they occupied.
What do I have to say about that? Well, I'll say this. It wouldn't have hurt keeping the $150 by $1000 valued at that and making the add-on wedge valued at $650, especially since $650 would've been back from the dead much early on (the misplacement at the "Wits End" episode also could've ensured that $100 was not making one last comeback). My other thing was making the $500 red instead of yellow. That way, they could've prevented two wedges of the same color separated by only one other wedge, which I find just as weird as two wedges of the same value separated by one other wedge, although I know every layout since 1996 had such occurrences. Apparently, based on the infamous December 1984 episode, the yellow $500 was originally meant to cover the red $200 next to the $1000 in Round 2 (Lose A Turn in Round 3). If that was the case, someone didn't do their homework.
I also wouldn't be surprised if the misplacement at the "Wits End" episode was a factor in the color scheme change to prevent further mix-ups.
What are your feelings about all of this, folks?
