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Post by wheelfan1996 on Aug 14, 2015 10:11:58 GMT -5
What would you do to the Bonus wheel to make it interesting? I would include more prizes and possibly more tokens to use in the round.
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Post by StrangerCoug on Aug 14, 2015 11:00:01 GMT -5
I'm probably going to be lynched for this, but... not much of anything. Get rid of the gimmicky $3X,000 envelope, even out the distribution of the lower-valued prizes (say $40,000 and below—this counts the car) a bit more, and call it a day.
Keep in mind, though—there are a number things you can drive up the price of pretty much as high as you like in theory, but you still have to make it a desirable prize. No one in 2015 wants e.g. a pool table as a bonus round prize, as much as they may like them.
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Post by tlc38tlc38 on Aug 14, 2015 11:19:17 GMT -5
I would only change 2 things about the bonus round:
1) Get rid of the $3X,000 prize and just make it $35,000.
2) If you have the wild card, you should be able to call ANY extra letter, including a vowel if you wanted to.
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Post by levesp08 on Aug 14, 2015 11:42:33 GMT -5
tlc38tlc38 , my thoughts exactly. The only thing I would change is to allow an extra vowel with the wild card if desired. I am totally fine with the $3?,000 amount though. I think it's a nice, simple way of honoring the season.
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Aug 14, 2015 11:45:55 GMT -5
Really my only problem is the sometimes too-contrived answers, and overuse of Phrase/Thing. I want to see a Proper Name or Title or Character in the BR again.
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Post by couponboy on Aug 14, 2015 11:46:07 GMT -5
I expect to be berated for this, but I would decrease the house minimum to $10,000. It's clear the show is suffering financially from having such a huge payout, and plus the lower house minimum makes the $50,000 and $100,000 wins feel more special when they do occur. Here is my suggested distribution.
(5) $10,000 envelopes
(5) $20,000 envelopes
(4) $30,000 envelopes
(4) Car +$5,000 envelopes
(3) $40,000 envelopes
(2) $50,000 envelopes
(1) $100,000 envelope
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Post by shootingdio on Aug 14, 2015 12:13:25 GMT -5
Really my only problem is the sometimes too-contrived answers, and overuse of Phrase/Thing. I want to see a Proper Name or Title or Character in the BR again. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU this, freaking this. I've heard of that thing too long enough man. Add Show Biz in because we had one returning in S32 but that was one time, and I would like this category to be more in the spotlight again. Bring back "the cash" which I nicknamed for $25k envelope. |
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Aug 14, 2015 22:43:34 GMT -5
couponboy: That would be way too low. It's not like we've had a surplus of BR wins killing the budget. They first introduced the $25,000 in 1988, which is about $50,000 when adjusted for inflation. While I don't have the numbers to back it up, it feels like the bonus round was won a lot more often in the 80s and early-mid 90s than it has been since about the late 90s, so the "reward" is diminished enough as is.
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Post by Bryce L. on Aug 15, 2015 1:36:58 GMT -5
They first introduced the $25,000 in 1988 1987, which is about $50,000 when adjusted for inflation. October 5, 1987 to be exact (the first show of the "Big Month of Cash"), and per usinflationcalculator.com, $25,000 in 1987 would be $52,517.17 in 2015. |
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Aug 15, 2015 11:45:11 GMT -5
Lol, typo. I was thinking 1987 but my fingers still went "nope, 1988".
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Post by atrocalypse on Aug 16, 2015 23:15:12 GMT -5
What would I do to the bonus round?
Well, upon taking the MDW there, the prizes should have:
Twenty $250k envelopes.
Three $500k envelopes.
And one $1M envelope.
OR
Do away with the MDW and replace the bonus wheel with a BIGGER one that has twice the prize envelopes the former has. With bigger cash prizes.
Good idea, no?
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Post by therealcu2010 on Aug 16, 2015 23:56:48 GMT -5
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Post by jimhattenwoffan on Aug 17, 2015 9:48:20 GMT -5
I don't necessarily know if this would make the bonus round interesting or not, but I would basically take out some of the cash prize envelopes and add more prize envelopes to the mix. The cash prizes would only consist of: $25,000, $50,000, and $100,000 (or $1,000,000 if someone wins the Million Dollar Wedge)....
(4) $25,000 envelopes (4) $50,000 envelopes (1) $100,000 envelope (or $1,000,000 envelope)
And in addition to the Cars, more prizes (for example)....
(4) Car envelopes (2) Boat envelopes (2) Trip envelopes
(and the remaining seven envelopes would consist one of each: for example, one week): (1) Motorhome (1) His & Hers Watches (1) Golf Package (1) Game Room package (1) Home Office package+Gift Card (1) Home Theater Package+$500 for snacks (or other furnishings) (1) Snowmobile
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Post by Bryce L. on Aug 17, 2015 10:45:45 GMT -5
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Post by couponboy on Aug 19, 2015 7:40:30 GMT -5
jimhattenwoffan , one small flaw with your distribution is that the his and her watches and the golf package (to those who don't play golf at least) would feel like ZONKs compared to the other prizes, especially considering that quite a few would forfeit those prizes.
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Post by asja2002 on Sept 2, 2015 3:44:47 GMT -5
Here's my distribution (#Becauseican)
(9) Car+$10,000
(4) $30,000
(4) $35,000
(4) $40,000
(1) $50,000
(1) $75,000
(1)$100,000/Million
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Post by pricemodel1997 on Oct 19, 2015 15:33:06 GMT -5
1. Go back to the blind draw format, it was more fun because you might have been the only one who won x prize that week especially if it was a wipeout for that prize, leading to more exciting wins.
2. I'd bypass the season # cash prize and other "small cash prizes" and go straight to the $100k/$1m along with a luxury car, a trip or two and an RV that would be enough glamorous prizes especially if they made a rule wher the $1m was only available until won and out of play the rest of the week.
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