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The simple answer is that each category is only dueled once. Two people face off in the category of the person that got challenged, and the winner then retains the unused category.
Thanks. That helps. I might be misremembering but I got a little confused when it seemed like it worked differently for people doing the same thing but the categories only being used once makes sense.
We have been watching and like it. It’s got trivia and a cutthroat/strategy element to it — a little each from Jeopardy and Survivor, which makes it totally in my wheelhouse.
Some people just suck under pressure. Like Dak Prescott in the playoffs.
The square is 9x9, so there are 81 players and 80 will be eliminated. All but one if the categories will have a battle. With that many players, there’s going to be wide variance in who can perform under pressure.
I think many of the players already realize that, which is why some have focused on winning the $20k for having the most territory at the end of an episode.
Agreed. It’s like poker odds. $250k for 81 people is a bit over $3k per person so one $20k gets you 7x the original odds and if you get lucky, the randomizer happens away from you and maybe you can get 2 or more $20k opportunities. Winning/losing it all could literally come down with challenging someone still on their original topic.
Or the one woman in the upper left section who has won twice now and gone back to the floor each time. Seems she doesn't want to obtain too big a target.
yeah didint agree unless those were the 2 categories he felt the best about
Possible. Also possible that he didn't like any of the categories that were more than 1 square. So he figured ... why not go for 2-3 single squares and get a tie.
Can’t be returned now.
I can understand not watching deal or no deal. You are just picking boxes and it’s all luck. The Floor is certainly not life changing but it’s fun to follow along guessing. Kind of like a poor man’s jeopardy. Also fills a gap for me to be able to work a little and still watch (10-15 minutes of actual game) especially since most shows aren’t back on till February.
Or birds and one lady got something like ostrich and the other gets East Carolina Red Crested Midge, passes, then the next pic is west Carolina brown crested midge, etc. Finally she gets one, then the other player gets “duck”.
I hope it doesn’t keep up like that. First time it felt not so fair. Also, remember the guy who didn’t get “Reese’s” until he also said Peanut Butter Cup but the lady got the chocolate bar by just saying “Hershey’s” and that’s the company name not the candy name. Hershey makes Reese’s and the chocolate bars.
You are probably right. Some of the categories are just general stuff that most people know. I think it’s better that way otherwise no one would bother challenging. Also, I don’t think they got true experts/mensa members so they’ll make mistakes and fold under pressure. The timer is key because we have seen people recognize the answer while the 3 seconds tick off. You can’t waste time so I think you’ve got people who pass instantly if they aren’t positive.
Some of the pictures are really bad. Not your straight forward typical. A couple had hair almost covering the entire face.
It might be. The last person to be challenged/randomly chosen could pick up a huge section by having their “expert” category.
If you're on a square that hasn't been chosen yet, this is exactly what you're hoping for. Let everyone else cannabilize each other and then swoop in and steal it all in as few battles as possible. There's too much luck involved to think that a regular person can win duels consistently, unless you're a broad-spectrum trivia whiz. One fumble on a question and then a pass and you're toast, and it's almost pure luck whether it happens to you or your opponent.
Knowing that she’d both get the $10k and stay alive (one challenge left) to the next day, it was a good call. Going for the $10k/$20k when you aren’t in the lead is good strategy because you could easily lose without ever getting anything.
I don’t know how she won but it was so clear she was going home next. She couldn’t have painted a bigger target on herself with that performance although Joey messed us worse.
Was turkey guessed and smoked turkey was the answer? What matches and what doesn’t is so random especially since pretty much all BBQ is smoked if it’s in the smoker like brisket. Fluffy (nickname) worked when she didn’t know his name was a bit odd.
As we discussed earlier in the thread, in the first few episodes quite a few contestants were playing for the $20,000 prize at the end of the episode probably because they figured they would have no shot at making it to the end after being called so early. The lady you mentioned may be the first case of someone who decided not to play for the $20,000 prize in order to improve their chances of winning the $250,000.
Great point and I said the same thing to my wife. I said I’d go back because challenging the PhD agricultural guy in obscure fruits was a losing bet (we saw it play out). She has no draw for the weekly $20k so I like keeping my category/no randomizer play for the $250k.
Challenging the comedian in his own category of Comedians was a huge help to the group as well. Once you get past Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart and into the more obscure or lesser known ones, very few challengers were going to be able to hang with him in that category.
During the one turn, chick paused for so long, I thought she forgot it was her turn and was waiting on the other girl to answer
It seemed like 15 or 20 seconds. And she still won! My wife thought the same thing re thinking it wasn't her turn.During the one turn, chick paused for so long, I thought she forgot it was her turn and was waiting on the other girl to answer
So damn annoying. She thought she was the main character.
