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Ep 2

Spoiler: Convenience Store Items

Pretty cool category for - the 'clerk' from Clerks

Kind of glad the high horse met the ground.

Ep 3 - 5

Spoiler: Some game changes were nice to see

3.
Liked the category Islands as the show made it 3 'associations' and they had to guess the island. It was a new way of doing it.

Mother/Daughter team lost one.
Bachelorette husband/wife team lost one.

Forgetting it's their turn hurt some more - particularly Airport Codes.
Lots of close battles. Hammer not good enough for Sledge Hammer.

Randomizer working overtime, but hiding caught one immediately.
Never got a chance to challenge Dante, err Brian - gets $20k more

4.
Everyone hiding previous episode and the start this one. Rob: Who wished the Randomizer picked you? Raise hands.
For the first time, the Randomizer will select 'volunteers' this round only. Oooh, me likey. But probably only works this episode now that people can stay quiet and not have false bravado. About 12 raised their hand.

And back to the floor most of the episode.

Agriculture expert got all the long descriptions and tough ones. Challenger got the singular words.
Nice Math battle.

Whale Dante/Brian finally challenged with the time boost. Up to $60k now - most for the 'nightly prize' category. Seemed to have genuine tears (though he's an actor).

67 remain
5.
Aggressive players this episode - finally.

A contender arises.

Another forgot it's their turn.

Can't blame them - camera person has an infatuation with the Bachelorette.

LOL - Dante/Brian gets the final battle of the night as he's got everything around the randomizer pick. For $20k, no other options for the 'island of Wyatt'! $80k to the whale - 4 weeks in a row!

59 remain

Ep 6

Spoiler: Real Housewives

Opens off with a big whiff. Tom Hanks

Mixture of aggressive play and hiding today.

I swear some peeps are lying about their age. 48 year old with lots of work done and wants a booty lift with the prize money. Next up, a 39 year old that's big in the belly, grey balding, and full grey beard.

Real Housewives? Battle of the season? 2 men? huh!?

Space spaced it.

Brian gets to $100,000 - 5 straight nights as the whale.

Asian chefs are low on the known scale.

 

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Ep 7

Spoiler: Get challenged once = win $

Surprise - Wow, cowgirl boots did NOT take on Rodeo (whale Brian) and went with Congress instead.

Pasta - chef's kiss by the expert
Latin Singers - whew, battle!

Brian / Dante finally gets challenged - up to 14 turf - inherits Aviation
A challenger backdoors his way to tie him and gets money in the final battle of the night.
Daily win tally: Brian $110,000; Mike $10,000

 

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Ep 7

Spoiler: Get challenged once = win $

Surprise - Wow, cowgirl boots did NOT take on Rodeo (whale Brian) and went with Congress instead.

Pasta - chef's kiss by the expert
Latin Singers - whew, battle!

Brian / Dante finally gets challenged - up to 14 turf - inherits Aviation
A challenger backdoors his way to tie him and gets money in the final battle of the night.
Daily win tally: Brian $110,000; Mike $10,000

It was smart for the people in the bottom left quadrant to make a territory as big as the one in the bottom right quadrant.

 

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Ep 8

Spoiler: It was the Best of Times, it was the worst of times

Mike wants to share the daily prize no more - being aggressive to start the show. Takes the lead and continues on instead of going back to the floor. Took down State Quarters for the time boost.
If I'm Brian, I'm not sure I'd be upset that he's not the main target anymore (though others have studied his topic more).

Teen Drama for the fail ! 6 correct combined. 9 passes. Brutal.

Whale attack by physics! FAIL! Named 0 Rom Coms. Dude never had to answer, but perfectly wasted his time boost. And now has Physics as the category.

And another weird choice if the Beyonce Songs fan wasn't lying (likely) - studied at Oxford and majored in English/Creative Writing so logically avoids the Crown and Poetry options to go with Parades. Smells like someone was thinking of ways to sound smart while challenging, but might not actually be so - beautiful liar. Beyonce. We'll never know...

New Beyonce Song owner (white and nerdy)... goes after newly earned Physics the Whale with no time boost. Mechanical Engineer he says and gets some woos when he knew a formula. New whale in the ocean = Shane. He'll last 1 round if he sticks with Beyonce. 1 battle remains for the $20k. He needs 1 for the time boost - and goes back to the floor... what?!? Beyonce!

Personal edit: Shane says that they'll be surprised how much he knows Beyonce Songs.
10 of 14 Randomizer spots border Beyonce. Another nerdy white guy - category Nerdy Characters - LOL Nerd battle over Beyonce for 20k!

Daily win tally: Brian $110,000; Mike (gone) $10,000; Shane $20,000

 

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Ep 9

Spoiler: pod of whales

A lot of Whale sightings this episode.

Whale Shane keeps playing to start - and lost it.
From 1 piece of turf to 23 - new Whale Devin (always wastes a second saying 'uh' before each answer - won't last - and didn't).
New Whale Eric doesn't want Nerdy Characters, so going aggressive until time boost - 27 turf
Get's challenged with the time boost and forgets that it's his turn after a pass - tick tock. Survived - 28 turf - new category Critters.
Again targeted with no time boost - 5th win today. 29 - new category Billionaires. Goes back to the floor and hopes no final duel of the night.
No such luck - gets randomized to a player that only has 1 choice - the Whale. Went on a passing spree and lost the $20k/6th battle. Kathy is the new Whale with 30 turf - category Murder Mysteries.

Brain with Aviation even got attacked. But defended easily with half his time remaining. 15 turf + new category Haunted Locations

Hmm, Medicine category expert isn't a pharmacist, he's a Technical Director for Drama. Yeah, he lost.

Puppets was quite the battle and flipped who won at the last moment.

Daily win tally: Brian $110,000; Mike (gone) $10,000; Shane $20,000 (gone); Kathy $20,000
25 remain

 

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Ep 10

Spoiler: Orcas

Kathy goes back to the floor.
Brian gets challenged and Haunted Locations was a pass-fest. He survives and inherits Construction. Again targeted- - his 9th battle - most in games history. Easily wins with 30 seconds to spare. Fairy Tales & Fables now.

19-time Jeopardy Champ still waiting. Bachelorette gone.

Nervous girl cheers opponent on good answers - wasting time, but so did the Song of the Year opponent. Funny to watch. Yeah, she lost.

As it should end the night, back to Kathy for the $20k battle in Murder Mysteries. Gets another daily and up to 31 pieces of turf.

Semi-finals up next.
Daily win tally: Brian $110,000; Mike (gone) $10,000; Shane $20,000 (gone); Kathy $40,000

 

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So much of this game is about timing. 2 battles, $40,000 is about as good a timing as you can get.

 

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Ep 11

Spoiler: Action packed...

Kathy goes back to the floor to start.
3 single squares remain - all border Brian, one near Kathy. Time to make everyone play and get after the big dogs.

Brian gets the challenge. Can he win a 10th duel? Nope, his legendary run is over.
Zaph is now in second - category Eras. He can go back to the floor, but both singles touch his turf. Plays on. Ooh an Audio category - identify the language "Happy Birthday" is spoken in - expert got stomped in own category. 22 turf and now the 2 biggest touch. Goes for time boost and barely fails in Marvel.
Baron is now in second - Eras. Plays on - make/model of Classic Cars. Fail
Clint - 27 turf - Eras. Back to the floor. 19-time Jeopardy Champion David gets to play. Association clues = 3 clues - name the decade/time period. 1 and done.
David - 28 turf - European Geography - 1 single left that touches both leaders.
To the floor and let Laurel decide. Takes on Kathy to gain 32 turf. Both whales are just blowholes now. Back to the floor with no singles remaining.

Randomizer can choose anyone - 2 battles remain. Lisa - go bold or go home... Jeopardy Champ to take his Euro-Geo category away from him and give him Weddings if she loses. Taking one for the team. 30 turf is now his.
David - 30 - Weddings final duel of the night. Bodies of Water for a split pot $10k at 32 turf tie. And gets it. Maybe a time boost in the finale.

Final Daily win tally: Brian $110,000 (gone); Mike (gone) $10,000; Shane $20,000 (gone); Kathy $40,000 (gone); Laurel $10,000; David $10,000

Finale coming up with 9 remaining.

 

[wlwiles]

Can't decide if David (the Jeopardy! champ) has been getting the winner's edit all season long or if it's a fakeout. For someone with 0 duels until last week, he's gotten a healthy amount of screentime. He got as lucky as he could possibly get in three ways:

1. He was on the board's edge, and near a corner.
2. He was the second to last person to be randomized.
2. He never got challenged by a neighbor until all the single squares were gone.

Dude survived until the Top 13 without ever having his name called to the stage, and now there's only 9 categories left so not a lot of chances for him to get tripped up on Dress Designers or Real Housewives or whatever Pop Culture category that isn't in a Jeopardy! champ's wheelhouse. Remaining categories are:

1. Poetry - gotta figure he'll be good at this
2. The Crown - are we talking the TV show? Or British royalty in general? Toss-up category for David. *NOTE: This topic is held by it's original owner, so Expert Category here*
3. Boy Bands - this one could give David trouble, but it's in the opposite diagonal corner from him currently.
4. Endangered Animals - could be toss-up, but I'd lean good category for David.
5. Trees - toss-up, also across the board from him.
6. Hotels & Motels - dude is smart, and this is one of those "How Hard Could This Topic Be?" categories so he's probably good here
7. Fortune 500 - gotta imagine he'll be decent at this. *Expert category also*
8. Cosplay - this could be his kryptonite, although the owner of this topic inherited it so no telling if they're any good at it either.
9. Weddings - David's currently inherited category.

After what we saw at the end of last episode, where the lady basically sacrificed herself to David just to get his European Geography category away from him, and the warm reception she received from everyone else on the floor for her doing that, it definitely appears that it's David vs. The Board in the finale. Their best hope is to make him play every possible duel just to up the odds of him leaving.

Still though, it's The Floor. Anything could happen. All it takes is one person to burn 20 seconds when they forget it's their turn and the game is flipped on it's head.

 

[Gally]

1. He was on the board's edge, and near a corner.
2. He was the second to last person to be randomized.
2. He never got challenged by a neighbor until all the single squares were gone.

I have always said the best "strategy" is to be in a corner and never have to play. It's kind of the biggest flaw of the show. Ideally you want to be in a corner near a big fish with lots of real estate and have a category that nobody wants to go after. Then get randomized early-ish and take out someone with one piece so you are done with the randomizer until the end and protected by the big fish while retaining your category people are afraid of.

where the lady basically sacrificed herself to David just to get his European Geography category away from him,

That was dumb by her. I would never have done that. I think the board got in her head and mind tricked her into sacrificing herself.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

1. He was on the board's edge, and near a corner.
2. He was the second to last person to be randomized.
2. He never got challenged by a neighbor until all the single squares were gone.

I have always said the best "strategy" is to be in a corner and never have to play. It's kind of the biggest flaw of the show. Ideally you want to be in a corner near a big fish with lots of real estate and have a category that nobody wants to go after. Then get randomized early-ish and take out someone with one piece so you are done with the randomizer until the end and protected by the big fish while retaining your category people are afraid of.

where the lady basically sacrificed herself to David just to get his European Geography category away from him,

That was dumb by her. I would never have done that. I think the board got in her head and mind tricked her into sacrificing herself.

She didn't even know France or Greece?!

 

[wlwiles]

1. He was on the board's edge, and near a corner.
2. He was the second to last person to be randomized.
2. He never got challenged by a neighbor until all the single squares were gone.

I have always said the best "strategy" is to be in a corner and never have to play. It's kind of the biggest flaw of the show. Ideally you want to be in a corner near a big fish with lots of real estate and have a category that nobody wants to go after. Then get randomized early-ish and take out someone with one piece so you are done with the randomizer until the end and protected by the big fish while retaining your category people are afraid of.

where the lady basically sacrificed herself to David just to get his European Geography category away from him,

That was dumb by her. I would never have done that. I think the board got in her head and mind tricked her into sacrificing herself.

Exactly - the game unfolded almost perfectly for David because of exactly what you mentioned. Protected by Brian, in a corner, automatic Top 13. I had to look up how many other players are still alive employing a similar strategy. Here are the finalists:

1. David - 3 duels won
2. Alex - 5 duels won
3. Laurel - 1 duel won
4. Steven - 2 duels won
5. Andrew - 2 duels won
6. Magan - 3 duels won
7. Ted - 1 duel won
8. Mark - 1 duel won
9. Toni - 5 duels won

Lotta 1's and 2's in that list...

 

[wlwiles]

After watching the finale, I am left scratching my head at some of the strategies employed by the players.

Magan opting to not use her time boost for the Trees duel....and then not knowing the majority of the clues she was given. I mean, I personally didn't expect so many fruit trees to be included, but surely she's got some idea of what to study for, right? To be confident enough to pocket the time boost, she didn't know that category at all...

It was made known to all the players at the beginning of the season that the final duel tiebreaker was going to be International Food (if it came down to a tiebreaker). And yet everyone thought it would be a good idea to let the chef have a free waltz into the final 2 with that category looming? Was everyone that scared of Boy Bands, that nobody thought "I could do ok there, and if I won that would remove the chef from getting to the food category in the finale"?

I'm also getting pretty tired of the inconsistency by the show producers/judges re: what constitutes a correct answer. Toni said "ring", "wedding ring", "diamond ring", and had to pass because they wanted "engagement ring". But then in Endangered Animals they're allowed to say "snake" or "butterfly" instead of the proper name of the animal? True, most people are going to say "elephant" and wouldn't be able to identify it as a "Sudanese elephant". But elephants and snakes and butterflies aren't endangered! Too much ambiguity in what's allowed as an answer or not...

 

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Finale
9 enter

David (32) could have went for the time boost, but gave a dragged out intimidation speech instead.

8 Laurel (32) didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night. Hotels and Motels
7 Ted 34. The Crown now and uncomfortable (needs time boost to defend). Magan (does not use her time boost - but wouldn't have mattered) with Trees.
6 Ted 38. Goes for the time boost vs Fortune 500 (one some were scared of). Mark didn't know them as well as he's professed. To the Floor.
Ted 40 w/TB.

5 Toni 12 (final female competitor) goes after the Time Boosted big dog The Crown. Inherited topic shows and Ted is comically a goner.
4 Toni 52. Stays and plays - goes for the other big dog Weddings! David defends and has not passed yet. Toni's win streak ends at 7.
3 David 84. Gets Cosplay and goes on the offensive. Alex and Poetry. David finally passed but pulls out the win.
Alex is hush hush also a former Jeopardy multi-day champion - revealed during the quick interview, but not during the battle. Odd.

2 David 92. Neither of the other 2 can battle each other. Andrew's Endangered Animals and Jeopardy Champions become extinct.

Final
1 Andrew 95 (Cosplay - won) vs Steven 5 (Boy Bands - won)
Very cool to have all 100 categories played. 1 category in all 3 seasons to have never been played = tie-breaker International Foods (Chef huge advantage on that one over the Animator).

100 Chef Steven
Congrats on $250k. Hiding is still the winning strategy. I do like his prep work for the show - nightly drilling by different family members/friends for months.

 

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Aussie version of The Floor starting up. $200,000
9x9 grid=81 (like the first season of the US) contestants/categories.

Host: Actor Rodger Corser.

Subtle difference: the 'pass' 3 seconds penalty has a small sound for the 3 second countdown.

 

[Gally]

Hiding is still the winning strategy.

Easily the best way to win. You can't go home if you aren't at risk. That is really the simple answer.

I hated the inconsistency this season on what was accepted as correct answers. In the endangered animals category they were way to lenient. I mean not all elephants are endangered.....I think you should have had to actually say what the endangered species was and not just a generic term. They did the same in some other categories where you needed the breed of dog sometimes but not other times.

I also think they need to have some other incentive to keep playing. Another possible idea is to shuffle the board locations during g a randomizer instead of just the highlighted space. People starting in corners have a huge advantage. Move them around at times. Even if it is just at the start of each episode.

 

[Riffraff]

I also think they need to have some other incentive to keep playing. Another possible idea is to shuffle the board locations during g a randomizer instead of just the highlighted space.

I think that could be a good one as it puts fear and pressure on to at least play once. Institute it after day 3 or whatnot - it's not like the first few days or so have much control on being picked. Just spent 2-3 weeks studying a few topics and switch it up.

Combine that with the volunteer to play option and it may work.

 

[wlwiles]

I've thought about this a lot and I really think that the change I want to see the most is them implement a monetary prize for winning each duel. Do away with the current $20k prize and give every duel winner $2k for a win. I'd love to see it be more because I think more $ would entice more people to stay and play rather than go back to the floor.

 

[belljr]

I've thought about this a lot and I really think that the change I want to see the most is them implement a monetary prize for winning each duel. Do away with the current $20k prize and give every duel winner $2k for a win. I'd love to see it be more because I think more $ would entice more people to stay and play rather than go back to the floor.

Or maybe 10k nightly with 1k per duel

 

[bryhamm]

maybe a prize for squares conquered/obtained. would entice people to duel more.

 

[Gally]

maybe a prize for squares conquered/obtained. would entice people to duel more.

If they lowered the prize for the last man standing and spread that out to duel winner's it would incentivize people to duel. For example, I think the guy that ended up winning this last time won a total of 5 or 6 duals (I could be way wrong but I don't remember him dueling much until the last duel). So you have someone that won 10 duels potentially getting nothing and a guy that barely played got $250K mostly due to luck of the draw.

What is the total prize pool $250K for the winner and $20K per 11 nightly winners? Call it $20k x 10 for $200K. So a total of $450K in winnings. 99 total duels. Call it 100 for easy math so that's about $4.5K per duel win. You could stagger it so you get a multiplier for more wins in a row without going back to the floor. I think that would be the best incentive to stay and play.

 

[wlwiles]

maybe a prize for squares conquered/obtained. would entice people to duel more.

I had this same thought at one point, and I do wonder if there's a way to implement something like this. But just a straight "$ per square won" prize won't work. The problem is that it snowballs. Let's say each square is worth $1k.

Joe beats Bob, takes his square. $1k to Joe.
Nate beats Joe, takes his two squares, $2k to Nate.
Rachel beats Nate, takes his three. $3k to Rachel.

The show is paying out $1k for Bob's original square over and over again... Maybe it can be $1k won per duel, and an extra $1k if you successfully win and claim (or win and defend) the largest territory at the moment.

 

[bryhamm]

Maybe some sort of escalating duel prize. Win 1 duel = $1k. Win a 2nd duel (any time) = $2k. Win a 3rd duel (any time) = $5k. Not sure how quickly to ramp.

Might be better if you do it consecutively. That way it grows, but you have to stay and keep playing for it to grow.

 

[Gally]

Maybe some sort of escalating duel prize. Win 1 duel = $1k. Win a 2nd duel (any time) = $2k. Win a 3rd duel (any time) = $5k. Not sure how quickly to ramp.

Might be better if you do it consecutively. That way it grows, but you have to stay and keep playing for it to grow.

This was my suggestion a few posts up. I would have a multiplier for wins in a row so that you have a reason to stay out there. I think that is the only thing that will lead to people not hiding.

 

[Riffraff]

Has to fit the budget for the show. Escalating prizes exceeds it by a bunch.
But agree that money has to be able to be earned if they want aggressive play.

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PS - The Floor AU is going well. Their words for things are always a bit off from the normal 'Murican speak. Some of the same leniency/harsh acceptance for pics. Baby category was strict on saying 'baby' before everything. D'uh
Host got the Rob Lowe treatment - contestant couldn't identify - 2 - of his shows in his 'expert' category. LOL

 

[Gally]

Has to fit the budget for the show.

Of course. Seems like they have about $450K of total prize money. I am sure they can math it out to figure out a proper escalator even if you have to lower the final prize.