TPiR Recap - 5/27/2011

[whinbaby]

The 7,474th episode (172nd for Season 39)

Showcase #1:
Copper Tub - $3,740
Plasma TV - $1,800
Home Theater Seats - $4,050
Honda Fury - $12,999

My bid:  $28,594 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2:
Trip to Boca Raton - $6,884
Trip to Maui - $8,413
Norwegian Cruise - $13,513

My bid:  $30,260 (D'oh!)

Your Modeling Scorecard for May 27, 2011
Rachel Reynolds
Total:  7/$14,887 (4/$7,242, 3/$7,645)
Cars:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)
Trips:  1/$5,068 (1/$5,068, 0/$0)

Manuela Arbeláez
Total:  9/$84,086 (5/$31,700, 4/$52,386)
Cars:  1 /$25,194 (0/$0, 1/$25,194)
Trips:  3/$28,810 (3/$28,810, 0/$0)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith
Total:  8/$30,306 (3/$1,501, 5/$28,805)
Cars:  1/$15,278 (0/$0, 1/$15,278)
Trips:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

And for the season
Rachel Reynolds (164 shows)
Total:  1,614/$8,468,781 (971/$3,580,909, 643/$4,887,872)
Cars:  172/$3,908,287 (54/$1,257,478, 118/$2,650,809)
Trips:  164/$1,257,617 (76/$581,125, 88/$676,492)

Manuela Arbeláez (114 shows)
Total:  1,079/$6,325,868 (633/$2,648,482, 446/$3,677,386)
Cars:  124/$2,898,660 (43/$1,013,687, 81/$1,884,973)
Trips:  119/$941,893 (58/$446,156, 61/$495,737)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith (93 shows)
Total:  850/$5,053,925 (529/$2,253,843, 321/$2,800,083)
Cars:  93/$2,184,291 (30/$716,716, 63/$1,467,575)
Trips:  92/$751,556 (57/$453,111, 35/$298,445)

[Eddie]

No surprise for Kitch to bash the Magic Number player.  Three digit prizes are hardly ever offered on single-guess games.

[Guint]

No surprise for Kitch to bash the Magic Number player.  Three digit prizes are hardly ever never offered on single-guess games.

Fixed.

[vanziedorcede]

It would be nice if I could find out what the name of the new font is.

The new font of L7 is 'Calisto MT Bold' (Source: Qwizx; TPIR Fonts Section)

[Kyle]

Seems to me that Magic # confuses a lot of contestants...at the show I attended earlier this season, I spoke to the girl who played the game (and lost) and she said she thought the object of the game was to determine the difference between the two prizes.

[spoon14]

Seems to me that Magic # confuses a lot of contestants...at the show I attended earlier this season, I spoke to the girl who played the game (and lost) and she said she thought the object of the game was to determine the difference between the two prizes.

Which is a strange belief because it's ridiculously difficult to ask someone to get an exact difference to the dollar. But I guess the cluelessness of many current contestants about the rules of the games and Drew's explanation make for a perfect storm. I cringe a bit when he says that the have to guess the "magic number" between the prices of the two prizes because it makes it sound like it's one specific number. He should say something like the magic number is any number within the range of values between the two prices (and emphasize the word "range").

He should imagine how he'd explain it to someone who came from Mars with limited English proficiency.

[Kev347]

He should imagine how he'd explain it to someone who came from Mars with limited English proficiency.

I haven't seen that many playings of Magic # with Bob (it was rare then too!), but Drew's explanations aren't THAT different from Bob's if my memory is correct, right? If they are, maybe it's time we figure out what Bob was doing right.

[spoon14]

I haven't seen that many playings of Magic # with Bob (it was rare then too!), but Drew's explanations aren't THAT different from Bob's if my memory is correct, right?

I don't really remember. I don't necessarily mean to say Drew's doing a bad job with the explanation in the abstract. But when there are many players that don't seem to get the show, you've really got to make it an unquestionably clear.

[vadernader]

I don't really remember. I don't necessarily mean to say Drew's doing a bad job with the explanation in the abstract. But when there are many players that don't seem to get the show, you've really got to make it an unquestionably clear.

So Drew has to basically coddle every contestant telling them to set the magic number higher than $1000 at the least and to end every 10 chances guess in -0?

[spoon14]

So Drew has to basically coddle every contestant telling them to set the magic number higher than $1000 at the least and to end every 10 chances guess in -0?

You seem angry. Maybe that's why you misread my post. I didn't say that Drew has to give hints. Just that unfortunately if the rules aren't phrased in the most obvious way possible players botch them. That doesn't mean saying,"Hhint, hint, the right answer is going to be about this amount." It just means making it unmistakeably clear that the right answer is any number that's higher than the cheaper price but lower than the more expensive price. That's not analogous to revealing the zero rule. That's analogous to making absolutely clear that use ever digit once, but leave out one digit for the first two prizes.

[vadernader]

You seem angry.

I'm not, but what does that have to do with anything?

It just means making it unmistakeably clear that the right answer is any number that's higher than the cheaper price but lower than the more expensive price.

The rules of the game as explained by Drew state that outright, if the contestant does not listen, that's his/her own fault.

[Guint]

The rules of the game as explained by Drew state that outright, if the contestant does not listen, that's his/her own fault.

No; Drew says "find the magic number," implying there is only one magic number.

[vadernader]

No; Drew says "find the magic number," implying there is only one magic number.

So you're saying a contestant thinks they have to nail some exact price dead on? I guess they assume Bullseye 72' has returned with avengence.

[Brian44]

Drew's not exactly building up the contestants' encouragement when he rants how he hates 3 Strikes and that 10C and Check-Out are the toughest games on the show.  With the most clueless contestants in 10C during the Barker era, at the end of the game he'd often tell them, "This game isn't so tough if you've seen it a few times," but that's about as opinionated as I'd see Bob get with the PGs.

So Drew has to basically coddle every contestant telling them...to end every 10 chances guess in -0?

Since TPIR has essentially stopped catering to the LFATs, as someone indicated in a previous thread, you might as well have the prices of all the prizes in 10C end in random numbers.

[Brian44]

I haven't seen that many playings of Magic # with Bob (it was rare then too!), but Drew's explanations aren't THAT different from Bob's if my memory is correct, right?

Not exactly.  Bob told the contestant to set the Magic# at a price that is higher than prize #1 and lower than prize #2.

If they are, maybe it's time we figure out what Bob was doing right.

IYAM, those things should have been determined well before the end of Season 36.