TPiR Recap - 2/5/2014

[thepriceis_J]

Always a joy to see Double Prices played at Door 3. A very welcome change of pace. Now if Double Prices could be played for a car, that'd be great.

What a close Rat Race. Darn you, Orange.

Squeeze Play was a miracle. That looked very difficult.

[tripleplay92]

Temptation needs to go because the game is getting a lot harder and no one is winning anymore.

[sayingsorry]

Temptation needs to go because the game is getting a lot harder and no one is winning anymore.

Which is perfect for today's administration. I always wonder how games in the past that had such low winning percentages would fare and last today. Yes I will use Pay the Rent as my example. Only won once and they sure and heck have made sure of that, but its still in the line up. If its exciting and the average viewer things the contestant has a chance then they won't get rid of it.

[DJTorgo]

Temptation needs to go because the game is getting a lot harder and no one is winning anymore.

You said the same thing about Stack the Deck and Gas Money last year.  All because a game has a slightly-low win/loss percentage doesn't mean the game needs to go.  Some games need to be hard.

Hell, Pathfinder has more wins than losses this season (presently 3-2).  That's insane.

[Roadgeek Adam]

Maybe it's just me, but I thought playing it for a Sonic was a bigger problem than the setup.

[PriceBusterXL]

You said the same thing about Stack the Deck and Gas Money last year.  All because a game has a slightly-low win/loss percentage doesn't mean the game needs to go.  Some games need to be hard.

Hell, Pathfinder has more wins than losses this season (presently 3-2).  That's insane.

THIS JUST IN:

I agree with you! 

But seriously, it's true that Stack The Deck has a horrible track record so far, and I will give tripleplay92 that.............but just because some car games feel like they're suffering from SNK Boss Syndrome and makes the contestant feel like he/she is going up against Omega Rugal from King Of Fighters (or any fighting game that has a ridiculously hard boss, for that matter) doesn't really mean that it needs to go. I think games like that need to be challenging, to say the least. We already got a Stack win this season anyway.

And in all honestly, I was those people who were like that. So eventually, Temptation will be won, sooner or later.

[whinbaby]

The 7,964th episode (92nd for Season 42)

Showcase #1

• Bar Table Set:  $504
• Trip to San Francisco:  $6,358
• Ford Fiesta:  $16,905

My bid:  $22,262 (Difference of $1,505)

Showcase #2

• Winter Gear:  $1,196
• Snowmobile:  $12,299
• Trip to Geneva, Switzerland:  $12,370

My bid:  $21,055 (Difference of $4,810)

Modeling Totals:  February 5, 2014 (OSAD 2/7)
Highs and lows among shows for the OSAD in previous years
High:  $98,646 (2/7/2002)
Low:  $10,455 (2/7/2006)

Rachel Reynolds
Total:  13/$66,962.00 (5/$29,675.00, 8/$37,287.00)
Cars:  1/$17,475.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$17,475.00)
Trips:  2/$18,160.00 (1/$11,802.00, 1/$6,358.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$2,299.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$2,299.00)

Manuela Arbelaez
Total:  16/$84,366.99 (8/$21,440.00, 8/$62,926.99)
Cars:  2 /$34,795.00 (0/$0.00, 2/$34,795.00)
Trips:  1/$12,370.00 (1/$12,370.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  29/$150,719.99 (13/$50,506.00, 16/$100,213.99)
Cars:  3/$52,270.00 (0/$0.00, 3/$52,270.00)
Trips:  3/$30,530.00 (2/$24,172.00, 1/$6,358.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$2,299.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$2,299.00)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (89 shows)
Total:  1,227/$6,503,865.04 (767/$2,825,523.99, 460/$3,678,341.05)
Cars:  140/$3,422,726.00 (52/$1,160,743.00, 88/$2,261,983.00)
Trips:  170/$1,323,001.00 (102/$793,217.00, 68/$529,784.00)
Cash Prizes:  20/$200,121.00 (5/$33,711.00, 15/$166,410.00)

Manuela Arbelaez (4 shows)
Total:  48/$279,103.99 (25/$74,629.00, 23/$204,474.99)
Cars:  6/$110,182.00 (0/$0.00, 6/$110,182.00)
Trips:  5/$56,845.00 (3/$31,222.00, 2/$25,623.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$25,000.00 (0/$5,000.00, 1/$20,000.00)

All Prizes (89 shows)
Total:  2,342/$15,148,586.49 (1,431/$6,008,478.44, 911/$9,140,108.05)
Cars:  278/$6,332,636.00 (103/$2,277,182.00, 175/$4,055,454.00)
Trips:  308/$2,471,552.00 (175/$1,374,451.00, 133/$1,097,101.00)
Cash Prizes:  86/$2,861,613.00 (14/$406,574.00, 72/$2,455,039.00)

Career to date
Rachel Reynolds (1,294 shows)
Total:  12,528/$66,432,842.38 (7,799/$29,744,852.94, 4,729/$36,687,989.44)
Cars:  1,360/$31,015,156.00 (529/$11,455,828.00, 831/$19,559,328.00)
Trips:  1,157/$8,802,078.00 (617/$4,559,756.00, 540/$4,242,322.00)
Cash Prizes:  214/$2,444,348.00 (44/$430,909.00, 170/$2,013,439.00)

Manuela Arbelaez (603 shows)
Total:  5,478/$31,121,060.82 (3,373/$13,238,161.72, 2,105/$17,882,899.10)
Cars:  628/$14,146,455.00 (216/$4,833,302.00, 412/$9,313,153.00)
Trips:  654/$5,520,882.00 (345/$2,854,036.00, 309/$2,666,846.00)
Cash Prizes:  110/$1,316,199.00 (32/$222,484.00, 78/$1,093,715.00)

My viewing to date (2,455 shows)
Total:  64,019/$351,766,648.16 (39,825/$152,479,112.16, 24,194/$199,287,536.00)
Cars:  6,963/$150,416,704.51 (2,693/$56,809,510.51, 4,270/$93,607,194.00)
Trips:  5,261/$37,106,374.00 (2,720/$19,079,379.00, 2,541/$18,026,995.00)
Cash Prizes:  1,842/$40,762,428.00 (361/$6,633,864.00, 1,481/$34,128,564.00)