2015 Game Show Turdament -- Round of 32

[UniquePerspective]

Bleh. That's how I feel about this first match-up. Should probably be a sweet 16 match-up at least. Wink is the better host, I think Sex Wars is a slightly better idea, and perhaps even more of a game show than Instant Recall is. This is tough because I really don't love either. Going to go 6-5 in favor of Sex Wars.

500 Questions has at least some merit. I can't find any in Moment of Truth, except MAYBE a better host, but even then I don't think he's at his best. 10-1 in favor of 500 Questions.

Due to no Love Buffet knowledge, have to skip the third match.

Now this one. This one is interesting. Couldn't vote on The Chamber last time due to its opponent, so this is the first time I get to commentate on it. It's certainly I'd say way too intense for my liking, if it were toned down, I think it'd be on the same level as The Chair, not great but not acceptable. On the other hand, Taboo is a very very hard pill to swallow. It's just so in your face, so out there that I don't know how too many people can sit through it. This is another one that could really go either way. On the sole basis that I think one has a little more game to it, 6-5 in favor of Taboo, but I'm not happy sending either of them home.

[Hag]

I'm not big on battle of the sexes type shows, and I found Instant Recall more appealing.

Instant Recall - 8
Sex Wars - 3

Moment of Truth was just a bad idea. 500 Questions was a typical quiz show, but I do like Richard Quest as host.

500 Questions - 10
Moment of Truth - 1

I'll have to abstain from the third pair, not having seen Love Buffet.

The last pair are pretty evenly bad in thier own ways. The Chamber was too sadistic and Taboo was too hyper.

Taboo - 6
The Chamber - 5

[JayC]

Sex Wars vs Instant Recall: Pass since I've never seen Sex Wars.

Moment of Truth vs 500 Questions: Moment of Truth wasn't the worst show, but I don't like shows that bring out the worst in its contestants.  Sometimes it was just downright tacky.  500 Questions could've been a very good show with better execution.  I didn't think it was terrible, but the hosting was pretty poor and it was not nearly as intense as advertised.  Still, it's better than Moment of Truth was.  Moment of Truth- 3 500 Questions- 8

Let's Make a Deal 2003 vs Burt Luddin's Love Buffet: LMaD 2003 was definitely a trainwreck of a revival.  I thought it was OK when I first watched it, but it makes the current version look really good in comparison.  Love Buffet was just dumb, so I can't give it the win despite LMaD 2003 being such a bad revival.  Let's Make a Deal 2003- 7 Love Buffet- 4

Chamber vs Taboo: Chamber was just odd, and the hosting was terrible.  Taboo was bad all the way around, and the distractions were just a really corny and stupid addition.  I'm gonna give the edge to Chamber since it was kind of interesting to see how contestants handled the elements at least.  Chamber- 9 Taboo- 2

[UniquePerspective]

Sex Wars vs Instant Recall: Pass since I've never seen Sex Wars.

If you go back to its last match-up, there is a full episode of Sex Wars on YouTube. Whether it'll be enough to determine your vote is another story, but it's out there.

[PatrickRox80]

Pass on the first match as I couldn't get through Sex Wars without cringing. I can't judge fairly without seeing the whole episode.

While 500 Questions could have been so much better, nothing could have saved Moment of Truth from being the mess it was. In all honesty, I just can't find anything moral about it. I still have to take points off due to 500 Questions' horrible execution.

500 Questions 7-4 over Moment of Truth.

I don't consider the 2003 revival of Let's Make a Deal to be a ripoff as bad as it was. Love Buffet was putrid and it took GSN another 12 years to try a proper (though still terrible) revival.

Let's Make a Deal 9-2 over Love Buffet

Taboo is the innocent bad of this matchup in spite of the gimmicks and overexcited contestants. The Chamber is the lethal bad, literally. It's hard to defend a show where a contestant could get lingering health problems.

The Chamber 9-2 over Taboo

[TheGRVOfLightning]

Taboo is the innocent bad of this matchup in spite of the gimmicks and overexcited contestants. The Chamber is the lethal bad, literally. It's hard to defend a show where a contestant could get lingering health problems.

The Chamber 9-2 over Taboo

Patrick, If you want The Chamber to advance it should be Taboo: 9, The Chamber: 2

[PatrickRox80]

Patrick, If you want The Chamber to advance it should be Taboo: 9, The Chamber: 2

Oh, thanks. I mean Taboo 9-2 over The Chamber.

[Coupon Boy]

Since I like both What Would You Do? and Hit Man a lot, I have to give Instant Recall at least some credit, even though it combines those two concepts in basically the worst way imaginable. Sex Wars is a total bore-fest.

Instant Recall wins 8 to 3 over Sex Wars.

500 Questions felt like a convention full of malfunctioning robots, whereas The Moment of Truth felt like a televised confessional of grave sins.

500 Questions wins 10 to 1 over The Moment of Truth.

Let's Make a Deal is a great format and the 2003 version didn't terribly deviate from it, whereas Love Buffet was one of the many yawn inducing Newlywed game rip-offs.

2003 Let's Make a Deal wins 11 to 0 over Love Buffet.

Taboo (along with Yahtzee before it) proved that not all board games make for great game shows, whereas The Chamber proved that slowly torturing people while asking questions makes for a terrible game show and a law suit waiting to happen.

Taboo wins 9 to 2 over The Chamber.

[Alfonzo]

Wink swings the scales for me in the first match-up. Sex Wars...ugh!

Instant Recall: 9, Sex Wars: 2

Moment of Truth had many more uncomfortable moments than 500 Questions, which might be the worst game show of this year, just not of all time.

500:9, Truth: 2

One point away for the 2003 LMaD being the worst version of all time, but yeah Love Buffet was awful!

LMaD 2003: 10, Love Buffet: 1

I will not give any credit to a show that can put intentional physical harm on people for sadistic entertainment value. No matter how bad Taboo was The Chamber was much, much WORSE!

Taboo: 11, The Chamber: I wish I could give lower than zero

[BRB_TheFireball]

Another set of matches is in the books.  Let's see who will fill the remaining slots.

In the Rosen Bracket, Instant Recall c**k-blocked Sex Wars, 30-14.  Sorry, J.D.  We loved Fun House, but your last game show just didn't arouse us.



In the Wagner Bracket, 500 Questions won the battle against The Moment of Truth, 54-12.  Honestly, The Moment of Truth could actually give Rossi Moreale an out in the next round.



In the Burleson Bracket, Let's Make a Deal (Bush) zonked Burt Luddin's Love Buffet, 37-7.  That sets up a huge GSN fight in the next round.



Finally, in the Goddard Bracket, Taboo made The Chamber a taboo word.  Taboo took the 43-23 win and The Chamber made sure that three #1 seeds stayed in the running.



And that's your lineup of the sixteen worst game shows of all time.  Coming up, the field will be whittled down to the Excrement Eight.