Most disliked game?

[mechamind]

Among active pricing games, (Not so) Lucky $even. It's certainly not as extreme as Bullseye '72, though I've become less enthusiastic about guessing random digits without any hints. Yes, the $1,000's digits can be obvious, but the other three digits are just...

[TPIRfan#9821]

I was going to rant on Switcheroo, but then I read the question again. (Cliffnote version: 80% of the contestants ignore 4/5 of the game to do POE to get to the car, and this game ticks me off the most out of all other games that have similar POE elements.)

Rent, Stack, TTM! (I like it too, just don't play it for an Aston Martin with $3k increments), L7 nowadays, and, honestly, Pick-A-Number. 10/10 way to celebrate a 4,000th episode by introducing a quickie that has in the past been literally "guess the last number". Now, it's more tame with the thousands digit, but still.

[SanAnMan]

I know it's not universally disliked, but besides Stacky, the other game I can't stand too much is Plinko. I know it's probably one of the most popular games in the lineup right now from a contestant's perspective, but it is so badly played and all too often wins them next to nothing. I still consider the special "All Plinko" episode one of the worst ever, 6 playings of the game and none with even one middle slot hit.

[htmlcc92]

I know it's not universally disliked, but besides Stacky, the other game I can't stand too much is Plinko. I know it's probably one of the most popular games in the lineup right now from a contestant's perspective, but it is so badly played and all too often wins them next to nothing. I still consider the special "All Plinko" episode one of the worst ever, 6 playings of the game and none with even one middle slot hit.

Same. Plinko is the last game I would ever want to play if I get on stage.

In terms of universally disliked, hasn't the audience groaned before when the Clock Game comes around on the turntable? It's a personal favorite of mine, but I seem to remember that mentioned somewhere on here.

[whowouldeverhurtawhammy]

There's a strategy to winning Pay the Rent, but that's another story.
Nonetheless, I can say that I am not fond of That's Too Much!; I hardly ever see anybody win that game nowadays...

[ShootingDio]

It's in the Bag. The most infuriating thing was painful bailouts (stopped at $8k) and should they went on, they would've gotten the full win, but it hasn't been since 2015.

[WOF85]

I know it's not universally disliked, but besides Stacky, the other game I can't stand too much is Plinko. I know it's probably one of the most popular games in the lineup right now from a contestant's perspective, but it is so badly played and all too often wins them next to nothing. I still consider the special "All Plinko" episode one of the worst ever, 6 playings of the game and none with even one middle slot hit.

I'm with you.  The other problem is that game is so luck based that it can punish a smart player and reward a dumb player.  A person can earn all 5 chips and get nothing while a dumb play can botch the first half and get 10k.  And Plinko has the longest losing record on the show. (At least Bullseye I was sent to the Pricing Game Old Folks Home early on.)


I actually find Pay The Rent to be a great game.  I wish they would set it so the products allow no more than 3 winnable combinations, as it should be a challenge to win the top prize.  But any real fan of the show will typically have a better shot, as they know what NOT to do when playing it.

Stack the Deck: Is decent in my book. 

Lucky $even: While interesting sufferers a lot of ugly manipulation. 

That's Too Much: While exciting at first it's lost its luster through the years.  Despite frequent play it's not often won and its set is ugly to boot.

[Teddy]

10 Chances, if you forget the zero rule. The ideal playing would require no more than two chances to get the first prize, and no more than six chances to get the second. But then, you'd only have four chances left for the car, and that can be downright frustrating if it ever had to come to that. I'd prefer that a player get at least five or six chances for the car.

[Teddy]

10 Chances, if you forget the zero rule. The ideal playing would require no more than two chances to get the first prize, and no more than six chances to get the second. But then, you'd only have four two chances left for the car, and that can be downright frustrating if it ever had to come to that. I'd prefer that a player get at least five or six chances for the car.

Make that two chances for the car, since 6+2=8. But it still gets frustrating.

[gamesurf]

But any real fan of the show will typically have a better shot, as they know what NOT to do when playing it.

I consider myself a real fan of the show... and if I someday have the good fortune to play Pay the Rent, I know what I'm doing. Line 'em up highest to lowest and collect the easiest $10,000 the show offers.

Sure, I may have a better idea of the prices than your average Joe, but you're saying I have to give up a free $10,000, just for a tiiiiiny chance at playing for $100,000, knowing I'll hardly have any room for error?

That choice is easy like Sunday Morning.

[Axl]

Stack the Deck: Is decent in my book. 

Yes... unlike Pay the Rent, the poor record of Stack the Deck is the fault of the contestants.  This game is not complicated.  If you sweep the small prizes and select the appropriate freebies (the last three digits), you basically have a 1-in-3 chance of winning.  Not fantastic odds, but pretty reasonable for a car game.

Any contestant who asks to be given the first number in the price, ought to be taken to the Farmer's Market and publicly flogged.

[GameShowKid]

I'd say the game I most personally dislike is Secret "X". A contestant can play the game perfectly and still not win the main prize offered. Also, before the Bonus Game board was digitized and its classic turntable reveal eliminated, I used to dislike seeing it even more because that meant Bonus would not be played that day (both are small prize games). Bonus was one of my favorites until those changes were made.   

[rowlande]

for me its pay the rent. Stack the Deck was won pretty often during its first season in the rotation back in season 35

[dmaingame]

That's Too Much! 

[PIRfanSince72]

That's Too Much!, Stack The Deck (even though I love that there's two elements of pricing to the game, just too difficult to win as it is currently), Coming or Going...

Most disliked retired game: On The Spot