I don't have a dream lineup, at least this second. Several of my "dream' lineups were actually dream-come-true lineups. To be clear, those were legit line ups, and not something that violates an "unwritten rule". To be more specific, episodes featuring Hole In One/Hit Me or Trader Bob/Superball weren't realistic. Barring specials, and a lot of other reasons, the expectation of
two SP/GP PGs in one show was slim to none.
It's rather tough to have an outright dream line up, since there is at least someone that holds one of 112 games as his or her favorite. That, and with over 100 games in over a half century, there are several options, but only a half dozen is the ceiling.
Not to sound old, but I wasn't a big fan of the move to have fee games fourth, and later car games. It's not a big deal for the most part unless something like Pass the Buck or Master Key shows up there. I guess I'm a fan of "balance" where there are two car games in each half, one GP in one half, and one SP in the other half. While times have changed, for me it felt like it was too much to have a cash game, car game, fee game right after the first SCSD. Which was technically the final segment of the first half hour. Just a me problem, but I prefer excitement during the 5th & 6th acts.
At the end of the day, there are a lot of people that are much better than yours truly in terms of what makes an elite lineup. To be fair, as long as the show is exciting & the contestants are great and exciting, that's what matters the most. While winning is decent, if it doesn't work out, so be it. As long as you're having fun & there's effort.
I will admit that seeing something like Golden Road & Triple Play sixth is awesome, but only just for the sake of it. Other than that, I'd prefer those 2 to be in the first act. The flow is important I think.
I apologize if the following is an issue, but
I admired the work here from
Mallory as it relates to lineups. It's been a minute, but I thought this was pretty neat!