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Title: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 12, 2020, 01:37:29 PM
“The piano ain't got no wrong notes.” -Theolonius Monk

This is a jazzy riff on the format we all know and love!

What's familiar? The episode will have four IUFBs and four pricing games. The winner of each IUFB plays a pricing game. The top two winners at the end of the show will play in the showcases. It’s just like a regular half-hour show with one extra IUFB and pricing game.

The difference is the way contestants bid on IUFBs. The One-Bids will be done in a Cullen-esque style that allows for anybody to jump in.

IUFBs will not be using the “One-Bid” format. Instead… we’re going to throw back, way back to the Bill Cullen days, before even “Come On Down” was associated with the show.

•Just like an auction, you can raise your bid, but you can't lower it.
•Each time a player raises, they must bid at least $20 more than the highest bid.
•At any time, players may choose to “freeze” their bids.
•A player may make their first bid something under the highest bid, but they must freeze immediately.

A “frozen” bid guarantees a $20 cushion. (For example, if somebody “freezes” at $400, all future bids from $400 to $419 are off limits for that round, even if it’s another player’s first bid.) This rule is intended to encourage players to “freeze” when they are confident, and discourage players from simply waiting until the last minute and one-upping somebody.

Bidding periods last 48 hours. Once the bidding period is over, all bids automatically freeze. The ARP is revealed. The bidder who is closest to the ARP of the prize without going over wins it, and wins the right to play a pricing game. (If everybody is over, a buzzer sounds, all bids are cleared and bidding is reopened for 24 hours.)
 
Bidders will not be limited to four players. Instead, bidding is open to anybody in the audience who wishes to participate and is eligible as per the HYO Forum Rules.

Anybody may jump in on any IUFB, so long as they meet the HYO forum requirements. Even players who have won previous IUFBs and played pricing games can still bid on future IUFBs and potentially win again. (The only exception is if somebody wins the first 3 IUFBs in a row.)

Example
It's fairly simple (it's almost verbatim what the rules of the Bill Cullen version were, except opened up to more than four players), but to illustrate here's an example.

The item up for bids is a year’s supply of donuts.

Arthur bids $250.
Brittany, after seeing Arthur's bid, bids $275.

(https://i.imgur.com/sKKZlR2.png)

After seeing Brittany's bid, Arthur decides his bid ought to be higher, so he raises his bid to $300.

(https://i.imgur.com/l3ejfR0.png)

In a show of confidence, Brittany raises her bid to $350 and freezes. Brittany cannot place any more bids. Since frozen bids have a $20 cushion, no future bidders can place any bids from $351-$369.

(https://i.imgur.com/tVAGOJu.png)

Charlie enters with $320. He automatically freezes, since his bid is below the current top bid of $350. (If this was not Charlie's opening bid, he would not be allowed to do this.)

(https://i.imgur.com/6TD5uX8.png)

Arthur has to decide if he is happy with his bid of $300, or if he wants to raise his bid up to $370 or above (since he would have to bid at least $20 more than the highest bidder). He chooses to freeze at $300.

(https://i.imgur.com/2E7mZY2.png)

After 48 hours of bidding are up, the ARP of the donuts is read: $335. Charlie is the winner! Charlie gets to come up onstage and play a pricing game. The process then repeats three more times, and the two biggest winners go to the showcases.

As for the other rules...

I would have an audition question, but... since anyone in the audience is eligible to bid, we don't need audition questions! But if you'd like to play, feel free to RSVP by posting what's the weirdest thing you've ever won in an auction.

I'll keep this open for about 72 hours if anybody has any questions about the format (or anything else) they want to ask before the show starts. The show will begin at approximately 3 EST/Noon PST on Wednesday, July 15th.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 12, 2020, 01:56:01 PM
Sounds interesting. I'm in! I've never been to an auction so I've never won anything from an auction.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 12, 2020, 01:58:44 PM
Count me in!

Like tpiradam, I don’t do auctions, so I’ve never gotten anything via auction.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 12, 2020, 04:25:04 PM
Reading Railroad, for $215.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: geniusinmath on July 12, 2020, 05:36:51 PM
I never won anything in a auction.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 12, 2020, 05:47:00 PM
Reading Railroad, for $215.

Amateur. Try Boardwalk for $131. :P
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 12, 2020, 05:53:38 PM
Amateur. Try Boardwalk for $131. :P

O_O Lowest I've got it was $250. How'd you manage to get it so cheap?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: PatrickRox80 on July 12, 2020, 06:54:26 PM
I’ll play! If Chinese auctions count, I’ve won my fair share of things such as American Express gift cards, appetizer bashes at bars and boxes of wine.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 12, 2020, 09:41:36 PM
I can say I'm good at real life bidding, but never participated or won anything at an auction.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 04:11:26 PM
All right, it's time...(Sign-ups are not necessarily closed, because it is a jump-in format... but it's time to begin!)

You've been briefed on the rules, you've signed the paperwork... it's time to open up the studio full of prizes!

The cast is ready, the crew is ready... prizes are loaded and in place. ARE YOU READY???

Scream on the count of three...

two...

one...

GO!

*instead of the normal Walking 2007 cue, a brass band version of “Get Lucky” is heard* (https://maddwikkid.bandcamp.com/track/get-lucky-3)

(https://i.imgur.com/IglJvrm.gif)

HEEEERE IT COMES! Get set, internet; it’s time to COME ON DOWN!

*camera pans over a studio of cheering audience members*

(https://i.imgur.com/B2kpO1w.gif)

 From the Host Your Own studios at Golden-Road.net! It’s the internet’s most EXCITING thread of FANTASTIC prizes!

*fans continue cheering, as the jib cam explores every nook and cranny of the audience*

(https://i.imgur.com/BABj7c0.gif)

 A fortune in fabulous prizes may be won today… if the PRICE IS RIGHT!

*”Get Lucky” fades out to the main TPIR theme (https://youtu.be/jk8FVBY3Yd4?t=100), and a wide shot of the audience pulls out to reveal…a small brass band, playing the music live, gathered in what was formerly Contestant’s Row*

 Music for this episode featuring the Hot Hot Horns Brass Band!

And now, here’s your host… gamesurf!


*dissolving to a shot of door #2, gamesurf walks through the doors as the brassy version of the TPIR theme continues*

Thank you, AnnouncerTron! Thank you! Welcome to the Price is Right!

Fans of the Price is Right, let me assure you, this is the same show you know and love with wonderful awards for smart shoppers. We still have your favorite pricing games and fabulous showcases.

Having said that, we have an exciting new method of bidding on the items up for bids. Or, rather, an old method made new. All of you in the audience have handheld keypads. Anybody in the audience is allowed to place a bid, which means that anybody in the audience can be a winner!

And we're going to kick off the first Item Up For Bids right now...what is it that they’re bidding on, Announcer Guy?

*the band begins to play a brass verion of  “Popcorn” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IhH3y5YHk4)*

 A lovely smartwatch package!

(https://i.imgur.com/th4h8wB.png)

 From Samsung, this pair of 46mm smartwatches feature OLED displays and come equipped military-grade durability and are water resistant to over 150 feet. Compatible with Android and iOS, you’ll wear them so often you’ll never have that skin under your wrist see the sun ever again! Screen protector, earbuds, and wireless charging pad included!

And those smartwatches are going to be won by one of you! As always, the smartwatch package will go to the one who bids nearest to the Actual Retail Price Without Going Over.

You'll notice that each of you in the audience have a handheld keypad in your seat. You will be using those keypads to bid on the smartwatches.

Just like an auction, anybody may place a bid at any time. You may raise your bid as many times as you wish, but you may never lower it.

If you think your bid is just right, you may FREEZE, and you can’t be one-upped. Freezing guarantees you a $20 minimum—if a bid is frozen at $200, for example, all future bids from $201-219 are off limits.

If it’s your first bid, you are allowed to underbid ONCE per IUFB, and you must freeze after doing so.

We’ll keep track of the bids on this handy dot matrix bid display, furnished by the American Totalisator Company, a division of Universal Controls, Incorporated.

We’ll keep bidding open for 48 hours, after which all bids will freeze and we’ll reveal the ARP. Closest bidder without going over wins the item and gets to play a pricing game!

(https://i.imgur.com/ICbN90b.png)

All right, everyone... Ready to win some smartwatches? Bidding is now open!

*in lieu of traditional think music, the band begins to play a brass verion of “I Love Rock n’ Roll (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha1q_217IF4)*

Bidding closes at 12 Noon EST/3 PM PST on Friday, July 17.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 15, 2020, 04:28:22 PM
$700
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 15, 2020, 04:48:58 PM
$800
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 04:55:19 PM
*DING!*
*DING!*

And the first bids come in, top bid is $800...

(https://i.imgur.com/akXhR17.png)


Do I hear $820? Do I hear more?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 15, 2020, 05:23:36 PM
Hmm...I'll raise my bid to $885 and freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 15, 2020, 05:25:45 PM
I'll underbid then to $830 and take the autofreeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 05:31:19 PM
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*

Two more bids are in...and two freezes with them. Top bid is $885. Anybody want to go to $905 or higher?

(https://i.imgur.com/RyFLvr2.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: geniusinmath on July 15, 2020, 05:32:34 PM
$920.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 15, 2020, 05:33:54 PM
I'll bid $650 and of course freeze there.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 05:39:26 PM
*DING!*
*DING DING!*


Two more players jumping in, another freeze, and we have a new leader at $920!

(https://i.imgur.com/taEFf6n.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: 123123123 on July 15, 2020, 05:49:16 PM
Finally, a chance to use my silent auction paddle.  :-)

$949 please
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 06:11:06 PM
[Host note: the totalisator is not limited to displaying seven bids, and will magically expand to reflect the number of bidders.]

Up to $949. Who dares to go higher than that?

(https://i.imgur.com/AqiX6eu.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 15, 2020, 06:15:10 PM
$995
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 06:24:31 PM
*DING!*

And tpiradam takes the lead back!

Another raise and we'll be into the four figure range.

(https://i.imgur.com/57l1wfY.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 15, 2020, 06:30:25 PM
$1030
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: GameShowFan9001 on July 15, 2020, 06:48:59 PM
Hmmmm....let's say $1,337 and immediately freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 07:08:38 PM
*DING!*
*DING DING!*


GameShowFan9001 has made an eleet bid at $1,337. Anybody wishing to raise must go to $1,357 or higher. Will anybody top it?

(https://i.imgur.com/bVzHsXJ.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: William on July 15, 2020, 07:25:05 PM
I'll bid $1,375 and freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 15, 2020, 08:01:00 PM
$1,395 and I'll freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 08:13:19 PM
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*


Two new bids, two new freezes.

(https://i.imgur.com/5IlNJXG.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: geniusinmath on July 15, 2020, 08:29:55 PM
$1,450 please.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 15, 2020, 09:00:28 PM
*DING!*

geniusinmath raises...

(https://i.imgur.com/CC8Ws5Q.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 15, 2020, 09:53:15 PM
I've got a respectable range, I'll freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 17, 2020, 03:58:27 PM
Aaaaaaand.... TIME! Freeze all bids, please!

(https://i.imgur.com/aqZbaj8.png)

We have nine bidders placing thirteen bids, coming in with bids ranging from $650 to $1,450. Best of luck to all of you.

The actual retail price of those smartwatches... IS!

(https://i.imgur.com/jcwi1au.png)

$945, and rockyboy34, our opening bidder, will take it!

(https://i.imgur.com/TMLF9A1.gif)

123123123, I'm so sorry, you were a mere $4 over, and geniusinmath was holding onto a winning bid for most of the round until he raised at the last second. You'll have three more chances to win your way onstage. For now, Announcerman, tell our winner the good news!

rockyboy34, COME ON DOWN! You're the next contestant on the Price is Right!

*rockyboy34 stands up from his seat and runs up on stage, TPIR94-style*

rockyboy, that's right, you've won those watches and you've won your way up on stage! It's a pleasure to meet you.

I understand that this is your first-ever time on gamesurf's Price is Right, and you've won the first-ever IUFB you've played on this edition of the show. But those smartwatches are just the start, rockyboy! You have a chance to win more... in fact, much, much more! We have a smattering array of prizes for you! Just LOOK at what we have behind these doors!

*the band begins to play a swing version of the Casino Night (https://youtu.be/Y33b8Mv2ANs?t=6) theme*

(https://i.imgur.com/P8jRjzt.png)

It's a puissant pair of mopeds, a bold bill changer, a nifty knife set, and a gleaming gas grill!

First, from X-pro, these 50cc engine mopeds come with automatic transmission, a top speed of 40 mph, and are street legal in all 50 states!

Second, this front-loading bill changer can change bills $1, $5, $10, and $20 bills both old and new, and holds a capacity of up to 3,200 quarters in change!

Third, from Miyabi, this artisan knife set comes with seven artisan knives handcrafted in Seki, Japan, sharpened by hand with an ancient 3-step process and lovingly handcrafted with with rosewood handles. Comes with sharpening steel, twin kitchen shears, and a beautiful walnut block for easy access!

And finally, from Turbo, this 64"x 25" x 51 stainless steel freestanding propane grill offers 740 square inches of cooking space, and offers the most surefire way to turn delicious vegetables & meats into tasty snacks!


And rockyboy, I want you to win all four of those, and not only can you win all four, but you can also win up to $3,000 in cash to go with it! You're going to want to win as much as you can, because not only are those four prizes terrific, but because the two top winners at the end of the show will get to compete in the showcases for even MORE prizes!

The game is called Step Up, and here's how it's played. The object is to try to start at the bottom--the least expensive prize--and pick a prize that is a "step up" every time. As long as you're able to continue picking prizes that are more expensive than the prize above them, you'll win more and more. If you can pick all four prizes from least to most expensive, you'll win everything behind this door, PLUS a bonus of $3,000!

rockyboy, the first task I have for you is to pick the least expensive prize. Which of those four prizes do you believe the least expensive?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 17, 2020, 04:18:23 PM
Oh wow.

Out of all of them, I'd say the knife set is the least expensive.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 17, 2020, 04:36:25 PM
The knive set, he says. What is the price of the knive set?

(https://i.imgur.com/5uM4l4H.png)


$1,200. Hopefully that's the least expensive of the four!

Rockyboy, your next task is to pick the prize that is a "step up" above the knive set. Ideally that would be the second-least expensive prize.

If you can pick a prize that's more expensive than $1,200, you will win both prizes, AND a $500 bonus to go with it! Which prize is a "step up" above the knive set?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 17, 2020, 04:40:06 PM
FWIW I'd go the grill, change machine, mopeds in that order.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 17, 2020, 04:45:47 PM
^ I had that plan in mind.

Let's do the grill!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 17, 2020, 05:09:46 PM
He says the grill is more than $1,200, and is he right?

(https://i.imgur.com/dN7ZxPb.gif)

*DING!*

He is! And he's won the knive set and the grill, and a $500 bonus!

But the question is... is that grill too much more?

Rockyboy, if you believe that either the change machine or the mopeds cost more than $2,248, you can risk what you've won and pick it. If you're right, you'll win THAT prize as well, plus $1,000 extra to go with your $500!

But beware! If you're wrong, you'll lose everything you've won in this game so far! Do you want to take what you have and sit down? Or do you want to chance it and pick another prize?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 17, 2020, 05:38:52 PM
The change machine!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 17, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
The change machine, he says! If that change machine is worth more than $2,248, you'll win all three prizes and $1,500.

Show us the price!

(https://i.imgur.com/fqzI3F8.png)

*BUZZ!*

*trombone player lets out the losing horns*

No! No, I'm sorry rockyboy. To be fair, that change machine could have been anything. I would have been thrown by that too.

Would the mopeds have won it for you?

(https://i.imgur.com/d04TQAJ.png)


No, they too were a hair shy. The right thing to do in this situation would have been to quit. I'm sorry, rockyboy. But you still have your smartwatches, of course, and perhaps you'll get a chance to win your way up onstage again in another item up for bids.

Next item up for bids will be coming up after these messages, at 6 PM EST/9 PM PST. Don't go away!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 17, 2020, 09:59:58 PM
Welcome back! We've got an audience full of bidders at the ready, and it's time for another Item Up For Bids!

What do you have for us, Voice Guy?

*band cues up a swing version of You Make Me Feel So Young* (https://open.spotify.com/track/44GxRXu6VoySd9xbfht2MC?si=Nrz5fm3tR46KdOCtl5jq5g)

It’s a pretentious chess set!

(https://i.imgur.com/JXqomAY.png)

Assert your intellectual dominance by proudly displaying this aurate chess set! These imported Italian chess pieces are made from a solid wood stem with brass bases and Staunton icons on the top, and a Turkish chess board featuring an arena-like coliseum design and glossy mother-of-pearl designs. Also includes a German chess clock. You’ll never view chess in the same way again!

And, just like before, the one who goes closest without going over wins the chess set.

(https://i.imgur.com/ICbN90b.png)

You know the rules by now--anybody in the audience is eligible to bid. Raises must be at least $20 over the top bid, frozen bids get $20 cushions, and you may only underbid on your opening bid.

Who will walk away with that chess set? Bidding is now open!

*in lieu of traditional think music, the band strikes up a brass version of Shake It Off (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYHYmGIGD6c)*

Bidding will freeze at 6 PM EST/9 PM PST on Sunday, July 19. Good luck!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 17, 2020, 10:13:20 PM
Lets start with $600.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 17, 2020, 10:14:09 PM
$1, gamesurf! dang it tpiradam so I couldn't make the dumb joke


$SICKS SICKS SICKS
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 17, 2020, 10:18:34 PM
*DING!*
*DING!*


(https://i.imgur.com/6ROuWJd.png)

I'm fairly sure that top bid never appeared on the Cullen version. $666 is our top bid, anybody willing to go higher?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 17, 2020, 10:45:03 PM
$700, please!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: GameShowFan9001 on July 17, 2020, 11:03:01 PM
How about $777 this time?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 17, 2020, 11:19:19 PM
$775!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 17, 2020, 11:33:39 PM
DING!
DING!
DING DING!


JhayPrice, your bid came in under 9001's top bid of $777, so you're automatically frozen.

(https://i.imgur.com/calzvK8.png)

Do I hear $797? Do I hear more?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 18, 2020, 12:14:58 AM
Let's go up to $800 and I'll freeze on that.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: William on July 18, 2020, 12:56:53 AM
$825
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 18, 2020, 01:08:40 AM
$860
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 18, 2020, 01:30:37 AM
777
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 18, 2020, 01:31:17 AM
Whoops. Didn’t see that. I’ll do $888.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 18, 2020, 01:52:17 AM
*DING!*
*DING!*

*BU--DING!*

Rockyboy, normally the rule says that once a valid bid is made, it is binding, but $777 is not a valid bid because it would run afoul of the $20 cushion JhayPrice has claimed (and besides that, 9001 has already claimed it), so luck is on your side in this case.

(https://i.imgur.com/k86cZBr.png)

We can accept the $888 bid, which is now the top bid. Lot of bidders active, the majority of which are unfrozen. How high will the bidding climb?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 18, 2020, 02:09:48 AM
I should take a second to clarify why GameShowFan's bid is able to exist.

JhayPrice's $20 cushion is only valid against future bids from $775-$794.

Because GameShowFan9001's bid already existed prior to JhayPrice freezing at $775, GameShowFan9001's $777 bid still stands. GameShowFan9001 has the liberty to either raise it or freeze it if they choose.

Protip: Don't be afraid to double-check the top bid! if you ever click "post" and a warning in a red box comes up saying "somebody else posted a message, you may wish to review your post", I strongly, STRONGLY recommend you double check and see what was written. It may mean the top bid is not what you thought it was, which may freeze/invalidate your bid. Timing plays a big part in this game!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 18, 2020, 02:59:14 AM
^ I actually didn’t see the later bids before I had mine in.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: 123123123 on July 18, 2020, 03:37:38 AM
I'll go with $595
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 18, 2020, 09:07:45 AM
$910
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 18, 2020, 09:19:05 AM
$949.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 18, 2020, 10:19:14 AM
*DING DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*


(https://i.imgur.com/YN93Gqs.png)

123123123 underbids at $595, Litebulb takes us up to $949.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: PatrickRox80 on July 18, 2020, 11:34:53 AM
Don't know if more than eight can play, but I'll bid $975.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 18, 2020, 12:23:23 PM
Freeze my bid!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 18, 2020, 01:08:18 PM
An even thousand.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 18, 2020, 01:33:00 PM
Away from my computer, excuse the lack of fancy graphics.

NameBidFrozen?
tpir04$1,000-
PatrickRox80$975-
LiteBulb88$949-
rockyboy34$888Yes
William$825-
tpiradam$800Yes
GameShowFan9001$777-
JhayPrice$775Yes
TPIRfan#9821$666-
123123123$595Yes
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 18, 2020, 02:12:32 PM
Here you go buddy  :-)

(https://i.imgur.com/JsbFOMh.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 18, 2020, 02:14:56 PM
Thanks Adam, appreciate it!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: geniusinmath on July 18, 2020, 05:31:00 PM
$1,100 and freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 18, 2020, 08:39:25 PM
I guess I'll freeze, since I doubt it's $1,100.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 18, 2020, 10:47:43 PM
*DING DING!*
*DING!*


Two more freezes! And little under 23 hours until everybody else freezes, too!

(https://i.imgur.com/cxAaBzH.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: PatrickRox80 on July 18, 2020, 11:09:28 PM
Where am I? Regardless, I’ll freeze at $975.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 18, 2020, 11:35:17 PM
*DING!*

My mistake, PatrickRox. This should be correct now.

(https://i.imgur.com/T7735fm.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 19, 2020, 10:26:53 PM
I'll bid $1120.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: pathfinder20 on July 19, 2020, 11:11:19 PM
I will bid $1200.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 19, 2020, 11:21:24 PM
I'll see that, and raise to $1230.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 20, 2020, 03:01:03 AM
[Host note: I stupidly made a typo on the deadline and said the deadline would be 6 PM EST/9 PM PST. Those are two separate times, with hours of difference separating them. I should have said 9 PM EST/6 PM PST. While the three most recent bids happened after the time I intended to freeze all bids, it could be argued that they all came before 9PM PST, so the right to do here seems to be to let those bids go through.

We apologize for the discrepancy, and will have our copy editors spayed and neutered.]


Aaaaaand... TIME! No more bids, please!

(https://i.imgur.com/hyxEVdU.png)

12 bidders this time, with bids down at the bottom from $595 aaaaalllll the way to the top at $1,230.

And the actual retail price of that chess set... IS!

(https://i.imgur.com/ESiNOyb.png)

And wouldn't you know it, the name of our winner sounds familiar!

(https://i.imgur.com/fZca07m.gif)

tpir04 was a mere $10 away at one point, but rockyboy held steady. Announcer Guy, you've said it before, won't you say it again?

rockyboy34, COME ON DOWN! You're the next contestant on the Price is Right!

*rockyboy34 stands up from his seat and runs up on stage, TPIR94-style*

rockyboy, you clearly know what it takes to win your way up here. I think we have a good bidder on our hands here! You're two for two!

Now, you had some unfortunate luck in Step Up, but we believe in second chances. Here's a chance to really rack up a good total of loot. We have some terrific prizes for you, and here's Announcer Voice ready to tell you all about them!

*the band launches into “Contusion” by Stevie Wonder* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5q7BzpEe4)

Sure do, gamesurf. It's a smart table lamp & a cello!

(https://i.imgur.com/V7HM4UN.png)

First, this smart LED table lamp is controlled controlled via smartphone app or digital assistant, and can display over 16 million different colors, is fully dimmable from 3% to 100%, and can even be set via timer for different functions!

Second, from Cecilio, this spruce and maple ebony cello includes ebony fingerboard and pegs for all your lovely deep-sounding needs. Form-fitting hard case and sandalwood bow included!

And finally, it's a trip to London!


*the band plays a brass version of Crazy In Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVDK_DPq3VA[/url)*

(https://i.imgur.com/rL5gNmn.png)

You and a guest will fly round-trip, coach, from Los Angeles to London, England, where you'll enjoy a seven-day, six-night stay at the Hilton London Hyde Park! And we've included a tour of the London Eye, with a private capsule booked with champagne, as you survey the city from the heights of the majestic Eye!

And rockyboy, the game you will be playing is Make Your Move!

(https://i.imgur.com/sPt598S.png)

We have here nine numbers all in a row. These aren't just any random numbers--you're actually looking at the prices of those three prizes right in front of you. We need your help to separate them out!

Two of those numbers belong in the price of the table lamp. Three of those numbers belong in the price of the cello. And four of those numbers belong in the price of the trip to London. You'll use these three sliders and slide them under you what you believe the prices to be. Each number is used once and only once, the prices are continuous, and they do not overlap.

If you can correctly tell us the three prices of the three prizes, you'll win them all!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 20, 2020, 03:34:50 AM
Okay.

$61 for the lamp.
$946 for the cello.
$9,784 for London.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 20, 2020, 02:14:34 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/joXzCMO.png)

He's set the lamp at $61, the cello at $946, and the trip at $9,784.

I ask you,

is...

he...

a...

winner?



(https://i.imgur.com/AHFv3In.png)

*BUZZ!*

*trombone player lets out the losing horns*

No. Man, that's tough luck. I'm sorry, rockyboy.

The good news is, you've won both IUFBs so far, and you've won $1,865 so far, which keeps you on the board for the showcases. We'll have a third IUFB coming right up, after these words.

Bidding for the next IUFB will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT, or in approximately 8 hours. Stay tuned!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 20, 2020, 10:13:39 PM
Welcome back! Second verse was same as the first, and we're still hunting for a pricing game winner. We just may get one with this next IUFB. And what is it we're bidding on, Announcer Dude?

*an upbeat brass version of Africa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqWNOUOxjPI) is played*

It's a chaise lounger!

(https://i.imgur.com/MJRCVCe.png)

Filled with premium mattress-quality foam, this contemporary modular chaise is very relaxing. You can sit on it, or lay down on it, and ideally it makes your room look more inviting by having this thing in it. You know, after writing it out, "chaise" doesn't even look like a real word. It's one syllable where almost every letter gets equal emphasis. Chaiiiiiiiise. Back to you, gamesurf!

And that chaise will go to the closest bidder without going over. As before, anybody is eligible, raises must be at least $20 over the top bid, and underbidding is allowed on the opening bid only.

(https://i.imgur.com/ICbN90b.png)

Best of luck! Bidding is now open!

*in lieu of traditional think music, a brass version of Ghost Riders In The Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMyyv5hNqto) is heard*

Bidding will close at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT on Wednesday, July 22. Happy bidding!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 20, 2020, 10:17:34 PM
$1!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: PatrickRox80 on July 20, 2020, 10:32:44 PM
$500.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 20, 2020, 10:49:03 PM
$600.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 20, 2020, 10:50:12 PM
$SICKS SICKS SICKS
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 21, 2020, 12:26:27 AM
$690
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 21, 2020, 12:57:52 AM
I'll jump to $750. And I can't help but wonder if "chaise" is going to be to AnnouncerTron what genre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmNK8R-YuEc) is to Alex Trebek :lol:.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 21, 2020, 02:15:59 AM
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*


TPIRfan#9821 sneaks his $1 bid in there as desired. Litebulb takes us up to $750.

(https://i.imgur.com/czKfsde.png)

I'll jump to $750. And I can't help but wonder if "chaise" is going to be to AnnouncerTron what genre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmNK8R-YuEc) is to Alex Trebek :lol:.

Let's take a peek at what he's got going on another tab...

(https://i.imgur.com/vztAdY4.png)

...oh.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 21, 2020, 02:30:58 AM
Well, since I got the meme bid in, then I'll raise my bid to $1818 and just freeze, which should be around how many minutes the bot is stuck contemplating chaise chaise chaise
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: Gridlock on July 21, 2020, 05:55:34 AM
$777.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 21, 2020, 08:20:45 AM
$1820?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: 123123123 on July 21, 2020, 09:05:52 AM
$1,123 please
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: geniusinmath on July 21, 2020, 10:11:22 AM
$1,000 and freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 21, 2020, 12:56:32 PM
I’m gonna raise it to $900 and freeze there.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 21, 2020, 01:23:34 PM
*DING!*
*BUZZ!*
*BUZZ!*

*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*

*BUZZ!*

Some bids did not go through, and here's why:

$777.

Gridlock, appreciate the enthusiasm, but I know the mods typically like new members to spend some time posting in other sections like The Talk is Right before playing in Host Your Own games. The rule is at least 20% of your posts coming from discussions about the current show. (http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,30193.0.html) Keeping with the rules of the forum, I'm gonna encourage you to make some posts in other sections before declaring you an eligible contestant. Once you've met those requirements, we'd love to have you back for a future HYO.

$1820?

Since TPIRfan#9821 froze at $1818, all bids from $1818-$1837 are off limits.

I’m gonna raise it to $900 and freeze there.

Since this isn't your opening bid, underbidding is not allowed. If you wish to raise, you have to go at least $20 higher than the top bid.

As it stands, the current bids are:

(https://i.imgur.com/0wDWQTz.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 21, 2020, 01:24:39 PM
<insert bad joke about gamesurf sniping my post here>

As for my bid, I will reluctantly freeze, though I'm not sure either option is desirable.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 21, 2020, 02:20:12 PM
I will freeze as well.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 21, 2020, 04:19:57 PM
Let’s try $1,200
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: William on July 21, 2020, 06:02:42 PM
$799
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 21, 2020, 06:56:20 PM
I guess I’ll freeze then.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: PatrickRox80 on July 21, 2020, 08:10:58 PM
I'll freeze mine as well.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 21, 2020, 10:04:15 PM
Can I still try for $1,838?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: pathfinder20 on July 21, 2020, 10:26:32 PM
I am going to underbid and say 1200 again.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 21, 2020, 11:12:57 PM
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*

*BUZZ!*

pathfinder20, tpiradam has already bid $1,200.

Four freezes, two underbids, and a new top bid.

(https://i.imgur.com/ptQJsKh.png)

Under 24 hours to go!

Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 21, 2020, 11:16:15 PM
Unfortunately, I said I'd freeze earlier. I'd have probably upped Jhayprice again.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: pathfinder20 on July 22, 2020, 04:15:34 PM
Let’s underbid with 1100 then.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 23, 2020, 02:47:47 AM
*DING!* (my mistake,  #9821; thanks for the honesty)
*DING!*
*DING DING!*


Aaaaaand TIME! Freeze all bids, please!

(https://i.imgur.com/6l5m6aS.png)

Biiiiig gap from $1,200 to $1,800. This is easily the widest range of bids we've seen so far.

Moment of truth has arrived. The actual retail price... IS!

(https://i.imgur.com/dyeZoqr.png)

Whoa! $1,970, and the winner is aaaaall the way there at the top! Going high paid off for you!

(https://i.imgur.com/qZWOumv.gif)

JhayPrice, COME ON DOWN! You’re the next contestant on The Price is Right!

*JhayPrice stands up from his seat and runs down the aisle, up the stairs, and onto the stage*

JhayPrice, you’ve picked a fiiine time to win your way up on stage. Not only have you won that beautiful chaise, but, you’ll also get the chance to win THIS!

*band plays an instrumental version of Jeopardy by the Greg Kihn Band (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-YZRba6s0E)*

It’s a chance to win up to sixteen THOUSAND dollars in cash!

(https://i.imgur.com/K3qEvLc.gif)



Sixteen thousand dollars! And because Alex Trebek recently celebrated his 80th birthday, we’re paying tribute by temporarily retheming one of our favorite games.



(https://i.imgur.com/wDxZqsZ.png)



See, on most games, we give you a product and you tell us the price. But in this game, we’ll give you the prices! You’ll have to tell us the products that go with those prices. It's backwards, you see.



(https://i.imgur.com/pMaDteX.png)



And these are the six products you’ll need to know something about in order to win that 16 grand. Won’t you tell us about them, AnnouncerTron?

*the band plays Sound and Vision (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoDamvrfUbQ) by David Bowie*

Sure will, gamesurf!

Need a break? This 1.5 oz Kit-Kat bar can be broken into four chocolaty pieces

From Joyoldelf, these gold-leaf playing cards are covered in 24K gold foil of 99.9% purity. Durable, scratch-less, and waterproof, yet shuffable and flexible like any normal bridge-sized deck of playing cards.

This bag of 7 oz. Jelly Belly Jelly Bean contains 30 delicious flavors. Are you a buttered popcorn or juicy pair kind of guy? Why be forced to decide? Try them all!

This 100 count of maximum-strength 10mg melatonin tablets will help you get to sleep faster than a marathon of This Old House.

This DiGiorno Crispy Pan Pepperoni Pizza includes a pan, so you can have the taste of store-bought frozen pizza in your own oven in just minutes!

And, Sea-bond Denture Adhesive wafers! 15 lower denture adhesive wafers are comfortable and easy to use. No mess, no ooze, and a tighter seal than the leading competitor. Bye-bye, ooze; hello, Sea-Bond!


And JhayPrice, we have in front of you five bags with price tags on them. Those five prices correspond to five of the items on that podium. To win the 16 grand, you'll have to tell me, which item goes in which bag?

One of those items is worth 88 cents. Which one is it?
One of them is $12.97. Which of the remaining products belongs in that bag?
And so on, and so on, until all five bags are filled.

Get all five bags right, and that sixteen grand is as good as yours!

Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: 123123123 on July 23, 2020, 05:21:00 AM
*from crowd*

This looks tough, but I'd go Kit Kat/melatonin/jelly beans/pizza/adhesive. The cards are really throwing me off so, like most of my problems, I'm just ignoring them for the time being.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 23, 2020, 06:36:21 AM
Lets's do:
Candy Bar
Melatonin
Jelly Beans
Playing Cards
Pizza
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 23, 2020, 06:38:21 PM
He's putting the candy bar in the 88 cent bag...

the melatonin in the $12.97 bag...

the jelly beans in the $2.99 bag...

the playing cards in the $7.00 bag...

and the pizza in the $3.79 bag.

(https://i.imgur.com/Ik4DDww.png)

I hope you're right! We haven't had a winner yet today, and I hope you're the first one.

Now, let's start with the first bag, worth 88 cents. You said the candy bar belongs in this bag. That seems like it should be a fairly easy one. I'll tell you what--if you're right about that, I'll give you $1,000.

Is he right?

(https://i.imgur.com/3dMvyWl.gif)

*DING!*


He sure is! Easiest $1,000 you've ever made!

(Well, I'm assuming you're not a hedge fund manager, or Bill Gates, or somebody who regularly gets four figures for making decisions about candy bars.)

Now, if you're happy with $1,000, you can take it and go back to your seat, no questions asked. Or.... you can risk it and we can look in the second bag for double-or-nothing. If it's got melatonin in it, I'll double your winnings to $2,000!

(https://i.imgur.com/m160nUR.png)

What do you say? Keep your winnings, or look in the second bag?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 23, 2020, 07:35:22 PM
Stop at 2k. Those playing cards are $2.99, guarantee it.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 23, 2020, 08:12:54 PM
No, but I'd bail at $4k. If anything, the pizza is $7 and is definitely not less than $4.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 23, 2020, 09:24:17 PM
I'll press on.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 23, 2020, 10:59:05 PM
Pressing on, he says! For $2,000...

what is in the bag?

(https://i.imgur.com/j96nZEt.gif)

*DING DING!*

Yessir! You've got yourself $2,000.

Now, $2,000 is a lot of money.

But you know what's cooler than $2,000? How about $4,000?

(https://i.imgur.com/oI1b9x3.png)

If you want to risk your two grand and look in the next bag, you're welcome to. If it's got jelly beans in it, as you predicted, you win $4,000! But if you push your luck and get it wrong, you lose it all! What do you care to do?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 24, 2020, 12:19:41 AM
I'll try for the four grand!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 24, 2020, 01:03:00 AM
Going for four grand!

Are the jelly beans $2.99?

Let's see!



(https://i.imgur.com/yy9Rq01.gif)

*DING DING DING!*

They are! It sounds like there was some disagreement from the audience about that, but you stuck to your guns and paid off. $4,000 is yours!

Unless...

you want more than $4,000?

(https://i.imgur.com/eWiWvXI.png)

We have $8,000 for you if those playing cards are in the $7.00 bag.

Care to risk it?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 24, 2020, 01:20:28 AM
Seems tricky, but I already "asked" the audience, so I don't want to risk it, I'll take the $4K and run, final answer.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 24, 2020, 01:38:45 AM
Fair enough! You leave this stage $4,000 richer than you entered. Absolutely a fine day's work.

But I just have this nagging feeling... I need to know what would have happened.

Did JhayPrice make the right choice in bailing?

(https://i.imgur.com/9lbswk4.png)

He sure did! Well done in listening to your gut.

So if the pizza was $7.00, that must mean that something else was in the last bag...

(https://i.imgur.com/wWFUpOM.png)

It was the Sea-Bond. The cards were the tricky one.

$4,000 is a job well done, JhayPrice! Congrats, and I think that'll get you to the showcases at the end of the show.

And it looks like we have an audience member that got it exactly right! We don't have cash for you, but feel free to bask in the warm fuzzies.

Our final item up for bid is coming up right after this. Don't go away!

(Final IUFB will be posted tomorrow morning at 3PM EST/Noon PST.)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 24, 2020, 08:24:06 AM
Well that was surprising. Especially since I've bought those before and they were something like $3. I remember since I thought they were so cheap for being real gold, until I learned how much gold is actually in it.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 24, 2020, 03:10:40 PM
Well that was surprising. Especially since I've bought those before and they were something like $3. I remember since I thought they were so cheap for being real gold, until I learned how much gold is actually in it.

They're $7.69 (https://www.amazon.com/Joyoldelf-Luxury-Poker-Playing-Cards/dp/B0140U2CKQ?th=1) if you want to pick up a set for game night or as a conversation piece.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 24, 2020, 03:12:23 PM
Welcome back! Last call for a winner! The audience is ready, the prices are ready, and AnnouncerTron is ready! Why don't you tell us what we're bidding on?

*a swing version of When the Saints go Marching In (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxm3TSLUuEs) is heard*

It's an ambulatory go-kart!

(https://i.imgur.com/Pnioyr9.png)

Send your kids off the beaten track with this jeep-style semi-automatic Go Kart! Featuring a 107cc, air cooled, 4-stroke, single-cylinder engine, this little baby will get you on unproven terrain or up a sand dune with a little luck. Designed for bodies 5' and smaller, so... probably shouldn't let your kids out of your sight with this. We cannot be held responsible for any injuries.


And we're down to our final round of bidding. As you all know, the nearest without going over wins it. Raises must be $20 over the top bid, frozen bids get a $20 cushion, underbidding allowed on a player's first bid only.

(https://i.imgur.com/ICbN90b.png)

Best of luck! Bidding closes at 3PM EST/Noon PST on Sunday, July 26.

*in lieu of traditional think music, the band plays a brass version of Take on Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FUrbV03qGE)*
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: geniusinmath on July 24, 2020, 03:30:13 PM
$999 and freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 24, 2020, 03:31:45 PM
Looks like those cards were are steal, wow.

I'll raise to $1030 please.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: GameShowFan9001 on July 24, 2020, 03:43:16 PM
I'll say $2,227 for now, please.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 24, 2020, 05:59:13 PM
I'm gonna do it. $4,199
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: PatrickRox80 on July 24, 2020, 06:47:08 PM
$4,450 and freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: 123123123 on July 24, 2020, 06:56:14 PM
Before I forget, the band's been playing hit after hit and I'm all for it. '

$3,123 please
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 24, 2020, 09:17:44 PM
*DING DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING!*
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*


Biiiiig moves, bidding's already up to $4,450!

A reminder that new bidders are allowed to bid under $4,450, but they must freeze immediately upon bidding.

(https://i.imgur.com/wlxY8ko.png)
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 24, 2020, 09:21:58 PM
Lemme bump mine up to $4,499
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 24, 2020, 09:55:27 PM
$3,333!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: pathfinder20 on July 24, 2020, 10:04:31 PM
I am going to say $1500 and freeze 🥶.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: TPIRfan#9821 on July 24, 2020, 10:07:46 PM
...How does upping work for non-frozen bids? If I wanted to up 04, do I bid $1,031, since it's not a frozen top bid and technically doesn't have the $20 cushion, or $1,050? Whatever it is, I'll throw insult to injury by bidding it and freezing.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: William on July 24, 2020, 10:24:00 PM
$3400
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 25, 2020, 02:13:57 AM
$1,130
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 25, 2020, 02:43:51 PM
...How does upping work for non-frozen bids? If I wanted to up 04, do I bid $1,031, since it's not a frozen top bid and technically doesn't have the $20 cushion, or $1,050? Whatever it is, I'll throw insult to injury by bidding it and freezing.

Without the cushion, $1,031 is an acceptable bid. I'm assuming you want to do that.

*DING!*
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*
*DING DING!*


(https://i.imgur.com/OxzkcGp.png)

Up to 12 bids, and little over 24 hours to go!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 25, 2020, 03:12:57 PM
I’m gonna raise to $4,525 and freeze.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 25, 2020, 03:20:45 PM
$4550 I suppose. I have nothing to lose!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 25, 2020, 03:28:14 PM
I’m gonna raise to $4,525 and freeze.

Sorry, rockyboy; when you underbid at $1,130 you were required to automatically freeze, since it was under the top bid.

[Host note: I'm not exactly in love with this rule after seeing it in action, but for fairness purposes we'll enforce it for the rest of this episode.

Before putting this together I playtested three different versions with some friends:
A) one where you raise to whatever amount you wanted, as long as it was >$20 more than your previous bid
B) one where you could raise to whatever amount you wanted, but must freeze immediately if it was below the top bid
C) the Cullen-style rules that we have now, where raises must be over the top bid

Option C worked well with 4-7 people, and that's what I thought would be typical. But if 12+ bids are happening regularly I'm wondering if option A or B would have been better. Clearly there are some kinks in this format need to be worked out.]

Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 25, 2020, 03:54:53 PM
Okay, freeze then.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 25, 2020, 11:58:51 PM
$4,595
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 26, 2020, 08:43:38 AM
$4620
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on July 26, 2020, 02:59:01 PM
$2,228 and freeze!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpiradam on July 26, 2020, 03:27:04 PM
$4,650
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 26, 2020, 05:38:55 PM
Aaaaand TIME! Freeze the bids please!

$4,650

Sorry Adam, you’re about 27 minutes past the deadline. (LiteBulb88 snuck his bid in with 59 seconds to spare.)

I’m away from my computer right now, but I should be able to do the reveal in a few hours.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 27, 2020, 06:07:11 PM
Yuck, that's unfortunate.

Now to hope I didn't overbid.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 27, 2020, 11:43:49 PM
[Apologies for the delay.]

(https://i.imgur.com/lQ7tlye.png)

Bids are in!

We have thirteen bidders with by far the widest range of bids so far!

And the actual retail price of that go-kart IS!

(https://i.imgur.com/5czPEfp.png)

$1,329, and can you believe it, our winner is none other than the one who bid $1,130!

(https://i.imgur.com/53UGCuu.gif)

For the third time today, we're going to hear this phrase...

rockyboy34, COME ON DOWN! You are the next contestant on The Price is Right!

Rockyboy, fancy seeing you here again! There have literally been DOZENS of bids on every other IUFB, yet here we are again!

Now, I tried to offer you a whole doorful of prizes in Step Up, but to no success. Then I tried to offer you a trip to London, again to no success. But, rockyboy, by the number of times you've made it on down, clearly your destiny is to win SOMETHING big! And so, I am forced to conclude, that destiny wants you to win something that hasn't been offered yet today. And the only thing that we haven't yet tried to give away is THIS!

*the band begins to play the chorus to Radioactive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X01Qr2vjw4o)*

IT'S A NEW SUV!!!

(https://i.imgur.com/wOpEI8a.png)

The 2020 Ford EcoSport S! Featuring standard equipment plus 4 wheel drive, 6 speed automatic transmission, 2.0 liter engine, and wheel-locking lug nuts. The Ford EcoSport S!

And rockyboy, that's not all! You also have a chance to win these four prizes as well!

*the band plays "Scatterbrain" by Jeff Beck* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoC0rHd01w)

(https://i.imgur.com/lC0gcZj.png)

This scream jar will allow you to let out your inner emotions in enclosed spaces, turning any yell into a quiet muffle. Perfect for bottling up your hate! You can also put flowers in it.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZPaoTvh.png)

This 4K Blu-Ray collection contains three hilarious comedies starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

(https://i.imgur.com/a7n2rRC.png)

This tastefully designed wooden board game is a great way to introduce abstract strategy concepts to both adults and children.

(https://i.imgur.com/DqBTfrn.png)

And, this adjustable dumbbell can be set from 5.5 lbs to 27.5 lbs with just a push and a slide of a lever.


And rockyboy, you can win all five of those prizes playing Switcheroo!

(https://i.imgur.com/NbIBTiS.png)

We have the prices of all five of those prizes up here on the board! But, crucially, you will notice that each price is missing its tens digit. See those red blocks on the side? The ones that read 2, 3, 4, 6, 8? Those are the missing tens digits! Your job is to replace them in the spots they belong. Get a small prize right, and win that small prize. Get the car right, and win the car! It's quite as simple as that!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 28, 2020, 01:18:02 PM
8 for car
3 for the jar
2 for the board game
6 for the Dumbbell
4 for the blurays
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 28, 2020, 03:31:02 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/3NHWH8j.png)

He says the car is $21,685; the scream jar is $30; the Blu-Rays are $46; the board game is $25; and the dumbbell is $65.

I hope you have all five right!

How many does he have right?

(https://i.imgur.com/gkpDcZV.png)

*BUZZ!*

Zero. Well, that's the bad news.

The good news is that you get a second chance! I'll let you perform a Switcheroo and move the blocks around one more time. And that zero means you've learned something! You know you need to move all five blocks in order to have a chance at winning every prize.

Best of luck--this is your final shot at winning!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: tpir04 on July 28, 2020, 04:11:23 PM
Hm.

I'd say...
$21665
$40
$26
$35
$85
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 28, 2020, 05:12:23 PM
6 for car
4 for jar
2 for blurays
3 for board game
8 for dumbbell
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 29, 2020, 01:34:03 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/V4rfzjl.png)

Here we go, the moment of truth. A price of $21,665 for the car; $40 for the jar; $26 for the Blu-rays, $35 for the board game, and $85 for the dumbbell. How many of those does he have right?

.
.
.


(https://i.imgur.com/EK1e9v8.png)

*DING!*

Three right! That's good news! Wouldn't it be exciting if one of them was the car?

Now, I know this is a text-based game, but I just can't help draaaaaaaging out dramatic reveals. I could just ask to light all three of them up, but where's the fun in that?

Light up one of the prizes he has right!

(https://i.imgur.com/DZly7Er.png)

*DING!*

The board game was $35, and you'll be enjoying that beautiful wooden board game and learning abstract strategy concepts in no time!

Light up another prize he's won!

(https://i.imgur.com/THHhhun.png)

*DING!*

You'll also be enjoying three hilarious comedies by Edgar Wright in glorious 4K!

Now, you have one more right. I sure hope it's the car. If it is, you'll be able to drive home in that beautiful automobile, we'll get a game won, and you'll be the top winner in our showcase!

Light...

up...

what...

he's...

won!

(https://i.imgur.com/asvPFjT.png)

*DING!*

Aww. Couldn't give it to you. But it's a nice dumbbell, you can do what you wish with it.

I guess this must mean that you had the car and the scream jar switched...

(https://i.imgur.com/FbrD1dP.png)

...yep.

Sorry we couldn't give it to you, rockyboy, but we've not seen the last of you. You'll be appearing in our showcases with JhayPrice after this announcement!

Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 29, 2020, 02:23:56 PM
Contestants not appearing on stage will receive...

A gift certificate from Godiva Chocolates! Dark chocolate fan or a natural born truffle lover? Why not try them all? Godiva; It's More Than Just Chocolate!

And now, here's gamesurf with our showcases!
[/i]

(https://i.imgur.com/JR4yHOO.png)

Thank you, AnnouncerTron!

Our top winner in our showcases today, having walked away with a cool $4,000 in It's In The Bag, is JhayPrice!

And our runner up is a man who needs no introduction, thirsting for redemption after having taken not one, not two, but three swings at the apple, is the indomitable... rockyboy34!

As I’m sure you both know, each of you will be presented with terrific showcase filled with thousands of dollars of wonderful prizes. The one of you who bids nearer to the actual retail price of your own showcase will win it. But if you are the winner, and you are $250 or less away from the retail price of your own showcase, you will win both showcases!

Pay close attention to this first showcase, because it could go to either one of you. Good luck!

This showcase follows Ray and the Raisin Factory! One fine day, Ray was invited to tour the strange new raisin factory that showed up in town. After signing a waiver warning them not to touch anything, Ray and his friends Johnny, Sally, and Billy began their tour through the strange raisin factory with curious dancing workers.

At one point, Johnny leaned over the railing to get a better view at a giant vat of sticky raisins. In his clumsiness, he fell off the ledge and into the vat! He struggled, but all the raisins stuck to him and began to weigh him down, and he slowly sank into the vat until his head was barely poking out. As Johnny struggled, the curious dancing workers began to surround the vat of raisins and sing…

Loomple, stoomple, bloompily, blar,
If you’re not careful, you’ll lean too far
Loomple, stoomple, bloompily, blat,
Looks like you’re stuck in that rasin vat
 
You love raisins too much, now you’re stuck
Being in that vat really must suck
So that you don’t fall to your doom
We’ll pull you out with this new vacuum!


(https://i.imgur.com/UPfhJBL.png)

This industrial vacuum cleaner has a 17 gallon tank, three independently controlled motors, a detachable barrel, and can be used in multiple factory applications! Clear sand, wood chips, concrete, and floors dry and wet with a breeze, plus the detachable hose and strong suction allows it to be a versatile factory tool!

Before Ray and the others could react, they were quickly rushed out of the room on to their next stop on the tour—a greenhouse with grapes growing on moving vines. The vines seemed to be moving, as if they were alive, and every few seconds they would occasionally reposition themselves slightly so each cluster of grapes got exactly as much sun as they needed.

“Incredible!” said Sally. “I must have one to take home!” She grabbed the nearest vine and began to uproot it.

Without a word, the vines grabbed hold of Sally’s arms and legs and held them tightly. Sally struggled, but the vines quickly constricted until Sally was immobile. Sally started gasping for air, and her face started turning purple.

Once again, the factory workers began to sing and dance:

Loomple, stoomple, bloompily, blines,
Never mess with the magical vines
Bloomple, stoomple, bloomply, doo
Or else you’ll get what’s coming to you!
 
Entitlement can be one heck of a drug
But our plants know how to restrain a thug
You tried to steal them, they think you’re a louse
So now you’ll have to live in this… greenhouse!


(https://i.imgur.com/s7HOiEh.png)
 
Kick your gardening into higher gear with this 8' x 12' Snap and Grow professional greenhouse from Palram! Transparent polycarbonate siding panels keep the weather and the insects out while allowing in an optimal amount of light to keep your plants healthy and strong. Constructed with a rust-resistant frame and built-in top vents, this free-standing greenhouse will provide an ideal environment for your plants right in your backyard!
 
Ray and Billy quickly fled into the next room, which appeared to be a small cafeteria. which contained several trays of raisin samples in small plastic cups. Most seemed to be ordinary raisins, but one tray had a cup of raisins labeled, “EXPERIMENTAL. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SIDE EFFECTS.” Ray decided not to sample any, but Billy popped an experimental raisin in his mouth.

Without warning, Billy’s skin began to wrinkle, and his body began to shrivel up like a raisin. Before long, it was clear that all of the water had disappeared from Billy’s body.

Miraculously, he still seemed to be alive, although about half his normal size and barely resembling a human being. The factory workers picked up Billy and began singing,

Loomple, stoomple, bloompily, blated,
Poor little Billy has been dehydrated
Loomple, stoomple, bloompily, blide,
He’s the first human to be sun-dried
 
You chose to eat the magical raisins
What in the would could have made you so brazen?
You need hydration, so now you’re gonna
Soak for a few weeks in this… sauna!


(https://i.imgur.com/pu3k0BH.png)
 
From Sunray, this 4-person traditional Steam Sauna contains ergonomic seating and plenty of leg room for relaxing! Made of Canadian Hemlock wood and includes a stone heater to provide continuous dry heat while you add water to create steam to reach your desired humidity and temperature level, up to 180 degrees Fahrenheit!

And, with that disaster, the Ray was the only guest remaining in the raisin factory. He had passed the workers’ secret test of character! The workers began to joyfully dance around Ray, singing:
 
Loomple, stoomple, bloompily, blise,
You’re the last guest, and you’ve won a prize
Loomple, stoomple, bloompily, blue
We’ve got a supply of raisins for you
 
You learned not to touch the forbidden fruit
So we’ll reward you with tons of great loot
Ten million raisins, and also the luck
To haul them out in the bed of your… truck!


(https://i.imgur.com/5bc58ui.png)
 
Haul raisins in style with the Dodge Ram 2500 Tradesman! This driving machine features a 6.4L, heavy duty V8 HEMI engine plus 8 speed automatic transmission, plus bed utility group, cloth seats, 1 year of Sirius XM, power-heated mirrors, remote keyless entry, and chrome interior door handles. The Dodge 2500 Tradesman!
 
Driving out of the factory scarred for life, Ray vowed he would never eat another raisin again.


That was likely the most horrifying showcase I've ever seen! I will never see raisins the same way!

JhayPrice, you're the top winner, so you have the option. Do you want to bid on it, or pass?


Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 29, 2020, 08:56:08 PM
I'll pass.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on July 29, 2020, 09:56:58 PM
I will bid...$55555
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on July 31, 2020, 06:15:11 PM
*DING!*

(https://i.imgur.com/Ng2qU4U.png)

$55,555 for rockyboy34, making an un-five-gettable showcase bid.

JhayPrice, take a look at your showcase!

*a brass version of Super Trouper (https://open.spotify.com/track/1vGrqgB2UrVkLo64ZLJLaM?si=Xap6GK8HTi-ZgFBe1dF3WQ) is played*

This showcase begins with a lovely sofa and chair combo!

(https://i.imgur.com/P3Pfk4C.png)

From Wayfair furniture, this hand-crafted leather sofa and chair combo provides a rich and stylish addition to any home! Impress guests beyond your wildest imaginations with plush cushions and hand tied springs for lasting durability. Perfect comfort for any living room!

And you can entertain high-class parties in your living room with this high-tech karaoke machine!

(https://i.imgur.com/fp3Tzsr.png)

This karaoke package includes a DJ system with USB/SD inputs, professional-quality mic-mixing amplifier, and recording capabilities, two professional passive speakers, and two microphones!

And, after you're done singing, how do you follow up the party after the karaoke party? You entertain them at the after-after party, of course, with more singing, of course--gathered around this baby grand piano!

(https://i.imgur.com/BYsu56z.png)

This 60" baby grand piano sounds with warm clarity and can fit in multiple settings! Years of musical enjoyment await you, assuming that you were diligent as a kid and actually practiced. If not, there's always Chopsticks.


*Super Trouper slowly fades to The Winner Takes it All (https://open.spotify.com/track/1vGrqgB2UrVkLo64ZLJLaM?si=Xap6GK8HTi-ZgFBe1dF3WQ)*

And, finally, now that you've auditioned all of  you've made so many friends at your party, you can take them all camping with you...

in this new trailer!

(https://i.imgur.com/9O5Z1dw.png)

It's the 2020 Jayco Hummingbird! This 13' trailer includes a bed, TV, refrigerator, microwave, sink, bike carrier rack, A/C unit, exterior grill, and 25 gallon tank capacity. Camp out in the wilderness in style! It only has one bed, though, so your friends will need trailers of their own.


And this showcase, where is sure to impress your high-class friends with your ability to entertain, can be yours if The Price is Right!

JhayPrice, that is your showcase! What do you bid on it?
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on July 31, 2020, 09:48:21 PM
I'll bid $21,212 gamesurf.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on August 03, 2020, 04:21:48 PM
*DING!*

(https://i.imgur.com/L9UzOTs.png)

$21,212, he says, and we'll find out the winner right after this! Don't go away!

---

Welcome back!

Jhayprice, let's start with you. You bid $21,212 on your showcase.

The Actual Retail Price of your showcase is...

(https://i.imgur.com/XOHZQbI.png)

...for a difference of...

(https://i.imgur.com/GjB5IU2.png)

nine thousand, five hundred and seventy dollars.

rockyboy34, in order to win, you must come closer than that amount without going over.

You bid $55,555 on your showcase.

rockyboy, the actual retail price of your showcase IS!

(https://i.imgur.com/IWUDThT.png)

Forty two thousand dollars---I'm sorry, you're over!

*MRRP!*

(https://i.imgur.com/X17SsnK.png)

JhayPrice, you win!

(https://i.imgur.com/6zvbYB9.gif)

JhayPrice has won over thirty-six thousand dollars in fake cash and prizes today!

*JhayPrice and his friends and family run across the stage in the Winner's Walk*

To those who watched, who submitted bids, who played along--thank you. Thank you for entertaining a goofy idea and being willing to try something new. Your participation makes golden-road.net great. This is gamesurf, reminding you--help control the virus population. Wash your hands and wear a mask!

Goodbye, everybody!

*the band plays the TPIR main theme (https://youtu.be/jk8FVBY3Yd4?t=100) to break*

This is AnnouncerTron 3000, speaking for The Price is Right! A G-R.net HYO Production!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: gamesurf on August 03, 2020, 04:55:35 PM
POSTMORTEM

First off, I have to apologize for the showcase rounds taking longer than they ought to have. I've been caught up in some real-life travel and that's left me away from my computer.

Second off, the winner's totals:

JhayPrice: $36,752 (a chaise, $4,000, a sofa and chair combo, a karaoke set, a baby grand piano, and a 13' trailer)
rockyboy34: $3,340 (a pair of smartwatches, a chess set, a child's go-kart, a collection of Edgar Wright Blu-Rays, a dumbbell, and a board game)

...and, that's it! I didn't intend for everything to be won by two people, but that's how it happened!

Showcase 1 breakdown:
Industrial vacuum: $2,300
Greenhouse: $1,299
Sauna: $3,447
Dodge Ram 2500 Tradesman: $35,335

Showcase 2 breakdown:
Living Room group: $6,000
Karaoke set: $919
Baby Grand Piano: $5,860
Trailer: $18,003

Notes on the bidding system
So on the bidding system. I had noticed that on most HYOs, where bidding contestants are predetermined and everybody goes in a certain order, quite a bit of time is spent waiting for one person to bid. Don't misunderstand me--on a real TV show, with four people present, the format is perfect. It's easy for viewers to follow, it moves quickly, and it serves its real purpose of moving the game along and rewarding somebody without taking too much time or focus away from the pricing games.

But I wondered if there was a way to retool bidding so that it would be a better suited for a forum, with people checking in and checking out at different times during the day.

I was looking for bidding system that
-   Allowed a “jump-in” bidding format, instead of mandating people go in a certain order
-   Allowed multiple people to bid at once, since I thought that might be a good fit for a forum format
-   Mitigated the “fourth bidder advantage” and gave people a reason to bid/freeze early if they thought they knew the price.

I playtested three different formats with 5-6 friends. One where you raise to whatever amount you wanted, as long as it was >$20 more than your previous bid; One where you could raise to whatever amount you wanted, but must freeze immediately if it was below the top bid, and the Cullen-style rules that we settled upon, where raises must be over the top bid

In a way, I felt option C was the simplest and most orderly. Either you make the bid you want and lock it in and never worry again (just like the one-bids on today's show work), or you raise over the top bidder and try to get closer and closer to the ARP. Plus it was the format that seemed to work best with 5-7 people, and that's honestly the turnout I expected for each IUFB.

Did it work? Yes, to a degree! It got a lot of participation, I felt there was some added strategy to the bidding, and it made bids get more tense as the top bid drew higher (is it too high NOW? is it too high NOW? etc.)

However, I probably won't be doing this again for two reasons.

1)   It’s a mother to host—you gotta be on top of things. Keeping the bids straight, refereeing bids, making frequent graphics to guide people along. It requires significantly more involvement than the one-bids, and I admit I was pretty exhausted by the end of it.
2)   I feel the open-ended format ran into some growing pains that were much more severe than I thought.

What do I mean by growing pains? Well, when you have five or six people active raising and freezing, it works well! There is a reason Cullen TPIR lasted so long, after all. But it turns out translating it into a forum format with 12+ bidders doesn’t scale nearly as well. When you have 12+ bidders, at the liberty to bid whenever they want, and one person makes a high bid, it’s less a game of pricing knowledge and more a game of “who was lucky enough to be online at the right time”.

For example, somebody can place a bid, log off for a few hours, and log back in only to find that somebody else bid $25 more than they have, and the top bid is now $1,000 more than it was originally. Their options are now 1) pray they got lucky and freeze with a $25 range or 2) raise their bid an extreme amount. Through no fault of their own, they’re likely to find themselves in situations where they obviously have zero shot at winning.

On the other hand, the best way to play it is just to treat it like a normal one-bid, by placing the bid you want and immediately freezing if you know the price, or waiting until the last minute to underbid and snipe the bidder of your choice if you don’t. This is counter-intuitive to the whole “auction” presentation. If many people do the optimal strategy, bidders who play the game as intended get punished.

Maybe this could be fixed by raising the cushion or not allowing raises over a certain amount or by getting rid of the “all raises must be higher than the top bid” rule, but I think it’s time to head back to the drawing board and stick with something more traditional for future go-rounds.  It was an interesting experiment but I don’t think I’ll repeat it.

Setups & Lineups

The key consideration behind the lineup was "how to keep qualifiers for the showcases interesting".

Step Up was first. It was a hard setup. I assumed there would be a bailout and somebody would get on the board.

Make Your Move was second--a good quickie with a decent prize package that would edge out Step Up for top winner if it was won.

It's In The Bag was third--depending on how the first two games went, I wanted somebody to either be required take some risks to become one of the top two winners (if the first games were won).

Finally, Switcheroo fourth so even the last contestant of the day would have a shot at making the showcases.

Music
I had quite a terrific time putting together the soundtrack for the show! The vibe I was going for was to keep the jazzy, brassy feel of the TPIR cue library, but to otherwise not to try to closely emulate the show too closely. Think "College Marching Band Halftime Show" mixed with "Disneyland Main Street U.S.A." It was fun looking through all sorts of crazy German brass band covers on Spotify and finding tracks that you'd never expect to hear on TPIR, but captured that energetic, jazzy feel in a way.

Again, thank you so much for everybody who participated and was being willing to entertain this experiment! I'm happy that so many of you were willing to give it a shot and try something new over this long break. Thank you all so much for playing and watching!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on August 03, 2020, 06:27:17 PM
Who knew, I had a chance to win big four times, and I blew it each time.  :P

I had no idea on the price of the showcase. All I had was $4K for the sauna.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: LiteBulb88 on August 03, 2020, 07:26:04 PM
Great show, gamesurf! Whenever you try something totally new like this, there are going to be kinks to work out, but it was still very nice to see something new that still felt like The Price is Right. If you want to try this format again, here are a couple of suggestions that you're welcome to use or ignore:

1. I absolutely agree that something needs to be done about the "jump bids" we saw. It wasn't a coincidence that I got my bid on the last IUFB in with 59 seconds to spare--the only way I could think of to protect against jump bids forcing me into that "my bid is too low but the current bid is too high" conundrum was to place a single bid at the very last second. My thought on how to fix this is to not allow jump bids. Set an opening bid of $500, and then all bids from there can be no more than $100 more than the highest bid, with underbidding following the usual rules. Admittedly, this doesn't fully help people who don't check the site all that often, but it would at least make it so that users who check the site often are less likely to get trapped.

2. Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't allow the same person to be on stage twice. Nothing against rockyboy34, and their bids aren't the reason I didn't make it on stage, but it just doesn't feel very TPiR-ish to have the same contestant play multiple pricing games.

If you host another show, I'm looking forward to seeing it and participating in it!
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: rockyboy34 on August 03, 2020, 08:16:39 PM
Nothing against rockyboy34, and their bids aren't the reason I didn't make it on stage, but it just doesn't feel very TPiR-ish to have the same contestant play multiple pricing games.

Even though it did favor me, I kinda agree that it did feel a bit unbalanced.
Title: Re: "Auction-aire" - gamesurf's Cullen-style Price is Right
Post by: JhayPrice on August 04, 2020, 02:27:50 AM
Whew, one shot really paid off! I still want to congratulate rockyboy for getting up onstage thrice. Great bidding you made there. And as always, an excellent show gamesurf!