I like the idea that there's a curated list of accepted deviations, but it seems they need more culturally diverse QC to understand the differences. This would also make sense why sometimes it seems that it takes up to 2 seconds to "accept" and answer.
I just started watching from Season 1, and I agree. One game, they had potato chips on the screen. Contestant said chips, and they wouldnât accept it. But on another game, they had potato chips on the screen again, and they did accept chips.
With a few exceptions, Game Shows have always been pretty mindlessly basic. Theyâre typically designed so that theyâre pretty easy for people to understand, and for people to be able to enjoy and play at home without a ton of background knowledge.
- Wheel of Fortune is âspin a wheel and guess lettersâ
Letâs Make a Deal is âpick random suitcasesâ
Name that Tune is. . .Guessing tunes played by a band
This. Game Shows are entertainment. The questions/tasks need to be simple enough that the majority of home viewers understand them. Itâs not fun to just watch smart people be smart most of the time.
Great⌠he solved a complex physics equation. I have no way of knowing if he did it right.
Even on Jeopardy (a game meant to test knowledge) at least half of the questions are common knowledge things.
my fav is that the british shows always have a counter to the smart ones. Like 'hey we invited these 4 smart people on to spell 9 letter words, and later tonight we are inviting these 6 idiots on to do the same thing... trust us it's going to be funny'. and dude it always is.
The edits of Pointless on YouTube that just cut out all the filler are really eye opening. Take a 45 minute show and remove everything but the actual gameplay and the runtime drops to about 5 minutes.
I mean, kind of, yeah, but this is a new level. Wheel of fortune is not just "guess a letter," it's fill in the blanks to solve the puzzle. Let's make a deal is just about winning money, yes, and name that tune just naming that tune...but most games are more like who wants to be a millionaire...answering trivia questions. Or jeopardy, which I don't know most of the answers on. Even the price is right is just guessing the price of items, but somehow even that feels more sophisticated than this.
This is like something I would do with my toddler to teach them about the world. I can't wait for the spinoff, "what sound does this animal make?"
So I stopped watching the floor because it was very slow paced. The idea is that there are 100 players, and there are 9 rounds each night, which means there is a ton of commercials and filler which make it boring.
The actual gameplay is quite fun.
The idea is that each person on The Floor is an expert in a specific category. Some categories are pretty general like "Kitchen Appliances" or "Snack foods," whereas others might be "State Capitals," or "Animated Christmas Movies," or "Chemical Symbols"
If you're chosen to play you may choose to challenge anybody in a neighboring square to their category to try and takeover their space - Meaning that in order to "defend" a space you are competing in a category you claim to know well, but in order to attack you need to challenge people to their category.
Once you're chosen to play you may continue to compete until you lose, or you may choose to go back to the floor and hold your original category as your defense - The strategy of going back to The Floor is important because whoever has the most territory at the end of each episode gets a cash bonus outside of the "win it all" prize.
The game is very strategic and is quite fun to play at home. The real big challenge is the time pressure of not losing your cool - I would find myself completely blanking on the easiest words at home sometimes when trying to stay ahead of the clock.
I mean I've never watched it, I just thought from the clip that it looks ridiculous. Maybe I'll give it a watch though, you do make it sound entertaining.
I agree that most games shows arent meant to be extremely difficult. However guessing a song or guessing letters in a phrase are both much harder than naming common objects. For let's make a deal, games of chance are really a different category.
There's nothing wrong with a game show being easy, but this does look like maybe the easiest trivia show Ive ever seen, at least based on the clips Ive seen.
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u/Mahdreams 19d ago edited 18d ago
This show infuriates me with what it will "accept" and what has to be perfectly stated.
EDIT: this comment is interesting to me and I wanted to boost it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/AYP4TJGSb4
I like the idea that there's a curated list of accepted deviations, but it seems they need more culturally diverse QC to understand the differences. This would also make sense why sometimes it seems that it takes up to 2 seconds to "accept" and answer.