[dsimiller]

Originally Posted by LifeOfBryan

SHE HAS DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History! People will be talking about this moment for decades!

They sure will.The Thames Pageant,The Olympics,and Tipping Point's first jackpot winner,all in the same year,it just cant get better than this.

[chizzer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su5xcK9FhRw

Waw, nearly wet myself with excitement. It was like the whole programme done in 3 mins.

[GeneralMental]

Actually can't wait for this to be on

[LifeOfBryan]

Originally Posted by GeneralMental

Actually can't wait for this to be on

Resistance is futile!

For others the penny will drop!

[GeneralMental]

The machine can make dreams, and it can break them! Wise words Ben!

[Yoshi Fan]

Originally Posted by John Dough

I found today's winner really irritating with her childish noises after every question and was disappointed to see her win the top amount.

I felt exactly the same way...and I just KNEW she'd be the first winner.

[LifeOfBryan]

Wow that was close to the time-out that they dropped.

[GeneralMental]

Originally Posted by LifeOfBryan

Wow that was close to the time-out that they dropped.

Was proper biting my nails, glad they put a replay up tho

[GoCompareThis]

Why are there replays of counters dropping off a shelf?!

48 teeth?

[LifeOfBryan]

Originally Posted by GoCompareThis

Why are there replays of counters dropping off a shelf?!

Because you always have a replay of pivotal gripping action.

You may have been jumping up and down with excitement at the time and missed the finer points of what happened.

[GoCompareThis]

I find it unnecessary. It would be like if Deal or No Deal had replays of boxes being opened.

[LifeOfBryan]

Originally Posted by GoCompareThis

I find it unnecessary. It would be like if Deal or No Deal had replays of boxes being opened.

Deal Or No Deal is just randomly opening boxes. This game however has a level of skill as well as luck. They have to chose carefully which slot they think will pay the most.

There is no point playing back a random act as in opening a box, but adds to the drama in a game of skill.

[LifeOfBryan]

Ah! At the end there is no time out as he has just won some that dropped afterwards.

[GoCompareThis]

LOL at the discs dropping off before any questions have been asked!

[GeneralMental]

Ooh a ghost drop

[jsmith99]

Originally Posted by LifeOfBryan

Deal Or No Deal is just randomly opening boxes. This game however has a level of skill as well as luck. They have to chose carefully which slot they think will pay the most....................

Maybe the presenter should ask them whether they've decided on a strategy.

[coolguy121]

Originally Posted by LifeOfBryan

Thanks for clearing that up and spelling out what others should see as obvious that the show is edited.

We know it's edited

Originally Posted by LifeOfBryan

I fully understood what you mean but you do not seem to understand what I said.

Obviously due to the NATURAL movement of the top shelf coins can and do drop AFTER the allotted time. That is why they have an allotted time! So when you cut back to it, it will be different if they have had a natural fall between players.

Natural movement???
Are you talking about the deliberate stutter they've built into the machine

It's harder to make it do the stutter...

A simple rack and pinion drive is smooth as silk and much easier (cheaper) to engineer..

Example: http://youtu.be/wpO8_RRp_Z8

Jeez, that mechanism could sit right under the shelf in the middle..It's the easiest thing in the world to build

Originally Posted by LifeOfBryan

They have an allotted time in place so they should coins drop after that time, the contestant can't say "Oh those are mine!" 30 seconds later or during another question being asked.

If such a drop has happened, then it is still fair as anyone can answer the next question and then they can pick any drop slot they want. So if a big wedge of coins has dropped they can and do pick the place they NOW think is the best.

The tiles I was referring to are on the moveable shelf...
Say you're building up an area with your tiles, what if you don't get the chance to build on them with your last tile because they've been removed from the machine...? I'd say that's a major flaw..?

A smooth ease in/out motion (rack/pinion) would've been a lot fairer than the stutter..

With regards to the tiles in the hopper/win area, either from the win shelf itself or as a result of the first [moveable] shelf dropping tiles pushing more into the hopper, why can't they simply add them up each round and give them away on a question as a bonus too?

It might even help pad out what is otherwise a 30min quiz in a 60min slot..

Although saying that, had they designed the machine smoothly, there wouldn't be any dropping in between rounds...
[which as someone has pointed out, is a 'problem'..]

Bring back the chasers I say lol

[LifeOfBryan]

"Are you talking about the deliberate stutter they've built into the machine"


Just


You know there is a stutter and that it was deliberately built into the machine.

Why ask me questions when you have all the inside info?

[DANCE OF DEATH]

I watched the first episode thinking it would be good, but it is the most utter pile of shite on Daytime ITV and can't wait for The Chase to come back.

[QTC13]

I'm with the majority on this. It's a pile of crap.

[Mr Teacake]

Originally Posted by GoCompareThis

LOL at the discs dropping off before any questions have been asked!

It's like a show Alan Partridge would invent

[Fran Blakes]

Why does the counter drop from the centre of the "drop zone"?

Surely the player should be able to decide where it drops from - since it would still bounce about.

[jsmith99]

Originally Posted by Fran Blakes

Why does the counter drop from the centre of the "drop zone"?

Surely the player should be able to decide where it drops from - since it would still bounce about.

Maybe there's only one slot at the top of each zone....After all, if the contestant had to choose not only 1,2,3 or 4, but also left, right or centre .... far too many options to create a strategy for.

[LifeOfBryan]

Another MASSIVE £10,000 win tonight!

This show is amazing!

[The Walruss]

Why doesn't the winning contestant try to land the jackpot disc on top of existing ones. That way it is a step closer to the edge. Or is that expecting too much?