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hi this is sansei and what may your thought's be on deal or no deal,isnt howie lol!
Well thank's for your time:O)
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hi this is sansei and what may your thought's be on deal or no deal,isnt howie lol!
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I have yet to see the show, because something about all the ridiculous fanfare with the pretty ladies really turns me off (I love pretty ladies, but what do they have to do with the game?). The show seems to me to be an exercise in expected value, and I'm wondering if any of the contestants has played the game while trying to calculate the actual mathematical expected value. Given as much time as one would need to do the calculations, would someone considering the expected value do better than someone not? It's an exercise I'm eager to try with my students someday, but I don't have the time right now.
From a purely entertainment viewpoint, it looks lame. When I was at the Jeopardy! auditions two years ago, Alex Trebek actually made a disdainful reference to Deal or No Deal. It was kinda funny.But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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Hm. A Google search of "deal or no deal" with "expected value" returns quite a bit of material, so clearly I'm not the first, smartest, or most eloquent person to see the challenge of this game from this standpoint. Here's one explanation that I found particularly well-done.But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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some people look good bald...Howie doesn't. No Deal
Life is what you make of it...so please read the instructions carefully.Comment
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I like it. I don't expect much from it. It's just entertainment.
It's not skill, other than the skill of controlling your greed.
It doesn't surprise me that they've gone up to twelve $1 mil. cases. I'm sure they've calculated the odds and are vetting participants carefully.
The odds are increasingly in the player's favor, but players consistently make tactical mistakes, thinking their odds are better than they really are. Consistently, players go home with token amounts, leaving the $1 mil. unclaimed.Make trouble, have fun, do good stuffs.Comment
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Do you think the million will ever be won? I don't see it happeningComment
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Watch or No Watch?
The latter.
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According to this article, the top prize has been won in several of the other incarnations of the game show, so I'd say it's only a matter of time.Originally posted by alohabear View PostBut I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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I don't go out of my way to watch it. Usually I am watching the tail end of the show because some other TV series I want to watch follows Deal or No Deal.Comment
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there's a game played on that show?
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Yeah a variation of Let's Make A Deal. Instead of 3 doors to worry about it's 26 suitcases.
I suspect what the network want is to have one player burn the entire hour of the show trying to go through all 26 cases instead of having 4 players per episode and just folding after opening 5 or 6 cases.Comment
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Model Number 13 is my favorite!!
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Not as cerebral as Jeopardy, but still interesting. I'm guessing the latest gimmick of offering more $1mil suitcases in the game makes it appealing to hopefully have a big winner on the show.Originally posted by sansei View Post hi this is sansei and what may your thought's be on deal or no deal,isnt howie lol!
If anything, it's better than watching Survivor (tired of watching it already).Beijing 8-08-08 to 8-24-08
Tiananmen Square 4-15-89 to 6-04-89
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Interesting story in the New York Times about the "Deal or No Deal" models. For instance, all the dresses, despite the variance in heights and their 4-inch heels, are hemmed to appear as a straight line across the stage. One boasts the brains to qualify for Mensa. A week or so ago, I got a press release from Hawaii Pacific Entertainment that one of them sells real estate here in Hawaii. It's an interesting premise for a show, but I can't justify giving it 100 percent of my time.Comment
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How about if someone produces a "local" version of this show for OC16, except we call it Meal or No Meal. "Plates" will hold everything from a Bag of cracked seed to the ultimate luau. Picture this asking one local brahdah..."so Kimo , da chef is offering you one prime rib dinnah or you going keep what on your buffet plate? Meal or no meal?"
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