TPiRecap: 21 May 2012

[TheKid965]

Wow. Just wow.

[XkaVader1]

When I saw the setup for Pick A Number, I was 100% sure the missing number was 8. If that player had chosen a 1, I would've smashed my head into a wall. If she had chosen a 3, I would've let out a loud "NO!". She chose a 3. I thought for sure that would be a pathetic loss.

*3 shows up*

Me: Shows you how much I know about that game. >_>

[ElectricPeterTork]

When I saw the setup for Pick A Number, I was 100% sure the missing number was 8. If that player had chosen a 1, I would've smashed my head into a wall. If she had chosen a 3, I would've let out a loud "NO!". She chose a 3. I thought for sure that would be a pathetic loss.

*3 shows up*

Me: Shows you how much I know about that game. >_>

Sometimes, the trick is that the obvious one is the right choice. I was thinking the same way you were.

And as for the big one... Oh, Clock Game. Horrible, horrible playing on the first prize, and sheer dumb luck that the second prize was priced so easy. It was a fun win, though.

[CardSharks8689]

The last time Triple Play was played was last January, if I recall. This might very well be the third and final playing of such game during Season 40. Now the countdown is on to what I think will be the third and final playing of Golden Road. I'm guessing they're going to play Golden Road on the Teen Drivers' episode this Memorial Day.

As for Pick A Number, I was not surprised there'd be an under-$4000 prize this time around, despite the norms that they try to offer prizes/prize packages that are $4,000 or more. And Oregon is not too far from California, so that would not justify an $8,000+ price tag. Only a stupid idiot would have picked a 1 for the first digit. Also, let us not forget that one playing of Switch? had two prizes and the total of the prize package was $2,700, if I recall (there was an $800 prize involved).

And Clock Game? I thought she would not get it, given she took so long and was jumping all over the place with the first prize, and got it with barely over 2 seconds remaining. I was rather surprised that the contestant got the latter prize in just 3 bids with only a split second remaining. Just goes to show that miracles can happen.

[TheKid965]

And as for the big one... Oh, Clock Game. Horrible, horrible playing on the first prize, and sheer dumb luck that the second prize was priced so easy. It was a fun win, though.

That first prize was a nightmare in every respect, but I will give her credit for one thing: She did not, at any point, try to bid anything higher than $999. She appeared to know that much of Clocky's unwritten rule, which arguably puts her ahead of 99% of everyone else that plays this.

I think the picture I used in the recap sums up my whole reaction to this moment, however. One of the highlights of the year.