GSK
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Post by GSK on Aug 26, 2013 16:56:21 GMT -5
Interesting. That's good analysis on the essence of the game and its lifelines. The thing is though, with Google-The-Answer you still have to make a judgement call as to whether the information you searched for in a short period of time is accurate. You probably don't have the time to double check. There's a lot of misinformation out there (for the reason that you cite: Wikipedia can be edited by anyone). In that sense, it's like Ask-The-Audience. They might prefer a certain answer, but you still have to decide whether they are right. Ultimately it's still your call if you are a contestant. Except it is entirely dependent on Internet Speed as well as the Google service being online. Besides, anyone can google an answer and get a load of the information. It's also unfair to past contestants as Googling an answer will 99% guarantee a correct answer. By that logic, Jump the Question is also unfair to past contestants as it will 100% guarantee moving on to the next question. |
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sand.rules
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Post by sand.rules on Aug 26, 2013 17:31:07 GMT -5
Except it is entirely dependent on Internet Speed as well as the Google service being online. Besides, anyone can google an answer and get a load of the information. It's also unfair to past contestants as Googling an answer will 99% guarantee a correct answer. By that logic, Jump the Question is also unfair to past contestants as it will 100% guarantee moving on to the next question. Well no. Firstly, if Jump the Question is used in the shuffle round then the player has to skip over whatever amount was behind the question, which is a gamble rather than being unfair. Secondly, if Jump the Question is used in round 2, if the player decides to walk away then they can only walk away with what they have won. If you googled the answer, you basically jump a question and have earned the money behind it, which is unfair because there is no risk of losing money. There is no gamble necessary. |
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
