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Post by supermillionaire on Oct 24, 2017 18:20:57 GMT -5
Here's my money tree: Prize for completing Fastest Finger task: $100 1: $1,000 2: $2,000 3: $3,000 4: $4,000 5: $5,000 6: $10,000 7: $20,000 8: $30,000 9: $40,000 10: $50,000 11: $75,000 12: $150,000 13: $250,000 14: $500,000 15: $1 Million
Rules on time: Standard edition: no initial time limit, but if the contestant takes too long to answer a question, he/she will be placed on a 60-second shot clock; if the shot clock expires, the contestant will be forced to walk away. Speed edition: every question other than the final question has a strict 60-second time limit; the clock starts after all four answers have been read. The clock stops whenever a contestant uses a lifeline, and resumes from where it left off after the duration of the lifeline is over. If the contestant does not beat the clock and say "final answer" before the clock hits 0, he/she will be forced to walk away. The final question will be 60 seconds plus any unused banked time accumulated from the previous 14 questions.
Lifelines:
Available at start: Phone-a-Friend - makes a 30-second phone call to one of three friends who are placed backstage in isolated sound-proof booths. 50:50 - randomly eliminates two wrong answers. Ask the Audience - polls the audience using digital keypads, who votes for the most popular answer.
Unlocked after passing question 10: Cards of Chance - a lifeline taken from the Brazilian version of the show; presents the contestant with three shuffled cards; one card eliminates only one wrong answer, one card eliminates two wrong answers, and one card eliminates all three wrong answers. Ask an Expert - asks one of multiple experts over 30 seconds of what they think the answer is. Unlike before, there are now multiple experts, and you can pick which one you want to use. Get a Clue - an original lifeline that I invented; provides the contestant with a hint as to what the right answer might be.
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Post by JCEurovision on Oct 24, 2017 20:45:16 GMT -5
Here's my money tree: Prize for completing Fastest Finger task: $100 1: $1,000 2: $2,000 3: $3,000 4: $4,000 5: $5,000 6: $10,000 7: $20,000 8: $30,000 9: $40,000 10: $50,000 11: $75,000 12: $150,000 13: $250,000 14: $500,000 15: $1 Million
Rules on time: Standard edition: no initial time limit, but if the contestant takes too long to answer a question, he/she will be placed on a 60-second shot clock; if the shot clock expires, the contestant will be forced to walk away. Speed edition: every question other than the final question has a strict 60-second time limit; the clock starts after all four answers have been read. The clock stops whenever a contestant uses a lifeline, and resumes from where it left off after the duration of the lifeline is over. If the contestant does not beat the clock and say "final answer" before the clock hits 0, he/she will be forced to walk away. The final question will be 60 seconds plus any unused banked time accumulated from the previous 14 questions.
Lifelines:
Available at start: Phone-a-Friend - makes a 30-second phone call to one of three friends who are placed backstage in isolated sound-proof booths. 50:50 - randomly eliminates two wrong answers. Ask the Audience - polls the audience using digital keypads, who votes for the most popular answer.
Unlocked after passing question 10: Cards of Chance - a lifeline taken from the Brazilian version of the show; presents the contestant with three shuffled cards; one card eliminates only one wrong answer, one card eliminates two wrong answers, and one card eliminates all three wrong answers. Ask an Expert - asks one of multiple experts over 30 seconds of what they think the answer is. Unlike before, there are now multiple experts, and you can pick which one you want to use. Get a Clue - provides the contestant with a hint as to what the right answer might be.
Will it be used for your possible RPG? |
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Post by supermillionaire on Oct 25, 2017 11:21:43 GMT -5
I'd like to see the actual show use this format. If not, then the administrators of this forum can use this format; I give them my full permission to do so.
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Post by millionaireloveruk on Oct 25, 2017 11:41:56 GMT -5
4: $4,000 5: $5,000
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9: $40,000 10: $50,000
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Cards of Chance - a lifeline taken from the Brazilian version of the show; presents the contestant with three shuffled cards; one card eliminates only one wrong answer, one card eliminates two wrong answers, and one card eliminates all three wrong answers.
Pretty much the only problem I have with that money tree is the Risk-Reward Ratios to get to the two milestone amounts. Usually, questions 5, 10 and 15 should be worth double that of questions 4, 9 and 14. (i.e. £500 and £1,000, £16,000 and £32,000 and £500,000 and £1,000,000) This makes it worthwhile for a contestant to take a gamble on the question if they aren't sure. For example, if a contestant has an idea on question 10, but isn't sure, a risk:reward of $35,000:$10,000 could very easily sway them to walk away, whereas a ratio of, say, £15,000:£16,000 could make the player want to go for it, as they stand to gain more than they stand to lose. In terms of bringing excitement to the show, better ratios are better, simply because the contestant could be more likely to answer the question. Also, in my opinion, any form of luck (apart from what set of questions you get) has no place in Millionaire. The very idea is that every contestant who sits in the Hot Seat should have a theoretically equal chance of winning the top prize. Obviously in practice it isn't that simple, but regardless, that should be an integral part of any Millionaire format. Another thing, not to keen personally on gaining 3 lifelines after question 10. One is fine, two I can deal with, but when you introduce 3 you could potentially make the game too easy, as a contestant could have an average of 1.2 lifelines to use per question, which could only be justified by a ridiculously sudden difficulty spike at question 7 or 8, or a third tier requiring a few degrees to get through. Overall, I don't think this is a bad format. There are, for me, a few major flaws, but it's certainly a good starting point. |
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Post by supermillionaire on Oct 25, 2017 12:59:06 GMT -5
Perhaps then I should raise the top prize to $5 million. I'll call it Who Wants to Be a Multi-Millionaire: 5 for 15. The name is derived from the former Spanish subtitle 50 por 15, which referred to winning 50 million pesetas for answering 15 questions correctly, before Spain switched to the Euro.
New money tree: Fastest Finger First prize: $100 1: $1,000 2: $2,000 3: $3,000 4: $4,000 5: $5,000 6: $10,000 7: $20,000 8: $30,000 9: $40,000 10: $100,000 11: $150,000 12: $250,000 13: $500,000 14: $1 Million 15: $5 Million
Read more: regisfan.proboards.com/post/new/3434#ixzz4wXmECs8G
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Post by millionaireloveruk on Oct 25, 2017 14:33:04 GMT -5
The problem I had with the tree itself is now solved (except in the first tier, but when you stand to lose everything, it's slightly different), except the new tree brings about a new problem in that you win $60,000 for getting question 10 right, but only $50,000 for getting question 11 right. There's nothing particularly wrong about this,as there is a milestone amount in the middle, but it just looks slightly odd. I do like the idea of the title, however.
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Post by supermillionaire on Oct 25, 2017 18:38:30 GMT -5
Should I raise the value of question 11 to $180,000, or should I leave it at $150,000?
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Post by thepixelpolygon on Oct 25, 2017 18:57:52 GMT -5
I've always thought that $5,000 is a bit too much as a first guaranteed sum. $1,000 is just enough.
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Post by millionaireloveruk on Oct 25, 2017 20:02:36 GMT -5
Should I raise the value of question 11 to $180,000, or should I leave it at $150,000? Adjusting question 11 to $180,000 would just move the problem up a level. Maybe a better thing to do would be looking to adjust tier 2 rather than tier 3. For example, mimicking Super Millionaire by making question 9 worth $50,000. |
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Post by multimillionaire93 on Oct 25, 2017 20:54:37 GMT -5
Unlocked after passing question 10:
Get a Clue - an original lifeline that I invented; provides the contestant with a hint as to what the right answer might be.
I certainly like the idea of your "Get a Clue" lifeline! I might certainly add it to my "list of lifelines" in my Luck format post. |
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Post by supermillionaire on Oct 26, 2017 11:05:14 GMT -5
Should I raise the value of question 11 to $180,000, or should I leave it at $150,000? Adjusting question 11 to $180,000 would just move the problem up a level. Maybe a better thing to do would be looking to adjust tier 2 rather than tier 3. For example, mimicking Super Millionaire by making question 9 worth $50,000. I believe that the if the number 3 appears twice on the money tree (i.e., $3,000 and $30,000), then the number 4 should also appear twice ($4,000 and $40,000). And why and how would adjusting question 11's value from $150,000 to $180,000 move the problem up? |
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Post by millionaireloveruk on Oct 26, 2017 11:28:18 GMT -5
It would move the problem as you’d then win $80,000 for getting question 11 right, but only $70,000 for getting question 12 right. I also just think $180,000 is quite an awkward number compared to $150,000. Also, the repetition of two tiers with an extra zero should come second to having a good money tree. I wouldn’t sacrifice a good money tree just to make it identical.
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Post by supermillionaire on Oct 26, 2017 13:12:34 GMT -5
In that case, I'll leave question 11 at $150,000.
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
