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Post by realdeo on May 8, 2018 0:56:37 GMT -5
I personally find the idea of allowing the second safety net decided after every question (instead of setting it from the get go--which was I expected considering Russian's versions.) is a genius idea. Whoever came up with it deserves a raise. It is the twist that we need after the disastrous People's Play when the most that the player got was 20 k. We have seen people going one question further than they normally would in a normal circumstance.
However, what is exactly the tactic for setting the second safety net? We have seen 3 play styles; set it when you have 0, 1, and 2 lifeline remaining.
My mind says that you should play it when there is only 1 lifeline remaining, so you can use that lifeline to climb to the safety net and guess the free question. However, I'm not sure if the tactic is a little bit too naive. My friend told me it's better to set it when you only have 0 lifeline remaining because he argued the temptation to make it to the second safety net may make a person go greedy and make sub-optimal guess and the lack of lifeline would be a sanity check for the player.
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Post by jordha on May 8, 2018 4:30:14 GMT -5
I'm probably wrong with this, but it sounded like when they came up with the idea of dropping 32,000 safe-haven in favor of a choose-your-own, it felt like they originally had "People's Play" in mind, as a test of confidence, but it gets wasted often because of over-confidence in the contestants.
I'm sure they thought of making it the "secret 5th lifeline" as well, where answering the current question correctly would make it guaranteed money, but would either be wasted on low-tier questions, or just gone unused in test play.
That to ask in-between questions, adds actual elevation and strategy to the game, treating uses of lifelines as inventory, and when running out of lifelines (or near the "target" during introductions) it's when it's often used.
What is the correct strategy to this element of the game? Well, that really depends, there are a few ways to look at it (and this very question is what got me to register to this forum, so hello friends!)
Strategy 1: "Puritan Play" - You are a long-time fan of the show, and frankly want to keep the status-quo of the game, you do NOT use play it no matter what, until you get to Question 10 for 32,000. That way you keep the huge sum of money, and maintain the symmetry of "5 questions away from guarantee money".
Strategy 2: "The Last Resort" - You asked Jeremy, You phoned your friend, You might have 50/50 left or Ask the Audience, or have completely have nothing left. Immediately, you use it for the next question, regardless of value, because then you are guaranteed something if correct, still being able to walk away while seeing the question, You still have 1,000, but now you are taking that risk to get the safety net. It's a daring strategy, but it could have been easy, and you wasted it, it could be out of your zone, in which case, you should have used it one question prior.
Strategy 3: "Take What You Need" - It sounds like a mix of the two, for most people, they dream of that million, but realistically, there is a target, 16,000 to get a nice holiday, maybe 64,000 to get the house. The strategy is NOT to use the 2nd Safety Net UNTIL you see a question at that level, regardless of lifelines. The strategy would be to sweat it out until you get to that question, and if correctly, can play a peaceful game and pretty much free chances at 250,000 or even the million, because worst comes to worst - you still have the money for what you need.
Strategy 4: "Second Guessing" - forget lifelines, you just second guessed yourself on the last question, you know the questions are getting tougher, doesn't matter if its 4,000 or 8,000, use it right away. The game of no trick questions will make you doubt yourself, and it's best to play it early, because realistically, most crash out on 7/8/9, you never know if you could reach 32,000/64,000 and might get looks after airdate of "why you didn't go higher", but better safe than sorry.
Strategy 5: "Walk Away?" Pretend you had no lifelines on the next question it's asked, and had that decision to walk away with the cash or to play with the question and answer. The moment you start debating what the money could do, that's when you should use the second safe haven for the next question, treat it like a "walk away" even if you have all your help.
The game is all about when to use lifelines, is the correct order Audience, Friend, 50/50? or is it phone when you know your friend knows it, but you don't? Why not ask the host first thing?
I don't know what I would do if I was in the hot seat, I think my strategy would be to target 32,000. But as soon as I used my first lifeline, would immediately set my 2nd safe haven. Unless it was on a 2000 or 4000 question, because the gamble isn't that big to lose. I would be happy with 8,000 or 16,000. The best case scenario, somebody uses it on the 500,000 question with a free shot at the million. But most likely, we will probably see it used on lower-tier questions like 8k or 16k.
It's easier to say what you would do compared to if you're in the hot seat, but I think the best strategy is simple - "don't waste it"
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Post by FrankT on May 8, 2018 16:03:13 GMT -5
It's a bad idea, as tonight demonstrated.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 22:19:27 GMT -5
If I were sitting in the hot seat my tactic would be to aim for the 32,000. If I still had three lifelines left after the 32,000 level I would not set the safety net there. I would wait until I had only two lifelines left then set it. I would probably set it at the 125,000 level if I had three or four lifelines. If I only had 1 lifeline left, I would immediately set the second safe haven at that level. This is my own hypothetical strategy. In reality, I would be so nervous that all of that strategy would go down the drain.
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
