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Post by Natsuki <3 on Feb 23, 2019 15:11:44 GMT -5
In your opinion, what do you think the most useless lifeline was on any version of the show? Personally, I believe it to be Ask the Expert, as so often they were experts on one very specific topic, but knew little about anything else. There were so many times where the expert was used and they weren't sure, or they led the contestant astray. I get they wanted to stop the use of the internet by retiring the Phone-a-Friend, but I don't think Ask the Expert was a very useful alternative. Too bad they didn't think of the Plus One back then, as it is a good alternative to the Phone-a-Friend, in my opinion.
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Post by hadouken85 on Feb 24, 2019 9:34:28 GMT -5
For me, it's Crystal Ball, which appeared on Season 11 of US Millionaire.
Contestants only knew the value of the question they were facing? No, doesn't sound like a lifeline at all...(Even though that season used the Shuffle format...)
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Post by turnitorange on Feb 24, 2019 15:51:54 GMT -5
I never heard of Crystal Ball. Are there any clips of it being used?
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Post by Natsuki <3 on Feb 24, 2019 17:05:19 GMT -5
youtu.be/0xOOSb66DMEHere is a video I found on YouTube of it being used. Skip to 7:15 to see it in action.
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Post by Natsuki <3 on Feb 24, 2019 17:10:58 GMT -5
Crystal Ball is definitely not a great lifeline, but I think it served the purpose it was supposed to do. Also, it didn't replace any other lifelines like Ask the Expert did, it was just added, and only provided a gain, not a loss. In the video linked above, the contestant uses the Crystal Ball to see how much a difficult question was worth, as he was going to pass on it when the Crystal Ball revealed the value to be $25,000. As a result of this, he took a guess, and got it right, nabbing him the $25,000. It's not the best, but I still think Ask the Expert is worse. Thank you for the response, hadouken85.
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Post by TheLuckySeven on Jun 3, 2019 6:55:10 GMT -5
For me, it would be Switch The Question. I know that it could change a question that you don't like, but it could turn worse than that. It's a pity that Switch was a risk format lifeline in Poland. I would prefer a double dip over that, but now It's gone for good.
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Post by trevor on Jun 3, 2019 11:17:44 GMT -5
What if they used Three Wise Men instead of Ask the Expert? Sorry if I go off topic.
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Post by BMG_Games on Jun 6, 2019 12:53:50 GMT -5
On the topic of “useless or not”. I think the Phone a Friend lifeline is too much of a gamble to be called a “lifeline”. Half of the time time friend is not certain, and about 15% of the time they don’t even have a clue.
Actually, now that I think about it, Ask the Host is a big gamble too. Clarkson definitely has a good set of brains. However, I’ve only seen him sure about 3 times.
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Post by vogue on Feb 11, 2020 12:32:39 GMT -5
crystal ball, it does not quite help you with the question since it only shows you the price behind it.
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