Alright, today's the day.
I'm ready, so let's get straight to the thing. Let's go back to 25 years ago!
Thank you
matt for his background, it'll be my secondary background. And
wwtbamrave2020 for his 3D studio.
Note that some screenshot using Provideo Studio version of the set, that lacked its FFF Row, I called it v1, and the one Rave re-edit for me, with FFF row, it's v2.
1: Fastest Finger First
Here's the introduction. This is Graham Elwell, a student in London(back then), who is the first player to sit in the Hot Seat in UK, and in worldwide.
And, Rachel Da Costa, second player ever, and first female sit in the Hot Seat.
In the first series, FFF have a really simple concept. Just pick the right answer. This is the first FFF question ever!
And, answer...?
From series 2, multiple-choices FFF got replaced with what we familiar with, the "Put in the right order" one.
No one answer that FFF question correctly, that's why this question getting more attentions. I choosing that for the same reason.
And, here's the FFF result:
2: Money Tree
Money Tree is something that tracking contestant progress. I love to making these tree, so I often make it better than other part.
In the most basic concept, a game have 15 questions, but other countries changed it.
Currently India hold the record of the longest tree(17 questions) and Australia hold the record for the shortest regular tree(11 questions).
Holding record for the shortest special tree is US and Japan, both at 10.
For specific reason, Japan and India tree are not included here. They have their own section.
12 Questions
11 Questions
10 Questions(In US 1000th Show)
3: Main Game
So now, let's play Millionaire!
This only work as demonstration for Tier 1.
And here's how the graphics work:
It's correct for £32,000!(Actually this thing use for every milestone)
And he took the money! Correct answer is A.
He'll go home with £64,000!
But what about a wrong answer? Paul Beverley is the first contestant that leave the game after answered a Tier 3 question wrong in UK.
During the process, I look at Peter Lee's run. First penultimate winner in UK. I took his £500,000 question to demonstration this 2 extra elements:
1 is 2 lozenges show how much contestant can win for a right answer and how much they lost for a wrong one. 2 is Venezuela exclusive. It often show question number that contestant currently play(1,2,3,...,15)
And of course, Top Prize Winner! I took Ingram Wilcox, last winner in Tarrant's Era in it.
4: Lifelines
During the game, whenever contestant feeling that question is hard, they can activate one or more lifelines to support them. Only 3 were featured in the beginning, but many more got in later!
Sometime, this lozenge appear, when contestant thinking about using a lifeline.
50:50
Phone-a-Friend
Sometime later, contestant allowed to choose 1 in 3 friend so they can call for. A new clock was made to include photo of their friend.
Ask the Audience! My favorite lifeline! I remembered back then, when I play WWTBAM on my mom's phone(java version, by Glu), I don't know any English so I don't know the question and just use AtA right on Q1.
A modified graph was made, based on my design for Classic Remastered pack. Note that Graham didn't use his AtA, and Rachel later use it.
And...a weird Foot-off vote in US.
Now, came to the video-call based lifelines
Video-a-Friend(Technically PaF but with video call)
Three Wise Man
This lifeline later got modified into 2 variant:
Ask the Expert
and Ask the Savior. The differences is expert can directly change contestant's answer, and then contestant could choose to go with expert or stay with their answer.
I...HATE...CRICKETS.
In 2018, celebrating 20th Anniversary, the UK version got a revival, with a new lifeline: Ask the Host.
This is its first use, and even if Jeremy Clarkson said that, he still giving a correct answer!
Plus One
Ask 3 of the Audience/People Speak
A sigma rule was made based on his run. He refused to followed 2 woman that give him answer A, followed the only male member that said B, claimed that in crucial moments, he don't really believed in female, then absolutely answer it correct!
Ask 1 of the Audience
Switch the Question
One thing I like about the Indian is how they made StQ more useful, by allowed contestant choose their favorite category. Their idea should got adapted in other Millionaire formats!
Double Dip
Power Paplu
Because Arun haven't use his 50:50, it's not an option in here.
5: Super Millionaire
In 2004, ABC bring back Millionaire in primetime, with a chance to absolutely break all of US Gameshow winnings record, with top prize of $10,000,000. No one won the top prize, and only one can go home with at least $1M, but this is a great way to changed the game and heat everything up.
Just won $100,000!
Now, let's enter the Next Dimension.
6: Clock Format + Million Dollar Tournament of Ten
In 2008, US syndicated version featuring a "dreadful" clock, that make the game faster. That's what Disney attempt to do, after more than 7 years apply the clock in every US game possible, along in the Play It attraction. UK later took a shot on this format with some changes, and many countries followed.
Until now, India and Turkey still using the clock.
Now every questions have its own specific category.
A separate gold clock are in use for $1,000,000 question. And I think most of you remember this fatal question, 14 years ago?
In 2009, after saw that it's 5 years and they don't have another millionaire, a tournament was created. Contestants play their game as qualification round, and top 10 will play $1M question one by one, with their seed based on what they won. Winner will be the person who answered their $1M question correct and won more money on their qualification round.
Idk some stuff about this tournament, but I know enough to make this.
Here's the 10 finalists!
Begin with Alex and ended with Jehan, the champion is the person who won more money and answered their MDQ correctly
But only Sam Murray able to answered his question correctly. Other walked, with all of them know the answer but not take the risk.
For answered his MDQ correctly, he's the Leader. Now the only way to win, is to hope that others refused to answer or take the risk, but ended up wrong.
And...this is what happened before the tournament finale:
Yeah, everyone took the money, but Jehan still there. If she right, she won a million dollar.
But she also walked. If not because she said it, she also walked because she ran out of time. C is the correct answer. And with that, Sam Murray is the champion, and he is a Millionaire!
7: SMS Game
From 2004 to 2007, a text game was played. Viewer can win money by playing the question that contestant walked away, or when contestant lock in their answer and a commercial break followed it. This game is also played in some other countries, mostly in Germany by now.
8: Bonus- Slumdog Millionaire
And just for fun, I added my graphic in the WWTBAM-related movie: Slumdog Millionaire!
And I'm sorry, but these thing can't work on a cinema wide-screen. I have to cropped a lot to match the 16:9 resolution, which make some scene look too big than normal camera on a real WWTBAM show.
(klaxon sound - lol)
And...That's it for Phase 1 of this massive 25th Anniversary project. I took many time and effort, along with help of many individuals and communities. Thank you everyone who helped me!
Many more thing will be feature in Phase 2, when I took you guys to Australia for Hot Seat format, or visiting Japan and Germany to see how they spices up the game. But, that's it for now.
This is Xuân Minh(aka Minh Dang), signing off. See you guys again!
) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
