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Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by ec109685 »

scrubby wrote: post #4

It might be different now, but I'm pretty sure back in the Bob Barker era contestant selection wasn't random. The entire audience had to introduce themselves to the producer one by one and answer his questions about where they were from, what they did, and if they were there with anyone. The people selected were fairly attractive and charismatic. The selection also leaned toward people who came with larger groups. I…

Yes, if you go with a big enough group, they guarantee (at least back in 1998) that one person from the group would get on.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by qdpb »

c3534l wrote: post #8

I'm only surprised no one did this sooner. It's not a hard system to beat, the whole show is based around if you remember what a gallon of milk costs.

The whole story is shockingly boring. It's like a counting cards except you don't even need to know probabilities.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by emodendroket »

hxta98596 wrote: post #13
scrubby wrote: post #4

It might be different now, but I'm pretty sure back in the Bob Barker era contestant selection wasn't random. The entire audience had to introduce themselves to the producer one by one and answer his questions about where they were from, what they did, and if they were there with anyone. The people selected were fairly attractive and charismatic. The selection also leaned toward people who came with larger groups. I…

The contestant selection for the Price is Right television show isn't random. You're spot on, a producer selects the contestants based on a quick interview with each audience member before the show. Even if the selection process has changed recently this story is from 2008. The article is wrong. And this website appears to be spun click traffic farming site, way to go Hacker News.

Those words link to the FAQ of the show. http://priceisrightlive.com/faqs/

> All contestants’ names are randomly drawn prior to start of show. If a person selected as a contestant is a non-ticket holder, they will be brought inside the venue by producers to await their turn as contestant.

Even if, as you say, this citation is too recent and reflects some more recent change, and the selection wasn't literally random, he'd still have to somehow be chosen, which doesn't seem entirely within his control.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by em3rgent0rdr »

davb wrote: post #20
em3rgent0rdr wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Privacy Badger on my Chrome Windows shows 22 trackers and uBlock Origin blocked 49 requests. That's a lot of bloat that is probably eating the CPU.

I’m not convinced it’s the volume alone. I’m using ad blockers on all of my devices, and I’ve seen mainstream media sites with more than that. It could be an errant script that’s not being caught by an ad blocker and has wound up in an infinite loop.

I wonder if there is a javascript Hot Spot detector you could use to identify it.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by jaytaylor »

laretluval wrote: post #11
colmvp wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given your comment, I wonder if there's an interesting list of people who have been on the Price is Right. For example, one person I can think of is Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad) who said: "It looks like I'm on some serious crack. I downed about six cans of red bull because I knew they wanted people with energy. It worked, but I could not sit still. It was not healthy."

This is definitely worth looking up on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/_SEL27xiJGQ

He appears to be very excited indeed.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by hxta98596 »

emodendroket wrote: post #23
hxta98596 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The contestant selection for the Price is Right television show isn't random. You're spot on, a producer selects the contestants based on a quick interview with each audience member before the show. Even if the selection process has changed recently this story is from 2008. The article is wrong. And this website appears to be spun click traffic farming site, way to go Hacker News.

Those words link to the FAQ of the show. http://priceisrightlive.com/faqs/ > All contestants’ names are randomly drawn prior to start of show. If a person selected as a contestant is a non-ticket holder, they will be brought inside the venue by producers to await their turn as contestant. Even if, as you say, this citation is too recent and reflects some more recent change, and the selection wasn't literally random,…

That link is not to the Price is Right TV show. The "Price is Right" brand has a traveling live theater production as well called Price is Right Live. Tickets to that cost money. Tickets for the real TV show in Los Angeles are free. Thanks for playing.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by RobbyMcCullough »

This reminds me of a great thought piece that I studied a lot during my gaming years: Playing to Win.

http://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win

Particularly relevant to the Jeopardy contestant that buzzed in when he didn't know the answers to block others from getting the cash.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by emodendroket »

hxta98596 wrote: post #26
emodendroket wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those words link to the FAQ of the show. http://priceisrightlive.com/faqs/ > All contestants’ names are randomly drawn prior to start of show. If a person selected as a contestant is a non-ticket holder, they will be brought inside the venue by producers to await their turn as contestant. Even if, as you say, this citation is too recent and reflects some more recent change, and the selection wasn't literally random,…

That link is not to the Price is Right TV show. The "Price is Right" brand has a traveling live theater production as well called Price is Right Live. Tickets to that cost money. Tickets for the real TV show in Los Angeles are free. Thanks for playing.

This seems like an excessive level of condescension for a lack of familiarity with the Price is Right expanded universe.

Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

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Post by [deleted] »

emodendroket wrote: post #28
hxta98596 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That link is not to the Price is Right TV show. The "Price is Right" brand has a traveling live theater production as well called Price is Right Live. Tickets to that cost money. Tickets for the real TV show in Los Angeles are free. Thanks for playing.

This seems like an excessive level of condescension for a lack of familiarity with the Price is Right expanded universe.

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