[ManOfSteal]

Whammy!

(this thread has no substance, I just like the word "whammy" is all...)

[JohnSmithXTREME]

this thread must not be locked, because this thread is now about MUJI

[rjenkinson]

-r.

[Mafia]

[MaxPower2k3]

You're about two decades behind.




oh, and both of those shows are annoying as hell.

[JHromadka]

No Whammmmieessssss..... STOP!

[Mafia]

anyone see that special about the computer programmer that broke the show's alogorithm and won tons of money.

[RonnieoftheRose]

[- - e r i k - -]

[MaxPower2k3]

Originally posted by Mafia:
anyone see that special about the computer programmer that broke the show's alogorithm and won tons of money.

i think i saw some of that (on GSN, right?). It was their fault, though. the "randomization" of the board was just like five different possible spots that always showed up in the same pattern. I'm sure they assumed (and correctly so, with this one exception) that the average "Press Your Luck" viewer wouldn't have the intelligence to spot patterns on the board.


erik...

[DarwinX]

I find this thread especially hilarious after just recently seeing Dane Cook's stand up act. He had a funny routine about this very subject. Sorry to leave all hanging, wouldn't want to ruin it for anyone.

[CD Hanks]

Originally posted by Mafia:

You read BAMF too?

[CD Hanks]

Originally posted by MaxPower2k3:
i think i saw some of that (on GSN, right?). It was their fault, though. the "randomization" of the board was just like five different possible spots that always showed up in the same pattern. I'm sure they assumed (and correctly so, with this one exception) that the average "Press Your Luck" viewer wouldn't have the intelligence to spot patterns on the board.


erik...

http://www.rotten.com/library/conspi...ess-your-luck/

It's clean. Fascinating article too. Hell, if you're bored, check out the whole Rotten library. As I said, it's clean (Well, most of it. The topic sections should give you an idea of what is clean and what isn't), and well written.

[demograph68]

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
http://www.rotten.com/library/conspi...ess-your-luck/

It's clean. Fascinating article too. Hell, if you're bored, check out the whole Rotten library. As I said, it's clean (Well, most of it. The topic sections should give you an idea of what is clean and what isn't), and well written.

In order for Michael to keep his winnings, he'd have to remain trapped on the stage of Press Your Luck forever. His situation was an infinite loop from which there was no escape: he'd learned how to trigger only plunger-hitting patterns nailing a cash prize and a free spin. According to the game's rules, this "free" spin would eventually have to be spun. In other words, each plunger push would lead to another. Nobody else could play, and Larsen himself could never stop playing.

The only way to break this loop would be for Larsen to abandon any pretext of surefire pattern matching. He would literally have to Press His Luck like a regular contestant, plunging the Big Board onto a non-winning square, a non free-spinning square, and one possibly yielding a Whammy capable of draining him of every penny. When he pushed the plunger the last and final time -- Michael Larsen won a trip to the Bahamas. He stopped playing, to thunderous applause.

That would definitely suck.

[Mafia]

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
You read BAMF too?

yes

[AppleOptionFour]

I cannot tell a lie...you lose.

[brapper]

I'm haaaaappy again!