Press Your Luck (RC vs. doctorwho vs. NS)

[StrangerCoug]

Press Your Luck happens to have been a revival of Second Chance.

RedCoyote picks up a spin and goes to four, and D3f3nd3r picks up a spin and goes to two.

Want to see what Second Chance was like? The video quality is not that good, but it shouldn't be hard to follow along.

Both of the wrong answers were based on dice games, The Big Showdown (another Jim Peck show that aired on ABC, by the way) on craps and High Rollers on Shut the Box. High Rollers had three different versions, the first two by Alex Trebek and the last by Wink Martindale. RedCoyote is right in that I once ran High Rollers myself for a couple of matches; I think what happened is that I put it on hiatus so I could run the SCWOF Retro Tournament and I never brought it back out.

Next question:

QUESTION 3 OF 4

According to a study released by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research in July 2014, what is the unhappiest American city with a population over 1,000,000?

[RedCoyote]

Good question... I'm going to say

Baltimore

, but I have at least four other guesses at what it could be.

[RedCoyote]

Btw, I kind of like the answering system better in Second Chance. I like both of them though, honestly.

[StrangerCoug]

Is the answer:

According to a study released by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research in July 2014, what is the unhappiest American city with a population over 1,000,000?

1. Baltimore
   
2. Pittsburgh
   
3. New York City

Save The Dragons and D3f3nd3r?

[D3f3nd3r]

B?

[Save The Dragons]

C

let's gamble

[StrangerCoug]

The unhappiest American city with a population over 1,000,000 is... New York City.

According to a study released by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research in July 2014, what is the unhappiest American city with a population over 1,000,000?

1. Baltimore
   
2. Pittsburgh
   
3. New York City

Save The Dragons gets a spin.

Fourth and final question of the round:

QUESTION 4 OF 4

221B Baker Street, London is the famous address of what fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

[RedCoyote]

Sherlock Holmes!

[D3f3nd3r]

A.

[Save The Dragons]

A

[StrangerCoug]

Who the hell needs answer choices?

221B Baker Street, London is the famous address of what fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

1. Sherlock Holmes
   
   
2. Thursday Next
   
3. Hercule Poirot

Save The Dragons gets a spin and goes to three, RedCoyote gets three spins and goes to seven, and D3f3nd3r gets a spin and goes to three.

The kids are here, so Big Board after they go home.

[StrangerCoug]

I really don't feel like making the opening board right now, and the only change to the layout that can't be explained by the prize rotation is intended as temporary anyway. In both Big Board rounds this match, the red $2,000 in square 3 has been slightly increased to $2,015 in honor of the upcoming new year. I'd like to start an annual tradition around here.

Since we have a tie for fewest spins, we go to my left, and that's where Save The Dragons is sitting. Are you ready to press your luck?

[Save The Dragons]

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[StrangerCoug]

Well, if you're gonna hit that, hit it when you have no money

Two more spins.

[Save The Dragons]

Original Roll String: 2d18

2 18-Sided Dice: (1, 18) = 19

i forgot to say no whammies

BIG MONEY NO WHAMMIES

[StrangerCoug]

Your first spin stops at...

...seven hundred fifty dollars!


Your second spin stops at...

...five hundred dollars and a spin!

One thousand, two hundred fifty dollars, one spin, one whammy. If you pass your spin, tell me who gets it. What's your pleasure?

[Save The Dragons]

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (15) = 15

NO WHAMMIES WHOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG MOOOOOOOOOOOOONAY

[StrangerCoug]

Stop at a

SONY HI-RES BLU-RAY DISC HOME THEATER SYSTEM

valued at $700.

We now come to our champion, D3f3nd3r, with three spins. Are you ready to press your luck?

[D3f3nd3r]

Sure!

Original Roll String: 2d18

2 18-Sided Dice: (8, 18) = 26

[StrangerCoug]

Your first spin stops at...

...one thousand dollars!


Your second spin stops at...

...one thousand dollars and a spin!

Two thousand dollars, two spins, no whammies. If you pass, your spins go to Save The Dragons. Press your luck or pass?

[D3f3nd3r]

Play on!

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (13) = 13

[StrangerCoug]

Stop at one thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars.

Three thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars; one spin; no whammies. Press or pass?

[D3f3nd3r]

Eh...pass them over.

[StrangerCoug]

Save The Dragons, you have one passed spin that you must take. I wish you luck.

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (6) = 6

[StrangerCoug]

Stop at six hundred fifty dollars.

We come to one of our former Press Your Luck hosts with seven spins. Let's see how well he does on the other side of the podium.