SC's Wheel of Fortune (It's finally time to say...)

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:51 am

Six hundred dollars.

(The wheel lights go white-colored-colored-colored instead of just white-colored-colored now. I'm going to be transitioning to making this animated, but it's still about as time-consuming as it was in the first match when I tried it.)

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:53 am

One N.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q R S T

U

V W X Y Z

Spin, buy, or solve?

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:27 pm

Four hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:55 pm

One T.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

One thousand, four hundred dollars. Same options apply.

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 06, 2014 3:40 pm

Four hundred again.

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:46 pm

Two of those.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G _

I

J K L M _

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:13 am

Top dollar!

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:11 pm

Four L's! Very good!

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G _

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

Twelve thousand, two hundred dollars. What will you do now?

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:36 pm

That's it!

$2,500 if you can tell me who uses that slogan.

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 07, 2014 1:02 pm

Yes

Round 2 soon.

StrangerCoug · Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:44 pm

It's our Express Round here on StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune. Will one of these people land on the Express wedge and be on their way to big money? We'll see soon!

Right now, though, we have a

TITLE

to deal with.

Let's try and get Feirei on the board now.

StrangerCoug · Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:49 pm

Feirei has been prodded.

StrangerCoug · Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:00 pm

Postimage isn't working and I don't feel like trying anything else. The middle of $700.

StrangerCoug · Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:17 am

Four R's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

Two thousand, eight hundred dollars. Spin, buy, or solve?

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 13, 2014 1:34 pm

Feirei is prodded.

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:36 pm

Acknowledged; images when I get back.

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 14, 2014 3:27 pm

Five hundred fifty dollars.

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 14, 2014 5:35 pm

Five N's! Nice one!

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

You've almost doubled your score to $5,550. Same options apply.

StrangerCoug · Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:54 am

Four of those.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

Fifty fifty.

StrangerCoug · Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:20 pm

Choo choo!

We'll start with the usual consonant. Your $5,050 is safe for right this second.

StrangerCoug · Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:55 am

Four D's.

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B C _

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

Now, Feirei, here's the deal: I've given you your $4,000 as normal. You can, if you so wish, hop on the Express. If you do, you won't have to spin the wheel anymore this turn. Consonants will earn you $1,000 a pop, just like if you had landed on a normal $1,000 space, and vowels will still cost $500. But here's the catch: Do anything to cost you your turn and the Express train crashes. Medical bills are not cheap, and if that happens I will have to take away all your money to help pay for the costs. Deal?

StrangerCoug · Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:20 pm

All right. Any letter that hasn't been called yet.

StrangerCoug · Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:33 am

Five E's.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B C _

_

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

Keep going.

StrangerCoug · Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:32 pm

And the maiden voyage of the Express train ends in disaster.

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B C _

_

_ G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

puzzledan, you're up!

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:25 am

It's got $700. Will that do?

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 20, 2014 6:00 am

One C.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ _

_

_ G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:25 pm

Just overshot the Express. $950.

StrangerCoug · Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:47 pm

One L.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ _

_

_ G H

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

All options apply.

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:14 am

Five hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Sun Dec 21, 2014 11:00 am

Two S's.

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B _ _

_

_ G H

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ _ T

U

V W X Y Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:02 pm

Too worn out to do images. Right before the L in the third word.

StrangerCoug · Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:42 am

One O.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ _

_

_ G H

_

J K _ M _

_

P Q _ _ T

U

V W X Y Z

StrangerCoug · Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:55 am

Four hundred fifty dollars.

StrangerCoug · Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:24 am

Merry Christmas to you, too. And apologies for not getting you the K you wanted for Christmas. They didn't have any in the store when I went shopping.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ _

_

_ G H

_

J _ _ M _

_

P Q _ _ T

U

V W X Y Z

And let's wish doctorwho a merry Christmas as well. Let's see what the wheel's got in terms of presents.

StrangerCoug · Fri Dec 26, 2014 5:21 am

Not anything nice, apparently.

Feirei, let's work on getting some money back.

StrangerCoug · Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:38 am

Feirei has been prodded.

StrangerCoug · Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:42 pm

Time and a strike. I believe this is his first.

puzzledan?

StrangerCoug · Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:53 pm

Just clicked off the Express. $950.

StrangerCoug · Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:19 pm

Two T's.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ _

_

_ G H

_

J _ _ M _

_

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

All options apply.

StrangerCoug · Wed Dec 31, 2014 2:29 pm

One U.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ _

_

_ G H

_

J _ _ M _

_

P Q _ _ _

_

V W X Y Z

NO MORE VOWELS.

Spin or solve.

StrangerCoug · Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:09 pm

Unfortunately, I don't think you're going to get much closer to the lead with

THAT

.

Shall we try this again, doctorwho?

StrangerCoug · Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:05 am

Seven hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Sat Jan 03, 2015 2:37 pm

One Z.

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B _ _

_

_ G H

_

J _ _ M _

_

P Q _ _ _

_

V W X Y _

Spin or solve?

StrangerCoug · Sat Jan 03, 2015 3:20 pm

Can't hurt at all, in my book.

StrangerCoug · Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:12 pm

That it is!

Before I give you your total, I have a confession to make—I never revealed specifically where in Australia you're going or the price of the trip, and it's also not in my game file. Two trips to Australia are in the current Press Your Luck prize rotation, though, so I've fired up the Draw Straws website (it gets its randomization from random.org), and it's given you the

TRIP TO SYDNEY W/6N STAY & HOTEL SYDNEY & RENTAL CAR

worth $6,751. Well done!

Round 3 soon.

StrangerCoug · Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:47 am

There's three more rounds counting the tossup to go

StrangerCoug · Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:53 am

Considering doing the puzzle later today.

If the actual Wheel of Fortune staff actually happens to be reading this, happy early 40th anniversary. (It's actually tomorrow.)

StrangerCoug · Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:00 am

For the Mystery Round, we want an

ORGANIZATION

.

Hidden behind one of the Mystery Wedges is a

2015 HARLEY-DAVIDSON NIGHT ROD SPECIAL W/H-D SMART SECURITY SYSTEM

valued at $16,944. Can puzzledan find it?

StrangerCoug · Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:54 pm

Seven hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:29 am

Three T's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

Spin, buy, or solve?

StrangerCoug · Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:30 am

puzzledan is prodded.

StrangerCoug · Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:00 am

Five hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:43 am

One C.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B _ D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

Same options apply.

StrangerCoug · Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:58 am

Still waking up, really. I think you know where that is.

StrangerCoug · Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:19 am

Three R's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B _ D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

Four thousand, one hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:48 am

Two thousand dollars.

StrangerCoug · Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:16 am

You're going to have to live with just the one L, but I do hope it helps you.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B _ D

E

F G H

I

J K _ M N

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:20 am

One A, coming up!

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ D

E

F G H

I

J K _ M N

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

$5,600 left.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:35 pm

Just missed the Mystery Wedge. $950.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:26 am

S for single.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ D

E

F G H

I

J K _ M N

O

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

Sixty-five fifty.

StrangerCoug · Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:16 pm

C'mon, wheel, out of there...

You're OK. $1,500.

StrangerCoug · Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:38 am

Two N's.

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B _ D

E

F G H

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

No animations.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:16 pm

I thought I posted.

ORGANIZATION

S _ _ T _ E R N / _ _ _ E R T _ / L A _ / C E N T E R

$9,050 left.

StrangerCoug · Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:16 am

I'm losing my motivation to do this... [/rant]

...C'mon, stop, stop,

STOP...

Ugh. Could be much worse than spinning just $750, though.

StrangerCoug · Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:26 am

Just the one H.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ D

_

F G _

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

$9,800. What now?

StrangerCoug · Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:08 pm

Two O's.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ D

_

F G _

I

J K _ M _

_

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:22 am

One U.

LETTERS LEFT:

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B _ D

_

F G _

_

J K _ M _

_

P Q _ _ _

_

V W X Y Z

NO MORE VOWELS.

Additionally, this game will go on hiatus after this match to concentrate on Gameshow Marathon 2015.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:24 pm

Six hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:55 pm

The place you probably expected it to be and that's it. I'm tired right now.

StrangerCoug · Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:59 am

I know puzzledan wasn't prodded, but it's been more than enough time for puzzledan to post and I want to be done with this. doctorwho's turn.

StrangerCoug · Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:22 pm

Eight hundred fifty dollars.

StrangerCoug · Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:14 am

One P.

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B _ D

_

F G _

_

J K _ M _

_

_ Q _ _ _

_

V _ X Y Z

Spin again or solve?

StrangerCoug · Fri Feb 06, 2015 1:12 pm

Two thousand dollars.

StrangerCoug · Fri Feb 06, 2015 1:37 pm

That's it!

$5,000 tossup tonight.

StrangerCoug · Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:17 pm

Ready for a

PROPER NAME

?

(expired on 2015-02-08 01:17:38) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:41 am

(expired on 2015-02-09 12:41:06) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:25 am

That's it!

You're finally on the board. Speedup shortly.

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:35 am

OCCUPATION

is what we have for this round...

...but what we don't have is a lot of time, so I'll give the wheel a final spin:

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (16) = 16

I'm going to ask you to give me a letter. If it's in the puzzle, you'll have 24 hours to solve it. Vowels are worth nothing, consonants will be worth $1,000 plus...

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:38 am

...$750, so $1,750 apiece.

puzzledan, you won the right to start the round. A letter, please.

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:54 am

Two of those.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

(expired on 2015-02-09 13:54:52) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:27 am

doctorwho?

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:51 pm

Three R's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

(expired on 2015-02-09 21:51:11) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:16 pm

puzzledan?

StrangerCoug · Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:57 pm

One S.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

(expired on 2015-02-10 20:57:05) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:57 pm

doctorwho?

StrangerCoug · Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:26 pm

No N.

puzzledan?

StrangerCoug · Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:04 pm

No L.

doctorwho?

StrangerCoug · Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:21 pm

Time and a strike.

puzzledan?

StrangerCoug · Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:51 am

One C.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B _ D

E

F G H

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

(expired on 2015-02-16 15:51:43) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:34 am

One H.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B _ D

E

F G _

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ _ _

U

V W X Y Z

(expired on 2015-02-17 17:34:02) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:23 pm

You're now second place on the leaderboard!

$7,000 for that round gives you $34,411 for the match so far and $142,027 in all-time winnings. We'll play the bonus round with you tomorrow.

puzzledan, you did win enough to bump you up another spot on the leaderboard by $1. You are now fifth in total winnings, three spots behind doctorwho. I hope you do even better if you come back again.

StrangerCoug · Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:06 pm

doctorwho, here is the bonus wheel:

You could be playing for a

2015 MAZDA MX-5 CLUB W/POWER RETRACTABLE HARD TOP AND 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION

worth $29,485 or for anywhere from $30,000 to $100,000 in cash! Give the bonus wheel a spin and see what comes up.

StrangerCoug · Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:02 pm

It'll be for the car. A couple more clicks and it would have been for the grand prize, but that'll have to wait for another time.

I can't remember whether this has been done before as a category on this forum, but it's

FUN AND GAMES

. R, S, T, L, N, and E are up. Three consonants and a vowel, if you will, please.

StrangerCoug · Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:08 pm

I think you do, too.

doctorwho, for a one-game total of $63,896 cash and prizes,

FUN AND GAMES

is the category. You have (expired on 2015-02-19 22:08:45) and five chances to solve it. Please wait for me to judge your answer before making another. Good luck!

StrangerCoug · Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:29 pm

That's it!

With that, we officially enter a hiatus until I'm done with my part in Gameshow Marathon 2015. (Press Your Luck will be brought back at the same time). If you need your Wheel of Fortune fix before then, plans are for RichardGHP to run that game there.

See you then!

StrangerCoug · Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:50 am

Welcome back to StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune!

Before we bring out JDGA and Framm 18, let's have doctorwho pick a color...

StrangerCoug · Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:31 am

And now we can get started with our new season of Wheel of Fortune!

We don't have any new faces for our first episode back, but we do have some people that I know are good players. This will be JDGA's third attempt at the championship, and Framm 18 has almost $50,000 worth of winnings from his past visits here.

Let's not waste any more time and get to the $2,500 tossup. You remember how this works, and the category is

THING

.

(expired on 2015-03-11 12:31:21) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:18 am

(expired on 2015-03-12 11:18:19) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:31 am

Yes

Round 1 later today.

StrangerCoug · Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:23 pm

We have a category that's new to StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune this round, and it's called

FILL IN THE NUMBER

.

Here's how this is going to work: This puzzle will be solved in two stages. Get the alphabetical portion of the puzzle right, you'll bank what's in the stack and you get to guess what the number is for an additional $2,500. For this category only, I'll let you replace the number signs with the actual numbers when solving and I'll judge each part separately. This rule has been edited into the OP.

JDGA, you won the right to start.

StrangerCoug · Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:24 pm

Oh, and there's a

BRUNSWICK BRIDGEPORT 8' POOL TABLE

worth $4,599 on the wheel as well.

StrangerCoug · Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:23 am

Six hundred and fifty dollars.

And look! For only the third time ever, we have animation in a Wheel image! This should be permanent—still takes a bit, but it should be much more bearable to do this now. Just make sure Postimage doesn't choke on it...

StrangerCoug · Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:55 am

You're not on anything that doesn't support animated GIFs, are you?

StrangerCoug · Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:43 pm

Two T's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

$1,300. Spin, buy, or solve?

StrangerCoug · Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:14 am

Three hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:15 pm

Two of those as well.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

Same options apply.

StrangerCoug · Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:16 pm

FILL IN THE NUMBER

_ _ T _ _ _ _ _ / _ E _ T E _ _ E R / # # / _ E _ _ R _ _ _ / & / _ _ _ E _ _

$1,400 left.

StrangerCoug · Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:08 pm

Fix the tags and I'll process that.

StrangerCoug · Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:16 am

Just avoided trouble. $500.

(I apologize for part of the image moving around slightly. I don't know what happened to it.)

StrangerCoug · Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:23 pm

Two N's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

_

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

What's the plan now?

StrangerCoug · Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:46 pm

Clicked off the thousand. $400, though.

StrangerCoug · Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:26 am

And yet another doublet.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

_

F G H

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

Three thousand, two hundred dollars.

(I forgot an E; images are in the process of being fixed to add it in.)

StrangerCoug · Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:15 pm

This time we have a triplet.

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B C D

_

F G H

I

J K _ M _

O

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

Down to $2,700.

In post 4114, JDGA wrote:(while you're updating images, you forgot to change my round score in that last one)

Fixed.

StrangerCoug · Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:39 am

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B C D

_

F G H

_

J K _ M _

_

P Q _ S _

_

V W X Y Z

StrangerCoug · Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:56 am

Not feeling like animating the Wheel right now. $400 again.

StrangerCoug · Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:34 am

Five M's! Very nice!

LETTERS LEFT:

_

B C D

_

F G H

_

J K _ _ _

_

P Q _ S _

_

V W X Y Z

Back up to $3,200. Spin again or solve?

StrangerCoug · Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:26 pm

You got it, bonus and all!

Round 2 when I actually get some of my homework done.

StrangerCoug · Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:47 am

I want to say we'll be back on the road again in roughly 24 hours.

StrangerCoug · Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:56 am

Updating images and setting up.

StrangerCoug · Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:12 am

We're finally back with the Express Round of StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune. We have a

TRIP TO HONOLULU W/6N STAY @ HALEKULANI, RENTAL CAR, AND $1,000 SPENDING MONEY

worth $5,780 on the wheel. The pool table is still there, as is Millie.

The category for this round is

TITLE

...

...and it's doctorwho's turn to start.

Images are now caught up.

StrangerCoug · Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:54 am

Six hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:54 am

Two T's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

Twelve hundred. Spin, buy, or solve?

StrangerCoug · Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:39 am

TITLE

_ _ O / _ _ _ T _ / T O / _ _ / _ / _ _ _ _ _ O _ _ _ _ _

Losing interest in both games. Sorry.

StrangerCoug · Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:18 pm

doctorwho has been prodded.

StrangerCoug · Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:11 pm

Six hundred again. Getting ready to go to bed, so no animation.

StrangerCoug · Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:58 am

In post 4137, doctorwho wrote:
B

In the obvious spot. That puts you at $1,300.

StrangerCoug · Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:26 am

Speak of the devil—I came on to announce that this is likely to be the last match. I'm burned out.

Processing the spin.

StrangerCoug · Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:30 am

How good of a pool shot are you, doctorwho?

StrangerCoug · Sat Apr 18, 2015 7:21 am

Pick it up!

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

_

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:39 pm

Well, at least you dodged Bankrupt

StrangerCoug · Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:55 pm

Two N's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

_

P Q _ S _

U

V W X Y Z

Now what?

StrangerCoug · Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:58 pm

Eight hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:08 pm

Two of those.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

_

P Q _ S _

U

V _ X Y Z

$4,700 plus the pool table enough for you? Can I tempt you with a vowel? Or would you like to spin again?

StrangerCoug · Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:31 pm

That is correct

Nine thousand, two hundred ninety-nine dollars. Round 3 this weekend.

StrangerCoug · Sun May 03, 2015 2:05 am

*buys doctorwho cough drops*

StrangerCoug · Sun May 03, 2015 9:11 am

SONG AND ARTIST

" _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ " / _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

$10,000 is the Mystery Wedge prize. I believe Framm 18 gets to start this time.

StrangerCoug · Fri May 08, 2015 3:43 am

After finals, I should be able to focus more of my attention on wrapping this up.

And apologies for making you wait forever and ever for that.

JDGA, it's your turn.

StrangerCoug · Fri May 08, 2015 3:30 pm

Six hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Mon May 11, 2015 10:25 am

Prodded JDGA.

StrangerCoug · Tue May 12, 2015 3:39 am

Just the one T.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Tue May 12, 2015 1:41 pm

Eight hundred fifty dollars.

StrangerCoug · Sun May 17, 2015 7:21 am

Just in the obvious spot, I'm afraid.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G _

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X Y Z

Fourteen fifty.

StrangerCoug · Sun May 17, 2015 9:12 am

Lose a Turn. Sorry.

doctorwho, you're up.

StrangerCoug · Sun May 17, 2015 4:03 pm

Seven hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Thu May 21, 2015 9:55 am

doctorwho is prodded.

StrangerCoug · Fri May 22, 2015 10:19 am

One C.

SONG AND ARTIST

" _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ " / _ _ / T H _ / _ _ _ C _ / _ _ _ _

What now?

StrangerCoug · Sat May 23, 2015 5:09 pm

...Yeah. You overshot Millie and found yourself on Bankrupt.

Let's try this again, Framm 18.

StrangerCoug · Sat May 23, 2015 5:11 pm

That's one the Mystery Wedges. We need a letter before we do anything else.

StrangerCoug · Sun May 24, 2015 1:35 pm

There are four Y's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B _ D

E

F G _

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X _ Z

We flip the wedge, and we find...

...the money! Nice!

You don't have anything in the way of spendable cash, so I will need you to spin again or solve, please.

StrangerCoug · Sun May 24, 2015 2:20 pm

Slow down, slow down...

Overshot the trip. $800.

StrangerCoug · Mon May 25, 2015 11:02 am

Three B's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ _ D

E

F G _

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X _ Z

Two thousand, four hundred dollars. Spin again, buy a vowel, or solve?

StrangerCoug · Mon May 25, 2015 1:07 pm

We can do that. Three E's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ _ D

_

F G _

I

J K L M N

O

P Q R S _

U

V W X _ Z

Down to $1,900. Same options apply.

StrangerCoug · Wed May 27, 2015 8:29 am

Two of those.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ _ D

_

F G _

I

J K L M N

_

P Q R S _

U

V W X _ Z

Fourteen hundred now.

StrangerCoug · Wed May 27, 2015 2:42 pm

Now you've undershot the trip

StrangerCoug · Thu May 28, 2015 12:17 pm

We happen to have two of those.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ _ D

_

F G _

I

J _ L M N

_

P Q R S _

U

V W X _ Z

Four thousand, four hundred dollars. All options apply.

StrangerCoug · Thu May 28, 2015 12:43 pm

Seven hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Thu May 28, 2015 2:27 pm

Just the obvious one.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ _ D

_

F G _

I

J _ L M N

_

P Q R _ _

U

V W X _ Z

Five thousand, one hundred dollars.

StrangerCoug · Thu May 28, 2015 4:21 pm

Lose a Turn. Bad time for that, too.

JDGA, it's back to you.

StrangerCoug · Fri May 29, 2015 4:22 am

Gonna have to settle for $600

StrangerCoug · Fri May 29, 2015 12:37 pm

Three of those.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

_ _ D

_

F G _

I

J _ _ M N

_

P Q R _ _

U

V W X _ Z

What now?

StrangerCoug · Fri May 29, 2015 5:11 pm

That's it!

Eleven thousand, four hundred fifty dollars. You are now in the lead. $5,000 tossup sometime tomorrow.

StrangerCoug · Sun May 31, 2015 2:08 pm

The $5,000 tossup is a

PROPER NAME

.

(expired on 2015-06-01 21:08:41) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:19 am

(expired on 2015-06-03 13:19:06) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:48 pm

(expired on 2015-06-04 21:48:01) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:16 pm

Yes!

That gives you the lead back from JDGA. Speedup shortly.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:24 pm

For the next round, we're looking for someplace

ON THE MAP

...

...but seeing as we're running short on time, I'll give the wheel a final spin:

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (11) = 11

I'm going to ask you to give me a letter. If it's in the puzzle, you'll have 24 hours to solve it. Vowels are worth nothing; consonants are worth $1,000 plus...

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:27 pm

...$550, so $1,550 apiece.

doctorwho, you won the right to start. A letter, please.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:38 pm

It might be. N is not a common first pick that I see, but it

IS

the second most common consonant, and it's there.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F G H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q R S T

U

V W X Y Z

(expired on 2015-06-04 22:38:01) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:59 pm

Framm 18?

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:45 pm

No G.

JDGA?

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:59 pm

Two R's.

LETTERS LEFT:

A

B C D

E

F _ H

I

J K L M _

O

P Q _ S T

U

V W X Y Z

(expired on 2015-06-04 23:59:36) to solve or pass.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:42 am

I think that one was easy for you

That gives you $14,550 for the match, $23,849 across all games, and a very special honor, JDGA: You're the last champion of StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune. It's been three years, and I'm happy to have been able to do this for so long, but now I think my interests lie elsewhere. I may do this again, but I don't know if or when that will be.

doctorwho, $14,299 is not a bad second-place total. You're still the second highest scorer overall, with a total of $185,811 won across all your games.

Framm 18... shutouts suck. You still have a slot on the leader board with $48,875, though, and you should be proud of that.

As for the three people in the queue, I am sending them a pre-in offer for the next game show I run. I have already decided on what that will be, and this is something I am excited about.

The final bonus round will be soon.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:56 pm

Here's the final bonus wheel, JDGA:

You could be making it back to the other side of the Pacific in a

2015 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION GSR W/PREMIUM PACKAGE

worth $39,105, or you could be getting a check in the mail for anything between $30,000 and $100,000! Let's spin the wheel and find what you're playing for.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:50 pm

To be fair, I don't think I made it official until that post, though I do remember bringing up the likelihood that it would be.

How's this, though? Seventy-five thousand dollars, and it's yours if you solve this last puzzle:

It's a

PHRASE

. R, S, T, L, N, and E are up. Three consonants and a vowel, please.

StrangerCoug · Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:15 am

I think you've figured out that this wasn't the originally planned bonus puzzle.

Now, all you have to do to get the money is to make a certain announcement for us in the next (expired on 2015-06-06 11:15:43)...

StrangerCoug · Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:11 am

It is, indeed.

And with that, you're in fifth place on the leaderboard with $98,849 overall. Nice way to go out with a bang.

Thank you, everybody. I couldn't give away the million-dollar prize (it

WAS

supposed to be hard to get), but I do believe I've given away a total of $1,309,511 in virtual cash and prizes in this thread alone in this time here. That's more than a million

I'm going to bring Press Your Luck to an end, too, and then I'll probably see you again later this month. Good luck to everybody!

StrangerCoug · Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:57 am

Thank you.