[KLUG Members] GJ followup (was Meeting Notes)

[Andrew Thompson]

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 11:12, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > When the top point questions are "cruised" we have no feeling for how hard
> > things get with increased point value, we're simply doing a numbers play.
> > One of the nice things about Jeopardy is that running a category allows the
> > player to guage how much harder things are getting during the run.
> 
> It would be fine with me if the rules were changed so the categories
> were read in order from top to bottom.  It would save a lot of time!

Actually, I had an idea about this earlier today. There had been a
little discussion after the meeting about passing control to the next
team over if the team in control picked, say, three answers in a row
that no one dared question. I think I might have a better alternative,
though: when a team picks an answer and no one buzzes in, the team that
picked either MUST answer or LOSE the point value (or perhaps some
fraction thereof, if the full value seems draconian). It might
discourage the cruising a little when there's a potential cost attached.

Just my quarterbyte.
-- 
Andrew Thompson <tempes@ameritech.net>
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