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The Chase

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    #152
    Fred Swanson
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    #153
    Go Harvey Go
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Seconded.

    All I will say is... well done on going for the £55k.


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    #154
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,618 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    Please make this stop.

    Ooh, chase me, chase me!

    *blushes*


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    #155
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Cape Whataletdown? What a let down by the question setters... :o:o:D


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    #156
    Welsh Megaman
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    Mother of god...


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    #157
    Fred Swanson
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    #158
    Go Harvey Go
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    Well, at least it isn't a minus amount that Greg is going for... :)


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    #159
    Welsh Megaman
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    Lonesome Penguin :D:D


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    #160
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    Just started watching. How much did they each win? They have a decent amount.


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    #161
    Welsh Megaman
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    Bobblehead Panda wrote: »
    Just started watching. How much did they each win? They have a decent amount.

    Kym won £5000

    Louie went for the higher amount of £55000 :eek:

    Greg went for the low amount of £1000...boo-urns!


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    #162
    Welsh Megaman
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    :eek:


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    #163
    greilly123
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    You can download the chase app to I find it hard as the TV show


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    #164
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Welsh Megaman wrote: »
    Kym won £5000

    Louie went for the higher amount of £55000 :eek:

    Greg went for the low amount of £1000...boo-urns!

    <PEDANT>

    Well, they brought through those amounts - they each won £20,333 for their respective charities. :o:);)

    </PEDANT>


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    #165
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Degag wrote: »
    I'd love to see Kevin from Eggheads on it. Now he'd truly be a "Beast!"

    Pat Gibson would be as good if not better.:cool:


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    #166
    Go Harvey Go
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    An incredible episode yesterday.

    After the first contestant was eliminated, the second, Marie, took the Beast's higher offer of £40k and got back. :)

    Then Brian brought £6k to the table, Mark offered him £46k and minus £2k - and he took the minus. And he got back, and may very well have done so had he taken the higher offer. :(:( :rolleyes:

    And then Kris built up £8k, Mr Labbett offered him £52k and minus £3k... I don't think I need to say what happened next. :(:(:( :mad: :mad: :mad: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

    Thankfully, Beastie Boy was on fire in the Final Chase, and chased down a target of 18 with 25 seconds to spare.


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    #167
    Skid X
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    In my opinion, the Contestants should only win whatever they bring to the final chase. If I go through with 2k and you bring 40k, why should I be entitled to 21k?

    It would sort out the weasels who take minus offers. Would it be the first show where a winner loses money? "Congratulations on your win, how will you be paying?"!


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    #168
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    Skid X wrote: »
    In my opinion, the Contestants should only win whatever they bring to the final chase. If I go through with 2k and you bring 40k, why should I be entitled to 21k?

    It would sort out the weasels who take minus offers. Would it be the first show where a winner loses money? "Congratulations on your win, how will you be paying?"!

    They play as a team, so all are equal. Tonights looks interesting. €75,000 going into final round!


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    #169
    Snoopy1
    Registered Users Posts: 4,185 ✭✭✭Snoopy1


    I know it's a team thing at the end but if me and someone else had won 6 grand each and someone came back with a minus taking money away from me they shouldn't win money.
    I'd be pretty annoyed sharing my money with them


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    BlaasForRafa
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    Snoopy1 wrote: »
    I know it's a team thing at the end but if me and someone else had won 6 grand each and someone came back with a minus taking money away from me they shouldn't win money.
    I'd be pretty annoyed sharing my money with them

    Sure but you have to look at the likelihood of you winning without the "weasel". There's the +1 they gain you just for coming back plus the greater spread of knowledge for answering the questions and the all important push-backs. 4 crucial push backs in todays program, Beasty-boy missed catching them by 4.


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    #171
    sligojoek
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    I watched that show while I was half cut so I'm open to correction here.

    If I remember correctly, Marie who brought the 35K to the table encouraged both of the "weasels" to take the minus offer. As they'd have a better chance than her on her own. Again I'm open to correction but I think the guy on the left answered more questions in the final round.

    While I'm here, I watched a double bill of the USA version thr other night. Load of sh1te. Never again.


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    sligojoek wrote: »
    While I'm here, I watched a double bill of the USA version thr other night. Load of sh1te. Never again.

    I don't know what it is about the American show. It's got plenty of interaction, but absolutely NO athmospere. She's obviously reading (badly) from a script. Bradley is the KING of the Chase. He makes it.


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    Dj
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I don't know what it is about the American show. It's got plenty of interaction, but absolutely NO athmospere. She's obviously reading (badly) from a script. Bradley is the KING of the Chase. He makes it.

    It's funny the small differences they made to the show for the US market.
    Chaser doesn't walk out dramatically each time just sits there in case the viewers forget who he is.
    They point out both answers with an arrow when locked in
    the price money is much greater.

    It's useless.


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    #174
    MisterAnarchy
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't know what it is about the American show. It's got plenty of interaction, but absolutely NO athmospere. She's obviously reading (badly) from a script. Bradley is the KING of the Chase. He makes it.

    Yeah I saw some of it this week and its brutal stuff .

    The host is terrible and I find all these American contestants too artificial ,everything is "awesome" and they are constantly smiling for no apparent reason.


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    #175
    sligojoek
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    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    Yeah I saw some of it this week and its brutal stuff .

    The host is terrible and I find all these American contestants too artificial ,everything is "awesome" and they are constantly smiling for no apparent reason.

    That and all the High fiving whenever they get a push-back


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    #176
    flazio
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    "Good job team":mad::mad::mad:
    Also, is there no longer a 5 second pressure to answer on the American version?


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    #177
    Starscream25
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    The us version is a piss take, saw the other day a man saying that he had 2/3 kids and your the host extremely enthusiastically says 'I CANT BELIEVE IT', the high fiving Murica thing going on is bloody cringe worthy, the crowd cheering aswell......Jesus Christ.


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    #178
    sligojoek
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    Another difference I noticed was that in the final round the contestants can answer as soon as they buzz. In the ITV version they have to wait for their name to be called. This can waste valuable seconds and give the chaser the advantage.


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    #179
    Starscream25
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    I really hope the beast destroys all the Americans, there almost torture to listen to on this show.


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    #180
    zombieHanalei
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    sligojoek wrote: »
    Another difference I noticed was that in the final round the contestants can answer as soon as they buzz. In the ITV version they have to wait for their name to be called. This can waste valuable seconds and give the chaser the advantage.
    I felt the hostess is much slower at actually asking the questions of "The Beast". I watched two episodes and gave up, I felt it was stacked way too heavily in favour of the contestants, and the contestants just irritated me for some reason as well.


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    #181
    sligojoek
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    zombieHanalei wrote: »
    I felt the hostess is much slower at actually asking the questions of "The Beast". I watched two episodes and gave up, I felt it was stacked way too heavily in favour of the contestants, and the contestants just irritated me for some reason as well.

    I agree. Bradley can do it rapid-fire and never as much as a stutter.


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