Comments on: Top Secret Tips For Winning Game Shows http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/ Personal Development for Polymaths Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Monty Hall Paradox (And The Real Answer) | Hunter Nuttall . com http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3679 The Monty Hall Paradox (And The Real Answer) | Hunter Nuttall . com Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:54:34 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3679 [...] a comment on my post Top Secret Tips For Winning Game Shows, Marelisa the abundance queen reminded me of the Monty Hall paradox, which deserves a post of its [...] [...] a comment on my post Top Secret Tips For Winning Game Shows, Marelisa the abundance queen reminded me of the Monty Hall paradox, which deserves a post of its [...]

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3670 Hunter Nuttall Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:09:42 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3670 @ Lindsay, yes, that's fine as long as you don't clap while you're saying it! @ Lindsay, yes, that’s fine as long as you don’t clap while you’re saying it!

]]> By: Lindsay http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3660 Lindsay Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:54:01 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3660 “I think another good way of making a fool of yourself is to say ‘Come on, big money, big money!’”

But it’s okay in private, right? Like when you’re logging into Adsense and waiting for your day’s total to show up? :P

Lindsays last blog post..Can You Still Make Money Blogging if You’re Not an Expert at Anything?

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3646 Hunter Nuttall Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:22:55 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3646 @ Vered, I don't know, I think you'd do well on a show where you have to point out fashion faux pas! @ Michael, ah, it DOES exist! @ Cath, yeah, I saw her on previews, and I don't know how civil I'd be to her. @ Dot, I'm sure that's true. After all, their goal is to maximize the number of viewers, not give away the most money! I remember Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at one point made the questions easier because no one had won yet, and then someone won. But later, after they had given away too much money, they were told to either get harder questions or dumber people! @ Marelisa, oh yeah, I should write about that problem. I really like how I can outsource idea generation to my readers! @ Evelyn, I don't think you're likely to find me in a casino. I don't like to play games where I expect to lose! @ Vered, I don’t know, I think you’d do well on a show where you have to point out fashion faux pas!

@ Michael, ah, it DOES exist!

@ Cath, yeah, I saw her on previews, and I don’t know how civil I’d be to her.

@ Dot, I’m sure that’s true. After all, their goal is to maximize the number of viewers, not give away the most money! I remember Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at one point made the questions easier because no one had won yet, and then someone won. But later, after they had given away too much money, they were told to either get harder questions or dumber people!

@ Marelisa, oh yeah, I should write about that problem. I really like how I can outsource idea generation to my readers!

@ Evelyn, I don’t think you’re likely to find me in a casino. I don’t like to play games where I expect to lose!

]]> By: Evelyn Lim http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3637 Evelyn Lim Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:31:14 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3637 I think you'd do well at the casinos. You've just shown that you are good at calculating the odds versus the evens. I think you’d do well at the casinos. You’ve just shown that you are good at calculating the odds versus the evens.

]]> By: Marelisa http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3632 Marelisa Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:51:46 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3632 Hi Hunter: These are great tips. And I'm very impressed that Scott has been on so many game shows and actually won one. I think that before appearing on a game show you need to study the rules of the game show and device strategies like the ones that you suggest here Hunter, although it looks like people go on game shows and just kind of wing it. Have you heard of the Monty Hall Paradox? Basically, suppose you're on a game show where there are three doors and there's a million dollars behind one of them; you choose the first door but before the game host opens it he opens the third door and there's nothing there; he then asks whether you want to stay with your choice of the first door or if you want to guess door number two instead: you should choose door number two because there is a now a one third probability that the million dollars are behind door one and a two thirds probability that the million dollars are behind door number two. Marelisas last blog post..<a href="http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com/2008/09/15/30-things-to-do-in-the-100-days-left-in-2008/" rel="nofollow">30 Things to Do in the 100 Days Left in 2008</a> Hi Hunter: These are great tips. And I’m very impressed that Scott has been on so many game shows and actually won one. I think that before appearing on a game show you need to study the rules of the game show and device strategies like the ones that you suggest here Hunter, although it looks like people go on game shows and just kind of wing it.

Have you heard of the Monty Hall Paradox? Basically, suppose you’re on a game show where there are three doors and there’s a million dollars behind one of them; you choose the first door but before the game host opens it he opens the third door and there’s nothing there; he then asks whether you want to stay with your choice of the first door or if you want to guess door number two instead: you should choose door number two because there is a now a one third probability that the million dollars are behind door one and a two thirds probability that the million dollars are behind door number two.

Marelisas last blog post..30 Things to Do in the 100 Days Left in 2008

]]> By: Michael Martine http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3631 Michael Martine Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:47:09 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3631 @Dot - Well, that means I have no hope at all. I don't <strong>do</strong> perky. :) Michael Martines last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/michaelmartine/ymYs/~3/393112954/" rel="nofollow">Remarkablogger Manifesto: What Do You Believe In?</a> @Dot – Well, that means I have no hope at all. I don’t do perky. :)

Michael Martines last blog post..Remarkablogger Manifesto: What Do You Believe In?

]]> By: Dot http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3630 Dot Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:44:39 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3630 Interesting tips. I've never tried to analyze game show responses logically. @Michael Martine - I think game show contestants are probably selected as much for their perkiness or TV likeability as they are for their brains. Maybe even more so, since the shows don't really want too many people to win. Interesting tips. I’ve never tried to analyze game show responses logically.

@Michael Martine – I think game show contestants are probably selected as much for their perkiness or TV likeability as they are for their brains. Maybe even more so, since the shows don’t really want too many people to win.

]]> By: Cath Lawson http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3628 Cath Lawson Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:56:31 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3628 Hi - I didn't know Scott had done that either. I'm impressed - I couldn't do the Weakest Link. I'd wind up slapping that mean woman. Thanks for sharing the tips. Cath Lawsons last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SuccessPasscode/~3/393798979/" rel="nofollow">Grilled Frog On Toast Anyone?</a> Hi – I didn’t know Scott had done that either. I’m impressed – I couldn’t do the Weakest Link. I’d wind up slapping that mean woman. Thanks for sharing the tips.

Cath Lawsons last blog post..Grilled Frog On Toast Anyone?

]]> By: Michael Martine http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2008/09/winning-game-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3626 Michael Martine Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:51:08 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=408#comment-3626 Hunter, with the right plugin, it is possible to subscribe to comments without leaving one. See <a href="http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Hunter, with the right plugin, it is possible to subscribe to comments without leaving one. See here.

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