"Divided": Worse than "Friend or Foe"?
November 16th, 2010 at 5:42:31 AM
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On the show Friend or Foe, teams of two agonize over whether to split their winnings, or try to backstab and go all or nothing.
Divided, however, is more extreme.
Three players team up to answer multiple choice, put-into-correct-order, or multiple answer questions. They must agree unanimously on the answer, then lock it in. Each question has a 100-second clock, and the amount the question is worth drops by 1% each second. An incorrect answer halves the amount won to that point, and three incorrect answers is instant game over, no winnings.
After 5 questions, the team may elect to quit and split the winnings (see below), or go for a higher-value round, with 4 questions. If they do not agree unanimously to quit in 15 seconds, the next round starts automatically.
After the 4-question round, they may advance play to a 3-question, then a 2-question, and finally a 1-question round. Potentially, they could win 225,000 Pounds (not really, since the clock begins ticking away, and even a quick lock in would be worth about 97%, but you get the idea).
Here's where it can get very, very ugly. If they stop the game, they then split the money. The host divides the pot into 3 pieces, A: ~60%, B: ~30%, and C: ~10%. Each player has 15 seconds to state their case as to why they deserve which pot, and lock in their choice. If they each choose a different share (A B C), they win that money. If not...
...the money shrinks in a 100-second, 1%-per-second countdown. They may argue why they deserve which share, but until they each pick a different share and lock it in, the money dwindles. At the 50-second mark, the clock stops, the host reminds them that half of their money is gone, and they better agree to something. If the clock hits zero, no one wins anything.
Watch some clips of Divided... including a full episode, and "The most uncomfortable 100 seconds in game show history", as well as a happy ending for you softies. Note: You may have to scroll through some extraneous search results to find the clips, but it's not overwhelming in the least.
Divided, however, is more extreme.
Three players team up to answer multiple choice, put-into-correct-order, or multiple answer questions. They must agree unanimously on the answer, then lock it in. Each question has a 100-second clock, and the amount the question is worth drops by 1% each second. An incorrect answer halves the amount won to that point, and three incorrect answers is instant game over, no winnings.
After 5 questions, the team may elect to quit and split the winnings (see below), or go for a higher-value round, with 4 questions. If they do not agree unanimously to quit in 15 seconds, the next round starts automatically.
After the 4-question round, they may advance play to a 3-question, then a 2-question, and finally a 1-question round. Potentially, they could win 225,000 Pounds (not really, since the clock begins ticking away, and even a quick lock in would be worth about 97%, but you get the idea).
Here's where it can get very, very ugly. If they stop the game, they then split the money. The host divides the pot into 3 pieces, A: ~60%, B: ~30%, and C: ~10%. Each player has 15 seconds to state their case as to why they deserve which pot, and lock in their choice. If they each choose a different share (A B C), they win that money. If not...
...the money shrinks in a 100-second, 1%-per-second countdown. They may argue why they deserve which share, but until they each pick a different share and lock it in, the money dwindles. At the 50-second mark, the clock stops, the host reminds them that half of their money is gone, and they better agree to something. If the clock hits zero, no one wins anything.
Watch some clips of Divided... including a full episode, and "The most uncomfortable 100 seconds in game show history", as well as a happy ending for you softies. Note: You may have to scroll through some extraneous search results to find the clips, but it's not overwhelming in the least.
-Dween!
November 16th, 2010 at 7:48:13 AM
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Very cool game show, thanks for sharing!
November 16th, 2010 at 8:57:37 AM
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It looks like another of those game shows whose main theme is taken from the Japanese model: sadism.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.---George Bernard Shaw
November 16th, 2010 at 10:15:20 AM
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The only way anybody is getting anything is if one person takes C (the smallest pot), and tells the other 2 what (s)he thinks they should take. Yikes.
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