The Internet fails to find pictures of Pinkie competing on Game Show Network · 6:23pm Aug 20th, 2014
Stupid Internet.
This happened last night on the States edition of The Chase. Female contestant, obviously. Name could have been Lizzie or Lizzy: I missed the first crucial seconds of her introduction. She worked in the toy industry and described her job as 'spreading fun'. She was a happy sort of person. She had pink hair. And in order to set the mood and calm her opponent down, she brought the Beast a giant lollipop.
As said, I missed the first few seconds of her appearance. So if she came out and said any variation on "Hi, I'm Lizzie, and this is my life of cosplay." I didn't see it. But if she didn't... then this may have been the closest thing I have ever seen to pony-in-human-form without visible effort on the part of the player, and that might have been due to potential lack of role.
I wish I had an image or video. But the search engines have failed me, which means I have to leave it for everyone else who might care to look. Because to so many eyes, she's the wrong age, build, level of pep, and everything else. Not exactly a 100% correlation for me, either. But...
...on so many levels, Pinkie competed on GSN last night.
Stupid magic mirror.
She won her head-to-head round after taking the low offer, but was one of but two in the final chase and got caught with significant time left on the clock.
ETA: For those in the States who want to try for a capture, it looks as if the episode may repeat on Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern. (There are no episode numbers listed in the TV grid or on GSN's own site, but that's the first repeat and such should generally be of the most recent airing.)
Did she win?!
http://gameshows.wikia.com/wiki/The_Chase
Well, I found what episode she was on. I'll keep looking around
Heh, I found this
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....there are people who honor spoiler text?
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Thankee. I've been coming up completely blank. The primary thing I've learned through this is that GSN's own site is not particularly interested in archiving or promoting anything except their real-cash-for-fake-casino-chips business.
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Well, you definitely got the episode in question. And remember, the Beast is 6'7", so that's really a major lollipop...
2386054 No, I just didn't understand.
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My bad: I was working under the mistaken (and silly) assumption that everyone would know how this particular game show operates. I'll detail it out.
For the States, The Chase is an import: I think the original edition is British and up to four Chasers operate, although you only take on one at a time. Our version...
Each episode (one hour minus commercials) starts with a team of three. Initially, the first member of that team will go through a sixty-second rapid-fire question round, conducted by the host. Each correct answer is worth $5,000 US. However, they don't get to keep that money right away. They may not get all of it, or even have the chance to play for their winnings at all. They're just trying to build a future bank. And once that minute is over -- they face the Beast.
Picture a ladder. Whatever cash number the contestant came by honestly will be placed five steps above a safe zone. The Beast begins behind the contestant, offering a two-step buffer.
The host will present both contestant and Beast with the same question, providing a choice of three answers: both must lock in their choices within five seconds. If the contestant gets the answer right, the money is moved one step down the ladder. Should the Beast be correct, he also advances one step. Five correct answers would put the money in the potential-winnings bank. Since the contestant starts ahead of the Beast, answering every question correctly, no matter what the Beast does, ensures moving on to the next round. If the contestant gets one wrong and the Beast gets it right, the gap is closed. And if the Beast winds up on the same step as the contestant... that's it: caught. The money is gone, the contestant is tossed from the game.
However... now we get a little bit of temptation vs. sanity.
Before this part of the contest begins, the Beast will make two offers.
The low offer cuts the money fairly earned down. Possibly by a lot. Potentially with a very insulting number. But if the contestant takes it, they start on the fourth rung and have to answer one less question to get through the round, along with having that much larger of a head start.
The high offer moves the contestant up the board to step six, leaving only a single buffer space between the money and the Beast, along with requiring one additional correct answer to complete the round safely. But it also increases the money, and generally by A Lot. The Beast wants to lure you in. But if you make it... the bank of potential winnings is that much higher.
(There's also a third category of offer, which I've only seen invoked once: those who take the high number might be tempted with the chance to move onto step seven, meaning they can't miss a single question unless the Beast gets it wrong too -- but that rung holds a very large amount of money.)
Once the contestant has decided which offer they're taking (or chosen to stick with their earned amount), the contest is formally on. Repeat two more times for the additional team members. Anyone who gets through is part of the final team and chase at the end: anyone caught is gone.
(You may be wondering what happens if everyone is eliminated before the final chase. The Beast will then put $15,000 on the table and tell the team to choose one member to play in the final round: 5K each if that person somehow wins.)
Okay, so here we are at the finals. The team is given a choice of two unknown question sets: the Beast gets the other. They will be asked rapid-fire trivia questions for two minutes. (As with the cash-builder round, there are no multiple choice options: you know it or you don't.) Each one they get right gives them a one-step lead on the Beast. Additionally, they get a head start of one step per surviving member. Only one person can buzz in for a question and if that person gets it wrong, there is no second attempt. Once the two minutes are up, the Beast has his goal.
The Beast then starts on his own question set. Every one he gets right advances him a step. And all the team can do is watch helplessly as he closes in -- unless he gets an answer wrong. When (if) that happens, the team is allowed a few seconds to consult each other and should they then produce the right answer, the Beast gets pushed one step backwards.
Should the team be victorious, whatever money was in the bank will be divided equally among the members -- which does mean you can get more (or less) than you contributed. But if the Beast catches them -- that's it. No money for anyone. Game over, hope you had fun seeing the cash being ripped from your hands. The majority of games end with the Beast winning. Because the Beast is good. Scary-good. Oh-dear-sweet-pony-gawds-it's-Celestia-and-she's-pissed-off scary. Beating him in a trivia contest, even when it's the full three to his one, is an accomplishment.
It can be done. I saw a team walk out with $60k each once. But it's not going to happen often. Many of the questions are college level and you'd better have taken that specific class. Others are about news items, pop culture, celebrity trivia gets in -- but the Beast knows those too.
The set is designed so the Beast stares down at the world. He's a rather large man and if he wants to be intimidating, he's got a pretty good shot at it. Red lighting enhances it all. And when he gets moving in the question rounds, he is a force. It's like being pursued by a tsunami in a dark suit.
The Beast eats contestants. Alive.
2386404 Okay... but did she win?
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See Spoiler section.
No. She got through the bank-builder round, but took the low offer in doing so. She was the second team member to face the Beast in that episode and the first one had been caught, so she might have been a little gun-shy. Earned $25k -- but having taken the low offer to save a step, only banked $10k. The third player got through with $45k from his round, so they were playing for $27,500 each. They got a seventeen-step lead in their half of the finals (head start included), but the Beast only got one question wrong, rapid-fired most of the others, and so closed that gap quickly. In the end, the only people who went home with money worked for the show.
Makes one wonder if the Beast knows the questions before hand, and just has to memorize. Or if they really found a guy who knows that much.
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Under States game show law, he can know no details of the questions beforehand. If he does and it's discovered... let's just say things get really bad, really fast. (We had a major scandal once.) Unlike Jeopardy, you don't even get general categories: anything can come up at any time, with no warning.
He's an Oxford-educated math teacher with an IQ in the 150s who made a semi-living on British trivia shows before becoming one of the Chasers on their edition. From all indications, he's just that good.
I wonder if you might be talking about Lizzy? (I couldn't find a video, but I did find a picture!)
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Found it on The Chase Facebook page. And I totally see what you mean!
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
2386573 I advocate showing youtube clips cuz this sounds like awesome!
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And we have a winner! Yes, that's her. My search engine attempts never turned that up, and as for where you found it...
...Facebook.
Yeah.
Nice work, and thanks.
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Hee! I had the same reaction to finding it on Facebook
I don't always succeed, but I have been known to have a knack for finding stuff on the interwebs. If I wasn't so busy doing biotech compliance work I might have become a researcher! But of course, that would have required finishing my degree...
Ahem! But that's a story for another day.
Glad to help - have a good one!
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
2386404 What reason do we have to believe the Beast wasn't fed all the answers ahead of time?
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In theory, States game show law and the Beast's personal honor in trouncing contestants of his own accord.
In cynical practicality, nuthin'. Just about any game show can be rigged. There's just a price to pay if you get caught -- and in this case, my feeling is that he's doing it on his own.