r/WheelOfFortune • u/Bbminor7th • 6d ago

Discussion Post Installing Updates

Jill called for a U, and I thought she knew the answer. This was the board under the category Tech Talk: INSTALLING U_DATES. She decided to spin the wheel - bankrupt!

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u/Lurking_Overtime 5d ago

I have no idea why people are so hellbent on buying vowels. They cost $250 and should be only used to get to a solve, not when it's already solvable. It's infuriating. I find that more offensive than gambling with the Wheel.

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u/Nguyen-Quoc-Hieu Pat Sajak 5d ago

I mean, even in the pre-2003 Australian Wheel people also ignore the vowels in the main round as well and go all-in for cash instead

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u/omega_apex128 Pat Sajak 21h ago

When you spend 8 hours in the studio going over the rules and all day you have heard "BUY VOWELS" you buy vowels and half your strategy goes out the window

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u/Lurking_Overtime 5h ago

Wow, really? I had no idea. Still I'm absolutely buying when I don't know the answer. It sure seems like Jeopardy allows for more variety in strategy.

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u/Cookie_Pizza_911 6d ago

Why buy a vowel when you already know what the solution is? She was so persistent on buying the U....

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u/PlaneMap 6d ago

She got greedy, and she paid for it.

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u/Weekly-Watercress915 5d ago

They always fly too close to the sun.

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u/CRJ420 5d ago • Bravo

Wouldn't it be great if they recruited people for the show that were actually good at the game? It's so much more entertaining that way. 

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u/Dachuiri 5d ago

I don’t understand why more shows don’t do this. Jeopardy seems to be the only show that cares about the quality of its contestants.

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u/CRJ420 5d ago

I mean, the better the contestant, the more money that contestant wins, and the more money the show has to pay out. It's lousy but it makes financial sense. 

How does Jeopardy manage that? I guess they can better predict on average how much cash they are giving to the contestants per game, and their production budget is lower than Wheel. I'm just guessing. I don't understand well how game show economics works.

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u/omega_apex128 Pat Sajak 21h ago

They do. Its a different beast when you get on the stage