Yes, I was going to say that ties only became a problem when some people deliberately sought to achieve them.
Somebody proposed a simpler solution: Allow ties, but make the contestants split the earnings (i.e., half of their winnings). It seems like that would help kill the appeal of a deliberate tie. I hate the tiebreaker, at least in its current form. On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:40:52 AM UTC-5 Diner wrote: > And here's why they added the tiebreaker: > > https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/1/23/22245900/jeopardy-tiebreaker-scenario-rules-changes > > > On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 9:10:59 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: > >> Merv never seemed to worry if there was a tie, since "Jeopardy!" and >> "Wheel" had co-champions for significant portions of their run. When >> "Wheel" started the bonus round, they went to a tiebreaker of the people >> tied playing another puzzle similar to the speedup round, with the first to >> solve declared the winner. It's been a while since the last tie, but I >> suspect today they would do a tossup as the tiebreaker. >> >> Mark Jeffries >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 3:31 AM JW <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > Instead of a single tiebreaker clue, there should be a tiebreaker >>> round. >>> >>> As you know, time is an issue here, and they want to declare a winner as >>> quickly as possible. >>> >>> I've always been OK with the idea of ties. Since the producers aren't, >>> they're looking for something just slightly less arbitrary than a coin flip. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOFEUpK3gS2Pd0Zc%3Di-%2Br2zUgWQhqhxvX7TNcm%2BLe6N4Sw%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOFEUpK3gS2Pd0Zc%3Di-%2Br2zUgWQhqhxvX7TNcm%2BLe6N4Sw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/00e6ea6f-031b-4e1b-aa35-971f7f60ab64n%40googlegroups.com.
