The You Game!

[Master]

Ooh boy, < hopes ^ stays safe.

[Ray502]

Thanks, ^. < would rather have a snowstorm here than a thunderstorm. Wishful thinking that is.

[incognito]

< hates that day, since < is literally 6 years old, so it is pretty visceral.

Easy for ^ to say that since ^ doesn't have a significant other.

< has, but < has been mistaken for an psychotic serial killer by the same person.

[Ray502]

< doesn't really know how to respond to that, ^.
< is heading off to bed.

[incognito]

< says that after all meat is meat.
< will spend his Valentine hunting rabbits, they'd better run, better run, outrun my gun.
< says there is a triple reference here.

[Master]

< is on a bit of a Millionaire phase again.

[Ray502]

< is considering trading in <'s PS3. So < can save on some games, and have enough money left over for a new phone.

[PluMGMK]

<'s watching a documentary about a guy who cheated on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

< wonders if that's the one with the coughing.

< has decided to make <'s backup system a bit more foolproof after several cock-ups led to a full disk:

[Master]

That it was indeed, < still finds it fascinating how such a system was able to go so far.

[PluMGMK]

< thinks it's quite natural that people wouldn't immediately cop that there was anything dodgy, given the tension there always is in the atmosphere of such a high-stakes game.

[Master]

Indeed, < recalls that Chris Tarrant didn't feel anything was up. However, it seems a lot of the backstage folk, and some of the audience were suspicious.

In other WWTBAM stuff, < looked at some of the more recent stuff which came out after < had moved on. < really didn't like the new clock format, or the new set and lighting.

[Ray502]

< haven't watched the documentary, or Who Wants to be a Millionaire, but how could people think of coughing as suspicious? Was it fake sounding and seemed to be intentional?

[Master]

Question in WWTBAM are done like so:


What they did was have the contestant run through each answer, on the correct answer, a person in the background would cough to let the guy know it was the answer. The cough itself probably wasn't too suspicious in itself, however, the combination of said coughing, and how the contestant would react is what seems to have got them in the end, from what <'s seen.

If you're really curious:

Note that the coughs have been edited to be more clear, according to the documentary, it wasn't as obvious in the original broadcast.

[Ray502]

< is very intrigued by that. < wonders what happened to the guy after that happened.

[Fifo]

< can’t see the image as MGMK’s server is down. Were you playing with something?

[Master]

< is very intrigued by that. < wonders what happened to the guy after that happened.

< Believes they were sent to court and found guilty, but doesn't remember what the sentence was.

[Ambidextroid]

< wonders what the usual method of wiping one's arse is. < never thought about it until someone mentioned they wipe from front to back which struck me as odd.

[Ray502]

Who knew cheating on a game show can get you a sentence? < sure didn't.
< just woke up, got the house to myself for a little while.

[Master]

To be fair, they did almost con them out of £1,000,000, doesn't sound quite so trivial when you consider that, < thinks.

[Ray502]

This is all very interesting, <'d say.
< is ready for the start of the 99th season today.