What games have/haven't been jackpotted?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:06 pm

PLoD (i fluffed a 101 (T17, 25, x) on the first game and it offered the double prize bonus next) and MOTDTRTG. both of which are games i like but i'd not snared the pot on either before then.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:35 pm

That's £30. What did you do for the other £17? Play 34 games of Word Crap?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:58 pm

no, i only had £2.50 left in credit. from memory it was something like word soup £0, £2, south park £5, BTL £3 and PMP £7. they are the games i'd tend to play to get away from a poisonous pint.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:05 am

A friend reports having reached the 1m points on Golden Boot II (and a 25p "win" on 1 vs 100.)

JG · Post by JG » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:13 am

IN the interests of interesting stuff for the SWP clueys such as myself, what happens on 100-1....what happens when you get to the end?

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:21 am

There are 100 boxes, divided into 10 boxes with 25p, 50p, 75p, £1, £2, £3, £4, £5, £10 and £20 hidden in them. You pick a box, that eliminates the other 9 with the same value, and so on till only the last group of ten remains (you sometimes get a bale out offer when 50 remain.) In normal play your final box will be between £2-£10, but I've had all the others except the 25p. Average final box value is £3-4.

cool · Post by **cool** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:43 am

999 totally accurate summary.

JG · Post by JG » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:46 am

Cheers for that, has satiated my curiosity and appeased my ignorance for not getting to end game. Not that, in my defence, I play the bloomin' thing that much.

David Healy · Post by **David Healy** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:47 am

cp999 wrote:A friend reports having reached the 1m points on Golden Boot II (and a 25p "win" on 1 vs 100.)

I refer you to my post in this thread of 20 May last year.

Unfortunately nobody seemed too bothered whether I hit the jackpot or not, so there was no next installment. But if my memory serves me correctly, the game I refer to was in fact a double or nothing too far, but I persevered and hit the jackpot a couple of games later (not all the interim games were as friendly though, I recall).

Never had less than £2 on 1v100, but did have my first jackpot a couple of months ago.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:04 am

Good stuff re the GBII jackpots - I've long given up on this. Lowest prize I've had on 1v100 is 75p. I suspect the sub-£2 prizes are the sign that someone has beaten the spoilers in the opening section - I had to navigate six or seven successfully on my 75p game. That is to say, a sub-£2 win is the sign of a good player (should say I've only done this once).

tonkarentino · Post by **tonkarentino** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:13 am

I got a 50p win on 100-1 last week and was in such a state of shock that I forgot to get a photo of it to prove to my mate who is sceptical that such a thing exists.

For the record I've NEVER managed a £20.00 in over two years of playing the game and take my proverbial hat off to anyone who has managed it.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:06 am

Winning the £20 isn't a sign of ability; just a sign you've found one that is absolutely stuffed. On every occasion it's happened to me there have been no hard questions and 20+ players have been eliminated by a single question at some point in the game. Winning <£1 on the other hand, paradoxically, is a greater achievement.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:35 pm

Gotta be good to win sub £1. I've had a couple fo 75p's but to be honest, as Grecian says, the writing is on the wall long before you get there in terms of difficulty.

Same with Monopoly in a lot of ways. If you get qualify when the questions are against you, expect it to be the Old Kent Road when you get there.

tonkarentino · Post by **tonkarentino** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:19 pm

[quote="&quot"]Winning the £20 isn't a sign of ability; just a sign you've found one that is absolutely stuffed. On every occasion it's happened to me there have been no hard questions and 20+ players have been eliminated by a single question at some point in the game. Winning <£1 on the other hand, paradoxically, is a greater achievement.[/quote]

Whilst I completely accept the second part of your thesis (highlighted). I've played several where I've had back to back wins...£4, £5, etc. but never a £20.00. How full does it have to be to pay out a £20.00 JP? Most I've had is £16.00 in four games.

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:02 pm

tonkarentino wrote:
cp999 wrote:Winning the £20 isn't a sign of ability]Winning <£1 on the other hand, paradoxically, is a greater achievement.[/b]
Whilst I completely accept the second part of your thesis (highlighted). I've played several where I've had back to back wins...£4, £5, etc. but never a £20.00. How full does it have to be to pay out a £20.00 JP? Most I've had is £16.00 in four games.

I can't understate how easy it's made it any time I've won a £20. Probably no more than a dozen questions and they were all "red ball" questions if you get my drift. No idea how the game can end up that stuffed.