Would you take a minus offer on The Chase?

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I was watching The Chase tonight. Guilty pleasure, don't get to watch it as often as I would like. Two men went first both take the higher offer and got through with £55'000. Third player, a woman didn't do great in the cash builder but took what she had earned the £2'000 as she said she couldn't face her team if she took the lower offer and didn't get through.

Fourth player, another woman didn't do great in the cash builder and was offered - £5'000 and I thought there is absolutely no way she would take it but she did! I was willing them not to get through at the end because she would have got an equal share of the prize money but was totally underserving.

There is no way I could take the minus offer and take away from what other people had earned. What would you do?

I wouldn't take a minus. It doesn't sit right with me, it's morally wrong.

No, never! CFery!

Taking the minus offer is taking the piss. brings down the tone of the thread

I can see the logic of the one extra step could make the difference so would take a lower offer but no way would I feel comfortable taking a minus

I’m maybe a little over invested in this programme

No way - my family would disown me. We take The Chase VERY seriously!!

No I wouldn't.
Some players are really gracious when a team mate takes the lower offer but others just can't hide their true feelings

No way. DH and I always shout at the people who take minus offers!

No way would I take the minus offer! Makes me mad when they do, but then most of them don't have very good general knowledge so it's the only way they can get through.

I think it is extremely cheeky. However all participants know how the game works. Waiting for person 1 to take negative, the everyone else to follow suit as light hearted revenge.

I wouldn't as Dh would disown me, but I can see why she would in that situation.

An extra step and an extra head in the final chase could make all the difference - particularly if the one who took the minus offer had subject knowledge in areas the others didn't.

That one extra step might make everyone more likely to win some money though.

I wouldn’t take it, but I can see why people do.

I had an audition for the chase and it was one of the questions we were asked, if we would ever take the minus offer.

I'll let you know if I get through my audition

Actually no, I wouldn't take a minus offer. It's just not right to me.

So what would happen if everyone took the minus?? Sorry if that is an incredibly stupid question/obvious answer

I don't think they offer minus figures for the first couple of contestants

Not everyone gets offered a minus offer as the lower offer.

Well often the first few contestants don’t get offered a minus. It’s only if there’s a decent prize pot isn’t it, so they clearly do it to liven up an already thrilling tv programme! We love the chase but Ds (6) gets hugely over invested and it often ends in tears.

Let us know when you're on, ikl!!

You're only allowed to take the minus offer if you're the young person in a team of oldies or vice versa.
But mostly I shriek at them as undeserving leeches...esp if the others haven't got much and it goes from £15k between 3 to £12k between 4 and the minus-er brings nothing to the final round (or even worse gets easy questions wrong)
I am also over invested...

Ah yes of course thanks! Hadnt realised who gets offered it and who not. BW is brilliant at being the host isnt he - his face says it all sometimes

Oops, forgot to add, I don't think I'd feel comfortable going for a minus offer - it seems lacking in team spirit. But, presumably, that's the point of The Chase - divide and conquer?!

No, never!!

I think that if someone opts for the minus offer and the team win, that person should get their winnings minus the amount they took!

Yes, I would consider taking the minus offer (or advising a team member to take the minus offer) in certain circumstances. Say the first three players have put £40,000 in the prize pot. The fourth player scores £1,000 in their cashbuilder and is given a low offer of -£4,000 and high offer of £40,000. In that scenario you should either take the low offer or the high offer - going for the middle offer is bad gameplay. It’s one extra step and one extra hand in the final chase - and it’s better to win 25% of £36K than 0% of £40K. But if choosing the minus offer means you’ll take a huge chunk out of the prize pot, that’s a different matter.

No and it makes me very angry when people do. I hate injustice.

The only exception would be if I was a genius player and there was a massive amount in the pot so that me taking a minus offer to get back to assist in the final chase was okay with the other player.