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Original poster

to think the people who take a minus offer on the Chase are arses?

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AngelaPamelaSandraRita · 19/04/2018 18:16

DH and I have turned into PILs and now rush home for game shows.

Your man there just took -£5000 Shock

There are many words I would like to use to describe that Angry

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beachbodyunready · 19/04/2018 19:02

I was on the Chase a few years ago and I didn't take the minus offer, it would have just been plain mean. They put me under a lot of pressure to take the higher offer most of which was edited out. I think they knew I was good and wanted it to be harder to get through to the final. Two of us made it back and we won Grin

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AngelaPamelaSandraRita · 19/04/2018 19:03

Has anyone seen the US version of The Chase? I love it. The rapport between The Beast grin and the host is amazing. The panellists are a lot brighter, too, and play for a higher prize.

Saturday night sorted Grin

Tell us more beachbody!

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Andrewofgg · 19/04/2018 19:04

What happened in the end? Did Mr Minus get back and did they win and how much?

Bloody doorbell rang!

Mulberry72 · 19/04/2018 19:04

YANBU OP

DS(11) and I were so cross with him!

MissionItsPossible · 19/04/2018 19:05

@ReasonableLlama
Yes this is bad. I saw the one the other day where she took minus £8k or something I saw a minus £7k but -£8? Shock

Not as bad as that show where they have to steal or split. I forget what it was called now. But that could be brutal.

Goldenballs. But even more brutal than that was Divided! Shock. My god! I secretly loved it

Ellendegeneres · 19/04/2018 19:07

Yanbu. Me and dp were raging at the telly. What an absolute helmet

MissionItsPossible · 19/04/2018 19:08

@HollowTalk I have but I don't like the American host and in the final chase she speaks so fast I don't hear some of the questions! I also don't like there's no voiceover that announces which person in the final chase pressed their buzzer first and will be answering the question.

lalalalyra · 19/04/2018 19:11

I can understand a player who is back telling someone to take a minus 1 or 2 if they've got back with a big amount and just want an extra brain, but anymore than that is just snakey imo.

Not as bad as that show where they have to steal or split. I forget what it was called now. But that could be brutal.

Golden Balls?

MudCity · 19/04/2018 19:11

YANBU. I have to switch off if someone takes the minus offer. Makes me too angry and it isn’t good for my blood pressure.

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AngelaPamelaSandraRita · 19/04/2018 19:17

Yes, he got back and Colin, Jo and Seanin won 20k between them. And fecking Gary got his share.

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PavlovianLunge · 19/04/2018 19:17

Wasn’t Goldenballs, which was awful, a rip off of Shafted (Steal or Shaft, with fisting action), which was utterly fucking abysmal?

PavlovianLunge · 19/04/2018 19:18

Gary IBVU. And a colossal arsehole.

cloudyweewee · 19/04/2018 19:19

A couple of years back, the team had built up quite a decent pot and the 4th person took quite a big minus. One of the team members was gutted and made it very clear that he was angry. The team didn't win, and when Bradley asked them if they'd enjoyed themselves, the angry man said he was glad they hadn't won because he didn't want the minus bloke to take anything home!

I shout at the TV when a thicko gets 2 questions right in the cash builder and Bradley says "You're a better player than that." Well, no they're not because otherwise they would have scored more.

I am fascinated by the skin folds on Paul's neck and Mark's teeth.
I also roll my eyes when Jenny is referred to as 'so hot she melts ice cream'. Really?

LadyB49 · 19/04/2018 19:20

If there is a big pot it is sometimes appropriate to take the minus if it doesn't make a big overall difference to the winnings i.e. Winning 20k each rather than 21k each. This allows, if contestant gets through, the fourth (or whatever) head in the final and an extra point to start off with.
The Chaser has said on several occasions that this has been the right move.

Mind you, I couldn't face anyone if I took a minus, just wouldn't do it.

AllActionBarbie123 · 19/04/2018 19:20

Omg that divided is brutal!!!

And I agree YANBU. All the reward for zero effort!

velouria · 19/04/2018 19:23

I saw one on challenge the other day where the first dude won 30k and all 3 cowardly pissflaps took the lower offer, 2 of them were thick as mince and didn't make it back thankfully. Last guy made it back and they won the final round. I'd have been fuming if I was the first bloke.

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AngelaPamelaSandraRita · 19/04/2018 19:29

I shout at the TV when a thicko gets 2 questions right in the cash builder and Bradley says "You're a better player than that." Well, no they're not because otherwise they would have scored more.

Oh you're harsh. I think the cash builder must be quite stressful. Sometimes you see people panicking if they miss the first 2 or 3.

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Andrewofgg · 19/04/2018 19:40

Thank you Angela.

FairiesVsPixies · 19/04/2018 19:46

Yanbu. I cant stand the selfish idiots. I shout at the TV and put a curse on them so they don't win Grin

Etihad · 19/04/2018 19:49

I wonder if it is a bit of a tactic, pretending you don't know many answers in the cash builder, so the Chaser offers a really big high offer, which you win. Either that or Dunning-Kruger effect in action.

ShowerGel9 · 19/04/2018 19:51

Angela. I saw that one too. They didn't win at the end tho.

PaddysMarket · 19/04/2018 19:51

I can't stand the celeb one, guaranteed someone wins the big money then the chaser seems to have a blank moment in the final chase so 9 times out of 10 the celebs win.

youarenotkiddingme · 19/04/2018 19:54

This one did wind me up tonight!

They won 20k instead of 31k.

If he hadn't got through it would have been 25k between 3.

If you can't cut the pressure you don't deserve the prize.

danceaway3 · 19/04/2018 20:16

YANBU. Annoys me too.

DD43 · 19/04/2018 20:16

The only time the low offer is OK, is when there is no more than 2 or 3 grand between that and the cashbuilder (the amount the contestant got in the quickfire round on his/her own.) Eg, if they got 2 questions right (and got 2 grand,) and the low offer is minus 1 grand, OR they got 4 questions right and got a low offer of 2 grand, then that's not so bad.

When there is so little difference, they may as well go for the low offer, OR the high offer. When they get 5 grand on the cashbuilder and then go for minus 5, that is awful IMO. One girl the other day, took MINUS 8! Shock (Her cashbuilder was about 6 grand too.!)

Also, I have seen people take a minus 3 offer, when they are the third contestant up, and there is only 10 grand in the bloody pot! Reducing it to 7 grand (after 3 players have been up!!!)

The American CHASE offers $2,000 per question, (in the cashbuilder,) which is about £1.500 - so it's about time the UK amount was changed. Especially as it's been the same since the beginning, 9-10 years ago!

@HollowTalk

Has anyone seen the US version of The Chase? I love it. The rapport between The Beast grin and the host is amazing. The panellists are a lot brighter, too, and play for a higher prize.

Disagree largely with this! ^ The American host drives me batshit. She is very irritating, her voice grates on me, and no, the contestants are not 'a lot brighter' at all. Confused (Certainly not on the ones I have seen anyway, and I have seen at least 3 dozen shows of the American version....)

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