The Price is Blog, Right?

Today, I had planned to write my first strategy guide to one of TPIR’s pricing games, but that was before The Price is Blog, Right? became a HUGE success overnight, so plans have changed.  By huge success, I mean that people who I DON’T know personally have posted comments, which is a win in my book since the blog currently has no model for advertising, generating revenue, or even moving up in a google search of “price is right blog” (reminder: link to this blog!).

But thanks to those who commented, and I swear, someday, when this blog is as popular, if not more so, than the show itself, you can say you were there at the beginning when everyone still used to read The Price is Right Blog instead of The Price is Blog, Right?  (Someday, that’ll be just like looking back at CSI: Miami in the early days when the far superior CSI: NY was on the air–can you imagine?!)  And since this blog is meant to be a dynamic conversation, let me begin to address those comments.

Brad writes:  “Agreed, Plinko is the all-time favorite.  The question I’ve always had about Plinko is: What constitutes a Plinko ‘win?’”

Great question.  I’ve wondered the same myself, and I’m afraid I don’t have a definitive answer.  I just host the best price is right blog on the Internet; does that make me an expert or something?  Well, yes…  But I digress.  In any case, I completely agree with Brad’s notion that $10,000 or more equals a win, and for practical purposes, that’s how I think most people view the game.  Everyone’s trying to land on $10K, and when they do (and even if they only hit it once), they’re quite happy, and so is the viewer.  If they don’t hit $10K at all, it’s quite depressing, and it’s a loss in my book.  However, I wouldn’t be surprised if TPIR considers any amount at all a “win” for their statistics.  After all, have you EVER heard them play the losing-a-game-sound-effect after Plinko?  Just doesn’t happen.  Plinko must really pad their stats.  And could you imagine if someone got $0 with every single chip?  Now that would be depressing.

There are other user comments, but apparently blog posts are supposed to be short, so I will respond to others later.  But I would like to briefly mention a comment from Courtney Smith, who writes: “Hi, I do publicity for The Price is Right. What is the best way to reach with you with breaking news?”  Good news, fans!  The Price is Blog, Right? will shortly become your number one destination for breaking TPIR news!  Check back often, and don’t forgot to follow PriceisBlog on Twitter for live-tweets of every episode.  Thanks to Courtney!