PlayTV Discussion (reasonable discussion ONLY!)

dangerpowers

drat!

Our man in Havana

Sorry about that!

Back on topic, Complaint 385/09 makes the most interesting reading.

dangerpowers

Well I hope a few people that needed to see it got the message!

.BrianJM

jsemple wrote: »

The complaint about the cat, bus legs question was for a show on the 4th July. That was very early on and was probably back when the question was pretty reasonable but quite difficult. Back then I don't believe they even had a picture so there was none of the cats on the roof nonsense. I do remember though Derval back then claiming that the question was lifted from a primary school maths book and that a child she knew answered it correctly and got a ice cream which is a blatant lie.

If memory serves, it took that 'kid' less than 5 minutes.
There was also one (may have been matches), which was done in Spain and first call was correct!

jhegarty

Bond-007 wrote: »

All the papers will have it tomorrow. Vinnie Brawn's paper review tonight should be interesting.

Not on tonight.

highnc

Auld-Yin wrote: »

There was also one (may have been matches), which was done in Spain and first call was correct!

correct, it was Lauren and a matches game. i only remember it (sadly) because she mentioned it so often during the game.

Our man in Havana

jhegarty wrote: »

Not on tonight.

How very convenient.

highnc

Bond-007 wrote: »

All the papers will have it tomorrow. Vinnie Brawn's paper review tonight should be interesting.

Vincent Browne not on tonight strangely enough, did TV3 see the decision date looming! "Apprentice You're Fired" is on TV3 tonight instead after it was on 3E last week. Vincent Browne back on tomorrow night so can all the papers hold the story for one day

dangerpowers

The tv schedule was arranged beforehamd but it is rather curious

jhegarty

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/tv-quiz-unfair-and-misleading-1951766.html

dangerpowers

I've just been passed something by my 2 informants, cannot say it here

Our man in Havana

jhegarty wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/tv-quiz-unfair-and-misleading-1951766.html

At least it is now in the mainstream papers.

cast_iron

Bond-007 wrote: »

Back on topic, Complaint 385/09 makes the most interesting reading.

The same response as 379/09, with a similar enough complaint.
Agreed, the most interesting repercussions due from these ones...

highnc

business as usual....JG with a classic "number" game!

the groutch

"count all the VISIBLE diamonds"

"including both red and white diamonds"

reprocussions of the rulings?

highnc

the groutch wrote: »

"count all the VISIBLE diamonds"

changed from previous time they had this game

ealy hint given, count them both red and white diamonds

.BrianJM

97

cast_iron

99

highnc

i was about to say 101 until a caller just got in there...so now i'm guessing 105

highnc

and the final answer is 210!!!! bloody hell, they could have kept that game going all night. even JG said "where were all those diamonds"!!!

as i said earlier...business as usual!

Our man in Havana

I shall be listening to it says in the papers on Radio 1 in the morning.

Also I should get all the papers too! For the record.

MacGyver007

Well done on the high success rate with the complaints; it should give them something to think about. Haven't been around (or watching) lately but back now to focus the old hawkeyes (should that be owleyes?) on JG and the team!:D

cast_iron

Somone called in and got disconnnected. They gave him 30 secs to call back in. That's a definite change.

Our man in Havana

I think they have been rattled.

JG has updated the wikipedia page.

highnc

cast_iron wrote: »

Somone called in and got disconnnected. They gave him 30 secs to call back in. That's a definite change.

if they were anyway decent, they should have rang that person back. after all they claim to save all the phone numbers for their second chance game.

i've always had a problem with the amount of disconnected calls that seems to regularly happen.

.BrianJM

Call rate currently >300

Mike Bassett

They seem to be a lot nicer and more apologetic tonight for the harder games...as in actually almost admitting they were impossibly hard and thus got rid of it? Maybe due to the complaints they will reduce the amount of air time these impossible games get and introduce easy games in between for lower money?

MacGyver007

I take it he never responded to the call to say hello to us on TV? Boo!

cast_iron

Mike Bassett wrote: »

They seem to be a lot nicer and more apologetic tonight for the harder games...as in actually almost admitting they were impossibly hard and thus got rid of it? Maybe due to the complaints they will reduce the amount of air time these impossible games get and introduce easy games in between for lower money?

In one complaint, the BAI claimed that one particular puzzle was too difficult, and that after examining the method used to derive the answer, it was highly unlikely that someone would have guessed the correct answer.

highnc

Auld-Yin wrote: »

Call rate currently >300

and they put 2 callers through in quick succession to keep the call rate high. expect half hour of silence now!

Mike Bassett

I just read the wikipedia page their now,it's broadcast from Budapest? How bizarre is their a reason for this?

highnc

more "30 seconds thinking time", an absolutely pointless countdown clock.

now here comes the unofficial 30 mins thinking time!!

Mike Bassett

cast_iron wrote: »

In one complaint, the BAI claimed that one particular puzzle was too difficult, and that after examining the method used to derive the answer, it was highly unlikely that someone would have guessed the correct answer.

It's my first time posting here but I watched play tv pretty much since it started and id argue that most puzzles are too difficult and it was highly unlikely that someone would have guessed the correct answer.

.BrianJM

I wonder how many have thought of FIONA

yenraek

I thought of Fiona but now I am thinking Nuala...

Our man in Havana

Mike Bassett wrote: »

I just read the wikipedia page their now,it's broadcast from Budapest? How bizarre is their a reason for this?

The company that makes the show is based there. They hire presenters appropriate to the local market to present the show. It is uplinked by satellite and beamed to Ballymount where it is retransmitted by TV3.

BMollie

Bond-007 wrote: »

All the papers will have it tomorrow. Vinnie Brawn's paper review tonight should be interesting.

Thanks Bond for all the great work you have done.:)

.BrianJM

highnc wrote: »

more "30 seconds thinking time", an absolutely pointless countdown clock.

now here comes the unofficial 30 mins thinking time!!

Good call. Now almost 55 mins.
Will probably do the hour. They seem to have adopted the principle of 1 hour max. with no call!

yenraek

Only 21 entries last minute. Callers are getting really browned off now while the long delay continues.

Ciara

BMollie

LINDA

That first game of the diamonds was very short. Before the complaints that would have been dragged out for most of the show. And a fantastic answer produced. Now we have a simple game (and many simple games over the past week) (to comply with complaints), and they are dragging it out too. And people are still ringing in and no open line. So they are still milking the public. :mad::mad::mad:

dustyrip

Where did he get this teddy from. JG is a disgrace!

BMollie

Live entries down to 21

Must be the same 21 calling that Yenraek mentioned about 12 mins ago

BMollie

LINDA
LUCAS
and he's deliberately not mentioning an L

.BrianJM

OLLIE to FRANK took 60 mins. approx.
Currently FRANK to ? is +45 min. and counting.
If they get a wrong answer in the next 15 mins. it can go all the way.
~~~~
Valid answer at just over 50 mins.

BMollie

SERBIA
NEPAL
ISRAEL

100gSoma

what now?!?!



It is interesting to read TV3s response to each complaint. Needless to say all of the complaints were upheld bar one that was invalid.

http://www.bai.ie/broadcasting_complaints_decisions.html

andrew90

Just reading the article about play tv in irish daily mail. Tv3 response about complaints was
This has all been rectified since the decisions of the board were made. The majority of the complaints were in relation to technical aspects of the show, which have been fixed since then.

Typical tv3 reply, them so called technical difficulties didn,t look rectified last night

Our man in Havana

Indeed. More complaints are needed!

highnc

Bond-007 wrote: »

Indeed. More complaints are needed!

as most of the decisions released yesterday were from the summer, i'm sure there's more to come!!

Our man in Havana

That is for sure. The pressure needs to be maintained.