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Post by millionairenut on Jul 11, 2018 20:59:03 GMT -5
Hello, everybody. My name is MillionaireNut and I am auditioning for the fan games.
Two months ago, I was very lucky, and privileged, to stumble across this wonderful forum. My story on Millionaire is I remember watching it when it first came on in Primetime in August of 1999 when I was just a little kid. I knew Regis Philbin from his daytime fame. Although I knew nothing about this, and the thought of $1,000,000 to a little kid was beyond my comprehension. Like everybody else, I loved the show. However, being a little kid, I rarely knew any of the answers. So I just randomly shouted an answer at the TV in hopes it would be right.
I was later pulled away from the show in favor of other shows, which I do regret, but I do remember John Carpenter, Dan Blonsky and Joe Trela winning $1,000,000. It was extremely popular and I remember owning the computer game, as well as the board game, but I heard it was going back to limited episodes.
So, I would watch Syndicated Millionaire, and I saw Kevin Smith's win live on TV in 2003, and I would watch Millionaire now and then if I was home from school. Super Millionaire came on in 2004, and I really enjoyed Regis hosting the show again, and of course, I vividly remember the 10th anniversary of Primetime back in 2009, and I remember watching Ken Basin's run as it happened like it was yesterday.
Then, something happened. It was in 2011 that I started garnering an interest in general knowledge. I had been a Jeopardy fan since 2004 when Ken Jennings went on his big run, but all of a sudden, I wanted to be a contestant on the show and I started studying a bunch of stuff.
At the same time this was all happening, Charlie Sheen was in the news. So, I decided to look up Charlie Sheen one day online, and I discovered he had been a celebrity contestant on Primetime Millionaire, and I watched his run. Then I started these other runs and I was binge watching. Soon I realized it was Millionaire, and not Jeopardy, that was my true love. I could not get enough. I would watch as many Primetime videos and episodes as I could, while I later expanded onto watching the U.K. episodes. I remember watching the runs of all five Millionaires, and vividly remember watching the videos of David Edwards, Robert Brydges and Pat Gibson. I also remember watching Tony Emans win 250,000 and Steve Devlin's final two questions, but most of the 500,000 wins weren't online yet, and all I saw was Ingram Wilcox's final question at the time. Millionaire U.K. also had limited episodes, and I tried to catch these online when I could.
I also got into Australia and discovered Eddie McGuire and saw the runs of Paddy Spooner and Brett McDonald, who both won $250,000. In 2005, I read about Rob Fulton and Martin Flood, though I didn't know too much about them. I guess I always liked Millionaire. It just didn't turn into a love until about seven years ago. I think I watched Jim Graham's video on Hot Seat the night it came out.
At this time, I discovered information about Japan, and I learned about Mino Monta, and his suspense in revealing answers. This was especially prominent in Takeshi Kitano's run.
I would start hoping Primetime Millionaire would come back. I refused, and still do refuse, to watch syndicated Millionaire in its current format. The game is too foreign to me, and I especially disliked the shuffle format. I did watch videos of some of the higher winners online, though. Most of the questions are very tough at that amount, though I do remember knowing one question for $500,000.
So, it took me into a greater interest in quizzing. I would later discover Mastermind in Britain, and I would play along with what Magnus Magnusson and John Humphrys were asking. I would play along to Kevin Ashman's run on Sale of the Century. I'd watch old Jeopardy episodes, and would, and still do, play along with a gazing interest. I took the online test one year, but never heard back. It also generated my interest in reading. I remember checking out Kidnapped, Ninety Eighty Four, A Clockwork Orange, Slaughterhouse Five, Cats in the Cradle and Lord of the Flies from the library. I read not for enjoyment, but knowledge, and to memorize the books in case I ever one day did get on Millionaire. I also played, and still do play, trivia sites and I used to go play bar trivia. I also took part in the World Quizzing Championship one year, though I didn't do terribly great.
Still, real life stuff got in the way and other things happened. I guess you could say I took a break from Millionaire, and from quizzing as well to focus on other things, my career, my school, my social life, though I still maintained a lot of the stuff I learned.
For whatever reason, I decided to watch David Edwards' run again on April 21 this year, since his run happened April 21, 2001. I happen to know most of the anniversaries by heart. I got right back into it. That love that I had of Millionaire, that nostalgia I had as a kid, and in college, was back. I soon discovered not that long after that the U.K. was bringing it back for a 20th anniversary special in May. I was very excited, though I remember being disappointed that Jeremy Clarkson was hosting it instead of Chris. I watched all seven episodes, and I thoroughly enjoyed Clarkson. He made things light hearted. I was relieved, so happy, that Millionaire, the original money tree and the fastest finger, the music bed, everything was back. Hopefully this gets brought back for a regular series.
It was around this time that I discovered this wonderful forum. Truth be told, from what I've read, some people join this forum exclusively for the fan games. Honestly, when I signed up, I didn't even know there was a fan games section. I just wanted to discuss the game I loved and share my passion with anybody and everybody. Most people in real life don't know just how much I truly am in love with all things Millionaire. This place makes me feel at home to discuss it with many others, and I learned a lot of stuff about the show and about knowledge along the way.
I didn't have the greatest start. I was bumping dead threads, which I know is a no-no now, and I looked wide eyed and wanted to host RPG during an RPG when people wanted a fill in host. I didn't know how things worked at the time. I was new, but I was so enthusiastic, so passionate, that I just wanted to get right in, but I learned the rules, I learned how things worked and now I have a good grasp on the dos and don'ts around this community. I hope people will take into account that I was new, and just enthusiastic. I was dying to ask questions on stuff I learned on this forum, and I was so giddy when I asked a question on Daily Millionaire for the very first time. Many people around here are very smart. I know now why bumping dead threads is frowned upon. Though this is encouraged, some do it just to get their post count up and gain access to fan games, since 20 posts are the minimum requirement.
I know I also made mistakes in my first RPG as the computer, asking a couple of faulty questions, but I wanted to redeem myself and I signed up for the last RPG. I was very relieved when all of my questions went along smoothly. I really wanted to improve from the previous RPG. You should know that even though no one is perfect, I hate making mistakes, and I hated when it was brought to my attention I wrote not one, but two faulty questions for the first RPG I was the computer for. Thankfully, I improved on this the last time.
Question writing is just something I love doing, and playing Millionaire and talking Millionaire is always something I am up for. It doesn't matter when, and it doesn't matter with who. I recently told my friend about my passion for Millionaire, and I started showing him a bunch of clips on my phone, from Primetime to U.K. to the 20th anniversary special with Jeremy Clarkson to some Japanese clips with Mino Monta. We also played Millionaire twice, and I wrote two sets of questions for him not that long ago. I hosted, and played through it as I played the Millionaire soundtrack on my phone with the music bed and all of the sound and light cues. I wasn't completely polished, but I tried to make it as authentic as possible.
So, here I am. I am hoping that I have gained your trust in my time here. I know this section is restricted, and I know why it is restricted. It is my understanding this content has been leaked before, and that these games are very sensitive. I want you to know that I vow to never, ever share these games with another soul and I will only know about these games on this forum, along with the other members who have access. Even if sharing was allowed, I wouldn't do it, because I like to create and do my own stuff. I know that stealing and copying is an absolute no-no, and I know during an RPG, RegisFan warned and told a member in question he would face disciplinary action if he kept on using material he copied from another user.
Another thing about me is I am a sports journalist in real life. I cover many high schools and one college. This is where fan games and my career are similar. It's about trust. It's about building relationships and being honest with people and exemplifying integrity. Well, my job is the most important thing in the world to me, and I also know not to share information in stories if a source does not want something put out there. It's the same thing here. As a sports reporter, I get that protocol.
I am hoping to play these games and I am hoping to learn more knowledge along the way. My dream is for Regis to come back and host a 20th anniversary Primetime special. It is my ultimate dream to be a contestant and win $1,000,000 on this special. I don't know how realistic this is, but I have been getting ready for this by checking out more books from the library, watching movies, watching documentaries, playing quizzes online and learning stuff on here. I have kept a general knowledge notebook to help me remember stuff just in case it does happen.
I do not know how to create games or the kind of software necessary for graphics or checks, although I hope one day I am able to learn this. I am truly in awe of the people who do know how to do this.
So, that's my audition. The fan games section does not define me, although getting this privilege would be an honor. I have gotten to know some great members who I revere on here, and I hope they feel the same way. I also truly admire the professionalism that RegisFan and FinalAnswer19 display on here when dealing with forum issues and how you vote on my audition will not change my love of Millionaire, nor will it impact my presence on here. I'm here for the long haul. I might gain access to the fan games, or I might never gain access. Whatever your vote is, I'll always love this game, the show and these forums.
If you have any questions, I am more than happy to answer them.
Thank you.
Two months ago, I was very lucky, and privileged, to stumble across this wonderful forum. My story on Millionaire is I remember watching it when it first came on in Primetime in August of 1999 when I was just a little kid. I knew Regis Philbin from his daytime fame. Although I knew nothing about this, and the thought of $1,000,000 to a little kid was beyond my comprehension. Like everybody else, I loved the show. However, being a little kid, I rarely knew any of the answers. So I just randomly shouted an answer at the TV in hopes it would be right.
I was later pulled away from the show in favor of other shows, which I do regret, but I do remember John Carpenter, Dan Blonsky and Joe Trela winning $1,000,000. It was extremely popular and I remember owning the computer game, as well as the board game, but I heard it was going back to limited episodes.
So, I would watch Syndicated Millionaire, and I saw Kevin Smith's win live on TV in 2003, and I would watch Millionaire now and then if I was home from school. Super Millionaire came on in 2004, and I really enjoyed Regis hosting the show again, and of course, I vividly remember the 10th anniversary of Primetime back in 2009, and I remember watching Ken Basin's run as it happened like it was yesterday.
Then, something happened. It was in 2011 that I started garnering an interest in general knowledge. I had been a Jeopardy fan since 2004 when Ken Jennings went on his big run, but all of a sudden, I wanted to be a contestant on the show and I started studying a bunch of stuff.
At the same time this was all happening, Charlie Sheen was in the news. So, I decided to look up Charlie Sheen one day online, and I discovered he had been a celebrity contestant on Primetime Millionaire, and I watched his run. Then I started these other runs and I was binge watching. Soon I realized it was Millionaire, and not Jeopardy, that was my true love. I could not get enough. I would watch as many Primetime videos and episodes as I could, while I later expanded onto watching the U.K. episodes. I remember watching the runs of all five Millionaires, and vividly remember watching the videos of David Edwards, Robert Brydges and Pat Gibson. I also remember watching Tony Emans win 250,000 and Steve Devlin's final two questions, but most of the 500,000 wins weren't online yet, and all I saw was Ingram Wilcox's final question at the time. Millionaire U.K. also had limited episodes, and I tried to catch these online when I could.
I also got into Australia and discovered Eddie McGuire and saw the runs of Paddy Spooner and Brett McDonald, who both won $250,000. In 2005, I read about Rob Fulton and Martin Flood, though I didn't know too much about them. I guess I always liked Millionaire. It just didn't turn into a love until about seven years ago. I think I watched Jim Graham's video on Hot Seat the night it came out.
At this time, I discovered information about Japan, and I learned about Mino Monta, and his suspense in revealing answers. This was especially prominent in Takeshi Kitano's run.
I would start hoping Primetime Millionaire would come back. I refused, and still do refuse, to watch syndicated Millionaire in its current format. The game is too foreign to me, and I especially disliked the shuffle format. I did watch videos of some of the higher winners online, though. Most of the questions are very tough at that amount, though I do remember knowing one question for $500,000.
So, it took me into a greater interest in quizzing. I would later discover Mastermind in Britain, and I would play along with what Magnus Magnusson and John Humphrys were asking. I would play along to Kevin Ashman's run on Sale of the Century. I'd watch old Jeopardy episodes, and would, and still do, play along with a gazing interest. I took the online test one year, but never heard back. It also generated my interest in reading. I remember checking out Kidnapped, Ninety Eighty Four, A Clockwork Orange, Slaughterhouse Five, Cats in the Cradle and Lord of the Flies from the library. I read not for enjoyment, but knowledge, and to memorize the books in case I ever one day did get on Millionaire. I also played, and still do play, trivia sites and I used to go play bar trivia. I also took part in the World Quizzing Championship one year, though I didn't do terribly great.
Still, real life stuff got in the way and other things happened. I guess you could say I took a break from Millionaire, and from quizzing as well to focus on other things, my career, my school, my social life, though I still maintained a lot of the stuff I learned.
For whatever reason, I decided to watch David Edwards' run again on April 21 this year, since his run happened April 21, 2001. I happen to know most of the anniversaries by heart. I got right back into it. That love that I had of Millionaire, that nostalgia I had as a kid, and in college, was back. I soon discovered not that long after that the U.K. was bringing it back for a 20th anniversary special in May. I was very excited, though I remember being disappointed that Jeremy Clarkson was hosting it instead of Chris. I watched all seven episodes, and I thoroughly enjoyed Clarkson. He made things light hearted. I was relieved, so happy, that Millionaire, the original money tree and the fastest finger, the music bed, everything was back. Hopefully this gets brought back for a regular series.
It was around this time that I discovered this wonderful forum. Truth be told, from what I've read, some people join this forum exclusively for the fan games. Honestly, when I signed up, I didn't even know there was a fan games section. I just wanted to discuss the game I loved and share my passion with anybody and everybody. Most people in real life don't know just how much I truly am in love with all things Millionaire. This place makes me feel at home to discuss it with many others, and I learned a lot of stuff about the show and about knowledge along the way.
I didn't have the greatest start. I was bumping dead threads, which I know is a no-no now, and I looked wide eyed and wanted to host RPG during an RPG when people wanted a fill in host. I didn't know how things worked at the time. I was new, but I was so enthusiastic, so passionate, that I just wanted to get right in, but I learned the rules, I learned how things worked and now I have a good grasp on the dos and don'ts around this community. I hope people will take into account that I was new, and just enthusiastic. I was dying to ask questions on stuff I learned on this forum, and I was so giddy when I asked a question on Daily Millionaire for the very first time. Many people around here are very smart. I know now why bumping dead threads is frowned upon. Though this is encouraged, some do it just to get their post count up and gain access to fan games, since 20 posts are the minimum requirement.
I know I also made mistakes in my first RPG as the computer, asking a couple of faulty questions, but I wanted to redeem myself and I signed up for the last RPG. I was very relieved when all of my questions went along smoothly. I really wanted to improve from the previous RPG. You should know that even though no one is perfect, I hate making mistakes, and I hated when it was brought to my attention I wrote not one, but two faulty questions for the first RPG I was the computer for. Thankfully, I improved on this the last time.
Question writing is just something I love doing, and playing Millionaire and talking Millionaire is always something I am up for. It doesn't matter when, and it doesn't matter with who. I recently told my friend about my passion for Millionaire, and I started showing him a bunch of clips on my phone, from Primetime to U.K. to the 20th anniversary special with Jeremy Clarkson to some Japanese clips with Mino Monta. We also played Millionaire twice, and I wrote two sets of questions for him not that long ago. I hosted, and played through it as I played the Millionaire soundtrack on my phone with the music bed and all of the sound and light cues. I wasn't completely polished, but I tried to make it as authentic as possible.
So, here I am. I am hoping that I have gained your trust in my time here. I know this section is restricted, and I know why it is restricted. It is my understanding this content has been leaked before, and that these games are very sensitive. I want you to know that I vow to never, ever share these games with another soul and I will only know about these games on this forum, along with the other members who have access. Even if sharing was allowed, I wouldn't do it, because I like to create and do my own stuff. I know that stealing and copying is an absolute no-no, and I know during an RPG, RegisFan warned and told a member in question he would face disciplinary action if he kept on using material he copied from another user.
Another thing about me is I am a sports journalist in real life. I cover many high schools and one college. This is where fan games and my career are similar. It's about trust. It's about building relationships and being honest with people and exemplifying integrity. Well, my job is the most important thing in the world to me, and I also know not to share information in stories if a source does not want something put out there. It's the same thing here. As a sports reporter, I get that protocol.
I am hoping to play these games and I am hoping to learn more knowledge along the way. My dream is for Regis to come back and host a 20th anniversary Primetime special. It is my ultimate dream to be a contestant and win $1,000,000 on this special. I don't know how realistic this is, but I have been getting ready for this by checking out more books from the library, watching movies, watching documentaries, playing quizzes online and learning stuff on here. I have kept a general knowledge notebook to help me remember stuff just in case it does happen.
I do not know how to create games or the kind of software necessary for graphics or checks, although I hope one day I am able to learn this. I am truly in awe of the people who do know how to do this.
So, that's my audition. The fan games section does not define me, although getting this privilege would be an honor. I have gotten to know some great members who I revere on here, and I hope they feel the same way. I also truly admire the professionalism that RegisFan and FinalAnswer19 display on here when dealing with forum issues and how you vote on my audition will not change my love of Millionaire, nor will it impact my presence on here. I'm here for the long haul. I might gain access to the fan games, or I might never gain access. Whatever your vote is, I'll always love this game, the show and these forums.
If you have any questions, I am more than happy to answer them.
Thank you.
good luck to you.
