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Post by theidentfan on Nov 6, 2021 12:40:01 GMT -5
BTW,I've always wondered why prizes in albanian version were in euros and not lek, which is their official currency Exactly! Same goes for Uruguay's original version, which had the top prize in USD and not pesos, which is their official currency.
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Post by Gagamillionaire on Nov 7, 2021 13:11:42 GMT -5
My guess is that it has to do with the rate of inflation of the currencies. Currencies with high inflation rates lose their value very quickly. That's not great if you're trying to produce a show where winning a big amount of money is a crucial part of its identity. You don't want to go from "Who wants to be a millionaire?" to "Who wants to be able to afford two sandwiches and and a Coke?" So they introduce more stable currencies that are less affected by inflation, i.e. the US dollar or the euro. The cash prize doesn't lose its value and people can go to the bank and have the money exchanged for their local currency. It's what many people in those countries do with their savings anyway.
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Post by theidentfan on Nov 8, 2021 13:41:44 GMT -5
My guess is that it has to do with the rate of inflation of the currencies. Currencies with high inflation rates lose their value very quickly. That's not great if you're trying to produce a show where winning a big amount of money is a crucial part of its identity. You don't want to go from "Who wants to be a millionaire?" to "Who wants to be able to afford two sandwiches and and a Coke?" So they introduce more stable currencies that are less affected by inflation, i.e. the US dollar or the euro. The cash prize doesn't lose its value and people can go to the bank and have the money exchanged for their local currency. It's what many people in those countries do with their savings anyway. The Uruguayan version has since returned, with a top prize of 1,500,000 Uruguayan pesos, so there doesn't really seem to be a reason for Uruguay.
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Post by ZoranixOG on Nov 9, 2021 10:59:11 GMT -5
Hi all, Here's a new thread to discuss some of the worst money trees, top prizes, graphics, sets, and any other aspects, of international Millionaire. I'll start by saying that the weirdest money trees are probably Angola and Vietnam (Q5 for Kz. 6,000?/Q11 for 22,000,000?). Bye.
Yes I agree that Angola and my country, Vietnam is weird but what about Ukraine (64,000 then 250,000 then 1,000,000, seriously?) and Belgium French (125,000 jumps to 1,000,000)?
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Post by theidentfan on Nov 10, 2021 13:19:41 GMT -5
Hi all, Here's a new thread to discuss some of the worst money trees, top prizes, graphics, sets, and any other aspects, of international Millionaire. I'll start by saying that the weirdest money trees are probably Angola and Vietnam (Q5 for Kz. 6,000?/Q11 for 22,000,000?). Bye.
Yes I agree that Angola and my country, Vietnam is weird but what about Ukraine (64,000 then 250,000 then 1,000,000, seriously?) and Belgium French (125,000 jumps to 1,000,000)? Yep. Same goes for the Netherlands since 2019 (same money tree as Ukraine 2004), Germany (€125,000 then €500,000) and Aussie Hot Seat ($250,000 then $1,000,000). I feel like Chowrownaatihown's random 2,900 amount might be a stab at the Vietnamese and Ghanaian money trees where it looks like amounts have been plucked out of random (Ghana has ₵425 and ₵575 levels while Vietnam has ₫14,000,000, ₫22,000,000 and ₫85,000,000 levels)
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Post by Admiral Sven on Nov 13, 2021 9:23:06 GMT -5
My main test for a version is if the money tree allows you to lose more than you can win on a certain question: the original 1998 tree was built to directly avoid that. Ecuador's first money tree, however brilliant a host Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros is, was a prime example of it: in the original years the idea was that the last five questions increased in $5,000 increments. But if you're on the fourteenth question, do you want to risk $12,000 for just $5,000 more?
I never really liked the Iranian version: terrible graphics, awful set.
The Argentinian revival was pretty rubbish too: poorly-written questions, awful money tree ($130.000 level? Why?), naff host.
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Post by theidentfan on Nov 13, 2021 15:01:50 GMT -5
My main test for a version is if the money tree allows you to lose more than you can win on a certain question: the original 1998 tree was built to directly avoid that. Ecuador's first money tree, however brilliant a host Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros is, was a prime example of it: in the original years the idea was that the last five questions increased in $5,000 increments. But if you're on the fourteenth question, do you want to risk $12,000 for just $5,000 more? I never really liked the Iranian version: terrible graphics, awful set. The Argentinian revival was pretty rubbish too: poorly-written questions, awful money tree ($130.000 level? Why?), naff host. About the Argentinian revival, I wholly agree with you there. The music sometimes isn't even the music score! What is this, a talk show? And the less said about the Brazilian version, the better. Also, did you mean $180.000? $90.000 was also a bit weird, although both can make sense in some circumstances (updated custom money tree includes 90,000, 180,000 and 375,000 amounts). The Kazakh money tree also has a ₸90,000 amount, however the question after that is worth ₸150,000. Why not make it worth ₸75,000?
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Post by crazyhu on Nov 24, 2021 12:34:18 GMT -5
Pakistan's Islamic Take On "Millionaire" I don't know if this version is licensed or not The format is the same fastest finger and 15 questions etc. It's more religious and the music and everything isn't the same. It also has a clock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5cGKMN_sak&ab_channel=Microstar56
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Post by RegisFan on Nov 24, 2021 18:35:52 GMT -5
That sure doesn’t look licensed. If it is, they were allowed to be very liberal in their use of the license.
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Post by theidentfan on Nov 25, 2021 14:14:15 GMT -5
That sure doesn’t look licensed. If it is, they were allowed to be very liberal in their use of the license. It wasn't licensed. Interesting that they didn't decide to go with another licensed version like they did in 2002-4. Or was it an Iran/Kyrgyzstan situation? (refusal for a licensed version)
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