Chain Reaction

United States
July 30, 2008 5:45pm CST
Who watches the show on the Game Show Network called "Chain Reaction"? I like the show, but the end part is really stupid. If you've never seen the show, it's a team of three girls playing against a team of three guys. They have to connect one word to another, such as BASEBALL CARD SHARK WATERS The words before and after each word connect in a common phrase. There are several rounds like that, and whichever team has the highest score at the end goes on, of course, to a bonus round. The bonus round, in my opinion, is SO STUPID! It has little to do with the premise for the game, in my opinion. The way the bonus round is played is that one player is blindfolded and sat into a chair. The other two players must give them hints as to a word, somewhat like the other gameshow "Password" or "$10,000 Pyramid." However, each of those two players banter back and forth where one player gives one word, and the other player gives another word in the clue, so it plays like this: Player 1 says: What Player 2 says: day 1: does 2: Thanksgiving 1: fall 2: on? Player 3 guesses: Thursday It's very annoying to watch. I think they could have come up with a better bonus round than this. I watch the main part of the show but don't even care to see the end if they win or not because it's so ridiculous to me. Am I the only one who feels this way? Have you ever seen this gameshow? How do you feel about the end at the bonus round -- don't you think they could have come up with something better than this??!?
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@philjas (1134)
• United States
30 Jul 08
I agree I HATE the bonus round. I've never understood why they make it men against women either, isn't that kind of asking for trouble in this day and age? LOL But watching the regular rounds, before the bonus round, is fun and kind of addictive. I like to play it online too. Do you ever find yourself watching and thinking the contestants are just STUPID because they can't figure out the word? I'm sure they're intelligent people and are just under pressure, but sometimes sitting at home it's SO obvious and they can't see it.
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• United States
30 Jul 08
LOL -- I agree with you. I was actually going to include something in my original post about how they always seem to choose the people who are not the brightest stars in the sky, but I thought that might be a bit mean! I do understand they are under pressure, but some of the things they say when it's obvious is pretty funny and sometimes even frustrating. Sometimes seems like the host wants to make fun of the contestants too! Hahahaha
@philjas (1134)
• United States
30 Jul 08
Yeah, like SLEEPING BEA And they say, "beagle?" LOL But then sometimes the words don't seem to connect quite right either. I always take it to be words that are either compound words or make up a phrase, like: BASE BALL ROOM SERVICE INDUSTRY But sometimes two words will connect only by similarity, like say, PARTY LOUD Whenever that happens I wonder what the audience, or whoever comes up with the linked words, was thinking.
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• United States
1 Oct 08
I agree -- sometimes it's very stupid connections. I also hate when it's a form of the word and they don't give it to them (not for plurals because they DO usually grant that at least) but for something like CARD SHARKING and someone says CARD SHARK ... I mean, does it really have to be in that particular form? I think if it's the base word they should give it to them.