Talk:Bullseye (active pricing game)

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 17 June 2007. The result of the discussion was keep, no consensus for merge.

[edit] Merge

The merge will reduce confusion among the games with the same name. An alternative is to create a 'Bullseye article with information about both. Kramden4700 23:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I think a merge would increase confusion, because the games are so remarkably different, although they have the same name. (Set aside the fact that the earlier version didn't have a game title mentioned or displayed.) I do think that a change needs to be made with the disambiguation of the two articles, as with the old and new versions of the Balance Game. The apostrophized name is not part of the title, and should be removed. Perhaps (retired/current pricing game)? —Twigboy 04:47, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I think it is a good idea as it gives more context, something that these TPIR articles seem to lack, as they are written in a WP:NPOV violating fanboy style. Rekarb Bob 17:04, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of amounts that wouldn't work

If my memory serves me correctly, there used to be, on the page, a list of amounts that could not be multiplied to $10-$12. Could that list be brought back, by copying text from the edit history for instance? Could a reply please be posted here ASAP? Hallpriest9 (Talk | Archive) 03:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It was taken out for the following reasons:
  • This section would be Original Research, which is against wikipedia policy.
  • It does not add anything significant to understanding the game
  • The only use for it I can think of is if someone wanted to create their own version of the game for some reason. I think that in that case, that person could grab a calculator as easily as the person who did the original research to post here, and probably as easily as coming to wikipedia and finding this article. All you have to do is divide $10 by the price, and $12 dollars by the price. If the numbers you get have the same whole number portion (IE: if truncating the decimal away leaves the same whole number), the product can't be used. - eg: 10/6.25=1.6 is 12/6.25=1.92. That means that guessing one 6.25 product will be below $10, and guessing 2 will be above $12, making the product unwinnable.
If you feel it is not obvious or implied in the gameplay section, it can be added that items used in the game are those whose prices can be multiplied into the target range. Technically, without citing an interview with the producers or some sort of official rules page, there is no technical rule stating that the producers can't use an impossible to win product. It's just common sense (and common courtesy) that they would not use a product that couldn't win. TheHYPO 16:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Agreed. OK for a fansite, just doesn't work here. Lack of objective, sourced information is not an excuse, either.—Twigboy 19:01, 7 June 2007 (UTC)