The Floor - General Discussion

[iMonrey]

I would have done just as badly on Pop Stars. I haven't followed current popular music since the early 90s. But, I would never have allowed myself to be talked into challenging that category. I might have done less poorly on Disney Characters - I know the usual classic ones but I'm not up to speed on the more current ones. I'd have gotten at least some of them though.

[Taeolas]

Yup, Popstars (and any "recognize this person" category in general) I would avoid like the plague. Especially if I'd be going against a time boost to boot. I'd be like the other guy that night who said "I'll let someone else take on Popstars and just wait until that whale category has a better theme." 

THinking more on Strategires, I think if I was a whale, I'd probably stay up long enough to get a time boost... and I'd be working to better protect my territory. The way to do that would be to nibble away at the 1-square categories around me, preferably in the directions closer to the edge of the floor. 

One-square categories are randomizer targets so they're more likely to be able to challenge me. If I can reach the edge of the floor, then that's an edge that I won't be challenged on, so it's a way to minimize my threat profile. If I have another whale against me, we can become a pod together and go after the smaller fish around us. 

[SoMuchTV]

3 minutes ago, Taeolas said:

Yup, Popstars (and any "recognize this person" category in general) I would avoid like the plague.

But unfortunately (or maybe fortunately for the audience because it introduces more uncertainty) I don’t think you know ahead of time that something will be a recognize-the-photos category. You could know every lyric of every pop star’s song but still be out of luck here. 

[Taeolas]

True but the category was IIRC, "Pop STARS" not "Pop Music". 

 

"Pop Music" I would expect to be more akin to Name that Tune, possibly even an audio category like musical instruments was (that was a fun one. I got most of those ones).

 

"Pop Stars" I'd avoid because I may recognize some of the songs and maybe artists, but I'd have no idea what they look like. So safer to leave them alone. 

[Diana Berry]

On 10/28/2024 at 5:54 PM, mlp said:

It depends on what kinds of things you tend to know.  I got all but two of the constellations immediately and none of the movie stills and sports people.  Wait - I did get West Side Story at the very end of that category.  I know musicals but not movies in general.

I did pretty good on the movie category.  The constellation that ranks up there with one of  my worst ( when playing along) . I got nothing.

Edited November 12 by Diana Berry

[Lovecat]

Oof, state capitols was brutal!  You had to recognize the state from its shape and THEN name the capitol.  Clearly the "expert" had not drilled the former.  Not throwing any shade--I also sucked badly!

[docmatt]

4 hours ago, Lovecat said:

Oof, state capitols was brutal!  You had to recognize the state from its shape and THEN name the capitol.  Clearly the "expert" had not drilled the former.  Not throwing any shade--I also sucked badly!

And for Denver, you had to pay attention to the location of the star since Colorado and Wyoming have the same shape

[iMonrey]

You really need to FF thru the intros of these episodes, because not only do they spoil who's going to get picked this week but it even spoiled that Virginia would ultimately become a comp beast. Although I don't think she'll last 'til the end, she answers too slowly.

5 hours ago, Lovecat said:

Oof, state capitols was brutal!  You had to recognize the state from its shape and THEN name the capitol.  Clearly the "expert" had not drilled the former.  Not throwing any shade--I also sucked badly!

This kind of points out how a lot of the categories are just assigned to random people rather than chosen by the contestants as an area they really have expertise in. He admitted he hadn't studied the states that way, and he wouldn't have had to study at all if this was something he already was an expert at. And if I had been assigned that category I would definitely have memorized the map because that's exactly what I would expect to see up on the screen. Not just the name of the state.

[mlp]

57 minutes ago, docmatt said:

And for Denver, you had to pay attention to the location of the star since Colorado and Wyoming have the same shape

When I was growing up, I had a wooden puzzle of the United States and each state was a separate piece.  I've known the states by shape and the capitals for as long as I can remember and would have aced that category.  The only "hard" ones are Colorado and Wyoming as stated above but, if you guessed wrong, you could quickly say the other.  

I knew about half of the flowers and only a couple of the kids' shows.  The holistic category would have finished me off.

[iMonrey]

17 hours ago, mlp said:

I knew about half of the flowers and only a couple of the kids' shows.  The holistic category would have finished me off.

I knew more of the kid shows than I thought I would. It's been a long time since I was a kid. And it killed me she missed Pufnstuf and Boy Meets World. And Bill Nye the Science Guy!

[mlp]

4 hours ago, iMonrey said:

It's been a long time since I was a kid. And it killed me she missed Pufnstuf and Boy Meets World. And Bill Nye the Science Guy!

Yeah.  HR Pufnstuf was on when my kids were little.  I can still sing the song.  :)  I didn't know Boy Meets World and I thought everyone knew Bill Nye.

[Rickster]

On 11/14/2024 at 6:05 PM, mlp said:

When I was growing up, I had a wooden puzzle of the United States and each state was a separate piece.  I've known the states by shape and the capitals for as long as I can remember and would have aced that category.  The only "hard" ones are Colorado and Wyoming as stated above but, if you guessed wrong, you could quickly say the other.  

I knew about half of the flowers and only a couple of the kids' shows.  The holistic category would have finished me off.

I think North Dakota and South Dakota would be pretty difficult too. I’d give someone about half a dozen states that could be confusing, but he couldn’t even identify New York.

I would have done pretty well on state flags too, until they got to those nearly identical blue ones with a seal in the middle.

Edited November 16 by Rickster

[mlp]

2 hours ago, Rickster said:

I think North Dakota and South Dakota would be pretty difficult too.

They could with a quick glance but SD has a little notch where it borders Minnesota and the southeast corner is "bumpy" where it borders Nebraska.  ND is more even.  Those things jump out if you're a kid putting a puzzle together.  I was just happy to see a category I knew because most of the sports and TV and popular culture stuff totally defeats me.

[tinkerbell]

I might be alone in this, but Virginia bugged me. She grabbed the spotlight with a lengthy explanation for which topic to choose, then the "little old lady" shtick, people with hair like this shouldn't be underestimated,  and the "I DID??" when she won. I'm very close to her age, and I would never refer to myself like that. 

And what does she intend to do with the money? Put on a RECITAL, where people listen to her sing songs about her life. Ugh!

[mlp]

1 hour ago, tinkerbell said:

I might be alone in this, but Virginia bugged me. She grabbed the spotlight with a lengthy explanation for which topic to choose, then the "little old lady" shtick, people with hair like this shouldn't be underestimated,  and the "I DID??" when she won. I'm very close to her age, and I would never refer to myself like that. 

And what does she intend to do with the money? Put on a RECITAL, where people listen to her sing songs about her life. Ugh!

I didn't actually dislike her but I had most of those same thoughts, especially the ugh about the recital.  I am older than Virginia and most of my friends are too.  None of us would try to present as too old to be alert and oriented and competent.  She is cute though.

[HerkyJerky]

3 hours ago, mlp said:

didn't actually dislike her but I had most of those same thoughts, especially the ugh about the recital.  I am older than Virginia and most of my friends are too.  None of us would try to present as too old to be alert and oriented and competent

I was watching the show with my sister, who is 70, and she didn’t appreciate it either. Any chance that she is using the doddering old person act to disarm all the young people on the show and to make them underestimate her?

[iMonrey]

19 hours ago, tinkerbell said:

I might be alone in this, but Virginia bugged me. She grabbed the spotlight with a lengthy explanation for which topic to choose

I laughed when Rob pointed out they needed to get on with it as she stood there dithering and blathering about which category to choose.

[KWalkerInc]

Season 3 is now going to premiere after the Super Bowl (Feb. 9), before going to its regular time slot on Feb. 12.

http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/11/18/fox-sets-january-premiere-dates-with-spotlight-on-series-debuts-of-going-dutch-and-doc-and-february-kicks-off-with-foxs-super-week-932013/20241118fox01/

[iMonrey]

DIY was laughably simple. I knew Virginia wouldn't last that long. She's good, but she's a little too slow. The brain just doesn't work as fast when you get older. Trust me.

Puppies was tougher than I thought. It's harder to tell the breed when they're puppies. I also thought the puppy Irish Setter was a Cocker Spaniel because that's what it looked like.

Skylines and Female Athletes were both tough. I knew almost none of the latter, and the challenged person lost on their own categories (as did the New York guy). Which speaks to how much of an "expert" these people really are in their categories.

I would have failed Alternative Music, I knew none of them. 

World History wasn't too bad but hard to do fast when you have to read the copy and look at the date.

Animal sounds was fun. I can't believe Austin forgot it was his turn. That would be my fear if I went on this show.

[borealis]

I dozed off for most of the show, but woke up in time for what I'd been waiting for, Alternative Music. For me, anything past 2005 is questionable, 2010 is no bueno, but 2022 is just cruel.

[mlp]

4 hours ago, iMonrey said:

Puppies was tougher than I thought. It's harder to tell the breed when they're puppies.

I was going to say the same thing.  I did fairly well on puppies and very well on DIY and world history but knew none of the female athletes.  

 

4 hours ago, borealis said:

Alternative Music. For me, anything past 2005 is questionable, 2010 is no bueno, but 2022 is just cruel.

I can't even define alternative music.  Everything past about 1970 sounds alternative to actual music to me.  :)  I didn't know a single one.

[Lantern7]

This week's episode will be rerun next Wednesday. However, the next new episode will air on Thanksgiving night.

5 hours ago, iMonrey said:

Animal sounds was fun. I can't believe Austin forgot it was his turn. That would be my fear if I went on this show.

Having a donkey bray as he stared into space did not make him look any better.

[Diana Berry]

On 11/21/2024 at 5:31 PM, mlp said:

I was going to say the same thing.  I did fairly well on puppies and very well on DIY and world history but knew none of the female athletes.  

 

I can't even define alternative music.  Everything past about 1970 sounds alternative to actual music to me.  :)  I didn't know a single one.

I could name about 75%.  I thought it would be much harder .

[Lantern7]

Rewatching Austin’s brain fart. He wasted fifteen seconds because he didn’t realize it was still his turn after he passed on the prior clue. Like I said, it didn’t help that the clue was a donkey braying. Also, it’s brutal to see the people on the Floor wondering what was going on.

On 11/21/2024 at 1:09 PM, borealis said:

I dozed off for most of the show, but woke up in time for what I'd been waiting for, Alternative Music. For me, anything past 2005 is questionable, 2010 is no bueno, but 2022 is just cruel.

I didn’t know the category still existed these days. If I saw anything beyond, say, 2015, I would have passed.

[Lantern7]

Heads up:  new episode starting now (9:28 p.m. eastern time).

[mlp]

On 11/28/2024 at 8:28 PM, Lantern7 said:

Heads up:  new episode starting now (9:28 p.m. eastern time).

I wonder if that weird time is what confused my DVR.  It recorded most of The Masked Singer (ugh) and just a few minutes of The Floor.  I had to watch the show on line later.

I was absolutely amazed by how poorly both contestants did on Nursery Rhymes.  I think I knew all of them by the time I was 5 or 6 y/o.  I guess I can understand a 20-something who grew up with screens but the one guy was in his 40s.  Don't kids learn those any more?

[HerkyJerky]

not that it mattered because she won the duel anyway, but why didn’t they give the woman credit for saying HOWE when they showed a picture of Gordie Howe? Is there more than one Howe in hockey?

[KWalkerInc]

It might be because he had sons who played.

[TAG42481]

I LOATHE the fact that people get nothing for winning individual battles.  I'm not saying it should be much, maybe $1,000, but if you knock off somebody who has 50 squares then you get knocked off by the end of the night, you walk away with nothing?  LAME.  It's the reason EVERYONE just goes back to the floor and doesn't want to change anybody.  I seriously hope this changes between now and next season (which I realize will begin airing immediately after the Super Bowl).

[iMonrey]

If I were that first lady, I would have challenged Green Hair Girl while she was still upset over losing Grandpa. "Accessories" sounds like a pretty easy category, and it would have given her a time boost.

What happens when they run out of people who've not yet been randomized? Aren't there only four left? How do they choose who goes after that?

How much time do they get between episodes to "study" categories they inherited?

I would have sucked at Girl Groups, R&B and Hockey. 

So Allie inherits 66 pieces of floor and "spin-off bands." That sounds like it's going to be a tough category.

I wonder if it's all going to come down to the periodic table at the end.

[mlp]

4 hours ago, iMonrey said:

If I were that first lady, I would have challenged Green Hair Girl while she was still upset over losing Grandpa. "Accessories" sounds like a pretty easy category, and it would have given her a time boost.

I had exactly the same thoughts.  Accessories sounds sort of like Junk Drawer from last season.  I want to see what's in it.

4 hours ago, iMonrey said:

I would have sucked at Girl Groups, R&B and Hockey.

Me too.  I knew American history but that was the extent of it.  The only girl group I recognized was the Supremes.  R&B wasn't much better.  In Hockey, I knew some of the objects but none of the people.  I know the names Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe but had no idea what they looked like.  I'd never even heard of the rest of them.

[GameJayAnalysis]

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What happens when they run out of people who've not yet been randomized? Aren't there only four left? How do they choose who goes after that?

There are two left because of the last duel(Game show hosts - Daniel Avila) and british invasion.

There are lots of international versions, here is how they explain it.

If everyone has played, everyone is eligible to be picked. We will see the full details next week(like if you can be randomized after going back to the floor, or if this is even true for the US version, or how they wanna do it).

On 12/5/2024 at 12:09 PM, TAG42481 said:

if you knock off somebody who has 50 squares then you get knocked off by the end of the night, you walk away with nothing?  LAME.  It's the reason EVERYONE just goes back to the floor and doesn't want to change anybody.

Once you have a time boost, there's no reason to keep playing unless you think you can win 20k(by overtaking the leader). In the early episodes, this was doable. People kept playing because of the two sides of the floor both having big turf(but like 5 to 10 pieces, not crazy amounts), and people easily winning 20k or being able to avoid the randomizer more often(Julie Ann). Someone like Kara simply carved her own path to 20k easily. However, since Virginia merged the two big pieces, anybody can win one duel and take the 20k. Most people recognize the fact that "at the end of the night" is the only strategy because it's too risky to have to fend off single squares who don't like their neighbors. As we saw with Jeremy/Danny, it can sometimes work if you have a time boost/bluff enough. The leading player only has one choice: Hope people play for 250k or pick their poison. I do agree that whales have it BAD, but they do have an out by getting rid of single squares with no neighbors. But that takes guts. Then again, everyone knowing how bad being a whale is kinda prevents them for going for it. But some people have no choice(I.E single squares all alone)

I actually support going back to the floor because it forces new players to come out. Then, the game actually changes for the better in the second half because everyone has played at least one duel, unlike last season where the majority of people left didn't even play until the finale.

Also hi new here.

Edited December 7 by GameJayAnalysis

[Lantern7]

I got a lot of the hockey stuff right. Is it bad that I thought of the SNL sketch with Chance the Rapper playing a commentator thrust into a game? "Like they say in hockey . . . 'Let's do that hockey'."

On 12/5/2024 at 12:09 PM, TAG42481 said:

I LOATHE the fact that people get nothing for winning individual battles.  I'm not saying it should be much, maybe $1,000, but if you knock off somebody who has 50 squares then you get knocked off by the end of the night, you walk away with nothing?  LAME.  It's the reason EVERYONE just goes back to the floor and doesn't want to change anybody.  I seriously hope this changes between now and next season (which I realize will begin airing immediately after the Super Bowl).

Good idea. Also: how about money for those who compete in multiple consecutive episodes and manage to stay in the game? I figure that the winner will probably only have to win 2-3 bouts.

[Diana Berry]

On 12/5/2024 at 12:41 PM, iMonrey said:

If I were that first lady, I would have challenged Green Hair Girl while she was still upset over losing Grandpa. "Accessories" sounds like a pretty easy category, and it would have given her a time boost.

What happens when they run out of people who've not yet been randomized? Aren't there only four left? How do they choose who goes after that?

How much time do they get between episodes to "study" categories they inherited?

I would have sucked at Girl Groups, R&B and Hockey. 

So Allie inherits 66 pieces of floor and "spin-off bands." That sounds like it's going to be a tough category.

I wonder if it's all going to come down to the periodic table at the end.

I’ll have a giggle if periodic table dude wins the whole thing 

[Shrek]

11 hours ago, Diana Berry said:

I’ll have a giggle if periodic table dude wins the whole thing 

At some stage he will get picked by the randomizer & then it's down to who he is against but I'm betting he won't get picked until last otherwise.

[borealis]

Gotta admit, I've never thought of Led Zeppelin as a spin off band (I assume they consider it "spun off" from the Yardbirds w/Jimmy Page). I got almost all of British Invasion. If they had a "Rock from 60s-90s" category I'd nail it.

And that news people one, those guys were both 33, I knew they wouldn't know Connie Chung or even Peter Jennings! 

[mlp]

I wouldn't last long on this show because so many categories fall under popular culture.  I aced medieval times and art supplies and that was it.  I did know a few of the news people but all those bands -- one or two.  I'd heard of some of them but had no idea what they looked like.  I'd actually prefer periodic table.

I like the young man who's the whale now.  Next week is going to be tense.

[Bumblebee84047]

1 hour ago, borealis said:

And that news people one, those guys were both 33, I knew they wouldn't know Connie Chung or even Peter Jennings! 

 

I was literally yelling at my TV. "Walter Cronkite! WALTER CRONKITE!!  Ahhhh, you're too young!"

[HerkyJerky]

Found this on a Reddit thread asking if anybody had participated on The Floor:

"The total filing schedule was about a week long, filming 1-2 episodes per day. We had to bring in duplicate outfits and they would wash them for us in between episodes. Sadly not filmed at the same pace as airing, standing on that floor for 8-10 hours was rough!"

I bet it was rough! And there were a number of older people there. I'm 69 and can walk for miles but I can't stand for more than 10 minutes, so I guess I'm out!

 

[Shrek]

Under no circumstances and no matter how many ways you twist it was Led Zeppelin a spin off band, ridiculous. 

[iMonrey]

I knew more of the "spin-off" bands than I thought I would, but I sucked at British Invasion. Not as bad as college mascots though. I didn't know a single one of them. Medieval times and art supplies were pretty easy. I knew the Vegas stuff but not the Vegas buildings, never having been there.

Names are hard. I recognized almost every single one of the stand-up comedians but couldn't come up with their names quickly enough. Same with news personalities. I recognize the faces but often draw a blank on their names.

If I were Kevin, I would have gone back to the floor after winning the third duel and the time boost. With only one more duel to go, the chance that someone would have challenged him with his time boost was pretty slim. But I guess it worked out for him.

Period table is still standing there like the sword of Damocles. 

They keep talking about "studying" and I wondered how long they get between episodes. What I found online is that they film two episodes per day, so they have only overnight and the next morning to study categories they inherited, or categories around them.

Edited December 12 by iMonrey

[HerkyJerky]

59 minutes ago, iMonrey said:

Not as bad as college mascots though. I didn't know a single one of them

That is why the show is so hard! Everybody has their own area of expertise because I knew every single one of the mascots.

[mlp]

3 hours ago, HerkyJerky said:

That is why the show is so hard! Everybody has their own area of expertise because I knew every single one of the mascots.

Exactly.  The only mascot I'd recognize is the ISU Redbird because I live near ISU.  I didn't know a single one that they showed.  

I was surprised they didn't show Herman's Hermits (still touring) in the British Invasion category.  I know them and, of course, the Beatles.  But that's it.

[Lantern7]

Curious . . . did anyone reading this visit the site about becoming a contestant? I think it'd be too much for me. I'd spend my time waiting either drinking water or visiting the restroom often.

14 hours ago, iMonrey said:

They keep talking about "studying" and I wondered how long they get between episodes. What I found online is that they film two episodes per day, so they have only overnight and the next morning to study categories they inherited, or categories around them.

I would think they'd be sequestered like members of a juror, with no communication with the outside world . . . Internet access included.

I'd give Periodic Table a try. You just have to remember elements with symbols that aren't derived from English.

[GameJayAnalysis]

On 12/13/2024 at 2:11 AM, Lantern7 said:

I'd give Periodic Table a try. You just have to remember elements with symbols that aren't derived from English.

This show often uses pictures, so I wonder if they'll use pictures or the abbreviated terms, will they show the number? 

I could see it being hard with the element letters for some but that's the game.

Then again, if they use pictures, they better be accurate to avoid any judging mishaps... 

By the way if Angie wins the season I think it would be a weird yet ok ending. It would prove the time boost is a legit tool for defense but only delays the same strategy of hiding. If you're not the biggest piece on the floor, having a time boost keeps you super safe. 

Edited December 15 by GameJayAnalysis

[Diana Berry]

On 12/12/2024 at 8:46 AM, HerkyJerky said:

Found this on a Reddit thread asking if anybody had participated on The Floor:

"The total filing schedule was about a week long, filming 1-2 episodes per day. We had to bring in duplicate outfits and they would wash them for us in between episodes. Sadly not filmed at the same pace as airing, standing on that floor for 8-10 hours was rough!"

I bet it was rough! And there were a number of older people there. I'm 69 and can walk for miles but I can't stand for more than 10 minutes, so I guess I'm out!

 

Same  I walk like crazy but same standing still would do me in.  I noticed most were wear of athletic shoes .

Edited December 16 by Diana Berry

[TVMovieBuff]

I am only about 3/4 through season 1, but I'm hooked. Anyone think Joey was a twit?

[Lovecat]

1 hour ago, TVMovieBuff said:

I am only about 3/4 through season 1, but I'm hooked. Anyone think Joey was a twit?

I don't even remember the name of the person who won the most recent season, and that aired LAST NIGHT.  But yes, whoever Joey is, he's probably a twit.

[iMonrey]

So it basically did come down to the periodic table in the end (and I actually knew more of them than I thought I would). It really pays to have a tough category nobody wants to challenge, and Keelan just basically stood there all season until the end. 

I was 50/50 on accessories, based on a true story, lab equipment and Shakespeare. I didn't know ANY of the sneakers. Guess I'm not a shoe person. And I recognized almost all the game show hosts, but names are tough. I know them but it's hard to come up with the name quickly. I sucked at CEOs too.

Right out of the gate, Jayna made a huge mistake challenging national parks instead of going back to the floor and defending her own category, because nobody wanted to challenge Shakespeare either. I would have sucked at national parks, I think I guessed maybe 2 of them.

Fun show. Bring on the next season!

[Meedis]

I liked the change for the final duel to be best of 3 rounds.    It seemed anti-climatic last season for the remaining person to come out of nowhere and just win one round and it's done.    Looking forward to the next season.