Minutiae

Hadn't dropped by Game Show Forum in a while, but I wasn't surprised to see that a long thread has developed about Classic Concentration.

After all, Fremantle is programming Buzzr for the combined membership of Game Show Forum and Game Show Paradise. So it's not amazing that the boards spend endless time analyzing every "new" show on the diginet's schedule.

The GSF thread delves into the tiniest details of Classic Concentration's gameplay. For instance, one poster harrumphs that the interrupted game rule was a "turd." Another poster demurs that the rule was reasonable because Classic Concentration "was never quite able to hash out the timing of the show to match the flow of the game."

Which is a polite way of saying that the gameplay plodded along way too freaking slowly for the show's own good. But I can't expect GSF to be quite so blunt about a beloved classic. There's another comment that Alex may have let slip a few too many helpful hints to contestants during the game. Maybe he was just trying to move things along.

Viewers who aren't quite so hardcore might wonder about GSF posters grinding the minutiae so fine on a long dead show. But that's what oldies boards do.