Maggot On The Chase

[supapapa]

Did anyone see last nights Chase where a contestant took minus £3000 and was called a maggot by a sulky Scot?

[dunnitall]

Yes and I agree with him!

[Prudie]

Yes but he was a maggot

[mazie]

Bang out of order in my opinion...Such a sulky, full of himself chap (the Scot that is)

[dunnitall]

How could you not have bad thoughts for someone who takes away £3k that you've just earned so that they benefit from your skill without contributing to the pot. Bad form in my opinion and Paul thought so too!

[mazie]

Errrrm... They got nothing, so does it matter? The Scotsman was too full of himself and there was no need for the comment he made...It's a game and the young lad did what he was comfortable with

[dunnitall]

It's a competitive game, the fact they lost the money is par for the course.. They could have won they weren't to know either way...that's how the game is played as you will know. Each to their own to agree or not...it's all opinion on that isn't it mazie.

[chilli]

I wouldn't have been happy either, but I would have kept quiet, and not spoken in the way that other man did. its a game, and the man who went for the minus £3000 could have been the one who helped win.

[mazie]

Agreed, but the young lad did what he thought was best for him... And really there was no need for the attitude.... It's part of the game play, the option to take the lower offer. Sometimes it's necessary to beat the Chaser, so they can get more players back for the final. If the people that devise the game didn't think it was an option they wouldn't have included it in the game

[mazie]

No need for rudeness, ever in my opinion.... If you're peed off, sometimes saying nothing is the best option

[weecalf]

did someone not take minus 5000 today .was brushing the cats teeth so missed the last of it .getting too old for this cat looking after lark

[rsvp]

I didn't think the sulky contestant who won the big amount came over very well at all - such arrogance and very, very rude - however, it is within the rules of the game for less confident players to take a minus offer in order to gain an extra point in the final chase (whether or not I would have done it is neither here nor there). I wonder what would have been the opinion if the team had won by one point and taken home a share of the pot instead of nothing.

[elliemay1]

Agree with Maisie. He was very rude and sulky.

[Hopkirk]

Yes, the girl today took minus £5000, and the team won £31,000 between 3 of them.

[elliemay1]

Did she contribute well in the final chase or do you think they could have won it without her?

[Hopkirk]

Unfortunately I had other things happening so didn't see the detail of the final chase.

[mazie]

They played as a team and managed a fair few pushbacks... So in my view she did the right thing. Yes ellie, in my opinion she did

[ummmm]

He said he was fine if she took the lower offer. Not sure she would have otherwise.

[elliemay1]

Sounds as if they played the game correctly.
Sorry for all the questions but would she have lost if she had taken the money she originally won?

[jourdain2]

I agreed - he was telling everyone else to take the high offer. He was trying to save his skin and get something out of it.

[jourdain2]

The girl today who took the minus did so with the full support of her team. That's different.