I remember seeing a video of a guy giving strategies to win every carnival games and successfully doing them. When it came to the ring toss game, he knew it was was impossibly rigged so he just bought a bucket-fill of rings, just threw them all at once, and got only one on a bottle.
I doubt the prize was even worth it with that many rings, but he did win every single carnival game.
The underclocked throw speed display almost seems like it should be illegal
Ordering the animal for a loved one on amazon is pretty different I think he aughta realize that
It's a two pronged approach of being impressed with the win and receiving a gift out of it
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I've never heard of someone doing this thing at a carnival alone then bringing the gift to someone
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;52819090]Ordering the animal for a loved one on amazon is pretty different I think he aughta realize that
It's a two pronged approach of being impressed with the win and receiving a gift out of it
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I've never heard of someone doing this thing at a carnival alone then bringing the gift to someone[/QUOTE]
You can also ask the guy behind the counter of one of those games that you want a plushie right away. I once asked the guy who runs the stand if i can give him 15 euros for a plushie bear he had so i could impress my date, he laughed and accepted it, she could not see where i was shooting the gun at ( which was a small piece of paper like shown in the video) so the guy quickly said that i managed to get a perfect score and gave me the bear without her even having the chance to look at the piece of paper to see how well i did. (i missed most shots, fml)
Yes it was more expensive but oh well :v:
[QUOTE=darth-veger;52819096]You can also ask the guy behind the counter of one of those games, i once asked the guy if i can give him 15 euros for that plushie bear he had so i could impress my date, he laughed and accepted it and because she could not clearly see where i was shooting the gun at (small piece of paper like in the video) the guy quickly said that i managed to get a perfect score and gave me the bear without her even having the chance to look at the piece of paper i had to shoot at. Yes it was more expensive but oh well :v:[/QUOTE]
Yeah most of the time that works. Just slip them ±€10-20 eur and get the prize. Only some of them will refuse, and most of the times they are people who haven't worked there for long.
Isn't it weird how like, on their own, you wouldn't want like 95 percent of carnival prizes and arcade machine prizes, at all. But by virtue of them being at the carnival, or in a claw machine, that makes you want them for some reason. Same thing in two different places but in one instance it's just random trash and in the other it's this great memento or whatever
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;52819140]Isn't it weird how like, on their own, you wouldn't want like 95 percent of carnival prizes and arcade machine prizes, at all. But by virtue of them being at the carnival, or in a claw machine, that makes you want them for some reason. Same thing in two different places but in one instance it's just random trash and in the other it's this great memento or whatever[/QUOTE]
Because its more of the mindset that you think you only spent 1-2 euros for a cute plushie thing, sounds really cheap and eventually rewarding once you get it but it takes multiple tries so like said in the video you eventually surpass the value of the plushie real quick but you keep going because you already wasted money on it anyway.
These things can easily suck up the more simpleminded
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;52819140]Isn't it weird how like, on their own, you wouldn't want like 95 percent of carnival prizes and arcade machine prizes, at all. But by virtue of them being at the carnival, or in a claw machine, that makes you want them for some reason. Same thing in two different places but in one instance it's just random trash and in the other it's this great memento or whatever[/QUOTE]
i was hyped as shit when i won a love live figurine from a ufo machine when i was in japan
i hate idol anime and would never have bought it in any other scenario
The prize isn't in actual, material value. The prize is the associated memory of having a good time with someone(Or just playing the game if yer a loner).
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;52819140]Isn't it weird how like, on their own, you wouldn't want like 95 percent of carnival prizes and arcade machine prizes, at all. But by virtue of them being at the carnival, or in a claw machine, that makes you want them for some reason. Same thing in two different places but in one instance it's just random trash and in the other it's this great memento or whatever[/QUOTE]
Maybe that bizarre mind trick works on some people, but I just see the same old tat, I guess that's why carnival games have never interested me
[QUOTE=Jake Nukem;52819176]The prize isn't in actual, material value. The prize is the associated memory of having a good time with someone(Or just playing the game if yer a loner).[/QUOTE]
Exactly.
"hey I bought you this stuffed bear"
is a lot less cool than
"Hey remember that time at the carnival when I friggen owned those goddamn bottles and got this bear for you"
Interesting analysis but I wouldn't call those games a scam. Should be public knowledge that even if you win right away they make more money.
You don't pay to get a chance at making more money then you invested, you payed for entertainment.
Hey it's the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk
This is why I love the "play till you win" claw machines. It's more expensive than normal ones but at least there's no trickery
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The prizes are always stupid but still, regular claw machines are all so fucking rigged they're impossible.
I heard someone say once that the machines have a set pattern for wins, e.g. the tension in the claw will tighten slightly over the course of 20 plays until it gives out a win. There's nearly no skill involved unless you're so bad you can't even get the claw over your prize
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Oh or when a claw machine has a prize stuck right on the edge of the winning area. You usually don't even have to pick it up to knock it in.
[QUOTE=gunguy765;52819032]I remember seeing a video of a guy giving strategies to win every carnival games and successfully doing them. When it came to the ring toss game, he knew it was was impossibly rigged so he just bought a bucket-fill of rings, just threw them all at once, and got only one on a bottle.
I doubt the prize was even worth it with that many rings, but he did win every single carnival game.[/QUOTE]
I read a study once on the ring toss that stated that on average, you'll land a ring on the bottle only 12 in 1000 times. That's fucking crazy.
[QUOTE=Mitsuma;52819465]Interesting analysis but I wouldn't call those games a scam.[/QUOTE]
Misrepresenting your throwing speed outright seems pretty scammy imo
[QUOTE=Kylel999;52819663]This is why I love the "play till you win" claw machines. It's more expensive than normal ones but at least there's no trickery
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The prizes are always stupid but still, regular claw machines are all so fucking rigged they're impossible.
I heard someone say once that the machines have a set pattern for wins, e.g. the tension in the claw will tighten slightly over the course of 20 plays until it gives out a win. There's nearly no skill involved unless you're so bad you can't even get the claw over your prize
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Oh or when a claw machine has a prize stuck right on the edge of the winning area. You usually don't even have to pick it up to knock it in.[/QUOTE]
First time I used a standard claw game machine I could tell that the tension was literally too low to pick up any of the prizes. I had written it off as broken or rigged and haven't played one since. Not a surprise to hear that this is generally the case, lol.
man and that looks like a nice clean place too.
id like to see him try this at a midwestern county fair shit hole and get chased out by three meth addict carnies.
Tbh if I was stupid rich I'd probably become obsessed with the carnival. Its like a more fun version of gambling thats more transparent.
Played a bb gun game at Oktoberfest that was surprisingly not rigged, the gun felt accurate, and the targets shattered as soon as they were hit. The rigged part was that myself and my friends were fucking hammered so the gun swayed constantly.
That was a really well made video.
[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;52819133]Yeah most of the time that works. Just slip them ±€10-20 eur and get the prize.[/QUOTE]
Don't let TmarTn hear about this!
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