Wheel of Fortune Diamond Deluxe - Ep. 12 Mega ?? Rd - Matt

[dad90]

I never would've thought that I would see the day that the legendary Pat Sajak would be retiring Wheel of Fortune after 41 years on June 7th. This is a LOT for me to take in.

(10 minutes of silence pass)

Right. Here we go for a VERY special episode of Wheel of Fortune: Diamond Deluxe, and it's Episode 12, the Pat Sajak's Retirement Special! We've got a LOT of things happening here, and I'll tell you all about them as we go along. Now, a recap is in order...

1. First of all, if you've missed the last episode, you should go check it out now.
2. The Vault currently stands at $410,270.
3. George Cluster is our current champion and has won $118,448 in cash and prizes.
4. We have new Spotlight board, and I'll explain when the first main puzzle is solved with new elements.
5. gameshowfandanny and nelson21 have participated from the last episode, so they cannot participate in this episode.

With all of that out of the way, I need George to check in, along with 2 new players to get us started in the Pat Sajak retirement special edition of Wheel of Fortune: Diamond Deluxe!

[dawes55000]

May I play?

[bighornbattle]

The Champ is here.

[dad90]

Yes, you can, dawes5500 and George is here. Now, we need one more.

[mringgenberg]

Count Me In

[dad90]

And we are ready to go! The game will be set tomorrow evening at 7:00 PM ET.

[dad90]

Audience: WHEEL!

OF!

FORTUNE!



BANKRUPT
$750
$250
$300
$200
$2000
$100
$500
$1000
$650
FREE SPIN
$700
$350
$500
$450
LOSE A TURN
$2500
$500
$250
$150
$500
$600
$400
$300

(Wheel spinning automatically)





Doc: Look at this studio! Filled with glamorous merchandise; fabulous and exciting bonus prizes! Including...



...this unbelievable top-of-the-line and revolutionary 2024 GMC Hummer EV-2X!



This all-new 2024 718 Boxster from Porsche!



Time to reward yourself with luxurious surroundings, both in and out, with this all-new 2024 Cadillac XT4!





And of course, Millions of Dollars in cash, diamonds, and gold!

Over....



$5 Billion are all just waiting to be won tonight as we kick off...



the Pat Sajak Retirement Special episode of...

Wheel of Fortune: Diamond Deluxe! And now, here's your host, Dayo Kayode!

(Audience Cheers and Applause)

(DK walks from the back of the contestants' podium as the Wheel begins to slow down)

DK: Hello, everyone, and here we go! This is a very special episode of Wheel of Fortune: Diamond Deluxe, and boy, have we got a FABULOUS show for you tonight, but we can't do it all without the Ghosts of Pac-Man, so let's give it up for them!





(Audience Cheers and Applause)

And we've got some BRAND NEW stuff that'll be introduced to tonight's show, and our 3 players tonight will be the first ones to have that experience, along with you folks at home as well.



Of course, before we get this show on the road, let's do our first Toss-Up of the night for $2,000!



(Toss-Up Time!)

And the category is Phrase.



(Category Intro)

Now players, PM me your buzzcodes 1-100, along with the least amount of letters in the puzzle. The one who's closest to the Magic # will get to answer. For this Toss-Up, you cannot exceed more than 12 letters.

[dad90]

OK, the buzz-in codes are locked in, and the ghosts are in place. Let's get started!

(Blinky touches the last letter of the letterboard)



(Various letters appear every 2 seconds)



Magic #: 17

(bighornbattle's Ring-In Code: 13)

And bighornbattle rings in!

[bighornbattle]

HAPPY
RETIREMENT!

[dad90]

That's for Pat Sajak as that is the correct phrase we're looking for!





(Audience Applause)



And that's $2,000 to our returning champion, who's back with cash and prizes totaling $118,448, George Cluster!

(Audience Applause)

George, welcome back! To those who haven't seen you from the last episode, tell the nice folks out there about yourself, where you're from and what you do.

[bighornbattle]

I am from Spartanburg, SC. I enjoy Mahjong for 20 years, sing, do word searches, playing games, watch classic and current game shows, and listen to news themes around the world. I have 5 friends out in the audience rooting for me in the audience. Maybe either after the show or before the game begins I can introduce them to you all. Good luck to my opponents. Whether I win or not, I am having a great time.

[dad90]

Good luck to you, indeed, and you're already going to add $2000 to that....that is...if you can survive the 3rd and 4th rounds, and you'll see what I mean when we get there.

It's also a good thing that you said Good Luck to your opponents, because trust me, they are going to need it, and one of them is mringgenberg, aka Matt Ringgenberg!

(Audience Applause)

Matt, tell the nice folks out there about yourself, where you're from and what you do.

[mringgenberg]

I am a supermarket clerk from Council Bluffs, IA.

[dad90]

And one quick question: How do you feel about Pat Sajak retiring from Wheel after 41 years?

[mringgenberg]

It was bound to happen someday.

[dad90]

Yeah, unfortunately, but to me, it feels so...unreal...but, at least we'll be in good hands with someone who has worked with Merv Griffin before. In any event, good luck to you. And now, to complete the trio, we have a newcomer here at Net Game Central, dawes55000!

(Audience Applause)

dawes55000, welcome aboard! Tell the nice folks about yourself, where you're from and what you do.

[dawes55000]

Well, I am Jake. I recently came off an impressive run on Kevin's Concentration game, wracking up $258k in cash and prizes. I am a Costco employee from Austin, TX, originally from North Dakota.

[dad90]

Whoa! Over $258,000 in cash and prizes from Kevin's Concentration game?! Well, that was quite the streak you had over there! But believe it or not, you could win all of that AND more right here in ONE night, but only if you have the skill and the luck to tame this unpredictable and unruly wheel here and to outsmart your opponents. With all that said, good luck to you tonight.

In fact, audience, why not we wish these 3 players the very best of luck!

(Audience Cheers and Applause)





Now, let's proceed to our second Toss-Up for $2,500, and this is for the right to start our first round of the game.



(Toss-Up Time!)

And for this one, the category is Event.



(Category Intro)

Now you can PM me your buzzcodes 1-100, along with the least number of letters. You cannot give me more than 6 letters in this one.

[dad90]

And the players have locked in their buzzcodes. And we'll get it started right now!

(Pinky touches the last letter of the letterboard)



(Various letters appear every 2 seconds)



Magic #: 85

(mringgenberg's Ring-In Code: 81)

And Matt rings in!

[mringgenberg]

END OF AN ERA

[dad90]

DK: Which is unfortunately going to come up very soon, but yes. That is correct!





(Audience Applause)



Matt, you've got the $2,500, which is also the Top Dollar value for our first round, but first, let's quickly talk about the Wheel as we've got some brand new stuff coming up. For instance, we have the Take Two wedge in honor of Bill McDee.

TAKE 2 $250

If you land on that wedge, and you will get to call 2 letters in the puzzle at $250 for each letter. However, in order for you to keep your turn, BOTH of them must be in the puzzle.

Almost on the opposite of the Wheel is our website wedge, www.wheeloffortune.com.

WWW.WHEELOFFORTUNE.COM $500

For you folks at home, the link is available and you can log on to our website as much as you like, but players, if you land on that wedge, which is only available in this round, and you'll get one lucky registered SPIN I.D. member a chance to win some cash with you.

There are other good things on the Wheel, and I'll tell you more about those when we cross that path.

Now there are 3 important things that you really need to know. First, the Lose A Turn wedge...



(Oh Dear...)

Try not to land on that, because if you do...



you'll suffer the wrath of Baldi, who will take you to detention...



...where the Principal of The Thing will be teaching you a thing or two; all while losing your turn in the process.

And if that wasn't bad enough, we have the dreaded BANKRUPT.



(BANKRUPT!) (Evil Laughter)

(Audience Groans and Boos)

You certainly DO NOT want to land on that, or else...





...any one of the BANKRUPT BRIGADE will come out and jumpscare you to death, losing your turn in the process...



..while Phanto will steal all of the cash and prizes that you have accumulated up to that point in the round and will put it into the VAULT, which will be available in Round 4, if time permits.

And last, but certainly not least, we have the One Million Dollar Wedge!



(MDW Lucky Cue)

(Audience Cheers and Applause)

Now, if you get this wedge by calling out a letter correctly, then solving the puzzle correctly within that round and win the game by avoiding BANKRUPTs, and you could be one spin and solve away from possibly winning $1,000,000.

And that's just one of the 2 Super Features that we have on the Wheel. The 2nd one will be introduced in Round 2.

Now Doc, I believe it's high time that we ought to get ready for our Jackpot Round, do we not?



Doc: Indeed we do, Dayo. Tonight's Jackpot Round is brought to you by...



BetMGM Sports.





(Audience Applause)

DK: Thanks, Doc! Now players, that sponsor is actually important this time, because we actually have ANOTHER Jackpot wedge, courtesy of BetMGM.



Now, here's how this wedge works. Since that Wheel of Fortune is actually on the verge of having 8,000 episodes within the 41 years of nighttime syndication, we're going to start this special BetMGM Jackpot, or better known as the Big Jackpot of the Night, at $8,000, and it'll increase with every dollar amount spun on the Wheel, just like the regular Jackpot wedge, but there are a few differences.

First, there's one Double Jackpot wedge in this round, and there are 2 of them for Rounds 2 and 3. Hitting tokens on the Wheel will add $500 to it, Mystery Wedges adds $1000 or $3000, Express Wedge adds $1500, and the Big Money Wedge, whether it was claimed or not, adds $2000 into it, regardless of whether or how often the consonant is there in the puzzle.

Second, the Big Jackpot of the Night will be awarded to the Champion IF they not only win the Bonus Round, BUT ALSO picks the category that has the Super Bonus hidden attached to it.

Third, this also acts like the Million Dollar Wedge, which means if you land on one of these wedges, pick it up, solve with it, avoid BANKRUPTs, and take it to the Bonus Round, the Big Jackpot of the Night will be doubled. Only one wedge is needed. The wedges are not put back on the Wheel if they're lost. Landing on this wedge adds $1000 to the Jackpot, but it only awards $500 per consonant. Plus, landing on one wedge while carrying the other will be counted as a $1000 wedge.

Even though it looks like an "Oreo" wedge, it is not.

So, with all of that said, let's look at the Wheel for our opening round, the Jackpot Round.

BANKRUPT
$750
TAKE 2 $250
JACKPOT: $5000
$200
$2000
BANKRUPT/ONE MILLION/BANKRUPT
[ADD 'EM UP!]00
ITEM/$1000
$650
FREE SPIN
$[STAR BONUS]00
SURPRISE
WWW.WHEELOFFORTUNE.COM $500
$450
LOSE A TURN
$2500
[WILD]00
FREE LETTER $250
$150
DOUBLE UP! $500
$600
DOUBLE/JACKPOT/DOUBLE
$[INVINCIBILITY]00

Got a busy Wheel here, and we've got our first puzzle over there at our puzzleboard, and we're going to ask you all to Fill In The Blank.



(Category Intro)

There's a $3,000 bonus available, but you'll only get that chance if you solve the puzzle. And by that, I mean by applying the Golden Rule of Solving, where your solution must be BOLD and CAPITALIZED, or else you'll be penalized for an incorrect answer. Not to mention that it must be EXACTLY what's shown on the puzzle; no extra punctuation marks, or extra spaces or anything like that.

Now Matt, for winning that $2,500 Toss-Up, you've won the right to start this round, as well as tonight's game of our Pat Sajak Retirement Special episode of Wheel Of Fortune: Diamond Deluxe. Good luck to all 3 of you!

[mringgenberg]

(spins)

[dad90]

$2500
[WILD]00
FREE LETTER $250



OK, a chance to get the Wild Card with a letter.

[mringgenberg]

T

[dad90]

We got 3 T's in the puzzle, and you get to pick up the Wild Card.



(Ding) (Ding) (Ding)

(Audience Applause)



Wheel Change: [WILD]00 is now $500.

You also got $500 for each consonant that are in the puzzle as well.

BIG JACKPOT: $8,500

Inventory:

Jake: None
George: None
Matt: WILD

Spin, buy or solve?

[mringgenberg]

(spins)

[dad90]

OK, this is getting close...



































































































































































































































































$2000
BANKRUPT/ONE MILLION/BANKRUPT
[ADD 'EM UP!]00



OH! ONE TOO SHORT!

(BANKRUPT!)

(Audience Groans)









(Evil Laughter)



And just like that, not only the money, but the Wild Card are all gone, and the BANKRUPT BRIGADE have just made themselves heard, and the VAULT is going to be lively again. But don't worry, Matt. We've only just begun, so you still have plenty of time for redemption.

In the meantime, Jake, it's your turn now. Spin or Solve?

[dawes55000]

Let's spin!

[dad90]

JACKPOT: $5000
$200
$2000

[dawes55000]

H?