Hasbro 80749 manual Banking, Virtual Players VPs

Finally, the two players must face off in the Head-to-Head round. Alternately, each player is asked five (5) special head-to-head questions. The player with the most correct answers is the winner. If there is a tie, the game goes into Sudden Death.

In the Sudden Death round, each player is asked one question. As long as both players answer correctly, or incorrectly, the game continues. As soon as one player answers correctly and one answers incorrectly, the game is over.

BANKING

Only money that is “banked” is added to the cumulative total. How and when a player can bank will be explained later.

VIRTUAL PLAYERS (VPs)

The game unit always follows the eight-player format of the television show. Often, there will not be eight human players available, so the remaining player positions will be filled with virtual players. The VPs will answer questions, bank and vote just like the human players. A VP's knowledge and characteristics will be decided randomly at the beginning of the game.

Virtual player knowledge

VPs will have varying levels of intelligence:

High knowledge level

Average knowledge level

Low knowledge level

The VPs will maintain their set levels of knowledge during a game. This will allow human players to identify the VPs not worth keeping. Those that are useless should be voted out.

Virtual player characteristics

A player’s character is an important factor in the Weakest Link. Voting decisions are not based solely on the performance of the other players, but involve personal motivation – Is a player “ruthless”? Does he carry a grudge against another player from round to round? Therefore, characteristics have been created for the VPs.

Ruthless – Tends to vote out the strongest link, sees this person as a personal threat Logical – Tends to vote out the weakest link based on statistical data

Indecisive – Will randomly select a player regardless of current or previous performance

During the game, the actions of the VPs are automatic. They will have a voice; you will hear them answering questions, banking and giving reasons why they voted for other players. Remember, they may be only virtual players, but they CAN vote for YOU as the weakest link!

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