Picking up from yesterday –
So, after the lawyer visits, the coordinators lead us through any last questions, and they collect all of our IDs.
Random fact, and I’m not sure why this is, but if you do not have a psychical social security card with you, you do not get to play.
(They deeply warned us about this, so everyone knew to bring theirs. And maaaaaybe they do something if you forget yours in a far away state that they’ll let you play but not give you prizes until you’ve proven with your physical card. I don’t know, but I wouldn’t chance it!)
So, they take our paperwork and our IDs. And Vanna comes to say hi, which was really cool!
She pops her head in, and is super nice. And she’s totally gorgeous in person (as she is on screen), even before she gets her make-up on.
The contestant coordinators also go over the general rules of Wheel of Fortune. The explain the various wedges, the wild card, all of it. They have replicas of those pieces they hold up and show us.
They talk about the various categories and general smart game play.
They mention on Free Play that you can also try to solve the puzzle… I actually forget what the final outcome of the question was, but I did wonder if you can take a gull on puzzle guess on Free Play, if it’s wrong, do you keep spinning. I *think* the answer was no. But I don’t remember… I do remember there being some of thing about Free Play that seemed like something I was unaware of before… and I think it was that you could just guess the puzzles. But I don’t know if that’s true, because if it is, then if it was wrong, but was a free play, you’d get to keep going.
I’m sure I was overthinking it, and it was a moot point anyway because I don’t think I’d ever use Free Play to guess the puzzle.
The coordinators said over and over at the audition and on the day that they thought Free Play would be good for vowels. I still vehemently disagree with this, as I’ve stated, but hey, to each their own.
Now… I don’t know if I felt more worn down this day because I’d, within the past month, been back in the hospital for my heart issues popping up, or if it was because I’d been on such a weird sleep schedule for work, or if it was because it was the top of the pandemic, or if it was because I’d already been to a tape date and was going through the whole thing again, but I did feel a little worn down at the rules/advice part – especially as they continued them while we were out on the stage.
And like I don’t blame them at all. I don’t think they’re doing anything wrong. They’re trying to get a good show. They’re trying to remind people of things. They’re trying to download info to people who may or may not have been studying. They’re trying to do their jobs, but I do think because I was in a more exhausted/vulnerable state than the average day, I was kind of worn down and became slightly more in my head with all of it, I think.
I mean, it’s fine. It didn’t affect my gameplay in any markedly different way. Like, I don’t think the outcome would’ve necessarily been different just off of all this drilling alone, but like, I dunno. I was a little worn down haha.
Anyway, I’ll pick up with more of the day tomorrow!