I know Mark77's proposed board was a joke, but it got me thinking.

Would you change anything about DoND USA's board and why?

Here's my idea:

LEFT SIDE:

- .01¢
- .25¢
- .50¢
- $1
- $5
- $10
- $50
- $100
- $250
- $500
- $750
- $1,000
- $2,500

RIGHT SIDE:

- $5,000
- $10,000
- $15,000
- $20,000
- $30,000
- $40,000
- $50,000
- $75,000
- $100,000
- $150,000
- $250,000
- $500,000
- $1,000,000

The reasons why I've done this:

1: I'm sorry, but I like $100,000+ wins to be special. With this board, six-figure offers can still happen if the player can keep the huge numbers deep in play. (When I first heard that DoND was coming to America. I was expecting typical wins to be between $25,000 to $100,000.)

2: $2,500 is a nice consolation prize should the contestant get stuck with only left-side amounts at the end.

3: With this board, the contestant is always in danger. With the current board, the player can knock out the Top 3 amounts and STILL be left with a possible top prize of $400,000! Where's the drama in that?! It should NEVER be "okay" when a six-figure amount is removed! With that constant fear of failure, it may encourage contestants to deal more often with more modest sums.

Well, there you have it. I hope you like my idea and I look forward to everyone else's suggestions!

I like your idea J.R. but I have something else

LEFT SIDE:

- .01¢
- .25¢
- .50¢
- $1
- $5
- $10
- $50
- $100
- $250
- $500
- $750
- $1,000
- $5,000

RIGHT SIDE:

- $10,000
- $15,000
- $20,000
- $30,000
- $40,000
- $50,000
- $75,000
- $100,000
- $150,000
- $250,000
- JOKER
- $500,000
- $1,000,000

I added a "Joker". This would be a random amount between $10,000 and $400,000, in 3 cases It would be more interesting when theres $.01 and JOKER, e.g. JOKER = $350,000. Howie could be saying "Imagine if you just chose the $60,000 case. You wouldn't have had such a strong position. Consider yourself lucky!"

$0.25 ------------- $2,500
$0.50 ------------- $5,000
$1 ---------------- $10,000
$3 ---------------- $25,000
$5 ---------------- $50,000
$7 ---------------- $75,000
$10 -------------- $100,000
$25 -------------- $200,000
$50 -------------- $400,000
$100 ------------- $500,000
$250 ------------- $600,000
$500 ------------- $800,000
$1,000 ---------- $1,000,000 !

THE MORE MONEY THE MERRIER!

Well, these are all good, but you guys are putting way too many 1-figure and decmal amounts on your boards, which isn't good. Remember, we want big wins, not small ones. Here, let me try another:

Left:
Roundhouse Kick to the Head from Chuck Norris (forget the penny; this is MUCH better. Plus, some of the contestants deserve this, anyway )
$1
$5
$10
$25
$50
$75
$100
$250
$500
$750
$1,000
$3,000
$5,000

Right:
$10,000
$25,000
$50,000
$75,000
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
$700,000
$850,000
$1,000,000

Notes:
1. All 4-figure amounts moved to left side.
2. $3,000 added because it's a better consolation than $2,500, which has been made an unofficial multiple of $1,000 on some versions of DoND. Plus, $3,000 is the median between $1K and $5K, not $2,500. Guess which version I gleaned that off of ?
3. Point Zero One replaced by something more... practical.
4. More large amounts added because we want BIG wins.
5. This board combines elements from all of the ones proposed.

With regards to the other boards, J.R., your board is great, as it forces dumber contestants to think and avoid winning their IQs or the current contents of their wallets. Aramid, you have too many low amounts on yours, and Aaron, that Joker is ingenious. I wish I'd thought of that myself. As Aramid said, the more money the merrier, so this is why our Power 7 is now the Power 9. As for why there is an $850K space on the right side, I wanted to put in an $800K space and a $900K space for an even Power 10, but it would have gone over the 13-amount limit. Instead, I used the $850K because it's the median between $700K and $1 million. Plus, there doesn't seem to be room for amounts that start in 9 on the DoND USA board, anyway. So tell me, what do y'all think of this one?