[UA] Greetings

[Nick Wedig]

>> Consider this: In Britain, winner son "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" get
>_more money_.  They get a million pounds, which is significantly more,
>depending on exchange rates.
>>
>
>yep, that's why it was big deal when it came out here. when we farmed it out
>to other countries i did wonder how it'd fare against exchange rates. i
>guess america's not too bad, but it can't be half as exciting in somewhere
>like portugal, surely.
>if i did run a UA game set in britain, i think i'd go for the "resonant"
>figure and make it 100 quid for british plutomancers. but then most stuff
>costs more here than in america anyway.

Howard Stern had a game once called "Who wants to be a Turkish Millionaire?".  A million Turkish lira are worth around $20.  

This either makes it really, relly easy for Turkish plutomancers or they have to use some other sort of currency (I'm not totally clear on Turkish currency)

Mr. Teapot
Turkish milionaire

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