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Friend or Foe? is an American game show based on knowledge and trust, which aired on Game Show Network. The catch was whether members of a two-person team would think that their partner would be able to fairly split their cash winnings. This article is about the television genre. ... The Game Show Network logo (1997-2004) The Game Show Network Logo (1994-1996) GSN (formerly known on-air as Game Show Network) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows, reality shows, and interactive television games. ... The show premiered June 3, 2002, and was hosted by Kennedy. It is now off the air and no more new episodes will be produced. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Lisa Kennedy Montgomery. ... [edit] Rules Six contestants, paired off into three teams of two after hearing some scandalous facts about each other, competed. Three rounds were played, with each team spotted $200 at the start of the game. (Trust funds started at $0 rather than $200 in the second season. The eliminated team, if they had answered zero questions correctly and thus had no money, were given a $200 consolation prize to divide between themselves.) Host Kennedy asked a series of four multiple-choice questions; each team had to work together to arrive at an answer. Correct answers were worth $500. At the end of each round, the lowest-scoring team was eliminated, but not before they headed to the Trust Box, where they faced a form of the prisoner's dilemma (a well-known problem in game theory). Each side of the Trust Box concealed a button to vote "Friend" or "Foe." Kennedy interviewed each contestant as to why his/her partner should vote "Friend," and thus divide the winnings evenly. Afterward, the contestants had 10 seconds to decide whether to press the button and vote "Foe" on their side of the box or not to touch the button and vote "Friend." After the 10 seconds elapsed, Kennedy announced the outcome (with appropriate dramatic buildup). Will the two prisoners cooperate to minimize total loss of liberty or will one of them, trusting the other to cooperate, betray him so as to go free? In game theory, the prisoners dilemma is a type of non-zero-sum game in which two players can cooperate with... Game theory is often described as a branch of applied mathematics and economics that studies situations where players choose different actions in an attempt to maximize their returns. ... The decisions the contestants make in the 'Trust Box' determine the team's winnings and how they were divided. Three outcomes were possible: Both vote "Friend" – Each player receives half the winnings. One votes "Friend," the other "Foe" – The contestant voting "Foe" takes all the money . Both vote "Foe" – Neither player wins anything. Round 2 was played the same way, except that the questions were worth $1,000. The team that was ahead at the end of the round advanced to the bonus round. In the bonus round, the partners teamed to answer 10 questions (at $500 apiece) within 60 seconds. Three incorrect answers stopped the game, but if all 10 questions were correct, the entire pot is doubled, meaning a possible total of $22,400. The partners then pay one last visit to the Trust Box to determine how their winnings would be divided. [edit] Trivia Mark L. Walberg, who at the time also hosted another Game Show Network original called Russian Roulette, guest hosted on the April Fools Day episode in 2003 with the hosts of other GSN original series (Cram, WinTuition, Whammy, and Lingo). Mark Lewis Walberg was born on August 31, 1962 in Florence, South Carolina. ... The Game Show Network logo (1997-2004) The Game Show Network Logo (1994-1996) GSN (formerly known on-air as Game Show Network) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows, reality shows, and interactive television games. ... Russian Roulette was a game show hosted by Mark L. Walberg (not to be confused with Mark Wahlberg) that ran in two seasons from June 2002 to 2003. ... The Game Show Network logo (1997-2004) The Game Show Network Logo (1994-1996) GSN (formerly known on-air as Game Show Network) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows, reality shows, and interactive television games. ... Cram was a game show television program that aired on GSN. The show featured pairs of contestants who answered questions while trying to stay awake. ... WinTuition was a game show on GSN, where three contestants competed for a chance to win a $50,000 college tuition. ... Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck is an updated version of the American television game show Press Your Luck. ... Lingo is an American television game show that GSN produced along with other companies. ... [edit] External links Social Learning and Coordination in High-Stakes Games Evidence from Friend or Foe, (a game theoretic analysis of "friend or foe") Category: GSN original programs

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