Greed (Laiorian game show)

Ahteus (English: Greed) is a Laiorian game show based on the where contestants compete to win KR 2.000.000 (or KR 4.000.000 in Super Greed) by answering eight general knowledge questions correctly. At the time of its launch in November 2004, it offered KR 2.100.000, the biggest game show jackpot in Laiorian television history.

Hosted by Milton Holmes, Greed was a surprise smash hit on its launch for LTV, pulling in huge ratings.

In October 2015, it was rumoured that Greed would be returning for a one-off Christmas special. This was confirmed by Milton Holmes. LTV released a statement, confirming that Greed would be returning for Christmas 2011 and with a prize pot of KR 4.000.000 Super Greed was aired on 22 December 2015.

After much speculation, in March 2021 LTV confirmed they had commissioned a fresh new series on the back of the success of Dryicor's revival. The series is set to air in May 2021.

How you are selected
Before the start of a series, a number of contestants are drawn according to the formula number of episodes multiplied by 30. Those drawn (collectively known as the "contestant pool") are called back by Greed, allowing them to go on the show. Before a game is filmed, 6 of the contestant pool are drawn to appear in that game.

Qualifying round
The voiceover states each of the six players' names in turn, to which they respond with where they are from and their occupation, i.e. "VC: Reijo Tal, LJ: Laioria City, Doctor"). The six contestants are then given a question with a numerical answer from 0 to 999. After the question is asked, the contestants key in their answer on a keypad. The answer is revealed and the closest becomes 'team captain'. The rest of the answers are then revealed, and the closest four others win places on the show. 5th receives the KR 25.000 question, 4th gets the KR 50.000 one, 3rd KR 75.000 and 4th KR 100.000. The other contestant is "sent back to the contestant pool, so may return for a later episode", meaning that the contestant could return for a new episode for that series if chosen again, however this never actually happened.

Unlike in the American version, the qualifying round still features on Laiorian Super Greed.

First four questions The first four questions (KR 25.000, KR 50.000, KR 75.000, KR 100.000) are asked to the contestants (excluding the team captain), starting with the furthest away from the original qualifying round answer. This is simply one correct answer out of four choices. The team member asked must then provide an answer. The team captain then chooses whether to accept the answer given or to provide one of their own. After each question is successfully answered, team members win the money divided equally. the team captain will decide whether to play or to walk away, when Holmes asks the catchphrase "Do you feel the Need for Greed?". Unlike with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the team captain cannot decide to walk away in the middle of a question. The money won is not cumulative.

The Terminator
After the KR 100.000 question, if the team captain decides to play for KR 200.000, the "Terminator" decides which contestant will play a minigame aside from the main game. The contestant the Terminator picks can then decide whether to keep playing along with the rest of the team, or to challenge another player for their share of the winnings. To sweeten the deal, Holmes offers the player KR 10.000 if they challenge, no matter if they win or lose.

If they do not challenge, the game carries onto the KR 200.000 question as normal. If they challenge a player, they and the challenged contestant are taken to an area of the game with two buzzers. The first contestant to answer correctly stays in the game; if that is the challenger they win the eliminated player's winnings as well as the KR 10.000 for challenging, and the loser leaves the game with absolutely nothing. If the contestant defending their winnings leaves, the challenger leaves the game with the KR 10.000 Terminator bonus. If either contestant gives an incorrect answer, they leave the game, and Greed continues as if the other player gave a correct answer.

KR 250.000 question
After the first Terminator game, the question format is changed slightly. Instead of one out of four, the team is given six choices, and four are correct. Each member of the team is then instructed to give an answer. The team captain is also given a 'freebie', which removes an incorrect answer, and can use it whenever they would like, but only once.

After the answers are given, the team captain is allowed to change one answer if they would like. The contestants' answers are then revealed, one by one. If an answer is wrong, it is usually revealed last. Before the last answer, Holmes gives the team captain the amount the question is worth divided by 10, which they can take if they do not feel confident with the team's answer, at the cost of the money they have won so far. Holmes then gives an instruction to return the money if they are confident with their answer. The last answer is revealed.

KR 500.000 question
This question works the same way as the KR 250.000 question, except that if there are fewer players than right answers, the team captain then picks who should give the next answer.

KR 1.000.000 question
This question functions in the same way as the KR 500.000 question, except that instead of a straight KR 100.000 bailout, the bailout consists of a Emlyn 3000 luxury car usually valued at just over KR 100.000. Also, as long as at least one team member votes to carry on (not necessarily the team captain now), the team will carry on, regardless of if most team members did not vote this way.

KR 2.000.000 question
Unlike the original incarnation of the Dryicoran version, the Terminator game is played before the KR 2.000.000 question. The bailout is still offered in a Emlyn A7 car (worth KR 150.000) and an additional KR 50.000.

The contestant(s) still left have 30 seconds to nominate four options they think are correct out of nine choices. No option can be changed for this question, and no third question bailout is offered. If all four options are right, the contestant(s) left win(s) KR 2.000.000.

Reception
Reception of the show was extremely high, with the first series pulling in an average 90,000 viewers. The second series pulled in 75,000 and the third 80,000. Super Greed pulled in 100,000.