The competitive spirit took a quirky turn on the popular ViuTV reality entertainment program, “Dice World,” during its latest episode (aired May 4, HKT). Six “Dicers” continued their crucial “Reward Dice Missions,” aiming to significantly increase their stockpile of dice, thus boosting their advantage in subsequent high-stakes games. The episode saw the contestants strategically grouped: one collective featuring Jeremy Lee, Ivy So, and Geoffrey Ng, and the opposition team comprising Denis Kwok (193), Jason Loi, and Sabrina Ng (Ah Bing).
Strategic Exploits Showed Ingenuity and Humour
The core challenge of the night tested the Dicers’ short-term memory and observation skills, requiring them to memorize the identities and placements of 60 celebrity photographs within a demanding 60-second window. However, this seemingly straightforward task quickly became a playground for exploiting perceived weaknesses in the production’s rules.
Jason Loi, often playfully dubbed the show’s punching bag, surprisingly seized the initiative, questioning the game’s start mechanism. He humorously suggested that the countdown timer could not begin until a photo was physically flipped over, a loophole Ah Bing immediately praised as “explosively clever.”
Denis Kwok (193), known for his sharp wit and height advantage, joined the unconventional strategy, attempting to steal glances at the face-down photos by lifting them above his head, leveraging his stature to deter the production crew from quickly reclaiming the props.
Memory Challenge Turned Personal
The formal game began with a specific observational challenge: the second team needed to identify just two celebrity photos where the subject was touching their mouth. Kwok quickly demonstrated profound knowledge, correctly identifying dancer and celebrity Lyman Heung (香胤宅) almost instantly and even mimicking his pose for emphasis, injecting levity into the tense moment.
Kwok’s memory skills were further showcased when he successfully leveraged his detailed personal knowledge of his bandmate, DeeGor (肥仔/Leung Yip), a member of the Cantopop group ERROR, to score another point.
He speculated, based on years of collaboration, that DeeGor’s typical on-camera mannerisms would include a hand-to-mouth gesture. Explaining his deduction, Kwok detailed DeeGor’s predictable poses: “Fat Boy has two signature poses—one might be the ‘Fat Boy Heart,’ but eight out of ten times, he does the ‘Fat Boy Hand Gesture’ (clasped hands near the mouth). The other two are the ‘Fat Boy Heart.’ He also tends to show off his slight overbite in photos.”
Kwok’s ability to combine meticulous memory with deep, personalized insights provided them with a decisive edge, highlighting how familiarity and psychological analysis can be as valuable as pure observation in high-pressure games.
The Value of Outside-the-Box Thinking
The episode reinforced that while following instructions leads to completion, true success in reality game settings often lies in lateral thinking and the willingness to test boundaries. The contestants’ use of clever tactics—from delaying the timer to exploiting personal relationships for clues—demonstrated that rules, especially in entertainment programming, are often subject to interpretation.
As “Dice World” continues, the successful accumulation of dice through such inventive Reward Dice Missions will directly dictate a team’s resilience and capacity to win the overall competition. Viewers will be watching closely to see if other teams adopt similar strategic exploits in forthcoming missions.
