(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[yabbaguy]

Hey, not an explicit requirement that other players have to, I fully expect having to prod each one anyway, so all the better if you do.

KingdomAces

*up comes the lid*

KingdomAces

*some awkward looks around, then applause... we guess?*

And there's a deuce!

KingdomAces

*spotlight shines on golden spheres*

Yeah, looks like one of those shticks where you may very well not have a single 4 in your game. Interesting! Next sphere?

*pushes in the lock*

(4)

(3)

*lifts up the lid*

Red and green at equal strength again. Now how are you gonna guarantee yourself $0?

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r

JerryArr
JasonWazza

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD

That 2 sufficiently bad enough for you?

[DiplomatDC]

Hey, we still want to win some cash!

[yabbaguy]

Well,

most

would.

[kdowns]

Jason

[yabbaguy]

JasonWazza

Jason, you said all the way back after about 9 picks that this entire game might go without seeing a single 4. It might still happen.

Or, rather ironically, maybe YOU'RE about to find the first of those?

[JasonWazza]

2 then 5

[animorpherv1]

ANIMORPH GET IN HERE

You called?

[xtopherusD]

ANIMORPH GET IN HERE

You called?

You missed it.

[yabbaguy]

JasonWazza

*flip*

JasonWazza

*more laughter, set turns greyscale*

I know there were several people yelling through their computers at kdowns wondering why he was passing up a shot at $4,000... well, that's why. He saw that coming for miles.

JasonWazza

*spotlight shines on spheres*

Something's gotta go, let's see which...

*clack*

(3)

(3)

*bends lid back*

Three reds in a row, again!

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r

JerryArr

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD

This game is imploding on you anyway. What if the other three live players all have 0s as well? Hmmmmm...

Next?

[kdowns]

Orc

[orcinus_theoriginal]

what up baby?

[xtopherusD]

No, seriously. Give us some numbers. Preferably somewhere between 0 and 4.

[yabbaguy]

orcinus_theoriginal

well, 1 through 5, but yeah.

Also, if you ever beat me to the update, just pick your spheres somewhere in that ninja post so we can keep the game going at some pace. Otherwise your game won't come until you're in a nursing home.

[xtopherusD]

Ah. I've been programming, it seems.

(I prefer this explanation over, "I don't think through things")

[orcinus_theoriginal]

FIVE

[orcinus_theoriginal]

AND THEN A TWO

[yabbaguy]

Everyone's hacking away at those same two spheres, this time 5 and 2 in this order...

orcinus_theoriginal

*orcinus lifts the lid*

orcinus_theoriginal

*uproarious laughter*

Oh my...

orcinus_theoriginal

Well, you might very well wind up with a non-zero figure it seems. Let's see what drops next...

*spotlight on golden spheres*

*click*

(2)

(3)

*promptly opens the sphere*

Not getting a clear message from these spheres one way or another...

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r

JerryArr

xtopherusD

One more discard, and then you might find yourself with a paltry check instead of a souvenir empty golden sphere!

Go again...

[kdowns]

D3f

[yabbaguy]

D3f3nd3r

Now we mos def want to scrape two grand out of this.

Will the spheres cooperate

now

?

[JasonWazza]

They have been cooperating this whole time

Just not with you

[D3f3nd3r]

2-4-1-3-5

[yabbaguy]

D3f3nd3r

*lid whisks open*

D3f3nd3r

*audience cheers (or jeers), set flashes red*

HOORAY! MONEY!

But gaiz, the target's too high!!!

*crowd groans at me being such a killjoy*

D3f3nd3r

*spotlight shines on golden spheres*

Now we might actually care which color drops - red's the one looking at $2,000 maybe. Green's got bupkis.

*click*

(2)

(2)

*sphere opens*

*audience cheers*

Hey, you might get something out of this game after all! lol.

DiplomatDC

JerryArr

xtopherusD

You have a 2 in 3 shot at red being your destiny! But you only have a 1 in 5 shot that this pick works. I refuse to lay odds on what you're going to do next.

[kdowns]

Diplomat

[yabbaguy]

DiplomatDC

...beats me. Go ahead, Diplomat!

[DiplomatDC]

Oh god what the hell.
Erm, erm, *stutters*
F-f-furthest from the left, please.