(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[yabbaguy]

Rolling for backup pick...

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

[yabbaguy]

DiplomatDC

*DC's hand trembles as he pries up the lid*

DiplomatDC

*audience awws, set flashes gray*

Then again, we don't know what's going on in his brain, so we don't know. Maybe that's a good thing.

DiplomatDC

*spotlight shines on golden spheres*

If this is the last green, we can go home now.

*click*

(2)

(1)

*sphere opens*

*audience laughs, then cheers*

Not so fast! Still have a chance at 400 bucks!

JerryArr

xtopherusD

Go to Jerry, or detour to xtopherusD first? This is your last choice unless a Finale should be needed. Which would involve finding that elusive 4 somehow...

[kdowns]

Jerry than Xtoph

[yabbaguy]

JerryArr

What's there to gain by going to xtopherusD? We'll get to him later on though and give him a chance to line jump.

JerryArr, we don't know if this $400 is actually in reach, but anything higher than a 1 and we're on our way.

[JDGA]

This doesn't even matter anyway - green will surely collapse.

[JerryArr]

Alright, let's see a

good

bad

outcome here...

5, then 2

[yabbaguy]

Can we

finally

find a 4?

*click*

JerryArr

*JerryArr reaches for the lid and up it comes*

JerryArr

HOORAY!!!

*audience cheers, set flashes green, everyone pats Jerry on the back or head or whatever for the heroic deed*

Well, the good news is you've guaranteed yourself enough money for a really nice dinner out. Or two.

So, I haven't explained this bit in a while - if you open a 4, the second sphere of the round isn't a golden sphere, it's

another

color sphere from the same rack to give you a new target. Which is completely useless to you since you're out of additional money to win.

But just in case Jerry was hiding a 4/0... and for our

edumacation

, let's see...

JerryArr

*opens up*

JerryArr

4/2, the answer to every ultimate question including this one that plagued our game the entire time.

JerryArr

We have one last piece of business to transact, therefore. Stand by.

[yabbaguy]

Obviously no need to belabor this, we know the scale.

kdowns, you have two golden spheres remaining...



a

$200

red and a

$400

green.

*adjudicator takes the two golden spheres back into the backroom*

*then reemerges with the two loaded up with the cash*

[$200] x1

[$400] x1

They're in the same order they were on the rack, 19th sphere on the left, 20th sphere on the right. Which has which, we don't know. Pick one, and you win all the dinner money inside.

Make your final decision now...

[Quilford]

Wait, no xtoph?

[Cheery Dog]

Shouldn't you be seeing if Xtoph can actually save that last golden sphere?

[yabbaguy]

5. Once there is no more cash that can possibly be won, the game then transitions to the Finale.

[JDGA]

xtoph is irrelevant.
(He should probably be given a chance to queue jump though)

[xtopherusD]

xtoph is irrelevant.

tumut

:P

[animorpherv1]

There can only be 1 Australian scummer!

Fight!

[yabbaguy]

That's coming up shortly!

[kdowns]

SPHERE 1

[yabbaguy]

We now know that there was some way to control your destiny, with that 4 now exposed. But all too late, it didn't align correctly.




However, this spared sphere is now yours thanks to that 4.



And at least it's not worth nothing.

*unlocks*

It's either $200 or $400.



You have...

*opens up*

*awws*

200 bucks. :\

[KDOWNS]
{$200}

If one tries to fail and succeeds, well, what happens? That puzzling question was attempted tonight, and... perhaps we still don't have an answer.

kdowns, sorry it turned out this way. I hope you enjoy virtually spending your $200 check at least.

We'll see you next game!

*credits roll*

*walks over to xtopherusD*

xtopherusD

Hey xtopherusD, you'll be next to play for up to $500,000 if you can tell me what order your numbers are in. Go for it!

[kdowns]

/re-in

[xtopherusD]

I've got the least likely order* in the game: 0 1 2 3 4!

* no

[yabbaguy]

xtopherusD

xtopherusD

*everyone gasps*

WOW, didn't miss by much! But as it is, it will be jmj3000's game next, I believe. Will start it on its way shortly and post the final scoresheet after I get back from dinner with the folks.

[yabbaguy]

So in fact, there were two 4s lurking about if xtoph had sided with his prediction in live play, they just got saved for last! A 1/190 chance of that happening, I believe!

Formatted everything just a

little

bit differently, now picks in collapsed sectors are denoted by grey targets. Colorful names are 4s, grey names are 0s.

Anyway, contacting jmj3000 now.

*stagehands, who seem to never catch a wink of sleep, rush around and collect all the spheres from the stage*

[StrangerCoug]

*buys stagehands some hammocks*

[xtopherusD]

So in fact, there were two 4s lurking about if xtoph had sided with his prediction in live play, they just got saved for last! A 1/190 chance of that happening, I believe!

With an expected count of four of each number, two 4s isn't too low at all... it looks like it's about a 0.136909 chance - nearly 1/7!

EDIT: ... Forgot the whole "saved for last" thing. Your number's probably good

[yabbaguy]

Knowing there were two 4s, the odds that they would be saved for last. Me and words no good.

[yabbaguy]

*air horn goes off, all hands get off the hammocks and on deck*

"Rolling...

Action."

---

$500,000 is on the line.



But this isn't just luck.

This... is Optimize!

*Intro Theme, camera spins around with a quick glance at 20 virtual sets of spheres. It zooms in one set which spontaneously opens to show the innards of the spheres. A golden sphere flies in, spins around while it's opening, and shows a red $0 sign inside. It shuts, spins and opens again, and this time shows an ultraviolet $500,000 (where 0,01 euro and 1 000 000 euros are shown). The sphere closes and opens again, now showing all sorts of game components flying around on screen, with amounts of money on different colored backgrounds, spheres, along with the table are flying about. An ultraviolet sphere then flies in where it should be in the logo as its button turns red and the other letters fly in as the theme concludes.*

*main theme, I walk out*

Hello there, welcome to the show!

*audience continues cheering, then it dies down*

We had the strangest game last time, and it unfortunately is one that kdowns probably doesn't want to dwell on too much more. He tried valiantly with a strategy that was poised to drive blue all the way to $60,000. Unfortunately for him, the 4s just never appeared until far too late into the game, and everything just went horribly awry. Dismayed by the upset of seeing his big fortune collapse, he went on a hunt to become a part of the $0 club and couldn't accomplish that either. His final result wound up being an actual sum of cash, $200.

Can our next contender do better? He's the man who doesn't say much, but something gives me the sense he may be on the path to greatness. Let's find out... please welcome

jmj3000

!

*audience cheers loudly, up comes jmj via the round lifting platform that is not-actually-forcefully propelling him up through the opening in the stage floor. He surveys his surroundings, as all the lights on set greet him by pointing straight at him, then go away as jmj3000 completes his ascent*

Hi jmj3000. You've done this before, I believe. Do you think you're gonna come away with a fortune this time? You've seen now it can be done.