(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[yabbaguy]

JerryArr

Don't trust forum dice then, got it.



JerryArr, we've had

four

1s in a row, none of them winning. You solved kdowns' 4-less drought yesterday and we're hoping you can solve this predicament here.

[JerryArr]

I'm hoping for a good old 4-0 with

third

then

second

from the left.

[yabbaguy]

Carbon copy of bird1111's picks, hopefully not the results!

JerryArr

*JerryArr bends back the lid*

JerryArr

*audience cheers, set flashes green*

A dandy again! JerryArr just can't miss with these spheres and we're up to $4,000 on green!

*more cheering*

...

We've locked up our fourth golden sphere, but now we wonder if JerryArr's got a lower target. The only other way that 4 can be significant is if he finds a 0 or yet another 1.

Again, 1s are not bad - well, I guess today they are. But they shouldn't be.

*some laughter*

Go for it.

JerryArr

*flip*

JerryArr

*awws, applause from the audience and gallery*

Nope. But maybe 2s will prove to be simpler.

JerryArr

DiplomatDC

animorpherv1

xtopherusD

Cheery Dog
KingdomAces

Those two discards

still

are there, thanks to that run of 1s, we never really used them.

One to go in each color still in play, and a mediocre target. How are you going to approach this?

[jmj3000]

Diplomat

[yabbaguy]

DiplomatDC

Still clinging to those discards, we're going to Diplomat. There's a 1 in 3 chance that red will be the golden sphere you pick at the end, and if it is, your $2,000 doesn't stand a good chance of turning into $5,000 right now.

I'm actually struggling to remember if we've even had

anyone

winning $5,000. We've had a smattering of $200, $2K, and $20K, but I don't think $5,000 was ever won, was it?

DiplomatDC, have at it.

[DiplomatDC]

Ehhhh.... Leftmost one, then rightmost one.

[yabbaguy]

DiplomatDC

*Diplomat indifferently lifts up the lid*

DiplomatDC

UGH!

*dejected groaning from everyone, jmj3000 included*

Decently high figure, but I'm afraid to say, it's rotten here. Red will be worth $2,000 if it makes it to the Finale.

DiplomatDC

*spotlights shine on golden spheres, I walk over*

We still don't know the fate of the blue sector, because it could be worth less

still

, if it winds up being worth $600. For sure though, we now know that green is not the color we want to find here. If we successfully dodge it, we may well get away with some huge money.

*unlocks golden sphere*

(3)

(4)

(2)

*and up comes the lid...*

*applause*

Good stuff. Green now has a 50% chance of being the last color remaining!

animorpherv1

xtopherusD

Cheery Dog
KingdomAces

It's a bit disappointing because we didn't see any 0s from a red sphere. You could've possibly driven it to $50,000. Then again, with that last golden sphere drop, we would've been scared stiff if more of your winning had been concentrated in red.

Just four picks left.

[jmj3000]

KingdomAces

, please find a 4/0.

[KingdomAces]

Don't get your hopes too high now.

Second then Fourth.

[yabbaguy]

KingdomAces

Then again, 4/0 is just overkill at this point. We only need a lower target because there isn't any money to be gained here.

KingdomAces

*KingdomAces, pessimistic expression on face, lifts up the lid*

KingdomAces

*everyone cheers, target chyron vanishes*

...but it appears anyway! Whaddaya know!

Well, well, well, not so fast. KingdomAces' negativity may have actually been the prelude to a miracle here!

The 4's only effect is that we now have five golden spheres locked up now. For sure we will have a Finale, there is no way to prevent having multiple colors left at the end.

But here comes the color sphere we really care about now, the one that for sure will set our target!

KingdomAces

*flip*

KingdomAces

*somewhat hesitant applause*

Okay! That's a good result in the end, we're happy with that! Then again, we just have to hope you've run the 1 supply dry by this point.

KingdomAces

animorpherv1

xtopherusD

Cheery Dog

Same options with one fewer pass to use now. ani at green, xtoph at blue, or discard again with CD?

[jmj3000]

Ani

[yabbaguy]

animorpherv1

Okay ani...

{$4,000}

[$10,000]

...at last we are within striking distance of a sizeable amount of money here. Three of those spheres will get our green sector, the one most likely to pay out, up to $10,000.

Can you find one of them?

[animorpherv1]

4th, then 3rd

[yabbaguy]

animorpherv1

...

*animorpherv1 flips the lid*

animorpherv1

*loud groaning, set turns colorless, as does jmj's face for that matter*

No, another 0 from green! Oh my! ._.

*more groaning*

Well, at least now we have the best possible chance at amassing $6,000 on blue, but we really could use a dent to green's odds to get us there.

animorpherv1

If only he'd done it the other way around. Now...

*spotlights shine on golden spheres, I look over*

There's no way red will be best, that would be great. If it's green or blue, the plot thickens just that little bit more.

*clicks the button on another golden sphere, it unlocks*

(2)

(4)

(2)

*and lifts the lid*

*oohs*

Golden sphere matches the last color picked, again!

xtopherusD

Cheery Dog

With a target of 0, only one live player left, and a seeming appearance of not wanting to go for the loser's record like kdowns, we'll go straight to xtopherusD. Stand by...

[yabbaguy]

xtopherusD

xtoph, they left you last for again! Sorry about that.

But you now have a great chance to bump up the maximum of jmj's game from $4,000 to $6,000. Just don't brick out and we are there.

[xtopherusD]

xtoph, they left you last for again! Sorry about that.

Hmm. I did notice that...

I'm opening the third sphere. If that's the four, I'll say the order is 3-1-4-2-0.

[yabbaguy]

xtopherusD

...

*flip*

xtopherusD

*groans, silence, set turns grayscale again*

It doesn't get much more cruel than that.

*nobody can quite believe what they're seeing*

...

Blue was given low targets the whole time...

BLUE SECTOR:

ORCINUS_THEORIGINAL

>>> 1 (1)

XTOPHERUSD

>>> 0 (0)

BIRD1111

>>> 1 (1)

JASONWAZZA

>>>

2 (0)

FEIREI

>>> 0 (0)

...and it gave back really rotten low spheres. Whaddaya know.

xtopherusD

*spotlights shine on golden spheres*

We now know exactly the scope, hopefully we can at least keep the three greens in for $4,000! Blue would be a great golden sphere to dispense with now since it's only worth $600.

*unlocks one final golden sphere*

(2)

(3)

(2)

*and opens it up*

*some cheers at last*

All right! That's one less way to wind up with 600 bucks at least.



We'll open Cheery Dog's spheres at the end, but first, the matter of concluding this game at last is at hand...

[yabbaguy]

*metallic doors behind the golden spheres swing open, adjudicator stands there cross-armed in the shadow of a bright spotlight and fog swirling about in the doorway. The golden spheres start sliding back towards him, then stop in front of him. The metal doors then swing shut*

You found five 4s and saved one discard, so you have 6 golden spheres left at the end of your game. They are now being loaded up with their respectively colored values from the sectors.



...a single blue worth

$600

.



...two reds worth

$2,000

each.



...and three greens worth

$4,000

each.

They'll come back in the same order as they were on the rack. You pick one, and you get all the cash inside. It's too bad, because we know it could easily have been much more, but the color spheres just weren't on your side today. But here, the golden spheres are aligned the right way around to help you take the maximum out.

Let's see what happens...

*spotlights start swirling around as the doorway opens one more time, this time with the golden spheres sliding all the way out towards center stage in a tidy formation. They eventually stop short of me and jmj3000 as the doors swing shut, then the spotlights shine on the golden spheres brightly, with everything else in the background dim*

]

[$2,000] x2

[$4,000] x3

[$600] x1

The choice is yours. So many times we asked players today to find just one of three spheres that would win you some money. Many of them struggled.

Now you're being tasked with the same objective. Find one of the three winning spheres. Good luck!

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[jmj3000]

5

[yabbaguy]

[$2,000] x2

[$4,000] x3

[$600] x1

*sets golden sphere on stand, I walk behind it*

You gave it a valiant effort, and we'll still remember you as the man who won $40,000 on green that one day.


But today, the spheres had their way with you.


And now the most that can possibly be in here is $4,000.


Hopefully...

*clack*

...you'll have one last thing to cheer about before this ends.


...


jmj3000...


in this golden sphere...


You have...

*flips lid*

*audience and players applaud, everyone's smiling a bit again*

Four grand, another green for jmj! We got the big one in the end.

]

JMJ3000
{$4,000}

Mr. 3000 got $4,000.

Well, interestingly, after all that anguish over picking the players the wrong way around, it just turns out we didn't have all that much choice to begin with! Two 0s and two 4s from that green sector in all! ^_^

Well, another game starting soon. Can we get someone who will really break the bank? See you then.

*credits roll*

Oh yeah, you!

*runs over to Cheery Dog*

Cheery Dog

Five more spheres to open and then we can all go home for... a few hours anyway.

If you can call out where all of the 0-4 spheres are in your rack, you're up next.

[Cheery Dog]

I'm not sure I want that to happen currently

4 0 3 1 2

[swyellowtail]

That's yet another $4000 win for (O)PTIMIZE, though I think this is the first one for the season.

[Louis14]

/in

[yabbaguy]

We can defer it for a bit if you get the line jump. So here's the 4...

Cheery Dog

*opens*

Cheery Dog

*buzzer*

Freaking 1s. xD

Cheery Dog

Welcome Louis14, you're in the queue.

Feirei's next! Contacting him soon.

[yabbaguy]

jmj3000's game's scorecard:



That's what I was talking about with green getting railroaded along. So many forced outcomes there.

And yeah, we're rebooting the $4K club again. So many people keep winning that figure. xD