(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[yabbaguy]

He's picking the fourth from the left.
Against a 2 with a fair bet of heft.
He's lost 4 in a row,
An all time low!
But perhaps the streak's now bereft!

*collects golf claps and a tomato to the face and the ensuing laughter*

Drench

*Drench opens up...*

Drench

*audience groans, everything flashes gray*

That's four times now Drench has run into that pesky 1. Guess the curse hasn't totally lifted yet.

Drench

*spotlights illuminate golden spheres, over I go*

(8)

(5)

(4)

(2)

At last, a loss, and it came from blue. Will the golden spheres cooperate or will it abuse that fact? Let's find out...

*unlocks another sphere*

*annnnnnd iiiiiit's...*

*oohs*

Twice now green's taken a hit! Then again, you did put that 3 on green.

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
KingdomAces
StrangerCoug

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676
animorpherv1
Xalxe

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza
CJMiller

Back to a 1. Don't find another one of those 1s.

[swyellowtail]

Well... I actually had a dream that was a 0, but a 1 works, too.

CJ

, make this a good one.

[yabbaguy]

*through gritted teeth*

again... we don't want him to make it a one...

CJMiller

...oh hi, CJ!

This is likely but not guaranteed to be your only sphere you pick in our new edition of Optimize. Make it count!

[CJMiller]

SECONDFROMLEFT SECONDFROMRIGHT

[yabbaguy]

CJMiller

*SPHEREISOPENED*

CJMiller

*cheers, set turns violet*

There we are! Ultraviolet goes right up to $1,000 on its way to the big one!

CJMiller

*spotlights illuminate golden spheres, I walk over*

(8)

(4)

(4)

(2)

Green and green so far. Let's see if we continue the trend with this golden sphere...

*click*

*reveals*

*applause*

Nope, first red of the game appears. All lower colors so far, this is encouraging!

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
KingdomAces
StrangerCoug

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676
animorpherv1
Xalxe

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

You're winning more than you're not, see if you can beat this 2 and really keep this trend going!

[swyellowtail]

Xalxe

, or Zalzee as some people call you, go 2 it!

...if anyone gets that reference, I'm impressed.

[yabbaguy]

Xalxe

Ah yes, the "zal-ZAY" debate we had.

Xalxe's appeared with two duplicates and two 4s previously. This ought to be interesting as we wait to see if blue will get off the launch pad.

[yabbaguy]

Original Roll String: 5d5

5 5-Sided Dice: (2, 1, 5, 5, 1) = 14

[yabbaguy]

Xalxe

*sphere opens up to reveal...*

Xalxe

*loud groans, everything goes grayscale*

Make that three duplicates, and make that two blue losses. Although if we'd put either optimistic target on blue, we would've had liftoff.

Xalxe

*golden spheres light up, I walk behind them*

(7)

(4)

(4)

(2)

Well, blue's maximum has dwindled to $15K, so I think we have a new target in mind for these golden spheres. Let's see if we can get one to drop here...

*unlocks*

*flips lid*

*cheers*

Right on cue! These golden spheres are really doing their job right, they're knocking out colors as they're more or less the lowest figure on the board. Hopefully they keep cooperating!

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
KingdomAces
StrangerCoug

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676
animorpherv1

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

We're gonna have to reattempt that 2 now.

[swyellowtail]

...well, had I known Xalxe was going to vanish out of nowhere, I wouldn't have picked him.

D2f2nd2r... I mean...

D3f3nd3r

, help me out here!

[Xalxe]

SORRY ITALY HAPPENED

<3

[yabbaguy]

D3f3nd3r

D3f3nd3r, a win here gets us to the ubiquitous $4,000. Can you beat the odds on this pick?

[StrangerCoug]

Ah, yes, I remember that. Don't know whether it being lost to the crash is a blessing or a curse.

[D3f3nd3r]

Mid-left, mid-right.

[yabbaguy]

He picked mid-left first two games, deviated two games and lost both times, and now he's gone back to mid-left. I wonder...

D3f3nd3r

*D3f3nd3r lifts the hatch*

D3f3nd3r

*awws, set flashes gray*

Nope, the mojo's left the middle-left sphere.

D3f3nd3r

Six picks, and the 4's been far left 4x so far.

*spotlights shine on golden spheres, I walk over*

(7)

(4)

(3)

(2)

So green's a little weak too. Two colors we wouldn't mind seeing as this golden sphere goes down the tube...

*unlocks the next sphere*

*here it comes!*

*cheers*

That's half the green delegation out of the game! It starts every game at 30%, but it's down to 20% now.

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
KingdomAces
StrangerCoug

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676
animorpherv1

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

Losing strategically is (on average) half the game. It

seems

like that's the case. We'll find out shortly!

But now we're looking to make some money with this 1.

[swyellowtail]

Wow. Okay.

StrangerCoug

, get me somewhere with this!

[StrangerCoug]

Left, then second from left

[yabbaguy]

StrangerCoug

Whilst swyellowtail bets on red, I (and presumably Coug) would like to remind you to come on down and join us over in World B for a good game of

Roulette

hosted by me, along with other Mish Mash Casino games hosted by some of your favorite mods! Maybe today's your lucky day.

Meanwhile, red's 1 for 1, and now it's got a 1. Let's see if Southpaw does the job for StrangerCoug.

StrangerCoug

*Coug lifts the lid*

StrangerCoug

*cheers, set flashes red*

Make that 2 for 2 as it advances to $2,000! But 4 didn't appear in the far left sphere, this wasn't to plan!

StrangerCoug

*golden spheres light up, I walk towards them*

(7)

(3)

(3)

(2)

Three of these five spheres have been green, which I'm guessing we're happy with since that hasn't got the most money on it right now. Let's see what's next to go away.

*clicks the latch*

*lifts the hatch*

*gasps*

That's the third time in a row the golden spheres mirrored your choice of color for that round! Quirky.

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
KingdomAces

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676
animorpherv1

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

Only your second 3. Remember, your first 3 was defeated by Nobody Special. If you squish this high target as well, we could be in for a very interesting game!

But nobody's revealed a 0

at all

yet. If there's a brick looming out there somewhere, now would be the best time to run into it.

[swyellowtail]

I know you like puzzles, so solve this... "puzzle",

puzzledan

!

...I am so bad at this. I'm sorry.

[yabbaguy]

puzzledan

*audience laughs*

At least you have shame and modesty, unlike me.

dan's on a hat-trick right now with two 4s in the previous games. Now he's being tasked with the hardest target in the game as green's golden spheres are withering away. Here we go!

[puzzledan]

And last time I did it was with a 3

3 and 2 for the 4,0 combo

[yabbaguy]

...AND with sphere 3!

puzzledan

*sphere opens*

puzzledan

*loud groans, everything loses color*

Ooh, a sizzler of a sphere, but it's no good here! We really didn't want to do that, because that 3's gonna come back at us now. Bah.

puzzledan

*spotlights dawn on the golden spheres, over I go*

(6)

(3)

(3)

(2)

These golden spheres are steadily droppping until or unless we find another 4. Let's see what goes next though...

*snaps the lock*

*pries up the lid*

*cheers*

FOUR greens gone! It's looking more and more like you've trashed the right sector. But... we still don't know.

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
KingdomAces

DiplomatDC
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676
animorpherv1

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

...let's try that 3 again, shall we?

[swyellowtail]

Hmm...

JerryArr

, get me somewhere that's not a 3, please?

[yabbaguy]

JerryArr

Jerry, you've been crushing 1s the past four games, but now's your toughest ask yet. Can you go 5 for 5 against the hardest target in the game?

[JerryArr]

I'll do my best. Let's go right for sphere

3, then 1

.