(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[swyellowtail]

I just realized... this queue is a bit outdated.

Queue: (initially ordered by last season's queue)

swyellowtail
CJMiller
Xalxe
Nobody Special
StrangerCoug
JasonWazza
animorpherv1
IceGuy
Tragedy
bird1111
Mist7676
D3f3nd3r
KingdomAces
xtopherusD
Drench
puzzledan
Cheery Dog
orcinus_theoriginal
JerryArr
DiplomatDC
NoWhammies11
JDGA
Kcdaspot
Lord Mhork
doctorwho
CuddlyCaucasian
kdowns
JacobSavage
Louis14
Feirei

I'm still on the top of the queue somehow. That's rather /interesting.

[Nobody Special]

*fidgets nervously*

[yabbaguy]

KingdomAces

Second crack at the money for green, slightly simplified task this time.

*KingdomAces goes on his mathematical wizardry rant, then unlocks the middle-left sphere*

KingdomAces

And yet somehow his theory is no less worse than any of the others we've had.

Let's see how this combinatorial analysis pans out then.

*KA, confident in his methods, unveils what surely must be a winner*

KingdomAces

*everyone laughs, everything turns gray*

You forgot to add the provisional "everything I do is wrong clause" to your prediction. I'm one of those people who has to make that adjustment myself - and yet I never do, hence why my Mafia record is atrocious. xD

KingdomAces

*golden spheres illuminate, I walk over*

(5)

(6)

(3)

(2)

Another blue could definitely make that color dicey. We're still wondering about red and green and how they've so quickly managed to switch places odds-wise. Let's see if it stays that way.

*disengages the next sphere's lock*

*flips up the lid*

*gasps*

They're coming in clumps! Three reds in a row, now these are both blues! And that puts blue level with ultraviolet!

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Drench
Mist7676
animorpherv1

It'd be far easier if we won on more than just the 0s, but hey, you've got one now. Make the most of what you've got. ^_^

[yabbaguy]

I just realized... this queue is a bit outdated.

Thanks, fixed now and caught the very very subtle hint. ^_^

Also included jmj's name. I updated the queue in my SphereTracker-O-Matic

(Excel spreadsheet)

but not here, whoops.

[CJMiller]

Bird bird bird bird bird D:

[bird1111]

3, 2

[xtopherusD]

Don't pick me for the next few days

I'm back!

[yabbaguy]

bird1111

First red sphere was a brick...if this is second red sphere is anything but that, that ladder's on the move.

bird1111

Third game in a row bird's gone dead center.

*flip*

bird1111

*everyone cheers, bird manages a grin, set flashes red*

...and boy is that center sphere working! He's churned out a 3, 3, and 4 in order during that span of time!

For this second sphere, I'll save myself the walk to the golden spheres. Instead, bird's gonna open another sphere which ONLY sets the target to whatever number that sphere contains. You've got your $200 on red, the money isn't going anywhere.

So now, we would like a 0 pretty pretty please.

bird1111

*bird a little more enthusiastically than last time flips up the lid*

bird1111

*awws from the crowd, applause*

Nope. He trounced that 0, that's about the most helpful he could've been at that point. Although I wonder what golden sphere he just saved for the end...

bird1111

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
JasonWazza

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Drench
Mist7676
animorpherv1

You've got the outer colors moving like the past few contenders we've had. Hopefully they stay in motion.

Aside from the golden sphere sticking, that may as well have been a 2. Where 2?

[CJMiller]

Drench.

[yabbaguy]

Drench

First a 0, but now suddenly a 2's headed ultraviolet's way.

Drench's spheres have been ice cold though...he's never gone higher than a 1 for all five games. Let's hope that doesn't stay the case!

[Drench]

fourth from the left and then the far right one

which is a convoluted way of putting it really

[yabbaguy]

Drench

You are quite the...convoluted sphere picker...for want of a less convoluted term. xD

Third time lucky for another centre-right selection from Drench?

*Drench lifts up the lid in his usual weird way*

Drench

YES!!!

*everyone cheers, Drench is shocked at the sight of his unusually high number, everything turns a shade of violet*

What a way to absolutely shatter the ice on that cold streak! And now you CJMiller are on a hot streak with this pair of 4s and $10,000 on ultraviolet!

Let's see how convoluted this selection really is now. Drench, we need a new target...

Drench

...and hopefully THIS time it will prove incredibly useful.

*Drench reaches for the lid...



...and lifts it*

Drench

*audible groans*

Oh NOW he's finding high numbers, sure.

*audience laughs*

Drench

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
JasonWazza

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676
animorpherv1

You know that whole "we may lose all the golden spheres before the end" thing I was going on about? Disregard that. ^_^

Careful which color this goes to - whoever you pick has an awfully high chance at missing the money thanks to this target of 3.

[CJMiller]

animorpherv1

[yabbaguy]

animorpherv1

Well, we also thought Drench was going to skunk out like he had the past few picks and he suddenly showed up with the two highest spheres in his rack today. You never know, animorpherv1 might be on his way to reformation as well!

That said, CJ has almost surely doomed the $500K unless you can absolutely nail this selection, ani.

[animorpherv1]

4, then 2.

[yabbaguy]

animorpherv1

*ani pries up the lid*

animorpherv1

*everyone groans, set flashes gray*

And on those two occasions ani's opened up a 3, the contender stuck him with a 3! The man can't catch a break here!

animorpherv1

*spotlights illuminate golden spheres, I walk over*

Oh wow, this part. I'd almost forgotten about it by now.

(5)

(6)

(2)

(2)

The last time this happened though, we dented a second blue golden sphere. Pay attention to this next drop of the golden spheres, perhaps this will give you a big hint as to your next move!

Skipping a couple...

*lid rises*

FOUR reds! How appealing does that $20,000 look now?

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
JasonWazza

NoWhammies11
Cheery Dog
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
puzzledan
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676

Sadly, green is most likely to appear but has the lowest maximum. We're kinda back to the classic problem of the odds favoring the lower cash again. ._.

Knock over this target and maybe then we'll be "back in the black".

*an apt AC/DC song starts playing, I walk over and turn off ani's music player, audience laughs*

[bird1111]

I'm V/LA for reasons stated in sig.

[CJMiller]

Cheery Dog

[yabbaguy]

Cheery Dog

Calling on the guy who's fresh off a 4/0. Green hasn't gotten on the board the past two attempts, but with all these high targets, I can't imagine that's the objective.

Still, the 4's ripe for the picking again, CD. Happy hunting!

[Cheery Dog]

I'll be going with the images that have actually decided to load for this guess.

Sphere 1 followed by 3

.

[yabbaguy]

According to this

, the posts may be able to return shortly.

However, we can continue on from this point, allow me to just put up the Mega Monitor and names remaining...

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
JasonWazza

NoWhammies11
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676

We had Cheery Dog's 1 losing to that 3, puzzledan's 2 beating that 1, then a green and ULTRAVIOLET golden sphere both plummeting down the drain!

What's your strategy at this point CJMiller? And where does that 2 fit in?

[CJMiller]

JasonWazza

[Feirei]

*stares through empty void*

[JasonWazza]

sphere on the left, then 2nd from the right.

[yabbaguy]

Sorry.

JasonWazza

We've had both a 4 and a 0 appear out of red, so the fates there haven't been in CJ's control. Now JasonWazza tries to tip the scales in his favor trying to beat this 2 for $2,000.

JasonWazza

*JasonWazza flips the lid*

JasonWazza

*applause, set flashes red*

Dandy! Red showing some strong spheres here as JasonWazza beats the 2!

JasonWazza

JasonWazza came into this as a frequent picker of the center sphere, so this rack should've tripped him up. Not so!

*spotlights light up golden spheres, across I go*

(4)

(5)

(2)

(1)

UV could collapse any time from now. We do have two golden spheres stowed away, maybe it never will! We'll see.

Down to the 3rd row...

*unlocks*

*and out comes...*

*gasps*

The FIFTH red of the game! Wow!

orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD

NoWhammies11
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

JerryArr
Mist7676

Really hard to know where to look now. I'm queasy about the fact that five of the golden spheres can't go above $4K, but at least they don't yet hold a majority.

Mind which color sector you pick your next player from, that 3 is going to likely lose you money. Although you are on a hat-trick (i.e.

one away

from 3 wins in a row, for those who don't watch cricket ^_^)