(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[Cheery Dog]

Time to put it back to a target of 3 (evil)

4th then 2nd.

[Xalxe]

i s2g if you do

[yabbaguy]

Cheery Dog

{$6,000}

[$15,000] [$60,000] [$200,000]

Well, if $200K is a possibility from blue, it remains one now. If this isn't a 0, blue very likely is going to be worth a massive amount of cash.

Time to put it back to a target of 3 (evil)

You cheeky bastard. Well good luck with that because you haven't found a 3 yet.

Cheery Dog

*CD grins and lifts up the lid*

Cheery Dog

*everyone cheers, set flashes blue*

There it is!

*more cheering*

Well, maybe not

that 3

necessarily, but blue's now just 2 steps away from $200,000!

Cheery Dog

He picked the 3 second. So close.

*golden spheres illuminate, I head over*

(3)

(3)

(2)

(2)

The colors are pretty close to even as it turns out. This is a tight horse race here as we come down the stretch to the fourth row.

*unlocks the next golden sphere*

*flips the lid*

*audience groans loudly, some players headdesk, Xalxe looks to the heavens*

That slashes your chances at $200K dramatically. :\

*more chatter*

At best, blue's chances could rise back up to the 20% from whence it started. But there's a lot of cash out there - it's basically become as volatile and risky as the ultraviolet sector

usually

is. The question is, does that stop you?

xtopherusD
bird1111

KingdomAces
StrangerCoug

Not only is that a tough question, you have to give us an ambiguous answer with that target of 2.

[Xalxe]

bird1111

.

[bird1111]

Fourth then second

[yabbaguy]

bird1111

*chyrons light up*

{$4,000}

[$10,000] [$40,000]

bird's picked 3, 3, and most recently 4 in the past three games. If the trend continues, green goes up to $10,000 and remains perfectly played (JDGA hit a 0).

bird1111

He

picks

4/2 just like his result last game...

*bird takes hold of the lid and pries it up*

bird1111

*audience groans, set turns gray*

Now the color spheres are just wreaking havoc. After such a nice setup in the early game, now they're just being a brutal tease with all these high numbers.

bird1111

*spotlights shine on golden spheres, I walk over*

(3)

(3)

(1)

(2)

If this happens to be the blue, what a pity it would be, but then the two discards you would gain would put you in good shape against xtopherusD's green spheres.

The aim is for a red to drop. Let's see...

*unlocks the next golden sphere*

*lid rises*

*oohs from the crowd...then supportive applause*

There goes a $10K opportunity. But cash in on green and you'll have it in three more golden spheres as well.

xtopherusD

KingdomAces
StrangerCoug

Does this 2 go back to green, or over to blue?

If the answer is green, you can set KA and Coug's order in the same post. But it is entirely your decision.

[Xalxe]

cocks cocks cocks

meh

xtopherusD

, then

KingdomAces

and

StrangerCoug

. Bring home the money, boys.

[yabbaguy]

*audience laughs*

xtopherusD

KingdomAces

StrangerCoug

There they are. You three can pick your own spheres the instant you see this, but of course we'll resolve them in order. We'll discuss the ramifications of each pick as we come to each.

[KingdomAces]

I might as well just make my picks a summery of the game so far.

4 then 3.

[xtopherusD]

I swear on my honor that was 3 then 1 selected, then I was dumb and edited the post to make it OOC. Silly yabb.

I'm

pretty sure

that there are better ways for you to cheat the game than to use pre-rolled dice.

As for the spheres, give me the

third

and the

fourth

!

[StrangerCoug]

Southpaw Special

[yabbaguy]

I'm pretty sure that there are better ways for you to cheat the game than to use pre-rolled dice.

*audience laughs*

True. I'll keep that in mind (jkjkjk).

xtopherusD

{$4,000}

[$10,000]

Green's gotten targets of 2 on average and it's doing rather well by it. Despite the slight pessimism, we could be looking at $10,000 now. xtopherusD's picked last, but unlike last game, this time his sphere could mean a whole lot to us.

xtopherusD

*xtoph flips up the lid*

xtopherusD

*audience gasps, set turns colorless*

Two 0s from green! Oof. We'll load their three golden spheres up with $4,000.

xtopherusD

*spotlights light up golden spheres, I walk across*

(3)

(3)

(1)

(1)

A blue here and we're done, straight on to the Finale with a slim chance at $10K. Blue is our absolute last chance to secure some big money so we really want it to stay put.

*unlocks the next golden sphere*

*turns up the lid*

*muted gasps and audible murmurs from the crowd,

$10,000

chyron shatters beneath Xalxe*

Bang-bang, and UV's gone just like that, endorsing your strategy of giving it high targets. Please please please let that blue be one of the 5 we've locked up.

KingdomAces
StrangerCoug

The situation has clarified. It's 1 golden sphere we're dealing with, but it's now got the best possible chance to go to $200,000 at this point. We go to KA first...

[yabbaguy]

KingdomAces

{$15,000}

[$60,000] [$200,000]

It seems like all that cash is just a dream, but let's dream as big as we can here. KingdomAces found a 0 previous game and, whaddaya know, a 4/3 the game before that. Both times he was playing for keeps as his sector paid out.

This one's for $60K so we really hope it's for keeps this game as well.

KingdomAces

*KA dramatically whisks up the lid*

KingdomAces

OH - that's fine!

*loud cheers from everyone, set flashes blue*

If that result's locked us into $60,000 on blue, so be it. That would be an absolutely spectacular result after all that's happened in this game.

KingdomAces

*laughter from everyone*

Copypasta of the OP. I think you're the first person in the new Optimize to get that arrangement.

*golden spheres illuminate, I walk over*

(3)

(3)

(1)

Could be the last trip over here - either you hit a 4 or we hit a blue right now and the game ends. Let's see...

*reaches down and unlocks the next golden sphere*

*flip*

*audience cheers*

The blue stays put! Now it's 1/6 to show up at the end!

StrangerCoug

One last hurdle on the way. Will the blue golden sphere stay put and will Coug stuff it to the brim? We'll find out after this commercial break!



It'll end later today, I believe.

[Nobody Special]

*fidgets nervously*

[yabbaguy]

StrangerCoug

{$60,000}

[$200,000]

This is it. If StrangerCoug can provide blue's second 4 of the game along with Tragedy's, then the maximum cash amount has been achieved.

StrangerCoug has never found a 4. Or a 0 in fact. He's never been a guaranteed anything for any sector.

Let's see...

StrangerCoug

4's been in that sphere seven times this game. Will it be eight?

*Coug flips the lid left-handedly*

StrangerCoug

*audience groans, set flashes grayscale*

Not to be, if only we'd picked KA and Coug the other way around. But that's just unlucky, $60,000 would still be a wonderful result if it can be managed.

StrangerCoug

*spotlights illuminate golden spheres, everyone murmurs, I walk over*

(3)

(2)

(1)

One last piece of business to take care of before the Finale. At this juncture, you have a 1/6 chance of winning $60,000. Either it increases to a 1/5 chance or it's gone. Simple as that.

*unlocks the last golden sphere*

*flip*

*audience cheers*

The blue cash survives! You had the golden sphere secured!



Stand by, let's see if we can pull this off.

[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*

There go the 5 golden spheres you saved up. In a moment, they'll emerge with the cash you've loaded onto their sectors.

They are as follows -



Two reds worth

$2,000

, despite the sector having three 3s and a 4.



Two greens worth

$4,000

, which is great considering it had two 0s working against it.



And finally, this gleaming blue golden sphere worth

$60,000

!

*audience cheers*

The golden spheres are going to return shortly. When they do, you simply pick one of them, and you'll win all the cash attached to its sector. They're going to be arranged in the same order as they were secured earlier in the game with those 4s you got.

Here they come...

*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 line of 5. They eventually stop short of me and Xalxe 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] x2

[$60,000] x1

Just remember - you've got at least $2,000 no matter what. No consolation prizes thanks to your decision to forsake ultraviolet.

But we're hoping for a lot, lot more. You've got one crack at $60,000. Good luck, go get it.

[Xalxe]

Well here goes nothing.

Let's grab the middle one. And pray. And, yes, fidget.

[Prof Fridays]

I think the fifth one is blue. I think yours is green, Xalxe.

Callin' it.

[JDGA]

It's definitely time for the

Curse of $4000

to make its return.

[swyellowtail]

Can Xalxe pull off a sweet opportunity like before? Or will the curse make a frightening comeback?

We'll be back after these message.

[Cheery Dog]

Can Xalxe pull off a sweet opportunity like before? Or will the curse make a frightening comeback?

We'll be back after these message.

It looks bad from my perspective, I didn't give a 4-0 here.

[swyellowtail]

I already gave a hint as to what I think Xalxe is gonna get. Though, only a handful of people will get it... if any.

[animorpherv1]

It's definitely time for the

Curse of $4000

to make its return.

[yabbaguy]

*takes down the golden sphere and puts it on the pedestal*

[$2,000] x2

[$4,000] x2

[$60,000] x1

First of all, it's about damn time we finally could finish this game. Sorry about that.



You've gone through a lot of headache and bewilderment in this one.



You started optimistic about red, but then that quickly waned as it suddenly started getting targets of 3 instead of 0. Is that going to be your destiny?



Green seemed uneventful, only two results were changeable, and the average target it got was a 2. Could that boring sector and its mundane $4,000 result actually be the one of interest?


Or...



Have you found yourself with the blue jackpot we're after?



As advertised at the beginning, you've got a 20% chance.



And perhaps if not for Tragedy's 4 over the 3 you gave her...perhaps you would've kept giving the blue sector your 3s. What a difference one sphere can make.

*unlocks the golden sphere*

Good luck, Xalxe.





We really hope right now that you've found the one.






You have...

*flips lid*

*everyone awws, set turns solid red*

$2,000. The minimum, but again, a great minimum.

*applause from all*

Mathematically, I'd rather put one $60K sphere into my Finale rather than two $20K spheres. You really did the best you could and could afford to gamble since this $2K result isn't at all the worst that could've happened. Sometimes the good ideas aren't the right ones.

Let's prove the rest were there...

[XALXE]
{$2,000}

Wow. Blue was safe from the very beginning of this game.

Stand by, another game starting shortly, and I believe it's Nobody Special.

*NS faints*

Or maybe not so shortly. xD

[yabbaguy]