Deal or No Deal (it's goodbye from me...)

[RichardGHP]

Rules

I will randomly distribute the values in the money tree below among the 26 cases. The contestant will then select one of those cases to set aside, leaving 25 cases in play at the beginning of the game. In Round 1, I will ask the player to select 6 cases to open. The cases will be opened, and the values they held will be revealed and removed from play. The aim is to open cases with lower values, as this will increase your winnings at the end. The number of cases to open in each round gets progressively smaller—in Round 2, you will open 5, in Round 3 you will open 4, and so on. From Round 6 onwards, you will only have to open one case per round. At the end of a round, the Banker will make you an offer. You then have two choices:

Deal

or

No Deal

. A

deal

ends the game and nets you the value of the offer, while a

no deal

rejects the offer and continues the game into the next round. If you reach the point where there are only two cases remaining (one on the board and the one you set aside at the start) and you reject the Banker's offer, I will open your own case, and you will win whatever is inside. However, before I open it, you may opt to switch cases and you will win with the case you have at the end of the game. The game ends when you either accept an offer from the Banker or open one of the final two cases. If both values on the board are very low, I may introduce a special modifier.

The money tree is mostly based on the American primetime version, but there are two changes: I have replaced $0.01 with $0.10, and there is now a car in place of the $200,000 mark, similar to the Australian version. If the car is won, that spot goes back to being a regular cash spot to the value of $200,000.

Edit 21/6/2013:

The money tree has been changed slightly; see below.

Audience participation is, of course, welcome (for example, feel free to scream "TAKE THE DEAL!!" or "NO DEAL!!" when the pressure's on).

Notes:

• If you go 48 hours without any activity, I will prod you. If I have to prod you three times, you are out of the game. Failing to respond to a prod within 24 hours will also result in your ejection from the game and you will not be allowed to play again.
  
• Be aware that you are likely to wait upwards of two months between entering the queue and your turn starting. You are expected to remain active on the site during that time—if I get to you and you haven't been on site for three days, I will consider you to have flaked and I will remove you from the queue.
  
• For the purpose of calculating the offers, the car is considered to be equivalent to $200,000.
  
• Knocking out $0.10 will add $10,000 to your offer for that round.
  
• Knocking out top dollar ($1,000,000) will subtract $10,000 from your offer for that round.
  
• Please wait for me to acknowledge your choice of case before you start Round 1.
  
• You are invited to give the next lot of cases to be opened at the same time you reject an offer, but please do not decide to keep or swap your case in advance if you reject the final offer.
  
• It may be helpful to know that at the very top of the money tree, there are two special cells; the one on the right is the current offer and the one on the left is the number of cases to open in the event of its rejection.

Spoiler:

CASES

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

$0.10	$5,000
$1	$7,500
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$250	$300,000
$500	$400,000
$750	$500,000
$1,000	$750,000
$2,500	$1,000,000

QUEUE

Nobody Special

farside22
Nobody Special
Zekrom25
YurikoJasmine
DiplomatDC
Porkens

Note:

Signups are no longer being accepted until further notice.

LEADERBOARD

1. Mist7676 - $1,100,000 (two visits)
   
2. Gammagooey - $626,697 (two visits)
   
3. StrangerCoug - $596,700.10 (three visits)
   
4. Drench - $500,000 (one visit)
   
5. jmj3000 - $468,308 (two visits)

HALL OF FAME

• Mist7676 - First person to win $1,000,000
  
• StrangerCoug - First person to win $0.10

[RichardGHP]

So, izakthegoomba, welcome to Deal or No Deal! I certainly hope you end up with something more than 10 cents. You may have noticed that there's a car on the money tree. For this game, our car is a beautifully crafted 2010 Aston Martin Rapide, worth $200,000.

Spoiler:

She's a beauty, isn't she?

Anyway, let's get down to business. izakthegoomba, please select one of the 26 cases to set aside.

CASES

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

[xtopherusD]

/watching

[izakthegoomba]

I choose case 13. To bring balance.

[RichardGHP]

Case 13 it is.

Now, the one part of the game I'm not actually sure how to do. Would you rather open all cases in a round at once, or one after the other like in the actual show?

[izakthegoomba]

There's nothing I can possibly do between the cases, right?

I'd rather do them all at once. YMMV.

[RichardGHP]

Well, alright then.

1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26

Cases to Open	6
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

Please select your six cases.

[izakthegoomba]

2
5
16
19
22
25

[RichardGHP]

Ouch, you've taken out some big numbers there, like $500,000. But you've also knocked out some smaller ones, so that should help.

1	$500,000	3	4	$100,000
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	14	15	$400
17	18	$10,000	20	21
$5	23	24	$200	26

Banker's Offer	$13,789
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

And the Banker is offering you just under $14,000. Deal or No Deal?

[izakthegoomba]

Nopenopenopenopenope.

No way. Nada.

No deal.

[RichardGHP]

I thought you might say that!

1	$500,000	3	4	$100,000
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	14	15	$400
17	18	$10,000	20	21
$5	23	24	$200	26

Cases to Open	5
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

5 more cases, if you'd be so kind.

[izakthegoomba]

8
11
15
20
24

[RichardGHP]

Not bad, not bad at all. Your two highest values are still in play and you've knocked out a lot of low numbers.

1	$500,000	3	4	$100,000
6	7	$750	9	10
$400,000	12	14	$25	$400
17	18	$10,000	$1	21
$5	23	$75,000	$200	26

Banker's Offer	$31,093.80
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

Just over $31,000. Deal or No Deal?

[izakthegoomba]

Hell no.

[RichardGHP]

Good decision.

1	$500,000	3	4	$100,000
6	7	$750	9	10
$400,000	12	14	$25	$400
17	18	$10,000	$1	21
$5	23	$75,000	$200	26

Cases to Open	4
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

Four cases, please.

[izakthegoomba]

3
7
12
18

[RichardGHP]

Ooh, you've knocked out that wonderful car... But then again, you're going through those small numbers fast.

1	$500,000	$50,000	4	$100,000
6	CAR	$750	9	10
$400,000	$0.10	14	$25	$400
17	$100	$10,000	$1	21
$5	23	$75,000	$200	26

Banker's Offer	$56,780
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

$56,780 is your offer. Deal or No Deal?

[animorpherv1]

Ooh, you've knocked out that wonderful car.

Called it.

[izakthegoomba]

Nope.

[RichardGHP]

Excellent.

1	$500,000	$50,000	4	$100,000
6	CAR	$750	9	10
$400,000	$0.10	14	$25	$400
17	$100	$10,000	$1	21
$5	23	$75,000	$200	26

Cases to Open	3
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

Another 3 cases, if you please.

[izakthegoomba]

6
14
26

[RichardGHP]

:S You've taken out the $750,000. $500 and $50 on the low end.

1	$500,000	$50,000	4	$100,000
$750,000	CAR	$750	9	10
$400,000	$0.10	$500	$25	$400
17	$100	$10,000	$1	21
$5	23	$75,000	$200	$50

Banker's Offer	$66569.25
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

...and your offer is $66569.25. Deal or No Deal?

[izakthegoomba]

Ok, that's acceptable.

Deal.

[RichardGHP]

$66569.25	DEAL
$0.10	$1000
$1	$5000
$5	$10,000
$10	$25,000
$25	$50,000
$50	$75,000
$75	$100,000
$100	CAR
$200	$300,000
$300	$400,000
$400	$500,000
$500	$750,000
$750	$1,000,000

Now, let's see what was in your case, number 13...

$75? I'm glad you took the deal.

$66,000 is a very respectable prize. What are you going to do with the money?

[izakthegoomba]

I'm going to make a big donation to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to MishMashers. It's a great charity that campaigns for stronger measures to be taken against trolls and flamers right across the subforums. Then I'm going to take a nice, long holiday to Mafia Discussion, see the sights, get some pictures of the local wildlife. That kind of thing.