(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[JerryArr]

I'm hopin' for some good stuff, let's pick sphere

#2

, and if necessary,

#5

.

[yabbaguy]

Let's see...

JerryArr

*hatch opens*

JerryArr

*audience applause, some gasps, set flashes red*

And there's another 3 that comes flying out, wow! That's gonna be bad news in a sec, but some great news for red right now!

JerryArr

---

So, we need to place a 3 in a second. Pay attention as this next one drops, because these odds are sure to quake no matter what comes out. Just stay away from blue...

*unlocks another sphere*

...hope I didn't just uncork one.

*lifts lid*

*audience cheers*

STILL both there! Are they ever going to drop is the question?

Mist7676

jmj3000

Nobody Special

Three straightforward objectives to aim after. The bad news: you're going to have to prepare to forsake one of them. Well, maybe...

Who of the three are you selecting?

[KingdomAces]

Not that I actually think it's going to come into play, but if you predict your own spheres and then intentionally select something other than what would be 4/0 based on your predictions, would the line jump activate based on the predictions or what actually occurred?

[yabbaguy]

Only on a 4/0, then I'd re-prompt you for the other three. Don't be a meanie.

[JDGA]

Not that I actually think it's going to come into play, but if you predict your own spheres and then intentionally select something other than what would be 4/0 based on your predictions, would the line jump activate based on the predictions or what actually occurred?

Jerk

jmj3000

, green's shoved itself in a hole and curled up to die. It'll be a huge load off my mind if you nab the 4 here, but I'm not really expecting it.

[yabbaguy]

jmj3000

You never know what's coming in this game though! jmj3000, only a 4 nets $10K on green. Otherwise, we're definitely hoping it stays dead.

Your two spheres please?

[jmj3000]

3, then 1

[yabbaguy]

jmj3000

*jmj3000 opens it up*

jmj3000

*audience groans, set flashes gray*

Uh oh...

Is that target coming back down at all? :\

jmj3000

---

*walks over to golden spheres*

We just have to hope that a green vanishes on this pick, I suppose. It's stuck at $4,000 now, so that's our best case scenario. But I fear that a blue might be going though, it almost feels as though it's coming.

...and if you think I believe in jinxes, remember what trying to avoid it last time got us.

*unlocks another sphere*

*and opens the hatch*

*applause, then cheers*

They're all level now! Blue's just as likely as any other! Oh my goodness!

Mist7676

Nobody Special

There's $20K to get on red and $200K to get on blue. We're guessing at best you only have a chance to attain one, because the worst target is sticking around.

You've got two to go, what order are they going in?

[JDGA]

Well, if they're all level, then Rule of Dramatic Finales says that blue's gonna succeed. As such, this one is going to

Mist7676

.

[Nobody Special]

*fidgets nervously*

[yabbaguy]

Mist7676

Mist, if you can find the 4, we advance to $20,000. That'd be great, but also, whatever target you pick...

Nobody Special

...goes to Mr. Fidget over here.

*some laughter*

Because, apparently, it is Law that blue is going to pay out $200,000 today. It may very well be, that's for sure.

You may both select now, but Mist's pick is revealed first in any event.

[Nobody Special]

*faints*

[yabbaguy]

*an airbag goes off on the floor beneath NS, he lands comfortably on this spontaneously inflated cushion*

We came prepared.

*shakes him*

Are you okay?

[Xalxe]

*smacks yabba*

That's dreadful first aid! Don't shake someone who is ill!

*pulls out defibrillator*

We've gotta shock him!

[Nobody Special]

*looks at defibrillator, crawls quickly away, stands up shakily*

*looks around cautiously*

....Fine.

I think.


OH THE PRESSURE

*swoons; grabs handrail conveniently nearby*

[Nobody Special]

*focuses on mega-board, concentrates*

The middle one.


And then the far, far, far right one.

*smiles; sits*

[xtopherusD]

I'd say that effort deserves a round of confetti.

[Xalxe]

*looks at defibrillator, crawls quickly away, stands up shakily*

*looks around cautiously*

....Fine.

I think.


OH THE PRESSURE

*swoons; grabs handrail conveniently nearby*

*electrocutes handrail*

[NoWhammies11]

/in

[Mist7676]

Mist takes a moment to feel each sphere.

"Yeah, it's definitely 3-1-0-2-4"

[yabbaguy]

You don't have to put quote marks around your own sentences, silly.

The 4's all the way to the right, you say? Prove it.

*Mist uncorks the sphere*

Mist7676

How psychic is she really?

*lid lifts*

Mist7676

*audience gasps, set flashes gray, then applause*

A huge dagger to red's bank, but also to the target! Now blue has soared to an 80% chance of reaching $200,000!

Mist7676

---

We still drop golden spheres though... and there remains two more questions as to how likely blue actually is to show.

The other two sectors stand at only $5K and $4K. Either a flash of red or green and we're cheering.

*unlatches another golden sphere*

*and opens the hatch*

*more cheering*

YES!

One more turn to get by though...

Nobody Special

...and ready or not, here it comes. You have a guardrail right there too if you need to keep yourself from fainting.

Stand by...

[Nobody Special]

*fidgets nervously*

[JDGA]

:O

[yabbaguy]

Nobody Special

Five color spheres remain, and there they are.

{$60,000}

[$200,000]

There's just one sphere to duck. NS doesn't think the middle sphere is the booby trap.

*NS, having recovered from that obnoxious electric shock, unlatches the middle sphere*

Nobody Special

...


...


Bored of waiting yet?

Fine, show it.

*NS flings open the lid*

Nobody Special

*audience cheers, strobe lights and blue lights flash everywhere, NS faints again*

*more cheering*

Nobody Special

But not so fast.

*walks over again, audience groans*

We're not done here with these golden spheres yet.

You only hung onto four golden spheres, and we are now about to figure out which four you actually have been clinging to, and which one is the last to drop like they're Nobody Special.

If it's green, it's kaput and you've got $5,000 at least. If it's red, that's still worth a cheer. A blue dents your chances of winning its

massive

contents from 40% to 25%.






JDGA, for the last time...

this golden sphere...

...

is now gone forever!

*whisks it open*

*cheering continues, triumphant music plays*

*rhythmic clapping*

Finally! Could this be the day we hand out the biggest payout ever won on Optimize? It's something we've waited for a couple of

years

to do, and it's possible now.



But now, the ultimate decision is at hand... stand by.

[yabbaguy]

JDGA, you are the last person on mafiascum.net I need to explain this to, but let's do it so that the rest of the Internet is up to speed.

These are the golden spheres that you secured at the end of your game, in ascending cash order.



Green is worth

$4,000

Red is worth

$5,000

Each blue is worth

$200,000

!

But you can only win one of those sums of cash, and since there still is more than one left at the end of your game, we must resolve that now. Adjudicator, please take the spheres away.

*metallic doors open up, the silhouetted and sharp-dressed man stands defiantly there in the doorway*

*the golden sphere gallery slides back and eventually stops just in front of him*

*the metallic doors slam shut*

...

Quite simply, those same four golden spheres are going to come back in the same order they were secured/as they were in the original lineup, and loaded up with all the cash you earned on them. You pick one, and you get all the cash that's inside.

You have a 50% chance of selecting a golden sphere worth $200,000.

Good luck to you.

Bring them back please!

*the metallic doors swing open again*

*the spheres slowly slide forward, this time making it all the way to the middle of the set, spotlights are following the rack as it makes its slower, arduous journey all the way out to center stage*

*eventually they reach their destination and stop. Almost nobody is talking - some aren't even breathing - as this all happens*

*the metallic doors swing shut again*

[$4,000] x1

[$5,000] x1

[$200,000] x2

There are the golden spheres, there are the cash amounts, but what goes where?

So, JDGA, for $200,000...

...a 50/50 chance...

...just find a blue. You are so close to all that cash. Can you find it?