Press Your Luck (RC vs. doctorwho vs. NS)

[StrangerCoug]

Advance Two Spaces to $5,000, then another $2,000 on top of that. $13,075, three spins, one Whammy.

[Xalxe]

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (17) = 17

[StrangerCoug]

Stop at a Whammy.

Everybody now has two of those. What you in particular also have two of are spins left. Press or pass?

[Xalxe]

UGH

Original Roll String: 2d18

2 18-Sided Dice: (15, 2) = 17

[StrangerCoug]

Your first spin stops at...

...two thousand dollars and a spin.


Your second spin stops at...

...a

TRIP TO LONDON W/6N STAY @ THE MAY FAIR & RENTAL CAR

worth $4,644.

Six thousand, six hundred forty-four dollars cash and prizes. If you press your luck, you must come up with an additional spin or Nobody Special will win. If you pass and Nobody Special hits a Whammy, you will win.

[swyellowtail]

Your first spin stops at...

...two thousand dollars and a spin.

...and a completely missing image. Whoops.

[StrangerCoug]

The image is still reconstructable but would have to be reuploaded since it was uploaded to Postimage while logged out.

[Xalxe]

Is there any chance you'll tell me the odds of both happening?

[StrangerCoug]

Out of 54 spaces, there are nine spaces that are a Whammy and (currently) thirteen spaces that award an extra spin.

[Xalxe]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

fuck it let's go for it

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (16) = 16

[StrangerCoug]

Spoiler: Stop at...

...three thousand dollars and a spin! You're still alive!

Now you've reached the point where you can catch up with at least one of the prizes up there. You have $9,664, one spin, and two Whammies. You need $10,660. Press your luck again or pass?

[Xalxe]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

let's a-go

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (15) = 15

[StrangerCoug]

Spoiler: Stop at...

...one thousand, five hundred dollars and a spin!

Eleven thousand, one hundred forty-four dollars; one spin; two whammies. You have $9,160 to go before you catch up with Nobody Special.

[Nobody Special]

What the hell.

[Xalxe]

I'mma whammy so hard

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[StrangerCoug]

Spoiler: Stop at...

Well, speak of the devil!



That Whammy means that Nobody Special is the winner with $20,304 cash and prizes! Congratulations!

The fourth episode won't be done right away. I'm considering a hiatus to concentrate on Gameshow Marathon 2015, and in any event I kinda want to finish the Round 2 prize rotation before starting this back up again.

[StrangerCoug]

It's finally time for another episode of Press Your Luck!


Let's meet our players today. JDGA is the only completely new face here, but I know he's a smart guy. He faces two people who have been in this studio before: Nobody Special, our returning champion, and puzzledan, who played the premiere.

We'll start with a series of four questions. After someone answers or everyone passes, I'll then make it multiple-choice for the people who haven't answered. If you're first to answer while the question is open-ended, your correct answer is worth three spins; correct multiple-choice answers are worth one spin. If someone beats you to what you were going to say, then save a few keystrokes, say A, and be done with it. Remember how to do this? OK, here we go:

QUESTION 1 OF 4

The joker is believed to have been created independently of the fool in the Tarot deck to serve as the highest trump in which card game?

[Nobody Special]

Poker

[StrangerCoug]

Is the correct answer:

QUESTION 1 OF 4

The joker is believed to have been created independently of the fool in the Tarot deck to serve as the highest trump in which card game?

1. Poker
   
2. Euchre
   
3. Pinochle

[JDGA]

B

[StrangerCoug]

puzzledan?

[StrangerCoug]

The thread title now has the current contestants.

[puzzledan]

Sorry B

[Nobody Special]

Oh. So much for reading the question, huh? Poker doesn't have trumps.

[StrangerCoug]

Yeah. It's euchre.

QUESTION 1 OF 4

The joker is believed to have been created independently of the fool in the Tarot deck to serve as the highest trump in which card game?

1. Poker
   
2. Euchre
   
   
3. Pinochle

JDGA gets a spin, Nobody Special gets a slap in the face courtesy of himself, and puzzledan gets a spin.

Here's the next question:

QUESTION 2 OF 4

On November 7, 2000, the Flying Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service foiled what would then have been the world's biggest robbery when it caught a gang of seven thieves trying to steal £350 million (then about $500 million) worth of diamonds from what London landmark now officially known as The O₂?