Tower of Cash (Game 08: Felissan)

[JDGA]

Felissan
$1,153,974
$1,000,000		21
		20
			-50%
		18
		16
		15	+75%
			+100%
$4,000
		12	Random 5
$1,000
$500
$250
		8	Suffix
$64
$16			O
			W
			E
			R
		1

Welcome to the Tower of Cash! Here, if you are fortunate, you can win hundreds of millions of dollars! All you have to do is navigate your way safely through the tower...

Spoiler: Basic Gameplay

The tower contains 21 floors, and each floor has two values hidden there - one on the left, and one on the right. The game is played by travelling to a floor and selecting a direction, claiming whatever is hidden there. The other value will then be revealed (but not claimed), and both will then be removed from the board.
The game has six rounds - in the first round, we travel to six floors, then five in the second, four in the third, three in the fourth, two in the fifth, and the one remaining floor in the last round. Between rounds, you may elect to bail out, leaving the tower with whatever cash you have accumulated at that time. Once you start a round, however, you have to see it through. Simple enough, right?

Half of the spaces are cash, ranging from $1 to $1,000,000. If you find one of those spaces, they are added to your score.
The other half are various events.

Spoiler: Event Descriptions

-25%, -50%, -75%, -100%

- When found, these spaces will reduce your score by the given percentage. Yes, this means the -100% space will reset you to zero.

+25%, +50%, +75%, +100%

- When found, these spaces will

increase

your score by the given percentage. Much nicer, with the +100% space doubling your score.

Random 4, Random 5, Random 6

- These spaces are cash spaces, but the amount they will give you is random. The number of digits in the amount generated is the number given on the space. (Random 4 = $1000-$9999, Random 5 = $10000-$99999, Random 6 = $100000-$999999)

Peephole

- Your one weapon to combat the randomness of the tower, after finding this space you will be able to peek at any two spaces before choosing them. You can look at both spaces on the same floor, or one space on each of two floors.

Prefix

- If you are lucky enough to find this space, we'll add a 1 to the front of your score.

Suffix

- Even better, this one will place a 0 on the end of your score, effectively multiplying it by ten!

Floor Closure

- Upon finding this space, an unpicked floor will be randomly selected and closed. Both spaces on that floor will be removed, and the game will end after the fifth round rather than the sixth.

T, O, W, E, R

- Individually, these spaces do nothing, However, should you manage to collect four of them, you will receive $1,000,000, and if you are able to find all five, you will receive $1,000,000,000. (And should you collect all five

in order

, we'll bump that jackpot up to one trillion, just for good measure)

BASEMENT

- The one space you really,

really

want to avoid. Finding this space will drop you into the basement, meaning the end of your run. You must then choose a percentage of your score to try and escape with. A percentage will then be randomly generated. If your percentage is equal to or less than the generated one, you leave with the amount you picked. Should the generated amount be lower, however, you will leave with nothing.

It's a lot easier to understand once we get into it. And yes, it is just about Deal-or-No-Deal levels of RNG. That said... how much can

you

win?

Top Scores:

Rank	Game	Player	Score	Floors
1.	01	Lady Lambdadelta	$1,002,218,577	21
2.	04	racefan12	$1,001,941,582	20
3.	06	animorpherv1	$65,840,713	18
4.	07	StrangerCoug	$3,232,656	20
5.	05	Allomancer	$2,843,828	11
6.	03	BipolarChemist	$1,175,384	20
7.	02	D3f3nd3r	$1,019,177	11

Spoiler: Queue

swyellowtail
BulletNLynchproof
Cheery Dog
D3f3nd3r
Lady Lambdadelta
Iprobablysuck
kdowns
Tatsuya Kaname
yabbaguy

Spoiler: Game History

Game 01: Lady Lambdadelta
Game 02: D3f3nd3r
Game 03: BipolarChemist
Game 04: racefan12
Game 05: Allomancer
Game 06: animorpherv1
Game 07: StrangerCoug
Game 08: Felissan

[Lady Lambdadelta]

/in

[JDGA]

Lady Lambdadelta
$0
$1,000,000		21	-100%
$500,000		20	-75%
$250,000		19	-50%
$125,000		18	-25%
$64,000		17	+25%
$32,000		16	+50%
$16,000		15	+75%
$8,000		14	+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
$2,000		12	Random 5
$1,000		11	Random 6
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64		7	Floor Closure
$32		6	T
$16		5	O
$8		4	W
$4		3	E
$2		2	R
$1		1	BASEMENT

Alright, let's get this show on the road!
We can go one at a time, or make all six selections for Round 1 at once. We need you to pick a floor, and whether you're going left or right.

[Lady Lambdadelta]

Floor 6 Left, please

[JDGA]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

Floor 6! And we're taking the left path...

[$2,000] <--

Some cash to start us off! But what did we miss out on...?

--> [$1]

Alright, no problem!

Lady Lambdadelta
$2,000
$1,000,000		21	-100%
$500,000		20	-75%
$250,000		19	-50%
$125,000		18	-25%
$64,000		17	+25%
$32,000		16	+50%
$16,000		15	+75%
$8,000		14	+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
$1,000		11	Random 6
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64		7	Floor Closure
$32			T
$16		5	O
$8		4	W
$4		3	E
$2		2	R
		1	BASEMENT

Five more to go before the end of the round. Where next?

[Lady Lambdadelta]

I'd like floor 14 Right

[JDGA]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

Going right on Floor 14...

--> [Random 6]

Oh, here we go! Big bucks coming up...

[$930,170]

Just about top of the range, too! But of course, what would have followed had we gone left?

[$1,000] <--

A pittance in comparison! You're off to a very clean start...

Lady Lambdadelta
$932,170
$1,000,000		21	-100%
$500,000		20	-75%
$250,000		19	-50%
$125,000		18	-25%
$64,000		17	+25%
$32,000		16	+50%
$16,000		15	+75%
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64		7	Floor Closure
$32			T
$16		5	O
$8		4	W
$4		3	E
$2		2	R
		1	BASEMENT

Four more before the first checkpoint.

[Lady Lambdadelta]

17 Right please

[D3f3nd3r]

/in so hard

[JDGA]

[15]

[16]

[17]

Going right at our next stop, revealing...

--> [$250,000]

More six-figure cash! And the alternative...?

[-75%] <--

Well then, that's a third good pick in a row, and one of the more frightening spaces on the board dealt with.

Lady Lambdadelta
$1,182,170
$1,000,000		21	-100%
$500,000		20
		19	-50%
$125,000		18	-25%
$64,000			+25%
$32,000		16	+50%
$16,000		15	+75%
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64		7	Floor Closure
$32			T
$16		5	O
$8		4	W
$4		3	E
$2		2	R
		1	BASEMENT

Halfway through the first round, and things are going very smoothly thus far!

[Lady Lambdadelta]

4 Left

[BipolarChemist]

slash in plz

[racefan12]

/in

[Allomancer]

/in

[JDGA]

[16]

[15]

[14]

[13]

[12]

[11]

[10]

[9]

[8]

[7]

[6]

[5]

[4]

A long ride down to Floor 4, where we're going left...

[-25%] <--

Ouch, that's a bit of a blow, big enough to knock us back down to six digits.
As for the right path?

--> [BASEMENT]

OH, well then! It cost us a couple hundred thousand for the security, but our biggest enemy is now behind us!

Lady Lambdadelta
$886,628
$1,000,000		21	-100%
$500,000		20
		19	-50%
$125,000		18
$64,000			+25%
$32,000		16	+50%
$16,000		15	+75%
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64		7	Floor Closure
$32			T
$16		5	O
$8			W
$4		3	E
$2		2	R
		1

Two more floors to visit this round...

[Lady Lambdadelta]

7 Left please

[JDGA]

[5]

[6]

[7]

Lucky 7? Going left, what's in store for us here...

[-100%] <--

...oh. On the plus side, it's gone now. On the minus side, we're back at zero dollars.

--> [$8]

The alternative wasn't much, but it would have been a lot better than that.

Lady Lambdadelta
$0
$1,000,000		21
$500,000		20
		19	-50%
$125,000		18
$64,000			+25%
$32,000		16	+50%
$16,000		15	+75%
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64			Floor Closure
$32			T
$16		5	O
			W
$4		3	E
$2		2	R
		1

One floor left, let's start accumulating cash again?

[Lady Lambdadelta]

16 Right

[JDGA]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

Let's see what we can find down the right path...

--> [$32]

Eh... eh. Better than nothing.

[+75%] <--

And while the alternative wouldn't have helped us right now, it's a strong space to miss out on...

Lady Lambdadelta
$32
$1,000,000		21
$500,000		20
		19	-50%
$125,000		18
$64,000			+25%
$32,000			+50%
$16,000		15
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64			Floor Closure
			T
$16		5	O
			W
$4		3	E
$2		2	R
		1

That's the end of Round 1, which means this is your first bailout point. You can either take $32 and leave the Tower of Cash, or you can play on and visit another five floors. Which is it to be?

[Lady Lambdadelta]

Play on. 2 Right

[JDGA]

We're playing on!

[15]

[14]

[13]

[12]

[11]

[10]

[9]

[8]

[7]

[6]

[5]

[4]

[3]

[2]

One long elevator ride later, let's see what we've got...

--> [T]

Zippo no nada. Not unless you manage to find the other letters, at least.

[-50%] <--

On the other hand, that's the last negative space knocked out!

Lady Lambdadelta
$32
T
$1,000,000		21
$500,000		20
		19
$125,000		18
$64,000			+25%
$32,000			+50%
$16,000		15
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
$125		8	Suffix
$64			Floor Closure
$16		5	O
			W
$4		3	E
$2			R
		1

Somehow I have a feeling we won't be taking any bailouts here. Let's keep exploring the tower!

[Lady Lambdadelta]

1 Right

[JDGA]

[1]

Contrast a rather short ride this time. Going right...

--> [$16]

Well, nothing special, but it's cash. I guess you could see it like a +50%, given the circumstances?

[$125] <--

Marginally better cash. No big loss.

Lady Lambdadelta
$48
T
$1,000,000		21
$500,000		20
		19
$125,000		18
$64,000			+25%
$32,000			+50%
$16,000		15
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
$500		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
		8	Suffix
$64			Floor Closure
		5	O
			W
$4		3	E
$2			R

Where's our next stop?

[Lady Lambdadelta]

21 Right

[JDGA]

Ah, the big ride~

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

And going right again, what do we find?

--> [$64]

Progress! ...I guess!

[$500] <--

Another choice of two digits vs three digits.

Lady Lambdadelta
$112
T
$1,000,000
$500,000		20
		19
$125,000		18
$64,000			+25%
$32,000			+50%
$16,000		15
$8,000			+100%
$4,000		13	Random 4
		12	Random 5
		11
		10	Peephole
$250		9	Prefix
		8	Suffix
			Floor Closure
		5	O
			W
$4		3	E
$2			R

12 floors left in this tower, two left in the round (if we even care about that, which I'm pretty sure we don't)