Rumble | Game #2 | Round 4

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Rumble

Rumble is a game where players invent their own superpowers, then bid on those same superpowers and fight in an attempt to triumph over everyone else.

The Original Rules can be found here.

Some house rules:
1. I reserve the ability to veto any Power that I feel is too hard to process or unhealthy for the game (e.g “Spend 1 to deal 100 unavoidable damage to all players except yourself” will be vetoed). I also have final say over ambiguities in the wordings or interactions of Power.
2. Starting round 4, 50% of the energy allocated to unused defense will be burned.
3. Players have 48 hours to submit their actions each phase/round (except for the auction, which lasts for 72 hours). If this deadline is exceeded, I will prod any players who have not submitted their actions yet. I may also replace players at any time.

Current theme: Corporate

Players:
1. Ircher
2. NotAJumbleOfNumbers
3. Jake The Wolfie
4. NDMath
5. Irrelephant11

To sign up, please make a post in the game thread indicating your intent to do so and PM me two powers you’ve created. The game will start when 5 players have signed up or when no players have signed up for the past 72 hours.

Good luck!

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Current Gamestate

Current Game:

#2

Theme:

Corporate

Status:

Signups

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And we've filled!

2 players haven't sent me their powers yet, so once those powers have been received, the Auction Phase will begin.

Good luck!

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slight rules change: the 50% burn starting round 4 only applies to unused defense, not all defense (so if you were to defend for 50 and get attacked for 40, 10 of that defense would be unused and as such, 5 energy would be burned)

aside from that, all powers have been received. will start auction phase next morning

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All powers have been received and the auction has begun! Here's the list of powers that are up for auction today:

Barnacle

The player who bids the most for this gives this to another player

At the end of the round the player holding this power loses 10 energy. This power passes to the player with the most energy remaining at the end of the round (or doesn't pass if the player currently holding it has the most energy).

Flight

Burn 5 to halve the potency of all attacks (excluding superhero powers) against you.

Moderator Note:

This only applies to the round it's used on.

Freed from Reality

You do not lose energy. You may only activate powers you control once per turn. At the end of the 6th round, you lose the game.

Force Field

Spend 10 energy to gain 20 defense.

Moderator Note:

This only applies to the round it's used on.

Mindful Rest

If you neither lose nor allocate energy during a round, double the amount of energy you have.

Moderator Note:

Pretend that "a" is meant to be "this".

Delayed Triplicate

Bids for this Power are not shown, nor are they processed, until the start of round 3. Create two sidekicks that are a copy of you (after you have paid the Energy for this Power.)

Moderator Note:

This power is only used after round 3 begins and cannot be used afterwards. The sidekicks created have the same amount of energy as you would have after winning the bid for this. You may not change your bid on this after the auction ends.

Wandering Love
Flaw:

All your actions target a single randomized player each round.

Copy Cat

Burn 15 to permanently change this superpower into a different superpower in the game of your choice. This change occurs at the end of the Resolution Phase.

Automatic Crossbow

At the start of every round, roll a d6. If you roll a 1, discard this power. Otherwise, you may allocate extra points to attacks equal to 5x the number rolled.

Quick Dodge

Spend 5 to entirely dodge the smallest non-zero attack towards you. Applies before defense. This superpower cannot be used when there is only one opponent remaining.

This phase will last for 72 hours to allow players to resolve any ambiguities before making their final decision. Please send me a PM containing a list of your bids for every power in (expired on 2022-08-10 10:00:00).

Good luck!

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decided to resolve some ambiguities I spotted myself

if you have any issues with that, let me know

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some questions I was asked privately:

Does Quick Dodge stack? (if I use it 2x, does it block 2 attacks)

i'd say no, given that the wording is "dodge the smallest non-zero attack towards you" and since powers all resolve simultaneously, each use of that power would apply to the same attack

How does Flight + Crossbow work?

since crossbow gives you points to allocate instead of attacking outright, i'm going to say crossbow is a normal attack and is thus halved by flight

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Initially I thought Wandering Love meant one would submit something like
Defend for 50
Attack Player A for 20
Attack Player B for 15
And then A & B would be randomized
But now I'm questioning do A & B have to be the same player?

yes, A and B would be the same player

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End of Auction

Hello! This is lendun reporting tonight for the Superhero News Network. Currently in the city of Nowhere, Idaho, the yearly Superhero Power expo is currently being hosted. The main star of the show are the 5 superheroes invited to demonstrate their latest powers and gadgets to the general public. Let’s cut to our live feed right now to see the details!

First up is NotAJumbleOfNumbers, the newest superhero invited here today. He currently appears to be demonstarting his massive strength; not unusual, but does he have anything else? Looks like the answer is no, and he leaves the stage facing a slightly dissatisfied audience.

Next comes mallowgeno, who’s demonstrating their new force field. It sure looks gnarly, but there seems to be something wrong. Our hero seems to be exhibiting symptoms of some weird variant of Stockholm syndrome. Regardless, the audience is satisfied.

Here comes the next hero! On the stage right now is Ircher, showing off his lightspeed dodging abilities. The audience is elated!

Shoving Ircher out of the way, here is NDMath! They are demonstrating some form of creature they have dubbed the Barnacle; it is currently unknown whether or not the creature is hostile and where it has come from.

Our last hero of the day is Jake The Wolfie! He doesn’t appear to have come to the stage yet. We’ve luckily gotten permission to go backstage, so our camera is going there right now. Let’s see what our hero is doing… what the fu- *cut to ad*
Viewers, we are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved hero Jake The Wolfie. He appears to have been crushed by the sheer weight of the gadgets he brought; it is currently unknown whether this was an accident or a murder. Police are currently investigating the case.

Well, that brings the expo to an early close. It ended on a sad note, but we’re still excited to see what the Superhero Power expo has for the future. This is reporter lendun on behalf of the Superhero News Network, signing off… hey, what’s that growling?

Jake The Wolfie went on too hard of a shopping spree and got eliminated.

NDMath has won the auction for the Barnacle and must pass it to someone else. Round 1 will begin once the Barnacle has been passed. Good luck!

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Round 1

This is lendun reporting tonight for the Superhero News Network. The creature previously showcased by NDMath appears to have broken free and has latched onto mallowgeno's head! That looks painful... A fight also appears to have broken out between the heroes invited to the expo. No punches have been thrown yet, but it's only a matter of time. This is lendun on behalf of the Superhero News Network, signing off.



Round 1 has begun! Please submit your actions in (expired on 2022-08-10 21:00:00). Good luck!

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Round 1

This is lendun reporting tonight for the Superhero News Network. The creature previously showcased by NDMath appears to have broken free and has latched onto mallowgeno's head! That looks painful... A fight also appears to have broken out between the heroes invited to the expo. No punches have been thrown yet, but it's only a matter of time. This is lendun on behalf of the Superhero News Network, signing off.



Round 1 has begun! Please submit your actions in (expired on 2022-08-10 21:00:00). Good luck!

correction: mallowgeno has 88 energy, not 78. misremembered barnacle as resolving at start of round, not end of round. they will still lose 10 energy at the end of the round

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Round 2 Begins

This is lendun here, reporting for the Superhero News Network. The fight that broke out at the expo is currently still ongoing and our crew has retreated to a safe distance from the arena. As always, we're here to broadcast the latest details.

Mallowgeno appears to be having a rough time: both NotAJumbleOfNumbers and NDMath are throwing heavy punches at them! Seemingly unable to activate their force field, mallowgeno simply isn't able to withstand the attacks.

Ircher isn't sitting back; he throws a heavy punch at NDMath and also attacks NotAJumbleOfNumbers on the side. He receives a meaningless, perhaps deliberate attack from NDMath (which is dodged) and then withstands the full force of mallowgeno! Ircher lives for now, although he's on his last legs.

NotAJumbleOfNumbers receives a small attack from Ircher and then throws his full force at mallowgeno.

NDMath does receive a rather large punch from Ircher, but his defense mostly negates it.

Well, this has been an interesting fight so far; with one contestant dead and another on his last legs, what can happen? We'll be here to broadcast the details as always. This is lendun on behalf of the Superhero News Network, signing off.

mallowgeno succumbs to the sheer force of the punches thrown at them.

The Barnacle has been passed to NotAJumbleOfNumbers!

Round 2 has now begun! Please submit your actions in (expired on 2022-08-11 10:00:00). Good luck!

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Start of Round 3

Hi, unnamed narrator here. The Superhero News Network has now retreated due to the fight being too dangerous to film.

Some small attacks here and there; nothing special.



Wait, what's this... NDMath is taking out some strange looking device! And he's pouring tons and tons of energy into it! What could this be...



A blinding light comes out from the arena! When it subsides, the amount of contestants has changed... NDMath has appeared to create two clones; htamDN and MathND! They seem identical to their master in every sense of the word, but how well they'll perform is yet to be seen...

NDMath has won the auction for the Delayed Triplicate and has created two clones of himself!

NotAJumbleOfNumbers still possesses the Barnacle.

Round 3 has begun! Please submit your actions in (expired on 2022-08-11 21:00:00). Good luck!

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End of Game

The fight ends on an expected note. NDMath, after having created two clones of himself, was so powerful that the two remaining contestants opted to save their own lives and concede. It is currently unknown whether the expo will be held again.

Ircher and NotAJumbleOfNumbers have conceded. NDMath wins!

thanks for playing! will think of a theme and open signups for a second game soon-ish

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would prehistoric rumble be interesting?

some other themes I thought of:
future
spaceship (each power has a condition meter, which is used as energy for that power. you have to destroy every power before being able to kill the player by destroying the hull. probably way too slow to be fun though)
megarumble (10 players. probably hell to moderate AND play)

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What were your powers, by the way? I made Delayed Triplicate and Automatic Crossbow

Delayed Triplicate, Automatic Crossbow: NotAJumbleOfNumbers
Freed from Reality, Mindful Rest: Jake The Wolfie
Flight, Wandering Love: Ircher
Barnacle, Force Field: mallowgeno
Quick Dodge, Copy Cat: NDMath

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megarumble (10 players. probably hell to moderate AND play)

Rumble tournament: get 25 players and divide them into five pods of 5

sounds interesting but I don’t think I’ll get 25 players

might actually run corporate next

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alright, let's go

Game #2 signups now open!

The theme for this game will be Corporation.

From the official rules:
"Corporation Rumble takes place in the cut-throat world of global business - Corporation spend their Millions on Lawsuits (Attack) and Counter-Suits (Defence), furthering their empires with acquired Assets, over a number of Fiscal Quarters (Rounds)."

This game will have 5 slots available. To sign up, please make a post in the thread along the lines of "/in" and PM me your two Assets whenever possible.

1. Ircher
2. NotAJumbleOfNumbers
3. Jake The Wolfie
4. NDMath
5. Irrelephant11

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Auction

Here are the Assets available at today's auction. May the best CEO prevail!

Trust Fund

All bids on this asset are taken from players, doubled, then divided evenly among those who bid.

Moderator Note:

The doubled result is rounded to the nearest 5.

Passive Income

At the end of each Fiscal Quarter your remaining Millions increase by 10%, rounded down to the nearest Million.

Shell Companies

Every Fiscal Quarter, if you have 30 or more Millions, you may choose to Split. If you do, burn 15 Millions and create a Sidekick with that much Millions. That Sidekick takes all damage you would take this round.

Something About Crypto

Whenever you defend or attack, multiply the attack or defense by a random number between 0.75 and 1.5, rounded up. At the start of every round, increase your Energy by a random number between -8 and 10.

Investments

For every Million you spend on this Asset in a Fiscal Quarter, you have an extra 3 Millions to allocate to Lawsuits the following round.

Solar Energy Panels

This asset reduces the cost needed to activate other Assets by 5 Millions each Fiscal Quarter. This reduction is global across all your Assets; you do not get a discount per Asset. This effect is passive.

Headquarters Building

At any time that you have 1 or more Millions, you may sell this asset for 150 Millions, but your counter suits become half as effective from that point onward.

Moderator Note:

Going to have to start a vote for this: does "at any time" also mean during the Allocation Phase or can it only activate during the Resolution Phase?

Jake's Bailout

If at the conclusion of the auction you have a negative number of Millions, adds 40 Millions to your total, otherwise does nothing.

Client Relationships

The winner of this asset can choose another player before Round 1. This is public, and ties them together. For the first 4 rounds, their defense is combined (add their two defense allocations together) and then applied separately to both (e.g. if their combined defense is 30, they

both separately

have 30 defense for that round).

Government Lobbying

If you were to lose the game due to having 0 or less Millions, instead lose this Asset, then your Millions are set to 25.

Moderator Note:

This will not activate during the auction.

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Yeah unfortunately I think that power should have been vetoed. You can just bet 100 for everything and be fine.

"adds 40 Millions to your total"
I interpret that as an addition of 40 Millions, eg if you're 60 Millions in the red, you'd get 40 added to your total and would be 20 Millions in the red (which is still death)

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Jake's Bailout breaks the auction entirely

Jake's Bailout doesn't but I think Government Lobbying does?

oh right, time to nerf that lmao

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Jake's Bailout breaks the auction entirely

Jake's Bailout doesn't but I think Government Lobbying does?

oh right, time to nerf that lmao

I mean, if you start the game with 25 millions, then that's your fault for losing. "Oh no, everyone attacked me with 100 millions apiece! Aaaaaa!!!"

I imagine that with HQ and Crypto luck, you could survive
although probably not when I think about it

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Resolving Auction

The auction has ended and everyone gets to walk away with their shiny new assets! Wait... only one person's walking out... and they have literally nothing. NotAJumbleOfNumbers wasn't lucky, I suppose. The rest are still in the auction house, seemingly arguing over something. We'll see what happens.



Ircher and Jake The Wolfie have tied on Shell Companies!

Jake The Wolfie and Irrelephant11 have tied on Client Relationships!

NDMath and Irrelephant11 have tied on Government Lobbying!

Please PM me your replacement bids for the ties you're involved in in (expired on 2022-08-18 16:00:00). Good luck!

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made a slight mistake: irrelephant11 won the auction for Solar Energy Panels, so he should have 108 Millions instead of 109

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Jumbles should have also not received anything for Trust Fund as they did not bid on it.

ah, missed the “among those who bid” clause
will fix that

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I also believe that I bid a total of negative 10 millions on S.A.C.

yeah no that doesn't work

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I also believe that I bid a total of negative 10 millions on S.A.C.

yeah no that doesn't work

At the very least, my bid should be less than 10, possibly 0.

oh right
Irrelephant11 wins Something About Crypto (106 Millions before ties), Jake The Wolfie now has 61 Millions before ties

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shame ghost on Jake

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all bids received, will process tomorrow

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actually, we have an inbetween phase so let's just do it right now



Irrelephant11 wins the auction for Client Relationships! Irrelephant11, please select a player to tie yourself to in (expired on 2022-08-20 23:00:00). Good luck!

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also, since ircher's vote was the only vote, HQ building can be used at any time, including before the resolution phase

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btw, let it be known that I’m glad nobody else figured out the instawin combo of Shell Companies + Headquarters Building + Passive Income

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Start of Fiscal Quarter 1

The auction has finally come to a close! The executives walk out wearing their leather suits while whispering things to themselves. They've all decided that they're sick of competition and want to settle this once and for all: the government doesn't care anyway!

As the first Fiscal Quarter starts, tons of lawsuits are expected. We'll see what happens...

Irrelephant11 has used Client Relationships to tie himself to Ircher!

Please submit your orders in (expired on 2022-08-22 22:00:00). Good luck!

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Start of Fiscal Quarter 2

Welcome, dear reader! This is the Editorial Section of the Business Daily, where I, the main editor, recap the events of the last Fiscal Quarter.

It appears that the 5 biggest companies as of now have decided to finally go and try to bankrupt each other. The courts seem to be busy, but how much damage is actually being done?

The main headline was Jumble's, Irrelephant11's and Ircher's antitrust lawsuit against NDMath. It appears that NDMath had tried to spare every expense and had spent peanuts on his defense: an unusual move indeed. What was even more unusual was that NDMath had his HQ building left, yet never sold it. Weird indeed. Regardless, NDMath had to file for bankruptcy: may his future endeavours succeed.

Some other lawsuits were also filed. Namely, Ircher v Jake (which Jake was able to defend) and Ircher & Irrelephant11 v Jumble. Jumble took some heavy losses from the latter: we'll see how the company develops.

That is it for this Editorial Section. The battle seems to rage on. Even I can't seem to predict when it'll end. Well, until next time, dear reader!

NDMath filed for bankruptcy!

Please send in your orders in (expired on 2022-08-24 18:00:00). Good luck!

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Does NDMath have 25 energy now, then?

oh right, forgot he had that
mistake: NDMath is still alive

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my mistake: NDMath is still alive because he had Government Lobbying

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I should have more millions due to passive income

right
Jake has 41 Millions instead of 37

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Start of Fiscal Quarter 3

Welcome, dear reader! This is the Editorial Section of the Business Daily, where I, the main editor, recap the events of the last Fiscal Quarter.

Two companies have now been knocked out of the race: Ircher's and Jumble's companies. Both suffered catastrophic losses as a result of the lawsuits against them.

NDMath appears to have hit with a lawsuit as well. However, selling their HQ building rescued them. How they lived through the last Fiscal Quarter is unknown: political shenanigans were most likely in play.

Irrelephant11 was also hit fairly hard.

The battle seems mostly one-sided right now, though things could change. Until next time, dear reader!

Ircher and NotAJumbleOfNumbers filed for bankruptcy!

Please submit your orders in (expired on 2022-08-26 22:00:00). Good luck!

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Start of Fiscal Quarter 4

The Business Daily is on the verge of collapse. We couldn't keep our editor onboard for any longer, so here's a quick description.

Jake put up a shell company and avoided all the damage he would've taken from the lawsuits thrown at him. Irrelephant11 got lucky with a crypto investment and threw a pretty large lawsuit at NDMath along with Jake: NDMath's company still appears to be in great health though. Irrelephant11 unfortunately had to file for bankruptcy after NDMath's counter attack.

Not much more time left: got to get this published. Goodbye!

Irrelephant11 filed for bankruptcy!

Please submit your actions in (expired on 2022-08-28 22:00:00). Good luck!

everyone had submitted their stuff yesterday but I forgot

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End of Game

Jake voluntarily sold his company. The Business Daily has gone bankrupt. NDMath is the most successful CEO in human history. Long live the Empire.

Jake The Wolfie has conceded. NDMath wins!

thanks for playing! will probably start signups in a few days