Race to a Billion - Restart in Progress

[JDGA]

Secondly, Yurikojasmine, I'm afraid you're going to have to watch this entire race until I get to Season 2.

That sounds kind of cruel, especially since not everyone has actually played a game yet. If everyone had played then I could see a more valid reason for this ruling, but I can't see it being unfair to anyone to let Yuriko join.

[swyellowtail]

I actually have to agree with JDGA on that, especially since I'm at ~$2 million, and we're on game 2. At this rate, it'll take

100 matches if I play each game back-to-back

, worse if I don't. (In actuality, it's probably more like 50-75, but that's still a lot)

Of course, this isn't counting the losses, which has 9 losses per person, totaling about 45 games. And that's IF the winner never loses once. If they do, it adds 2 games (or more if there are multiple winners).

[swyellowtail]

Also, I'd like to point this out right here:

QUEUE

PrivateI
Shiidaji
puzzledan
JDGA
doctorwho

YurikoJasmine

Mist7676
JerryArr
Cheery Dog
DiplomatDC
swyellowtail

She's already on this list, so...

[DiplomatDC]

She was asking to be on the next showdown I presume.

Something that would be appreciated you'd do for me too XD

[puzzledan]

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[dad90]

[$10K]	[$70K]	[$10K]	[$50K]	[$60K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
	[$10K]	[$750K]		[SPEED CASH]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[ 09 ]	[XX]
	[DEVIL]	[$90K]	[$1 MILLION]	[$30K]
[ 11 ]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[$70K]		[$60K]	[$50K]	[$80K]
[XX]	[ 17 ]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[HIGH FIVE]	[$60K]	[DEVIL]	[DOUBLE SQUEAL]	[GRAND GAME]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

I didn't see that until now! Thanks for the notice, swyellowtail! YurikoJasmine, please forgive me for not noticing that.

swyellowtail, thanks for noticing this. Big error on my part, so +1 Bonus Multiplier for all players.

puzzledan, here's what behind #17.

[$10K]	[$70K]	[$10K]	[$50K]	[$60K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
	[$10K]	[$750K]		[SPEED CASH]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[ 09 ]	[XX]
	[DEVIL]	[$90K]	[$1 MILLION]	[$30K]
[ 11 ]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[$70K]	[$20K]	[$60K]	[$50K]	[$80K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[HIGH FIVE]	[$60K]	[DEVIL]	[DOUBLE SQUEAL]	[GRAND GAME]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]

$20,000, but that is halved to $10,000.

puzzledan
BANK:	$150,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	SPEED CASH
ITEMS:	NONE

doctorwho
BANK:	$200,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 1	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

swyellowtail
BANK:	$1,988,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 1	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 2
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	?????

Cheery Dog
BANK:	-$75,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 1	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

To clarify, +1 Bonus Multiplier goes to all players in this game due to my stupidity.

swyellowtail, over to you.

[Cheery Dog]

Like that's going to help with my nothing earned.

JerryArr, I'll race you to negative 1 billion!

[swyellowtail]

I shall take box 9, with puzzledan taking box 11

[YurikoJasmine]

Like that's going to help with my nothing earned.

JerryArr, I'll race you to negative 1 billion!

LOL

[JerryArr]

Like that's going to help with my nothing earned.

JerryArr, I'll race you to negative 1 billion!

Wooo! Huge debt, here we come!

[dad90]

[$10K]	[$70K]	[$10K]	[$50K]	[$60K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
	[$10K]	[$750K]		[SPEED CASH]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[ 09 ]	[XX]
	[DEVIL]	[$90K]	[$1 MILLION]	[$30K]
[ 11 ]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[$70K]	[$20K]	[$60K]	[$50K]	[$80K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[HIGH FIVE]	[$60K]	[DEVIL]	[DOUBLE SQUEAL]	[GRAND GAME]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]

First of all, Cheery Dog, you cannot go lower than -$250,000, so there's no way you're going to -$1 billion.

And I'll save time by revealing both #9 and #11 to show you guys that....

[$10K]	[$70K]	[$10K]	[$50K]	[$60K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
	[$10K]	[$750K]	[$10K]	[SPEED CASH]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[$50K]	[DEVIL]	[$90K]	[$1 MILLION]	[$30K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[$70K]	[$20K]	[$60K]	[$50K]	[$80K]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]
[HIGH FIVE]	[$60K]	[DEVIL]	[DOUBLE SQUEAL]	[GRAND GAME]
[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]	[XX]

There are no Devils there, and both $10,000 and $50,000 have been cut in half to

$5,000

and

$25,000

, respectively.

puzzledan
BANK:	$175,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	SPEED CASH
ITEMS:	NONE

doctorwho
BANK:	$200,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 1	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

swyellowtail
BANK:	$1,993,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 1	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 2
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	?????

Cheery Dog
BANK:	-$75,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 1	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

Now, we have indeed got ourselves our first tie between puzzledan and swyellowtail. So, both of them each receive an additional $50,000...

puzzledan
BANK:	$225,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 1	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	SPEED CASH
ITEMS:	NONE

doctorwho
BANK:	$200,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 1	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

swyellowtail
BANK:	$2,093,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 2	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 2
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	?????

Cheery Dog
BANK:	-$75,000
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 1	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

And since I've given everyone +1 to their Bonus Multiplier, I think that should do it.

Also, swyellowtail's bonus of $50,000 has been multiplied by 2 from the Bonus Multiplier to make it $100,000.

[dad90]

However, we still have unfinished business with puzzledan!

puzzledan, you have a Bonus Game coming up. It's Speed Cash! Ready for it?

[puzzledan]

Let do this

[dad90]

Here we go!



Now, here's how we play "Speed Cash"...

[$250,000]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

We got 24 numbers here. Now, on the board are the letters C, A, S, H, and Xs.

There are 2 C's, 2 A's, 2 S's, and 2 H's. The rest of the board are Xs. You have a chance to win up to $250,000 in this game. However, for every X that you find, I'll take away $10,000 from the top prize.

To make this even more challenging, you have a limited amount of picks on the board. The number of picks depend on how many picks you've made from the showdown. I've looked at the showdown from beginning to end, and you have made

11 picks

. So, you have to spell the word CASH in 11 picks or less.

Here's the good news. If you can find C A S and H in no particular order on your first 4 picks, you'll win

$2,500,000!

BUT, if you pick the letters C A S and H in order on your first 4 picks, you'll win

$25,000,000!

Of course, if you can't find the 4 letters of the word CASH by the time you've made your 11th pick, you'll win nothing.

So if you're ready, make your first pick.

[puzzledan]

6

[dad90]

[$240,000]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

[X]

[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Well, both of the large amounts are out of play, but you got 10 picks left.

[puzzledan]

10

[dad90]

[$230,000]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

[X]

[7] [8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

9 picks left.

[puzzledan]

7

[dad90]

[$230,000]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

All right! You've found an H. We need C A and S.

8 picks left.

[puzzledan]

24

[dad90]

[$230,000]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

[H]

Well, good news; bad news.

The good news is you've found another letter, which means there's $230,000 on the line.

The bad news is it's the 2nd H, and you've wasted a pick.

7 picks left.

[puzzledan]

3

[dad90]

[$230,000]
[1] [2]

[4] [5]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

[H]

Found another letter! 2 down, 2 to go.

6 picks left.

[puzzledan]

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