Race to a Billion - Restart in Progress

[dad90]

[$220,000]
[1] [2]

[4] [5]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]
[13] [14] [15]

[X]

[17] [18]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

[H]

Now, it's down to $220,000.

You have 5 picks remaining, BUT! There's still a possibility that you may win nothing here. So, I'm going to give you a sure thing if you don't feel lucky....



Announcer:

It's a new waverunner!

Yamaha’s FX HO is the first choice for enthusiasts who want performance, reliability, fuel efficiency and maximum comfort in a mid-level priced package. Powered by Yamaha’s normally aspirated, 1.8 liter 4-stroke High Output Marine engine, this energetic craft delivers faster mid and top end speeds – without the added expense of a supercharger. Yamaha’s exclusive NanoXcel® hull provides stability at higher speeds for more confident performance. With its adjustable steering column, Quick Shift Trim System and true neutral setting, Yamaha’s class-leading FX HO offers the industry’s ultimate price-to-value ratio.

It's a prize worth $12,899!

So, you can take that and quit right now and forget about the cash, or you can keep going and hopefully pick the C and the A in 5 picks or less.

[puzzledan]

I am going to ride the wave

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[dad90]

[$220,000]
[1] [2]

[4] [5]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]
[13] [14] [15]

[X]

[17] [18]
[19]

[A]

[21] [22] [23]

[H]

It's an A! If you find the C, you'll spell the word CASH, and you'll win $220,000!

But you can stop now and take Waverunner, plus $5,000 in cash as you have 4 picks remaining.

Stop now or keep going?

[puzzledan]

17

[dad90]

[$210,000]
[1] [2]

[4] [5]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]
[13] [14] [15]

[X]

[X]

[18]
[19]

[A]

[21] [22] [23]

[H]

Down to $210,000 and 3 picks.

How about the Waverunner and $10,000 cash if you quit now?

That or keep going and finding the C?

[puzzledan]

13

[dad90]

[$200,000]
[1] [2]

[4] [5]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]

[X]

[14] [15]

[X]

[X]

[18]
[19]

[A]

[21] [22] [23]

[H]

Unlucky there, and you have 2 picks left.

Here's the penultimate offer: The Waverunner and $20,000 in cash!

Take that or pick another number?

[puzzledan]

One last shot why not

5

[dad90]

[$190,000]
[1] [2]

[4]

[X]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]

[X]

[14] [15]

[X]

[X]

[18]
[19]

[A]

[21] [22] [23]

[H]

No letter there.

Now, as you realize by now, you have 1 pick. This is your Final Offer.

A Waverunner, $20,000 cash, and this!



Announcer:

It's a trip to Tokyo!

You and a guest will fly round-trip coach from Los Angeles to Tokyo, Japan, for a six-night stay at the Sheraton Tokyo. Located in the heart of the city, and within walking distance of all the major shops, museums and restaurants. Daily continental breakfast included.

It's a prize worth $9,895!

So, a $12,899 Waverunner, a $9,895 trip to Tokyo, and $20,000 cash.

Do you want to take all of those, or make that Final Pick and hopefully it's a C and receive $190,000?

[puzzledan]

As much as I want to risk it I think so thanks for the offer and ....

Deal

[dad90]

Consider it done! The Waverunner, the trip to Tokyo, and $20,000 cash are all yours!

Now, before we go into the Decision, let's find out where the other letters were on the board...

[$190,000]
[1]

[C]

[X]

[X]

[H]

[8] [9]

[X]

[11] [12]

[X]

[14] [15]

[X]

[X]

[18]
[19]

[A]

[C]

[22]

[A]

[H]

The C's were at 2 and 21, the A's were at 20 and 23, the S's were at 4 and 3, and the H's were at 24 and 7.

[dad90]

Now, we're at the Decision point.

Remember we have a tie between puzzledan and swyellowtail. In ties, we play the bonus games for all players after the Showdown, but only ONE will make a Decision.

To decide who makes the Decision, we look at the totals from the tied Showdown, and the Bonus Games in terms of

Cash

. Any

prizes

won from the Bonus Games and Showdowns don't count.

puzzledan, the Trip to Tokyo, $20,000 cash, and the Waverunner are the prizes that you've won.

After looking from the beginning of Showdown #2 to the end of puzzledan's Bonus Game, we have concluded that...

puzzledan - $225,000
swyellowtail - $1,545,000

puzzledan
BANK:	$225,000
PRIZES:	$42,794
WINS: 1	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	SPEED CASH
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:	?????

there's no question about it; swyellowtail gets to make the Decision.

And puzzledan, even if you did win the $250,000, you couldn't make it, so you had to win either the $2.5 Million, or the $25 Million.

[dad90]

swyellowtail, it's Decision time!

[1 WIN =

20%

]
[2 WINS =

40%

]
[3 WINS =

60%

]
[4 WINS =

80%

]
[5+ WINS =

99%

]

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:	?????

If Double Squeal wasn't revealed early, in which you can thank Cheery Dog for, you would've had a lot more money, but this is good money nevertheless.

Now, since this is your second win, that means you have an opportunity to walk away with 40% of your winnings or...

[

$837,200

]

a nice sum of $837,200. That is yours for the taking, if you exit the Race.

OR... you could press forward on your journey to $1 Billion. Your bank would be vulnerable, but you might get a bigger reward out of it.

Also, keep in mind, any prizes won will be yours to keep, no matter what happens, but it's the Cash that's on the line.

So, swyellowtail. For $837,200, do you want to BANK, or do you want to BATTLE?

If you select BATTLE, then you get to choose the next 4 contestants for Showdown #3, except for JerryArr, in which he has to wait for 4 more Showdowns. You can also be one of the 4 contestants in the next Showdown if you want.

[

BANK

]
[

BATTLE

]

[swyellowtail]

So, after rereading the thread, I have come to the conclusion that I still want to

battle

.

And since these two asked,

YurikoJasmine and DiplomatDC

are going to play in the next round. That is not the exact order, though.

In terms of who's going when... (and who the 2rd* and 4th people are)

DiplomatDC, YurikoJasmine, swyellowtail, Shiidaji

Yes, I'm still going. Frankly, I'd rather get greedy and let this game go by faster than simply letting the game drag out for ages, as each game has lasted approximately one month on average, which means that it could take quite a few years to complete due to the slow money accumulation and elimination pacing.

*I accidentally said "2rd" in this post, when it was given that I selected 2, not 3.

[dad90]

You are going to Battle!

[

BANK

]
[

BATTLE

]

[ 01 ]	[ 02 ]	[ 03 ]	[ 04 ]	[ 05 ]
[ 06 ]	[ 07 ]	[ 08 ]	[ 09 ]	[ 10 ]
[ 11 ]	[ 12 ]	[ 13 ]	[ 14 ]	[ 15 ]
[ 16 ]	[ 17 ]	[ 18 ]	[ 19 ]	[ 20 ]
[ 21 ]	[ 22 ]	[ 23 ]	[ 24 ]	[ 25 ]

DiplomatDC
BANK:	$0
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 1
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

YurikoJasmine
BANK:	$0
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 0	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:	?????

Shiidaji
BANK:	$0
PRIZES:	$0
WINS: 0	LOSSES: 0	STRIKES: 0
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER: 0	BONUS MULTIPLIER: 0
BONUS GAMES PENDING:	NONE
ITEMS:	NONE

swyellowtail, DiplomatDC, Shiidaji, and YurikoJasmine.

Each of you PM me your Devil Placement 1-25.

[YurikoJasmine]

yay! finally!

[swyellowtail]

Hey wait, I don't get a bonus game? Or is that somehow restricted to just one person? O.o

[dad90]

swyellowtail, I'll let you play one of the Bonus Games before we start this Showdown, because I did say from an earlier post that all players who are in ties gets to play a Bonus Game, and I skipped you by accident.

I'll let you play

Super Match

for a chance to win up to $100,000. Sound good?

[Mist7676]

o____O?

[dad90]

o____O?

Mist7676, I didn't give swyellowtail his Bonus Game after I was done with puzzledan, so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt to let him play his Bonus Game.

[swyellowtail]

swyellowtail, I'll let you play one of the Bonus Games before we start this Showdown, because I did say from an earlier post that all players who are in ties gets to play a Bonus Game, and I skipped you by accident.

I'll let you play

Super Match

for a chance to win up to $100,000. Sound good?

With all due respect -- as I'm not too sure how you're going to pull it off -- I would like it if this was applied to everyone if they were to complete a showdown without getting eliminated. Otherwise, as I've stated before, it'll be extremely unfair.

Though, I can kinda understand why you didn't give me a bonus game this round, excluding the fact that I didn't have a bonus game: I had way too much money above puzzledan. But, going back to my previous post, should he have gotten $2.5 million or more from that game, I would be put at a huge disadvantage just because of that one bonus game, especially since, from what you've given me, I'd only get up to $100k.

But yes, I will play it.

[dad90]

Yes, I've already made it official that any player who are involved in ties gets to play a Bonus Game from the Rules.

Now, let's play

Super Match.

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Now, keep in mind that not all games are perfect, as you've all witnessed many times, and that's why I do my best to correct these mistakes in the most fair way as I possibly can.

So, with all that out of the way, swyellowtail, this is how Super Match works.

There are 5 pairs of Money: $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, and $50,000. There's also a $100,000 Cash Prize, a WIN card, and 3 Strikes.

Now, you can keep on picking until one of the following happens:

1. Matching the same amount.
2. Pick a WIN card, followed by that amount.
3. Striking out with 3 Strikes.
4. Pick a WIN card, followed by a Strike.

The only way to win the $100,000 is by picking the WIN card, and then the $100,000.

If you're ready swyellowtail, pick a number and let's get started.

[swyellowtail]

Alright... let's start right in the center with

8

.

[dad90]

#8 has...

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
[6] [7] [$10K] [9] [10]
[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

$10,000. Pick again.

[swyellowtail]

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