(O)PTIMIZE Reloaded: StrangerCoug's game!

[puzzledan]

Waves
I like to go to the even numbers so 2 and 4 please

[yabbaguy]

puzzledan

When Nobody Special gave 2s to everyone on green, he managed 4 out of 5 wins. Let's see if the sector is still hot for this game!

puzzledan

*puzzledan lifts up the lid*

puzzledan

*awwws, set flashes grayscale*

Cheer up puzzledan, don't think of it as two straight games of duplicating the target. Think of it as

nine

straight games without hitting a 0!

And guess who's on eight straight without an accident...StrangerCoug!

puzzledan

Oddly, your even selection didn't work.

*spotlights illuminate golden spheres, I walk over*

(6)

(6)

(3)

(2)

Two reds and a blue gone, and we haven't touched it for a couple of rounds in a row. We skipped this bit for two turns, so now we're down to the second row...

*click*

*whoosh*

*audience applause*

Red retakes its advantage on green now.

KingdomAces
Tragedy

Lord Mhork
DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

Kcdaspot
JerryArr
Drench

JDGA
orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

Only one shot left if you're interested in the mega money, but it's the Big Kahuna itself. If you want it though...well.........we're still waiting on that target of 0 to appear.

But the target of 2 is yours again, do as you wish.

[StrangerCoug]

Lord Mhork

, please.

[yabbaguy]

Lord Mhork

Second attempt at starting green's engine. Lord Mhork; what a debut he had. The only player on red to get a 4, and that's what saved Nobody Special from going away with $0!

LM, let's see how you do picking a couple of green spheres now.

[yabbaguy]

Original Roll String: 5d5

5 5-Sided Dice: (3, 1, 3, 5, 2) = 14

[yabbaguy]

Lord Mhork

*Mhork's sphere lid comes up*

Lord Mhork

*audience awws, set flashes gray*

You coulda had both of those greens!

Lord Mhork

*spotlights illuminate golden spheres, I walk over*

(6)

(5)

(3)

(2)

Three of the four initial picks have been from the two lower colors. Will reds and greens continue to be the trend?

*unlocks the next golden sphere*

*and lifts the lid*

*audience applause*

Red loses its advantage right back to green. StrangerCoug, so far, these golden spheres are very supportive of putting your low targets on the big money!

KingdomAces
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

Kcdaspot
JerryArr
Drench

JDGA
orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

A lot of focus on those small colors early. Ultraviolet has yet to make an appearance in the game

at all

.

Your target is down to 1.

[StrangerCoug]

JerryArr

And where the hell is everybody?

[JerryArr]

I don't know... but I'll try to open up a 4 by picking

third, then fifth

.

[swyellowtail]

Doesn't necessarily help with the fact that Mhork hasn't been around since December 15, 2014. But oh well.

[JasonWazza]

Doesn't necessarily help with the fact that Mhork hasn't been around since December 15, 2014. But oh well.

Yeah but even Xalxe has been off since end of January.

[yabbaguy]

Yeah but even Xalxe has been off since end of January.

Then again, he's busy spending that $200 he's won. He doesn't have to be in our gallery right now.

JerryArr

This is our third visit to blue now, and we've seen a loss and a win, in order. JerryArr has a chance to bring this sector up to $6,000 now. He found a 0 two games before last, then found a 4 during Nobody Special's game! Let's see what form he's on now...

*JerryArr pushes in the button, it turns red to indicate the sphere's unlocking*

JerryArr

*then lifts the lid*

JerryArr

*audience cheers, set flashes blue*

Wowwwww! JerryArr has found four 4s in the nine games he's picked in the gallery! Incredible.

*more cheering*

So, with a record like that, I hardly have to explain this next bit to him.

There is one other interesting statistic:

every 4 he's found has been followed by a 2

. Will he break that chain or is 4/2 his answer to life, the universe...yeah, you know.

*audience laughs*

*JerryArr unlocks the far right sphere*

JerryArr

*and lifts up that lid*

JerryArr

Yep!

*more laughter*

He's done it again! JerryArr is addicted to picking 4/2!

Not that we're complaining though, right?

*audience cheers*

JerryArr

KingdomAces
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r
IceGuy

Kcdaspot
Drench

JDGA
orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

Too bad the possibility of a pure-ultraviolet finish is out of reach now.

Where to with the two?

[JasonWazza]

That is beautiful.

[StrangerCoug]

IceGuy, be a nice guy, please.

[yabbaguy]

IceGuy

IceGuy really has been ice cold with his sphere-picking, having never produced a winning sphere since game

one

. Then again, it was a blue, and...JDGA did win quite a lot of money from blue in that game...

That said, Ice, if you hit a 3 THIS time like you did last game, it will be quite welcome.

[IceGuy]

Let's hope I'll choose right for once.

3 / 4

[yabbaguy]

IceGuy

*IceGuy nervously lifts up the lid*

IceGuy

*IceGuy headdesks as he gets enveloped in the gray lighting*

Oh noes! He's done it again!

Green has hit two 2s and a 1, but none of them count.

IceGuy

*lighting illuminates golden spheres, I step behind them*

(5)

(5)

(3)

(2)

Green has lost thrice, so we want to start seeing those drop away. Let's see if another does!

*snaps the lock*

*whisks open the lid*

*gasps, groans*

Coug's been following the money all game, so this is a huge hit. It's sure to at least illicit pause for concern...

KingdomAces
Tragedy

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r

Kcdaspot
Drench

JDGA
orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

If that other ultraviolet golden sphere sinks, you could have as many as FIVE discards. I don't believe that's ever happened in Optimize history if so!

Sorry, the 2's come back. Where to?

[StrangerCoug]

Let's chuck this at a red.

KingdomAces

.

[KingdomAces]

Five hours, 30 minutes, not a good response time.

5, 3.

[yabbaguy]

KingdomAces

First time in a while we've seen red get a target lower than 3. Can KingdomAces take advantage of this precious window of opportunity?

KingdomAces

*KingdomAces promptly raises the lid*

KingdomAces

*everyone awws, set flashes gray*

Sooooooooo close. But that's three losses for red now.

KingdomAces

*golden spheres light up, I walk over*

(5)

(5)

(3)

(1)

At any moment, the ultraviolet sector could just instantly drop out from under us. As if it never existed. Will it?

*click*

*flip*

*more groans from the crowd*

I mean, at least the spheres aren't building our hopes up this time. ^_^

Hey, the $500K is still in play. You never know!

Tragedy

DiplomatDC
D3f3nd3r

Kcdaspot
Drench

JDGA
orcinus_theoriginal
xtopherusD
bird1111
JasonWazza

These spheres are trolling you so much right now. Three gifts, the rest have been sooooooo agonizingly close. No bricks either!

But you can't ban these trolls.

We're halfway through the game, so we're gonna have to start picking up some wins.

[StrangerCoug]

D3f3nd3r

, please.

[yabbaguy]

D3f3nd3r

D3f3nd3r, it's our fourth attempt trying to get anything going in green. Will you be the one who saves the sector?

[D3f3nd3r]

Second then last.

[DiplomatDC]

*cough* guys?

[StrangerCoug]

Beep... beep... beep...

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!