SGMSemi-Final: In The Grid: Roach wins!

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SGMSemi-Final: In The Grid: Roach wins!

Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:12 am

Post by somestrangeflea »

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A simple game, in which players alternate choosing from a grid of 16 squares in an attempt to gain as much money as possible and win the round. Best of 3 wins. Players start each round with $1000. Squares can be:
  • Gold, (Cash) giving the player a set cash amount, either $100, $250, $500, $750 or $1000
  • Green, (Bonus) increasing the player's current cash by a set percentage, either 10%, 25%, 50% or 75%.
  • Purple, (Steal) stealing a set percentage of the other players money, either 10%, 25% or 50%.
  • Red, (Penalty) reducing the player's current cash by a set percentage, either 10%, 25%, 50%, or 75%.
  • Black, (Bankrupt) causing them to lose all their cash. There is always exactly one Bankrupt square in every grid.
Players also have 2 Reveals for each round, which can be used to privately see the color of a square, but not it's value.

Players will be told at the beginning of each round, and will always be aware of, how many of each square are left in the grid.

The last square is never played, which means that the player to go first in a round plays 1 square more than the other player. This player alternates from round to round, and will be randomly decided for round 1.

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Player - Wins

Roach - 2
JordanA24 - 0
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Post Post #3 (isolation #1) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:54 am

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Okey Dokey.

There are 4 Cash squares

There are 2 Bonus squares

There are 2 Steal squares

There are 6 penalty squares

There is 1 Bankrupt square


1. Roach
2. JordanA24
Original Roll String: 1d2
1 2-Sided Dice: (2) = 2
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Post Post #4 (isolation #2) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:55 am

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Jordan to play first.

Player - Score - Reveals

Jordan - 1000 - RR
Roach - 1000 - RR
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Post Post #6 (isolation #3) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:07 am

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You've chosen C4.

-

-

It's a
Cash
square worth...

-

-

-

$1000!

Status will be updated on the first post.

It's Roach's turn.
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Post Post #9 (isolation #4) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:54 am

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You have chosen D2.

-

-

It was a
Penalty
square! =( The penalty is...

-

-

-

50%.

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #11 (isolation #5) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:00 am

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Hmm.
I probably should've made this clearer.

You can choose to reveal a square, and find out what type of square it is before actually playing.

If you want to reveal a square, I'll PM you the result, and then you can choose to play that square or a different square if you wish.

So, would you like to reveal that square?
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Post Post #15 (isolation #6) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:22 am

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You have chosen C3.

-

-

It was a
Steal
square worth...

-

-

-

50%

It's Roach's turn.
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Post Post #17 (isolation #7) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:59 am

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This game is best of 3.

And do you want to play D4 or reveal it?
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Post Post #19 (isolation #8) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:03 am

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You've chosen D4...

-

-

It was a
Cash
worth...

-

-

$100

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #22 (isolation #9) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:07 am

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You've chosen A3...

-

-

Ouch! It was the
BANKRUPT
square!

It is Roach's turn!
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Post Post #24 (isolation #10) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:10 am

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You've chosen A4...

-

-

It was a
Penalty
square, which will subtract...

-

75%!

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #27 (isolation #11) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:27 am

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B3 was a
Penalty
square, which means nothing, since you don't actually have any money for us to take away! =(

It's Roach's turn.
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Post Post #29 (isolation #12) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:33 am

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A2 was a
Steal
square, but Jordan has no money to steal!

It is Jordan's turn!
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Post Post #32 (isolation #13) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:36 am

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C2 was a
Penalty
, but you have no money to lose!

It is Roach's turn!
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Post Post #34 (isolation #14) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:38 am

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Done!
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Post Post #36 (isolation #15) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:40 am

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D3 was a
Cash
square! It's about time!

It was worth...

-

-

$750!

It is now Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #39 (isolation #16) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:09 am

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Done!
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Post Post #41 (isolation #17) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:13 am

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B4 was a
Bonus
square, but you have no money to increase!

It is Roach's turn.
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Post Post #43 (isolation #18) » Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:02 am

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C1 is a
Cash
square worth...

-

-

-

$100

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #45 (isolation #19) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:11 am

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D1 is a
Bonus
square! =(

Roach, this is your last turn.
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Post Post #48 (isolation #20) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:10 am

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B1 was a
Penalty
square! It will subtract...

-

-

25%!

So, Roach's score is $704. Jordan, you still have $0. However, if you select the last remaining cash square, and it is worth over $750, you win this round, otherwise, the round goes to Roach.

It is Jordan's last turn.
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Post Post #50 (isolation #21) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:26 am

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B2 was a
Cash
square! But how much is it worth...?

-

-

-

$500

So the final scores are:
Player - Money

Jordan - 500
Roach - 704

Roach wins Round 1!

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Round 2 has begun! Players start with $1000 and 2 Reveals. It is Roach's turn.

There are 6 cash squares in the grid.

There is 1 Bonus square in the grid.

There are 3 Steal squares in the grid.

There are 5 Penalty squares in the grid.

The BANKRUPT square is in the grid
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Post Post #52 (isolation #22) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:49 am

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D4 was a...

-

-

Steal
square, which will steal..

-

-

25%!

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #54 (isolation #23) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:14 am

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Done!
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Post Post #56 (isolation #24) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:23 am

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A1 was a
Cash
square worth...

-

-

$500!

It is Roach's turn!
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Post Post #59 (isolation #25) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:31 am

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C3 is a...

-

-

-

Steal
square! It's worth...

-

10%

It is now Jordan's turn!
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Post Post #62 (isolation #26) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:39 am

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A3 wasn't a Bankrupt square.

It was, however, a
Penalty
square! =(

It's gonna take away...

50%

Ouch.

It's Roach's turn!
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Post Post #64 (isolation #27) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:41 am

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C4 was another
Penalty
square, and it's gonna take away 75%! Ack!

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #67 (isolation #28) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:01 am

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B4 was a
Bonus
square! It will increase your cash by...

25%

It's all Roach's turn, like.
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Post Post #69 (isolation #29) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:10 am

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A2 was a ...

-

-

Cash
square worth...

$750!

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #71 (isolation #30) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:14 am

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B3 is a
Penalty
square, which will remove...

25%...

It's Roach's turn...
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Post Post #73 (isolation #31) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:16 am

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If you perform a Refresh on the main page, the grid should update. Photobucket's weird like that...

OHNOES! D2 is the
BANKRUPT
square!

It is Jordan's turn.
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Post Post #75 (isolation #32) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:20 am

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I know, I edited my post too!
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Post Post #78 (isolation #33) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:26 am

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Done!
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Post Post #80 (isolation #34) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:29 am

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C2 was a
Cash
square worth...

$250!

Roach's turn!
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Post Post #82 (isolation #35) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:32 am

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A4 was indeed a
Cash
square, worth...

$1000!

Nice!

Jordan's turn!
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Post Post #85 (isolation #36) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:37 am

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B1 wasn't a Steal square. It was, in fact, a
Penalty
square, which will subtract...

10%

Roach's turn again!
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Post Post #87 (isolation #37) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:39 am

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Jordan played C2 in post 79.
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Post Post #89 (isolation #38) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:43 am

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D3 was a
Cash
square worth...

-

-

$100.

Jordan, it's your final turn of the round. If you hit the remaining Penalty square, Roach will win the round and the game.
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Post Post #92 (isolation #39) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:51 am

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C1 is a...

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cash
square! Now, Roach knows which square is which of the final 2, so for you to be in with even a chance of winning, this has to be $750 or more. The cash square is worth...

-

-

-

$250!

It's Roach's turn...
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Post Post #94 (isolation #40) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:53 am

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You have already revealed D1...
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Post Post #98 (isolation #41) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:54 am

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Jordan
just
played C1...
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Post Post #100 (isolation #42) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:56 am

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Done!
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Post Post #102 (isolation #43) » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:00 pm

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B2, is of course, a
Steal
square worth 50%.

The scores for Round 2:
Roach - 1575
Jordan - 476

And with that, Roach wins his second round and secures his place in the Final of the Marathon!

I'll be leaving the thread open for a while as per usual, and Countdown will be starting shortly...
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Post Post #105 (isolation #44) » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:28 am

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Congratulations to Roach!

Semi-Final 2, Countdown, can be found here.

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