Race to a Billion - Restart in Progress

[swyellowtail]

Hmm... this game is all over the place, but it looks interesting. I may join if there are more people.

[swyellowtail]

Okay. /in

[swyellowtail]

9 losses are from Red Devils alone. Blue Devils and Black Devils reduce that loss count a lot, I believe.

[swyellowtail]

She does have a point there. The tables are also pretty wide, and I don't think everyone has monitors large enough to view the tables properly.

Anyway, let's go with

12

, shall we?

[swyellowtail]

Huh. So far I have no money.

Let's see if

Box 8

has anything, shall we?

[swyellowtail]

25% of hitting a devil good luck <3

Though, that's if there's exactly 4 devils on the board. We could have two or more devils on the same space, which means the odds are lower, but the risk is higher.

[swyellowtail]

Let's go with

box 19

.

[swyellowtail]

Yeah, these AVMs are really powerful, especially early on. JA and I are quickly left in the dust by them.

[swyellowtail]

No. It just means that

she

doesn't have the chance to continue through this round.

Hmm... it's a 1-3 in 10 chance that I'll hit a devil. The initial damage isn't as bad now, but it can still hurt, especially since I'm in second right now.

So, I'll simply add up those numbers... and run into a box that's already opened.

Anyway, I think I have a few planned out that are safe, but at the same time, I may screw myself over with the killers.

Box 21!

[swyellowtail]

Now, about that starman... hmm... with a 2 in 7 shot of plopping to failure.

I shall take the risk!

Box 22!

If I go out, I go out trying!

[swyellowtail]

Oh god. The odds... *gulp*

Let's go with

button 3

!

[swyellowtail]

*whistles* Let's get the show on the road, shall we?

[swyellowtail]

I shall pick the

plastic wrap

.

Also, side note: I'd be flying from Germany to LA back to France just to go on a trip. That's a lot more flying than necessary.

[swyellowtail]

Hmm... frankly, I think the only thing that best fits the $7XX price is the hockey table. Having an iPad Mini cost $740 sounds WAY too pricey. The blu-ray player? Maybe, but that might be $466 instead.

Let's go with the

Air Hockey Table

.

[swyellowtail]

Hmm... I was 1/3 right on row 2. Whoops. Row 3 is probably where I stop, but...

The dining room might be $7756, but that sounds a bit too pricey. The pool table is NOT $7648, there's no way a pool table is that expensive, even if it was fancy. A trip to Paris? Probably a lot more than $7033 with the double trip, but who knows.

If I was to guess, I'd say

the trip to Paris

is the one that costs $7033. The dining room probably costs $4746 and the pool table costs $3648. If I'm wrong, than it's likely I have the room and the trip backwards... which honestly makes little sense.

[swyellowtail]

Ooooh... this is quite a gamble. Let's see... the possibilities of the price:
$23475
$24375
$23745
$24735
$27435
$27345

Hmm... on one hand, I have a feeling 27k is a bit much, but knowing most recent vehicles, they tend to be $25k~30k. $23k is definitely out of the question. $24k doesn't sound like an unreasonable price, though, so figuring out where the seven would go there is a bad idea.

I'm tempted to say it's the second digit ($27??5), but I have a feeling that's also too much.


Eh, I'm gonna gamble.

2rd digit

($27??5).

[swyellowtail]

Hmm... I wish to

battle

. $109,600 isn't really much, to be honest.

Also, I'm going to get rather greedy. Let's have

puzzledan, doctorwho, myself and Cheery Dog

take part in the second round.

[swyellowtail]

Hmm... let's go down to

18

, shall we?

[swyellowtail]

I shall take

8

.

[swyellowtail]

...I guess I should be glad I hit that $750k

before

that happened.

[swyellowtail]

What earnings? You got $0 from your last selection.

If you're talking about the others, no, they did not lose anything from their current scores.

[swyellowtail]

I meant less money to lose on the board I meant

Minus money isn't going to be that common, so it's more along the lines of "to earn".

Especially since you can go in the negatives.

[swyellowtail]

You people are hopeless with jokes.

That's what happens when you talk to someone that thinks jokes are serious a good chunk of the time, regardless of whether or not the "joke" was actually a "joke".

[swyellowtail]

...Somehow I saw that devil coming.

Speaking of devils:

13

.

[swyellowtail]

So it 1 vs 1 plus I have the advantage with the switch on the board .
So since I know where those devils are I for one have to hope he don't find the killer for a chance to get me out

3

What killer? Did you forget that I hit Jason last round, forcing 0 killers for the next 5?

[swyellowtail]

Hmm... this is when things get interesting.

14

It's a 1 in 6 chance that I'll hit a devil, which is pretty heavy odds. (Or 1 in 11 if mine still wasn't hit yet)

[swyellowtail]

This luck. Good god, man.

[swyellowtail]

Y'know what... this is rather inevitable.
Time to use my

Starman

[swyellowtail]

7

[swyellowtail]

Well, I have a 20% chance of hitting something, while puzzledan knows where both devils are.

In the other one, JerryArr didn't know where either of the devils are, with a 28.57% chance. Plus there was also a killer.

Weeeeeeell... all I really have to say is, WIFOM! (Frankly, I have no real reason. I just felt luckier in the other game. Here? Not so much)

[swyellowtail]

You mean devil, right? If so, yeah, I know. That was mine.

[swyellowtail]

...ehm, way to not read that entire post, Yellow. He DID say that. XD

[swyellowtail]

*reminds self to not do any form of joke type comment in this thread*

Only specifically if you're talking to me. Anyone else shouldn't be as much of an issue. ...hopefully.

[swyellowtail]

15

[swyellowtail]

20

[swyellowtail]

19

[swyellowtail]

Well, we both win, really, because there are no devils to hit now.

...but I dunno how that will work out. We'll see.

[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...

[swyellowtail]

I shall take box 9, with puzzledan taking box 11

[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.

[swyellowtail]

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

[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.

[swyellowtail]

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

8

.

[swyellowtail]

3

[swyellowtail]

Already decided, Yuriko.

[swyellowtail]

Hmm.

12

[swyellowtail]

9

[swyellowtail]

Gradually going up.

2

[swyellowtail]

Hmm...

10

.

[swyellowtail]

15

[swyellowtail]

Now, we're trying to get back on the response time, and to us, we're only 1 hour away from the NBA Finals.

Ehh, I'm not a sports person, quite frankly. Never really was.

[swyellowtail]

Ummm... huh.

23

[swyellowtail]

The same goes for swyellowtail, who has a Hidden Item. swyellowtail, you can use that at anytime before you make your next pick.

You make it sound like I have a very limited time before my item expires.

[swyellowtail]

20

[swyellowtail]

This is going by so slowly. Also, your color tags seem to be broken.

[swyellowtail]

YurikoJasime: Last visited: July 30th, 2014

I don't think she's coming back for quite a while.

[swyellowtail]

16

[swyellowtail]

Let's finish out that column. 19.

[swyellowtail]

Well, only 1 of 4 (3? 2?) has been hit. Plus, unless you clean it routinely, you should be able to check your outbox and see what box you placed your devil in.

[swyellowtail]

21

[swyellowtail]

Hmm.. having any of these at $1450 is a bit underpriced in my eyes, so I'm gonna bump

the left bus

.

[swyellowtail]

Hmm.. on one hand I want to be nice and give the others a chance to catch up with the fact that I already have a huge lead. On the other, I just want to rush to the end, especially since if I give four other people a chance, I may never get the opportunity to play another game for a long while.

I shall

BATTLE

.

...interesting, I just realized everyone's gone at least once. Thought there were more people. Guess not. Anyway... random.org says:

Mist7676, swyellowtail, PrivateI, puzzledan

Apologies for the delay: I have no actual reason for my lack of response in the past week. I'm just a derp.

[swyellowtail]

Wow. Uhm.. let's see here...

12

.

[swyellowtail]

Oh dear. So many ????? blocks. I feel this is some sort of conspiracy against me or something now. Heh.

22

[swyellowtail]

You want this game to last much longer than it needs to? Kick me out. Simple as that. (See: this post)

I have no other reason.

[swyellowtail]

17

[swyellowtail]

9

[swyellowtail]

11

[swyellowtail]

One question, and it's irrelevant to what I'm doing: Does "next to" mean "adjacent" or on the same row/column as said number closest to it? (ie: in this case, if 20 was picked, 5, 16 and 25 would be picked instead of just 25)

Anyway, time to use my

Devil Case

. This is probably gonna hurt me more than it should.

[swyellowtail]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Well.. in that case...

20

[swyellowtail]

Err, question: Why do I still have a devil case in my inventory? I just used it.

[swyellowtail]

Hmm.. there's an absurd chance that I'm going to get hit by a devil. Like.. I'd have to be extremely lucky to NOT hit the devil right about now, due to the fact that right now, I essentially have a 0% chance of doing so. This could be a bit higher if there are blue or black devils, but not by much. (25-75%¹) Though, the odds of seeing a blue OR black devil are significantly higher than usual now.

The odds are against me. My gut is saying to open #5, but there's this slight feeling that I'm gonna get smacked with a blue devil like I have just now. But.. y'know what, I've had a great run already. If I go out, I go out with the current streak of wins. If not, this round becomes prolonged some more.

Box #5!

¹ - I do not know what was behind #18, so if that is a devil, my chances can be a bit higher.

[swyellowtail]

I did, too. I really should've used an item there. Bah.

[swyellowtail]

Now that I have been eliminated from the round, I have one simple question:
What would happen if a Killer and a Devil land on the same box? The odds aren't very high, I know, but the question still remains.

[swyellowtail]

I had a good feeling there was something strange going on here... usually a devil gets hit much earlier. Mist might've been

completely

screwed.

[swyellowtail]

The WIFOM is real. Either that or mod error. Both are quite possible.

[swyellowtail]

I think he meant to say "one potential devil left", but eh. Too late to fix it now.

[swyellowtail]

Uhhhhhhh... box 7 wasn't opened, but it was...? Huh? I see box 8 open, with box 7 supposedly "opened".

[swyellowtail]

I just realized something majorly broken.

Compare my elimination to this quote:

Immunity - You MUST give immunity to someone else in that round who is still in. They will not be hit by any devil, but devils will count as nil. This raises chances of more than one person winning a round! Of course, you could ALL win one round with this.

I was given immunity this round, and yet I still lost because apparently immunity is a joker instead. I actually wasn't supposed to lose the round.

At all

.

[swyellowtail]

I just realized something majorly broken.

Compare my elimination to this quote:

Immunity - You MUST give immunity to someone else in that round who is still in. They will not be hit by any devil, but devils will count as nil. This raises chances of more than one person winning a round! Of course, you could ALL win one round with this.

I was given immunity this round, and yet I still lost because apparently immunity is a joker instead. I actually wasn't supposed to lose the round.

At all

.

Actually, considering how ambiguously written this is, I cannot

ever

get eliminated from a devil. Killer? Sure. Devil? Nope.

[swyellowtail]

Problem: Conflicting statements will

not

help anyone in any way, shape or form. It just adds more confusion instead. Proper clarification

must

be used everywhere, otherwise people will be left in a state of massive confusion.

[swyellowtail]

Also, might I add, this is

immunity

. This isn't an alternative version of joker. I'm sorry, but having such ambiguous statements such as that (and in

various other parts of the rules

, might I add) helps absolutely no one.

[swyellowtail]

Time to immediately blow up with

18

.

[swyellowtail]

11.