Race to a Billion

[bufar]

Can I get in on round 3?

[999_Springs]

Can I get in on round 3?

Bufar: Unfortunately, in future rounds players will have to wait for the Random Number Generator to pick them before they are allowed into the round. I can't guarantee anything - it just makes it fairer for everyone.

However, in Round 2, you will get to decide where to place the first ever BLAMMO. PM me within 48 hours.

*PAUSE*

Now then! I am starting Round 2 of RTaB v1.1. I am setting up this round right now in REALLY TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES - a certain person (whose username begins with A and ends in varin) is attempting to take a few of my NReality 0ths as I am typing this RIGHT NOW.

The players will be:

- Mae
- Hoohah2x2sday
- Turiski
- isaacx

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <Rank>
--------------------------------------------------------------
<Mae            > <£            0> <  1> <£          0> < 4th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      460,809> <  1> <£          0> < 2nd>
<Turiski        > <£      -35,000> <  1> <£          0> < 8th>
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <  1> <£          0> < 3rd>

Round 2 starts in 48 hours. In the meantime, all four of you will need to PM me your bomb placement for the round (1-24). If I don't get it within 48 hours then I'll place your bomb for you without telling you where and the round will still go ahead.

[999_Springs]

OK, this was REALLY REALLY unexpected:

eh, I'm not sure if I signed up but if i did definitely take me off.

I've got some internet here but not a ton.

Removed.
I don't know where "here" is, but it looks like RTaB is now down to the lowest functional threshold of 8 players.

And this was EVEN LESS expected:

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Episode Level   Score      Rank Name        Time                Views 
146     3     100.700      *0th stonedeagle 2009-07-02 04:36:14 15 
146     3      99.250 0th->*1st 999_Springs 2009-07-02 03:02:30 20 

That's the THIRTEENTH time that the 0th on this level has changed hands in the last 5 days. The situation is so extreme now that it even goes beyond xaelar's demo.
[Edit: YES! Retaken!]

I guess, then, that the only way to get RTaB round 2 going again is to let EdoI (as winner of Round 1) replace Turiski. He now has 48 hours to PM me a bomb placement for that round.

[999_Springs]

::: round 0002 open 02-07-2009+20:49 GMT+DST 24 squares host 999_Springs :::

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <Rank>
--------------------------------------------------------------
<Mae            > <£            0> <  1> <£          0> < 4th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      460,809> <  1> <£          0> < 2nd>
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <  1> <£          0> < 3rd>
<EdoI           > <£    9,887,122> <  1> <£          0> < 0th>

RTaB Round 2 Board.PNG

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[isaacx]

i reserve 21

[999_Springs]

Square 21...

DOUBLE DEAL!

(Audience screams)

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <Rank>
--------------------------------------------------------------
<Mae            > <£            0> <  1> <£          0> < 4th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      460,809> <  1> <£          0> < 2nd>
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <  1> <£          0> < 3rd>
<EdoI           > <£    9,887,122> <  1> <£          0> < 0th>

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

[Mae]

I choose 1.

[EdoI]

Square 3.

[999_Springs]

Square 3...

BLAMMO!

(Audience are stunned into speechlessness.)

(Chilling music)

(Pause)

There are four buttons. As described in the first post, you must now pick one of the buttons to reveal your inevitable fate. The buttons each do one of these things:

1. Block the BLAMMO
2. Eliminate someone else at random in the round
3. Eliminate yourself
4. Being put in a threshold situation.

Here are the four buttons:

(Sorry - that was the best picture of four buttons that I could find.)

Over to you. What shall fate bring to you this time?

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <Rank>
--------------------------------------------------------------
<Mae            > <£            0> <  1> <£          0> < 4th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      460,809> <  1> <£          0> < 2nd>
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <  1> <£          0> < 3rd>
<EdoI           > <£    9,887,122> <  1> <£          0> < 0th> BLAMMO!

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

[EdoI]

Uh... The third button.

Blue or green, then? Too vague.

-29403

[isaacx]

1. Block the BLAMMO
2. Eliminate someone else at random in the round
3. Eliminate yourself
4. Being put in a threshold situation.

Uh... The third button.

Blue or green, then? Too vague.

-29403

I think he wants the one that eliminates himself

[EdoI]

No, I don't want to eliminate myself. I thought that the fields are randomly scrambled, and 999_Springs just said which options exist. If I can choose, I'm choosing to eliminate someone else.

[999_Springs]

Duh, obviously you don't get to choose one of the options, but one of the buttons.

I interpret "the third button" as the blue one, so I'll go with that. (Obviously, it would be better to distinguish them by colour.)

Now...

red-eliminate yourself
green-threshold situation
blue-block
yellow-eliminate somebody else at random

BLAMMO BLOCKED.

(Chiilling music stops)

Everything returns to the peaceful tranquil state that it was in beforehand.

(Pause)

...

A few posts earlier, Mae picked square 1. (And crossed it out, but that does not make any difference.)

It contains...

£5,000!
Multiplied by two because of the double deal, makes £10,000!

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <Rank>
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<Mae            > <£       10,000> <  1> <£     10,000> < 4th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      460,809> <  1> <£          0> < 2nd>
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <  1> <£          0> < 3rd>
<EdoI           > <£    9,887,122> <  1> <£          0> < 0th>

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

[Mae]

A few posts earlier, Mae picked square 1. (And crossed it out, but that does not make any difference.)

Sorry, moment of confusion :)

On a sadder note, I won't be able to take part in future rounds because I'm not going to be so active in the forums from now on indefinitely.

[Hoohah2x2sday]

k, so i just pick a number?
...
...
...
14

[999_Springs]

Square 14...

(LOUD EXPLODING SOUND. Shrapnel fills the air.)

As you probably guessed, it's a

BOMB!

Ouch. You lose £50,000, multiplied by 2 because of the double deal mode, which makes £100,000. Thanks for playing!

(Hit 15 was behind the bomb.)

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <Rank>
--------------------------------------------------------------
<Mae            > <£       10,000> <  1> <£     10,000> < 4th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      360,809> <  1> <£   -100,000> < 2nd> BOMBED
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <  1> <£          0> < 3rd>
<EdoI           > <£    9,887,122> <  1> <£          0> < 0th>

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

On a sadder note, I won't be able to take part in future rounds because I'm not going to be so active in the forums from now on indefinitely.

(999_Springs recoils in shock)

Looks like I'll need to look for some more signups then. RTaB just does not work with 7 players.

[EdoI]

72 hours passed, right? My turn?
Square 15.

[isaacx]

if that is so, i reserve 13

[999_Springs]

13

Yowch. You were really lucky that you got there less than 10 minutes before I did. Any later and I would have thrown you out.

But I'll let you take your pick anyway. Square 13...
ALL VALUES MULTIPLIER -1/2!

Your new AVx is 1-1/2 = 0.5. Whatever you pick will be halved...
(but double deal mode effectively cancels it out though...)

EdoI picked 15.

RANDOM 200K!

(Insert random graphics here) (ha, ha)

£157,773!

Multiplied by two because of the double deal gives £315,546! That takes you past 10 million!

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <Rank>
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<Mae            > <£       10,000> <  1> <£     10,000> < 4th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      360,809> <  1> <£   -100,000> < 2nd> BOMBED
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <0.5> <£          0> < 3rd>
<EdoI           > <£   10,202,668> <  1> <£    315,546> < 0th>

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

[UnknownKirbyMan]

Please put me in ASAP please.

[999_Springs]

I will not be here for the next 4 days.

That isn't long enough to call a timeout, so I'll leave it open.

All three remaining players can reserve squares over the time period.

(EdoI: if you're leaving soon, you can PM me a list of numbers to pick, to let the round continue when you're not here.)

[Mae]

I pick 22.

[999_Springs]

Wow, you caught me just before I was about to leave.

Square 22...

1.5 MILLION!!!

Multiplied by two because of the double deal gives THREE MILLION!!!

(Growl! You just overtook me into 1st!)

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <  Rank   >
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<Mae            > <£    3,010,000> <  1> <£  3,010,000> <      1st>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      360,809> <  1> <£   -100,000> < 2nd->3rd> BOMBED
<isaacx         > <£      237,010> <0.5> <£          0> < 3rd->4th>
<EdoI           > <£   10,202,668> <  1> <£    315,546> <      0th>

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

I will not be here for the next 4 days.

That isn't long enough to call a timeout, so I'll leave it open.

All three remaining players can reserve squares over the time period.

(EdoI: if you're leaving soon, you can PM me a list of numbers to pick, to let the round continue when you're not here.)

(Reposted to make the message stick on page 4.)

[999_Springs]

::: adjustment 16-07-2009+17:32 GMT+DST isaacx 408 Error: Request Timeout -£80,000 :::

(In other words, isaacx didn't take his pick while I was absent, so he loses £40,000 multiplied by two because of the double deal, and he gets bombed out. The AVx0.5 resets to 1 BEFORE the penalty is applied - see first post.)

...

...

From EdoI's PM, the first square on his list was 16.

Square 16...

MINUS £40,000!

And that gets double dealed...

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <  Rank   >
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<Mae            > <£    3,010,000> <  1> <£  3,010,000> <      1st>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      360,809> <  1> <£   -100,000> < 2nd->3rd> BOMBED
<isaacx         > <£      157,010> <  1> <£    -80,000> < 3rd->4th> REQUEST TIMEOUT
<EdoI           > <£   10,122,668> <  1> <£    235,546> <      0th>

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

[999_Springs]

Tick... tick... tick... tick... tick... BOOM!!!

::: adjustment 19-07-2009+20:24 GMT+DST Mae 408 Error: Request Timeout -£60,000 :::

And... that's Mae's RTaB career over, as he requested to leave after Round 2.

Well, EdoI wins... AGAIN, rather predictably. He gets a win bonus of £50,000 plus £5,000 for every unrevealed square, which makes £130,000, which is double dealed to £260,000!

And that's the end of the round...

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<  Player       > <     Money    > <AVx> < This Round > <  Rank   >
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<Mae            > <£    2,950,000> <  1> <£  2,950,000> <      1st> REQUEST TIMEOUT
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£      360,809> <  1> <£   -100,000> < 2nd->3rd> BOMBED
<isaacx         > <£      157,010> <  1> <£    -80,000> < 3rd->4th> REQUEST TIMEOUT
<EdoI           > <£   10,382,668> <  1> <£    495,546> <      0th>

DOUBLE DEAL ACTIVATED

However, this thread seems to be fading already. NOOOOOOOO!!! It NEEDS more activity!









So... Round 3 shall start immediately. NOW!

Given the rule that you have to win a round in order to participate in the next round, there is only one possibility for who can take part in Round 3, and that will have to be a repeat of Round 1...

The players will be (in random order):
- 29403
- UnknownKirbyMan
- EdoI
- bufar

...

Each of these now has 48 hours to PM me a bomb placement, otherwise I will do it for them, as mentioned in the first post.

The Blammo placement goes to Hoohah2x2sday, for being the last person to be bombed out (timeouts don't count here).