Race to a Billion

[Pikman]

Level 1 please.

!!! You've picked the blammo button !!!
*crashing noises*

...Anyway, the button you choose below decides your fate! Ha ha!

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<    Player     > <      Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<EdoI           > <£ 11,541,668.00> <  3> <£    200,500.00> <     *0th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£  2,776,941.99> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->2nd> BOMBED!
<999_Springs    > <£  1,631,491.39> <  1> <£      1,999.99> < 1st->4th> BOMB THE PENGUIN
<UnknownKirbyMan> <£    770,338.00> <  1> <£          0.30> < 2nd->6th> SPEED CASH, BUTTONS OF DOOM

EdoI, I'll do your square after the outcome of this blammo.

Also, square 6 doesn't work. >.<

[UnknownKirbyMan]

Button 3.

[Pikman]

Button 3.

You've just lost £75,000, and future square picks have to be made in under 24 hours! Pay attention now! HAHAHAhaiehgihghaha.

random.org decided the blammo buttons, which were...
1 (Blue)

2 (Red)

3 (Green)

4 (Yellow)

I go after UKM, so I choose square 15.

Well, that was funny. But your AVx is still 1.5, so there's still a gain involved.

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<    Player     > <      Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<EdoI           > <£ 11,541,668.00> <1.5> <£    200,500.00> <     *0th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£  2,776,941.99> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->2nd> BOMBED!
<999_Springs    > <£  1,631,491.39> <  1> <£      1,999.99> < 1st->4th> BOMB THE PENGUIN
<UnknownKirbyMan> <£    695,338.00> <  1> <£    -74,999.70> < 2nd->6th> SPEED CASH, 24H LIMIT

SQUARE 6 IS BACK! ImageShack is playing tricks on my eyes. :/

Zapmeister again.

[UnknownKirbyMan]

When my turns come I want squares 6,14,22,24,18,10.

[999_Springs]

<@Skyline> Haha, "Zapmeister999"
<Zapmeister999> Zap!
<@Skyline> That's probably the funniest nickname I've ever seen.

Anyway, haha, I'll go with square 10. Just to nick one of UKM's choices.

Oh, and imageshack sucks.

[Edit: And my computer sucks.]

[Pikman]

Oh yeah, some useless info. Behind the blammo:

That was it.

Anyway, haha, I'll go with square 10.

Useless square alert here. This one actually does exactly what it says.

UKM wanted square 6 as his first choice.


BIG money! You've now completely turned around your deficit and then quite a bit, breaking the £1M barrier!

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<    Player     > <      Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<EdoI           > <£ 11,541,668.00> <1.5> <£    200,500.00> <     *0th>
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£  2,776,941.99> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->2nd> BOMBED!
<999_Springs    > <£  1,631,491.39> <  1> <£      1,999.99> < 1st->4th> BOMB THE PENGUIN...BUT NOTHING ELSE
<UnknownKirbyMan> <£  1,070,338.00> <  1> <£    300,000.30> < 2nd->6th> SPEED CASH, 24H LIMIT

Back to EdoI again.

There are ten squares and three bombs left. Who will survive?

[EdoI]

Uh, I wanted to take that square 6. Give me 20.

[Pikman]

Uh, I wanted to take that square 6.

I think all of us wanted to take square 6.

Give me 20.

20 it is.

BOMB! Oh boy, that's £60,000 off your score courtesy of the 1.5 multiplier. Thanks for playing round 11!

Under the bomb:

Some people place them really well. Like, so well it's evil.

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<    Player     > <      Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<EdoI           > <£ 11,481,668.00> <  1> <£    140,500.00> <     *0th> BOMBED!
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£  2,776,941.99> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->2nd> BOMBED!
<999_Springs    > <£  1,631,491.39> <  1> <£      1,999.99> < 1st->4th> BOMB THE PENGUIN
<UnknownKirbyMan> <£  1,070,338.00> <  1> <£    300,000.30> < 2nd->6th> SPEED CASH, 24H LIMIT

Zap.

I love the behind-the-scenes view of the game right now. The round will most likely end with my next post.

[999_Springs]

Heh. I'll be away until Sunday - random chemistry thingy. UKM kind of messed up the whole game system by taking over half the board with him. Then there's also the other secret thing that I PMed you about before the round. This round's mechanism is really messed up now.

I'll take square 16 for now and 21 for after UKM goes for 14. Pikman don't post them all at once... maybe like one square a day to keep the tension...

[Pikman]

I'll take square 16 for now

It's-a £3*10^5. Impressive choice, sir! The £2M mark is only a short distance away!

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<    Player     > <      Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<EdoI           > <£ 11,481,668.00> <  1> <£    140,500.00> <     *0th> BOMBED!
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£  2,776,941.99> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->2nd> BOMBED!
<999_Springs    > <£  1,931,491.39> <  1> <£    301,999.99> < 1st->4th> BOMB THE PENGUIN
<UnknownKirbyMan> <£  1,070,338.00> <  1> <£    300,000.30> < 2nd->6th> SPEED CASH, 24H LIMIT

Pikman don't post them all at once... maybe like one square a day to keep the tension...

Yeah, I realized I should've done that a few posts in the past. Oh well, I'll start now.

Also, I'd like to finally respond to something from a while ago.

Round 8 starts as soon as possible. I will be hosting.

I shall join.

Sorry, you can't. The rules state that if you were in a round and you didn't win then you can't be in the next round. And anyway, places are *still* chosen at random.

Newbies are guaranteed in the next round after they join.

Huh? Huh?

Two bombs, seven squares.

[Pikman]

UKM reserved square 14 a while ago.

BOMB! Ugh....That'll be £30,000 off your money total, and thanks for playing Round 11!

What was under that bomb?


That third bomb means 999_Springs has won the round, and takes with him a win bonus of £85,000! (That actually DOES put you past £2M!)

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<    Player     > <      Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<EdoI           > <£ 11,481,668.00> <  1> <£    140,500.00> <     *0th> BOMBED!
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£  2,776,941.99> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->2nd> BOMBED!
<999_Springs    > <£  2,016,491.39> <  1> <£    386,999.99> < 1st->4th> BOMB THE PENGUIN, VICTORY
<UnknownKirbyMan> <£  1,040,338.00> <  1> <£    270,000.30> < 2nd->6th> BOMBED!

When 999 gets back, I'll start Bomb the Penguin.

[UnknownKirbyMan]

Please put me in a round whenever possible.

[Pikman]

Please put me in a round whenever possible.

Well, the earliest you can be in is Round 13 because if you don't win a round, you can't participate in the next round. Regardless of that, places are chosen at random anyway.

[ChrisE]

I'm getting lost in all of the rules, but I would like to join one day in the future.

[999_Springs]

Back.

*massive grin* That was a brilliant round.

ChrisE when exactly are you going to time travel to?

[Pikman]

It's time to play BOMB THE PENGUIN!
Sixteen squares, fifteen bombs, and one penguin. (Ignore the numbering - that was all to keep the color scheme going.) You currently have £2,048,000, but that's halved every time you hit a bomb. You keep whatever's left once you find the penguin.

Board!





WHATCHU GON' DO?

[999_Springs]

Ok, for a 1 in 16 chance of taking my score past £4 million... I'll go for 11.

If that fails (shock! horror!) then 18, 4, 14...

[Pikman]

(essentially picking 11, 18, 4, and 14 in that order)

Nope, nothing doing! Four bombs means four halves, so now you're playing for £128K.

[999_Springs]

I would like to fork out £9600 to put this advertising in the given space:

(Seriously, £9600 is peanuts. It's definitely worth it.)

Dehydrated water.png

(8.72 KiB) Downloaded 361 times

But anyway, 7, 3, 16, 2.

[Pikman]

But anyway, 7, 3, 16, 2.

We have a winner!

Well, at a minimum, finally someone who wins more than £62.50 at this game.

Seven bombs total, so you get £16,000 from this game. Minus the ad value is £6,400. Yay.

Unfortunately, Blobfish Inc. did not provide us with enough funding for this game, so there are no pictures of penguins at all. We apologize for any inconvenience.





Final totals and things for this round.

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<    Player     > <      Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<EdoI           > <£ 11,481,668.00> <  1> <£    140,500.00> <     *0th> BOMBED!
<Hoohah2x2sday  > <£  2,776,941.99> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->2nd> BOMBED!
<999_Springs    > <£  2,022,891.39> <  1> <£    393,399.99> < 1st->4th> NOT BOMBED!
<UnknownKirbyMan> <£  1,040,338.00> <  1> <£    270,000.30> < 2nd->6th> BOMBED!

999_SPRINGS...
HEEE ARE THE CHAMP YUN
MAH FRIENDS
AND HEEE KEEP ON PLAYIN'
TILL THE END
HE ARE THE CHAMP YUN (X2)
NO TIME FOR BOMBS HERE
CUZ HE ARE THE CHAMP YUN
OF THE FORUMMMS

I'll set up Round 12 tomorrow. This is assuming I'm hosting, since winning this round puts our other fabulous host in for the next round.

[999_Springs]

Whoa. Haha, thanks, I'm flattered.

Yeah, go on, host Round 12.

*massive grin*

[Pikman]

We're back, citizens of Earth! To host Round 12 of this game you call "Race to a Billion"!

The players will be:

- bufar,
- 999_Springs (winner of Round 11),
- isaacx, and
- 29403.

So, y'all have 48 hours from now to send me your bomb placements via PM.

Ye Olde Keeper of the Blammo is UnknownKirbyMan, for being the last to commit unceremonious suicidal shenanigans with a bomb in Round 11.

Below. It's a money board.

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<  Player   > <     Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<bufar      > <£ 2,233,310.01> <  1> <£          0.00> < 2nd->3rd>
<999_Springs> <£ 2,022,891.39> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->4th>
<isaacx     > <£ 1,252,278   > <  1> <£          0.00> < 3rd->5th>
<29403      > <£  -355,998   > <  1> <£          0.00> < 3rd->9th>

EDIT: Oh yeah, I'm an idiot. ChrisE, you'll be in for Round 13, okay? Seeing as I just made up the board and sent out PMs, it's too hard to change this round now.

Speaking of which, I just made the board (lol repeating words). This is a very high-risk, high-reward round.

[Pikman]

What, guys. Apparently half of you are inactive enough to not even read your PMs. So random.org placed two bombs and the blammo. This is starting, because some people actually want to play.

I cast BoardGen Lv. 2.

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<  Player   > <     Money    > <AVx> <  This Round   > <  Rank   >
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<bufar      > <£ 2,233,310.01> <  1> <£          0.00> < 2nd->3rd>
<999_Springs> <£ 2,022,891.39> <  1> <£          0.00> < 1st->4th>
<isaacx     > <£ 1,252,278   > <  1> <£          0.00> < 3rd->5th>
<29403      > <£  -355,998   > <  1> <£          0.00> < 3rd->9th>

Go.

[999_Springs]

Square 18.

[fawk]

If there is an opportunity at any point, I'd like to play.