Post by Liar Game on Feb 8, 2012 5:37:18 GMT
The plane you were on for Round 4 lands at an abandoned airport. A limousine waits for Chichuan Tai, which escorts him from the premises, leaving eight of you standing before Barbaro, Sagaro, and numerous LGT attendants.
"Chichuan will be waiting for whoever wins our final Revival Round at the location for Round 5," Sagaro announces. "In the meantime, we'll play the final Revival Round right in there." He points to the lone concrete building on the airstrip and you all make your way into it. It's been abandoned for some time.
The attendants each seat you in the rows of uncomfortable plastic chairs. Suddenly, two attendants march into the lobby each hoisting a flag: one with Barbaro's face, and one with Sagaro's face. They each take their sides with their Dealer.
Sagaro clears his throat. "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the final Revival Round. Given that this will lead you to the Finals, this will not be easy for you."
"You've each formed alliances and broken them," Barbaro pipes up. "Made enemies and then worked with them. And, you've ignored others entirely." Barbaro chuckles under his mask. The black holes where his eyes should be find yours and stare deep into your soul. "This time, you will be forced to face everyone... on your own."
Sagaro outstretches his arms. "Welcome to the final Revival Round! Let us play... Dealer's Duels!"
They explain the rules.
You have each been assigned to act on behalf of a Dealer: Barbaro or Sagaro. We arranged you based on Stars as we did for Siege, in an ACEG; BDFH fashion, where A is highest and H is lowest.
For those of you concerned about your "teammates", please be aware that you win the game as an individual, not as a team.
We've decided to raise the stakes. For this game, you have each been given a total of ¥250M! This means you now have more money to make! We do, however, expect our full ¥250M to be paid back at the end of this game.
SCENARIO
Your Dealers are having a trifling wager to determine which of them can render the best team.
OBJECT
To earn the most points.
WHERE YOUR ¥250M IS
Each of you have your ¥250M split as such:
BRAGGING GAMES
You will be playing the game in 1 vs. 1 matches, where you will face off against every single player in the game once. All of your Bragging Games will be played in complete privacy.
You will face-off against players under your own banner. As such, you will play under the opposing banner once. After that, the player in the face-off with the most yen will decide which banner to fight under.
The Bragging Game works in the following manner:
If the last Brag is higher than the Limit of Play (ex: "¥60M" when the Limit of Play is ¥20M), then the player who called "STOP" wins the match and 4 POINTS. If you are under the opponent's banner, you get 5 POINTS.
The last Brag made under the Limit of Play is taken from the Betting Pool and placed in the Final Pot. If no Brags were under the Limit of Play, nothing gets placed into the Final Pot.
The loser of the match must use their Personal Funds to pay the difference between the Limit of Play and his/her last Brag (in the example of ¥60M vs. ¥20M, the loser must pay ¥40M). This penalty, along with any remainders in the Betting Pool, are split 50/50 between the Final Pot and the winning player's Dealer's Pocket.
The winner of the match is paid back the amount of their Bet to their Personal Funds from the opposing Dealer's Pocket.[/blockquote][/li][/ul]
Bragging Games will each last 96 hours. You each get a total of 48 hours to respond to an opponent's Brag. That is, if you take 10 hours to respond to an opponent's Brag, you only have 38 hours left on your clock to respond to all future Brags. If you are to respond and run out of time on your clock, you automatically call "Stop" by default.
If no Stop is called at the end of the 96 hours, the game ends looking at the last Brag made and proceeds as such with the other player being the default caller of "Stop".
To make a Brag, you mustBOTH post to your match's thread AND PM both Dealers before your opponent responds. If any of them are found to have differing amounts, or PMs were not sent before your opponent responds, you are disqualified. Thus, we recommend you send your PMs before you post publicly. This system ensures that players do not delete or change their Brags once made without penalty.
If your posts are found to have been edited or deleted, you are disqualified.
The amount of Points you have earned as well as the yen in your Personal Funds are in your Vault's Inventory board, and will not be publicized until the endgame.
DEALER PAYOUTS
To help you stay on your feet, the Dealers will pay you for your efforts.
At the end of the first set of matches, you will each get 1/16 (rounded down) of your Dealer's Pocket's contents.
Afterwards, at the end of a set of matches, you will each get 1/32 (rounded down) of a Dealer's Pocket's contents for each game you played under its banner.
ENDGAME
Once all players have finished all of their matches, the top 4 players OVERALL in points win and qualify for the Finals.
If there is a tie that cannot determine the top 4, the player who Bet the most in all of their successful games wins the tiebreak. If that does not determine it, the player who Bet more than their opponent most often wins the tiebreaker. If that does not determine it, we will select the winner(s) randomly, so do not let it get to that point.
All remaining yen in your team's Dealer's Pocket is handed out evenly amongst your team, regardless of whether you win or lose.
All yen in the Final Pot is handed out evenly to the 4 winners.
All players keep any remaining yen in their Personal Funds.
MISCELLANEOUS
INACTIVITY
One final thing to consider... you'll want to make as much yen as possible for the Finals, as everything in your Bank Account will be in play then.
"Chichuan will be waiting for whoever wins our final Revival Round at the location for Round 5," Sagaro announces. "In the meantime, we'll play the final Revival Round right in there." He points to the lone concrete building on the airstrip and you all make your way into it. It's been abandoned for some time.
The attendants each seat you in the rows of uncomfortable plastic chairs. Suddenly, two attendants march into the lobby each hoisting a flag: one with Barbaro's face, and one with Sagaro's face. They each take their sides with their Dealer.
Sagaro clears his throat. "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the final Revival Round. Given that this will lead you to the Finals, this will not be easy for you."
"You've each formed alliances and broken them," Barbaro pipes up. "Made enemies and then worked with them. And, you've ignored others entirely." Barbaro chuckles under his mask. The black holes where his eyes should be find yours and stare deep into your soul. "This time, you will be forced to face everyone... on your own."
Sagaro outstretches his arms. "Welcome to the final Revival Round! Let us play... Dealer's Duels!"
They explain the rules.
You have each been assigned to act on behalf of a Dealer: Barbaro or Sagaro. We arranged you based on Stars as we did for Siege, in an ACEG; BDFH fashion, where A is highest and H is lowest.
BARBARO'S BANNER
Aitou Kaichi
Suzuki Usagi
Watsuki Shichiro
Ikenishi Sada
SAGARO'S BANNER
Kuwabara Kimura
Wada Mitsuru
Fujimoto Jun
Satake Kazuyasu
Aitou Kaichi
Suzuki Usagi
Watsuki Shichiro
Ikenishi Sada
SAGARO'S BANNER
Kuwabara Kimura
Wada Mitsuru
Fujimoto Jun
Satake Kazuyasu
For those of you concerned about your "teammates", please be aware that you win the game as an individual, not as a team.
We've decided to raise the stakes. For this game, you have each been given a total of ¥250M! This means you now have more money to make! We do, however, expect our full ¥250M to be paid back at the end of this game.
SCENARIO
Your Dealers are having a trifling wager to determine which of them can render the best team.
OBJECT
To earn the most points.
WHERE YOUR ¥250M IS
Each of you have your ¥250M split as such:
- Dealer's Pocket (¥100M) : This is the communal pot for your team banner (there are two Dealer's Pockets: Barbaro's and Sagaro's). You will be given yen from your Dealer's Pocket at the end of every set of matches. At the end of the game, the yen in both Dealer's Pockets will be split amongst all players under its banner.
- Personal Funds (¥150M) : This yen is yours to play with as you see fit.
- Final Pot (¥0M) : Starting at ¥0, this is the yen that is being fought over. Any money in the Final Pot remains in the Final Pot until the end of the game.
BRAGGING GAMES
You will be playing the game in 1 vs. 1 matches, where you will face off against every single player in the game once. All of your Bragging Games will be played in complete privacy.
You will face-off against players under your own banner. As such, you will play under the opposing banner once. After that, the player in the face-off with the most yen will decide which banner to fight under.
The Bragging Game works in the following manner:
- Both players have 48 hours to submit a monetary value to risk into a Betting Pool, attempting to be within ¥20M of each other. Bets must be within a MINIMUM of ¥1M and a MAXIMUM of ¥150M, or you are Disqualified.
- The Dealers compare the bets. If the Bets are not within ¥20M of each other, it is considered a NO CONTEST.
No Contest
The player who Bet the most automatically wins the match. No Contest always earns the winner 3 POINTS.
The player who Bet the least must pay ¥20M of their Personal Funds to the opposing Dealer's Pocket.
All yen in the Betting Pool is scooped up and sent to the Final Pot. - If Bets are within ¥20M of each other, the game is GOOD and proceeds. The total in the Betting Pool is the LIMIT OF PLAY (ex: if X bets ¥30M and Y bets ¥15M, the Limit of Play is ¥45M). The Limit of Play amount is kept secret from both players. The Bragging Game then begins.
Your goal is to not get caught bragging higher than the Limit of Play. - The first player makes a Brag (ex: "¥10M"). Then the opposing player must either respond with a Brag that is higher than that (ex: "¥15M"), or "STOP". Bragging continues until one of the players calls "STOP", and the last Brag is looked at.
There are two possible outcomes:UNDER Limit of Play
If the last Brag is less than or equal to the Limit of Play (ex: "¥20M" was the last Brag and the Limit of Play is ¥40M), then the player who made the last Brag wins the match and 4 POINTS. If you are under the opponent's banner, you get 5 POINTS.
The amount of the last Brag is taken from the Betting Pool and placed into the Final Pot. The remainder in the Betting Pool goes to the winning player's Dealer's Pocket.
The winner of the match also gets the amount of their Bet paid back to their Personal Funds from the opposing Dealer's Pocket.
OVER Limit of Play
If the last Brag is higher than the Limit of Play (ex: "¥60M" when the Limit of Play is ¥20M), then the player who called "STOP" wins the match and 4 POINTS. If you are under the opponent's banner, you get 5 POINTS.
The last Brag made under the Limit of Play is taken from the Betting Pool and placed in the Final Pot. If no Brags were under the Limit of Play, nothing gets placed into the Final Pot.
The loser of the match must use their Personal Funds to pay the difference between the Limit of Play and his/her last Brag (in the example of ¥60M vs. ¥20M, the loser must pay ¥40M). This penalty, along with any remainders in the Betting Pool, are split 50/50 between the Final Pot and the winning player's Dealer's Pocket.
The winner of the match is paid back the amount of their Bet to their Personal Funds from the opposing Dealer's Pocket.[/blockquote][/li][/ul]
Bragging Games will each last 96 hours. You each get a total of 48 hours to respond to an opponent's Brag. That is, if you take 10 hours to respond to an opponent's Brag, you only have 38 hours left on your clock to respond to all future Brags. If you are to respond and run out of time on your clock, you automatically call "Stop" by default.
If no Stop is called at the end of the 96 hours, the game ends looking at the last Brag made and proceeds as such with the other player being the default caller of "Stop".
To make a Brag, you must
If your posts are found to have been edited or deleted, you are disqualified.
Disqualification
If you are disqualified due to Betting an invalid amount, your opponent wins as though you were inactive (see Inactivity clause below).
If you are disqualified during a Bragging Game, your opponent wins. Depending on the state of the match, he is the default winner of whatever condition would win him the game immediately. For instance, if the current Brag is over the Limit of Play, even if the last Brag was the opponent's, the opponent is considered to have declared "Stop" against your last Brag and wins.
The amount of Points you have earned as well as the yen in your Personal Funds are in your Vault's Inventory board, and will not be publicized until the endgame.
DEALER PAYOUTS
To help you stay on your feet, the Dealers will pay you for your efforts.
At the end of the first set of matches, you will each get 1/16 (rounded down) of your Dealer's Pocket's contents.
Afterwards, at the end of a set of matches, you will each get 1/32 (rounded down) of a Dealer's Pocket's contents for each game you played under its banner.
ENDGAME
Once all players have finished all of their matches, the top 4 players OVERALL in points win and qualify for the Finals.
If there is a tie that cannot determine the top 4, the player who Bet the most in all of their successful games wins the tiebreak. If that does not determine it, the player who Bet more than their opponent most often wins the tiebreaker. If that does not determine it, we will select the winner(s) randomly, so do not let it get to that point.
All remaining yen in your team's Dealer's Pocket is handed out evenly amongst your team, regardless of whether you win or lose.
All yen in the Final Pot is handed out evenly to the 4 winners.
All players keep any remaining yen in their Personal Funds.
MISCELLANEOUS
- All Bets and Brags must be made in increments of ¥1M, or you are Disqualified.
- Dealer's Pockets and Personal Funds cannot go into negatives. In the event of required payment higher than available funds, they will be emptied to 0 and whatever payment remains is what is paid with.
- You are allowed to transfer in-game yen to any player at any time, in increments of ¥1M, as long as you keep at least ¥1M in your Personal Funds. Bank Accounts, however, are LOCKED.
- There are no contracts.
- If a Dealer is online to preside, players who currently have a match against each other may ask the Dealer to play the match (or a portion of it) live over an instant messenger service.
INACTIVITY
- If you do not make a bet or abstain, you lose immediately. Your opponent's bet is given back to them from the betting pool, and you automatically pay the amount equal to your opponent's bet using your personal funds to the Final Pot. Your opponent always wins 4 points, no matter which banner they are under.
- If neither side makes a bet and/or abstains, both players get 0 points and are each penalized ¥50M to the Final Pot.
One final thing to consider... you'll want to make as much yen as possible for the Finals, as everything in your Bank Account will be in play then.