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[Won by MrJelli] Showdown Genius Invitational - Main Match Thread
- Thread starter Gimm1ck
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SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
We will now be compiling the jury votes and announcing the results of the fifth and final verdict. I apologize for the tardiness, as I had a multi-hour university interview.
SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
The fifth jury has resulted in a Not Guilty verdict.
That means there is a total of three Not Guilty verdicts and two Guilty verdicts. The Citizen team has lost the trials..
...but not the game. If the Citizen Leader can identify the Criminal Leader, the Citizen team will win the Jury Game.
Citizen Leader, reveal yourself and guess!
That means there is a total of three Not Guilty verdicts and two Guilty verdicts. The Citizen team has lost the trials..
...but not the game. If the Citizen Leader can identify the Criminal Leader, the Citizen team will win the Jury Game.
Citizen Leader, reveal yourself and guess!
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SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
Citizen Leader 11oyd has identified Criminal Leader Ivy correctly.
The game is now over.
Citizens 11oyd, Clefable, Dot Agumon, Faisal, Ransei, and Yoshi have won. Criminals -Howkings, duck, Ivy, and MrJelli have lost. The former team will select one member from the latter team as the Elimination Candidate, who will then select a former partner as the Death Match Opponent.
Each citizen wins one garnet. An updated garnet count will be provided momentarily; a group PM for the winning team to discuss the Elimination Candidate is being made now.
The game is now over.
Citizens 11oyd, Clefable, Dot Agumon, Faisal, Ransei, and Yoshi have won. Criminals -Howkings, duck, Ivy, and MrJelli have lost. The former team will select one member from the latter team as the Elimination Candidate, who will then select a former partner as the Death Match Opponent.
Each citizen wins one garnet. An updated garnet count will be provided momentarily; a group PM for the winning team to discuss the Elimination Candidate is being made now.
I'm still reeling over this. Who did this? I literally voted Guilty here in order to lay low. The hosts have the receipts.
SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
The death match between -Howkings and Ivy will be another playing of Betting Rock-Paper-Scissors...but with an added twist.
Tagging all players: 11oyd, Clefable, Dot Agumon, duck, Faisal, MrJelli, Ransei, and Yoshi, who, once again, will be participating as spectators in this match.
BETTING ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS
RULES ON PRACTICING DMs
Tagging all players: 11oyd, Clefable, Dot Agumon, duck, Faisal, MrJelli, Ransei, and Yoshi, who, once again, will be participating as spectators in this match.
BETTING ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS
In the game of Betting Rock-Paper-Scissors, the aim is to have the most chips after twelve rounds of play. This Death Match will be played on Pokemon Showdown live.
The match will consist of 12 rounds.
Before the death match: The spectating players will be placed into a randomly selected order of play, listed at the bottom of this page. Once the orders have been determined, each spectator will select which of the three options (rock, paper, or scissors) they would like to use and submit that choice to their confessionals on the Smogon forums. The spectators’ choices cannot be changed once they are submitted. Once all spectator decisions are finalized, we will give until Wednesday (-Howkings is busy until then) for the spectators to use Smogon forum PMs to inform the player(s) of their choice, if they so desire. Spectators may tell a player what they chose if they wish to support one or both players. They may also, if they do not wish to support a Death Match player, may lie to a Death Match player or refuse to reveal their selection. Spectators are not required to be present for the live death match, though it would be nice!
During the death match: Both Howkings and Ivy start Betting Rock-Paper-Scissors with one chip each. Each round consists of a battle with the spectators’ pre-sent choices. In each round, the choice to play against the spectator or bet on the results of the opponent’s play against the spectator will pass from Howkings to Ivy.
If you choose to play, you will have to play rock-paper-scissors against the spectator’s symbol choice by submitting your symbol choice to the hosts in PM, while the betting player must submit their bet on the result in the host's PM box. The contestant who played will earn chips if they win against the spectator: 1 chip in rounds 1-3, 2 chips in rounds 4-6, 3 chips in rounds 7-9, and 4 chips in rounds 10-12. The betting player must bet at least 1 chip on the result of the match between the playing opponent and the spectators’ pre-submitted result: win, lose, or draw. If you guess a win or loss correctly, you will earn double your chips back, but if you guess incorrectly, your chips will be lost. If you bet on a draw correctly, however, you will receive triple the chips you bet. The player with the most chips at the end of 12 rounds will win, and the player with fewer chips will be the fifth person to lose a Death Match in the Smogon Genius Invitational.
A key difference this time: given that we have fewer players than the last time we played it, Slots 3, 4, 9, and 10 will be occupied by virtual players with guaranteed selections this go-around. Slot 3 will always choose Rock. Slot 4 will always choose paper. Slot 9 will always choose Scissors. Slot 10 will always choose Rock.
\ Play| | |
Bet | Win | Draw | Loss
-------+-----+------+------
Win| 2 | 1 | 0
Draw| 0 | 3 | 0
Loss| 0 | 1 | 2
1. Yoshi
2. Dot Agumon
3. Rock
4. Paper
5. 11oyd
6. Clefable
7. duck
8. MrJelli
9. Scissors
10. Rock
11. Faisal
12. Ransei
The match will consist of 12 rounds.
Before the death match: The spectating players will be placed into a randomly selected order of play, listed at the bottom of this page. Once the orders have been determined, each spectator will select which of the three options (rock, paper, or scissors) they would like to use and submit that choice to their confessionals on the Smogon forums. The spectators’ choices cannot be changed once they are submitted. Once all spectator decisions are finalized, we will give until Wednesday (-Howkings is busy until then) for the spectators to use Smogon forum PMs to inform the player(s) of their choice, if they so desire. Spectators may tell a player what they chose if they wish to support one or both players. They may also, if they do not wish to support a Death Match player, may lie to a Death Match player or refuse to reveal their selection. Spectators are not required to be present for the live death match, though it would be nice!
During the death match: Both Howkings and Ivy start Betting Rock-Paper-Scissors with one chip each. Each round consists of a battle with the spectators’ pre-sent choices. In each round, the choice to play against the spectator or bet on the results of the opponent’s play against the spectator will pass from Howkings to Ivy.
If you choose to play, you will have to play rock-paper-scissors against the spectator’s symbol choice by submitting your symbol choice to the hosts in PM, while the betting player must submit their bet on the result in the host's PM box. The contestant who played will earn chips if they win against the spectator: 1 chip in rounds 1-3, 2 chips in rounds 4-6, 3 chips in rounds 7-9, and 4 chips in rounds 10-12. The betting player must bet at least 1 chip on the result of the match between the playing opponent and the spectators’ pre-submitted result: win, lose, or draw. If you guess a win or loss correctly, you will earn double your chips back, but if you guess incorrectly, your chips will be lost. If you bet on a draw correctly, however, you will receive triple the chips you bet. The player with the most chips at the end of 12 rounds will win, and the player with fewer chips will be the fifth person to lose a Death Match in the Smogon Genius Invitational.
A key difference this time: given that we have fewer players than the last time we played it, Slots 3, 4, 9, and 10 will be occupied by virtual players with guaranteed selections this go-around. Slot 3 will always choose Rock. Slot 4 will always choose paper. Slot 9 will always choose Scissors. Slot 10 will always choose Rock.
\ Play| | |
Bet | Win | Draw | Loss
-------+-----+------+------
Win| 2 | 1 | 0
Draw| 0 | 3 | 0
Loss| 0 | 1 | 2
1. Yoshi
2. Dot Agumon
3. Rock
4. Paper
5. 11oyd
6. Clefable
7. duck
8. MrJelli
9. Scissors
10. Rock
11. Faisal
12. Ransei
RULES ON PRACTICING DMs
1. You may only practice with players still in the SGI. Players who were eliminated from SGI or who never were in SGI are not eligible for DM practicing.
2. Hosts must be present for all DM practices.
2. Hosts must be present for all DM practices.
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SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
This post contains both an important announcement and an update on the previous post, so all players are being tagged here.
A note for our spectators (11oyd, Clefable, Dot Agumon, duck, Faisal, MrJelli, Ransei, Yoshi) as I don't feel I was clear enough in the previous both:
You must inform hosts of your choice between Rock, Paper, and Scissors in your confessional at Wed, Jan. 22 at 11:59 PM EST.
If you wish to inform either -Howkings or Ivy of your choice (whether accurately or not) or refuse to provide this info, you may contact them until Wed, Jan. 22 at 11:59 PM EST.
Future games will exclusively have 24-hour rounds, unless more time is required, in which case it will be 32 hours. Do not expect to see 32 hour rounds often.
A note for our spectators (11oyd, Clefable, Dot Agumon, duck, Faisal, MrJelli, Ransei, Yoshi) as I don't feel I was clear enough in the previous both:
You must inform hosts of your choice between Rock, Paper, and Scissors in your confessional at Wed, Jan. 22 at 11:59 PM EST.
If you wish to inform either -Howkings or Ivy of your choice (whether accurately or not) or refuse to provide this info, you may contact them until Wed, Jan. 22 at 11:59 PM EST.
Future games will exclusively have 24-hour rounds, unless more time is required, in which case it will be 32 hours. Do not expect to see 32 hour rounds often.
SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
All spectator choices (11oyd, Clefable, Dot Agumon, duck, Faisal, MrJelli, Ransei, Yoshi) are locked in. Spectators have until Wed, Jan. 22 at 11:59 PM EST to communicate to either Death Match player what they chose (whether accurate or not).
-Howkings and Ivy may also openly approach players and ask for their picks, as well. Just keep the deadline in mind.
-Howkings and Ivy may also openly approach players and ask for their picks, as well. Just keep the deadline in mind.
SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
The next game, Bean's Dilemma Threemix, will be revealed in the next post.
SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
Bean's Dilemma Threemix - 9 players
Greetings, Genius players.
You’ve had it pretty rough so far. Whether navigating a complicated network of prey and predators in a biological ecosystem or dealing with the existential horrors of jury duty, I’m sure that the next game - where all you do is put beans into a jar - will be a much more simple, much less stressful game. That’s it. Just putting beans in a jar.
Right?
Nah, just kidding. This is The Genius!
In this game, you will be split into 3 teams of three people each - Vermillion Team, Violet Team, and Viridian Team. The teams have been randomly drawn and will be posted in the next post. In Bean's Dilemma Threemix, you must use more beans for your team to win or, less beans for an individual win. Or cooperate for a joint win.
Each player will start with 15 beans. Each round, every player will submit an integer number of beans from 0 to 15. The number of beans from each team will be totaled and the team with the highest number of beans submitted for that round will earn a point. In addition, the median number of beans and the team that submitted that number of beans will be revealed. Once a bean is submitted, it is gone for the rest of the game. You can’t take them back or retrieve them.
The first team to 3 points will win the game.
However, only the player with the highest number of beans left on the winning team will get a Token of Life (alongside a second to give away). If there is a tie for highest number of beans on the winning team, all players in the tie will receive Tokens of Life (with none to be given away).
In addition, each player on the winning team and the person with the highest number of beans left on the second place team will earn as many garnets as beans that they have left over. The person with the lowest number of beans on the third place team (in order of beans left) will become the Elimination Candidate for the round. Each team will have a PM in which they can discuss strategies - we highly, HIGHLY suggest you have a joint Discord as well (don’t forget to add all three hosts). You may communicate with people from other teams.
There's another way to win the Bean's Dilemma Threemix. You might be asking - what if Team A wins two rounds, Team B wins two rounds, and Team C wins one? Glad you asked, because then Team C automatically wins, every member of Team C gets a Token of Life, and the team collectively chooses an Elimination Candidate from a losing team, who will choose one of the other five losers. If this situation occurs, everyone on Team C each obtains five garnets.
Greetings, Genius players.
You’ve had it pretty rough so far. Whether navigating a complicated network of prey and predators in a biological ecosystem or dealing with the existential horrors of jury duty, I’m sure that the next game - where all you do is put beans into a jar - will be a much more simple, much less stressful game. That’s it. Just putting beans in a jar.
Right?
Nah, just kidding. This is The Genius!
In this game, you will be split into 3 teams of three people each - Vermillion Team, Violet Team, and Viridian Team. The teams have been randomly drawn and will be posted in the next post. In Bean's Dilemma Threemix, you must use more beans for your team to win or, less beans for an individual win. Or cooperate for a joint win.
Each player will start with 15 beans. Each round, every player will submit an integer number of beans from 0 to 15. The number of beans from each team will be totaled and the team with the highest number of beans submitted for that round will earn a point. In addition, the median number of beans and the team that submitted that number of beans will be revealed. Once a bean is submitted, it is gone for the rest of the game. You can’t take them back or retrieve them.
The first team to 3 points will win the game.
However, only the player with the highest number of beans left on the winning team will get a Token of Life (alongside a second to give away). If there is a tie for highest number of beans on the winning team, all players in the tie will receive Tokens of Life (with none to be given away).
In addition, each player on the winning team and the person with the highest number of beans left on the second place team will earn as many garnets as beans that they have left over. The person with the lowest number of beans on the third place team (in order of beans left) will become the Elimination Candidate for the round. Each team will have a PM in which they can discuss strategies - we highly, HIGHLY suggest you have a joint Discord as well (don’t forget to add all three hosts). You may communicate with people from other teams.
There's another way to win the Bean's Dilemma Threemix. You might be asking - what if Team A wins two rounds, Team B wins two rounds, and Team C wins one? Glad you asked, because then Team C automatically wins, every member of Team C gets a Token of Life, and the team collectively chooses an Elimination Candidate from a losing team, who will choose one of the other five losers. If this situation occurs, everyone on Team C each obtains five garnets.
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SteelEdges
Banned deucer.
We will begin the first round tomorrow - at Thursday, Jan 23 at 4 PM EST.
The first round will last 36 hours; the next four rounds will last 24 hours. Therefore, the first round ends at Friday, Jan 23 at 4 AM EST. The second round will begin at Sunday, Jan 26 at 4 PM EST; the third round will begin at Monday, Jan 27 at 4 PM EST; the fourth round will begin at Tuesday, Jan 28 at 4 PM EST; and finally, the fifth round will begin at Wednesday, Jan 29 at 4 PM EST.
If a team wins before rounds 4 or 5, the next rounds are cancelled.
The first round will last 36 hours; the next four rounds will last 24 hours. Therefore, the first round ends at Friday, Jan 23 at 4 AM EST. The second round will begin at Sunday, Jan 26 at 4 PM EST; the third round will begin at Monday, Jan 27 at 4 PM EST; the fourth round will begin at Tuesday, Jan 28 at 4 PM EST; and finally, the fifth round will begin at Wednesday, Jan 29 at 4 PM EST.
If a team wins before rounds 4 or 5, the next rounds are cancelled.
