Rock Paper Scissors Season 4 - Game Underway!

[banjo1985]

Hello and welcome to the fourth iteration of ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS. The first three games were bought to the playground by Zar Peter, and I have permission to continue the series in his stead.

The game is based around this snazzy little table:

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Basic rules:
Each round you will be pitted against another player in a four action game of the expanded rock-paper-scissors game pictured above. You PM me with your four choices, and your opponent will do the same. As narrator, I will work out the results and determine the victor.

Each round will last 48 hours. You can PM me actions rounds in advance if you want, so that you don’t miss anything. Otherwise, you will automatically lose the missed round 4-0, and any bets placed on you will be cancelled.

If you win a game you score three points, one point for a draw, and nothing for a loss. Everyone will play each other once, a league table will be kept, and at the end there will obviously be a winner! There may also be a trophy too, but don’t hold your breath.

Betting:
Yes, I mentioned betting earlier, I guess it’s about time I explained it. Each player (and any lurkers not actively participating but wanting to bet) have 10gp to spend each round by betting on the outcomes of matches. Gp cannot be saved, so use the full 10 each round or the rest will be wasted.

Players can bet on the following things, with the gp reward for a successful bet shown:

Bet on a player to win – 2:1
Bet on a match to end in a draw – 3:1
Bet on a player to win by a specific scoreline – 5:1

Accumulator - Make two or more bets as an accumulator to multiply your winnings, but every bet needs to succeed else you lose out.

Don't hesitate to PM me if you have questions about the rules!

Hall of Fame:
Winner of RPS Season 1: Yspoch
Winner of RPS Season 2: Someonenonotyou
Winner of RPS Season 3: Calar

So, if you are interested, intrigued, or just bored, sign up to this immensely tactical game of skill and brainpower, as it’s not all down to luck, honestly.

Sign up ends on Tuesday 11th Feb, or whenever we have a decent number of players.

Players:

Zar Peter
Cuthalion
Tylorious
Nonayer
Zjoot
Fleeing Coward
Tom the Mime
Bladescape
Haruki-kun
Dallas-Dakota
Mordokai

[Zar Peter]

Signing up! Happy to play on the other side...

[Cuthalion]

I shall sign up.

[Tylorious]

this sounds fun...signing up

[Nonayer]

So, if you are interested, intrigued, or just bored, sign up to this immensely tactical game of skill and brainpower, as it’s not all down to luck, honestly.

Yep... definitely bored. I'm in.

[Zjoot]

Ah, Rock Paper Scissors, the scholars game. I shall of course try my hand.

[Fleeing Coward]

It's only skill if you win though. Otherwise your opponent got lucky.
I'm in.

[Tom the Mime]

I'll give it a go.

Must be pretty sharp scissors or a quite a blunt axe.

[banjo1985]

Hurray for players! I've capped the maximum player number at 20, as any more than that makes the game overlong. The first round will start on Tuesday 11th at the latest, or earlier if we get 15ish players before then.

I'd kind of like to get well into this by the time ACV starts.

[bladescape]

Why not

[Haruki-kun]

Count me in.

[Dallas-Dakota]

I'l show my hand at this.

[Mordokai]

I've joined the game of one thrice cursed relative.

Might as well join the game of other thrice cursed relative

[banjo1985]

I've joined the game of one thrice cursed relative.

Might as well join the game of other thrice cursed relative

Wuv's you too, Mordy.

Okay folks, sign-ups are now closed. We've got a ten match league, which is quite neat in a way. Give me this morning to put the table together and the first Round matches and we'll get started shortly.

EDIT - Just noticed we have 11 players - that won't do! As such the game will be eleven rounds long, with one player each round taking on 'The random dice 'o' chance.

[banjo1985]

Okay then, Round 1 is go! Get your four actions into me by PM, and make your bets in thread!

Round 1 will end in 48 hours time.

Round 1 Matchups

{table]Bladescape|vs|Dicey McRandomton
Cuthalion|vs|Zjoot
Dallas-Dakota|vs|Zar Peter
Fleeing Coward|vs|Tylorious
Haruki-kun|vs|Tome the Mime
Mordokai|vs|Nonayer[/table]

Standings

{table=head]] Position | change | Name | Matches | Wins | Draws | Loss | Scores for | Scores against | Points
1 | 0 | Bladescape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2 | 0 | Cuthalion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
3 | 0 | Dallas-Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
4 | 0 | Fleeing Coward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
5 | 0 | Haruki-kun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
6 | 0 | Mordokai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
7 | 0 | Nonayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
8 | 0 | Tom the Mime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
9 | 0 | Tylorious | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
10 | 0 | Zar Peter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
11 | 0 | Zjoot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
12 | 0 | Dicey McRandomton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 [/table]

Betting Table

{table=head]]Player|Current Winnings|Winnings this Round|Biggest Win
Bladescape|0|0|0
Cuthalion|0|0|0
Dallas-Dakota|0|0|0
Fleeing Coward|0|0|0
Haruki-kun|0|0|0
Mordokai|0|0|0
Nonayer|0|0|0
Tom the Mime|0|0|0
Tylorious|0|0|0
Zar Peter|0|0|0
Zjoot|0|0|0[/table]

[Zjoot]

Betting time!

I'll put two gp each on

Zar Peter to beat Dallas-Dakota
Fleeing Coward to beat Tylorious
Haruki to beat Tom the mime
Mordokai to beat Nonayer

and

a draw between bladescape and Dicey McRandomton

[Nonayer]

I'm going to bet 10 GP on myself to win because I'm an arrogant bastard.

[Zar Peter]

Wow, first match against DD... let the battle of wits begin.

2gp each on

DRAW bladescape-Dicy
WIN Zjoot
DRAW FC-Tylorious
WIN Haruki
WIN Nonayer (Punt the elf! )

[bladescape]

2 gold each on

Zjoot to win vs Cuth
Dallas to beat Zar Peter
FC to take the set against Tylorious
Haruki to slide a win over Tom
Mordokai to sneak it over Nonayer

[Dallas-Dakota]

Wow, first match against DD... let the battle of wits begin.

We meet again, my old friend, Czar of Peters.
May the handiest man win.

Dallas to beat Zar Peter

Ha, the crowd is already on my side!

[Tom the Mime]

2 gold on each of:

Bladescape beats Dicey McRandomton (3-1)
Cuthalion draws with Zjoot
Dallas-Dakota loses to Zar Peter (1-3)
Fleeing Coward draws with Tylorious
Mordokai beats Nonayer (3-1)

[Mordokai]

I'll bet all ten gold on Zar Peter winning, because I'm a lazy bastard.

[Zar Peter]

We meet again, my old friend, Czar of Peters.
May the handiest man win.

Ha, the crowd is already on my side!

Bring your cookies, you monster!

I'll stomp them... and then I eat the crumps.

[Haruki-kun]

So much pressure on me.

I bet 5 GP on Zar Peter winning over Dallas-Dakota!
Then I bet 3 GP that Cuthalion beats Zjoot.
Finally, I bet 2 GP that Mordokai and Nonayer TIE.

[Fleeing Coward]

2 Gold on FC win + DD win + Bladescape win
2 Gold on FC win + Zjoot win + Nonayer/Mordokai tie
2 Gold on Zjoot win + Bladescape win + Tom the Mime win
1 Gold on DD win + Nonayer/Mordokai tie + Tom the Mime win + Bladscape win
1 Gold on Zjoot win + DD win + Tom the Mime win + FC win
1 Gold on Nonayer/Mordokai tie + FC win
1 Gold on FC win + DD win + Bladescape win + Zjoot win + Tom the Mime win + Nonayer/Mordokai tie

[banjo1985]

I'm still missing three sets of actions, so I'm extending the round for approximately 6 hours.

This is only time I'll be doing this, as some folks may not know the game is underway.

[Fleeing Coward]

With multibets, if one part of the bet is voided(due to players not submitting actions), would the bet just be based on the odds/results of the parts that ain't voided or would the whole bet be voided?

If the whole bet is going to be voided in cases like that, I'll go with the slightly less crazy bets of 5 Gold each on DD winning 4-0 and Mordokai/Nonayer drawing instead

[banjo1985]

With multibets, if one part of the bet is voided(due to players not submitting actions), would the bet just be based on the odds/results of the parts that ain't voided or would the whole bet be voided?

If the whole bet is going to be voided in cases like that, I'll go with the slightly less crazy bets of 5 Gold each on DD winning 4-0 and Mordokai/Nonayer drawing instead

In the event of one bet in a two bet accumulator being cancelled, the remaining bet will stand as a normal bet. If a bet is cancelled within a three or more bet accumulator, the accumulator will continue, with that single bet taken out.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Bring your cookies, you monster!

I'll stomp them... and then I eat the crumps.

I will, your tyrant!


You might stomp 'em...but in the end both ways you lose.



Also Morde: 10 gold on Mordekaiser losing.

[banjo1985]

Right-o, Round 1 now over, full update to follow shortly.