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For posting in the"Victory Thread" do you want us to litterally quote...



Or should we just post the name, link to thread, and link to the post?

Also did you want us to post every time we beat a tier (for multiple defeats) or should we just post once for each first tier victory?

thanks much for the reply 3nodding

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Ｆｉｎｇｅｒ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｒｉｇｇｅｒ ｔｏ ｍｙ ｄｅａｒ Ｊｕｌｉｅｔ.

Ｏｕｔ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｗｉｎｄｏｗ ｓｅｅ ｈｅｒ ｂａｃｋ ｄｒｏｐ ｓｉｌｈｏｕｅｔｔｅ.
Ｔｈｉｓ ｂｌｏｏｄ ｏｎ ｍｙ ｈａｎｄｓ ｉｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ Ｉ ｃａｎｎｏｔ ｆｏｒｇｅｔ.

Logistics and balancing fun vs annoyance factor.

The game's designed to last a rough standard time (not counting for statistical outliers) based upon average rolls. Obviously some people are luckier than others and some people are a lot less lucky but on average most people participating can be expected to complete within a time frame which is dictated by the numbers. Since this game is meant to last until Christmas, or whenever, simply having all the tiers available immediately would mean that grand prizes could potentially be gone almost immediately due to extreme cases of luck. By limiting when certain tiers become available through time rather than luck it allows those who are unlucky to still have a chance to make up for their lackluster performance and catch up while preventing those who are extremely lucky from building up a demoralizing lead.

To counter this, those who complete early can attempt to play the early tiers repeatedly in order to gain other prizes where they can create unfair advantages, however what they're playing for is in those is less enticing than the grand prizes to balance things out.

Ultimately you must keep in mind that this game is designed to remain competitive and appealing to the statistical averages (and slightly below) and to keep up the cheer and tension until the projected end rather than simply paying out as quickly as possible for whoever happens to be the luckiest.

With regards to your specifics....

It's impossible to beat a tier on your first roll because it's health exceeds your potential damage output. HP is shortform for Health Points while AC is shortform for Armor Class. In order to damage health you must first overcome armor. When rolling you roll two 20 sided dice with the first number representing your attack chance and the second representing potential damage dealt. If the first number meets or exceeds the AC rating of the tier that means you managed to overcome their defenses and land a hit; at that point the second number comes into play and it tells you how much damage you did. From there you subtract the second number from their HP listing to keep track of.

Using the first tier as an example, it has an AC of 10 and HP of 40. This means that when you roll two 20 sided dice the first number must be 10 or greater or it will not hit. That's all you need to check for the first number; if it shows as any number from 1 to 9 then it did not hit, while any number from 10 to 20 did. After that's been checked out you can disregard it. If the number is greater then you look to the second number, but it if isn't then you don't, you missed and that's it for that turn. If it did hit then you take the second number and subtract it from 40 to keep track of for your next attempt.

So let's pretend that I was playing and I rolled 13 and 11. The first number, 13, tells me that I hit the enemy because it exceeds their AC rating of 10. That done, I look at the second number, 11, and subtract that from their HP. 40 - 11 is 29. I post this in the format displayed in UncleKenny's How to Play thread to keep track of so when I play again later on I know I only need to deal 29 more points of damage to this tier to finish it rather then starting from scratch again.

I hope this helps answer your questions but it doesn't feel free to ask again for greater clarification.

I see you figured out where this game cribbed it's mechanics from. But no, there are no critical fumbles or critical hits simply because that would confuse people who aren't used to the system.

one question, what happens after you win? for example, I have 11hp left from finishing the bot army, but other people have already beat then and you won't show tier 2 until the 12th. Will they have an advantage of winning because they beat them on the second day or not?

Kind of sort of not really.

Assuming you complete tier 1 before tier two is unleashed on the 12th then you're on equal footing with people who've finished way before you since you both start the next tier at the same time. If you don't complete tier 1 by the 12th though then yes, you're at a slight disadvantage, however your luck can change and you can complete tier 1 and 2 before tier 3 is unleashed.

That said, the numbers set up for the tiers statistically assume that not everybody will have finished by the time the next tier gets unleashed; also subsequent tiers will be more "difficult" and require greater luck in order to finish especially if you're aiming to complete before the next tier gets unlocked.

So as long as the next tier hasn't been unlocked yet there is no advantage because you can still complete it by then and regain equal footing. On the other hand, the game is designed so that there will be a limited number of winners within the allocated time period and has a ramped up "difficulty" curve so if you don't finish a tier by the time the next one's unlocked then yes, you are at a disadvantage; one that can be overcome with luck but still a disadvantage.


You have to wait.