Advanced Members Popular Post HelperNate Posted December 19, 2018 Advanced Members Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) Hello fellow xatters! I have decided to try a NEW type of contest on xat coming in 2019! Deal or No Deal! Based on the TV show that recently started a new season! I have not yet decided on a specific day and time to host the event. Overall Summary: Deal or No Deal is a game of luck where the contestant opens cases worth specific amounts of money, and after a certain number of cases have been opened, a banker makes the contestant an offer to buy their case, in which case the host asks the contestant "Deal or No Deal?" How it Works: 1. There will be a total of 26 cases in the game. The player chooses a case from 1 to 26 to keep with them for the duration of the game. They won't know how much money is in their case until the game is over. 2. Once they have picked their case, they will have to open 6 cases that contain as LITTLE money as possible. This way, the banker's offer to buy the player's case will generally increase. The opposite applies as well. If the player opens cases containing high amounts of money, this will generally decrease the banker's offer to buy the player's case. Whichever amounts of money are in the cases that the player opens will eliminate the possibility of that particular amount being in the player's case that they picked in the very beginning. The player can request to see the current board at any time to show which amounts are eliminated from being in the player's case. 3. After the first 6 cases have been opened, the banker will make an offer to buy the case that the player has chosen in the very beginning. After the host announces the first offer, the player will have 3 options: Deal - the player leaves the game with the money the banker offers, guaranteed - if they wish, they can see if the deal they made was a good one No Deal - the game will continue, and the player will have to open up 5 more cases Counter-offer - the player has the opportunity to make a counter offer to the banker as to what the player leaves the game with. The counter-offer MUST be reasonable. If the BANKER says "Deal," then the player leaves the game with the amount of xats that they suggested. If the BANKER says "No Deal" then the game will continue, and the player will have to open up more cases. Counter-offers can only be used once per game. 4. After the player says "No Deal" to the first offer the banker proposes to buy the player's case, then the player must continue the game and open up 5 more cases containing as little money as possible to increase the banker's offer to buy the player's case. 5. After 5 more cases have been opened, the banker will make a new offer based on the possible amounts the player eliminates from the board. 6. If the player says "No Deal" to the current offers, the game will continue, and the player will have to open up 4 more cases, then if they say "No Deal" again, they must open up 3 more cases, and so on, until only 1 case after each offer can be opened. 7. If the player has not taken the deal that the banker offers at any point and they continue until the end, there will be only 1 case left in play. In this case (no pun intended), the player will have the option to keep their current case that they chose at the very start of the game, or to swap their case with the 1 other case that is still in play. 8. Once the player has made the decision whether or not to swap their current case, the amount of money that is in the player's case will be revealed, and they will leave the game with whatever amount of money is inside their case. The Board: I wanted to budget 50k xats for this event, but I've also been told that I might get donated GOLD and RUBY powers for the event! The board is subject to change, but here are the price ranges I have made so far that will be in each of the 26 cases. https://pastebin.com/9Pg4rzNH The Banker: I will try and get my dad IRL to be the banker for this event. If he can't, I will need to find a neutral 3rd-party banker to make the offers in the game. The objective of the banker is to get the player to leave with as LITTLE money as possible. Their role is quite simple. They need to watch for which amounts are eliminated from the board in the cases that the player opens, and then on the host's cue, they must make an offer to the player to buy their case. Bankers must NOT be biased towards the player or anyone else and must make REASONABLE offers, and increase or decrease their offers as necessary based on the amounts of money the player opens in the cases they pick. For this xat event, bankers will not receive any xats, nor will they have to pay anything towards the event (except if they are making donations towards the event prior to the event's start time). The "Auditions": Generally, this is supposed to be a 1-player show, but for the "audition" portion before the actual event, I will make a forum thread in which users will have to submit their ID and regname for a chance to be on the game. 5 lucky winners will be chosen to participate in Deal or No Deal on a specific day and time. They will have to report to Game chat on or slightly before the specified day and time of the event (to be announced later, and this will take place on a day of the weekend). I will allow a 10 minute grace period in case users are running late. If users are late after the grace period, they will lose their spot, and only the remaining players that have properly reported on time will be allowed to play. If absolutely 0 of the 5 users report to the chat after the grace period, I will do a quick contest (such as Trivia or a gameban) to users in the chat wanting to participate, and the lucky user from there who wins the mini contest will be allowed to participate. If multiple players are participating in the event, then the first player chosen will start off the game by picking a case for the other participants to keep until the end of the game. Then the rotation of players will work per every case the players must open. Such rotations include accepting or declining the banker's offer as well. Depending on whose turn it is to open cases, if they take the deal, only THAT player will win the xats that the banker offers. How can I see how this works? You can come see me in-chat anytime that I'm online, and I will be happy to do a test run with you so that you can preview how the game will work! I will schedule a day and time for the actual event when I have the following: 50k xats + GOLD + RUBY A neutral 3rd-party banker I am looking forward to hosting this, and I hope that whoever plays has an enjoyable experience! Edited December 21, 2018 by HelperNate Made alteration to "The 'Auditions'" 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members HelperNate Posted January 6, 2019 Author Advanced Members Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) UPDATE: When multiple players play the game, the player rotation goes case by case. And when it's time for the "Deal or No Deal" offer, only 1 person will be able to take home the money, but the others also must decide as a team as well. Doing these test runs have made me improve the rules as i go, and I am still open to more test runs whenever I'm online in Game chat. I expect to host the actual event in about 2-5 weeks, and when I do, you will see an "audition" thread in the Contests subforum. If you have any questions about this game and how I'm going to host it, you may ask me in-chat, message me here, or reply to this thread. I will be happy to answer any and all questions about how I'm going to do this! If you wish to do a test run of the game, come see me @ Game chat whenever I'm online and we can play a game. You can even bring friends and make it a multiplayer game too! In spite of this coming soon, I have set my in-chat display status as "Howie Mandel." Edited January 6, 2019 by HelperNate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members HelperNate Posted January 12, 2019 Author Advanced Members Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) The audition thread has been posted in the Contests and Events subforum! Sign up now by entering your xat ID + reg for a chance to be a contestant on the show! This thread (here in General Discussion) will be open for any questions, clarifications, etc. about the game, as well as my private chat in-chat and the forum! UPDATE: PINK and BLUEMAN have been added to the game! Edited January 12, 2019 by HelperNate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members HelperNate Posted January 23, 2019 Author Advanced Members Share Posted January 23, 2019 Update: The case containing PINK power has been replaced with SUPERBOY + KHAIR! When it gets close to game time, I will post another reminder here + the "audition" thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members HelperNate Posted January 25, 2019 Author Advanced Members Share Posted January 25, 2019 Deal or No Deal will start @ Game chat tomorrow @ 7PM GMT / 2PM EST (24 hours from now)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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