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DOMINATION THEME WEEK: August 20th
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<START TRANSMISSION> I like themes, how about you? What’s a theme? THAT’S WHAT!
Starting Wednesday at 9PM EST is DOMINATION: Gambit week!
What is Gambit? Well, aside from a super awesome fictional character it’s now a Domination theme.. What does it mean?
– Cards cost 1 scoop (instead of 4) – If you have any cards when the round ends, you lose – Modest Improvements are being removed
Have fun and play nice.
<END TRANSMISSION> BINGEBOT 2015 edited this message on 08/20/2008 2:15PM |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 1:44PM |
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BINGEBOT 2015 Posted:
And the next eligible person wins? hahaha
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 1:46PM |
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MC Banhammer Posted:
Naturellement! |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 1:47PM |
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Bloodbath. Sounds like fun. Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 1:58PM |
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We’re having a nice discussion on IDC. Come in. |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 1:59PM |
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Won’t MIs totally break this? |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 2:08PM |
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Big Brother Posted:
If you have time to use them all, maybe.
But most of the time when I make towers, I run out of time still having MIs. Takes time to use those mothers. |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 2:23PM |
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Cool. And 30 cards are still the maximum this week, right? |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 2:32PM |
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Amasius Posted:
Yes. |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 2:33PM |
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Orb Posted:
I suspect we’re going to be seeing some antifreeze towers Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 2:44PM |
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Wow that’s a pretty awesome theme. I might try and grab some solo scoops and see what happens. |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 3:15PM |
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sounds like fun with a lot of screwing |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 3:57PM |
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Maybe I’m wrong here but just putting this out there when there may still be time to fix it. Let’s say you get a scoop. Should you convert it into a card? The math says yes.
-You have 3/8 chance to get a Modest Improvement which gives you 2 scoops. Expected return is 3/8 * 2 = 0.75 scoops.
-5/8 chance you can’t get an MI: that leaves you with your next best option, the Thief. Chance to get it in this scenario: 3/7. Expected return: 5/8 * 3/7 * 1 = ~0.268
Total return on scoop invested: 1.018 and 5/14th of a card.
Seems like a pretty bad idea to me, allowing players to convert scoops to cards to scoops for big profit. |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 4:01PM |
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SG94 Posted: And now do the math for attack cards. Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 4:06PM |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 5:06PM |
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I don’t see the real point in saving up cards. I personally just buy a card when I’m going to use it, making this a fail theme, at least so far as the disadvantage it gives. Love the advantage though. |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 5:08PM |
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SG94 Posted:
**** this seems right to me. I’ll see if we can come up with a fix by tomorrow night! |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 5:09PM |
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There is a limiting factor – since attack cards are a quarter the price, there may not actually be any cards to steal (unless you happen to be in a bracket with klan raiders Log in to see images! ) – you could end up with 30 thiefs in your deck and nothing to do with them.
That 5/14th of a card is going to be an attack card (removing more scoops from play) or a card you’ll want to burn to get it out of the way (or a shield to try and protect your very vulnerable earnings)
1.018 return per card means you’ll need to play 56 cards to earn a single extra scoop on average, of which 20 or so would need to be thiefs.
I’m not totally sure that any changes are necessary… meeeeeeeeee edited this message on 08/19/2008 5:32PM |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 5:23PM |
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If that math’s right and you can get an insane amount of scoops when trading in cards, wouldn’t a simple solution be to remove the MI? Or convert it to only give 1 scoop? |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 5:28PM |
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| Posted On: 08/19/2008 5:29PM |
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