RE: Steam Summer Giveaway 2014
07-14-2014, 07:37 AM
oh hey CB or Pala, could I get a couple of rules clarifications/worst-case-scenario mappings?
Each round, the four games with the most points on them are given away. All players who contributed points have a 1/x chance per point contributed to the pot, where x is the total points.
As I understand it, if the game you chucked points on pops and you fail to win it, you don't get your points refunded. If you put all 100 points on games and none of them reach the Top 4 that are raffled at the end of the round, do your points sit on the board and carry over to the next round?
What I'm saying is like, using the two hypothetical participants Casual and Scrub:
Bidding:
5 points Game A
5 points Game B
5 points Game C
5 points Game D
40 points Game E (Casual's preferred game, also secretly Scrub's. Scrub has put 0 points anywhere.)
60 points spent; 40 points remaining
End of round, total points:
Game A 50 points
Game B 55 points
Game C 60 points
Game D 50 points
Game E 40 points (Only Casual's points on Game E)
A, B, C, and D go up for raffle, and Casual wins none of them. They will have 40 points remaining (plus 25 with the new round). Will Casual's points on E stick around, or will Scrub's patience pay off in the longer run when they have 125 points pooled against Casual's 65?
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Damn, I was originally thinking that points on un-raffled games stuck around for fairness, but the above kind of adds an extra layer to it. I guess it's Pala and CB's call whether the extra layer of metagaming can be conducted in good spirits or whether it's better to curtail that kind of thing.
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Oh also worst-case scenario! What happens if Casual wins the draw on A B, C, and D? Do they get to choose the game they want and the remainder get re-drawn with Casual's points taken out of the pool?
Alternative worst case scenario: a tie for fourth slot for "most bids" in around, or even better five or more games with an equal number of points on them. What do then?
Each round, the four games with the most points on them are given away. All players who contributed points have a 1/x chance per point contributed to the pot, where x is the total points.
As I understand it, if the game you chucked points on pops and you fail to win it, you don't get your points refunded. If you put all 100 points on games and none of them reach the Top 4 that are raffled at the end of the round, do your points sit on the board and carry over to the next round?
What I'm saying is like, using the two hypothetical participants Casual and Scrub:
Bidding:
5 points Game A
5 points Game B
5 points Game C
5 points Game D
40 points Game E (Casual's preferred game, also secretly Scrub's. Scrub has put 0 points anywhere.)
60 points spent; 40 points remaining
End of round, total points:
Game A 50 points
Game B 55 points
Game C 60 points
Game D 50 points
Game E 40 points (Only Casual's points on Game E)
A, B, C, and D go up for raffle, and Casual wins none of them. They will have 40 points remaining (plus 25 with the new round). Will Casual's points on E stick around, or will Scrub's patience pay off in the longer run when they have 125 points pooled against Casual's 65?
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Damn, I was originally thinking that points on un-raffled games stuck around for fairness, but the above kind of adds an extra layer to it. I guess it's Pala and CB's call whether the extra layer of metagaming can be conducted in good spirits or whether it's better to curtail that kind of thing.
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Oh also worst-case scenario! What happens if Casual wins the draw on A B, C, and D? Do they get to choose the game they want and the remainder get re-drawn with Casual's points taken out of the pool?
Alternative worst case scenario: a tie for fourth slot for "most bids" in around, or even better five or more games with an equal number of points on them. What do then?
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clouds is shaky love | broke as hell but i got a bunch of ringtones
eyes blood red bruise aubergine | Sue took something now Sue doesn't sleep | saint average, day in the life of
woke up in the noon smelling doom and death | out the house, great outdoors
staying warm in arctic blizzard | that's my battle 'til I get inanimate | still up in the same clothes living like a gameshow