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DooplissForce·6/21/2019 in The Genius IV

We will now begin the first game of the Final Match.

The game that Phoenix has selected to play first is…

I will now review the rules of Order of Operations.

In Order of Operations, you must order the provided numbers, operations, and symbols into a correct mathematical equation.

At the start of each round, you will be provided with a list of numbers and operations, along with one equal sign, that you must rearrange into a valid mathematical equation, as below.

There are some rules as to how correct equations can be formed:

First, PEMDAS/BIDMAS/BEDMAS is always followed; expressions within parentheses are evaluated first, then multiplication and division are evaluated from left to right, then addition and subtraction are evaluated from left to right. (There will not be any puzzles involving exponents.)

You are allowed to concatenate numbers; for example, in the puzzle above, you could put tiles A and C next to each other to make the number 13.

You cannot use - (the minus symbol) as a negative sign.

You must use a times symbol when performing multiplication with an expression in parentheses; for example, 3(5-2) is disallowed, as you must do 3x(5-2).

Lastly, to put parentheses around something, it must change the value of the expression if it were taken away; for example, (2+3)-3 is invalid, since (2+3)-3 is equal to 2+3-3.

After a puzzle is revealed, you will have 3 minutes to respond with an answer. To answer, there is no need to buzz in; simply send your solution as a math equation in the chat. (For example, one solution to the above puzzle is 3-2=0+1.) If you answer correctly, you will score 1 point. If you answer incorrectly, you will lose 1 point, but can still continue to guess in that round. If no player answers correctly within 3 minutes, the round will end and we will move onto the next round.

The player with more points at the end of 20 rounds will win this Death Match, and move on to Round Three of The Genius. If there is a tie after 20 rounds, additional rounds will be played until at the end of a round, one player has more points than the other.

I will now reveal the items available during this game.

The first item is the Double Points item. You must use this item before a round begins; during that round, all points will be doubled. In other words, in that round, both players will score 2 points for a correct answer and lose 2 points for an incorrect answer.

The second item is the Equal Locator. You can use this item at any point during a round, and we will reveal in what position the equal sign is located in one possible solution to the puzzle.

The last item is the Safeguard. This will automatically be applied the first time you answer incorrectly; you will not lose points for that one incorrect answer.

The Double Points item was assigned to Rhys, who gave it to Phoenix.

The Equal Locator item was assigned to Rhi, who gave it to Nathaniel.

The Safeguard item was assigned to Emma, who gave it to Nathaniel.

As this is a live match, it is up to the two of you to negotiate a time for this game to occur.

Phoenix, you still have your Item Negator; Nathaniel, you still have your Item Duplicator.

With that, begin the match!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/15/2019 in The Genius IV

Death Match #11

Welcome to your eleventh and final Death Match.

In the Death Match, elimination is on the line. The winning player will advance to the finals for a chance to win The Genius IV. The losing player will be the final player to be eliminated from the game and join the spectators in the Viewing Lounge.

Earlier, Nathaniel and Rhi lost the Main Match, and will compete against each other in this Death Match.

Nathaniel and Rhi, your Death Match is...

In Border Control, you will place residents into countries to overpopulate them and spread your influence, in an attempt to conquer every country.

This game takes place on a network of countries, connected up by roads. Two countries are joined by a road if they share a border. Every country has a maximum population, equivalent to the number of countries bordering it minus 1. A country is considered “overpopulated” if the population of the country is greater than the maximum population.

Each player is assigned either red or green. On your turn, you can either add a resident of your color to an unclaimed country (turning it your color and giving it a population of 1) or to a country of your color (increasing its population by 1). You have a 4-minute time limit for your turn.

If a country is ever overpopulated, the country topples; this causes every resident of that country to flee, one to each neighboring country (increasing the population of those countries by 1 each). The population of the overpopulated country becomes 0, but remains the color of the player who owned that country. If, by fleeing, another country becomes overpopulated, its residents too will flee (a chain topple!). Every country reached during this process is claimed by the player who made the original placement. (For example, if a green country topples and sends one resident to each of the two countries adjacent to it, those two countries will both gain one resident, and turn green.)

The game ends when all countries are colored the same. The player with this color wins and will advance to the finals of The Genius IV; the defeated player will become the eleventh and final player eliminated from the season.

To aid in your understanding of the game, below is a sample game played on a slightly trivial map. The map used in the actual game will be much bigger, and will be revealed shortly before the Death Match is slated to begin.

As Nathaniel outscored Rhi in Grape Soda, he will pick the starting player.

With that, begin the Match!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/14/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #11 - Results

Your main match has ended, and the results are now in!

Scoring 4 points first, the winner of Grape Soda is...

Phoenix!

Congratulations, Phoenix; you have earned one of the two spots in the finals of The Genius IV.

Nathaniel and Rhi, this means that you two will face each other in the final Death Match of the season.

Here is the final board of Grape Soda.

Nathaniel and Rhi, please await the Death Match post.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/14/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #11

Welcome to your eleventh and final main match.

Tyler was eliminated in the tenth round, and there are now 3 people remaining.

Your final main match is…

In Grape Soda, the players will be placing and maneuvering drinks around each other on a modular 6x6 board to score points.

Each player has six drink pieces of their color. The board is divided into six 3x2 segments. The aim of the game is to jump your pieces over your opponents’ pieces to score 4 points first.

On your turn, you will perform two actions. You may perform these in any order. Both actions are mandatory. Note that there is a 4-minute time limit for each of your turns.

Action 1 - Move a Segment:

For this action, you must move one of the six segments of the game board. You may only move a segment if it does not disrupt the overall contiguity of the board, as below. You may place the segment anywhere adjacent to other segments, as long as the segment is not placed off-center to other segments. The segments may not be rotated.

You can only move the segments marked by a green dot, as that would not disconnect other segments on the board.

Action 2: Place or Move a Drink:

For this action, you must either place one of your drinks on the board, or move an already placed one. If you place a drink, you must place it on an empty space that is not orthogonally or diagonally adjacent to any other piece.

You cannot place a drink on any of the marked spaces.

If you move a piece, you must move it one space away, either orthogonal or diagonally. If your piece is next to another piece, you may jump over that piece. You may only jump a piece if you have a space to land on the other side. You may jump multiple pieces in a row, but you may never jump a piece of your own colour under any circumstances. Each jumped piece is removed from play permanently, and worth 1 point.

Green could not jump over the blue and orange drinks, as there is no space immediately after them to jump over.

Green cannot jump here, since you cannot jump over your own drink.

The winner is the first player to score 4 points. The winner will receive a Token of Life and advance to the finals of The Genius IV. The other two players become the Elimination Candidates, and will face off in the final Death Match of the season to determine who will be advancing to the finals and who will be eliminated in third place.

The turn order was randomly selected before the game begins and is as follows:

1. Nathaniel (orange)
2. Rhi (green)
3. Phoenix (blue)

As this is a live Main Match, we will begin in approximately thirty minutes at 6pm EST, as all of you have jointly agreed.

With that, begin the match!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/11/2019 in The Genius IV

Death Match #10 - Results

The Death Match has ended, and the results are in.

The player finishing in first with 6 points is...

Rhi!

Congratulations, you have advanced to the semifinals of The Genius IV.

The second player advancing with 5 points is...

Phoenix!

Congratulations, you have also advanced to the semifinals of The Genius IV.

Tyler, with 1 point, you have placed third and been eliminated in the tenth round. Please return your name tag.

Here are the final results; the match ended after Round 13 by Tyler's choice.

To the three players who are still in the game, congratulations on advancing to the next stage. This concludes Round 10.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/8/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #10

Welcome to your tenth main match.

Pory was eliminated in the seventh round, and now there are 4 people remaining.

Your tenth main match is…

In Coup, each player must attempt to destroy the influence of their rivals while retaining their own influence.

In Coup, each player will have control over characters known as Influences, and the last player to still have influence will win. There are five different types of influences – Duke, Ambassador, Captain, Contessa, and Assassin – and three copies of each character, for 15 influences total. Each player will be randomly given 2 influences and 2 gold coins to begin the game, and the 7 influences not originally selected will form the deck.

During your turn, you will get to declare 1 action. Although each influence has its own abilities, there are three actions during your turn that can be performed with any character. The first is to Take Income, which gives the player 1 gold coin. The second is Foreign Aid, which gives the player 2 gold coins but can be blocked by the Duke. The third is Coup, which costs 7 coins but will force another player to lose an influence. If you start your turn with 10 or more coins, you must perform a Coup. When a player loses an influence, if the player had both influences remaining, they will select which influence they want to lose; all lost influences will be public knowledge and removed from the game completely.

The influences for the game are as follows:

When performing a special action, you must declare your action as well as the influence that performs it (ex. “I block the steal with my Ambassador.”) In addition, note that in order to block a steal or an assassination attempt, you must be the player directly affected (e.g. if John tries to steal 2 coins from Toby, only Toby can block it by claiming Captain or Ambassador, not Josephine). However, any player, by claiming the Duke, can block someone attempting to take Foreign Aid.

At any time where a player declares an influence they have and you do not believe that they actually has that influence, you may challenge that player (e.g. if John declared he will tax using his Duke, and I believed he did not actually have the Duke, I would challenge him). If a player is challenged, they will select one of their influences (if they still have two) to reveal. If the challenged player reveals an influence other than the declared one, they will lose that influence and their action will be negated. However, if they reveal the influence in question, the challenger will lose 1 influence of their choice, the action will be carried out, and the challenged player will receive a random new influence from the deck to replace the one that was revealed. Be wary of this point. Any player may challenge an influence claim, whether to perform an action or a block. If a challenge to a claim to perform an action fails, the action may still be blocked, and that block may still be challenged. In the event multiple players attempt to challenge and/or block a single claim, the first challenger or blocker will have their response executed.

Further, there will be a time limit. You will have 3 minutes to declare your first action. If applicable, once you make your claim, an extra minute will be added to the time limit to allow for challenges and/or blocks. If a player blocks, another minute will be added to allow for that block to be challenged. This is to ensure that the time limit is not exploited. Further, if all players indicate they do not intend to react to a claim, the action will be executed.

Once you have lost both of your influences, you are out of the Main Match. The last player to still have an influence will receive a Token of Life and advance to the Semifinal. Unlike other rounds, only the player who wins the match will receive a Token of Life – a sole winner will not be eligible to gift a second Token of Life to another player.

The turn order was randomly selected before the game begins and is as follows:

1. Tyler
2. Phoenix
3. Nathaniel
4. Rhi

However, there is one major twist to the Genius that will come into play for Coup II.

Everyone who does not receive a Token of Life will be attending the Death Match this round. Since only one player will receive a Token of Life this round, this means that all three players without one will become joint elimination candidates and will all attend The Genius’s first ever three-way Death Match to determine the tenth player to be eliminated.

As this is a live Main Match, we will begin at the time of 4:30 PM EST, as all of you have jointly agreed.

With that, begin the match!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/3/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #9 - Results

Your main match has ended, and the results are now in!

With 5 points, the winner of Fuji Flush is...

Tyler!

...and Nathaniel!

Congratulations, Tyler and Nathaniel! You have each earned a Token of Life and will advance to Round 10.

The Elimination Candidate with a score of 4 is...

Rhi.

...or Pory.

...or Phoenix.

Nathaniel and Tyler, since there are multiple players in last place, you must select one to be the Elimination Candidate. Once they do so, the Elimination Candidate must select any player without a Token of Life as your opponent for the Death Match to determine the ninth player eliminated from The Genius IV.

Everyone, please make your decisions.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/3/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #9

Welcome to your ninth main match.

Devin was eliminated in the seventh round, and now there are 5 people remaining.

Your ninth main match is…

In Fuji Flush, players will be attempting to score 5 points first.

The game is played with 90 cards, numbered from 2 to 20 - the higher the number, the rarer (16x 2, 12x 3, 9x 4, 8x 5, 6x 6 & 7, 5x 8, 4x 9, 10 & 11, 3x 12, 13 & 14, 2x 15, and 1x 16-20). Each player will begin with 6 cards in hand.

A player’s turn is simple - they will play a card from their hand. If that card is higher in value to any cards in play, those cards are flushed, meaning they are discarded for no score and their opponent draws a replacement. For example, if John plays a 9 and Toby plays a 7, nothing happens. If Josephine then plays an 8, Toby’s 7 is flushed. However, if two or more cards currently in play have the same value, all instances of that card are added together to form their value. For example, if in the above example, Josephine had instead played a 7, both Josephine and Toby’s 7 would be considered to be 14, meaning Josephine’s 7-cum-14 would Flush John’s 9. If another 7 was played, each 7 would have 21 as a value.

If a player begins their turn with a card still in play, ie it was played on their previous turn and never flushed, the card is discarded, they draw a replacement and a point is scored. All cards of an equal value to that card in play will be discarded as well and score the person that played them 1 point.

Each player will have 1 minute to select their card. We will allow a couple of seconds grace, but do not attempt to exploit this. To select your card, just message either your Dealer Room or the main chat the number of the player card. After each 15 turns (or after each player has taken 3 turns), there will be a 5 minute pause. During this time, you may discuss strategies with the other players, and you will be permitted to trade cards. Card trades are secret, but they must be for equal numbers of cards, ie no donations, or 3 for 1 trades.

When a player discards their fifth card, scoring their fifth point, they will be the victor. If multiple players discard their final card simultaneously, they will be joint victors. The player with the least points will be the Elimination Candidate.

This match will take place live starting at 5:00pm EDT today, as you have all agreed to. You may use these twenty minutes freely (especially to ask questions if you have them).

With that, begin the match!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·6/2/2019 in The Genius IV

Death Match #8 - Results

The Death Match has ended, and the results are in.

By simultaneously gaining the patronage of 4 florists and earning 11 points, the winner of Seven Blooms is...

Rhi!
Congratulations, you have advanced to the ninth round of The Genius IV.

Devin, this means that you have been eliminated in the eighth round. Please return your name tag.

To the five players who are still in the game, congratulations on advancing to the next stage. This concludes Round 8.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·5/27/2019 in The Genius IV

Death Match #7 - Results

The Death Match has ended, and the results are in.

With 35 chips remaining to his opponent's 0, the winner of Prisoner's Poker is...

Tyler!
Congratulations, you have advanced to the eighth round of The Genius IV.

Ryan, this means that you have been eliminated in the seventh round. Please return your name tag.

To the six players who are still in the game, congratulations on advancing to the next stage. This concludes Round 7.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·5/25/2019 in The Genius IV

Death Match #7

Welcome to your seventh Death Match.

In the Death Match, elimination is on the line. The winning player will advance to Round 8 and continue to participate in The Genius. The losing player will be the seventh player to be eliminated from the game and join the spectators in the Viewing Lounge.

Devin and Phoenix have chosen Tyler to be the Elimination Candidate, who has made his decision. The player without a Token of Life who will join Tyler in the Death Match is...

Ryan.

Tyler and Ryan, your Death Match is...

In Prisoner's Poker, you will use a payout matrix similar to a game theory problem such as the Prisoner's Dilemma to play a poker game in two portions.

Each player is given 10 chips to begin, as well as eight cards. In Prisoner's Poker, the cards are not numbered, but rather lettered. The eight cards consist of 2 cards each labelled A, B, C, and D. These cards correspond to the four available strategies in the payout matrix.

As mentioned above, the game is conducted in two portions. In the first portions, played over 5 rounds, the players will use the below payout matrix, in which you may only gain chips or stay steady, not lose chips. In the second portion, a new matrix will be revealed in which the payout options only allow the players to lose chips, or stay steady. You must try to earn as many chips as you can in the first portion, and then hold onto them as long as you can in the second portion. When a player runs out of chips, they will lose the Death Match.

Each round proceeds in the same fashion. First, both players will select one of the cards from their hand to assign to their opponent. Similar to Indian Blackjack, both players will know the card their opponent is using, but not their own. Both players will then ante one chip, before betting begins. Starting player for betting will alternate each round between the players. To bet, the starting player may either raise by any amount of chips they possess, or fold. If they bet, their opponent may raise further, continuing the betting process, call by betting the same as their opponent, ending betting, or fold. If a player folds in Portion 1, they keep their bet chips, and their opponent receives a bonus equal to the amount of bet chips, regardless of their cards. If a player folds in Portion 2, they lose all bet chips, and their opponent keeps theirs, regardless of cards. In both folding situations, both player's cards will be revealed.

In the event of one player calling, the cards will be revealed, and chips will be awarded or deducted according to the payout matrix. For instance, in the above Portion 1 matrix, if John has a B card and Josephine has a C card, and they have bet 4 chips each, John will receive a 1.5x payout, which means he will retain his 4 chips and receive 6 bonus chips, as 1.5 x 4 = 6. Josephine will only receive a 1x payout, meaning she retains her 4 chips and receives 4 bonus chips.

After five rounds of Portion 1, each player will have their hand of 8 cards, and the above payout matrix will be discarded. A new payout matrix will be used, in which a payout of 0, i.e. keeping all of your chips but neither gaining nor losing any, is the highest payout, with all other results being a negative number. From this point on, the players may only lose the chips they have gained. During Portion 2, each player's hand will be refreshed up to 2 of each card at the conclusion of every seventh round, which is when they only have 1 card remaining.

Portion 2 will continue until one player has no chips remaining. If both players run out of chips at the same round, the player that would have the lowest negative number if both fines were paid in full will be the loser. In the event that this is tied, the player that had the most chips at the end of Portion 1 will be the winner. In the event that this is tied, the player that achieved a net gain of chips compared to their opponent in the majority of rounds will be declared the winner. In the event that this is tied, the player that achieved the greatest chip differential against their opponent at any point in the game will be declared the winner. In the astronomically unlikely event that this too is tied, the hosting team will advise further on tiebreakers at that point, but such tiebreakers would no longer be taken from the events of Prisoner's Poker.

With that, begin the Match!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·5/25/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #7 - Results

Your main match has ended, and the results are now in!

With 8 points, the winner of On One Condition is...

Devin!

...and Phoenix!

Congratulations, Devin and Phoenix. You have each earned a Token of Life and will advance to Round 8.

The Elimination Candidate with 2 points is...

Tyler.

...or Pory.

Devin and Phoenix, as Pory and Tyler are tied for last, it is up to you to determine who will be the Elimination Candidate between them. Once they do so, Pory or Tyler, one of you will select any player without a Token of Life as your opponent for the Death Match to determine the seventh player eliminated from The Genius IV.

Here are the results of On One Condition.

Everyone else, please await the Death Match post.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·5/18/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #6 - Results

Your main match has ended, and the results are now in!

Achieving the maximum possible score of 64, the winner of Train of Thought is...

Ryan!

...and Phoenix!

Congratulations, Ryan and Phoenix! You have each earned a Token of Life and will advance to Round 7.

The Elimination Candidate with a score of 4 is...

Rhi.

Rhi, you must select any player without a Token of Life as your opponent for the Death Match to determine the sixth player eliminated from The Genius IV.

Here are the results of Train of Thought.

Everyone else, please await the Death Match post.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·5/16/2019 in The Genius IV

Death Match #5 - Results

The Death Match has ended, and the results are in.

By a score of 32-31...

The winner of Times Tables is...

Tyler!
Congratulations, you have advanced to the sixth round of The Genius IV.

Rexxy, this means that you have been eliminated in the fifth round. Please return your name tag.

Here are the results of Times Tables.

To the eight players who are still in the game, congratulations on advancing to the next stage. This concludes Round 5.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·5/14/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #5 - Results

Your main match has ended, and the results are now in!

With $46.50 remaining, the winner of Bargain Hunter is...

Phoenix!

Congratulations, Phoenix! For the fifth round in a row, you have earned a Token of Life and will advance to Round 6; you also receive a second Token of Life to give to a player of your choosing.

The Elimination Candidate with only $27 remaining is...

Tyler.

Tyler, after Phoenix has chosen who will receive a Token of Life, you must then select any player without a Token of Life as your opponent for the Death Match to determine the fifth player eliminated from The Genius IV.

Here are the results of Bargain Hunter.

Everyone else, please await the Death Match post.

(Edited by DooplissForce)

A reply to Owlish

DooplissForce·5/12/2019

Gevonte has chosen Rotting Greengrocer, which means Rexxy takes Terrestrial Fishmongers!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·5/4/2019 in The Genius IV

Main Match #4

Welcome to your fourth main match.

Rhys was eliminated in the third round, and now there are 10 people remaining.

Your fourth main match is…

In this match, by trading cards with the other players, you will each attempt to make the highest-scoring Quattro hand.

Quattro Exchange is played with a deck of 42 cards, numbered 1 to 10 in red, blue, yellow, and green, plus two extra grey 0 cards, as above. You will each randomly receive four cards, which you will trade to try and get a quattro. A quattro refers to a set of four cards of different colors and different numbers. For example:

- Red 10, green 8, blue 7, yellow 2: This is a quattro, because all of the colors and all of the numbers are different.
- Red 10, green 8, blue 2, yellow 2: This is not a quattro, because not all of the numbers are different.
- Red 10, green 8, blue 7, blue 2: This is not a quattro, because not all of the colors are different.

Note that the 0 cards can be used in a quattro. (So, red 10, green 8, blue 7, and the 0 card is a quattro.)

Once the cards are distributed, Round 1 will begin. In each round, you will be trading cards with other players, then publicly revealing a card (both of these will occur within the 24-hour round). To trade, both players in the trade must inform the dealers of their intention to trade, and of how many cards they would like to trade. Then, if both players agree, you will select cards from your hand to trade, and the trade will occur. As with Brave the Elements’ duels, who traded in a round and what they traded will be kept private. You must trade an equal number of cards, from one to all your face-down cards, such that you always have four cards in your hand.

By the end of the round, you must also choose one card to publicly reveal. Revealed cards cannot be traded, and will be a part of your final hand. Once you choose which card in your hand you will reveal, it is final, and cannot be traded away in that round.

There are additional rules here. First, you may not trade more than once with one player over the course of the match. In addition, each round, you must trade with another player at least once. Note that there will be two extra cards not distributed to any player; if, by the end of a 24-hour round, you do not or cannot trade with another player, one of your face-down cards will be randomly selected and will be traded with one of the two extra cards decided randomly. This will occur in a random order among all players that fail to trade in a round. Note that even if you do not trade with another player in a round, you still must select a card to publicly reveal; that card will be revealed no matter what and will not be selected to be traded with the extra cards.

The match will be played over four rounds of trading and revealing. Each round will last 24 hours; you must trade and reveal by the end of the 24 hours.

After everyone’s final hands have been revealed, scoring will begin by separating players into those who created quattros and those who did not. The winner is the player who has the highest-scoring quattro--that is, the completed quattro with the highest sum. If there is a sole winner, they will win two Tokens of Life. If multiple players have quattros with the same sum, they will be joint winners and all win Tokens of Life. The loser is the player with the lowest-scoring non-quattro hand. If more than one player is tied for last, then the winner or winners must choose one of them to be the Elimination Candidate.

Your cards will be distributed shortly; after they all are, Round 1 will begin and last for 24 hours until 7pm EST on May 5; this match will end in its entirety in four days.

With that, begin the match!

(Edited by DooplissForce)

DooplissForce·4/30/2019 in The Genius IV

Death Match #2

Welcome to your second Death Match.

In the Death Match, elimination is on the line. The winning player will advance to Round Three, and continue to participate in The Genius. The losing player will be the second player to be eliminated from the game and join the spectators in the Viewing Lounge.

The Elimination Candidate, Gevonte, has made his decision. The player without a Token of Life that will be joining Gevonte in the second death match is...

Emma.

Gevonte and Emma, your Death Match is...