Press Your Luck 2015 - See you in Episode 2 with Matt

[dad90]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Rules
2. Question Round
3. Big Board Round
4. Bonus Game
5. Important Notes

RULES

This game will be played in four rounds: a question round, a Big Board round, a second Question Round, and a second Big Board round. Players will be seated at random.

The Winner of the game gets to play the Bonus Game, inspired by Bill McDee.

QUESTION ROUND

I will ask a series of four questions. Each question starts off open-ended, but becomes multiple choice once a player gives a response (in which case said response is always A), all players pass the open-ended question, or 24 hours pass without an answer attempt. Once the multiple-choice answers are given, players who haven't responded MUST answer. Correctly answering an open-ended question is worth three spins; a correct multiple-choice answer is worth one spin. Only the first person to answer is eligible to receive three spins, and I can accept your first response only (with the exception that I'll give you a second chance if it turns out your first answer is not one of the choices*). There is no penalty for answering incorrectly.

*Example: The question is "Who was the first president of the United States?" Alice says George Washington; Bob does not wait for me to post the multiple-choice answers after this (and, for speed reasons, is not obliged to do so) and says Benjamin Franklin. I reveal the answer choices to be:
A.George Washington
B.Thomas Jefferson
C.Abraham Lincoln
Bob will be allowed a second answer since Benjamin Franklin is not a choice. The correct answer is

SPOILER: Click to show

George Washington

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BIG BOARD ROUND

Turns in the first Big Board round will be from lowest to highest number of earned spins, with ties broken by the leftmost player going first. Turns in the second Big Board round will be from lowest to highest total from the first Big Board round, with ties broken by the turn order rules from the first Big Board round.

You may take as many earned spins at once as you have and as few earned spins in total as you wish. If at any time you no longer wish to use any of your earned spins, they will be passed to the opponent with the higher score (if your opponents are tied, you get to pick which one). If you have spins passed to you by another player, you must take them before you can use your earned spins (and I will take them for you if I'm available first).

What happens after each spin depends on its result:

• Dollar figure: I will credit the player with the amount spun.
• Dollar figure + One Spin: Same as the above, but the player also receives a spin in the earned column.
• Prize: The value of said prize is added to the player's score. After a prize is hit, it is replaced with the next one in the rotation for that slot. There could also be monetary prizes in this game, as well as mystery money and prizes.
• Whammy (indicated by a red caped creature on a yellow background): The player loses all cash and prizes earned in the game. Any remaining passed spins are moved to the earned spins column. If you get four Whammies, you automatically lose the game and your remaining spins are discarded. I will warn you about this on your third Whammy; if you hit two Whammies in Round 1, I will also warn you to try to avoid a third in the same round.
  
• $333 + Three Spins (Round 1 only): Adds $333 to your score and win 3 additional spins.
• 4 spins (Round 2 only): Gives you 4 additional spins. It then replaces by a $8,250 cash square.
• Trade Your $$ + One Spin (Round 2 only): Trades Your $$ with another player and gives you one additional spin. Great for people in last place, but not so for people in first place.
• Add-A-One (+ One Spin) (Round 1 only): Adds a one in front of your score and possibly picking up an additional spin. So, $0 could become $10 or $3,000 could become $13,000.
• Double/Triple Your $$ + One Spin (Round 2 only): Your score doubles/triples and a spin is added to your earned column. For the purposes of this game, this is a prize and it is replaced by a $6,000 square when hit.
  
• $5,000 or Lose One Whammy (Round 2 only): You have the choice of taking the money or having a Whammy marker taken away from you. If you have no Whammies, you are automatically given the $5,000.
• $3,000 or Spin Again (Round 2 only): You have the choice of taking $3,000 or spin the board again in the hopes of something better.
• Directional space: These have self-explanatory directions written on them. Some give the player a choice of where to move; in this case, I'll ask which square is desired. If one or more of the choices is a prize, you will not be told how much the prize is worth unless and until it is selected.
• HIT IT HERE!/$1,000,000 (Round 2 Only): The first square is for $25,000, and the second one is for $2,500. The third time is the $1,000,000 square.
• Big Bucks: Directional to the highest cash square on the board (which will always be on the other side of the board above it). The highest squares in Round 1 are $3,000, $4,000, and $5,000; for Round 2, these three values increase to $10,000 + One Spin, $12,500 + One Spin, and $15,000 + One Spin.

The Big Board does not have a static configuration. Before the Big Board round, I will have random.org generate 18 numbers from 1 to 3 for each spin that was earned; the results determine how the board will actually look during your spin. Each time an extra spin is earned, I will generate 18 more such numbers. There's not really a way to be sure exactly what you hit

The player with the most money at the end of the second Big Board round wins. (There are no tiebreakers at this point—I will declare co-champions if the game ends in a tie.) You must win the game for your score to be entered into the leader board. There will be 21 spots on the leaderboard.

Champions retire after winning five games or $1,000,000 or more over the course of one visit.

BONUS GAME
Based on Press Your Luck Bonus Game by Bill McDee. The winner of the night's game is given 3 spins, plus one additional spin for every $10,000 won from the Main Game. After a cash amount has been hit, the player has given the option to stop and take the money or Press Your Luck. If a Whammy is hit, you MUST play again. If a Whammy is hit on the last spin, or if the player receives 4 Whammies, they'll win nothing, but the money from the Main Game is kept.

The top 3 amounts are $50,000; $75,000; and $100,000.

IMPORTANT NOTES

• If you go 48 hours without spinning, I will prod you. If you do not respond to the prod within 24 hours, you autoplay through all of your spins; squares that give you a choice default to the least advantageous option that isn't a prize. During the multiple-choice phases of the question rounds, you will be prodded after 24 hours without an answer and treated as having answered incorrectly after another 24 hours.
  
• Please do not edit your posts. I must rule all edited guesses as incorrect and assume that any edited spin was originally one that was going to land on a Whammy. Caught answer changes also result in a Whammy; if you edit your answer in the open-ended portion of the question, you are locked out until the next question and your opponents will be given the default multiple-choice answers.
• The top 21 winners will be invited back to the Tournament of Champions. The Final Four will be back for an hour-long Final Special.

Now, I need 3 players.

[mringgenberg]

I'm in!

[koopakid17]

So am I.

[Deleted]

I am in too

[dad90]

The first game is going to air in 8:00 PM EST!

[dad90]

Rich Fields: Tonight, these 3 players are after Big Bucks! But they'll have to avoid the Whammy as they play the most exciting game of their lives!



From CBS Television City in Hollywood and in CyberSpace from the Net Game Central, it's to Press Your Luck!







And now, here's your host, the star of Press Your Luck, the Dreaded Dayo Kayode!

(DK appears from stage right as turntable turns around and audience cheers and applause)

DK: Thank you, Rich Fields! And welcome back to Press Your Luck, where we can now give away more cash and prizes than ever before, but the Whammy has got something to say about that!

Now, let's meet our players! First, mringgenberg! Tell us about yourself, and what are you going to do this summer.

[mringgenberg]

I'm a supermarket clerk from Council Bluffs, IA. This summer I'm thinking of going to water parks or the beach.

[dad90]

Nice to have you on our show. koopakid, tell us about yourself and what are you going to do this summer.

[koopakid17]

I'm an accountant from Long Island, New York enjoying the perks of after-tax season. This summer when I'm not working, I'm going to the beach and I'll also take a trip upstate.

[dad90]

That's pretty good. And over to jman8606. Tell us about yourself, and what would you do if someone actually hands you $1,000,000 in cold hard cash.

[Deleted]

I am from Eastern Lower Alabama where I care for my grandmother. I enjoy game shows, music, classic TV, and girls. If I was handed $1M in Cold Hard Cash I'd use it to go to broadcasting school in Charlotte, NC and buy a house.

[Deleted]

I am James Greek btw

[dad90]

Good luck to you James, and good luck to all players!

Now, we need to introduce one more important aspect: It's our Main Attraction of the show, The Big Board!

	P	R	E	SS
	Y	O	U	R
	L	U	C	K

	P	R	E	SS
	Y	O	U	R
	L	U	C	K

	P	R	E	SS
	Y	O	U	R
	L	U	C	K

As the board spins, let me tell you how this game works quickly. It's played in two rounds, in which they each consist of two halves: The Question Round and the Big Board Round. First, I'll be asking a series of four questions in the first half of the round, and I hope you give me some good answers. The first player who can get close to my Magic Number between 1-50 will get to buzz in and answer the question. And then, that answer becomes one of three choices for the remaining 2 players. A correct buzz-in answer will give you 3 spins, and a correct multiple-choice will earn you 1 spin. The more spins you have, the more money you could make (or break) at the second half of the round: The Big Board. And the Big Board itself is now computerized and it's filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. And anytime you stop the board like this....

STOP!

$1500	$1250	$1000	$8000 + One Spin	Canada	Go Back 2 Spaces
$750 + One Spin	P	R	E	SS	Whammy
	Y	O	U	R	$1500 + One Spin
$1500 + One Spin	L	U	C	K	Move One Space
Truck	Whammy	3 Spins	Whammy	$4000 or Lose 1 Whammy	Double Your $$ + One Spin

You'll make money or even win a prize like I did; a Stereo which is worth over $1,000.

However, we have this guy on the board as well...



that's the Whammy. He's the one that you all want to avoid as much as possible, because if you hit him, he'll take away all of the money you've earned up to that point, and will do something to make you feel miserable and depressed.

Now, the player at the end of the game that's earned the most money is our champion, and will also earn the right to play the Big Bonus Board for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cold hard cash, AND the right to come back and do it all over again.

[dad90]

OK, now it's time for Question Round #1, where I have 4 questions for you, and I hope you have some good answers. 3 spins for a buzz-in answer, and 1 spin for a multiple-choice answer.

Here's the first question.

James Bond movies feature a character known as "Q". What does "Q" stand for? If you know anything about military matters you are sure to have a good chance at getting this right!

Now, PM me your buzzcodes 1-50. The one who's nearest to my magic number will get to answer.

[dad90]

mringgenberg - 0
koopakid17 - 45
James - 45

Well, since there is a tie, the picture I post will decide who gave me their buzzcodes the fastest...



(BUZZ-IN!)

And it's koopakid17!

[koopakid17]

Quincy.

[dad90]

Quincy. OK, is the correct answer...

QUINCY
QUARTERMASTER
QUAINT

mringgenberg and James, you now may answer. It doesn't matter in order.

[mringgenberg]

Quartermaster

[Deleted]

Quartermaster

[dad90]

In the James Bond movies, Q is referred to as the Quartermaster.

QUINCY
QUARTERMASTER
QUAINT

"Q" was played by Desmond Llewelyn in seventeen James Bond movies. He was head of the Research and Development arm of the British Secret Service and entrusted Agent 007 with the latest gadgets, always urging him to look after them carefully! A quartermaster in land armies is entrusted with distributing supplies and provisions to troops.

Which means that both mringgenberg and James get 1 spin each.

(ding)

(ding)



Second question.

Mirabelles, greengages and damsons are most closely related to which type of fruit?

PM me your buzzcodes now.

[dad90]

mringgenberg - 23
koopakid17 - Pass
James - 56 (Out of range)



(BUZZ-IN!)

mringgenberg, since you are the only one who's in the 1-50 range, you get to answer.

[mringgenberg]

Apple

[dad90]

Is the correct answer:

APPLE
PLUM
ORANGE

koopakid and James, you may answer now.

[Deleted]

Plum

[koopakid17]

Apple.

[dad90]

My friends, you may need to go back to your fruit classes, because these 3 fruits are close to the plums.

APPLE
PLUM
ORANGE

And James gets 1 spin.



(ding)

Now, The mirabelle plum, also known as the mirabelle prune (Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca), is the edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the genus Prunus. It is believed that the plum was cultivated from a wild fruit grown in Asia Minor.

The greengages, are a group of cultivars of the common European plum. The first true greengage was bred in Moissac, France, from a green-fruited wild plum ('Canerik') originally found in Asia Minor; that original greengage cultivar nowadays survives in an almost unchanged form as the cultivar 'Reine Claude Verte'.

The damson (/ˈdæmzən/) or damson plum (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, or sometimes Prunus insititia),[1] also archaically called the "damascene"[2] is an edible drupaceous fruit, a subspecies of the plum tree. Varieties of insititia are found across Europe, but the name "damson" is derived from and most commonly applied to forms which are native to Ireland and Great Britain.[3] Damsons are relatively small plum-like fruit with a distinctive, somewhat astringent taste, and are widely used for culinary purposes, particularly in fruit preserves or Jam.

So far, we have given 3 spins out of 10. We need to do better than that. Here's the third question.

What popular TV show that aired from 1958 to 1964, and starred Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and Roger Smith, featured a high class Hollywood detective agency, located at 77 Sunset Boulevard?

PM me those buzzcodes now.

[dad90]

mringgenberg - 4
koopakid17 - Pass
James - 21 (Out of range)

Magic #: 41



(BUZZ-IN!)

James, what's your answer?

[Deleted]

77 sunset strip

[dad90]

Is the correct answer:

77 SUNSET STRIP
SUNSET BOULEVARD
77 HOLLYWOOD SUNSET

mringgenberg and koopakid, you may answer now.

[mringgenberg]

77 Sunset Strip