Cardiators: LIVE. Episode 1 (ARCHIVE)

[romnserg]

OK, let's see what I've got...

Questions and answers... Check!

Check!

The 60 king-size cards of fate...

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

Rounds 1-4    Round 5
$25,000        $50,000
$20,000        $40,000
$17,500        $35,000
$15,000        $30,000
$12,500        $25,000
$10,000        $20,000
$7,500          $15,000
$5,000          $10,000
$4,500          $9,000
$4,000          $8,000
$3,500          $7,000
$3,000          $6,000
$2,500          $5,000
$2,000          $4,000
$1,500          $3,000
$1,000          $2,000
$500             $1,000
ZERO            ZERO
X2                X2
1/2               1/2
1/5               1/5
1/10             1/10
OOPS            OOPS

Check!

The "Final Dilemma" placards...

I WANT _________
ALL/NOTHING

I WANT _________
ALL/NOTHING

Check!

My good friends from the Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises...

All present and check!

The Broodals, from wedding planners (for da happy couple) to card dealers...

Spewart, Topper, Rango, and Hariet are ready and check!

And "The New Donk City Big Band", with the musicans and Pauline in front....

Check!

And last, but definitely not least, the host...ME! SERGIO ROMAN!

AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO!

Hello, everybody! And welcome to the Prèmiere Episode of "Cardiators"! Now, some notes are in order...

1. The game of knowledge, strategy, luck, skill and speed arrives to the United States of America... And we do it, live from Los Angeles!
2. There's two and a half million dollars in cash and hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes are waiting to be won.
3. If you haven't seen the rules, you should go and check it out now. 
4. And we already have six players: @geniusinmath , bowlerraymond , pathfinder20 , koopakid17 , fdriscoll22 , redrangerdude

[Deleted]

Count me in as the first available spot open. My name is Anthony.

[Deleted]

Thank you.

[Deleted]

No need. We all make mistakes.

[dawes55000]

Jake. How is this game played?

[pathfinder20]

I will join as well. Keep me posted.

[koopakid17]

I'll play as well.

[fdriscoll22]

I haven’t played a game in ages. This one sounds fun. I’ll take a whack at it.

[fdriscoll22]

Frank is my name. Sorry I should’ve read the top page before I posted. Lol

[romnserg]

May 24, 2018 1:46:50 GMT -5 fdriscoll22 said:

Frank is my name. Sorry I should’ve read the top page before I posted. Lol

Don't worry. Apologies accepted.

[redrangerdude]

I'll play

[Deleted]

Nice, I can't wait.

[Deleted]

Done with my bio.

[Deleted]

Awesome.

[koopakid17]

May 25, 2018 11:04:11 GMT -5 romnserg said:

Breaking News: There's only one contestant remaining and that one is Jake (darkgamer8525).

He hasn't logged on since last week.

[bowlerraymond]

I’ll play.

[Deleted]

I did.

[fdriscoll22]

So did I.

[bowlerraymond]

I received it.

[redrangerdude]

I have mine

[pathfinder20]

Recibí

[koopakid17]

Got mine.

[romnserg]

Perfect! So, this is it. We can start tomorrow. Do you agree?

[Deleted]

Yes I can agree to this.

[koopakid17]

As do I.

[redrangerdude]

Ok

[pathfinder20]

Yes, that is fine.

[fdriscoll22]

Sounds good.

[bowlerraymond]

sounds good to me too

[romnserg]

"The New Donk City Big Band" plays Jump Up, Super Star!
MARIO: Six contestants...
ME: Eh-oh, players!
PLAYERS: Eh-oh, Sergio!
LUIGI: ...sixty cards...
ME: Here dey are! da king-size stars of da show!
PEACH: ...$2,500,000 in cash...
Topper: I can't believe it! It's only TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS! (Cheers and applause)
Rango: How many times has this happened to us? FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! (Cheers and applause)
DAISY...hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes...
ME: For having the most correct answers, you've won this prize!
YOSHI: ...Yoshi, yoshi... (...and many other surprises...)
Spewart: Whoa! Look at that!
TOAD: ...either mean...
Hariet: Oh-oh, That's the "Half" card! (Audience groans)
Rango: "Divide by 5"! (Audience groans)
Spewart: You've been decimated!
(Audience groans)
Topper: Boo! "Bankrupt", right ahead! (Audience groans)
TOADETTE: ...or nice...
Hariet: Guess what? You've just found the "Double" card!
(Wild cheers and applause)
DONKEY KONG: Everybody wants the money...
ME: You're fighting to win some serious life-changing money!
WALUIGI: ...Or that's what they think?
ME: ...Lookin' for the cards, chumps? Well...You have to answer questions first! Let's go!
SONIC: Who has the knowledge?...
ME: What famous singer had a great sucess with the song "Strangers in the Night"?
TAILS: ...Who has the speed?...
PLAYER: (Buzz-In!) Frank Sinatra
AMY: ...Who has the strategy?...
Player: I've chosen cards 4, 7, 12, 17, 28, 32, 43 and 50.
BLAZE: ...Who has the luck?...
ME: Once a card is in play, you have to risk all your money! (Audience oohs)
SILVER: Who has the skills?
ME: In a moment, we go to the tie-break to see who will get that card.
CREAM: It's a sneaky Head-to-Head battle...
ME: Fingers on the buzzers.
CHAO: Where four contestants will be eliminated.
ME: You've finished in last place, which means you're out of the game. (Audience groans)
VECTOR: Will they be honest and split the money?
ME: Well done! You did it! You're sharing tonight's prize fund!
(Audience cheers and applause)
KNUCKLES: Is anyone a treacher capable to grab everything?
ME: Were you intended to do that from the beginning?
(Audience groans, then applause)
SHADOW: Or will they leave with nothing, victim of their greed?
(Audience groans)
ME: What have you've done? You've got to this far and you're going home with nothing.
MARIO & HIS GANG: Ladies and gentelmen...
SONIC & HIS GANG: ..we're live from Los Angeles...
ALL TOGETHER: ...It's time to play..."CARDIATORS: LIVE"!
SONIC: And now, let's introduce our host...
MARIO: He's the man behind these props...
MARIO and SONIC: SERGIO ROMAN!
(Wild cheers and applause as I go down on the Dup Dup wearing Cappy and striking Bruce Forsyth's "Thinker" pose, I walk out on stage to a huge applause)
ME: (Excited) Wow, Thank you very much. Hello everybody, and welcome to "Cardiators: LIVE". The
game show "Which requires knowledge, strategy, luck, speed and skills" has finally arrived to the United
States of America! (Audience applause). Well, as Bruce Forsyth often used to say. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU, TO SEE YOU...
EVERYBODY IN THE STUDIO: NICE!
ME: A good way to start the show is doing the well-known impression of a marevellous legend like Brucie. Now, most of the american people is wondering who Bruce Forsyth is. Anyway, Every week, we have six players trying to win some cash and prizes by earning cards and answering questions correctly. And at the end of the show, only two of them will play for the money. But they must decide wherever share the money or not. Are you ready to receive our first players?
Audience: YES!
Me: And I leave my word to MARIO, LUIGI, PEACH, SONIC, TAILS & AMY because here dey are! Our tonight's six contestants. Let's meet them! (Then I come up to my lectern)

"The New Donk City Big Band" plays Break Free (Lead the Way)
MARIO: Our first player coming down on the Dup Dup is from Chesnee, South Carolina, originally from Spartanburg, California. He collects trading cards, he names all the NFL and NBA teams in alphabetical order, he does maths, and
plays video games. Please welcome: ANTHONY!
(Audience applause)
SONIC: Our second player coming down on the Dup Dup is from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He currently works at a doughnut shop. Say hello to: RAYMOND!
(Audience applause)
PEACH: Our third player coming down on the Dup Dup is from Valdosta, Georgia. He's a cashier at a national sandwich chain (Firehouse Subs), he loves interior decorating, learning about different languages and he's interested with cigar boxes, writing stories and writing utensils. Please welcome: KOURTNEY!
(Audience applause)
AMY: Our fourth player coming down on the Dup Dup is an accountant from Long Island, New York. He likes reading, writing and going to the gym. Say hello to: KEVIN!
(Audience applause)
LUIGI: Our fifth player coming down on the Dup Dup is from San Francisco, California. He finished his second year at San Francisco State University where he studies broadcasting. Please welcome: FRANK!
(Audience applause)
TAILS: And our sixth and final player coming down on the Dup Dup is from Washington, DC. He's looking forward to his graduation in two weeks. Say hello to: LENNY! (Audience applause)
PAULINE: These are tonight's six contestants on "Cardiators: LIVE". Sergio, over to you.
ME: Thank you, Pauline from the "The New Donk City Big Band". Eh-Oh, Players!