Yahtzee! [NBC Primetime] S2E3: Archive!

[babytims]

Now you see the 4 of a kind...

*clang*

And now you don't. The puzzle now reads "The black man who was brutalized by police, becoming...". Frank you can take your set of rolls or attempt to solve, and if you do manage to correctly solve the puzzle, you can tie up the match. What'll it be, roll or solve?

[grapebuy789]

I'm going to solve.

Rodney King

[babytims]

To tie the match...is it Rodney King?

*dings, cheers*

Absolutely! 

And that puts us at the end of regulation, but ladies and gentlemen we have a tie! We'll take a quick pause and come back, and find out who wins the match and over $20,000 in cash!

*audience oohs, cheers*

We'll come back after this!

*theme, cheers*

[babytims]

It's time for the tiebreaker!

*cheers*

Kourtney, you're the challenger so you start. Here's how the tiebreaker works:

You each will have up to 3 rolls to make the highest Yahtzee combination possible and beat your opponent. Do that, and you win the pot and the match!

If either of you roll a Yahtzee at any point, it's an automatic winner.

If you roll a non-scoring combination after your third roll, meaning a combination that would normally put the roll on Chance, it's an automatic loser and your opponent wins the game.

Good luck. Kourtney, whenever you're ready...roll 'em!

*audience cheers as...Kourtney rolls*

Now Kourtney, you have a pair. You also have 2 rolls left. You can also go for a straight, as you do have dice that can help with that. What do you want to hold for roll 2?

[pathfinder20]

Let’s keep the fours and reroll the rest.

[babytims]

Pretty smart bet. Let's see how you do now...here's to 3 more 3's. Roll 'em!

*audience cheers as...Kourtney rolls*

*audience cheers as...Kourtney rolls*

Hey! That's now bad at all, Kourtney! You now have a 4 of a kind, if you were to stop right there...Frank would need a full house, straight, or Yahtzee to beat you. Do you want to freeze with 4's or take roll 3?

*audience shouts suggestions*

[pathfinder20]

Keep all the fours and reroll the one.

[babytims]

*cheers*

Had a hunch! If you roll another 4, you'll win $3,000 and the match!

*audience cheers as...Kourtney rolls*

*audience groans, applause* Oh! Even though no Yahtzee, we'll cap you at a 4 of a kind:

*clang*

Meaning Frank, you need anything higher than a 4 of a kind, a Full House, Small Straight, Large Straight, or Yahtzee would do it for you! You ready to try and beat Kourtney and win the match?

[grapebuy789]

I’m ready

[babytims]

Then give the dice a roll and good luck!

*audience cheers as...Frank rolls*

*cheers*

You have a small straight Frank! I'm sure you wanna bank that right, or take roll 2?

[grapebuy789]

Bank the small straight

[babytims]

Then you win the match!

*win cue, cheers*

Frank remains the champion and has another $22,000 plus under his belt! Nice going, Frank!

Kourtney, this means we must say goodbye to you. You played a great match, but it just came down to the wire. Care to say any final words before we announce your winnings for tonight?

[pathfinder20]

It was a hard battle and a fun one too. The better player won this time. Congratulations, Frank. Do well in the bonus Round for me.

[babytims]

It was one fun battle! Thanks for being here Kourtney. You win $1,000 for every round you've won, giving you a total today of $2,000!

*cheers*

You also get a multitude of parting gifts for your liking, and all this applause!

*more cheers*

Or cheers I should say. Thanks for playing, Kourtney. Frank if you'll follow me to the bonus dice table, because you'll give our bonus game a run for it's money one last time. You've done it once before...we'll see if you can do it one more time after this!

*applause, fade to commercial*

[babytims]

*applause, underscore theme*

Shadoe: Some of the many puzzles used on Yahtzee come from Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia. This authoritative encyclopedia provides comprehensive, up-to-date subject coverage in 21 volumes with over nine million words. From Grolier's, Incorporated.

And now, here's Immanuel Tims!

*cheers*

Hey, we're back on air! Frank's at the bonus dice table, ready to roll his way to $100,000 in cash! Frank, this is your last time here, how do you feel?

[babytims]

Bump for Frank

[grapebuy789]

(I thought I posted. I'm sorry.)

I never knew I would make it this far. This has been quite the ride.

[babytims]

It sure has been. Let's see you go for the gold on your final go-round. Let's play the bonus game!

*cheers*

It looks different, sure...but it's played exactly the same way. First, even though you're playing for $100,000, you have to start at the bottom and work your way up...we'll start you with $0.

*ding*

And you're going to take a single die and roll it. The number you roll will be knocked off the board, and each good roll you make will now add $2,000 to the pot. 

Be aware however that any number knocked off, if you roll it again, it constitutes a strike. 3 strikes and you're out! That's why we have Chance here, because if you reroll a number once, Chance will act as your insurance marker and you'd still be in the hunt.

Now...get no strikes and clear the board, you win $100,000! If you clear the board with 1 strike, you win $50,000. Clear the board with 2 strikes, and you win $25,000!


If you feel a bad roll is coming along, you can always take the money you earned and sit down, with no penalty. Time to roll, Frank. Good luck...roll 'em!

*cheers*

(Frank, at this point, use the dice feature in the boards to roll a single die if you would please. Good luck!)

[grapebuy789]

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[babytims]

1's gone.

*applause, ding*

And as promised, the pot has $2,000 resting in it, and you have nothing to lose since Chance is still open. So go ahead and roll again!

[grapebuy789]

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[babytims]

Oh darn!

*audience groans*

But...the good news is there's your insurance marker!

*applause, ding*

That's $4,000 now and you're on the spot: your only insurance marker is gone, and it's early in the game.

You're still going for the hundred grand, but if you roll a 1, or any number you already knocked off at this point, the bonus game's jackpot will be cut in half.

So with that you have a decision to make, you wanna keep rolling and hope to make some more money, or do you want to quit and take the 4 grand while you're ahead?

*audience shouts suggestions*

[grapebuy789]

I think I still have a chance, so to speak. Let's keep it moving!

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[babytims]

You got a 4!

*ding, cheers*

$6,000 now and you're still in good shape! You have no strikes, so the hundred grand is still in play. You have $6,000...do you want to take that and walk away...or keep going?

*audience shouts suggestions*

[grapebuy789]

Let's keep this going!

SHZa8Foo

[babytims]

Oh no!

*buzz, audience groans*

Ay ay ay. You're at one strike now, Frank. Don't get any more because we don't want you to lose. The bad news is the $100,000 is out of play...you're now playing for $50,000 if you can clear the rest of the board. Do you want to keep rolling for some more dough or take the $6,000 you've already earned and walk away?

*audience shouts suggestions*

[grapebuy789]

I’m going for it!

nmMaXPCa

[babytims]

There's a 3!

*ding, applause*

You now have $8,000 and you're halfway there! Knock off the last 3 numbers, you win $50,000! Or...you can walk away with $8,000 in cash. You wanna roll some more or take the $8,000 and quit?

*audience shouts suggestions*

[grapebuy789]

I'm gonna roll.

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[babytims]

Oh Frank!

*buzz, audience groans*

Now Frank...the most you can win now is $25,000. Still a lot of money, but the big money's no longer in reach.

The only way you can bank the $25,000 is if you can roll a 2, 5, and a 6 without rolling a number you already rolled. If you hit a reroll, you lose all your cash.

So do you wanna take the $8,000 and quit or risk it?

*audience shouts suggestions*