Sorry about the retrospective -- my question is about the situation just BEFORE this capture.
Hmmm.... irilyth took my mood swing with his mood swing -- I guess he didn't want to reroll his 20-sided die and, since his other dice all had value of 1, he didn't have a better attack.
But was it the right thing to do? Had I been in his place, my instinct would have been to reroll the 20-sided die and capture the mighty die, so that it wouldn't have a chance to reroll as a 30 sided die. I confess, I haven't done the math -- and whenever mood swings are involved, I get confused, anyway.
Any insights?
Button Men Game #690402
Tournament #13743: revenge on the stats tournament for alia Current Round: Round 4. (organized by glassonion)
Alia's ten worst buttons using which she has played at least 8 games. If you are alia, join this tournament immediately and choose your button as you like. Other players: please hold off on joining until Tuesday night (U.S. Eastern) so the named player has a chance to join. When you do join, you *must* choose your button randomly.
Easy to do the computation -- but what's your instinct?
Viewing Game #689711 Tournament Legal challenge, copying communication from game 689206 This game was last modified on Fri Feb 19, 2010 14:12:59
* Next Turn * Player: Russian*2^12th game cookie* *Ngozi's Disciple** Next Turn * Button Man: Dirgo Score: 80 (6.6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 2 / 0 (out of 3 round(s)) Captured Dice: 30-sided die, 30-sided die
Dice
20-sided die
20-sided die
Value
20
12
Dice
30-sided die
Option 6/30 (with 30 sides)
Value
13
10
Player: ElihuRoot*Dead Dude* *Fanatic* Button Man: Vincent Score: 70 (-6.6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 2 / 0 Captured Dice: X Swing 20-sided die, 20-sided die
Thursday, February 18, 2010
OPTION 1: take the die with value 5 with my 6-sided die. OPTION 2: take the die with value 16 with my 20-sided die.
There's a tradeoff, right? This is not so hard to compute outright, but which one does your gut tell you to do?
Button Men Game #689711 Tournament Legal challenge, copying communication from game 689206
Skills in this game: Option, X Swing Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic* Your Button Man: Vincent (30 30 30 6/30) Score: 38 (-34.6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 1 / 0 (Out of 3 wins) Your Captured Dice: 20-sided die
I think it's clear that I must take his 18-sided die -- but does it make more sense to take it with my 6-,20-,and X9- dice, thus rerolling the very low 20-sided die [but leaving my own 18-sided die to be taken in a skill attack that will reroll HIS 20 sided die] -- or should I reroll the 18-sided die, leaving the 20-sided die quite low (but safe for the next turn, since he has no way to take a die with value 7 at the moment.] and risk him being able to reroll his 20 sided die to be the largest die on the board?
Button Men Game #684849 This game is 'for fun' and does not count for player rankings. Arena Game: Random TL BM from 2002 Rare-Promo
Skills in this game: X Swing Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic* Your Button Man: MAX(p) (4 6 18 20 X) Score: 28.5 (1 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 0 / 0 (Out of 3 wins) Your Captured Dice: None
Is it worth it for alaric to take the initiative? Any suggestions of what he should do with the focus dice?
Viewing Game #682752 Tournament Legal challenge, copying communication from game 682408 This game was last modified on Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:06:57
* Next Turn * Player: alaric*Sci-Fied* *Silver Medal in Men's Boxing* *Silver Medal in Men's Marathon* *Silver Medal in Men's Synchronized Swimming* *Gold Medal in Men's Wrestling* * Next Turn * Button Man: Crab Score: 35 (10.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 0 / 0 (out of 3 round(s)) Captured Dice: None
