RACE TO A BILLION - REBIRTH - ROUND 28 [SIGNUPS WELCOME]

Well, it was fun. 18...

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Cross your fingers. We have had one hell of a round. A LOT of money won, but it has to come to an end. The final square is 18. If someone placed their bomb on an existing bomb, you have won. Any other scenaro has you lose. What is under 18...



There were two bombs on 20! WE HAVE A DOUBLE WINNER!!







ROUND 7

Spirit of Nightmare: $28,703,750
Chianticat10: $15,930,000 (Fast Forward, MAX 300)
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $16,918,331 (182% Boost, Winning Eleven)
randomness: $114,697,008
djVERTICAI: $388,000

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what

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OH MY GOD

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Alrighty, for the second time ever, we're bringing both of you to Square 99!

- You get a $10,000,000 win bonus that is untouched by boosters.
- You get a $1,000,000 bonus for every square remaining plus booster. There's no squares left, so we have instead a $10,000,000 All Clear Bonus!

So, Chianticat, your bonus is $20,000,000! Nature, your bonus is $28,200,000!

Square 99 time. Here's the options on the table:

- DOUBLE: Your win bonus is doubled to $40,000,000/$56,400,000!
- MONEY BACK: Your win bonus remains at $20,000,000/$28,200,000!
- $25,000,000: Your win bonus becomes a flat $25,000,000!
- HALF: Your win bonus is cut in half to $10,000,000/$14,100,000!
- $1: Your win bonus goes down to a measly dollar! But as a consolation, you do get a random Hidden Square for the next round.

Let's play the numbers here. You both take the money, Natch hits Top 3, Chianti's in fifth. If the gamble pays off, Natch could leapfrog Imationer. So...are you going to gamble? The Square or the Stash?

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Considering that 3/5 of these options would be negative for me, I am not going to gamble and would rather take the money.

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I’ve got nothing to lose. Let’s do it.

Oh good, I get to work with nicer numbers. Suspense time.

Right, let's open Square 99...



$40m on the table potentially...where are you going to go?

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4.

What's in 4?



Ouch. Don't spend it all at once.



Sadly, you remain in eighth place...but you DO have a minigame coming! The brand new MAX 300 is coming real quickly!

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Ehh... whatever... let’s do the minigame.

Welcome, Chianticat, to MAX 300!

This game takes place in this grid of 25 squares. The goal is to max out at exactly 300 points, and each square contains between 5 and 100 points in the following denominations:

2 lots of 5 - 50 points in 5pt increments
1 lot of 60 - 100 points in 10 pt increments

Now, once you hit 200 points, you start to earn money, and each step up the ladder earns more money like so:



At any time you can leave the game with your money, but beware! If you go over the 300 point marker, you lose everything. Got all that? Let's play.


Alright, where are we starting?

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7!

Start off with the (allegedly) lucky square!



Not a bad start, you're on your way.


Where next?

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25.

End of the road?



Ack...you probably would have wanted to keep onto the smaller ones until the end of the game.


Where are we going now? We can do 2 in one go if you feel that way in the early stages. It's gonna be a looong game otherwise.

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14 and 21 then.

14 and 21?




A low one and a middling one. That's still leaving the big ones unchecked yet...


Halfway to the money. You could get it in one go if you're lucky...

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Alright. 18.