Coalition I : The Playtest

[Squigs44]

"The “Popular” Coalition: This coalition has a normal leader and anyone can join it. Each player in the largest popular coalition will gain 24/n points. Additionally, the leader of the largest popular coalition gains a bonus 2 points."

Rounded to the nearest integer? In other words, what if there's 5 players in the most popular coalition (including the leader)?

Realized I missed this. Yes, rounded to the nearest integer (rounded up if it is exactly .5)

[worcej]

phase over now right?

[Squigs44]

Phase 1 results:

Coalitions:
Popular : Tom Bombadil, worcej, damo666
Popular : Doshy II, yavuzovic, thisisntme
Popular : Jamiet99uk, foodcoats
Solitary : michaelf77
Gambler : RagingIke297, Claesar

Ezio did not join a coalition

Points Leaderboard:
RagingIke297 - 16
Claesar - 16
michaelf77 - 10
Tom Bombadil - 8
worcej - 8
damo666 - 8
Doshy II - 8
yavuzovic - 8
thisisntme - 8
Jamiet99uk - 0
foodcoats - 0
Ezio - 0


Phase 2 rule:
Players may not friend players that they were in a coalition with during phase 1.

Coalitions available:

The “Mob” Coalition: This coalition does not have a leader, and cannot be created. Phases that include the Mob coalition will have one leaderless mob that players can join by sending ##Join Mob. If a majority (or exactly half) of the players are in the mob, no one in the mob will score any points. If a majority of the players are outside the mob, 18/n points will be awarded to each player in the mob, where n is the number of players in the mob.

The “Friend” Coalition: There is no leader in this coalition. To join a coalition, PM the GM ##Friend [player]. If two players friend each other, they both gain 8 points. If a player gives their friendship and it is not reciprocated, they do not gain any points, and their target gains 2 points.

The “Double Gamble” Coalition: This coalition has a normal leader and anyone can join it. Each player in a gamble coalition where n is divisible by 3 gains 12 points, while players in gamble coalition not divisible by 3 gain 0 points.

[Jamiet99uk]

Well, shit.

Uh, Ezio, what was the point of that?

[Squigs44]

Phase 2 ends Tuesday December 18th, at 5pm EST (except that I might have something come up then, so I might not be able to post results right away).

[worcej]

##create Double Gamble

I want 2 friends, maybe even 5 more. Who knows?

[Squigs44]

##GM Note:

Reminder that players that created a coalition last phase may not do so this phase. Also, please note that only the double gambler coalition has a leader this phase. If you have any questions, please ask them early so that I can clarify for everyone.

[Jamiet99uk]

I have joined Double Gamble.

I still want Ezio to explain what he was (not) doing.

[Tom Bombadil]

I have joined Double Gamble.

I still want Ezio to explain what he was (not) doing.

Equally confused

[Doshy II]

If you aim for a tie then you have to agree on a number to reach, and then its easy to betray the other coalition and get one more person. I'd rather tie than lose but I don't think we'd be able to aim for it

[Claesar]

I presume people will expect me to like the Double Gamble, but I do not. Far too messy. Besides, the math is far different.

Double Gamble:
66% chance of 0 points
33% chance of 12 points
Expected value is 3 points

Single Gamble (from last round):
50% chance of 2 points
50% chance of 8 points
EV is 5 points


I'd like to find a friend. If no suitable courter is found, I'll join the Mob. Though I estimate it's EV at 3 points as well, it makes sense when you're in the lead. Guaranteed points are better than a lottery. Surely less than half the people will join the mob.. Especially when some people don't join any coalition

[Claesar]

For those who think they can coordinate the Double Gamble in this group, good luck! Ike and I were clueless how many people were with us last round. No number between 2 and 5 would've surprised me, though I was expecting there to be three with a rather large confidence interval. Guess I counted in Ezio?

[RagingIke297]

For those who think they can coordinate the Double Gamble in this group, good luck! Ike and I were clueless how many people were with us last round. No number between 2 and 5 would've surprised me, though I was expecting there to be three with a rather large confidence interval. Guess I counted in Ezio?

I agree, that was an absolute mess. I expected no less than 3

[Doshy II]

I might join the Mob, just because the friend coalition is too easy to get screwed over by someone else and the gambling seems too risky

[Ezio]

Whoops missed phase shift.

[Jamiet99uk]

Oh Ezio, you cludbucket.

[damo666]

I have joined Double Gamble.

[yavuzovic]

I'm sorry for low attendance to phase 1.
Let's find some friends here.

[Ezio]

Uh I'm gonna drop from this game, sorry guys.

I'm not gonna be around enough over the next few days for me to play this properly, and I'm certainly gonna miss a few phases. Sorry about everyone who expected me to do shit last phase.

[michaelf77]

So it looks like playing it safe with Single coalition actually payed up..
Now looking for a friend!