Gold Saucer RP

[Gegenji]

The only problem with privately-queued chocobo races is that you can't spectate a race.

 

Ah, true. Hrm. Well, at least it'd be simple enough to see the results even if you can't spectate it - someone can just screenshot the results page at the end. So you'd have that at least for doing things like bets and such. Just losing out on ICly shouting at whatever bird you bid on to run faster or grab that powerup or whatever.

[Kellach Woods]

I understand how the plus rule works and I can't figure out setups to beat the King. Granted, I'm going in with a heavily edited deck and the disparities between the figures doesn't help.

 

I'm also trash at this game in general (not just TT) so w/e.

[Chris Ganale]

Here's the simple breakdown:

 

1. Use the starting deck of coeurl, dodo, bomb, mandragora, and sabotender.
   
2. Get first move. If he gets it, odds of losing go up substantially.
   
3. Put dodo in bottom right corner. He will almost always put Godbert above it.
   
4. Put mandragora in top left corner. He will almost always put Titan or Greg to the right of it.
   
5. Put coeurl in bottom left corner. I forget what he puts to take it.
   
6. Here you can either cinch the win or gamble a bit. If you want to gamble, put sabotender in top right corner and pray he doesn't put anything in the middle. If he does, you lose.
   
7. Put bomb in middle. Watch everything flip.
   
8. Profit!
   

[Spethah]

Here's the simple breakdown:

 

1. Use the starting deck of coeurl, dodo, bomb, mandragora, and sabotender.
   
2. Get first move. If he gets it, odds of losing go up substantially.
   
3. Put dodo in bottom right corner. He will almost always put Godbert above it.
   
4. Put mandragora in top left corner. He will almost always put Titan or Greg to the right of it.
   
5. Put coeurl in bottom left corner. I forget what he puts to take it.
   
6. Here you can either cinch the win or gamble a bit. If you want to gamble, put sabotender in top right corner and pray he doesn't put anything in the middle. If he does, you lose.
   
7. Put bomb in middle. Watch everything flip.
   
8. Profit!
   

 

30 tries, 30 fails. 

 

Either my Eorzea's worst luck is kicking me in the dick for the 9001th time or it's just not that valid.

[Chris Ganale]

The key is him putting his cards where they need to be. If Godbert doesn't go into middle right and Titan/Greg into top center, you gotta basically play it by ear and pray.

[Spethah]

Guess I'm stuck to punching Greg for a ponytail.

[Chris Ganale]

Chocobo races are at least entertaining and have an okay payout. I don't think you have to pay to do them either.

[Kage]

Choco races are 10 MGP each

[Chris Ganale]

Ah. Still, that's pocket change when you get like 50+ even if you don't win.

[Kellach Woods]

The key is him putting his cards where they need to be. If Godbert doesn't go into middle right and Titan/Greg into top center, you gotta basically play it by ear and pray.

 

Playing it by ear is how I managed to Plus-wreck other characters. I'll just re-do the starter and go with that, then.

 

Proof of that, I've gotten more wins over the King tonight when HE started. Urianger WRECKS this strat hard because he has plus against that set-up - if your choices are bottom center, center and top right, you NEED to put the Sabo in top right or else you're eating Urianger to the face.

[Chris Ganale]

I have a fairly even win/loss rate doing that. My girlfriend can quick-math in her head so she wrecks him a lot even when he goes first or plays cards funny.

[Kellach Woods]

Just have to remember that most times your last play will Plus and will be either Cactuar or Bomb, so anything with difference 1 or even will plus in center square.

[Caspar]

My character needs to find something to do leisure wise at some point, since suddenly she must confront the specter of "free time" every once in a while. Making a TT deck might be a good way to show that. I feel like chocobo racing would probably be too high end and expensive a hobby for her, sadly. (I like that minigame.)

 

Also TT uses very little luck, whereas other presumed existing card games do. (<-1 luck stat.)