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  2. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    do i still have the sword to give?

    oh you still have hephaestus to give as many swords and shields as you want. i just messed up between what i intended and what i wrote in the OP as far as the shield breaking and the defensive percentage.

  3. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    most likely. so what's the verdict on Hephaestus.. no more shields correct?

    yeah, they were both cracked. sorry for the confusion. luckily, it seemed to not make too much of a mess for either side. the other Forum wasn't too pleased about it, but it was my fault for not explaining it properly in the OP.

  4. The Battle for Mt Olympus III

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    Day 6: Awakening

    Laying on the fertile soil of Olympus, ST stared up at the clouds and made shapes and pictures of them in her mind. "Hmm. I can't really play anymore. If only my people had more help..."

    The ground rumbled from beneath her. She closed her eyes and began to pray to Demeter. "I never thought I'd be praying to a mere child... strange days these certainly are." A glowing shroud surrounded ST for a moment and then sunk into the earth below her. The ground began to quake and then massive explosions of budding flora burst from all around her.

    ST: One more Sacrifice should be enough to gain Demeter's power. At least for a while.

    ---

    Roster:

    1) Brandonb

    2) dawh

    3) grey cells

    4) IDNE

    5) Impervious

    6) Kat

    7) Prof. Templeton

    8) SomeGuy

    9) star tiger

    10) Y-San

    Night 7 begins now.

  6. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    also, i was thinking about replacing ST and decided that I don't really want to do it. If some1 steps up and wants to play, that's fine, but if no one does, here's my plan: if you guys want to keep Mnemosyne you can just powerplay her. If you guys end up dropping her, I'll just take her out of the game.

  7. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    so i screwed up a little with the Hephaestus shield deal. it ends up working out for you guys since (if I remember correctly) dawh or SG would have wound up losing a Summoning, but the other would have kept his shield. Basically, it can't work out that you lose the shield and keep the summoning. either you keep both with that added 25% defense or lose both.

  8. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    IMO, you are stating here the that sword gives a 25% boost in attack, meaning that if a character with a 50% kill chance is given a sword, they now have a 75% kill chance. If they are given two swords, they are given a 100% kill chance. The same works for the Shield. The rules specifically state "a shield (gives a 25% boost in Defense)" meaning that if a character attacks them with a 100% killl chance, there is a 25% chance that they will block the attack. Two shields gives 50% and three 75% and 4 100%. It is impossible to interpret the rules to say that the sheild is a 100% block with a 25% chance of maintaining the sheild. The rules even say that the sheild will be destroyed if the attack is successful. I think that this is fair, however, the way that you, itachi, stated it just now makes things extremely one sided. That would give them a sure save until they are attacked with no need to know when they are being attacked or by who.

    ah yes. sorry, I haven't been able to spend as much time thinking about this game as I would like. and that's my bad since it's such a big time investment for you guys too. but you're right. it's much more fair that way anyway. ridiculously enough, I just used random.org to do both dawh and SG's defenses this way just to see the results and they both got the block... :rolleyes: so, it works out best for you guys the way things went down last night with them losing the shields since this way they would have kept them. sorry for the confusion. I'll keep it this way from now on though.

    Edit: I should have worded it "the shield drops an Attacker's kill % by 25%" that was how I intended it, but the way I wrote it was the way you just described. my bad. sorry again

  14. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    True...but it's a guaranteed save that can't be countered once it's put into place and a 25% chance of being two guaranteed saves...it defeats what I see as the strategic purpose of this game, the guessing/nullifying of others actions on a particular Night, b/c it's always there...plus the fact that Aphrodite's saves/attacks go through a middle man, who can be any player, pretty much makes her actions already un-nullifiable until we get down to like, 4 players...which is why I was so set on killing off Aphrodite as soon as possible...

    And if we had known, we would definitely have taken out/nullified Hebes last Night instead of attacking dawh...

    Although...if I were on their team, I would have Aphrodite always use Eros on a random player to save Hebes who in turn would make shields for each of the teammates...since the Protect protects against nullification as well, there would be absolutely no way to nullify the 1.25 guaranteed saves... :unsure:

    well, the trick is that a summoning can't be summoned 2 nights in a row and hephaestus can only make 1 per summoning. plus, he can't make one for zeus since actions can't be done to yourself. i still don't see the problem.

  15. Do You YouTube?

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    Yeah I received it yesterday and saw it!

    I wasn't spending that much time on YT anyway to notice all the changes. Well if it is true, it's really just what naturally follows the development of every media, big guys take over to stomp all over the small ones :(

    yeah, it's the typical self-destruction of anything that becomes popular. youtube will become what this video says it will and then other sites that already exist will become second generation youtube sites. youtube will attract new members with movies and tv shows and lose it's old members to the lesser-known sites which will grow in popularity, become as prosperous as youtube and then get taken over by disney only to make room for other lesser-known video hosting sites, and on and on and on... :dry:

  16. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    Yeah...that seems...imba...lol...if we had known we would definitely have nullified the possibility of the shield...which is like better than a save...:(...

    well I don't know about imba... you guys have/had 5 guesses at your disposal. that's pretty powerful if looked at from the other team's perspective

  17. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    Oh yeah, sorry for worrying you...got some antibiotics (respiratory infection...I tend to get those when I move around from place to place), that's all...no ER or anything :)

    that's good to hear :) be sure to take some probiotics when you're better :thumbsup:

  18. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    NP, but just to get it perfectly clear...

    "Hephaestus - Molds either a sword (giving a 25% boost in Attack) or a shield (gives a 25% boost in Defense). The sword and shield will be broken if the one dawning them is successfully attacked. However, they do not lose a Summoning."

    So dawh and SG both survived the boosted 100% attacks by the 25% defenses given to them by the shields?

    Can a player accumulate more than one sword or shield?

    Maybe I don't quite follow how it is a 25% defensive boost, if it's a 100% chance they the player will not lose a summoning?

    yeah, it's a poor wording and I'm not really sure how to word it correctly even now :wacko: . Basically, there was a 25% chance the shield wouldn't break at all and they would retain it. Luckily, you guys smashed threw both this last night, but there was no damage done to either player aside from them losing their shields.

  19. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    Oh, I didn't know they kept it past the night it was first summoned... wow, that's a pretty sweet summons.

    We need to make sure that we directly kill that thing two nights from now!

    oh crap, my bad... it didn't even cross my mind that that wasn't clear enough. I figured that the character's wouldn't just toss them away ;) sorry for not being clear enough though :(

  22. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    Well, it looks good to me...sorry Bb for relying on you so much...I don't know where IDNE is...it'd be funny if he had the internet problems too...(it's like an infection...XP)...but I'm leaving now...need to go to the hospital...so let's go ahead with it :)

    aw, I hope you get well soon :( now I'm glad I didn't make your almost death in the game gruesome ;)

    on a brighter note you guys now have PT = Diomedes in the BTSC Forum :D

    Edit: also, which Summoning do you want to lose Y-San?

    And correct guesses: Odysseus #1, #3 Nestor #1 ad #2 GJ! ;)

  23. The Battle for Mt Olympus III

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    Night 6: Back to the Future, the Age of Heroes

    Inspired by the fire of Prometheus, Diomedes drew sword on SG. Above his head he raised his blade, fully thinking that SG would be no match for his mighty swing. Closing his eyes slightly as the blade crashed down on SG's shoulder, Diomedes pulled back at the sound of a wicked explosion of metal on metal. "No..." Diomedes thought as he looked down at the almost invincible shield of Hephaestus that was now cracked in two and clearly only made just recently as tonight. SG took the brief moment of confusion to make his escape.

    ---

    Poseidon's plans were laid in ruin by both the wisdom of Nestor and the cunning of Odysseus. Aphrodite's charm would go to waste on his killing intent for Odysseus had foreseen that the God of the Sea would try his luck at IDNE, while Nestor had foreseen that he would attempt to Summon Apollo. Dejected, Poseidon planted his Trident in the heavenly soil of Olympus and pouted until the Sun rose, knowing full well that it would set when it pleased, not when he pleased.

    ---

    Now having joined Impervious' side, Mnemosyne entered IDNE's mind, but what was he thinking? "Hmph! He musty have known I was planning this... he's only thinking about how to build a giant wooden horse of some sort... clever that one, to be able to think one way and act another. I'll need to be more careful from now on. ...However, nobody will see you coming." Mnemosyne spoke to a tiny sprite on his finger tips. The sprite then grew to its full form as one of her offspring with a most deadly talent.

    Melpomene: Of course dearest Mother. Send me on my way.

    With a gesture from the Titanesse, the Nymph flew at Y-San, hand extended and edged, and pierced right through her body. Y-San fell over, seemingly dead to the Nymph who left her, but shortly after that Y-San rose and a spirit within her that had taken the brunt of the attack speedily departed for Tartarus and was welcomed by Demeter.

    ---

    Hades, boosted by the wisdom of Nestor, fought a ferocious duel with dawh. Eventually, Hades managed to subdue his opponent, only to have his sword break as it finally destroyed the shield Hephaestus had given to him a while ago. Feeling vastly open to attack now, dawh did not retaliate, but instead escaped while he could.

    ---

    Roster:

    1) Brandonb

    2) dawh

    3) grey cells

    4) IDNE

    5) Impervious

    6) Kat

    7) Prof. Templeton

    8) SomeGuy

    9) star tiger

    10) Y-San

  24. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

    Posted

    Thanks itachi

    I suggest this as the final actions... but I am an indy, so I can't really make the final call.

    Odysseus

    Guesses:

    1) Do Not Nullify- Diomedes will attack SG

    2) Nullify Poseidon from attacking Ysan (they shouldn't know which summons is up, so I think this way may be safer)

    3) Nullify Poseidon from attacking IDNE

    Summon: Prometheus -> Diomedes

    Era Vote: The Age of Heroes - Nearly the Present. No change to the Game Rules.

    Nestor Action: Boost Hades

    Nestor Summon: Priam

    Guesses:

    1) Nullify Poseidon summons Apollo

    2) Nullify Mnemosyne Nullifying one of IDNE's guesses

    Era Vote: The Age of Heroes - Nearly the Present. No change to the Game Rules.

    Hades Action: Targets Dawh

    Hades Summon: Agenor to protect PT

    Era Vote: The Age of Heroes - Nearly the Present. No change to the Game Rules.

    All of poseidon's targets are neutralized (except for me, Hades. but I have the 50% safety thing) so it may be better for me to make a successful attack against someone else

    I'm gonna take this as final. it's good. trust me ;)

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