Break the game 2.0
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Modified version of Devour's version of 'Hewitt's old forum game of Rumble'. I figured I could modify it a little bit more, create more tension and alleviate some of the bandwaggoning that I found quite frustrating.

Quote of Devour's explanation of the game

All players stand in a circular arena, ready to fight each other. After the game's over, everyone will battle each other by hitting everyone with basic attacks that do a set amount of damage... But the game takes place in the phases before the actual battle. We'll be running a number of rounds where people prepare for it first.
In phase 1 of each round, every player will post 1 EFFECT that they would like to have. These effects can be anything that you desire. You won't want anything too crazy though, because in phase 2, everyone will vote for powers to be veto'd out and removed from play. HOWEVER: If your power gets Veto'd, your character gains basic attack damage. The discussion and planning ahead that arises from this system is surprising.
You want to create the most absurd, overpowered fighter possible.

There will be 6 rounds of votes and the first 3 are anonymous*, the player that nominated the power is only revealed if/after they obtain it.

Again make powers in the context of fighting in an arena. After round 5 vetoing everyone playing will also get a chance to vote** on the player who has the most character-y powers. They gain a bonus 1 health to start the game. This is weak so you don't want to vote tactically and is mostly to encourage you all to actually build up a character instead of stringing together thematically unconnected powers.

This time we're on a spreadsheet :) so you can go crazy with the maths and stuff***. I'm also going to be updating the entire spreadsheet/game from start to finish after each round of voting and power allocation****. I'm hoping in the rounds 4, 5 and 6 this will create loads of tension with players literally able to see who's won as of the last round and having to respond to it.

Thus there is no 'pregame'. You are loading up your powers and seeing who will win at every stage. However all powers will be applied to round 1, just as in the last game, even though you will see the 'final' results of say round one powers as if they were the only ones when voting on round 2 ones.

During the combat as before each person by default basic attacks each other person once until there's only one survivor. I will extend the spreadsheet round list if I have to. So far it goes up to 13 rounds. You win by being the last person standing after all 6 rounds have passed and the spreadsheet reaches its final version. 'Winning' in the first 5 rounds counts for nothing.

Players start on 1000 health with 15 basic attack damage. Each round phase one you nominate a power privately to me in PM. Each round phase two you publicly vote on the revealed powers to veto till we reach a consensus. You get votes each time and then the powers with vetoes over a threshold 'and' the power with the most vetos (only if there is no tie but regardless of how threshold), are lost and instead the player gains 15 basic attack damage.

It is possible for all powers to get through if all get vetos less than the threshold and there's a tie.

1000 health per player regardless

Threshold and vote numbers for number of players in the game
6 - one veto and 3 votes to successfully veto
7 - two vetos and 6 votes to successfully veto
8 - two vetos and 7 votes to successfully veto
Highest voted score (even under threshold) if not tied also veto'd

If after the first round these allocations seem poorly done I may change them slightly. I'll try very hard to not mess with them once we're into round 2.

If applicable you can use multiple vetos on the same power!

I'm hoping to get 6-8 players.

Because I'm going to update the entire game from start to finish after each round of power acquisition I'm banning any and all chance based powers. This game needs to be 100% deterministic or I can't update it each round as the chances would jump all over the place*****.

You have 48 hours max to respond when needed for each stage and I'll leave talking to go on till you reach consensus. I also have stuff to do in the day and need sleep so the 48 hour delay might drag a bit due to my schedule, and I can be a little flexible waiting if needed. Please don't join the game if you think you might struggle to respond daily. 48 hours is a maximum, you probably want to chat and play the human element of this game more frequently than that.


SUMMARY

1000 health
You hit everyone each turn automatically - 15 attack then +15 if vetoed
No chance in powers
'Game' is all calculated automagically by Skeletonxf as we play 'preparation'
-Round 1, 2, 3
phase one: PM powers privately,
phase two: reveal powers annoymously, vote publicly till consensus, full reveal^
-Round 4, 5
phase one: PM powers privately,
phase two: reveal powers and who will get each, vote publicly till consensus, full reveal^
-Character reward round
Instant Run off voting to determine who made the most character-y character, they gain 1 starting hp^
-Round 6
phase one: PM powers privately,
phase two: reveal powers and who gets each, vote publicly till consensus, full reveal^
-Game over, whoever wins the automagically calculated fight now wins for real

^ - causes recalculation of spreadsheet

THE SPREADSHEET (Well, up to the first 13 rounds)

Pls be nice and reduce the turns needed to finish the game instead of increasing them

Oh and all attacks will be resolved simultaneously by default so if two people hit each other for lethal blows at the same time they both die. Thus with 0 powers in play and identical starts the game would be a tie.

Signupees

A-Alphaeus (Boopley Snoof)
B-Big Bad Devour B
C-Firewall
D-WyzDM

"Game start recap and finalisation for the player count" (Click to Show)

You get one veto to use each round and all 4 of you must vote. When you've all finalised any powers with 2 vetos on them are vetoed and lost, then I update the profiles of each of you and update the spreadsheet as soon as I am able to - probably around 23:00 GMT but possibly not on the same day as I update everything if I'm too busy or tired.

By default each of you attack each other for 15 basic attack damage, you gain 15 attack damage for each veto'd power and you start the 'game' on 1000 health, 1001 health if you are voted most charactery-powers. The game we play happens entirely before you all go fight each other and all powers must be entirely deterministic and thus cannot rely on chance. If you want something to happen 1/2 times use modulus or just 'every second time'.

The first 3 rounds of power voting are annoynmous and I will hide the player name of the person who submitted by default - (you can of course impersonate someone else or do a double bluff so please message me additionally if you want me to keep your reference to yourself in. I've PMd each of you that either missed or ignored this and basically assumed you all wanted to be annoymous. I will undo the hiding if and only if you obtain the power).

First there are 3 rounds of annoynmous submissions, then 2 rounds of normal submissions like last game, and then the Instant Run Off vote on most character-y powers for a player, and then the final 6th round (because if I put it after round 6 no one would care because the game would already be decided).

I will always try to resolve powers like cards in Yu gi oh where effects triggering each other stack up in a list and then resolve in reverse order. There is also a single 'global' power placed by me that is part of the game and cannot be overridden (unlike all the other game elements).

The Arena is your canvas (but your canvas is a mere canvas, and it too can be hurt):

Players nominate powers before the battle starts and then fight to the death. In the event that two powers conflict such that neither can be said to over ride the other (most likely due to infinite recursion or no establishable first and second) both powers are cancelled for the round. If the powers will cancel each round and one power was posted on a different round number to the other, then the newer power is disabled and the old remains.

I'm applying no further restrictions on powers, they must simply not over ride The Arena is your canvas and be one power - by that I mean thematically connected as one whole thing. You might have multiple components to it, but it must read and seem like a single ability.

For example 'I gain 100 attack, negate 50 incoming damage each turn, heal for 10% of my damage dealt and I also dodge all attacks that are odd' sounds like 4 separate abilities, even though they are all battle related. a) this is boring b) it feels like multiple powers. Instead consider 'I have a battle suit that enhances my attacks and dodging capabilities, negating 50 incoming damage each turn and allowing me to dodge all odd damage attacks whilst also gaining 100 attack damage and healing for 10% of my damage dealt' a) this is literally the same power, but it doesn't sound as boring b) it feels like one 4 piece battle suit, I mean it's obviously multiple effects but it still has something of a oneness to it. It would of course be up to the other 3 players if they're going to let such a blatant power grab though, but that's my official stance on what is at least a legal submission.

"Notes" (Click to Show)

*because the first 3 are anonymous I will not be joining in as I would have access to hidden info.
You may still specify yourself or other players in your power, or even fake being someone else, or optionally refer to the player so many spaces left/right of yours relative to the spreadsheet list (assuming the columns wrap at the edges) of your player to target semi anonymously. ie 'deal double damage to the player 2 columns right of me' would hit C for double damage if you're playing A and hit D for double damage if you're playing B and so on

**everyone will vote once and if there's a tie we'll disregard the lowest voted player and vote again till there is a victor. If you guys still tie then I'll just give +1 to both.

***if floating point numbers' inaccuracy messes with you then don't say I didn't warn you. 1.0000000000000000000000 + 0.0000000000000000000001 = 1.0000000000000000000000 only.

****I will add extra rows each round as necessary to the spreadsheet if needed, and I have just enough basic knowledge of JavaScript and using it in Sheets that I should be able to implement anything that comes up, I hope.

*****Google Sheets doesn't seem to offer seeding the random generator to a specific value to let me play the deterministic chance trick I can do in programming languages.

Alright. I'm in.

Should I PM you my power already, or wait till you give the word?

You certainly can but you might want to wait till we properly start so that you know how many other people are playing. It could be quite a few days before we get to start.

Ah. I see.

Can I request I special name for my Gladiator, or is it just supposed to be me?

Go ahead :)

I am....


Boopley Snoof

I

AM

BOOPLEY



And that is Mr. Boopley Snoof to you.

Lol I'll join in. I actually thought 5 rounds was too much and people got ridiculously powerful by then, but whatever you want to roll with.
I'll be the Big Bad Devour B-)

I'm in b0ss

You know you could've at least waited till the first one was actually done. Making the thread ahead of time makes it look like you were too butthurt to finish the first one. Which btw you still havent voted on

I did vote

lolokay

I like how you specifically mention you do spreadsheets this time, motivated by the fact that Devour doesnt do them

Oooh this looks like fun.

Sign me up.

I'll give it another go

Guys you didn't have to sign up in perfect timing to match your letter on the sign up sheet but thanks I guess xD

"Boopley Snoof" though