With a pinch of inspiration from GH (and his rock paper scissors) I thought maybe Blackjack online? Though a simpler version than say blackjack in a real environment. I am saying this as a proposal as I'm not all that reputable and this may not be to everyone's taste, so I want feedback.
Basically, there would be 8 sign ups, I'm sure everyone is familiar with the game rules though there are slight changes.
Players would go against each other (head to head (1 v 1)) To try and get the nearest to the number 21 without going over it. At the start of each round I would give 2 cards to each player, which would be took from my very own deck of well shuffled cards (as the dealer & host I would remain impartial). The player then has 2 choices, they can tell me that they want to:
Stick
By sticking you are happy with your overall number and don't want to draw anymore cards.
Twist
By twisting you request another card, I will then send you another card (again completely at random)
Points are awarded as so:
21: 25 points
20: 15 points
19: 13 points
18: 11 points
17: 9 points
16: 7 points
15: 5 points
14: 3 points
13: 1 point
12 or less: 0 points
22 or more: 0 points
Additionally, the winner of the match gets an extra 10 points
More Rules:
-If it is a tie, the player that used the least cards wins, if both players use the same amount of cards and its a tie, then the 10 point bonus is shared for 5 points each.
-Jack, Queen, King are all worth 10, Ace is worth either 1 or 11, you choose.
-No fake betting is involved, points are put in place as it is an easier thing to do online.
-After the round robin (I wonder where I got that phase from ) The top 4/8 players go into semi finals, then the top 2/8 for the finals to determine the winner! Of course if I played with 12 people this would vary slightly.
-If both players bust (go over 21), the player nearest to 21 gets the 10 point bonus.
-If both players have a total or 12 or less, the player nearest to 21 gets the 10 point bonus.
-For the online version and for simplicities sake, There will be no double down, surrender, insurance or split pairs options.
-The maximum number of cards you can have is 5 in total.
Example:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Hitler vs Stalin
Hitler gets a 7 of diamonds and an ace of spades (7+11 = 18 or 7+1 = 8)
Stalin gets a queen and a 3 of clubs (10+3 = 13)
Hitler uses the ace as an 11 and sticks with two cards, giving him the number 18
Stalin Twists and gets a 7 of hearts (10+3+7 = 20)
Stalin sticks with three cards, giving him the number 20
When the results come at the end of the day stalin sees he has won and earns himself 15 points (as he got the number 20) plus an extra 10 points for winning (overall earns 25 points)
Hitler earns 11 points (as he got the number 18) with no extra points as he lost (overall earns 11 points)
day 1 results
stalin: 25 hitler: 11
I hope you understand what I'm rambling on about.
Anyway, this is my proposal, if you want questions answering then ask them here, and if your interested sign up. I'll see how we go from here. I know I would find this very interesting, from a host point of view and I think the not knowing what your opponents got makes for a great atmosphere. Just like rock paper scissors does. I also think this game has a good balance of luck (getting a good hand) but also a good balance of skill (knowing when to twist or stick)
Sign-ups: 8
Yaseikhaan
Csargo
Beskar
Joooray
Athelotes
Cultured Drizzt Fan
Gekkamir
Diamondeye
Ok I have my sign ups, here are the match ups:
Match-ups
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Day 1
Yaseikhaan vs Csargo
Beskar vs Joooray
Athelotes vs Cultured Drizzt Fan
Gekkamir vs Diamondeye
Day 2
Beskar vs Yaseikhaan
Csargo vs Joooray
Cultured Drizzt Fan vs Diamondeye
Athelotes vs Gekkamir
Day 3
Csargo vs Gekkamir
Yaseikhaan vs Diamondeye
Cultured Drizzt Fan vs Beskar
Joooray vs Athelotes
Day 4
Beskar vs Athelotes
Csargo vs Cultured Drizzt Fan
Diamondeye vs Joooray
Gekkamir vs Yaseikhaan
Day 5
Diamondeye vs Beskar
Yaseikhaan vs Joooray
Csargo vs Athelotes
Cultured Drizzt Fan vs Gekkamir
Day 6
Csargo vs Diamondeye
Gekkamir vs Beskar
Athelotes vs Yaseikhaan
Cultured Drizzt Fan vs Joooray
Day 7
Yaseikhaan vs Cultured Drizzt Fan
Beskar vs Csargo
Joooray vs Gekkamir
Diamondeye vs Athelotes
Last edited by Thermal; 01-13-2010 at 19:17.
Reason: added matchups for each day
Gameroom Blackjack Tournament [Concluded]
) The top 4/8 players go into semi finals, then the top 2/8 for the finals to determine the winner! Of course if I played with 12 people this would vary slightly.
I also think this game has a good balance of luck (getting a good hand) but also a good balance of skill (knowing when to twist or stick)
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