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[SalmonGod]

How would you bet on shipping?

How good the shipping is? How many times it's viewed?

I don't know.  I have nothing but half-formed ideas on implementation.  There's got to be a way, though.

[Flying Dice]

How would you bet on shipping?

How good the shipping is? How many times it's viewed?

I don't know.  I have nothing but half-formed ideas on implementation.  There's got to be a way, though.

You bet on who ends up on top.

[LordSlowpoke]

There's a way to gamble on everything. I bet on the city hall burning down once. (We didn't bet on casualties, but I'd lose were it the case.)

Fine ten dollars I earned.

[Vector]

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NEW HUMBLE INDIE BUNDLE OMFG

[Putnam]

Saltybet works largely because there's some semblance of balance, even if there's characters like Rare Akuma (never, ever been beaten), Radish SSJ4 (One-hits everything and has more health than almost anything, but beaten still... by Rare Akuma) or, heck, even Yun (80-hit Ginei Jin combos).

I thought of something like dorfybet, where I mod in a bunch of DF creatures (and take some from other mods) and pit them against each other to a similar system, but then I realized that "always bet DBZ" would be an actual thing unless a giant sponge or Lord English came up.

Also, I'd have to write a script to randomly spawn units when all units are dead, then unpause after a certain time, etc... ecch.

(I could totally do that, but)

Heh... I haven't seen any balance at all

At least 2/3 of the matches I see are total stompfests.  Usually good ai vs ai that barely moves (potatos).  I'm starting to get pretty decent at calling them, since I've either seen many of the charactes before or can match to pattern of which characters are likely worth anything.

But the anticipation for that occasional upset makes it fun, anyway.

Oh, yeah, balance wasn't the right word. It's more mystery.

If you were to have a fight between a bunny and a super saiyan 3 in DF, which do you think would win? What about in MUGEN? The former is a guarantee; the latter you have no idea.

[Dutchling]

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NEW HUMBLE INDIE BUNDLE OMFG

I don't like the games, but I am buying them so I will have them.

[SalmonGod]

How would you bet on shipping?

How good the shipping is? How many times it's viewed?

I don't know.  I have nothing but half-formed ideas on implementation.  There's got to be a way, though.

You bet on who ends up on top.

 

I was actually thinking something like those stories where the writer lets the community vote on the behavior of the lead character or whatever, and then the bets are on what the outcome of those behaviors will be, which are non-obvious.  Could even do an automated, randomized thing if you build a database of situations and character personality profiles that combine to produce lists of interactions in a dating sim-style presentation with really short scenarios.  Then randomly assign portions of the participating audience to each character that they can collectively direct.

Or just have a list of ongoing media and have people bet on what ships actually become canon, but that wouldn't be as fun.

[Vector]

Let's see. . . 3 of those games are on my Steam wishlist, and the other ones are things that I'm willing to try; don't own any of them, and more seems to be coming.  I'm more than happy.

[Solifuge]

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NEW HUMBLE INDIE BUNDLE OMFG

I don't like the games, but I am buying them so I will have them.

I'm sorry, Dutchling, but Faster Than Light is one of the most original and fun strategic games I've played in years. And Fez and Trine are really, really solid adventure platformers. Totally worth the $20 or so for those alone.

[Dutchling]

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NEW HUMBLE INDIE BUNDLE OMFG

I don't like the games, but I am buying them so I will have them.

I'm sorry, Dutchling, but Faster Than Light is one of the most original and fun strategic games I've played in years. And Fez and Trine are really, really solid adventure platformers. Totally worth the $20 or so for those alone.

I already own FTL. I actually didn't see Fez on the list. A friend mine seems to love that game a LOT, even though his descriptions of the game aren't very encouraging.

[Vector]

Also, Mark of the Ninja, excuse me?  Fuuuuuuuuuuck, I'd buy it for that alone.

[Solifuge]

I hadn't seen that prior to John singing about it in the Humble Bundle 9 song.

That is some really beautiful, smooth animation. Reminds me of Banner Saga.

[Jopax]

Ah, nothing quite like sitting outside on the balcony, laptop in hand, playing Gorillaz for maximum chill while a thunderstorm rages around you. Now if only I had some ice cream or something.

Edit:

Had to go back in, it got way out of control real fast, it's raining so hard you can barely see the buildings on the other side of the parking lot, also constant lightning flashes, it's awesome

[Solifuge]

Ah, nothing quite like sitting outside on the balcony, laptop in hand, playing Gorillaz for maximum chill while a thunderstorm rages around you. Now if only I had some ice cream or something.

Edit:

Had to go back in, it got way out of control real fast, it's raining so hard you can barely see the buildings on the other side of the parking lot, also constant lightning flashes, it's awesome

We're just starting to get a pretty major thunderstorm too. I'mma go running in it for a bit, methinks. :3

[Vorthon]

I own over a pound of dice now. This makes me giddy for some reason.