FOFC State Gobblin’ Tournament
 

Alright, here’s another chance to defend the honor and glory of your beloved home state (or to ruin someone else’s!). Canada, too.

The rules are as follows:

(1) Each state has 10 points available in each turn (24-hour period); each “gobbled” state earns one additional point per turn.

(2) FOFC members may only post once per turn (posting points, I mean – any added strategy and smack posts are free). You may only post for one state per turn. Anyone can post points for a state, and you can use any or all of the state’s points in your one post.

(3) Once all of a state’s points have been posted for that turn, they are locked (i.e., no editing or changes can be made). In other words, the FIRST post(s) which use up the state's points are the ones that will count.

(4) Points are used in one of three ways: (a) gobble attempt on an adjacent state – each point spent is worth a 20% chance of success; (b) gobble attempt on a non-adjacent state (also known as an “indirect gobble”) – each point spent is worth a 10% chance; (c) counter-gobble – each point subtracts 5% from any gobble attempts against the state. IMPORTANT: If no one posts for a state all of its points are used for counter-gobbling as its default turn.

(5) I will determine the success of all gobbling attempts (by dice roll) and then post the results, which starts a new 24-hour turn. If two or more states gobble the same state, it will be gobbled by the state with the highest gobble %, or if it’s a tie, no one will get the gobble.

(6) Once a state has been successfully gobbled, it is out of the tournament. It will provide one point to the state which gobbled it, and will be considered that state’s territory in determining adjacent states.

(7) States which meet at a corner (such as the Four Corners of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado) are considered adjacent. Hawaii is not adjacent to anyone. Canada, while not a U.S. state, is considered one big one for the purposes of this game (and is adjacent to Alaska, among other states).

(8) No post editing, please. This will have a negative impact on the game.

(9) Be wary of leaving your state defenseless!

(10) Isn’t “gobble” a funny sounding word? Gobble gobble gobble!

Example of play:

Player A posts:
“Missouri: 4 gobble points on Illinois; 2 indirect gobble points on Hawaii; 4 counter-gobbles.”

That means 80% (4 x 20%) chance of gobbling IL, 20% (2 x 10%) chance of gobbling Hawaii, and 20% (4 x 5%) counter-gobbling.

The first turn ends exactly 24 hours from now.

dola

My money's on West Virginia. They're a Cinderella with big sharp teeth.

Pennsylvania: Gobble 5 points West Virginia, Gobble 2 points New York, 3 Counter Gobbles.

Chomp!

West Virginia: 5 points for Pennsylvania/3 points for Ohio (the real threat here henry)/2 points for Counter Gobbles.

Louisiana: Gobble 5 points Texas save 5 points for others

CT: 3 on MA, 5 on NY, 2 counter

You are probably right Swaggs that Ohio is a bigger threat. I'll get them tomorrow.

Missouri: 5 gobble points on Kansas, 1 gobble point on Illinois, 4 counter gobble points

Virginia: Gobble 7 points West Virginia, Gobble 1 points Tennessee, 2 Counter Gobbles

State update (points remaining):
CT (0)
LA (5)
MO (0)
PA (0)
VA (0)
WV (0)

All others have 10.

Edited to clarify.

that was considerate. the rest of us hogs should take note.


Virginia - sorry for being a pig!

why are there no points on the other states except LA? Shouldn't there be lots of points against WV?

NY: Gobble 3 Points Pennsylvania, Save 7 Points

That's points remaining.

ok.

Georgia: 5 gobble points on South Carolina, 5 gobble points on Alabama

Wisconsin: 5 gobble points on Illinois, 5 counter-gobbles

This is all a bunch of gobble-d-gook to me. :p

State update (points remaining):
CT (0)
GA (0)
LA (5)
MO (0)
NY (7)
PA (0)
VA (0)
WI (0)
WV (0)

All others have 10.

Oklahoma

3 points gobble Arkasas
3 points gobble texas
3 points gobble kansas
1 counter gobble

New Hampshire

7 points gobble Vermont
3 counter goobble

North Carolina: Gobble 6 points Virginia, 4 counter

Iowa

5 points gobble Minnesota
2 points gobble Nebraska
3 points counter

Arizona

3 points gobble Utah
4 points gobble California
3 points counter-gobble

For clarification with the deadline, what time zone is the board set at?...its noon here(I posted at 11:30 my time), behind the deadline, but on my post im already past(its a 6 hour difference I now know between phoenix time and board time....god im going to have to wake up early for this game....)....can i get a break just for this round with the time changes...?

*thinks to self about god damn east coast bias*:D
oh well...at least the bias is untrue, as the west coast statistically has more #1 teams(its true...its true)!!!:D :D :D

California

6 points gobble Arizona (hey, he started it!)

but you knew about it when you posted!!!...besides...yours is 8 hours after mine making you 14 hours late....come on

Sorry if you missed the deadline. Time zones didn’t change the fact that the turn ended 24 hours from my posting! :D

Turn 1 Gobble Attempts:
Connecticut gobbled MA (10%) and NY (65%).
Georgia gobbled AL (50%), but failed to gobble SC (50%).
Iowa gobbled MN (50%) and failed to gobble NE (0%).
Louisiana failed to gobble TX (50%).
Missouri gobbled KS (50%) and failed to gobble IL (0%).
North Carolina gobbled VA (100%).
New Hampshire failed to gobble Vermont (90%).
New York failed to gobble PA (45%).
Oklahoma failed to gobble TX (10%), KS (10%), and AR (10%).
Pennsylvania failed to gobble WV (90%) and NY (5%).
Virginia gobbled WV (100%) and failed to gobble TN (0%).
West Virginia gobbled PA (85%) and failed to gobble OH (10%).
Wisconsin failed to gobble IL (50%).

State Update
Connecticut (+ MA, NY) = 12 points
Georgia (+ AL) = 11 points
Iowa (+ MN) = 11 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
North Carolina (+ VA) = 11 points
Virginia* (WV) = 10 points
West Virginia* (PA) = 10 points
All others = 10 points
*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania

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Turn #2 ends exactly 24 hours from now.

4 points gobble Illionis
4 points gobble Wisconsin
3 points counter

Wisconsin

5 points gobble Illinois
5 points counter

Should WV be added to the eliminated states list?

Nope. Although it's original territory was gobbled by Virginia, West Virginia still exists because it gobbled Pennsylvania.

Sorry for the confusion. Guess I'll have to dust off the old State Gobblin' Rulebook. :)

West Virginia: gobble Ohio with 5 points, gobble Virginia with 3 points, defend with 2 points.

Virginia: 8 points counter.

I will leave another Virginia with 2 whole points for "attack" somewhere.

I don't really want to participate, but I did want to type the following:

counter-gobbles

Ohhhhh yeeeeeaaaahhhh.... that felt good.

NH

4 gobble Maine
4 gobble Vermont
2 counter

Perhaps I should ding Ohio a point or two for gratuitous counter-gobbling...:D

dola

Two hours to go. Lots of states still lurking out there...

CT 5 gobble NH, 5 gobble VT

NC

7 gobble SC
4 counter

CT 2 counter gobble points. (In addition to the 10 spent above).

IL

3 points counter wisconsin
3 points counter iowa
4 points gobble missouri

edit: Not sure if you have to split counters or not. If not, well, use all 6 for counters.

Turn 2 Gobble Attempts:
Connecticut gobbled NH (90%), but failed to gobble VT (50%).
Illinois failed to gobble MO (25%).
Iowa gobbled WI (55%) but failed to gobble IL (50%).
New Hampshire failed to gobble Maine (30%) and Vermont (30%).
North Carolina gobbled SC (90%).
West Virginia gobbled OH (50%) and failed to gobble VA (10%).
Wisconsin gobbled IL (70%).

State Update
Connecticut (+ MA, NH, NY) = 13 points
Georgia (+ AL) = 11 points
Iowa (+ MN, WI) = 12 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
North Carolina (+ VA, SC) = 12 points
Virginia* (WV) = 10 points
West Virginia* (PA, OH) = 11 points
Wisconsin* (IL) = 10 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Illinois
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania

Turn 3 is due by exactly 24 hours from now

No more VA poster?

VA 2 gobbles of NC

Oklahoma 7 gobble texas
3 counter gobble

Colossal Squid: Gobbles 4 HI, Counter-Gobbles 5, Gobbles 1 Jules Vern

Well, guess I have to move on to the state of my birth, now.

California

5 point gobble to Oregon.

West Virginia: 5 points to gobble Kentucky, 3 points to defend, 2 points to gobble Maryland.

Iowa

5 points gobble Nebraska
4 points gobble Michigan
3 points counter