FOFC State Gobblin’ Tournament

[WSUCougar]

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.

[WSUCougar]

The first turn ends exactly 24 hours from now.

[WSUCougar]

dola

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

[henry296]

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

[Swaggs]

Chomp!

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

[albionmoonlight]

Louisiana: Gobble 5 points Texas save 5 points for others

[Marmel]

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

[henry296]

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

[primelord]

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

[Fritz]

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

[WSUCougar]

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

All others have 10.

Edited to clarify.

[Fritz]

Originally posted by albionmoonlight
Louisiana: Gobble 5 points Texas save 5 points for others

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


Virginia - sorry for being a pig!

[henry296]

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

[RPI-Fan]

NY: Gobble 3 Points Pennsylvania, Save 7 Points

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by henry296
why are there no points on the other states except LA? Shouldn't there be lots of points against WV?
That's points remaining.

[henry296]

Originally posted by WSUCougar
That's points remaining.

ok.

[Celeval]

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

[SplitPersonality1]

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

[Buzzbee]

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

[WSUCougar]

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.

[Airhog]

Oklahoma

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

[Sublime]

New Hampshire

7 points gobble Vermont
3 counter goobble

[NevStar]

North Carolina: Gobble 6 points Virginia, 4 counter

[tucker342]

Iowa

5 points gobble Minnesota
2 points gobble Nebraska
3 points counter

[Blade6119]

Arizona

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

[Blade6119]

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

[Brillig]

California

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

[Blade6119]

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

[WSUCougar]

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

~~~~~~~~~~

Turn #2 ends exactly 24 hours from now.

[tucker342]

4 points gobble Illionis
4 points gobble Wisconsin
3 points counter

[SplitPersonality1]

Wisconsin

5 points gobble Illinois
5 points counter

[Swaggs]

Should WV be added to the eliminated states list?

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by Swaggs
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.

[Swaggs]

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.

[Fritz]

Virginia: 8 points counter.

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

[Butter]

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

counter-gobbles

Ohhhhh yeeeeeaaaahhhh.... that felt good.

[Sublime]

NH

4 gobble Maine
4 gobble Vermont
2 counter

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by Butter_of_69
I don't really want to participate, but I did want to type the following:

counter-gobbles

Ohhhhh yeeeeeaaaahhhh.... that felt good.
Perhaps I should ding Ohio a point or two for gratuitous counter-gobbling...:D

[WSUCougar]

dola

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

[Marmel]

CT 5 gobble NH, 5 gobble VT

[NevStar]

NC

7 gobble SC
4 counter

[Marmel]

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

[Coffee Warlord]

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.

[WSUCougar]

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

[Fritz]

No more VA poster?

VA 2 gobbles of NC

[Airhog]

Oklahoma 7 gobble texas
3 counter gobble

[Fritz]

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

[Coffee Warlord]

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

California

5 point gobble to Oregon.

[Swaggs]

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

[tucker342]

Iowa

5 points gobble Nebraska
4 points gobble Michigan
3 points counter

[Masked]

Louisiana
6 points to gobble Texas
2 points to gobble Mississippi
2 points to counter

[SplitPersonality1]

Wisconsin

6 points gobble Iowa
4 points counter

[WSUCougar]

The big question, of course, is when those sneaky Canucks will launch their strike...

[Blade6119]

Arizona
8 points gobble california
2 points counter

[WSUCougar]

Deadline approaching!

[NevStar]

NC:

7 gobbles WV (aka VA)
5 counters

[WSUCougar]

Turn 3 Gobble Attempts
Arizona gobbled CA (100%)
California gobbled OR (50%)
Iowa failed to gobble NE (50%) and Michigan (30%)
Louisiana failed to gobble TX (70%) and MS (0%)
North Carolina gobbled VA (100%)
Oklahoma gobbled TX (90%)
Virginia failed to gobble NC (15%)
West Virginia gobbled KY (50%) but failed to gobble MD (10%)
Wisconsin gobbled IA (100%)

State Update
Arizona (+ CA) = 11 points
California* (OR) = 10 points
Connecticut (+ MA, NH, NY) = 13 points
Georgia (+ AL) = 11 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
North Carolina (+ VA, SC, WV) = 13 points
Oklahoma (+ TX) = 11 points
West Virginia* (PA, OH, KY) = 12 points
Wisconsin (+IL, IA, MN) = 13 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia

Deadline is 24 hours from now.

[Coffee Warlord]

California (Oregon)

8 point Gobble Arizona/California
2 point counter

[Blade6119]

if im not mistaken, can't coffee only try and gobble california, or is it now 1 big state?

[Fritz]

Excuse me. What about the Colossal Squid?

[Airhog]

Is it possible to gobble a state gobbled by another state?

Oklahoma Gobbles Wisconsin 7 times

Counter Gobbles 3 times







Nevermind

[Coffee Warlord]

Yeah, I'm unclear on that. Does California now count as part of Arizona, or are they still seperate states for gobbling purposes.

[Swaggs]

West Virginia: 5 points to gobble Tennessee, 5 points to gobble Maryland

[WSUCougar]

A state is always a single entity, regardless of the other states it gobbles. The gobbled states are only listed for purposes of shared borders & points. Gobble a state and you get the whole shooting match.

Frtiz - I'm sorry, but the Colossal Squid was gobbled by a Gargantuan Piece of Kelp. R.I.P.

[Blade6119]

Arizona
since 5x20%=100%, and he has 2 counters=10%...100%-10% equals 90, but with another 20 your back up to 100%(don't want)....
meaning ill throw:5 gobble california(oregon)
6 counter gobble

EDIT: Spelling

[Coffee Warlord]

In that case. Gobble away!

[tucker342]

Alaska

6 points gobble Canada
4 points counter

[Swaggs]

Colossal Sea Barnacle: Gobbles Colossal Squid with 10 points.

[Fritz]

Originally posted by WSUCougar
Frtiz - I'm sorry, but the Colossal Squid was gobbled by a Gargantuan Piece of Kelp. R.I.P.

Fucking kelp.

[SplitPersonality1]

Wisconsin

6 gobbles on North Dakota
7 counter-gobbles

[NevStar]

NC:

5 gobble West Virginia (et al)

[NevStar]

ok...

NC:

+1 gobble WV (so a total of 6)
5 gobble GA
2 counters

[Masked]

I am not sure I understand how Louisiana's Gobbles were calculated last time...

But anyway

La. gobbles Mississippi 5
La. gobbles Arkansas 5

[Swaggs]

Why are some of these states gobbling beyond 10 points?

[tucker342]

If you gobble a state, you get a bonus of 1 point

This is what it said in the rules:
(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.

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by Masked
I am not sure I understand how Louisiana's Gobbles were calculated last time...

But anyway

La. gobbles Mississippi 5
La. gobbles Arkansas 5

masked...you were late...sorry man

[Masked]

Originally posted by Blade6119
masked...you were late...sorry man

The entry was in before WSUCougars "deadline approaching post"

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by Masked
The entry was in before WSUCougars "deadline approaching post"

He didn't put one up, but his post was at 10:59 PM for the end of the last round, and you posted at 11:22....i got screwed for the same thing first round

[WSUCougar]

Sorry, Masked, you did miss the deadline. But here’s an explanation of Louisiana’s Turn 3 gobble attempts:

vs. Texas, (6) x 20 = 120 gobbles; vs. Mississippi, (2) x 20 = 40 gobbles

Both TX and MS defaulted (no entry) to all counter-gobbles, so (10) x 5 = 50

So…120-50 = 70% vs. TX, and 40-50 = 0% vs. MS

[WSUCougar]

Turn 4 Gobble Attempts

Alaska gobbles Canada (70%).
Arizona gobbles CA (90%).
California gobbles AZ (100%).
North Carolina gobbles WV (100%) and GA (45%).
Oklahoma fails to indirectly gobble WI (35%).
West Virginia gobbles MD (50%), but fails to gobble TN (50%).
Wisconsin fails to gobble ND (70%).
Colossal Sea Barnacle, not being “formidable,” fails to gobble Colossal Squid

State Update
Alaska (+ Canada) = 11 points
Arizona* (OR) = 10 points
California (+ AZ) = 11 points
Connecticut (+ MA, NH, NY) = 13 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
North Carolina (+ VA, SC, WV, GA, AL, PA, OH, KY) = 18 points
Oklahoma (+ TX) = 11 points
West Virginia* (MD) = 10 points
Wisconsin (+IL, IA, MN) = 13 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Canada
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia

[WSUCougar]

Turn 5 deadline is 24 hours from the time on this post.

[Masked]

So I was totally confused. My last post missed the deadline, not the previous one.

No problem this time.
6 to gobble Mississippi

more to come, probably after the deadline

[tucker342]

Alaska

4 points gobble Washington
4 points gobble Idaho
3 points counter

[SplitPersonality1]

Wisconsin

6 gobbles Alaska
7 counter-gobbles

[Swaggs]

I'm confused, too.

WV had already been gobbled by Virginia. Why did it loose PA and OH when neither of those two states had been gobbled by anyone else?

[WSUCougar]

Under the "State Update" section, states are listed with their gobbled states in parentheses. This is only to indicate what their boundaries are - the state itself is just one big entity.

So in West Virginia's case, after Turn 3 it was listed as: West Virginia* (PA, OH, KY) = 12 points. This meant that though it's original territory was gone (it being marked with an asterisk), its new territory was comprised of PA/OH/KY.

During Turn 4, North Carolina successfully gobbled WV (the entity, not the original state territory), and thus PA/OH/KY.

Does that help any?

[Coffee Warlord]

California Empire

5 point gobble New Mexico
6 point counter.

[tucker342]

I HATE YOU WISCONSIN;)

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by tucker342
I HATE YOU WISCONSIN;)

We hate you too! :D

[Swaggs]

Originally posted by WSUCougar
Under the "State Update" section, states are listed with their gobbled states in parentheses. This is only to indicate what their boundaries are - the state itself is just one big entity.

So in West Virginia's case, after Turn 3 it was listed as: West Virginia* (PA, OH, KY) = 12 points. This meant that though it's original territory was gone (it being marked with an asterisk), its new territory was comprised of PA/OH/KY.

During Turn 4, North Carolina successfully gobbled WV (the entity, not the original state territory), and thus PA/OH/KY.

Does that help any?

Under that assumption, can't one participant come along at the end of the game and gobble up the state with the greatest amount of points and win without really participating much?

I assumed that since I took over PA as WV was being gobbled, that PA became the new territory of WV, while the original territory of WV became part of VA. Then, I expanded my territory to include OH and KY. Does that make sense? :)

[NevStar]

Originally posted by Swaggs
Under that assumption, can't one participant come along at the end of the game and gobble up the state with the greatest amount of points and win without really participating much?

I assumed that since I took over PA as WV was being gobbled, that PA became the new territory of WV, while the original territory of WV became part of VA. Then, I expanded my territory to include OH and KY. Does that make sense? :)

That's a good point. I agree. But I was just playing by the rules given by WSU here:


A state is always a single entity, regardless of the other states it gobbles. The gobbled states are only listed for purposes of shared borders & points. Gobble a state and you get the whole shooting match.

[Blade6119]

Arizona:
6 points gobble california(cal/arizona)
4 points gobble nevada

[Airhog]

Oklahoma 11 points gobble wisconsin

[tucker342]

Originally posted by Swaggs
Under that assumption, can't one participant come along at the end of the game and gobble up the state with the greatest amount of points and win without really participating much?

I assumed that since I took over PA as WV was being gobbled, that PA became the new territory of WV, while the original territory of WV became part of VA. Then, I expanded my territory to include OH and KY. Does that make sense? :)

It wouldn't really be possible, the state with all the territory would have so many more points than the other state...

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally posted by tucker342
I HATE YOU WISCONSIN;)


Bah! You're Iowa. Like I care. ;)

[tucker342]

you're sooooo going down

[WSUCougar]

You Midwestern boys had best watch out for that mideastern blob with tar on its heels...

[NevStar]

Originally posted by WSUCougar
You Midwestern boys had best watch out for that mideastern blob with tar on its heels...

sssh... i was trying to not draw attention.

[NevStar]

NC:

8 gobble Conn
6 gobble WV

[BishopMVP]

Florida
7 Points Gobble NC
3 Points Counter Gobble

[Swaggs]

West Virginia: Gobble North Carolina (by the way, I'm moving to Durham, NC in a month) with 10 points

[Blade6119]

bishop....little late...swaggs....same

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by Blade6119
bishop....little late...swaggs....same

Yup.

Turn 5 Gobble Attempts
Alaska: gobbled WA (30%), but failed to gobble 4ID (30%)
Arizona: gobbled CA (90%), but failed to gobble NV (30%)
California: gobbled NM (50%)
Louisiana: gobbled MS (70%)
North Carolina: gobbled CT (95%), but failed to gobble WV (70%)
Oklahoma: failed to indirectly gobble WI (75%)
Wisconsin: gobbled AK (105%)


State Update
Alaska* (WA) = 10 points
Arizona (+ CA, OR) = 12 points
California* (NM) = 10 points
Louisiana (+ MS) = 11 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
North Carolina (+ VA, SC, WV, GA, AL, PA, OH, KY, CT, MA, NH, NY) = 22 points
Oklahoma (+ TX) = 11 points
West Virginia* (MD) = 10 points
Wisconsin (+ IL, IA, MN, AK, Canada) = 15 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Canada
Connecticut
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington

[WSUCougar]

Deadline is 24 hours from now

[Airhog]

just thought I would bump thip back to pack 1

[albionmoonlight]

North Carolina 22 points gobble Wisconsin.


Now is your chance to move in and take NC over for LA, Masked.

[WSUCougar]

albion, you're evil, but wise in the ways of gobbling...:D

[NevStar]

zuh??

[Craptacular]

What happens if two states try to gobble each other?

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by Craptacular
What happens if two states try to gobble each other?
If they're both successful, they swap territory. If one fails, it is eliminated.

[NevStar]

LA:

2 remote gobble HI
2 remote gobble CA
2 remote gobble ID
2 remote gobble UT
2 remote gobble MO
1 remote gobble MI

Dear albion,

go f!@& yourself.

Love,
Nevstar :)

[SplitPersonality1]

Wisconsin

5 gobbles on North Carolina
5 gobbles on Alaska*
5 counter gobbles

[Craptacular]

oops

[Masked]

LA 5 gobbles on NC, since none of Nevstar's are legal (must be adjacent)

Now to go read rules

[Masked]

dola

awe crap, remote gobbles are legal

note to self, stop logging off to drive to work

[Airhog]

Oklahoma Ten gobbles NC

1 Counter Gobble

[Masked]

What the hell, since my early entry doesn't count, lets really %&^!@ around.

Nebraska 10 to gobble Oklahoma

[NevStar]

LA is defenseless, somebody get them.

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by WSUCougar
If they're both successful, they swap territory. If one fails, it is eliminated. just look at arizona and california for the last few rounds...we keep swapping, but i finnaly have the advantage!!!

[Achilles]

California 10 points indirectly gobble wisconsin:D :D :D ...go my arizona brother Blade!!!

[Blade6119]

Arizona:
5 ponts gobble california(new mexico)
6 points gobble nevada

[Blade6119]

oh, and looking back it looks kinda fishy with the two posts coming so soon together, so before you bitch know achilles is my neighbor and best friend...he has decided to help me in arizona's struggle...long live Arizona!!!!

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by Airhog
Oklahoma Ten gobbles NC

1 Counter Gobble

remote gobbles???...your not adjacent if im not mistaken...

[Airhog]

Originally posted by Blade6119
remote gobbles???...your not adjacent if im not mistaken...

it is perfectly legal to remotely gobble :D say by by to NC :D

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by Airhog
it is perfectly legal to remotely gobble :D say by by to NC :D
he didn't remote gobble though...he just gobbled, and i was asking if he wanted remote gobbles

[Airhog]

hmm your confusing me now :D

[BishopMVP]

Florida 10 Gobbles NC


How does it work when multiple states try to gobble another? Do you just go down the list alphabetically or what?

[tucker342]

Alaska

6 points gobble Arizona
4 points counter

[Blade6119]

bishop and tucker....every round we have at least two lates it seems...

[Craptacular]

Idaho:
7 gobbles of Arizona
3 remote gobbles Louisiana

[tucker342]

no, I beat it by about 6 hours...

[Blade6119]

was looking at wrong time....my fault...thought the 12:56 or airhog was the last one, forgot about am pm...

[WSUCougar]

Turn 6 Gobble Attempts
Alaska: failed to gobble AZ (120%)
Arizona: gobbled CA* (100%), gobbled NV (70%)
California: failed to indirectly gobble WI (75%)
Florida: gobbled NC (200%)
Idaho: gobbled AZ (140%), indirectly gobbled LA (30%)
Louisiana: failed to indirectly gobble HI (0%), CA (20%), ID (20%), UT (0%), MO (0%), and MI (0%)
Nebraska: indirectly gobbled OK (95%)
North Carolina: gobbled WI (415%)
Oklahoma: failed to indirectly gobble NC (100%)
Wisconsin: failed to indirectly gobble NC (100%), gobbled Alaska* (80%)

State Update
Arizona* (NM, NV) = 11 points
Florida (+ NC, VA, SC, WV, GA, AL, PA, OH, KY, CT, MA, NH, NY) = 23 points
Idaho (+ AZ, CA, OR, LA, MS) = 15 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
Nebraska (+ OK, TX) = 12 points
North Carolina* (WI, IL, IA, MN, AK, Canada) = 15 points
West Virginia* (MD) = 10 points
Wisconsin* (WA) = 10 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Alaska
California
Canada
Connecticut
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington

[WSUCougar]

Deadline is 24 hours from now.

[Masked]

nevermind

[NevStar]

NC:

gobble FL 15 pts

[Swaggs]

West Virginia:

Gobble NC with 10 points

[BishopMVP]

Florida:

Gobble NC 5 PTS
Gobble Idaho 5 PTS
Counter-Gobble 13 PTS

[WSUCougar]

Tough break for Florida...

Turn 7 Gobble Attempts
Florida: failed to gobble NC (100% = tie), failed to gobble Idaho (25%)
North Carolina: gobbled FL (235%)
West Virginia: failed to gobble NC (100% = tie)

State Update
Arizona* (NM, NV) = 11 points
Idaho (+ AZ, CA, OR, LA, MS) = 15 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
Nebraska (+ OK, TX) = 12 points
North Carolina (+ FL, VA, SC, WV, GA, AL, PA, OH, KY, CT, MA, NH, NY, WI, IL, IA, MN, AK, Canada) = 29 points
West Virginia* (MD) = 10 points
Wisconsin* (WA) = 10 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Alaska
California
Canada
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington

[Swaggs]

West Virginia: Remote Gobble Vermont with 5 points, Counter gobble with 5 points.

[Blade6119]

8 points gobble idaho, 3 counter

[NevStar]

NC:

gobble AZ 5 pts
gobble VT 7 pts
gobble WV 6 pts
gobble ID 9 pts

[primelord]

MO: Gobble Arkansas 5 points, 6 points counter gobble

[BishopMVP]

Vermont 10 PTS Gobble North Carolina

BLADE - Post what state you are in there.

[Blade6119]

whoops....

my posts were for Arizona, but how does NC gobble arizona?....i didn't think we were bordered....

[SplitPersonality1]

Idaho - 13 gobble NC & 2 gobbles on Nebraska

[Airhog]

Florida gobble NC 10 points

[tucker342]

Originally posted by Blade6119
whoops....

my posts were for Arizona, but how does NC gobble arizona?....i didn't think we were bordered....

You don't have to be bordering the state to gobble it.

(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.

[tucker342]

dola-

Originally posted by Airhog
Florida gobble NC 10 points

Florida was eliminated last round. Sorry:(

[Airhog]

doh....

Hmm okay lets go with Indiana Gobbles NC 10 points!

[WSUCougar]

Sorry, Airhog, I’ve got to wave that one off (past the 24-hour deadline).

Turn 8 Gobble Attempts
Arizona: fails to gobble ID (160%), 3X
Idaho - gobbles NC (250%) but fails to gobble NE (0%)
Missouri: fails to gobble AR (50%)
North Carolina: gobbles VT (140%), WV (95%), and ID (180%); fails to indirect gobble AZ (35%)
Vermont: fails to gobble NC (200%) …and is eliminated
West Virginia: fails to gobble VT (50%) …and is eliminated

State Update
Arizona* (NM, NV) = 11 points
Idaho* = (NC, FL, VA, SC, WV, GA, AL, PA, OH, KY, CT, MA, NH, NY, WI, IL, IA, MN, AK, Canada) = 29 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
Nebraska (+ OK, TX) = 12 points
North Carolina* (VT, MD, AZ, CA, OR, LA, MS, ID) = 17 points
Wisconsin* (WA) = 10 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Alaska
California
Canada
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia

[SplitPersonality1]

Arizona has 17 points? Shouldn't that be 11 or am I missing something?

[NevStar]

I agree with SplitP

NC: (assuming AZ has only 11)

gobble 13 pts ID
gobble 4 pts WI

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by SplitPersonality1
Arizona has 17 points? Shouldn't that be 11 or am I missing something?
Good catch. I've edited it to 11.

[SplitPersonality1]

ID

13 gobbles on NC*
13 gobbles on NE
3 gobbles on AZ*

[WSUCougar]

Shall we keep at it or call it?

Turn 9 Gobble Attempts
Idaho: gobbled NC* (260%) and NE (200%), failed to indirectly gobble AZ* (0%)
North Carolina: gobbled ID (260%), failed to gobble WI (30%)

State Update
Arizona* (NM, NV) = 11 points
Idaho = (+VT, MD, AZ, CA, OR, LA, MS, NE, OK, TX) = 20 points
Missouri (+ KS) = 11 points
North Carolina (+ FL, VA, SC, WV, GA, AL, PA, OH, KY, CT, MA, NH, NY, WI, IL, IA, MN, AK, Canada) = 29 points
Wisconsin* (WA) = 10 points
All others = 10 points

*state’s original territory gobbled

Eliminated States
Alabama
Alaska
California
Canada
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia

Deadline in 24 hours.

[SplitPersonality1]

ID

12 gobbles on NC
8 gobbles AZ*