file Hostile Takeover

22 Jul 2016 08:34 #77450 by Whisker
Hostile Takeover was created by Whisker
Hello,
I have a question about Hostile Takeover. As per this old ruling groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/013b71234a2760f4, the bidding is conducted in open format.
What I want to know is can a Methuselah make a bid exceeding his/her current pool?
And is this handled any differently for owner of the minion being bid for, who only loses half of the bid amount?

Hostile Takeover
Master
[Ventrue] Ventrue
[1 Pool]
Master.
Choose a vampire with capacity of 6 or less. Each Methuselah bids pool for control of that vampire. The highest bid goes to the vampire's controller; that bidder then takes control of the vampire. If the controller wins, half the winning bid (rounded up) goes to the blood bank.

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22 Jul 2016 09:11 #77452 by Ankha
Replied by Ankha on topic Hostile Takeover

Each Methuselah can bid up to what she can fund. For the controller, that means she can bid up to twice her current pool amount.


groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/VY53PXuZASk/FB6y3af_PogJ

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22 Jul 2016 14:18 #77459 by jamesatzephyr
Replied by jamesatzephyr on topic Hostile Takeover

Each Methuselah can bid up to what she can fund. For the controller, that means she can bid up to twice her current pool amount.


Treat this with mild caution. The overall principle is correct - you can bid as much as you can fund - but in the light of [FZD 20140113] , self-ousting yourself with a Hostile Takeover bid that would use up all your pool is probably going to violate Pascal's modification of the interaction between play-to-win and self-ousting:

There is only two situations where a player is allowed to self-oust. That's when that player has the won the game already, or when he can't get more VPs. In any other scenario, that play is invalid and should be fixed by the Judge (recommendation: rollback).


Strictly, that thread was in relation to playing of cards - such as being able to play a .44 Magnum when on 2 pool, whether accidentally or otherwise - but it would be weirdly inconsistent if you could self-oust with a Hostile Takeover bid but not with a card play.

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26 Jul 2016 17:37 #77562 by kpram
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A self-oust bid can be used as an attempt to force someone (cross table, for example) to bid even higher, so the meta doesn't collapse. Just as viable a play as tapping out with 1 pool left to attempt a lunge.

All or nothing plays are not illegal.

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27 Jul 2016 11:50 - 27 Jul 2016 11:52 #77574 by jamesatzephyr
Replied by jamesatzephyr on topic Hostile Takeover

A self-oust bid can be used as an attempt to force someone (cross table, for example) to bid even higher, so the meta doesn't collapse.


Along the same lines, then, playing .44 Magnum when on 2 pool would be legal to force someone else to block you, or play DI. Except that explicitly isn't legal, per Pascal's change to the play-to-win and self-oust rulings.

Just as viable a play as tapping out with 1 pool left to attempt a lunge.


That's surely quite different. That doesn't self-oust you. Nothing that you say or do would result in you being ousted by your own action, supposing no-one else intervenes.

All or nothing plays are not illegal.


You're confusing the difference between risky plays that leave you in a precarious position but still in the game, and plays that - as declared - will self-oust you. The latter have been ruled to be illegal by Pascal, the former haven't (unless you were violating the rules some other way, obviously).
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27 Jul 2016 13:09 - 27 Jul 2016 13:09 #77576 by Ankha
Replied by Ankha on topic Hostile Takeover

You're confusing the difference between risky plays that leave you in a precarious position but still in the game, and plays that - as declared - will self-oust you. The latter have been ruled to be illegal by Pascal, the former haven't (unless you were violating the rules some other way, obviously).

Pascal never answered your clarification request.

I see a third option: you can attempt to self-oust if it improves your situation (play to win).

First example: I'm down at 2 pool, I have a shitty hand, and I need to cycle. I come to an agreement with my prey: he blocks my .44 Magnum so we both cycle some cards.

Second example: I have no vampire left and I'm down at 5 pool. Someone plays Hostile Takeover on a vampire. If I can buy it, I'm in a better situation. My little prey announces he has a Life Boon and is willing to play it to save me if I spend 5 pool to buy the vampire.

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