Game I Made Up

[irchans]

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What happens when player 1 chooses 1 and player 2 chooses 200?

According to the rules as stated,

player 1 pays player 2 100-200+1 = -99.

Does that mean player 2 pays player 1 99?

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yep

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Then I could not afford to play the game. Suppose I bid 121 and my opponent bids 1,000,000. Then

He pays me 100-(1000000)+121 = -999779.

Thus I pay him 999779.

Basically, if one player bids x then the other player can win 1000 or more by bidding x+1100 or more.

It seems that if you were forced to play the game, then you should bid the largest number you can imagine.

Am I missing something here?

[jimdmcevoy]

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He pays me 100-(1000000)+121 = -999779.

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nah small pays big

[jedi]

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Then I could not afford to play the game. Suppose I bid 121 and my opponent bids 1,000,000. Then

He pays me 100-(1000000)+121 = -999779.

Thus I pay him 999779.


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the player who picked the smaller number pays the other player 100-L+S cents (negative meaning he recieves money instead of paying)


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In your example, the smaller player (121) would pay the bigger player (1,000,000) 100-1,000,000+121 = -999,779 Negative number means the smaller player would receive $999,779. Right?

[Paul2432]

Right. If you pick is less than 200 you can never lose more than 99 cents.

Paul