If I'm getting a draw, why am I still losing?

[Niwashi]

That's pretty darn close to a draw MGP wise. If one is drawing so much that -2 is a big deal, one may want to find a different NPC to play...

It's not a high amount, but that's proportional. You either lose 10 (lose) lose 2 (draw) or win 12 (win).

[juniglee]

Ya know, I really wish they'd just give us a flat number instead of doing it this way, lol. It would be much easier to understand if it was:

Win = 90 MGP (instead of showing 120)
Loss = 12 MGP (instead of showing 18)
Draw = 18 MGP (instead of showing 48)

In regards to Loss, this makes it look as though you *gained* 12 MGP, when it should be -12 MGP. I guess they don't want to include minus signs everywhere.

[Synestr]

Ya know, I really wish they'd just give us a flat number instead of doing it this way, lol. It would be much easier to understand if it was:

Win = 90 MGP (instead of showing 120)
Loss = 12 MGP (instead of showing 18)
Draw = 18 MGP (instead of showing 48)

However doing it the way they do, entices you to play. See the perceived "low" number for when you "loose" and the perceived "HIGHER" numbers for when you win/draw. These make you think you are getting something and keep you playing, if you loose, it's not that much, so I'll go again.

[BreathlessTao]

Dunno about the Imperial, since I've kinda given up playing TT and never got that fair, but... yeah, basically, this is one of the reasons. Just tried Momodi again - fee is 15MGP, win gets you 33 (so technically 18), draw gets you 13 (so technically -2). I think they've increased the amounts a little, seem to remember a bit less, but that's just a detail - a draw is a draw, it shouldn't reward or "punish" either player...?

On a sidenote, same goes for the jumbo cactpot too: "consolation" prize at level 7 being 78?? When the ticket itself was 100? (And to that the "early bird" bonus being 7 grand total MGP?) The mini cactpot too, in fact, about a third of it is no "win" at all, since it doesn't even give you back the price of the ticket itself. Dunno about elsewhere, and granted it's been a few years since I last bought a scratch ticket here, but the way I remember, even the lowest win on them was its actual price.

I can accept a loss, but making it look like I won... no. It's not enticing me to play, it's making me feel insulted and annoyed - like I said, one of the reasons why I stopped playing it, even though I do like TT itself. Everyone can do basic math like this.


PS: PLEASE REMOVE THE CHARACTER LIMIT.

[aerialrave]

I'm surprised the penalties for drawing aren't harsher.
In most gambling tie = lose... "The house always wins".
If you didn't win... you didn't win...

[Synestr]

I will say though that playing against King and Imperial, I have made over 10k MGP. Just casual farming and not including the multiples that were dropped by them.