TEN and mPlayer are anticipating similar moves. WorldPlay isn't the first gaming network to offer premium sections to boost its revenues: Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone, for example, announced its new "premium" games on Monday: two online-exclusive twitch games that can be subscribed to on a monthly basis. WorldPlay will also distribute five Engage games, and is pushing itself as "social gaming," eager to direct players towards chat rooms and commerce areas. WorldPlay will be offered as a premium section within the Games Channel on AOL for US$1.99 an hour, and will be distributed by ISPs EarthLink and AT&T WorldNet. "Head-to-head, blood-on-the-screen games don't appeal to them." We're looking at the mass market, casual and social game users," explains Dean DeBiase, CEO of as WorldPlay Entertainment, AOL's games subsidiary formerly known as ImagiNation. "We're not geared towards hard-core gamers. But in AOL's case, those games aren't hot "twitch," or action titles, but more mainstream fare such as card games, puzzles, strategy titles, and Tetris. Citing similar pre-E3 announcements from ISPs and gaming networks, AOL reiterated the belief that gamers are willing to fork out for premium games. If we are playing last and we can take the trick then we play our lowest card that can take the trick.Few surprises came out of AOL's anticipated announcement Tuesday that it was going to start charging premium prices for games. If we do have play options that could beat what is currently in the trick pile, then we play our highest winning card unless we are playing the last trick card. If we don't have a play that can beat what is currently in the trick pile, then if our partner played the current highest trick card then we play our lowest counter. Otherwise, play the highest non trump card that is guaranteed to take the trick. Remembering what has been played and what was shown during passing and melding, play the highest trump card that is guaranteed to take the trick. If any play results in an average round score that is more than half a point lower than the highest average play, then remove it from the options considered. Finally, if necessary, we would choose to pass the cards that contribute the least amount of points to our meld score.įirst remove bad options: For each legal play, simulate the rest of the round 200 times with random deals of the unseen cards. Then prefer non-trump kings, then non-trump queens, then jack of diamonds (except if just received from partner), then lowest non-trump cards, then lowest trump cards. Then pass the cards that contribute the least amount of points to our meld score.įirst prefer not to pass any cards that result in a meld score for our hand. Then prefer queen of spades or jack of diamonds. Then, prefer to pass highest trump cards (except 9's of trump). Set the maximum willing bid at the round score achieved in more than 75% of the simulations.įirst prefer not to pass any cards that result in a meld score for your hand. Simulate many rounds with cards randomly dealt to standard strategy players. If we are playing last and we can take the trick then we play our lowest card that can take the trick. If we do have play options that could beat what is currently in the trick pile, then we play our highest winning card unless we are playing last. Otherwise, play the highest non trump card. Finally, if necessary, we would choose to pass the cards that contribute the least amount of points to our meld score. Then, prefer to first pass non-ace cards that would make us void in a suit, then prefer non-trump kings, then non-trump queens, then jack of diamonds (except if just received from partner), then lowest non-trump cards, then lowest trump cards. Then prefer highest non-trump cards.įirst prefer not to pass any cards that result in a meld score for our hand.
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