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Welcome back to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the best, most interactive, most intense quiz and game show in all of eRepublik! We've still got a lot of money to give away, and that's why, at the end of this series, we'll be bringing back our top players from throughout this new season for a chance at ten million pence - that's £100,000! Our next contestant in the Hot Seat is none other than AMD!

AS: AMD, welcome to the show! How are you doing today?

AMD : Hello! Not too bad; just finished work. Busy bank holiday!

AS: Goodness! Well thank you for showing up today and playing our game - you automatically win a thousand pence just for playing!

AMD : Hell yeah!



AS: This is the money tree, for everyone's reference! 100 pence to a bona fide eRepublik pound, so the million pence jackpot is a good 10,000 GBP in your account! Ignore the odd coloration of the 25,000 pence level - if you play in normal mode, you can set your safety net wherever you wish after a correct answer, while in risky mode there is no safety net. So that's the first decision you'll make today: normal or risky?

AMD : Let's go risky.

AS: Alright, risky mode it is! No safety net for you, but a full four-minute time bank, and four, count 'em, four lifelines.



AS: One 50:50 lifeline.



AS: One Ask-a-Friend.




AS: And two Stop the Clocks.

AMD : Exciting!

AS: Any questions before we get started?

AMD : No, let's go for it!

AS: Alright! Lights down, please - your first question is for 2,000 pence; time starts when the image drops and stops when you say "final" or use a lifeline:



AMD : Russia, final.

AS: 3:46 on the clock...



AS: It's right! For 4,000 pence, are you ready?

AMD : Ready!



AMD : Nitrogen, final.

AS: 3:26 on the clock...



AS: You're correct!

AMD : Woop woop!

AS: Ready to play for 8,000?

AMD : Let's go.

AS: Here it comes.



AMD : Orwell, final.

AS: A quick lock-in; 3:20 left in the timebank... Need I bother with the suspense? You got it!



AMD : Woo!

AS: Next question is for 16,000 pence. Ready?

AMD : Yeah.



AMD : I'm pretty sure skin... final answer.



AS: You say pretty sure... any reason why?

AMD : I can’t remember the definition of an organ, but I think I remember this from GCSEs...

AS: Your schooling paid off; you got the answer right!



AS: With 3:03 left in your time bank, this is question 5 of a possible 10, for 25,000 pence. Are you ready?

AMD : Let's do it.

AS: For 25,000...



AMD : God, I hate sports. Stop the clock.

AS: With 2:50 left, you've used a Stop the Clock lifeline. Take your time here.

AMD : Okay, can I ask a friend?

AS: Absolutely! If anyone else is available, we can seek their advice, or alternatively you can ask me, since these questions are loaded by ChatGPT then verified by me after the fact!

AMD : I'll ask you.

AS: Alrighty then! Let me note to the audience that I don't have an earpiece in, I'm not being fed answers, and this robot slave loads the questions for me, so I have no advance knowledge of what's going to be asked.

So here's what I think:

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AS: My eRepublik name is Archie Smith, and I'm an eCitizen of the United Kingdom, but in real life I'm a bloody American. I hate soccer.

AMD : Ah, crap.

AS: But I seem to recall that Brazil had been on a downturn, and that France made the final - that because of the soccer fans I was friends with in undergrad. If I had to guess, I'd guess France, and I'm about 50% sure, because I can't remember who else made the final. And that's my final answer.

AMD : Okay.

AS: So you've asked me, and the clock is still stopped.

AMD : So 2018 was the World Cup I was at uni for. I remember going to the pub a lot with friends. I don’t know if I’m mixing it up with one of the euros, but I think it’s the year England lost to Croatia, so I think they went on to the final. If you reckon it’s France, I’m happy to go for that. France, final.

AS: Light it up!



AS: Alright, computer, it's time to reveal the correct answer.



AS: My hunch and your intuition were right!

AMD : Wooo!

AS: You've made it past the 25,000 pence threshold! Having stopped the clock and asked me for advice, you're down to two lifelines left.




AS: Your 50:50, and the Stop the Clock lifeline you got from opting to play this in risky mode. You're five away from a million pence, with 2:50 left in your time bank.

AMD : Going grand!

AS: Since we're in risky mode, if you miss here, you'd lose 24,000 pence.
You can walk with the 25,000 you've already got, even after seeing the question, or if you say "final answer" you'll play for 50,000. Ready?

AMD : Ready.



AMD : 50:50 please.

AS: Alright, the clock will temporarily stop for that. You've got 2:37 left. Okay computer, please randomly remove two wrong answers, leaving one wrong answer and the correct one. Time will start when you see what you've got left.



AS: Start the clock!

AMD : I know it’s not Steve Jobs or Bill Gates so I’m annoyed now... I’m still gonna risk it. Tim Berners-Lee, final.



AS: You went for it on a hunch...

AMD : It sounds more techy to me. Larry Page doesn’t sound like a nerdy name.

AS: ... it's the right answer!



AMD : Yay!

AS: Gates was Microsoft, Jobs was Apple, and Page was Google, but Berners-Lee is credited with founding the WWW.

So here's your state of play. Four away from the million pence jackpot. You've got 2:18 remaining in your time bank. And you've got one Stop the Clock lifeline remaining. Should you make it to the million pence question, that lifeline will trigger automatically and you'll play that question untimed. If you go for this next question, you'll risk 49,000; but for a potential 100,000 pence payout. You can walk at any time with the 50,000 pence you've already won though. Ready for your next question?

AMD : I'm ready, Archie.

- klaxon sounds -

AS: Well, that sound means we're out of space for this eRep article! At the moment, AMD has 50,000 pence; find out what happens next time on...