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[Axass]

For those not in the know, Easy Allies is a group of video game journalists/enthusiats who worked for Game Trailers when it was shut down, group which includes Kyle Bosman of "The Final Bosman" fame and Brandon Jones, the "voice" of Game Trailers among others. They have a Patreon, a site, a Twitch and Youtube channel and they're definitely into betting, oft ending up with hilarious results and payoffs.

Here's the link to the Switch event betting special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYlj4rAjeog

If you want to have a look at past betting specials, they have a playlist.

Also, here's a list of bets, in case you wanna bet along (courtesy of Tregard):

Spoiler

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken?
- Will Wario reveal himself?
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself?
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form?
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.)
- Will Link reveal HERSELF?

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see?
- How many Fire Flowers will appear?
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario?
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps?
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation?
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said?

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"?


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU)

RULES:

There are 4 rounds and 6 contestants, who prepared 2 sealed bets each beforehand.

Simple bets - Each contestant chooses someone else's bet (without knowing what's inside) and everyone but him and the bet creator has to bet on it (yes or no answer, worth 1 point).
Dirty bets - Each contestant chooses someone else's bet (without knowing what's inside), then chooses one other contestant that has to bet on it (numerical answer), and then decides if that bet is too high or too low (whoever is correct gets 2 points).
Double down on Don - Everyone bets on Don's bet (closest gets 3 points).
Final bets - Everyone bets on the actual retail price of the Switch (closest gets more points, furthest loses more points).

(thanks Bosman for making the rules so easy -_-)

STAKES:

The winner gets to compete for the title (and the Slusser Cup) on the E3 betting special. The losers will have to create a shoebox-sized diorama on a particular theme, decided by the winner.

 

[wapplew]

Fire flower bet is too high.

 

[jbluzb]

Best in the biz. :-D

 

[crimilde]

Very entertaining video! Loved every second of it.

 

[munchie64]

Fire flower bet is too high.

Mario Kart + Mario + Smash Bros +

Spoiler

Rabbids RPG

I don't expect to see all of those, but it may be possible actually.

 

[wapplew]

Mario Kart + Mario + Smash Bros +

Spoiler

Rabbids RPG

I don't expect to see all of those, but it may be possible actually.

They usually show new power ups in Mario trailers right?

 

[Acquiescence]

You seriously mean to tell me that some poor soul has to sit through the whole conference and count the amount of times a word that rhymes with 'switch' is spoken?!

Not worth the hassle. Unless the vast bulk of speakers are Japanese peeps.

 

[Axass]

My take:

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? YES
- Will Wario reveal himself? YES
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? NO
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? NO
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) NO
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? YES

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 3
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 4
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 4
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 0
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 10
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 0

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 17


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) 249.99

 

[Strings]

Brand Manager is best girl.

 

[Zedark]

Awesome betting special, loved it! Especially loved

Spoiler

Brand manager

Jones, so good!

 

[MAtgS]

You seriously mean to tell me that some poor soul has to sit through the whole conference and count the amount of times a word that rhymes with 'switch' is spoken?!

Not worth the hassle. Unless the vast bulk of speakers are Japanese peeps.

They'll have a hundred different commenters telling them the number.

 

[Tregard]

Justice for Huber

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? YES
- Will Wario reveal himself? NO
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? NO
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? YES
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) NO
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? YES

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 10
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 1
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 4
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 3
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 6
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 0

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 20


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch? (Price of lowest SKU) 249.99

 

[wapplew]

They'll have a hundred different commenters telling them the number.

Yep, Chad got it.

 

[Chobel]

Let's do this:

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? Yes
- Will Wario reveal himself? No
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? YES!
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? LOL no.
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) Nope
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? This is a good one, but no.

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 10
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 3
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 4: Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, that hybrid mario/rabbids RPG and the new 3D Mario.
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 7
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 15
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 5

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 55


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) $249

 

[Kneefoil]

Worth watching even just for the beginning scene.

Here are my bets. I wrote the numbers down before any of the allies answered their questions.

Simple bets!

Will the word Metroid be spoken?
No.

Will Wario reveal himself?
Yes, in Mario Kart.

Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself?
Nintendo do like their memes, but no.

Will Wave Race be shown in any form?
My gut says no, but my hopes say yes.

Will Waluigi speak?
Could happen in Mario Kart... but no.

Will Link reveal HERSELF?
No.


Dirty Bets!

How many Rupees will we see?
This is hard because I've been on media blackout for the game, so I have no idea what the open world or dungeons are like in the game. I'm going to say... 12, or 25 is too high.

How many Fire Flowers will appear?
1. It's going to be in Mario Kart. 6 is too high.

How many Switch games shown will star Mario?
4, or if I have to choose over/under, I'll choose 4 is too low.

How many Double Jumps?
If a character double jumps in Smash, and uses their up-B for a third jump, does that count? I'm going to assume it's no, so my answer is 14, or 4 is too low. There'll be plenty of double jumps in Smash.

How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation?
This is a good one. 7: one for each of the Nintendo home console generation. Virtual Boy doesn't count. 11 is too high.

How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said?
0. That's a phrase made up by fans and spectators, and hasn't been used by Nintendo. 3 is too high.


Double Down on Don (I still think these were still worth just 2 point instead of 3)
How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"?
No idea. 13?


Lowest Nintendo Switch price?
$249.99. They'll only have one version they're selling at launch. There are different game bundles, but that's the only difference.

 

[Trago]

Jones looks like a Yakuza character lol.

 

[munchie64]

The winner:

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? No
- Will Wario reveal himself? Yes
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? No
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? Yes (May as well)
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) No
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? No

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 9
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 4
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 4
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 2
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 8
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 1

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 12

FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) 249.99

 

[SinCityAssassin]

The thing that got me the most was when Huber burned the giants merch, youtube annotation told me I could go buy Easy Allies hats and shirts.

 

[LeleSocho]

Jones looks wonderful, even his pose is perfect.

 

[TNH853]

this is just great. love it

 

[SinCityAssassin]

 

[BY2K]

My take:

No double jump are you insane!?

 

[crimilde]

Here are mine:

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? NO
- Will Wario reveal himself? YES
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? NO
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? NO
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) YES
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? NO

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 8
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 3
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 2
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 4
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 8
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 0

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 30


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) 299.99

 

[Tregard]

No double jump are you insane!?

 

[somecrazymember]

hahaha

 

[El-Suave]

EZA has their own satellite now!? Must be nice...

 

[Axass]

You seriously mean to tell me that some poor soul has to sit through the whole conference and count the amount of times a word that rhymes with 'switch' is spoken?!

Not worth the hassle. Unless the vast bulk of speakers are Japanese peeps.

From what I understand the conference is in Japanese, but dubbed in English.

 

[BY2K]

Why was Huber burning clothes?

 

[Earthpainting]

I don't have sound, so I can't watch it yet, but here's my bets:

Simple Bets:
- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? Yes, in the form of "by the makers of..."
- Will Wario reveal himself? Will be visible in Smash Bros port footage.
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? Hmmmm, this was the western tagline, but this is a global show broadcast from Japan, so I'm going to say "no".
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? In zero forms.
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) Yeh-he-hes, he is the perfect candidate to synergise with the Rabbids
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? 'fraid not.

Dirty Bets:
- How many Rupees will we see? 1 rupee, but in the form of a HUD element. I watched the video, and they discounted my HUD rupee. I'll have to change my bet to zero rupes.
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? While Fire Flower Mario is a safe bet, the flower itself will not be shown.
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? Five, including the ports and Virtual Console appearances
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? There will be two double jumps in the footage.
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? There will be nine clicks.
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? This will be said zero times.

Double. Down. on. Don.:
- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? Twenty, but none of them will be intentional rhyme with Switch, and shall only appear in normal dialogue.

FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) 249 American dollaridoos.

 

[also]

This betting special was very cringey. People trying too hard to play characters. Liked it more when it was Kyle vs Huber.

Simple Bets:

Y- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken?
Y- Will Wario reveal himself?
N- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself?
N- Will Wave Race be shown in any form?
Y- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.)
N- Will Link reveal HERSELF?

Dirty Bets:

10- How many Rupees will we see?
10- How many Fire Flowers will appear?
3- How many Switch games shown will star Mario?
17- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps?
10- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation?
1- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said?

Double. Down. on. Don.:

7- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"?


FINAL BETS:
249,99$- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU)

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Do they do they 99ct thing anymore ? I would say it's 249.

 

[Axass]

No double jump are you insane!?

Mario doesn't double jump, does he? Unless you count wall-jumping.

 

[Kinsei]

Rainy Day Ian is great. I hope he wins.

My bets.

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? YES
- Will Wario reveal himself? YES
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? NO
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? NO
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) YES
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? NO

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 5
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 3
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 4
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 3
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 12
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 1

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 30


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) $249.99

 

[also]

Mario doesn't double jump, does he? Unless you count wall-jumping.

If they show Smash there will be lots of double jumping.

 

[-shadow-]

Oh boy. This'll be amazing!

 

[Zedark]

OMG LMAO

 

[Hasney]

Why was Huber burning clothes?

When Ultima Brad beat him at PSX/The Game Awards, he was forced to wear SF Giants Baseball gear for 4 weeks. He was burning that.

 

[HandsomeCharles]

Edit: never mind

 

[somecrazymember]

Why was Huber burning clothes?

He lost the previous bet and had to wear it for a long time. He hates that team

 

[joker3782]

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? Yes. But most likely by accident and it'll lead to nothing.
- Will Wario reveal himself? No. Not in that way. Gotta protect the childrens innocence.
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? Yes. It will be all that is said in the splatoon trailer
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? They are more likely to ask the question "whats a wave race?" And move on than show actual wave race
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) Dont think he'll show up
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? Yes.

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 666
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 3
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 3
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 2 (also whats this in reference to? I know Elyse from funhaus but im not familiar with her past work on gametrailers)
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 64
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 64

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 64


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) $249.99

 

[Japanmanx3]

Hype! Punished Huber still shook lol

 

[Don Draper's Hat]

Why was Huber burning clothes?

As punishment for losing the last bet he had to wear a San Francisco Giants (?) hat and shirt every time he was on screen for a few weeks. He's a whatever the LA equivalent is fan, so I assume they're rivals.

He burned the SF hat and shirt.

 

[wildfire]

This was a riveting segment and they really sold their channel well. They need a new betting champion.

 

[Axass]

If they show Smash there will be lots of double jumping.

Yeah, but that's pretty much it: should be no double jumping on Mario Kart, Splatoon, Zelda, Mario, Rabbids, NBA, Skyrim. If they show Smash I'm gonna lose the bet, otherwise I'm pretty much set.

 

[BY2K]

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? Yes.
- Will Wario reveal himself? Yes
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? Yes.
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? Yes.
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) No.
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? No.

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 0
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 1
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 3
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 9
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 15
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 0

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 4


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) 249.99$

 

[Earthpainting]

Yeah, but that's pretty much it: should be no double jumping on Mario Kart, Splatoon, Zelda, Mario, Rabbids, NBA, Skyrim. If they show Smash I'm gonna lose the bet, otherwise I'm pretty much set.

I was thinking the same. I'm banking on no significant Smash Bros footage, but left some wiggle room for double jumps in the token indie-game sizzle reel.

 

[wapplew]

Of all the personalities, I want Rainyday Ian or Brand Manager as new champ the most.
It's about time a none angry male take the slusser cup.

 

[Strings]

After watching all the way through, I feel like the format this time around really hurt the entertainment value >.<

Still fun, just needlessly over-complicated.

E3 betting special still GOAT

 

[Nesther]

Can't wait to watch this after work. Gonna be soo good.

 

[KingSnake]

Simple Bets:

- Will the word "Metroid" be spoken? No
- Will Wario reveal himself? No
- Will the phrase "You're a kid now, you're a squid now" reveal itself? Yes
- Will Wave Race be shown in any form? Yes
- Will Waluigi speak? (This includes grunts, laughs, etc.) Yes
- Will Link reveal HERSELF? Yes

Dirty Bets:

- How many Rupees will we see? 1001
- How many Fire Flowers will appear? 2
- How many Switch games shown will star Mario? 4
- (The Elyse Special) How many Double Jumps? 2
- How many Switch clicks will we hear during the presentation? 14
- How many times will the phrase "Make the Switch" be said? 0

Double. Down. on. Don.:

- How many times will a word be spoken out loud that rhymes with the word "Switch"? 5


FINAL BETS:
- What will be the US retail price of the Switch (Price of lowest SKU) 249.99