Tyranu
Evavu Guide
Written by fire_faerie_872
I know, I know. Tyranu Evavu is a luck game. That means there IS no strategy.
Right? WRONG! If you want the avatar, love the game, or just want the glorious,
glorious NP (or all three), then this guide is for you!
Well, I�ll tell you right off the bat that I do not have a trophy in Tyranu
Evavu, but I do have the avatar, and that�s generally why people play the game.
In fact, I got the avatar the very first day it came out � using this very
strategy! So without further ado, these are the rules of the game, and the
four-step strategy I used to get my avatar.
Tyranu Evavu costs 30 NP each round to play. When you start the round, two cards
(like from a deck of cards) will be shown. One will be face up, the other face
down. Your objective is to correctly guess if the face down card is higher (tyranu)
or lower (evavu) than the face up card. Each guess you get right increased your
prize (which is NP, of course). The amount of NP for correctly guessing all 52
cards is 12,000 NP. That�s a lot of cash!
One thing you have to look out for is pressing the correct button. The tyranu
button starts out on top of evavu, but they switch around sporadically, so make
sure you are paying attention to which button you�re pushing! There are three
Neopets that �supervise� your playing: Uggsul, Jarbjarb and Oogaroo. As far as I
can tell, the odds of getting "easier" cards are the same, but I do have a
favourite :). They�ll wish you good luck before you start though, but a fat lot
of good THAT does you when your first card is a 7! Aces are the highest card,
and 2s are the lowest. The suit of the card does not matter. There will never be
a tie; the face down card will never be the same as the face up one. Just so you
know, you need to get fifteen correct guesses in a row to get the Tyranu Evavu
avatar. Well, now that you know the rules, let�s learn the strategy! Here is my
four-step strategy:
<h2>Be Consistent</h2>
Choose which cards you will always choose tyranu for and the cards you choose
evavu for. Personally, I ALWAYS pick tyranu for cards 2-7 (up to and including
7). From 8-A, I ALWAYS pick evavu (except in the case of Rule 3). Having this
consistency may seem picky at first, but if you stay with it, you�ll find that
it pays out very well for the most part. Also, you�ll find that you won't get as
angry when you miss, which is a big plus for me especially.
<h2>Keep Track of the Cards Already Played</h2>
In case you haven't noticed, the highest possible score in this game is 52 - one
point for each card in a deck. Duh! That means that there are four of each card.
Think about it... in a normal deck of cards there are four Aces (Clubs,
Diamonds, Hearts and Spades), and four of every other number. It will probably
help to keep an actual written tally next to your computer while you�re playing.
That may seem a little silly, but it does work. TRUST ME! The easiest way to do
this is to make a list of numbers and then put a line next to the number when it
comes up. Remember: there should only be four lines next to any number. If there
isn�t, then you�ve been counting wrong!
<h2>Don't be Unwise</h2>
If you've had lots of 2s, 3s, 4s and 5s come up, if you get an 8 then pick
tyranu (because lots more lower cards have already been played, compared to
higher cards� get it?). If you follow Rule 2, you should know how many of each
card has been played. Go with what is more probable. This rule generally works
better after the 15th card has been played, because the odds are easier to
calculate the further you go. So don�t follow Rule 1 to a tee. I know that kind
of contradicts Rule 1, but using your brain is important! I�d say use the first
rule up to the 15th card. After that, switch to the third rule.
<h2>Don't Get Frustrated</h2>
I often have days where I'll lose 6 times in a row on the first card, and then
Jarbjarb won't let me play anymore. Sure, you�ll get a little ticked off, but go
and play Whack-A-Kass and take your frustrations out on a poor, defenceless
creature, all right? There�s always tomorrow. Besides, you should be spending
more time out in the fresh air anyway. Why don�t you go and visit your grandma
instead? And if you don�t want to do that, why don�t you go watch your little
sister play the game? And by �watch� I mean �kick her off because you�re so
addicted to the game and SHE�S DOING IT WRONG! But even when you�re obsessed
with Tyranu Evavu I�d still recommend against it � playing it too long can give
you funny dreams about playing cards and Tyrannian pets, all in a language that
you don�t understand�
The key to getting a high score in Tyranu Evavu is to KEEP GOING! Even though
there is a quasi-strategy to the game, remember that it is about 95 percent
luck. I mean, you never know what card will come up next, and you never know if
the face down card is a 2 when your face up card is a 3 (grrr�). Like I said
before: I don�t have the trophy. That�s mostly because of the way the cards were
dealt to me (or so I claim). Just remember: every once in a while that perfect
game comes up, and that perfect game could be yours! So don't worry � you'll get
that avatar, or that 30th card, or that great big shiny trophy. Eventually.
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