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Add Risky tier for bid-below-walk-away recover plays - #86

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Summary

Adds a Risky option verdict so familiar pursuit-pressure plays can be named without calling them Disqualifying—or treating them as Defensible gate clears.

Changes

  • New risky tier in the scoring ladder (bestdefensiblecostlyriskydisqualifying), scored at 0.1
  • Orange border/label styling so Risky stays visually distinct from amber Costly and red Disqualifying
  • Retier Bid $94M and plan to recover… on bid-no-bid-price-to-win-walk-away from Disqualifying → Risky
  • Soften consequence + explanation + shelf watch-for to acknowledge the move is common under pressure, still a named risk posture

Why not Defensible?

Making that answer Defensible would clear the question (≥ 0.6) and contradict the shelf teaching that walk-away is the company’s floor. Risky keeps the real-world nuance without grading the habit as a sound gate.

Test plan

  • Chapter quiz on Price-to-win targets versus walk-away economics → pick recover-later option → shows Risky (not Disqualifying)
  • Consequence acknowledges teams do bid this way under pressure
  • Spot-check other options still Best / Defensible / Costly

Risky verdict on recover-later option

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Introduce a fifth option verdict between Costly and Disqualifying
so familiar pursuit-pressure moves can be named without treating
them as cleared gates. Retier the price-to-win vs walk-away
reveal-tradeoff answer accordingly and align the shelf watch-for.
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