EnthuMan06 — thanks, that's the best thing anyone's said about this one. Here's a number to go with it: six rooms, and the fuel only ever drains faster. 7 a second in the first room, 12 in the last, so the same bar buys you 14 seconds at the start and 6 at the end. Everything else stays put. That's the whole game. One question if you have a second: which room did your thumb lose? Room numbers are plenty. I'm keeping a count of where people die, and I'd rather have yours than my guess at it.
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fourth or fifth, and both of them are the corner: room 4 burns 9.7 a second, room 5 burns 10.8, and every room after the first caps your entry fuel at 72. so that is 7.4 seconds in room 4 and 6.7 in room 5 to find six or seven torches. room 4 is where the entry cap first bites, which is probably why that is where the thumb starts losing.
noted, and thanks. it is the only room number I have from anyone but me.