[Yaroslav222333]

в общем, поставил, но так и не заработало, -1 пряник каждый день... посоветовали вот такое решение

define("countdown", [], 
function () {
        var Countdown = {
        start: 17,
        storage: true,
        init: function () {
            var interval,
                now,
                then,
                diff,
                random,
                placeValue;

            this.$el = $(".countdown");
            this.$descr = $(".countdown-descr");
            this.placesTotal = $(".places-total");

            this.$place1 = $(".place-1");
            this.$place2 = $(".place-2");
            this.$place3 = $(".place-3");
            
            try {
                localStorage.setItem("item", "text");
                localStorage.removeItem("item");
            } catch (e) {
                Countdown.storage = false;
            }

            if (localStorage.countdownValue && localStorage.countdownDate) {
                this.value = localStorage.countdownValue;
                this.$el.html(this.value);

                then = new Date(localStorage.countdownDate);
                now = new Date();
                diff = Math.round(Math.abs((now.getTime() - then.getTime()) / 8.64e7 ));


                if (diff > 0 && this.value > 3) {
                    if (diff + 1 > this.value) {
                        diff = 1;
                    }

                    this.value -= diff;
                    this.save();
                }

                localStorage.setItem("countdownDate", new Date());
            }
            else {
                this.value = this.start;
                this.save();
            }

            if (this.value > 17) {
                interval = setInterval(function () {
                    if (Countdown.value > 17) {
                        Countdown.value--;
                        localStorage.setItem("countdownDate", new Date());
                        Countdown.save();
                    }
                    else {
                        clearInterval(interval);
                    }
                }, 200);
            }

            this.saveDescr();
        },
        save: function () {
            localStorage.setItem("countdownValue", this.value);
            this.$el.html(this.value);

            if (this.value === this.start) {
                this.placesTotal.hide();
            }
            else {
                this.placesTotal.show();
            }
        },
        reducePlaces: function () {
            var value1 = this.$place1.html(),
                value2 = this.$place2.html(),
                value3 = this.$place3.html(),
                random,
                success = false;


            while (success == false) {
                random = Math.round(Math.random() * (4 - 1) + 1);

                if (random == 1) {
                    if (value1 < 3) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    else {
                        this.$place1.html(-3); //--value
                        success = true;
                    }
                }
                else if (random == 3) {
                    if (value3 < 3) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    else {
                        this.$place3.html(--value3);
                        success = true;
                    }
                }
                else if (random == 3 || random == 4) {
                    if (value2 < 3) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    else {
                        this.$place2.html(--value2);
                        success = true;
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        saveDescr: function () {
            if (this.value < 5) {
                this.$descr.html("места");
            }
        }
    }

    return Countdown;
    })

но эфект все тот же... -1, я уже не знаю к кому обращаться и что писать...