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locqust
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Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 545 Location: Gloucestershire UK
[circle set] #016 XXX Ok card is worth 4 points here and it's by the lovely Tippy.
text reads as follows..
The other day Caine and I were playing 3D tic-tac-toe during a particularly boring Academy lecture. To rest our brains a little we switched to a few games of traditional tic-tac-toe. After 17 straight draws in a row I caught Caine napping* and won this game comfortably.
I'm X. where are the two spaces I can play next to guarantee the win?
*to be fair he was also trying to compose the lyrics to a new song he was working on at the same time.
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3D tic-tac-toe???? ouch!
Here is the scan of the front, the back is just the hint line backing.
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:25 pm
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QuadsChick
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Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 38 Location: Richmond, VA, USA
well, considering she's "x"
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bottom center and bottom right would be the two options
just realized it does say that's she's "x" on the card
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:52 pm
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spugmeistress
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Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 460 Location: manchester, uk
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
If I'm not mistaken, either of the two spaces left on the bottom row would guarantee her a win.
rach =)
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:52 pm
sledgecallier
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Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 414 Location: Behind the Sofa...
I thought Tippy and Caine were classed as members of staff. Why where they in lectures anyway??
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:02 pm
moviegirl
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Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 4
just thought I'd mention that although you can also solve this tic tac toe puzzle by placing an X in bottom middle, and then another X top middle, the solve tells me that it doesn't accept it as a viable option.
basically there are two ways you can solve this card, but only one is accepted.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:26 pm
Juxta
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Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 675
I think that the key phrase in the question here is "guarantee the win" -
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if Tippy is playing next and places her X in the bottom middle or bottom right space, Caine can only block one of her attempts to get three in a row. If you were to play top middle, Caine simply plays the bottom middle next round (and vice versa) and the game ends in another draw.
J
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:02 am
moviegirl
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Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 4
Let's see if I can do spoilers... *gives it a go*
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If you play bottom middle first, then Caine has two options to try to block with next - top middle, or bottom right, he could pick either.
Then to guarantee the win, Tippy can play which ever one Caine did not.
Either way, Tippy has to play bottom middle next, but depending on where Caine plays after that, there are two viable options to end the game. But only one is accepted to get the points.
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:06 pm
moviegirl
Greenhorn
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 4
well, it worked, but I stuffed the end hope no one minds
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:07 pm
darklord
Boot
Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Brandon, FL
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The answer is bottom middle because of what you said, but the bottom right comes from the fact that she can place an x there and caine can block either bottom middle or top left but not both.
So...
bottom middle=gauranteed win
bottom right=gauranteed win
Exactly what Juxta said but I hope it's clarified
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:46 pm
moviegirl
Greenhorn
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 4
I still say there are multiple ways of winning... but I see your points
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:17 pm
Small Geezer
Boot
Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 64
Anyone else note the emboldened text on this card? Doesn't seem to spell anything of note to me, but anyone else had any thoughts?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:37 am
drizzt
Guest
Small Geezer wrote:
Anyone else note the emboldened text on this card? Doesn't seem to spell anything of note to me, but anyone else had any thoughts?
Looks like anything capitalized was bolded... TCI3DAAIXI spell anything for you?
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:55 pm
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