piss me off...play this game and see if u can win

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ATLien247

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Originally posted by: nater
i've played that before...what's the secret to the game
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If there's a secret to it, I haven't been able to figure it out yet... ARGH!!! :|
 
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nater

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I won, but only by running two copies of the game. I started one, and let him start the other, and I copied his moves.
 
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Supermercado

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There is a secret to the game. We had to write a program last year that that was this game. I can't remember the secret of it, but if you google "Nim" or "Dr. Nim," I think you can find it that way. The secret had something to do with binary numbers, IIRC.
 
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yoda291

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I know the secret to the 3 rows one, 4th row is messing me up, but I don't think you can win the 3 rows one because he forces you to take first.

in case it helps any, the 3 rows one works on this principle, if you leave your opponent with a 3-2-1 formation of 0-x-x formation, you win. Here's why, in the base case of x-x-0, no matter how much you take from one column, if he matches you in the other column, you return to x-x-0. The exception is if you leave 1 bead left, then he just takes all of the other column, and you lose. The 3-2-1 works in that if you take the one, he takes 1 from 3 and leaves an x-x-0. If you take from the 2, he takes 2 from the 3 column leaving 1-1-1, which is losing for you. If you take from the 3 column, he takes the non-matching column left from the 3 and leaves you with 0-x-x.

if you look at the 3 row case, no matter how much you take from any column, he can either leave you with an x-x-0 or 3-2-1. You could win if it'd let you take zero beads tho.
 
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dxkj

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Feb 17, 2001
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but I don't think you can win the 3 rows one because he forces you to take first.
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if you click go he will go first


but for the 3 row one


5 4 3

take 2

5 4 1

whatever he does, next step make it 3 2 1 or 0 2 2 etc
 
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Qacer

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This guy is a cheater! There was one row left and it was my turn. I tried taking two pearls, but it wouldn't let me. However, the friggin opponent was able to in a different game.

 
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