But keep trying ... you might just win

javacodeman wrote:

I just wanted to post my frustration at the game.  After just math-nelly picking a number of boxes, I thought I figure out how to win:

Let the number of boxes remaining be "B"

if B modulo 3 is equal to 1, pick one box
if B modulo 3 is equal to 2, pick two boxes
if B modulo 3 is equal to 0, you'll lose (assuming that the other player follows the above two rules)

Since the starting point is B = 18 (which is divisible by 3) and since deep grey knows how to play, you can never win.


java

Okay, I'll recant somewhat.  After figuring out the method of winning, I assumed that the programmer made deep grey smart enough to win every time.  Apparently he lapses every once in a while.

java

Huh, cool. I just made the same assumption and thought the Deep Grey would always win.

As for the other thing, when random words get replaced by random other words, it's almost certainly the work of the word filter. I'm not sure why the replacement is hair, but that's what's doing it anyway.

Thanks Zhy.

.. fixed it: Deep Grey

(I wonder if there are any cool variations I could make?)

Last edited by MathsIsFun (2007-04-14 09:16:22)

Heh, this is pretty easy, the first time I won by clicking 'Pick Two' the whole way, second time I clicked 'Pick One' only at the end.

The game is too easy for me now...now I know that;

Really? I played it a few dozen times (literally) and its method never changed. Perhaps this is a bug or a glitch needing to be fixed? Perhaps I am wrong myself.

Thus proving that the game 'Deep Grey' is a sorry game...

...

Whatever that may mean, anyway.