|  06-05-2009, 09:27 AM | #16 | 
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|  06-05-2009, 09:35 AM | #17 | 
| The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠            Posts: 74,433 Karma: 318076944 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis | PHP Code: 
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|  06-05-2009, 09:37 AM | #18 | 
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|  06-05-2009, 09:40 AM | #19 | 
| The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠            Posts: 74,433 Karma: 318076944 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis | 
			
			I think I've won -- (X) shows the line -- you didn't see my cunning trap until too late. PHP Code: 
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|  06-05-2009, 09:56 AM | #20 | |
| Storm Surge'n            Posts: 5,781 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1 | Quote: 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:01 AM | #21 | 
| aka coco jinlo            Posts: 415 Karma: 500002 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ-USA Device: Just purchased Sony 505, but alas, it is for the wife | 
			
			I was watching and I didn't see that 3D line either. Interesting game. | 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:02 AM | #22 | 
| the snarky blue one            Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10" |  Can't believe this thread has gone 20+ posts already with only 2 participants and no one has hijacked it yet. I couldn't resist any longer. I'm done now. Carry on. (Go Team Puppy!) Last edited by Lady Blue; 06-05-2009 at 10:05 AM. Reason: oops, my post is too late, as usual. NEVERMIND. | 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:08 AM | #23 | |
| Storm Surge'n            Posts: 5,781 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1 | Quote: 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:18 AM | #24 | 
| the snarky blue one            Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10" | 
			
			It might not have worked with more than 2 players.  The way posts go, the Xs & Os would have been played out of turn, etc. etc.
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|  06-05-2009, 10:23 AM | #25 | 
| The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠            Posts: 74,433 Karma: 318076944 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis | 
			
			That's why I worded the first post carefully. If more than one person posted the 'next' move, only the first valid move posted would count.
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|  06-05-2009, 10:23 AM | #26 | |
| Storm Surge'n            Posts: 5,781 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1 | Quote: 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:33 AM | #27 | |
| the snarky blue one            Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10" | Quote: 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:39 AM | #28 | 
| Storm Surge'n            Posts: 5,781 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1 | 
			
			Ah, right, I forgot. Just think if several Canadian and British members got into a game. There would be a lot of "no you first", "no you went first" "no allow me to allow you to go first"...... Politeness in the extreme! Sounds like a Monty Python routine.  Or maybe similar to the phone routine, "No you hang-up first". WDE. Last edited by Wetdogeared; 06-05-2009 at 10:43 AM. | 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:47 AM | #29 | |
| the snarky blue one            Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10" | Quote: 
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|  06-05-2009, 10:48 AM | #30 | 
| The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠            Posts: 74,433 Karma: 318076944 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis | 
			
			Thanks. It's necessary to go to the 4x4x4 board instead of a 3x3x3 board, because the 3x3x3 board is a trivial first player win. It has been proved that even the 4x4x4 game is a first player win, given optimal play. But I didn't know that before I went to search just now! Qubic: 4x4x4 Tic-Tac-Toe, Mathematics Magazine, 53(4):202--216, September 1980" by Oren Patashnik Luckily there still isn't (as far as I know) an easy to follow optimal strategy. | 
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