Sequencer | StrangerCoug's turn

[Plotinus]

and for expediency's sake, if you accept that I will add to that as my turn (the numbers being 1 and 324)

This was the last move made, and it was made 38 hours ago, on Sun, 2020.09.20 17:02:05 (Europe time), so I should have prodded you yesterday afternoon (24 hours after Errant made her move), but because I was late to prod you, you can have until (expired on 2020-09-23 07:00:00).

[Plotinus]

Do players dislike the "your timer starts as soon as the last person goes" rule? Would players prefer it to instead start when I update the game?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Do players dislike the "your timer starts as soon as the last person goes" rule? Would players prefer it to instead start when I update the game?

+1

I definitely would because it gets confusing, like the time before last, when I incorrectly assumed it was my turn again, so I miss it when you don’t update the game first.

[Nancy Drew 39]

I’ll try to come up with something tomorrow.

[Sirius9121]

Do players dislike the "your timer starts as soon as the last person goes" rule? Would players prefer it to instead start when I update the game?

I have no preferance because I can presubmit sequences

[StrangerCoug]

Do players dislike the "your timer starts as soon as the last person goes" rule? Would players prefer it to instead start when I update the game?

I prefer the current rule.

[Plotinus]

The way I see it is that you usually have about a few days to think of something from the time to get your cards to the time it's your turn and then you get two days after that, so it's basically a week the way things are right now.

[Nancy Drew 39]

32, 1, 58, 256

32 -1 = inverse 13, 5 +8 =13, 2 + 5 + 6 =13

Each number or combination of numbers either results in the digit 13 or a flipped 13 or 31 in the case of 32 -1

[Nancy Drew 39]

The way I see it is that you usually have about a few days to think of something from the time to get your cards to the time it's your turn and then you get two days after that, so it's basically a week the way things are right now.

That isn’t really my issue. I need you to update the thread, otherwise I can’t tell whether it’s my turn to post or not and this is evidenced by the fact that one time I incorrectly assumed it was my turn when it wasn’t and had difficulty calculating the amount of time I needed without getting prodded. This might not be a particularly big deal for people who don’t have a learning disability but for those of us with dyslexia, it makes things a helluva a lot unnecessarily stressful when it doesn’t need to be. Now, if you want to allow one day less for the update, to make this a lot clearer, I don’t have an issue with that but I would struggle a lot less in this game, with much clearer updates. Since that wouldn’t have any adverse impact on the game, what is the harm in making it more dyslexia/learning disability friendly?

[StrangerCoug]

In that case, I think it's reasonable to make an exception for accommodating Nancy.

[Plotinus]

I agree, that's a reasonable accommodation for players with disabilities. Thanks for speaking up, Nancy. Your turn can start when I update the thread and I'll prod you even if it looks like you're actively posting.


About allowing a combination of numbers to add up to or subtract to 13 or 31 -- until now the rules for sequences have had to apply to each number individually, but this one is well defined enough that I think it could work if we limit it to addition and subtraction and no more than two separate cards per combination? It does pass the test of "can i figure out which of the cards in my hand is allowed?" What do you guys think.

[Sirius9121]

The way I see it, the 256 shouldn't really work like that, but both the others are... Okay!

[D3f3nd3r]

Idk I’m still really confused about what the concept of that would look like. Would I be allowed to do things with other numbers in the sequence too (ie. with 58 already played, could I hypothetically play 45 because 58 - 45 = 13)?

[Sirius9121]

Plot, is it allowed?

[Plotinus]

I PMed Nancy to ask her to clarify, since it's her rule.

In favour of yes: sequences are many-to-many relationship -- if the rule is "divisible by 7" then all the numbers have divisibility-by-sevenness in common with each other, so if we allow combinations between two numbers then it shouldn't matter whether the numbers are played at the same time or at diferent times.

In favour of no: without looking at anybody's hands, whoever goes next is probably going to be able to complete this sequence, and it's in the best interests of the team that played the sequence for the rule to be interpreted as narrowly as possible, requiring players to play the two cards that are being combined at the same time.

[Plotinus]

If we don't hear from Nancy by (expired on 2020-09-24 14:53:55), then the rule will be interpreted as "The card is itself 13, 31; or the digit sum of the card is 13 or 31; or two cards played together have a digit sum of 13, 31; or two cards played together can be added to or subtracted from each other to achieve 13 or 31." I think this is closest to the spirit of what Nancy was trying to say without making the sequence be "whoever goes next gets 11 points".


I think allowing combinations like this doesn't break the game too much because it's never going to come up in a bingo (applies to too much of the deck), so it doesn't put the team that creates the sequence at an unfair point advantage.

[Nancy Drew 39]

If we don't hear from Nancy by (expired on 2020-09-24 14:53:55), then the rule will be interpreted as "The card is itself 13, 31; or the digit sum of the card is 13 or 31; or two cards played together have a digit sum of 13, 31; or two cards played together can be added to or subtracted from each other to achieve 13 or 31." I think this is closest to the spirit of what Nancy was trying to say without making the sequence be "whoever goes next gets 11 points".


I think allowing combinations like this doesn't break the game too much because it's never going to come up in a bingo (applies to too much of the deck), so it doesn't put the team that creates the sequence at an unfair point advantage.

Alright fine, let’s go with that then.

[D3f3nd3r]

Would I be allowed to do things with other numbers in the sequence too (ie. with 58 already played, could I hypothetically play 45 because 58 - 45 = 13)?

[Errantparabola]

it appears that the two cards have to be played together

[Plotinus]

Spoiler: completed sequences

• [24, 2, 43, 15, 256, 4, 20] at least half of the digits of n² - 1 are the same number and this repeating number is a number that is shown on the middle or right hand side of a keypad
  
• [6, 10, 120, 750, 9, 30, 1000] {
  n = 2

  i

  × 3

  j

  × 5

  k

  for some non-negative integers

  i

  ,

  j

  ,

  k
  } 5-smooth numbers
• [46, 59, 164, 89, 61, 104, 106] In base 8, at least 50% of the numbers are a same repeating digit and the repeating digit is a square of any non-negative integer (0,1,4)
  
• [14, 15, 5, 57, 81, 19, 60] the first number of x is a term of 'a(n) is the largest term in the continued fraction for a(n-1) + n^2/a(n-1), where a(1)=1.'
  
• [69, 529, 14, 15, 28, 45, 92, 1000] “integer multiples of the jersey numbers from the starters on the Los Angeles Lakers in their game on August 13” (those jersey numbers are 23, 88, 5, 7, and 14)
  
• [21, 8, 1, 42, 94, 35, 100] digit sum is a term of 'Partial sums of the positive integers n according to the rule: if n is square then add sqrt(n) else add n.'
  
• [ 61, 56, 216, 66, 13, 1, 8]numbers that are odd mod 5
  
• [18, 29, 37, 82, 243, 81, 55] Numbers whose digit sum is between 9 and 11 inclusive
  
• [10, 20, 200, 1, 5, 400, 500, 700] Numbers with only one nonzero digit
  
• [9, 27, 35, 36, 11, 63, 83] numbers that, when mapped onto the 88 keys of the keyboard with 1 being the lowest and 88 being the highest, represent notes that are members of a G7b9 chord (namely, the notes G, B, D, F, and Ab)
  
• [34, 400, 9, 15, 27, 87, 53] x²'s first digit is a term of 'a(n) is the number of palindromic numbers with 7 digits in base n which are also palindromic in base n+1.'
  
• [5, 25, 27, 36, 64, 96, 98 7 smooth numbers
  
• [11, 32, 34, 128, 676, 3, 85, 21] Numbers whose digit sum is prime
  
• [2, 64, 50, 6, 84, 74, 50] {
  2n
  } multiples of 2
  
• [5, 17, 70, 7, 31, 39, 71.] squarefree
  
• [95, 3, 17, 48, 11, 47, 45] the first digit of x, converted into base 3, has no 2
  
• [841, 576, 36, 49, 25, 169, 484, 900] {
  n²
  }square numbers
  
• [10, 13, 19, 81, 67, 16, 64] contains a digit equivalent to 1 mod 5
  
• [196, 17, 441, 33, 42, 16, 3] the first digit of x fulfills 'a(n) = binomial(n, floor((n-1)/2)).'

Haversine: vincentw, ErrantParabola: 50 points

• [9, 73, 90, 7] numbers that, when written in English, have its most common letter represent at least one third of all the letters in the name
  
• [62, 97, 68, 23, 84] numbers that, when represented in month/date format with leading zeroes removed, land on a weekend in the year 2024
  
• [2, 86, 165] within 3 of a multiple of 83
  
• [41, 51, 89] numbers equivalent to ±1 mod 10
  
• [8, 18, 44, 1, 324] digit sum is a perfect power (k^n with n > 1, k and n are integers)

Exsecant: Sirius9121, Nancy Drew 39: 82 points

• [1, 8, 9, 2] {
  n < 10
  } single digit numbers
  
• [12, 20, 28] {
  n ≡ 4 (mod 8)
  } divided by 8 leaves a remainder of 4
  
• [1, 8, 15] {
  7n+1
  } divided by 7 leaves a remainder of 1
  
• [14, 35, 56] {
  7n
  } divisible by 7
  
• [144, 75, 93] either the digits sum to 12, or the number is a multiple of 12
  
• [32, 1, 58, 256] The card is itself 13, 31; or the digit sum of the card is 13 or 31; or two cards played together have a digit sum of 13, 31; or two cards played at the same time can be added to or subtracted from each other to achieve 13 or 31.

Chord: StrangerCoug, D3f3nd3r: 51 points

• [8, 10, 40] numbers that, when spelled normally in English, have no duplicated letters
  
• [13, 16, 343] numbers containing a double letter when written out
  
• [3, 63, 600] Numbers, all of whose digits are divisible by 3 (0 counts)

It's

D3f3nd3r

's turn. There are 44 cards left in the deck.

Would I be allowed to do things with other numbers in the sequence too (ie. with 58 already played, could I hypothetically play 45 because 58 - 45 = 13)?

No, I think that'll make it too easy to complete, since it's already almost four fours. So it'll have to be two numbers you're playing at the same time. If you have a 45 and a 32 you could play 45-32 = 13, or if you have a 45 and a 22 then you could do 4 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 13, or 45 and 77 (45 - 7 - 7 = 31) but you have to play them both at once.

[D3f3nd3r]

Play 1, 6, 12 to complete Haversine's top sequence

and finally go full-circle from where we started this game

[Plotinus]

Spoiler: completed sequences

• [24, 2, 43, 15, 256, 4, 20] at least half of the digits of n² - 1 are the same number and this repeating number is a number that is shown on the middle or right hand side of a keypad
  
• [6, 10, 120, 750, 9, 30, 1000] {
  n = 2

  i

  × 3

  j

  × 5

  k

  for some non-negative integers

  i

  ,

  j

  ,

  k
  } 5-smooth numbers
• [46, 59, 164, 89, 61, 104, 106] In base 8, at least 50% of the numbers are a same repeating digit and the repeating digit is a square of any non-negative integer (0,1,4)
  
• [14, 15, 5, 57, 81, 19, 60] the first number of x is a term of 'a(n) is the largest term in the continued fraction for a(n-1) + n^2/a(n-1), where a(1)=1.'
  
• [69, 529, 14, 15, 28, 45, 92, 1000] “integer multiples of the jersey numbers from the starters on the Los Angeles Lakers in their game on August 13” (those jersey numbers are 23, 88, 5, 7, and 14)
  
• [21, 8, 1, 42, 94, 35, 100] digit sum is a term of 'Partial sums of the positive integers n according to the rule: if n is square then add sqrt(n) else add n.'
  
• [ 61, 56, 216, 66, 13, 1, 8]numbers that are odd mod 5
  
• [18, 29, 37, 82, 243, 81, 55] Numbers whose digit sum is between 9 and 11 inclusive
  
• [10, 20, 200, 1, 5, 400, 500, 700] Numbers with only one nonzero digit
  
• [9, 27, 35, 36, 11, 63, 83] numbers that, when mapped onto the 88 keys of the keyboard with 1 being the lowest and 88 being the highest, represent notes that are members of a G7b9 chord (namely, the notes G, B, D, F, and Ab)
  
• [34, 400, 9, 15, 27, 87, 53] x²'s first digit is a term of 'a(n) is the number of palindromic numbers with 7 digits in base n which are also palindromic in base n+1.'
  
• [5, 25, 27, 36, 64, 96, 98 7 smooth numbers
  
• [11, 32, 34, 128, 676, 3, 85, 21] Numbers whose digit sum is prime
  
• [2, 64, 50, 6, 84, 74, 50] {
  2n
  } multiples of 2
  
• [5, 17, 70, 7, 31, 39, 71.] squarefree
  
• [95, 3, 17, 48, 11, 47, 45] the first digit of x, converted into base 3, has no 2
  
• [841, 576, 36, 49, 25, 169, 484, 900] {
  n²
  }square numbers
  
• [10, 13, 19, 81, 67, 16, 64] contains a digit equivalent to 1 mod 5
  
• [196, 17, 441, 33, 42, 16, 3] the first digit of x fulfills 'a(n) = binomial(n, floor((n-1)/2)).'
  
• [9, 73, 90, 7, 1, 6, 12] numbers that, when written in English, have its most common letter represent at least one third of all the letters in the name

Haversine: vincentw, ErrantParabola: 50 points

• [62, 97, 68, 23, 84] numbers that, when represented in month/date format with leading zeroes removed, land on a weekend in the year 2024
  
• [2, 86, 165] within 3 of a multiple of 83
  
• [41, 51, 89] numbers equivalent to ±1 mod 10
  
• [8, 18, 44, 1, 324] digit sum is a perfect power (k^n with n > 1, k and n are integers)

Exsecant: Sirius9121, Nancy Drew 39: 82 points

• [1, 8, 9, 2] {
  n < 10
  } single digit numbers
  
• [12, 20, 28] {
  n ≡ 4 (mod 8)
  } divided by 8 leaves a remainder of 4
  
• [1, 8, 15] {
  7n+1
  } divided by 7 leaves a remainder of 1
  
• [14, 35, 56] {
  7n
  } divisible by 7
  
• [144, 75, 93] either the digits sum to 12, or the number is a multiple of 12
  
• [32, 1, 58, 256] The card is itself 13, 31; or the digit sum of the card is 13 or 31; or two cards played together have a digit sum of 13, 31; or two cards played at the same time can be added to or subtracted from each other to achieve 13 or 31.

Chord: StrangerCoug, D3f3nd3r: 58 points

• [8, 10, 40] numbers that, when spelled normally in English, have no duplicated letters
  
• [13, 16, 343] numbers containing a double letter when written out
  
• [3, 63, 600] Numbers, all of whose digits are divisible by 3 (0 counts)

Chord gains 7 points. It's

vincentw

's turn. There are 41 cards left in the deck.

[D3f3nd3r]

Wait I only played 3 cards, why did the number of cards left in the deck go from 48 to 41?

[Plotinus]

Because I forgot to update it update it when Nancy went. I'll edit the previous one

[D3f3nd3r]

That'd do it, thanks for fixing