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)
I think this meets all the criteria. Does anyone have any objections to this bingo in particular?
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More broadly, assuming sirius tries to get a bingo every turn for the rest of the game, is this going to impact everybody's enjoyment of the game and what can we do to ensure that everybody has a good time? I think in future games, bingos should be worth fewer points, to start with.
It's also important to me that we be welcoming to any players who are prone to being intimidated by math. Math at any level, whether you're trying to learn how to multiply or trying to prove the twin prime conjecture, can feel a lot like this:
I want to encourage everyone to play with numbers and draw connections between them, however silly and spurious.
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)
I think this meets all the criteria. Does anyone have any objections to this bingo in particular?
I co-sign on this.
***
We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
*******
Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
*******
Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
In post 929, Errantparabola wrote:I don't mind it but I think Nancy Drew should get to actually play if she wants to.
I would love to but without an extension, I was no where near figuring out a solve before deadline, unfortunately. :/. So, I’m hoping I get a clue before next round. I honestly didn’t expect this be this hard. I’ve figured out like a gazillion IQ tests with nulbered sequences, so I don’t understand why I’m struggling so much with this game.
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We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
*******
Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
*******
Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
I agree that bingos now seem to be overemphasized and should be worth fewer points so the game isn’t entirely trying to find bingos at the cost of the spirit of the game. (not currently a player, just my two cents)
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)
I think this meets all the criteria. Does anyone have any objections to this bingo in particular?
--
More broadly, assuming sirius tries to get a bingo every turn for the rest of the game, is this going to impact everybody's enjoyment of the game and what can we do to ensure that everybody has a good time? I think in future games, bingos should be worth fewer points, to start with.
It's also important to me that we be welcoming to any players who are prone to being intimidated by math. Math at any level, whether you're trying to learn how to multiply or trying to prove the twin prime conjecture, can feel a lot like this:
I want to encourage everyone to play with numbers and draw connections between them, however silly and spurious.
I want it to be safe to draw owls that look like
I'm willing to do the following measures to keep the game fun:
Bingos are worth 10 points for (me only), not including ones I submit for teammates, however if someone has more points than my team I get 14 instead of 10.
In post 932, lilith2013 wrote:I agree that bingos now seem to be overemphasized and should be worth fewer points so the game isn’t entirely trying to find bingos at the cost of the spirit of the game. (not currently a player, just my two cents)
If you have any advice for me on how to play this, I’m absolutely desperate and will 100% listen.
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We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
*******
Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
*******
Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
[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)
Haversine: vincentw, ErrantParabola: 7 points
[9, 73, 90] numbers that, when written in English, have its most common letter represent at least one third of all the letters in the name
Exsecant: Sirius9121, Nancy Drew 39: 24 points
Chord: StrangerCoug, D3f3nd3r: 0 points
It is
D3f3nd3r
's turn. D3f3nd3r is V/LA so I'll prod at 48 hours and auto-move or pass for them (details in OP) at 72 hours, counting from the timestamp on 922, except I'll be asleep then so +2 hours.
Sirius' bingos are now worth 10 points (unless his team falls behind in points). I was also thinking 10 points would be better than 14 for bingos across the board but letting him play with a handicap seems like okay. I do think that if he makes a bingo with Nancy's cards then that counts as him making a bingo for handicap purposes. If Nancy makes a bingo on her own it'll be 14 points.
Other options (for this or future games):
Diminishing returns: A player's first bingo is worth 10, the second 9, the third 8, and all the other bingos are worth 7
Clarifying the over-engineering part of the rules: A sequence is a set of numbers that have a single unifying coherent concept in common. [more words here]
Can't words this right now but:
in Python: [x
for
x
in
function
if
[predicate]], where neither equation nor predicate contain any logical operators, each is a single coherent thing:
yes: [x
for
x
in
fibonacci
if
x %
5
>=
3
]
# fibonacci numbers equivalent to 3 or 4 mod 5
no: [x
for
x
in
fibonacci
if
x %
5
=
2
or
sum
([
int
(y)
for
y
in
str
(x)])
in
primes]
# fibonacci numbers that are either equivalent to 3 or 4 mod 5
OR
who digit sums are prime
:
yes: f(g(x))
# evaluate some function on this number and then plug that result into some other function
no: f(g(h(f(x))))
# evaluate some function, plug the result into another function, then plug the result into another function and then plug it back into the first function
In post 932, lilith2013 wrote:I agree that bingos now seem to be overemphasized and should be worth fewer points so the game isn’t entirely trying to find bingos at the cost of the spirit of the game. (not currently a player, just my two cents)
If you have any advice for me on how to play this, I’m absolutely desperate and will 100% listen.
Please ask questions! It sounds like you're struggling figuring out how to get started but there are no stupid questions.
I wanted to keep things moving so that's why it's D3f3nd3r's turn now but Sirius did submit a valid non bingo move in case it wasn't accepted. So we can easily roll things back if there's a valid objection before 24 hours has passed since it was proposed.
@Plotinus:
Idea:
Consider a scale of 'highest point score' and 'lowest point score' on 0 - 100
If you are on the 0 - 25th percentile, you score 14.
.... 25 - 75, you score 12.
.... 75 - 100, you score 10.
example for now:
7:24:0
so 24 = 100x + 0
7 is on the 29th percentile on 0 to 24, so they get 12 points per bingo.
24 is on the 100th percentile on 0 to 24, so they get 10 points per bingo.
0 is on the ... 0th percentile on 0 to 24, so they get 14 points per bingo.
But the point count is for the moment they submitted the bingo, so our team's first bingo would be worth... 0 is on the undefined percentile?
So imo the first bingo would be 14 points
[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)
Haversine: vincentw, ErrantParabola: 7 points
[9, 73, 90] numbers that, when written in English, have its most common letter represent at least one third of all the letters in the name
Exsecant: Sirius9121, Nancy Drew 39: 24 points
Chord: StrangerCoug, D3f3nd3r: 0 points
[8, 10, 40] numbers that, when spelled normally in English, have no duplicated letters
It is
vincentw
's turn.
Working out percentiles every turn would take a lot more time than I have, but you're welcome to explore that as a scoring option in solitaire play or games you moderate.
Prodded vincentw. Remember, your turn starts as soon as the last person goes, not when I update the game.
Also I'm rethinking the "leftmost card to the topmost sequence" rule for automoving: this generates a slight bias towards adding to whichever sequences Haversine has contributed to. I'm not sure if this really matters but what if we imagine "topmost" as being the topmost sequence starting with your team and continuing around in a loop (so no change, if it comes up for vincent, but if it happens to Sirius then the first sequence I'd look at is the first one in their currently empty pile and then I'd look at the sequence(s) in Chord's pile, etc.)
Apologies, between the whole discussion I didn't realise it's already my turn. I feel like I'm at least a little bit responsible for bringing up the bingo rule at the end of the last game. Seems like the balance has gone the other way. I'm not sure how to proceed, but the "what counts as a sequence" rule seems good probably.
The top-most sequence would work better like in Plot's post, yeah.
Don't have much of a good idea for my turn, I guess I'll just add 7 to my sequence.
[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)
Haversine: vincentw, ErrantParabola: 7 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
Exsecant: Sirius9121, Nancy Drew 39: 24 points
Chord: StrangerCoug, D3f3nd3r: 0 points
[8, 10, 40] numbers that, when spelled normally in English, have no duplicated letters
[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)
Haversine: vincentw, ErrantParabola: 7 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
Exsecant: Sirius9121, Nancy Drew 39: 24 points
[1, 8, 9] {
n < 10
} single digit numbers
Chord: StrangerCoug, D3f3nd3r: 0 points
[8, 10, 40] numbers that, when spelled normally in English, have no duplicated letters
[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)
Haversine: vincentw, ErrantParabola: 7 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
Exsecant: Sirius9121, Nancy Drew 39: 24 points
[1, 8, 9] {
n < 10
} single digit numbers
Chord: StrangerCoug, D3f3nd3r: 0 points
[8, 10, 40] numbers that, when spelled normally in English, have no duplicated letters
