How do you win the Subtraction Game, with n = 12, and S = {1, 2, 3}? (see rules in spoiler below)
The Subtraction Game:
It's a game for two players. Players take turns removing chips from the pile.
The pile starts with n chips in it, and each player can remove s chips from the pile each turn, where s is a number in the set S.
The player who removes the last chip wins.
So, there's a pile with 12 chips and you can remove 1, 2, or 3 chips during your turn. Do you know how to win?
(For purposes of this question, you're allowed to choose whether to play first or second.)
[Note: If you haven't taken a class about game theory, saying "I don't know" is an acceptable answer.]
ALTERNATE QUESTION:
How do you win the Impatient Subtraction Game?
[The rules are the same, except that a player can choose to be impatient and just take the entire pile during his or her turn.]
Are "impatient" games a good idea?
[Basically, take any turn-based game and modify it in the following way: On your turn, you may choose to make a move in the game as with before, or you may choose to just win.]
Hm... no question? Alright then, follow-up to mine:
Why is it, then, that most people on can only jump close to zero (or negative) centimeters off the floor?
[I'm pretty sure some people have the fabled ability to jump a positive distance straight up, but it seems like most people say their jumping ability is close to zero, if not below zero.]
I really have no idea about the 'zero jump' other than gravity affecting heavier objects?
Even tho I'm a 34 yr old whiteboy, I bet I could still dunk a nine foot rim. (Just not regulation ten...)
I guess I'm not the 'average MTGS user'...
Does dunking basketballs count as having the fabled 'positive jump distance'?
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I really have no idea about the 'zero jump' other than gravity affecting heavier objects?
Even tho I'm a 34 yr old whiteboy, I bet I could still dunk a nine foot rim. (Just not regulation ten...)
I guess I'm not the 'average MTGS user'...
Does dunking basketballs count as having the fabled 'positive jump distance'?
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How do you win the Subtraction Game, with n = 12, and S = {1, 2, 3}? (see rules in spoiler below)
The Subtraction Game:
It's a game for two players. Players take turns removing chips from the pile.
The pile starts with n chips in it, and each player can remove s chips from the pile each turn, where s is a number in the set S.
The player who removes the last chip wins.
So, there's a pile with 12 chips and you can remove 1, 2, or 3 chips during your turn. Do you know how to win?
(For purposes of this question, you're allowed to choose whether to play first or second.)
[Note: If you haven't taken a class about game theory, saying "I don't know" is an acceptable answer.]
ALTERNATE QUESTION:
How do you win the Impatient Subtraction Game?
[The rules are the same, except that a player can choose to be impatient and just take the entire pile during his or her turn.]
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If I had a dollar for every time I missed playing a Counterspell ...
I'd be missing my Mana Drain s instead.
Are "impatient" games a good idea?
[Basically, take any turn-based game and modify it in the following way: On your turn, you may choose to make a move in the game as with before, or you may choose to just win.]
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Why is it, then, that most people on can only jump close to zero (or negative) centimeters off the floor?
[I'm pretty sure some people have the fabled ability to jump a positive distance straight up, but it seems like most people say their jumping ability is close to zero, if not below zero.]
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Even tho I'm a 34 yr old whiteboy, I bet I could still dunk a nine foot rim. (Just not regulation ten...)
I guess I'm not the 'average MTGS user'...
Does dunking basketballs count as having the fabled 'positive jump distance'?
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-1v1 EDH-- UB Lazav's Grindhouse BB Death by Sheoldred
If I had a dollar for every time I missed playing a Counterspell ...
I'd be missing my Mana Drain s instead.
Even tho I'm a 34 yr old whiteboy, I bet I could still dunk a nine foot rim. (Just not regulation ten...)
I guess I'm not the 'average MTGS user'...
Does dunking basketballs count as having the fabled 'positive jump distance'?
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-1v1 EDH-- UB Lazav's Grindhouse BB Death by Sheoldred
If I had a dollar for every time I missed playing a Counterspell ...
I'd be missing my Mana Drain s instead.
(And since you have a positive jump distance, you probably could do star jumps as well with sufficient practice.)
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