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Anti-Necro Games II
« on: October 11, 2021, 08:56:09 am »

Let's try another Anti-Necro Game thread.

tl;dr The aim is to have the second-shortest time interval in a sequence of decreasing time intervals, without double-posting.

Here's the formal rule set.

Terminology:
An "Anti-Necro Sequence" is a sequence of three or more consecutive posts in this thread in which:
  • the time intervals between successive posts are strictly decreasing, and
  • there isn't a pair of consecutive posts by the same player.
A "Game" is an Anti-Necro Sequence which is not a subsequence of a longer Anti-Necro Sequence.
A "Completed Game" is a Game which has a post after it.

Winning:
Each Completed Game is won by the player who made the penultimate post in it.

Clarifications:
  • A player may post more than once in the same Game, so long as their posts are not consecutive.
  • It is possible for the last post of a Completed Game to also be the first post of the next Game.
  • Time intervals are calculated according to forum timestamps (in seconds).
  • Games can be easily referred to using the reply# of the first post of the Game; Complete Games can also be referred to using the reply#s of the first and last posts of the Game.

Have fun.

[Edited to clarify clarification 4, and add a Hall of Fame.]
[Edited again to change clarification 4. It seems clarification 4 is confusing.]
[Edited to have another go at clarification 4.]

Hall of fame:
Game 1-3 won by faust
Game 4-6 won by infangthief
Game 7-10 won by MiX
Game 10-12 won by infangthief
Game 12-17 won by faust
Game 17-19 won by MiX
Game 20-22 won by MiX
Game 24-27 won by MiX
Game 30-32 won by MiX
Game 34-38 won by Awaclus
Game 40-43 won by Awaclus
Game 44-48 won by MiX
Game 50-52 won by infangthief
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2021, 09:10:15 am »

Reigning champ checking in.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2021, 10:55:13 am »

Reigning champ checking in.
It is only now that you are the reigning champ.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2021, 11:28:47 am »

I approve of the formal description

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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2021, 12:17:35 pm »

Looks like I'm winning  8)
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2021, 02:58:25 pm »

It occurs to me that this game is a good antidote to Someone Is Wrong On The Internet Syndrome.

Well played faust winning Game 1.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2021, 03:02:21 pm »

So infangthief kicked off game 2 right?
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2021, 03:10:06 pm »

There was no Game 2, but infangthief has just won Game 4.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2021, 06:12:37 pm »

Is it bad for the game if I'm not trying to win?

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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2021, 07:15:09 pm »

Is it bad for the game if I'm not trying to win?

Hopefully not.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2021, 07:49:11 pm »

Reigning champ checking in.
It is only now that you are the reigning champ.

I won in the other thread, but not here.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2021, 03:44:49 am »

Well done MiX, that was the longest Game so far!

Here's hoping for a long and hard-fought Game 11.

Is it bad for the game if I'm not trying to win?
I think not trying to win is fine, but trying to not win is bad for the game.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2021, 04:58:21 am »

Can I play too?
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2021, 07:46:38 am »

Yes.

I think fang won? I don't think I'll fully understand this anytime soon.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2021, 08:00:34 am »

You want someone to beat you, but no one to beat them. This prevents you from posting as instantly as possible, but still encourages you to post more quickly than the last person (if you weren't the second last) so you still have a chance.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2021, 08:07:49 am »

Yes.

I think fang won? I don't think I'll fully understand this anytime soon.

It's not very complicated: the game ends when someone posts a longer necro than the previous one, at which point the second shortest necro wins.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2021, 08:11:40 am »

The only tricky part is the the last post of a game is also the first post of the next one.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2021, 08:13:05 am »

Turns out it is very complicated after all, because I think I got it wrong, it's still the shortest necro that wins.

However, I think I also found a loophole in the rules. Double-posting is not forbidden, it just completes the ongoing game.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2021, 08:14:54 am »

I think you should ignore posts after the first one.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2021, 08:15:29 am »

It not the shortest necro that wins though.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2021, 08:16:25 am »

Wait, I still got it wrong. The post that completes a game is not considered a part of the completed game, so I originally got it correct and it's the second-shortest necro that wins, and double-posting is indeed possible but it just wins the game for someone else.
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« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2021, 08:17:40 am »

I guess you can't win if you double post.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2021, 08:18:14 am »

I think faust won Game 12. (Final post of that Game was #17)

Double posting is not forbidden, it is just never really in your interests to do it.
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« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2021, 08:19:28 am »

I think faust won Game 12. (Final post of that Game was #17)

Double posting is not forbidden, it is just never really in your interests to do it.

Didn't MiX win it? I'm pretty sure 20 was the final post.
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« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2021, 08:22:48 am »

faust won game 12-17
MiX won game 17-19
Mix won game 20-22
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2021, 08:26:56 am »

I'm going to win game 24!
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #26 on: October 12, 2021, 08:28:39 am »

Ok, I'll help you out.
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« Reply #27 on: October 12, 2021, 08:29:29 am »

Maybe.
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« Reply #28 on: October 12, 2021, 08:30:26 am »

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« Reply #29 on: October 12, 2021, 08:42:58 am »

Eh, whatever. I'm going to win game 29!
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #30 on: October 12, 2021, 09:41:24 am »

Eh, whatever. I'm going to win game 29!
It could happen.

It is possible to calculate the maximum amount of time remaining in a game.
This post, being an hour after #29, means that Game 29 (if it ever begins) will be over before Boxing Day.
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« Reply #31 on: October 12, 2021, 11:02:16 am »

Eh, whatever. I'm going to win game 29!
It could happen.

It is possible to calculate the maximum amount of time remaining in a game.
This post, being an hour after #29, means that Game 29 (if it ever begins) will be over before Boxing Day.

Assuming there even is a game 29.

I think I got the hang of when games start now. But I'm not sure.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #32 on: October 12, 2021, 11:04:43 am »

Eh, whatever. I'm going to win game 29!
That is a bold prediction, I am not sure the forum can support threads with 8.8 x 10^30 posts in them...
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #33 on: October 12, 2021, 11:31:25 am »

Cool, I won again!

This game is addictive.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #34 on: October 12, 2021, 01:18:38 pm »

Third time's the charm, this time I'm going to win for sure!
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« Reply #35 on: October 12, 2021, 05:16:33 pm »

Awaclus will win this one.

Or maybe the next one.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #36 on: October 12, 2021, 05:25:00 pm »

Maybe this one?
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« Reply #37 on: October 12, 2021, 05:28:15 pm »

Maybe!
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #38 on: October 12, 2021, 05:30:39 pm »

One interesting thing about this game is that you need 3+ players going at it.

Also, of course I'm going to win.
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« Reply #39 on: October 12, 2021, 05:33:36 pm »

Dang.
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« Reply #40 on: October 12, 2021, 05:35:25 pm »

Don't worry, maybe you'll win this one!
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« Reply #41 on: October 13, 2021, 08:40:34 am »

Sure, let's try.
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« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2021, 01:09:17 pm »

 8)
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« Reply #43 on: October 13, 2021, 05:31:25 pm »

I'm in the game.

4 hours thirty-something.
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« Reply #44 on: October 24, 2021, 10:58:03 am »

We've probably waited enough for an interesting game now.
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« Reply #45 on: November 17, 2021, 04:21:39 am »

vote: Jimmmmm
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« Reply #46 on: November 17, 2021, 06:00:19 am »

What did I do???
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« Reply #47 on: November 17, 2021, 06:58:53 am »

You got voted.
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« Reply #48 on: November 17, 2021, 07:01:35 am »

I didn't do that, it happened to me.
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« Reply #49 on: November 17, 2021, 07:06:20 am »

Well, now you won.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #50 on: November 17, 2021, 07:08:05 am »

Wait, no.

Can't believe I still make these kinds of mistakes.

Well, see you in a month or so!
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« Reply #51 on: November 17, 2021, 10:08:01 am »

What did I do???
I figured a reasonable strategy in this game is to post something that'll get a reaction.
But still MiX won.
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« Reply #52 on: November 17, 2021, 10:18:20 am »

What did I do???
I figured a reasonable strategy in this game is to post something that'll get a reaction.
But still MiX won.

This is true, sadly. I prefer month-long games rather than this cheese strategy.
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Re: Anti-Necro Games II
« Reply #53 on: November 25, 2021, 03:50:36 am »

I'm about to win Game 50.
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