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I was just going to say: 'can't be a very long book.
Maybe the author covers the History, etc. of TTT,
before revealing the "solution"…? ;-)
You can only describe the possible moves, but you cannot list them all. It is simply impossible to show that many possible moves in one page.
If you count every tile as a separate square, there are 9! = 362,880 possible moves. However, some games end prior to placing all the Xs and Os. 1440 possibilities for a game that ends in 5 moves, 5328 possibilities ending in 6, 47952 in 7, 72576 in 8, and 81792 ending in a win in the 9th. However, there are still 46080 possible draw games. So in total, there are 255,168 games, slightly less than all possible moves. Even taking symmetry into account, there are 26,830 possible moves. http://www.se16.info/hgb/tictactoe.htm
To show one move will require minimum 16x16 pixels, which allows for the board and one pixel between each board. Thus to use the smallest possible font that was still readable would require 6,868,480 pixels. However, an A4 sized retina display with 264 ppi has only 97x264*264 = 6,762,394 pixels. Each move would be so tiny, I'd expect many customers would demand their money back. It would also present all the possible moves with absolutely no explanation of each.
Myth Busted
way to math
plus their title is wrong
8 Strategies to Win Every Game
if your opponent goes first then there is no strategy which will guarantee 100% a win
If they go first and choose an edge, rather than a corner or the center, then I can win every time.
I read that site, and something seems to be junked up with the maths. I can't put my finger on it, but it just looks wrong… Maybe it's in the binary X and O, but it is really rattling my brain… More research needed… :D
You do realise JV is that guy at the markets who can write your name on a grain of rice ?
He said a page not an ipad I know you kiddies might think they're the same, but they're not.
Mythbuster BUSTED
If both players follow the best move on tic tac toe
it always ends in a draw.
You don't even need this book. Just read the first answer to this question:
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-way-to-never-lose-at-Tic-Ta…
If it was chess or checkers I'd understand but a book on tic tac toe? That's pretty much the simplest turn based game you can play.
Rock Paper Scissors is the simplest turn-based game.
Rock paper scissors is not turn based. Players make their move simultaneously, unlike tic tac toe in which the players take turn to make moves.
haha
if it is turn based, then second player to move always wins.
I've been playing it wrong all these years!!!! ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Errr…either i'm a genius or the guy who wrote this is pretty dumb.
Waiting for Rock-Paper-Scissors: Strategies to Win Every Game
"I have taken your mother hostage. If you want her to live, choose rock every time."
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Rock-Paper-Scissors is harder cos it involves psychology
There is only one strategy that you need, don't mark an edge box unless it's completing a row of three.
There's only a few ways to win, and if you're playing against someone who knows them, it will always end in a stalemate.
Beating people who love taking the center spot is easy.
Lol, you can list all the possible moves on 1 page…