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Re: Tic-Tac-Toe-ception

#12

Is anyone able to beat the bot at https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/in-tic-tac-toe-ception-perfec... ? Seems like its strategy is unbeatable and player1 always wins.

Tic tac toe is a solved game - if you start and play optimally you always win. (you take 3 corners in 3 moves). If they start every board then they're unbeatable.

Re: Tic-Tac-Toe-ception

#13

Is anyone able to beat the bot at https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/in-tic-tac-toe-ception-perfec... ? Seems like its strategy is unbeatable and player1 always wins.

Tic tac toe is a solved game - if you start and play optimally you always win. (you take 3 corners in 3 moves). If they start every board then they're unbeatable.

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Re: Tic-Tac-Toe-ception

#14

Is anyone able to beat the bot at https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/in-tic-tac-toe-ception-perfec... ? Seems like its strategy is unbeatable and player1 always wins.

Tic tac toe is a solved game - if you start and play optimally you always win. (you take 3 corners in 3 moves). If they start every board then they're unbeatable.

Normal tictactoe always ends in a draw if both players play optimally. The one I linked though seems to always end with X winning.

Re: Tic-Tac-Toe-ception

#15

Is anyone able to beat the bot at https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/in-tic-tac-toe-ception-perfec... ? Seems like its strategy is unbeatable and player1 always wins.

Oh, I like it! I don't see a way to beat it :)

Re: Tic-Tac-Toe-ception

#16

Is anyone able to beat the bot at https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/in-tic-tac-toe-ception-perfec... ? Seems like its strategy is unbeatable and player1 always wins.

this strategy doesn't work if you block a won game instead of a full game which is what OP's game does

Re: Tic-Tac-Toe-ception

#19
post #6

What if we combine this game with Battleship

Explain?

Maybe you only get to see the board they made their move in. You don't get to see the move unless you select that board to move in yourself. Or maybe you don't even get that much information. You only know what moves have been made in the board you select and no further info. Do they control that side board yet? Are they trying to rig the center boards?

Taking this further, you are stuck with the board you select. Even if it has already been won. You get to update the world board, but otherwise lose your turn.

Re: Tic-Tac-Toe-ception

#20
There's one unfair thing in this though. If the board has already been won, sending them to the same board allows them to place a mark anywhere on the megaboard even if there are vacant spots available on the said board.
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