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I bought my Connect-4 game yesterday. Last night, my son wanted to play, so we
played a few games. I'm really starting to 'understand' the game. I won almost
all the games.
A couple things came to mind about the rules.
It was suggested that if a robot tries to put in a chip, and fails, that's his
bad luck. (less chips makes it harder to win) At first, I aggreed with this.
In actual game strategy, I don't think that's correct. Part of the strategy
assumes that each player must make exactly one play per turn. There will be
times near the end of the game, where it would be better for one player to skip
his turn, rather than be forced to make a bad move.
In my opinion, it should be OK for a robot to drop a chip outside the game, as
long as it doesn't affect the other robot, however, the robot is still required
to make exactly one play in the game board, before signaling End Of Turn.
So:
"If a robot does not play exactly one chip in the game board before signaling
'End Of Turn', or the robot drops a chip outside the board, which interferes
with the opponent, the offending robot will forfeit the game"
Just my suggestion
Steve
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| (...) That's a good point. It would be sneaky to code these "accidents" to happen in the exactly right time. (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) wow Steve, you must be SO PROUD!!! you beat your son at connect-four, for "almost all the games" (...) I can not see in my mind how not not placeing a chip can be an advantage. and even if you can show me, the thought that someone might (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) A phenomenally more complex suggestion (that I would probably prefer if I had all the programming resources in the world) would be: If a robot accidentally hits the 'End Of Turn' without dropping a chip into the gameboard, the opponent has the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| I had an idea for a way to mount the C-4 board, but I wanted to know what people think. The general idea was to remove the blue "legs" and build a LEGO replacement, instead of trying to come up with a way to secure the original legs to the ground. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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