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The game could use a better definition of what constitutes a pattern. >> A pattern is a sequence of pebbles repeated three times in a row. By that logic, play
by ludicrousdispla 1y ago
The game could use a better definition of what constitutes a pattern.
>> A pattern is a sequence of pebbles repeated three times in a row.
By that logic, player 2 would have lost at their fifth turn. ... And 'in a row' is open to interpretation since it is additional information to 'repeated three times'.
- akoboldfrying 1y agoI think it's pretty clear that a string s of pebbles is a pattern iff there exist strings x and y such that s = x|y|y|y, where | denotes string concatenation and y is nonempty. EDIT: Clarify that only y is nonempty.
- mobeets 1y agoI was confused also. My guess was that maybe a “sequence” has to be 4 or more pebbles?