I cant win this, can you?

[eagleskickass]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pearl.shtml

Ive given up, just too hard

Can any of you win? Yes its easy to post "i won" but i want to know what happens if and when you win, and if infact it can be done!

 

[eagleskickass]

Scratch that I JUST WON

The guy screams and walks away in disgust WOOHOO lol

 

[Seb]

Awesome game.

Shame the end was spoiled, though

 

[rfctigerarmy]

I cant win it at the moment..

 

[Munga]

I beat him, but he just freezes up??? When I've got the game won and its his go, he doesn't move but its my go again. The game's rigged!

 

[thewhippersnapper]

Nup,

Cant win this.

 

[jikost]

I'm starting to get very frustrated.

 

[clucas91]

Is there a trick/catch to winning this?

I swear it's impossible, I must have tried about 50+ times...

 

[evade28]

i remember playing the first version of this game ages ago, and i never won, it pist me off bigtime!!!

so is there any actual strategy or what?

 

[Sargemo369]

It's all about binary numbers.....

 

[Stucey]

Correct... Binary!

Now, just to touch on this a bit more and hopefully help you guys win everytime. (Which I can now after being frustrated to death)

We have 4 rows of pearls.....6, 5,4 and 3. The way to win the game is to translate the number of pearls in each row to binary numbers. Here is the list to help you with this game:

1 = 1
2 = 10
3 = 11
4 = 100
5 = 101
6 = 110


Now what you have to do is just leave him with a sum of binary digits, where each digit in the sum is even and you will win every time

Eg: you start with 6,5,4 and three....in binary this is:

110
101
100
011

As you can see, the first column adds to 3, the second adds to 2 and the third adds to 2. Now what we need to do is leave all the colums adding to either 0 or 2. So we can take out the whole row of 4, which leaves:

110
101

011

Each column adds to two. Then after his turn, work it out again.

Ok, he took 1 off the row of 5, leaving 6,4 and 3:

110
100
011

we need to change the 011 to an 010...ie: 2. So take 1 off the row of 3. Now he took 3 off the row of 6 leaving 3,4 and 2:

011
100
010.

Now we want to change the 100 to a 001. So take 3 off the row of 4. He took 1 of the row of 2 leaving 3,1 and 1

All we have to do now is leave 3 rows of 1, and we win. So take 2 off the 3

Bingo. We win. Hopefully you followed that?

 

[eagleskickass]

no i didnt but it is possible without all that just takes about 100 goes! hehe

 

[evade28]

Originally posted by Stucey
Correct... Binary!

Now, just to touch on this a bit more and hopefully help you guys win everytime. (Which I can now after being frustrated to death)

We have 4 rows of pearls.....6, 5,4 and 3. The way to win the game is to translate the number of pearls in each row to binary numbers. Here is the list to help you with this game:

1 = 1
2 = 10
3 = 11
4 = 100
5 = 101
6 = 110


Now what you have to do is just leave him with a sum of binary digits, where each digit in the sum is even and you will win every time

Eg: you start with 6,5,4 and three....in binary this is:

110
101
100
011

As you can see, the first column adds to 3, the second adds to 2 and the third adds to 2. Now what we need to do is leave all the colums adding to either 0 or 2. So we can take out the whole row of 4, which leaves:

110
101

011

Each column adds to two. Then after his turn, work it out again.

Ok, he took 1 off the row of 5, leaving 6,4 and 3:

110
100
011

we need to change the 011 to an 010...ie: 2. So take 1 off the row of 3. Now he took 3 off the row of 6 leaving 3,4 and 2:

011
100
010.

Now we want to change the 100 to a 001. So take 3 off the row of 4. He took 1 of the row of 2 leaving 3,1 and 1

All we have to do now is leave 3 rows of 1, and we win. So take 2 off the 3

Bingo. We win. Hopefully you followed that?

riiiite.

i couldn't follow that to save my life.

 

[evo]

Thanks for the binary lesson Stucey. You learn something every day.

 

[Mobbs]

What you talkin' 'bout, Stucey?

 

[Munga]

Binary? I just beat him normally.

 

[Seb]

Originally posted by Munga
Binary? I just beat him normally.

Ditto.

 

[Mobbs]

Ok Stuecy you ** ****** **** *** ** *** *** ** *** *** ** ... following your fuzzy logic, I now have :

101
101
(2,0,2)

But its my go.

I have nice easy evens everywhere, but how can I now take anything without leaving something odd?

 

[Stucey]

OK...so it's not so easy to follow.

Mobbers. You are supposed to leave him with the even numbers. Somewhere your calculations have have gone wrong, and it is now impossible to win.

101
101

So you have/had 2 rows of five left right?

Give it another go. I stuffed it up first few times but eventually got it.

 

[Mobbs]

Bah I give up ... I'm not built for such things. I'll just try to repair the pipes in Chasmville instead

 

[tashibatts]

I think I won.. but I am not sure.. he yakked on a bit.. then said 'aaargh' , turned his back and walked away.. after I had left one pearl for him.. so did I win or ?
(This was my first try- which is why I have no idea if I won or not)

Edit: Just played again.. and he left one pearl for me, and has just laughed at me.. so I lost?




Go Roos

 

[thewhippersnapper]

You win if you leave him with the last pearl and you lose if he leaves you with the last pearl....