Sons of Steve Garvey: 3DT3: Round 6

17 comments:

rbnlaw said...: I'm partial to the attack over defense in this move.; 11/11/2009 8:35 AM
Nostradamus said...: Can't we have both?; 11/11/2009 8:56 AM
rbnlaw said...: Sort of like chocolate and peanut butter in the same delicious candy?

Are you mad, sir?; 11/11/2009 9:06 AM
Nostradamus said...: It's an affront to nature, but it crazy enough that it just might work.; 11/11/2009 9:19 AM
QuadSevens said...: IV-D-1 for the attack!

Defending row A on level IV is uneccessary since the Son's next move has to be in one of the lower two levels. We can defend that row later if needed.; 11/11/2009 10:42 AM
QuadSevens said...: With IV-D-1, I see a win for the Readers that can't be stopped by the Sons. The Sons are on the defensive and don't have a real attack set up right now. Hopefully someone else sees this and can back me up.; 11/11/2009 10:53 AM
Dusto_Magnifico said...: 4,a,2 seems more legit.; 11/11/2009 11:23 AM
QuadSevens said...: The Sons can't complete the Level IV Row A win for 4 moves.

Remember, they are only allowed to move on levels I/II for their next move because of the alternating schedule described in the rules. This allows the Readers to be more aggressive because we can move anywhere at anytime.; 11/11/2009 11:40 AM
rbnlaw said...: My attack move was different, but I see where Q7 is going with this and like it.; 11/11/2009 11:51 AM
QuadSevens said...: I'm pretty sure we can't be stopped, so I'll just spell out my thought process so it's more clear.

Reasoning behind IV-D-1:
Moving in IV-D-1 sets up a four level vertical win (IV-D-1, III-C-1, II-B-1, I-A-1). The Sons's next move has to be in levels I or II. No matter where they move, they won't create a 3 in a row situation that forces us to block. This means that we will have either the vertical win described before available, or we'll have the horizontal win on Level II Row A available. They can only block one of our possible ways to win.

Here's the series of moves as I see it playing out.

Option #1:
Readers #6 IV-D-1
Sons #7 II-A-3 or 4
Readers #7 III-C-1
Sons #8 III-A-2
Readers #8 II-B-1 WIN!

Option #2:
Readers #6 IV-D-1
Sons #7 II-B-1
Readers #7 II-A-3
Sons #8 IV-A-2
Readers #8 II-A-4 WIN!

Hopefully this makes sense. IV-D-1 FTW!; 11/11/2009 11:52 AM
Nostradamus said...: I see solutions for both Quad's and Dusto's moves that are unblockable. We're only vulnerable to the democractic factor.; 11/11/2009 11:56 AM
rbnlaw said...: Your explanation affirms what I thought. Of course, I paid considerably less attention to the rules that you; therefore, I would've never come up with that strategy.; 11/11/2009 11:58 AM
MR.F said...: Q7's plan sounds good to me.; 11/11/2009 12:11 PM
Jimbo said...: So did the Sons shoot themselves in the foot with their "rules"?; 11/11/2009 12:51 PM
Nostradamus said...: @Dr. Geek

If we can keep our strategy coordinated, then they did. Last I checked, though, the vote was tied between rows A and D. I'd switch mine, but that's the price of being early to the polling booth.; 11/11/2009 1:10 PM
Nostradamus said...: Actually, we may be OK even if it goes in A row. Since 1 is taken, I guess it would default to 2, which should also be unbeatable, if I'm calculating correctly.; 11/11/2009 1:12 PM
QuadSevens said...: True Mr. Customer. IV-A-2 gives us the same options as IV-D-1. I didn't see it earlier when I did my write up but it also gives us two options to win. I guess Dusty and I were thinking along the same lines, just in different directions.; 11/11/2009 1:56 PM