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Jason wrote:
If you get there and put J then you will jump forwards. If you put B then you will bump right.

I think he meant the square in front of the serpent to be an unjumpable wall. If it is, that both B and J will do the same.

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Yeah I just figured that out and deleted my post.

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eytanz wrote:

Jason wrote:
If you get there and put J then you will jump forwards. If you put B then you will bump right.

I think he meant the square in front of the serpent to be an unjumpable wall. If it is, that both B and J will do the same.

Correct, the square in front is unjumpable in the image.

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It looks like it might be harder to get into the central arena than was originally expected - I think it'll be a while before somebody can bump into a coil, turn right and then jump over those boxes in the middle of the large walls.

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Erm, Jason is 1 turn away from entering the middle arena (if he chooses to).

Several other serpents have clear paths to the middle arena, though it will take them a while (Tim0006 and Thanan to name two).

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hehe...

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Oh, I see now. Serves me right for not looking over the whole board.

Well, hmm. I've got my next few decisions planned out, but that's it - I guess I'll leave general predictions and alerts to you guys.

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eytanz wrote:
Erm, Jason is 1 turn away from entering the middle arena (if he chooses to).

Several other serpents have clear paths to the middle arena, though it will take them a while (Tim0006 and Thanan to name two).

Are you sure about Tahnan?

Timo006 has a shot, but





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eytanz wrote:
Erm, Jason is 1 turn away from entering the middle arena (if he chooses to).

And I'm going to follow right beside him. Knowing what to do once inside is a different matter, but at least I should be safe for a while.

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jbluestein wrote:
Are you sure about Tahnan?

Er, no, of course not - I find it really easy to make this sort of mistake.

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So .. um .. I guess cooperation is out of the question, huh ?

And that scheme was so nice and mutually beneficial, too! Shame it'll result in my certain death unless I'm .. spared ..

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Mikko wrote:

eytanz wrote:
Erm, Jason is 1 turn away from entering the middle arena (if he chooses to).

And I'm going to follow right beside him. Knowing what to do once inside is a different matter, but at least I should be safe for a while.

And unless I miscalculated, I'll see you there

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Yay! First snake into the center!

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If I may say, If i'm not wrong, there is one snake who's death is sure. More details later about that snake.

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In addition to Banjooie (which was already discussed above)?

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That serves me right for not looking at the post, it IS him, well, 16 turns of live maximum for him.

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I believe that I've identified a second snake whose wellbeing depends entirely on the kindness of others.

In keeping with the spirit of the contest, I won't say anything else until it's been decided, although I will comment that I think that this snake's chances of actually dying are low, as it requires a set of moves that is probably not in the best interest of the snake's owner.

But here's what I see, hidden until it's too late to matter:


Maurog is the unlucky snake. It requires a Jump from techant on her next opportunity (Turn 48), and a Bump from coppro on turn 46, followed by a succession of jumps. Maurog's position will become fatal on or about Turn 55.


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Yay! I'm alive. 45 moves into the actual arena without getting to see it, but the beginning seems to have been reasonably lucky.

Looking forward to playing the rest of the game! I've got a few route options to the center, but so far I'm still waiting for the decisions of some other snakes.

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eytanz wrote:

jbluestein wrote:
Are you sure about Tahnan?

Er, no, of course not - I find it really easy to make this sort of mistake.

Also, don't underestimate the extent to which I have no idea what I'm doing.

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Am I the only one reminded of Oneiromancer
by Tahnan's avatar? (Just a vague sort of reminder.)

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A couple of days ago, I thought I was clever getting into the topleft corner as soon as possible. Where did everybody else come from all of a sudden

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michthro wrote:
Am I the only one reminded of Oneiromancer
by Tahnan's avatar? (Just a vague sort of reminder.)

Heh

It sort of looks like Tahnan too, though.

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TripleM wrote:
A couple of days ago, I thought I was clever getting into the topleft corner as soon as possible. Where did everybody else come from all of a sudden

You're still fine, despite all the company. It could even be a good thing. And you'd be there anyway if you bumped.

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eytanz wrote:
It sort of looks like Tahnan too, though.

Ahh.. I didn't know what Tahnan looks like. Now I do.

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Jason wrote:
hehe...

Yeah you had the easy route you sly dog you!

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jbluestein wrote:
I believe that I've identified a second snake whose wellbeing depends entirely on the kindness of others.

In keeping with the spirit of the contest, I won't say anything else until it's been decided, although I will comment that I think that this snake's chances of actually dying are low, as it requires a set of moves that is probably not in the best interest of the snake's owner.

But here's what I see, hidden until it's too late to matter:

This message will be revealed in negative 953 weeks.

Um...why -35 years?

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It's a bug - check the topic in The Site. Schik's messing with the untiltime tag.

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...So, wait. I will get out just fine, and then I will instantly die.

If I'm looking at this right. Wow. Was there a faster way to get out of that arena that I missed, too?

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Banjooie wrote:
...So, wait. I will get out just fine, and then I will instantly die.

If I'm looking at this right. Wow. Was there a faster way to get out of that arena that I missed, too?

I don't think so. I thought of a few ways that were faster than the original way I came up with, but not by enough moves to save you. Sorry -- looks like you had a round of bad luck.

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Chaco wrote:
It's a bug - check the topic in The Site. Schik's messing with the untiltime tag.

Yeah -- I'm just not going to mess with it, and if it doesn't fix itself by reveal time then I'll manually reveal it.



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