Paul_Hardy Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Samantha having made a rare intervention to prevent a premature traversal, that gives me an opportunity (having passed through LCY last week) to head for King George V (long may he reign). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) Not sure about this move. Are you sure you're not confusing this game with the Monarchton Crescent variation played by the Royal Family (God bless 'em, guv)? Chris Edited March 15, 2016 by Chris Timson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Hardy Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Well, if you don't like King George V (the last of the London docks to be built), then will you accept crossing the river to Woolwich Arsenal instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) Hah! Well the Foxes beat Newcastle last night so what chance does Arsenal really have now? We must go to King's Cross/St. Pancras enroute to Leicester London Road station and King Power Stadium to watch LCFC win the Premier League. Oh, and while I am there I think I will have an oakie, me duck (an icecream, my good friend). Edited March 16, 2016 by Don Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 We have come to a fascinating diversification: three paralel moves have virtualised the game in an - AFAIK - unprecedented way, as they're even leading the player to different banks of the River Thames. Beware, everything is possible now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 'Twas ever so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 'Twas ever so. So you wouldn't accept a notion of however increased eventualities, sir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Well, as my old friend Harold, Lord Randomfactor always said, "Yes, or no. You choose." Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Hah! Well the Foxes beat Newcastle last night so what chance does Arsenal really have now? We must go to King's Cross/St. Pancras enroute to Leicester London Road station and King Power Stadium to watch LCFC win the Premier League. Oh, and while I am there I think I will have an oakie, me duck (an icecream, my good friend). We have come to a fascinating diversification: three paralel moves have virtualised the game in an - AFAIK - unprecedented way, as they're even leading the player to different banks of the River Thames. Beware, everything is possible now... This is indeed a three pipe problem. For help, I'll head to Baker Street and pop into 221b for assistance. Perhaps Dr. Watson can prescribe some form of tonic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_s Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Hmm........seems that reminds me of the old rock song Baker Street by Jerry Rafferty on his City to City album. To prevent having that song stuck in my head, I will amble on down to EDGWARE ROAD Don't know any songs called that......... Edited March 25, 2016 by Irish Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Hardy Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 EDGWARE ROAD Mornington Crescent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 EDGWARE ROAD Mornington Crescent! Congratulations for spotting the diagonal opened by the move to Edgware Road. It's not an easy one to find, so, Irish Mike, don't be ashamed of making the second last move. For a beginner, your previous moves were excellent, and I'm sure that with experience you will have a great future in this illustrious game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Oh, excellent, very cleanly taken. Well done, sir! I shall contact Paul in due course before next year's tournament. Cheers, Chris PS to Irish Mike, I'm sure you've played before and at quite a senior level, there were some classy moves there. Have you tried the Dublin version of the game, Mornington House? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_s Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 This actually my first crack at this most excellent game. Congrats to Paul! I still can't see the move. Oh well, I will get schooled up for next year...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 statistical comment: This game was won on only 83 moves compared to 106 last year!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 Indeed, giving a loading of 8.3 on the Stovold Scale which should help anyone contemplating entry into the County Championships. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 is clearly beyond the scope of any computer existing or projected for the foreseeable future. This is clearly a challenge. I have begun to commence an textural analytical study of the rules, and of all the known and unknown modifications both in this forum and in all other games played anywhere else in the world. I am using a neural network, and a rule generator that feeds the results to an ontological processor and an fairly standard inference engine. The processing has begin, and early results can be expected on 25th Jul 2097 at 11:15am Brisbane time. Not if my program can finish printing out The Nine Billion Names of God before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 That's an awful lot of paper, Jim. By my calculation if you're using short scale billions then on A4 paper at 8 points you'll need approximately 100 million sheets. Of course Arthur C Clarke as a Brit probably had long scale billions in mind when he wrote the story so you'll need a thousand times that. I think Rod will likely get there first, even though I think 2097 is hopelessly optimistic for a full analysis of Mornington Crescent, maybe a preliminary analysis of diagonal moves might be possible in the time. Best of luck to both of you. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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