Game Definition and 693 Threads

How to play: Think of a word or something language-related. Give us some clues. If someone guesses it correctly, they go next. Any kinks can be ironed out as they turn up. Some handy links to get everyone started: http://www.etymonline.com/ http://www.onelook.com/...

In the game with payoff Matrix [4,2,0,-1,5,-2] [-2,-3,2,5,0,4] [5,-3,4,0,4,7] [1,3,3,2,-6,5] Columngirl's strategy of [1/2,0,0,1/2,0,0] is optimal. Describe all the optimal strategies for Rowboy. Find the value of the game and show that this game is not fair. Thing is i can't...

Play it here: http://www.thegn.com/Playgame/Flash_Arcade/Puzzle_Games/N_Game.html Or download it here: http://www.thegamenetwork.com/stickpagehosting/ngame/n_v1pc.zip (Finding threads with links to website games here...:rolleyes: told me post this link in General Discussion)

Copy : Is this correct : fair game Let suppose there are 2 opponents : A,B...for simplicity, Let suppose at each round A wins with prob. p, B with q...and p and q, constant such that 0<p+q<1... Then if A begins, p(A wins)= p+(1-p)(1-q)p+...\frac{p}{p+q-pq}...which is A wins at first...

Let suppose there are 2 opponents : A,B...for simplicity, Let suppose at each round A wins with prob. p, B with q..p,q, constant such that 0<p+q<1... Then if A begins, p(A=win)=p+(1-p)(1-q)p+...=\frac{p}{p+q-pq} where as : p(B=win)=(1-p)q+(1-p)(1-q)(1-p)q+...=\frac{(1-p)q}{p+q-pq}...

Best game ever. Whats your highest score, level and number of lines ever acheived? I have only recently started playing it again and am abit rusty but am quite often getting about 200,000 points and i got to level 17 yesterday but i have been higher than that back in my youth just can't...

question. Is it a good idea to use ctl+alt+del to shut down Internet Explorer while running a video game? The intent would be to save system resources. If it matters, the game is Fallout Tactics and I run windows XP. I tried it and it worked, except for the fact that I couldn't restart...

I'm bored so I'm listing my favorite video games of all time, feel free to discuss and add your own lists. Favorite video games: 1. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, PC 2. Super Mario World, SNES 3. Civilization II, PC 4. The Legend of Zelda- A Link to the Past, SNES 5. Sim City...

I really like programming 3D games in C++/OpenGL. I've been doing it for years and I've gotten pretty good. Now I just finished a game and I'm looking for good ideas for my next one. To pass my time I tried to create coordinated AI movement around obsticles, that works pretty good but it...

But so fun! http://70.84.34.106/~mediaun/ngame.swf You are a leapy stickman ninja, who has to collect gold and not get shot. Sounds simple enough, but I've been playing this for about a month and have still only done about half of the levels This game is so damn addictive.

So last night my girlfriend decides to tell me that she "accidentally" kissed some guy at her work. Uh Huh... So I wait for her to explain... no explination comes for several minutes. Finally she starts talking... "I just went to give him a hug and then he turned his head..." dot dot...

I thought we might try another variation of "What was it?". http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/603/idbadge8il.jpg

This is how it works: One person writes a sentance, and bolds one word. The next person has to write a sentance, using that word as an acronym. for instance: see? try to make your sentance make sense. I'll start off: This is the first sentance of the game

Being logically inept (never took a class, and don't know what Rose and AKG are talking about), I've always imagined there was direct correlation to set theory, so please excuse my ignorance. Someone tell me where this is wrong. Let A, B, C be the following sets : A = {2,4} B = {2,3}...

Since this forum seems a little slow, I propose a game. I'll post some sort of logic question (it can be symbolic or some sort of trivia about logic) and the next poster tries to answer. When s/he gets it correct, I'll verify that it was the answer I was looking for and then the poster gets to...

A game with no winners... let,s use some of game theory...let,s suppose we have a game played by n players with k parameters given by the function U(p1,p2,...pk) so we get that there exist a point of equilibrium dU(p1,...pk)=0 so nobody wins could exist that equilibrium...(my question is if...

Q&a Game For Fun ! Ok... Just came across something weird and interesting in one of my physics books and I thought I'd share it and start one of those Q&A games I've seen on this forum! "When two parallel uncharged metal sheets are placed in a perfect vacuum, they attract each other with...

Me and a friend are trying to write a Scorched Earth game clone and we're trying to figure out an algorithm to calculate ballistic trajectory (factoring in gravity and wind). I'm not very good at physics what-so-ever, but I've managed to make an algorithm for projectile trajectory (with...

Will this be the future game over the Internet... ? Hi. Here is a guy in Australia explaining how it is to remote control a webcam robot in Sweden. He is controlling it from the other side of the world over the Internet... http://www.roaringsnake.com/misc/article_tank.htm...

- The game proceeds by rounds. At the start of each round, X is some mystery individual. A round begins by the latest winner (or me for the first round) attributing one property to X. Ex: X is dead. or X is in my car. or X is a dead president of the USA. - A property must apply to more...

In this game, I (and later, I may nominate others to help me) make up cryptic clues that reveal the usernames of PF members. Other folks guess the names (and provide the reasoning). Here's an (medium to high difficulty) example : Standardized test leads a free fall Answer in white ...

Monkey see, mokey do. 1st poster: X is green. 2nd poster: X is native to Florida. 3rd poster: X is a reptile. 4th poster: X is not a mammal. This breaks a rule: You must actually narrow the options. 5th poster: X's jaws can exert thousands pounds of pressure per square inch when closing...

No, I'm not looking for a rocket propelled grenade. (yet) I'm looking for a good role playing game, preferably for PS/PS2 or Gamecube, but I'm not entirely adverse to getting a gameboy. I'm looking for something with a good story, and challenging combat. I've already played the Final...

c questions: game of life, splitting a program I'm doing the game of life as an exercise project for a c course. I've got a few questions regarding splitting the program into smaller pieces which is required for the project. I've split it into these pieces: printer.c: Used to print the...

This was a problem that arose from a game that me and my friends play following a game of golf to determine who picks up the post game refreshments in the clubhouse. Let me first explain the game, then I will give you the question that we have come up with. For simplicity, assume that there are...

A wheel on a game show is given an initial angular speed of 1.3 rad/s. It comes to rest after rotating through 3/4 of a turn. Find the average torque exerted on the wheel given that it is a disk of radius 0.80m and mass of 6.4 kg. I worked the matching problem in the book and got the...

A Q&A game is simple: One person asks a relevant question (it can be research, calculation, a curiosity, something off-the-top-of-the-head, anything ... as long as it's a math question) and other people try to answer. The person who posts the first correct answer (as recognized by s/he who asked...

A Q&A game is simple: One person asks a relevant question (it can be research, calculation, off-the-top-of-the-head, anything as long as it is a physics question) and other people try to answer. The person who posts the first correct answer (as recognized by s/he who asked the question) gets to...

Lots of students are wondering about the possibilities of being a physicist in professional life. I have posted an entry on this in my journal ('what is a physicist'). On the following page : https://www.physicsforums.com/journal.php?s=&journalid=13790&action=view I have written a...

When a single person shouts at a football game, the sound intensity level at the center of the field is 60 dB. When all the people shout together the intensity level increases to 109 dB. Assuming that each person generates the same sound intensity at the center of the field, how many people are...

The rules of the immigration game are very simple... http://www.transcience.com.au/el/elgameo.html :smile: :smile: (This is a repost. The post disappeared and even Evo can't find anything about what happened to it... gone without a trace. So you people who posted in it...

two people are playing the amazingly complex and strategy filled game that has no name. the way you play is like this: you take an ideal and round table, and a lot of ideal circular coins (normal coins, little cylinders, nothing crazy). each player then (by turn) puts a coin onto the table...

A wheel on a game show is given an initial angular speed of 1.22 rad/s. It comes to rest after rotating through 3/4 of a turn. Find the average torque exerted on the wheel given that it is a disk of radius 0.71m and a mass 6.4kg. I'm lost. I don't really know where to begin. I know the...

I'm writing a video game. For the AI i need to be able to calculate the proper initial velocity for a given angle to hit a target a certain x,y distance away. I don't want to use time in the formula. Does anyone know a formula for doing this? I found something about a "gunnery law" that looked...

The game of reverse Tic-Tac-Toe, called Eot-Cat-Cit, has the same rules as Tic-Tac-Toe, except that the first player with 3 markers in a straight line looses. Can the player with first move avoid being beaten? (note: a tie counts as a win for player 1)

I just played thay dark room game that was posted in brain teasers, pretty fun. It reminded me of this game i played a few months ago called MOTAS. I think some of you will really enjoy it, i also think some of you might really hate it and feel stupid because you won't be able to do it :-p I...

here's a rather challenging flash puzzle game if any of you are interested... i'll post hints on it if you need help... http://www.woolythinking.com/html/darkroomIE.html?o=0o best of luck to anyone who tries

Hi. I have 1 computer, and obvoisly, a TV. What I want to do is play Grand Theft Auto vice City multiplayer, either using a split screen, or having one go to the TV, and the other one on the computer. Because GTA:VC does not come with this, the only way is if I open 2 Grand Theft Auto Vice...

Decimal 5 = 50 percent. 50 percercent is written 50/50, fifty/fifty. Are you closer to 50 percent or one ? I say one. But I may be wrong. What do you think ? What are the implications of your answer ?

If I give you a basket with three balls in it, 2 reds and 1 white, then ask you to draw a ball randomly from the basket; if you get a red you pay me $1, if you get a white I pay you $4...would you do it? Now, I know that this is still "gambling" and that you could lose all your money and go...

I have a situation that seems easy, I just keep confusing myself. Say there's a card game in which the first step is for the player to choose a suite. After the suite is chosen, they draw a card. If the card matches their suite, they win and the game is over. If the card does not match the...

Follow the sequence of tsteps listed below, if you have the patience, and a calculator #0. Think of a positive integer (the smaller, the better for you) #1. Add 30 to it #2. Multiply this by 7 #3. Write this number in the form 10X + Y, where 0 \leq Y \leq 9 (eg : N = 345 => X = 34...

Any starcraft players out there? I personally love the game, but don't have much time to play with school, and am not very good at it.

You know the one. You have to bring a wrapped gift for the office holiday party, then you draw a number, and when your number comes up you have to pick a gift or steal one from somebody. Does anyone want a USC mug?

optimal strategies for the game "Go"? Hello all Just wondering what the optimal strategies for the game "Go" are? Does anyone know how to play this game? Thanks

Drinking is quite commonly mentioned in the General Section, so I was wondering what everyone's favorite drinking game was?

You have a block of wood submerged in a butcket of water. The block of wood is connected to the bottom of the bucket by a spring. The block of wood is stationary (the spring is not oscillating it). Now you place this system in an elevator and start playing the 'random floor' game. When the...

Go to www.spiketv.com and vote for halo 2 for everything it is nominated for, but here is another poll for pf when you have completed the other voting.

Fun game! Participate if you can! Alright I'll try to make this brief. The rules: PM with your guess of a non-negative integer (ie. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...) The winner(s) will be the ones who choose the least number with the least number of pickers. For example, if there are 5 people...

Project Help I have a Science project due. I am a little gridlocked... I would like to incorporate a mystery type game to this. What I have is the board and rules, but I need questions. 4 sets. Story (For those who have completed GTA: San Andreas, you may recognize some of the scenarios)...