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Challenge #336, TCB 81: The Turtle Express
LeTotalKiller:
How many digits should be assumed for the tie-breaker, though? 13.101 would appear to be better than _ssm_'s 13.83 if things were left as they are.
DarkOne:
Haven't checked yet, but if ssm used 83 seconds, it should be .083 and not .83
Deadcode:
• The rules don't state anywhere that placing your worm at the start is required. Is it? (And if so, why? Given that the rules seem to imply that the turn and turn time used to place the mine don't count towards your score)
• How are seconds rounded before dividing by 1000 and adding to the number of turns? Rounded down? Rounded up? Rounded to the nearest?
• Does the mine have to stay at its destination, or just touch it once?
• Are you allowed to die, as long as you get the mine to its destination?
• Are you allowed to place the mine and knock it in the same turn?
• Are you allowed to place more than one mine on the cyan block before conveying one of them to the destination?
DarkOne:
--- Quote from: Deadcode on December 31, 2013, 10:23 PM ---• The rules don't state anywhere that placing your worm at the start is required. Is it? (And if so, why? Given that the rules seem to imply that the turn and turn time used to place the mine don't count towards your score)
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Don't think that's necessary, actually. The first turn is required before the actual challenge can start, so I see no reason to include that turn in the turn time and all that. "Start" kind of helps finding the right area :)
--- Quote from: Deadcode on December 31, 2013, 10:23 PM ---• How are seconds rounded before dividing by 1000 and adding to the number of turns? Rounded down? Rounded up? Rounded to the nearest?
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Rounded down.
--- Quote from: Deadcode on December 31, 2013, 10:23 PM ---• Does the mine have to stay at its destination, or just touch it once?
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It's kind of a bad package delivery if the package doesn't stay at its destination, isn't it? :)
--- Quote from: Deadcode on December 31, 2013, 10:23 PM ---• Are you allowed to die, as long as you get the mine to its destination?
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This is not specified, so you're allowed. As long as the package is still alive and in the hands of its owner ;)
--- Quote from: Deadcode on December 31, 2013, 10:23 PM ---• Are you allowed to place the mine and knock it in the same turn?
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The package mine: no (that takes away the point of putting it on that starting square). Possible other mines: yes.
--- Quote from: Deadcode on December 31, 2013, 10:23 PM ---• Are you allowed to place more than one mine on the cyan block before conveying one of them to the destination?
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It does say "place a mine. You can place more mines, but the first mine is the package you have to deliver, as stated in the rules.
A couple of these questions are clearly not in the spirit of the challenge idea if I have to be honest. In my experience more rules means less people will read them all and more mistakes will be made, leading to more frustration in the competitors.
If you're thinking "how can I bend the rules to my will?", you're not thinking the right way and you should be slapped :) Ferociously. With sticks. Preferrably pointy ones. Or sticks that are on fire. Come to think of it, firey pointy sticks is probably the best combinations.
Also, happy new year.
Xrayez:
Yeah Deadcode, use your intuition in some way combined with pseudo-logic sience :)
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