Re: 13x0 followup

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Posted by the big Z on August 23, 2003 at 10:40:53:

In Reply to: Re: 13x0 followup posted by Snowguy on August 23, 2003 at 08:30:26:


: After my other post, I began to wonder: "Now, Joe, How does 13x0 stack up against other 13-sums?" If zyzak is correct in his thesis, then the winning persentage of 13x0 in 10-level games (the games played by the better players, who advance to the "random deals", leaving the rest of us in their wakes) should be higher than comparable 13-sums.:

I do not see how that follows my "thesis", which was that 13x0 games are either easy or unwinnable, but, if solvable, (almost) never difficult, which makes playing that variant a lot like a lottery.

In my opinion winnability (=the percentage of winnable games in a variant) and difficulty (the complexity of a solution) are two different things.

And by the way, it is a popular belief, but in my view a misconception, that all 13-sum games (or in general all N-sum games) are equal and/or comparable. Difficulty and winnability of a 9x4-10 cannot be compared that easily to a 13x0-10.

zyzak



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