The elementary cellular automata are even more simple than Conway's Game of Life. Instead of examining a 2D grid, there is just a 1D line of black and white cells. A cell's future state depends on its own state and the state of its left and right neighbour, according to some rules. There are 256 possible rules, but many of them are mirror images of each other, so there are only 88 unique rulesets. The rules can be expressed as binary 8 digit numbers. Each possible current configuration is written in order, 111, 110, ..., 001, 000, and the resulting state for each of these configurations is written in the same order and interpreted as the binary representation of an integer. For example Rule 30 is 00011110.
In spite of how simple the rules are, some of rulesets produce such chaotic results that you can use them as a pseudorandom number generator.
Mod notes:
skylarrrlb has another (expired on 2020-01-30 09:30:00) to remember that MafiaScum exists before I replace them.[/area]
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:16 pm
by JacksonVirgo
Howdy I just got off a 10 hour shift at work, fun.
In post 8, bugspray wrote:RVs questions:
What's the best smash Bros game?
Which ice cream flavor is your favorite and what's so good about it?
Are you happy with the role you randomed?
What piece of old technology do you think should be brought back?
Buses or trains?
This is a typical scum thing but sure.
I've never played a Smash Bros game, I've been meaning to just didn't have the money before.
Cookies and cream, because I like cookies and I like ice-cream.|
I was hoping for a different one but this is aight (nice role-fishing tho)
Hmmm, not sure.
Trains because here using the Translink service we don't need to talk to people (bus driver) which is always a plus.
I dislike the RVS questions - they are unrelated to the game and therefore pointless, apart from question 3 which feels like role-fishing.
Yeah I thought the exact same
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:52 am
by TrueSoulEnergy
I hardclaim Masons with JacksonVirgo
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:52 am
by TrueSoulEnergy
Come on Buddy let’s win this!
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:09 am
by chazary
In post 8, bugspray wrote:RVs questions:
What's the best smash Bros game?
Which ice cream flavor is your favorite and what's so good about it?
Are you happy with the role you randomed?
What piece of old technology do you think should be brought back?
Buses or trains?
I've only played smash here and there with friends and couldn't tell you which one I was playing if my life depended on it.
Vanilla. It goes with anything.
No. But I'll learn to love it.
The SanDisk Sansa Shaker.
Trains.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:13 am
by chazary
@bugspray Are these kinds of questions something you do in most games? I think they're kind of random but I'd rather this than a game with little to no engagement.
Claiming masons with another person is allowed in the rules
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:23 am
by bugspray
VOTE: gb seems scummier than usual
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:27 am
by chazary
What about GB has been scummy so far? He's barely posted anything substantial.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:40 am
by bugspray
The tone and motivation I think are behind his posts come from scum. Seems like trying to pocket me by extending various pointless conversations to build rapport
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:51 am
by chazary
Hm. Interesting. But also didn't you start that with pointless questions?
Contrast this with his response to the question. He gave an entirely flippant answer to best smash game but is suddenly invested in another answer to the same question.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:24 am
by chazary
Didn't seem flippant to me. He gave a reasonable answer (as far as I can tell with my limited smash knowledge). But I do agree that the "Who do you main?" question sounds more like an attempt to bond rather than a genuine question.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:45 am
by Luca Blight
Ok I think Bugs is Town, I like his thoughts above.
UNVOTE:
I agree that both George and TSE look scummy at the moment. The former for putting effort into answering the RVS questions and building rapport, and the latter for his ‘claim’.
VOTE: TSE
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:47 am
by Luca Blight
An SE claiming masons on P2 in a newbie. If you think about it for a while you’ll probably see the potential scum motivation behind it.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:08 am
by bugspray
I'll hop on the thicker wagon VOTE: tse
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:18 am
by bugspray
Looks like l-2
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:50 am
by chazary
Since I'm scumreading TSE too but don't wanna L-1 I'm gonna push Virgo for a response. Assuming TSE is scum for hardclaiming then Virgo would have to be scum with them.
VOTE: JacksonVirgo
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:03 am
by Luca Blight
If TSE is indeed scum then it’s unlikely he claims Masons with his actual scum buddy there.
The purpose wouldn’t be to maintain the claim for the rest of the game, but to draw out claims from others in the games by how they react to it. When confronted, TSE can hide behind ‘I was just joking lol’, but it won’t wash here.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:08 am
by chazary
Oh I see. I assumed he wouldn't claim with anyone other than the other scum just because if he did they'd immediately call him out for it. Guess it was just that foolish of a play? But either way I want to see what Virgo says so I'll still press them with my vote.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:13 am
by Luca Blight
If both scum hard claim masons D1 and stick to it, then they lose 100% of the time.
Yes Jackson probably would call him out on it, and in doing so might reveal something about his role, as might others in how they respond/comment on it. For example, if someone takes the claim as the truth then they obviously aren’t a pr, as we’re in a semi-open.