Life In 19x19

See subject title.

I voted for "Odd", because it seemed to best fit this poll.

What is this - some kind of survey designed to test whether people prefer to choose an odd number of stones or an even number, so that you can use this knowledge to win at nigiri more often?

I'm calling: he had to pick nigiri, but was so indecisive, so he crowd-sourced it.

Odd. People like primes, which are almost all odd. Hence "43 folders", "37 signals", "41 ways to sharpen pencils more efficiently" (edit: I guess 43 wasn't an arbitrary choice).

I'm voting for even cause it's the odd one.

Yes.

Even, because the answer is 42, and it's even !

Odd because it is less work to pick up one stone rather than two.

Odd. So I know my opponents pick even. But knowing I know they know I pick odd, they'll double-bluff me and pick odd themselves, but here's the real trick, I'm expecting that now.

Loons wrote:Odd. So I know my opponents pick even. But knowing I know they know I pick odd, they'll double-bluff me and pick odd themselves, but here's the real trick, I'm expecting that now.

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My attempts to apply elements of game theory to Go have only made it seem even more complicated..

I'll be honest, I was wondering if there was a correlation between how people saw their style as a player (aggressive, calm etc) and whether they picked odd or even. When I chose 17 against Dave in our Malkovich, I picked it thinking "he strikes me as a very reasonable, calm player, I bet he'll pick even". I was right, but meh, sample of 1 on a 50-50 decision? So what! So, instead, I made this poll, and thought I'd post this after enough people had voted.

Do people think they are likely to pick an even spread of odd and even numbers, are likely to pick their favourite / lucky numbers more often than not, or likely that their guess of odd or even is affected by either their own personality traits, or their guesses of the personality traits of their opponent?

topazg wrote:I'll be honest, I was wondering if there was a correlation between how people saw their style as a player (aggressive, calm etc) and whether they picked odd or even. When I chose 17 against Dave in our Malkovich, I picked it thinking "he strikes me as a very reasonable, calm player, I bet he'll pick even". I was right, but meh, sample of 1 on a 50-50 decision? So what! So, instead, I made this poll, and thought I'd post this after enough people had voted.

Do people think they are likely to pick an even spread of odd and even numbers, are likely to pick their favourite / lucky numbers more often than not, or likely that their guess of odd or even is affected by either their own personality traits, or their guesses of the personality traits of their opponent?

Ha Ha Ha!
Actually you guessed wrong about the relationship! In real life I always choose odd. Why? Because it is simpler to pick one stone out of the bowl reliably than it is to pick two In our Malkovich I thought, "Well just for a change..."

Heh, I also picked the opposite of what I would normally pick. When presented with the words, I guess I choose odd, but when someone puts a bowl of stones in front of me, I always want two.

Chew Terr wrote:...when someone puts a bowl ... in front of me, I always want two.

Hmmm...