Two Cans & String

{ "thread_id": "10069", "posts": [ { "id": "979378", "time": "1523340255", "html": "<a href=\"https://twocansandstring.com/games/wizardduel\">Wizard Duel</a>", "user": "hydrogen777" }, { "id": "979385", "time": "1523364496", "html": "I wun :D", "user": "angusbeef420" }, { "id": "979474", "time": "1523402543", "html": "Me 2", "user": "diav" }, { "id": "979484", "time": "1523403315", "html": "Nice! If anyone's curious, the AI uses Markov chains to predict your next move based on your last few moves and your move history.<br /><br />I had the enemy start with 75% health, but I think maybe it's too easy right now.", "user": "hydrogen777" }, { "id": "979488", "time": "1523403810", "html": "I did it with random button-mashing, which given your explanation would make sense.", "user": "diav" }, { "id": "979510", "time": "1523405348", "html": "Yep, that's a good strategy. This game is basically a test of your ability to press buttons pseudo-randomly, without accidentally introducing patterns. I think it's probably possible to get a > 50% success rate if you game the AI properly, but I'm not sure.", "user": "hydrogen777" }, { "id": "979559", "time": "1523425055", "html": "I figured out that it was using some sort of adaptive prediction method about the time I was at about 70% and it was at about 15%. That is when I started doing it randomly, since I knew it was the only way to game such a system.<br /><br />Fun stuff.", "user": "terrabranford" }, { "id": "1073057", "time": "1586128644", "html": "Back online.", "user": "hydrogen777" }, { "id": "1073094", "time": "1586188798", "html": "Nice. This is one of my favorites.", "user": "adsfjlk" }, { "id": "1149505", "time": "1623342717", "html": "i spent around half an hour trying to figure out the algorithm<br /><br />the only thing i got so far is that the first 4 moves are random", "user": "titanlord237" } ], "users": { "hydrogen777": { "name": "Hydrogen777", "key": "hydrogen777", "url": "/users/hydrogen777", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/11933.png", "rankClass": "admin", "rankText": "Admin", "posts": "7492" }, "angusbeef420": { "name": "AngusBeef420", "key": "angusbeef420", "url": "/users/angusbeef420", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/9461.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "2222" }, "diav": { "name": "DIAV", "key": "diav", "url": "/users/diav", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/15553.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "15894" }, "terrabranford": { "name": "TerraBranford", "key": "terrabranford", "url": "/users/terrabranford", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/510.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "1953" }, "adsfjlk": { "name": "adsfjlk;", "key": "adsfjlk", "url": "/users/adsfjlk", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/24428.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "2614" }, "titanlord237": { "name": "Titanlord237", "key": "titanlord237", "url": "/users/titanlord237", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/25980.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "3590" } }, "page_num": 1, "locked": 0, "total_pages": 1 }

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