What Is Tic Tac Toe?

by sunilkumarc • 12 years ago

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a3n2• 12 years ago

I can't make any sense out of the xkcd figures. How do you mentally navigate them, where do they take you, and what do you know at the end?

Pewqazz• 12 years ago

It's a visual representation of the most optimal tic-tac-toe strategy based on a given game state. Assume you're playing as X, who goes first. The largest X in the whole figure is in the top-left, indicating that that's X's optimal move. Now, let's say O decided to play in the top-middle square. You would "zoom in" on that ninth of the board; the black X and O represent the fact that this is the current state of the game. There is now a large red X in the middle, so that's where you should play your next move. Repeat until the game is over.

a3n2• 12 years ago

Thanks, I follow now. I guess I don't have the tic-tac-toe mind.

What Is Tic Tac Toe?

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