# Oddly compelling little game... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364 "2005-02-10T06:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/21 "2005-02-10T15:39:20Z")
1. Is there any skill to this game? I’m just playing randomly. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/22 "2005-02-10T15:40:59Z")
1391 as soon as I figured out what to do. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/23 "2005-02-10T19:06:05Z")
1276 on my fifth try. It’s so relaxing to watch. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/24 "2005-02-10T21:00:10Z")
I find it interesting how quickly the initial random arrangement quickly turns into patches of identical tiles. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/25 "2005-02-10T21:02:02Z")
Grr. Please delete one of the "quickly"s from my last post. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/26 "2005-02-10T22:06:21Z")
2142 after several tries. Experimented a bit, and I did far better by resetting it to random first. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/27 "2005-02-10T22:22:52Z")
1. I got tired of trying after that. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/28 "2005-02-10T22:48:07Z")
2668 on my third try. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/29 "2005-02-10T23:29:16Z")
AWWWWWWWWWWWW i only got 840 but i will quickly obsess over this game, so ill let you know at 430am how im doing ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/30 "2005-02-10T23:48:15Z")
Hmmmm… I wonder if it’s possible to set up a completely self-sustaining, repeating pattern; if it were possible to set the initial configuration of the cells without triggering a cascade (i.e a garden-of-Eden configuration), I reckon an infinite score would be possible; maybe it is even possible from a standing start. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/31 "2005-02-11T00:01:05Z")
It’s kind of like pachinko without all the clanging. I suppose I should turn on my speakers. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/32 "2005-02-11T00:24:03Z")
2013 on my second try. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/33 "2005-02-11T00:27:10Z")
2552! Woo! ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/34 "2005-02-11T00:27:06Z")
You want to figure out said configuration, **Mangetout**? (I was wondering the same thing myself – too lazy to try, though. :)) ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/35 "2005-02-11T01:50:10Z")
Whee, 2274! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/36 "2005-02-11T02:45:49Z")
1575 third try…of course I’m hooked. 😛 Thanks. I was getting bored with the other games. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/37 "2005-02-11T02:58:37Z")
So far, 1360. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/38 "2005-02-11T03:05:56Z")
1571 so far. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/39 "2005-02-11T03:11:12Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > So far, 1360. Now up to 1960. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/40 "2005-02-11T03:12:56Z")
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