Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Welcome to Emoticon Zendo Game 178!
Many thanks to
Nick Reymann
United States
Barberton
Ohio
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." Voltaire
Crafty Shaman Impersonator
for the previous game!
To see a list of all the games, see the Emoticon Zendo Wiki. (Everyone is encouraged to keep the wiki page up to date, especially those who master or win a game.)
This game is finished. Congratulations to
Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
for correctly guessing the rule:
Spoiler (mouseover to reveal): A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it contains an even number of different emoticons.
Consider the Spock rule.
Emoticon Zendo Rules:
-All BGG users start with exactly one guessing token.
-There is no "Mondo" -- there is only "Master" and guessing
-There are no turns, but no one student may do "master" (asking about a koan) two consecutive times (i.e. he must wait for another student to do "master" in between), unless 24 hours have passed without another student doing a "master". A student may "guess" the rule twice consecutively only if there was a "master" from another student, and at least an hour has passed since the first guess. A student may do a "master" and then make a guess consecutively.
-The null koan is allowed in Emoticon Zendo. Use the word "null" to indicate a koan with no emoticons.
-Your first guess is free. Additional guesses cost 1 GeekGold (except see below). The GG should be submitted as a tip to this thread. The student with the first correct guess (the winner) will win all the GG as a prize.
-If you have already made at least one guess, but more than 48 hours has passed since your last guess, you may make another guess without paying the 1 GG fee.
-Please thumb the main thread if you participate.
-It is customary that the student who reaches enlightenment on this game, is the master for the next game. If unable or unwilling to perform that function, please signal the master of this game.
-"Buddha" is not spelled "Buddah". 
Emoticon Zendo Conventions:
-Koans are built from a single line of emoticons. No letters/numbers/etc.
-The 2nd emoticon from the left is in 'position #2', etc.
-I will use  and  to answer each "master", so please don't use these emoticons in your Koan.
Here is an example of a Koan of length 4 which has a smiley face in position #3:
   
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Koans that do have the Buddha-nature ( )
      (starting koan)
 
 
 
      (counter-example)
    (counter-example)
  
 
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Koans that do not have the Buddha-nature ( )
(starting koan)
  
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Total koans: 26
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Jeff Wolfe
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Zendo fan, Columbus Blue Jackets fan, Dominion Fan. These are 'permanent microbadges' to free up space on my microbadge row
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
jeffwolfe wrote:
Kamuigedonze wrote:
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Jeff Wolfe
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Zendo fan, Columbus Blue Jackets fan, Dominion Fan. These are 'permanent microbadges' to free up space on my microbadge row
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
jeffwolfe wrote:
Kamuigedonze wrote:
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William Lindsey
United States
Marion
Indiana
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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delapra wrote:
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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mathgrant wrote:
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jack elfrink
United States
McKees Rocks
Pennsylvania
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
jackelfrink wrote:
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William Lindsey
United States
Marion
Indiana
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
delapra wrote:
mathgrant wrote:
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jack elfrink
United States
McKees Rocks
Pennsylvania
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
jackelfrink wrote:
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
mathgrant wrote:
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
Time for a stupid guess!
Spoiler (mouseover to reveal): AKHTBN iff the length is even and no emoticon is repeated.
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 178)
I am probably going to regret this later, but I've paid 1GG for a second guess. If this is wrong, I'm going to hang my head in shame while everybody else figures it out.
Spoiler (mouseover to reveal): AKHTBN iff the length is even and every emoticon within the koan appears an odd number of times.
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Jeff Wolfe
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Zendo fan, Columbus Blue Jackets fan, Dominion Fan. These are 'permanent microbadges' to free up space on my microbadge row
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