Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Many thanks to
Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
for the previous game!
The game is over. Congratulations to
Nate Mohling
United States
Marion
Iowa
for having figured out the secret rule.
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.)
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.
-As a courtesy to other students in the event that your guess is correct, please enclose your guesses in [ o][ /o] tags (without the spaces).
-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)
  
    (counterexample)
 (given)
   (counterexample)
   (given)
   (given)
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Koans that do not have the Buddha-nature ( )
(starting koan)
   
     
(given)
     
(given)
null
(given)
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Total koans: 38
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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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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
jackelfrink wrote:
jeffwolfe wrote:
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Jesse Hickle
United States
Griffith
Indiana
This space for rent.
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
Master:
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
asutbone wrote:
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Spheniscine Kynosoura
Malaysia
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
Spheniscine wrote:
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Spheniscine Kynosoura
Malaysia
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
OK, my first guess:
Spoiler (mouseover to reveal): A koan has the buddha nature if and only if there exists a anywhere before a .
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
jackelfrink wrote:
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
Flyboy Connor 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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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
mathgrant wrote: For future reference, use spoiler tags ([ o ] and [ / o ], without spaces) when making a guess.
So, this has always been the convention, but should we put it in the rules?
Also, Master.
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
jeffwolfe wrote: mathgrant wrote: For future reference, use spoiler tags ([ o ] and [ / o ], without spaces) when making a guess. So, this has always been the convention, but should we put it in the rules?
Good idea, actually. I can't believe I didn't think of that; I just picked up on the tradition from all the wrong guesses in my first game, and that was it.
jeffwolfe wrote:
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Pieter
Netherlands
Maastricht
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
Glod Glodsson wrote:
Flyboy Connor 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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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
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Jesse Hickle
United States
Griffith
Indiana
This space for rent.
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
Master:
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
jeffwolfe wrote:
asutbone wrote:
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jack elfrink
United States
McKees Rocks
Pennsylvania
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
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Grant Fikes
United States
Abilene
Texas
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Re: Emoticon Zendo (Game 181)
jackelfrink wrote:
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