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Doesn't look like this talk page is very active, but I don't have enough info to make an informed change. The section Importance in real games doesn't mean anything as written (What is k?) and the web reference doesn't shed any light on the matter. Delete? 100.2.207.34 ( talk) 15:00, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
The "Other Variants" sections says:
However, the analysis at [1] claims to have completely solved that game, with a very simple algorithm.
Which of those two claims is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.32.16.101 ( talk) 22:07, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
According to the article: "Real games seem to turn into a battle over whether the number of moves will be m or m+1 with other possibilities being quite unlikely", where m is defined to be the number of moves. Obviously, by definition, the number of moves can't be m+1, so this line of the article is nonsense. From the context of the article, I sort of guess that 2n was intended instead of m; that would at least make sense, but I don't know if it's actually correct. Someone who knows should fix this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.193.88.39 ( talk) 21:09, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
I removed this because Sprouts-with-valency-4 is plainly not equivalent. Brussels Sprouts enforces which component of the playing surface (i.e. which side of the existing lines) each free end is in, and this appears to be crucial in the proof that the game is trivial (and quite possibly in the proof that the game ends after finitely many moves). — Blotwell 20:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
The rules are not understandable by one that comes here without previous knowledge, like me. You can figure everything out, probably, but why not say it clearly to start with? First of all, 1) should say that the players take turns drawing a line AND adding a point on this line (or did I misunderstand this?). Then, there should be a clear statement, why the game in picture number 5 is ended. Can't one simply draw a loop from one of the green spots to itself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.174.56.23 ( talk) 12:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Have there been any sprouts tournaments or championships? Where can I find a list of the participants in those kinds of matches? 216.99.219.11 ( talk) 06:42, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
The game sprouts was important to the plot of the Piers Anthoney book Macroscope see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroscope_%28novel_by_Piers_Anthony%29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.65.169.82 ( talk) 01:28, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
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Doesn't look like this talk page is very active, but I don't have enough info to make an informed change. The section Importance in real games doesn't mean anything as written (What is k?) and the web reference doesn't shed any light on the matter. Delete? 100.2.207.34 ( talk) 15:00, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
The "Other Variants" sections says:
However, the analysis at [1] claims to have completely solved that game, with a very simple algorithm.
Which of those two claims is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.32.16.101 ( talk) 22:07, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
According to the article: "Real games seem to turn into a battle over whether the number of moves will be m or m+1 with other possibilities being quite unlikely", where m is defined to be the number of moves. Obviously, by definition, the number of moves can't be m+1, so this line of the article is nonsense. From the context of the article, I sort of guess that 2n was intended instead of m; that would at least make sense, but I don't know if it's actually correct. Someone who knows should fix this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.193.88.39 ( talk) 21:09, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
I removed this because Sprouts-with-valency-4 is plainly not equivalent. Brussels Sprouts enforces which component of the playing surface (i.e. which side of the existing lines) each free end is in, and this appears to be crucial in the proof that the game is trivial (and quite possibly in the proof that the game ends after finitely many moves). — Blotwell 20:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
The rules are not understandable by one that comes here without previous knowledge, like me. You can figure everything out, probably, but why not say it clearly to start with? First of all, 1) should say that the players take turns drawing a line AND adding a point on this line (or did I misunderstand this?). Then, there should be a clear statement, why the game in picture number 5 is ended. Can't one simply draw a loop from one of the green spots to itself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.174.56.23 ( talk) 12:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Have there been any sprouts tournaments or championships? Where can I find a list of the participants in those kinds of matches? 216.99.219.11 ( talk) 06:42, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
The game sprouts was important to the plot of the Piers Anthoney book Macroscope see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroscope_%28novel_by_Piers_Anthony%29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.65.169.82 ( talk) 01:28, 18 July 2014 (UTC)