Zendo, play by forum

namida · June 23, 2015, 12:14:44 AM

First test of generating a formatted list with my new app...

White Koans
ATE ATT RASE RATE
ATG RARE RAT SATE

Black Koans
AGE RAG RAHE
EAT RAGE SAGE
GREAT RAGG TEAR

namida · June 24, 2015, 02:36:23 PM

Let's drop a hint... a very minor one to start with.

Spoiler

All black koans are at least two letters long.

Simon · October 16, 2015, 04:49:41 AM

Dust off the Delphi koanizer for...

AAA
ABC
ACB
BAC
AAAA
AAAAA

-- Simon

namida · October 16, 2015, 06:15:59 AM

Shit. I'm not even sure if I remember the rule anymore. I think I know what it was, gimme a sec to run through the list and see.
EDIT: Yep, okay, I remember the rule now. Gimme a sec to dig up the app, now... (wonder if I still have that...?)

EDIT: Yes! Still got the tool too. (Wasn't sure, due to a computer replacement in the recent past; but that was obviously before I made the tool. Either that or I actually copied a random two-second throw-together app that's in a place I don't usually keep source code. xD)

White Koans
AAA ATE RARE RATE
AAAA ATG RASE SATE
AAAAA ATT RAT

Black Koans
ABC BAC RAG RAHE
ACB EAT RAGE SAGE
AGE GREAT RAGG TEAR

Simon · October 16, 2015, 06:42:00 AM

BBBBB
TTTTT
ASE
AUE
AREAT
AAEAT
AAAAT

-- Simon

namida · October 16, 2015, 06:44:03 AM

White Koans
AAA ASE AUE RAT
AAAA ATE BBBBB RATE
AAAAA ATG RARE SATE
AAAAT ATT RASE TTTTT

Black Koans
AAEAT AREAT RAG SAGE
ABC BAC RAGE TEAR
ACB EAT RAGG
AGE GREAT RAHE

Hm... given that people gave up on this one for a while, should I consider dropping another hint...?

Simon · October 16, 2015, 07:26:05 AM

Hints: Hnn no. The game is reasonably early, and there are patterns to explore. People may have grown bored of the game, but don't seem to be out of ideas.

RAE
AE
RE
RARERARE
AAATT
ATEAR
ARARE

-- Simon

namida · October 16, 2015, 01:57:09 PM

White Koans
AAA ARARE AUE RAT
AAAA ASE BBBBB RATE
AAAAA ATE RARE RE
AAAAT ATG RARERARE SATE
AAATT ATT RASE TTTTT

Black Koans
AAEAT AREAT RAE SAGE
ABC ATEAR RAG TEAR
ACB BAC RAGE
AE EAT RAGG
AGE GREAT RAHE

(Sorry, last entries' ones are still bolded here... forgot to click the button to clear them from the "New" list and am too lazy to manually edit it... xD)

Proxima · October 16, 2015, 02:02:10 PM

GATE
RATEG
EATE
EEEEE
EGG

namida · October 16, 2015, 09:47:39 PM

White Koans
AAA ASE EEEEE RE
AAAA ATE RARE SATE
AAAAA ATG RARERARE TTTTT
AAAAT ATT RASE
AAATT AUE RAT
ARARE BBBBB RATE

Black Koans
AAEAT ATEAR GREAT RATEG
ABC BAC RAE SAGE
ACB EAT RAG TEAR
AE EATE RAGE
AGE EGG RAGG
AREAT GATE RAHE

Simon · October 17, 2015, 03:42:26 AM

ATATA
AERR
CC
RATEE
RATEEE
RATEEEE
RATEZ
RATEZZ
RATEZZZ

-- Simon

namida · October 17, 2015, 06:31:04 PM

White Koans
AAA ATE RARERARE RATEZZ
AAAA ATG RASE RATEZZZ
AAAAA ATT RAT RE
AAAAT AUE RATE SATE
AAATT BBBBB RATEE TTTTT
ARARE CC RATEEE
ASE EEEEE RATEEEE
ATATA RARE RATEZ

Black Koans
AAEAT AREAT GATE RAHE
ABC ATEAR GREAT RATEG
ACB BAC RAE SAGE
AE EAT RAG TEAR
AERR EATE RAGE
AGE EGG RAGG

namida · October 20, 2015, 03:04:30 PM

Seems to have died off again, so here's a hint...

Spoiler

Any substring of a white koan will also be a white koan.

Proxima · October 25, 2015, 06:27:03 PM

Guess: a koan has the buddha-nature if, for every two letters consecutive within the koan, they are either identical or else are from opposite halves of the alphabet (A-M and N-Z).

namida · October 25, 2015, 06:30:26 PM

Congratulations, that's correct!