Game 0: The initial game

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:01

I'll open with Vauxhall

Raghu Ranganathan

Sounds like valhalla

I'm opening with Caledonian Road cause I'm disabled

Lyxal

Make sure to place your moves in bold text!

@RaghuRanganathan That sounds like a straddle to Wapping is needed

Raghu Ranganathan

Where's Snowdin in this map you gave me

Lyxal

A little left of waterfall

IIRC that is

And not at all near New Home

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal Hy Lyxal

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:06

@HighlyRadioactive why don't you make a move in this wonderful game of MC?

Raghu Ranganathan

this map is awfully confusing

I'm gonna make a baby step towards Amersham

Lyxal

Ooh very nice

Uh, Canada Water, obviously

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal Cuz I don't know it at all

Lyxal

Mornington Crescent (game)

Mornington Crescent is a game featured in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (ISIHAC), a series that satirises panel games.The game consists of each panellist in turn announcing a landmark or street, most often a tube station on the London Underground system. The aim is to be the first to announce "Mornington Crescent", a station on the Northern line. Interspersed with the turns is humorous discussion amongst the panellists and host regarding the rules and legality of each move, as well as the strategy the panellists are using. == Origins == Mornington Crescent f...

@HighlyRadioactive kevan.org/morningtonia

A tube map for anyone who needs it: content.tfl.gov.uk/large-print-tube-map.pdf

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HighlyRadioactive

Oh nice

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:08

Hmmm, I know

HighlyRadioactive

Considering how hard it is to program in MC

Raghu Ranganathan

Countering with Euston

HighlyRadioactive

This game should be even harder

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan oh! Well I never!

Queensway

Quartering surrounding diagonals and capturing 3 green podumes.

Raghu Ranganathan

Bond Street, putting the whole game in a bind

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:10

@RaghuRanganathan so that's how it is.

Hmm.

Well, you leave me no choice:

Dollis Hill

Raghu Ranganathan

Has anyone here gone throgh these stations before?

Lyxal

Absolutely not. I'm Australian and have never left the country!

Raghu Ranganathan

Amazing

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal I don't even know which link to start with!

Raghu Ranganathan

has anyone played scotland yard here?

really fun game

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:14

@HighlyRadioactive Wikipedia, then Morningtonia

HighlyRadioactive

Morningtonia is full of stubs

Also I told you I can't access Wikipedia before

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive "The game consists of each panellist in turn announcing a landmark or street, most often a tube station on the London Underground system. The aim is to be the first to announce "Mornington Crescent", a station on the Northern line."

Raghu Ranganathan

what's wrong with wikipedia

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal "Mornington Crescent" terminates both the program and the game, right?

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive Yes.

"The objective of Mornington Crescent is to give the appearance of a game of skill and strategy, with complex and long-winded rules and strategies, to parody games in which similarly circuitous systems have evolved. The rules are fictional, and its appeal to audiences lies in the ability of players to create an entertaining illusion of competitive gameplay.[7]

Humorous variations to the rules have been introduced to games. Humphrey Lyttelton would describe special rules to apply to that session, such as "Trumpington's Variations" or "Tudor Court Rules", so that almost every episode featuri…

HighlyRadioactive

Aug 7, 2020 07:16

@RaghuRanganathan There are a lot of countries that blocks Wikipedia and everything do you know?

Raghu Ranganathan

ahhh ok

India blocks chinese products and newgrounds

thankfully not wikipedia

It still doesn't prevent anyone from using a VPN though

HighlyRadioactive

My VPN is also blocked now however

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive do you have access to a London Tube Map?

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal The one on the starboard?

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive Any map in general will do.

HighlyRadioactive

Aug 7, 2020 07:18

@RaghuRanganathan Oh why

@Lyxal Including the starboard one?

Raghu Ranganathan

Why block which one

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive yes

Raghu Ranganathan

some dumb political reasons

Lyxal

Starboard map is the recommended map

HighlyRadioactive

@RaghuRanganathan All of those blocks are for some dumb political reasons I guess

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:19

Some players opt for a more circular map, but all one needs is a simple standard stock-standard map of the stations

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal OH OK wait forgot to turn off capslk

Raghu Ranganathan

Heres a usable link instead of wikipedia notion.so/…

@HighlyRadioactive

HighlyRadioactive

I challenge Raghu to solve How many 1's we get in MAWP

@RaghuRanganathan That works?

Raghu Ranganathan

yes it should work

try opening it

HighlyRadioactive

Ok

New mirror! (Add bookmark)

Raghu Ranganathan

Aug 7, 2020 07:22

How many 1's we get is insane for MAWP and 1+

HighlyRadioactive

Sure

JoKing challenged me to solve that one

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive that's off topic here

HighlyRadioactive

Also I wonder how many 1's will I get when I try to answer that with 1+

@Lyxal ohoksorry

feel free to move them to Sandbox if you feel appropiate

Lyxal

We're here to play the game

HighlyRadioactive

~~This is terrible and~~ I'm very sorry

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:24

But i'll let it slide this time

Raghu Ranganathan

Speaking of sliding, let's slide to and through Mudchute

Lyxal

Then I'll castle kingside to Elephant and Castle

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal Also where can I find the rool for example

Raghu Ranganathan

side to side on Kennington

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive The objective of Mornington Crescent is to give the appearance of a game of skill and strategy, with complex and long-winded rules and strategies, to parody games in which similarly circuitous systems have evolved. The rules are fictional, and its appeal to audiences lies in the ability of players to create an entertaining illusion of competitive gameplay.[7]

@RaghuRanganathan followed by Wood Green

Raghu Ranganathan

Aug 7, 2020 07:27

i see that the crescent station is just about in the middle of the map

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan It pretty much is

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal I know it's technically fictional!

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive so make rules up

use your imagination!

Raghu Ranganathan

You're not the only person that can say colors

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan oh?

Raghu Ranganathan

Aug 7, 2020 07:28

Redbridge

Lyxal

Parsons Green

;P

HighlyRadioactive

@Lyxal ~~Mornington Crescent Yay~~

Of course not

Raghu Ranganathan

ShoREDitch Street

HighlyRadioactive

Greenford

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan WHITE Hart Lane

@HighlyRadioactive oh very nice

make sure to use bold text for moves

Raghu Ranganathan

Aug 7, 2020 07:30

Blackhorse Lane

back to the chess

HighlyRadioactive

Blackwall

Lyxal

Queens Road Peckham

HighlyRadioactive

Oh right and Blackfriars

lol

Raghu Ranganathan

Stamford bROOK

Lyxal

I'm hungry: West Ham

HighlyRadioactive

Aug 7, 2020 07:32

King’s Cross St Pancras

@Lyxal Burnham

Lyxal

@HighlyRadioactive now my lunch is ruined and all smokey.

HighlyRadioactive

Yay

Lyxal

Bromley- by-Bow

HighlyRadioactive

Lyxal fact: Lyxal's lunch is ruined and all moseyk.

Raghu Ranganathan

Bayswater to put out the fire and smoke

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:34

@RaghuRanganathan thank you

HighlyRadioactive

---Iff-topic: I'm tempted to create a challenge called "moseyk"

Lyxal

Jokes on you: I've already eaten my East Ham!

Raghu Ranganathan

--- sounds too much like pig latin, funnily enough Lyxal just named east ham

man there's no jerky in this map

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan but there is dessert! Pudding Mill Lane

Raghu Ranganathan

I'm gonna go to Canary Wharf and have my fish in peace

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 07:39

How about Turkey Street then. It ain't pork!

Raghu Ranganathan

dammit you're good at this

Lyxal

I've had practice.

But this is the most fast paced game I've ever played!

Raghu Ranganathan

Retreating to Harold Wood

HighlyRadioactive

I'm back

Lyxal

Good

Raghu Ranganathan

Aug 7, 2020 07:45

I'm tryna make sensible moves while writing MAWP code

Very taxing on the brain

HighlyRadioactive

@RaghuRanganathan Whenever you write MAWP code I will write 1+ code

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan good on you

@RaghuRanganathan but I was really hoping you wouldn't say that. I've no choice but Pimlico.

HighlyRadioactive

What will Lyxal do if Edgware?

Lyxal

I'm gonna have to think about that.

That's long enough

@HighlyRadioactive Tooting Bec

Raghu Ranganathan

Aug 7, 2020 08:03

Retreating to Crystal Palace

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan Palace, you say? Royal Oak, claiming 2 blue tokens on Kensington

Raghu Ranganathan

Anerley barring the orange line, even though no lines must be crossed

Lyxal

@RaghuRanganathan uh oh.

Look what you've made me do: Charring Cross

Raghu Ranganathan

Centrale, centralizing and taking map control

Lyxal

Aug 7, 2020 08:18

I'm gonna do a pro gamer move here:

Dollis Hill

Raghu Ranganathan

(You wanna play some actual online game?)

Lyxal

No

I'm good

Raghu Ranganathan

cool

Lyxal

I'll be going soon anyway

Raghu Ranganathan

Mornington Crescent, which exectues rm -r / thereby destroying everything we worked for

Mornington Crescent

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