Dots and Boxes Tournament

[ZoruaLuhansk]

Rules:

• Each turn, draw a line between two adjacent dots.
• If you complete a square, you initial it and you have to go again.
  
  • If you take two squares with a single line, you get one extra move.
• Whoever has the most squares once the grid is filled up wins.
  
  • In the event of a tie, the second player wins.

Grid Examples:

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I'm playing 4x4 grids because I know the optimal strategy for both sides of a 2x2 and the first player of a 3x3.

I'm fine with multiple games going at once, if you want to play, post your interest, and hopefully someone else (you can definitely participate in more than one game at a time) will start a game with you.

I'll start, whoever likes can make the second move:

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[AcidicBreeze]

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[ZoruaLuhansk]

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[AcidicBreeze]

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[ZoruaLuhansk]

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Edit: appearantly and underscore went missing in the top row

[AcidicBreeze]

rude

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[ZoruaLuhansk]

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[AcidicBreeze]

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[ZoruaLuhansk]

New header with the added benefit that i remember who went first

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Zorua v. Acidic
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[AcidicBreeze]

good move

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[ZoruaLuhansk]

CRAP

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[AcidicBreeze]

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Zorua v. Acidic
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[ZoruaLuhansk]

welp gg

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[AcidicBreeze]

final scores 8-8 seems we will draw

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[ZoruaLuhansk]

For clarification, for all future games, if you take two squares with a single line, you get one extra move.
It applies to this game as well if Acidic agrees.
Not like it matters.

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[AcidicBreeze]

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this is how the game will end

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Zorua v. Acidic
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[AcidicBreeze]

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this is how the game will end

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Zorua v. Acidic
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the top and middle can be swapped either way

[ZoruaLuhansk]

I CAN STILL SALVAGE THIS
maybe

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