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[Juanca]

Who is the first player? who would like to play against Devil?
If it is God then the possibilites are infinite :amused:. But if there is no first player then Angel cannot move whatever is the N NUMBER.

[AlumiuN]

The angel will be able to keep moving in any given vector as long as it can move more than one square per turn. Because the devil can only remove one, the angel can simply jump over it if it's [N] is higher than the row of holes, otherwise it can simply move off in another direction. And even if the angel only has an [N] power of 1, it would take a long time and some exceedingly good forward thinking by the devil to trap it.

[dosraider]

If the angel keeps on avoiding the devil it will never get laid by the devil.

[arete]

*Thinks this is ordinarily the part of the movie when the matchmaker is called in to show the lonely male some pictures of prospective brides.*

Blonde, you say? Possible... will cost extra, though.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by dosraider

If the angel keeps on avoiding the devil it will never get laid by the devil.

Avoiding that is a good idea. Or don't you remember about TENTACLES?

[arete]

I think you're thinking of Cthulu.

Or possibly that Davy Jones muppet from the Pirates of the Carribean. But only you would see hentai in a mathematical construct.

In any case, you should go take a cold shower and some Valium...

[The Fifth Horseman]

I did?

Originally Posted by dosraider

If the angel keeps on avoiding the devil it will never get laid by the devil.

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Originally Posted by dosraider

Maybe *maybe* it would be more interesting to discuss this fine specimen of the human race, more specific his brain, or lack of.

Most interesting thing in this thread.

[Japo]

A fine point is that, if the angel needs to keep on going infinitely to win, he won't ever win. But this belongs to the infinity discussion, and maybe heavenly beings play with different rules. L0L

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

If the devil focuses on building a large "moat" of pits and then takes out the borders of the large "island" formed that way before the angel can run out... yeah, he can win.

Can he? The number of tiles he must remove to create a sqare island of side D surrounded by a moat N tiles wide, is 4DN+4N². That takes him an equal number of rounds. In that time the angel can traverse 4DN²+4N³ tiles.

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

The angel's [N] can be anything from 1 to infinity. For angels with low [N], it's definitely possible to trap them.

Even if N=1, the angel could traverse 4D+4 tiles by the time the devil builds a moat 1 tile across surrounding a square D tiles across.

I'm not going to think of all the possible strategies now, so I don't have an answer, but I wouldn't bet for the devil--perhaps out of principle. :bleh:

[dosraider]

The angel can't win.
Period.
The devil will get the angel and the devil will screw the angel.

Devils cheat, ya know, that's why they are devils.
:nuts: