IC #6

[Jessica]

So we need to elect a leader out of the four of us here. Anyone have nominations?

[Stephannie]

I get anxiety when it comes to submitting things on a deadline and I'm worried I'd submit something too early y'know what I mean?

[Jessica]

I'll be the leader. We will win this. SIZE MATTERS NOT, BITCHES

[Stephannie]

[Stephannie]

omg... does anyone know good battleship strategy?

[Anthony]

So what are we thinking for this one?

[Anthony]

So what are we thinking for this one?

[Jessica]

So the best way to win battleship is to have the ships far from each other and two attack in a checkerboard formation.

A3,A4 for 2 ship
E3,F3,G3 for 3 ship
C5,D5,E5,F5 for 4 ship

Are we good with that?

[Stephannie]

idk I'm trying to google "how to win at battleship" and am finding confusing algorithms... but I feel like this isn't really technically battleship, is it?

[Anthony]

Good with me

[Jessica]

Well we can also diagonal, which isn't battleship legal. Do you guys feel we should have diagonal ships?

[Stephannie]

So the best way to win battleship is to have the ships far from each other and two attack in a checkerboard formation.

A3,A4 for 2 ship
E3,F3,G3 for 3 ship
C5,D5,E5,F5 for 4 ship

Are we good with that?

you sound like you know what you're doing, Im okay with it.

Elaborate on the checkerboard: what should we do with our guesses?

[Anthony]

What's our attack strategy?

[Jessica]

Imagine the board is similar to a checkerboard: white and black tiles. Only attack one type of tile and you'll hit more often than random guesses. So I can do C3 and then E5.

[Anthony]

So we aren't putting anything in rows 6 and 7?

[Anthony]

So we aren't putting anything in rows 6 and 7?

[Stephannie]

okay!
though with the diagonal that might complicate things... we could potentially miss a whole ship y'know?

[Jessica]

So we aren't putting anything in rows 6 and 7?

Correct. Unpredictable. It's a crapshoot in any case.

[Jeff Probst]

Please get together your final board placement, and diagonals are legal here.

[Stephannie]

if we say a tile do we sink our own ship too?

like if we have something on C5 and they have something on C5 if we say C5 do we hit both ships?