As someone around here has said before - the two most common mistakes of a new master are: 1) making a rule too complex by accident 2) making a rule too complex on purpose Timothy On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Nathan Grange <nathan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Worst rule ever with noobies (I let someone else have a go as master): > > Number of pieces = Prime number. > > I was the last to give up - after about an hour... :-D > > In his defense tho - it was a very bright group and they were guessing very > quickly. > > On 2 August 2011 02:47, Karl von Laudermann <karlvonl@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> General tip for new Masters: if you think your rule is too easy, it's >> perfect. >> >> On Aug 1, 2011, at 10:43 AM, David Artman wrote: >> >> > All this is merely alternative shorthand ways to explain koans are >> > self-contained. No real discussion necessary. >> > >> > Newer players (masters) tend to want to try to be tricky, when 'has a >> > small blue' is often tricky enough, with sufficient obfuscation. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Icehouse mailing list >> > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse >> >> -- >> Karl von Laudermann >> karlvonl@xxxxxxx >> http://www.doodpants.org/karlvonl/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Icehouse mailing list >> Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse > > > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse > >