Connect Four
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Wait... is the beetle still there?
I would be totally down for stories about Tabitha Carapace. That's one of those names that pretty much requires a story.
Tabby should be the next yelling bird.
You need to write a children's book about Tabitha Carapace's Big Day Out, Jeph.
Called it. Melon totally donated half of May's new body fund lol
Roko seems to have become used to arriving home and finding Yay and Melon there, as opposed to resenting it the previous time https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4108 . She might even find it comforting now.
Has Yay informed Melon that Connect Four is a "solved game", meaning they can always win if they go first?
Melon has a win in 6 or 9 moves, depending on whose turn it is https://connect4.gamesolver.org/en/?pos=121242257747677553 https://connect4.gamesolver.org/en/?pos=213456277122547577
Really liking the growth in Yay as a character. They are so much more interesting now than when they were the seemingly all-powerful Spookybot.
Well, they still... are the all-powerful Spookybot. Just, yanno, learning to have a little chill.
I want a pet beetle now...
Melon literally just told you how to get one.
What was Melon smellin'?
Melon is the gift that just keep giving
It just occurred to me that QC is in an alternate universe. Hanners will release it in ours.
It does explain some stuff.
That was before all this transpired. The release is in an alternate universe.
How do two AIs play Connect Four anyway? Wouldn't the first player to move put their piece down, they both stare at the rack for a moment, and then declare a winner? Or is "human level cognition only" one of the rules, like playing Counter Strike with knives?
Regardless of how AIs normally play it, I feel like a game with Melon would have its own special rules.
Roko, you triggered a major but likely slow-moving institutional reform, with Hanners cat-herding it to keep it functional, and got together a fund-raising drive that's going to take care of May, not institutionally but by embedding her more deeply in her own community, one which clearly cares about her. Your goal wasn't to solve the problem some particular way, it was to solve the problem. And you made massive progress on both the short- and long-term aspects of it in a single day. You are seriously good at your new job.
But somehow, someday, it leads to Hannelore ordering the release of The Virus.
I feel like what Yay considers a "modest" contribution might be a bit startling for May.
I'm betting that Yay made a 5x donation match...
Is that pronounce Cah-a-PACH-ee?
Nope. You have to follow the sandhi rules. The r is only elided when no open vowel follows it. So, cah, cahs, ceah (care), carapace.
Twist: melon is incredibly wealthy, 90% of the money came from her
I like how Yay started out going by Spookybot and wearing suits and now they just show up in, apparently, boxer shorts and a big t-shirt, to play board games on Roko's couch.
Poor Roko, she's way too hard on herself. ☹️ I empathise... And well done Yay for making sure Roko understands what she's achieved.
The whole cast makes me happy!
so, what gender is Yay Newfriend aka spookybot? They're initial appearance in suit/ tie I thought effeminate male, then while friending Roko more ambiguously female.. I'm at a loss.
They are legion. They are plural.
Anyone else had a feeling Yay was gonna pitch in? They do seem like the type to do that, mostly to help their friend, Roko.
Yes, but we'll never know how much they pitched in.
I both love and hate Tabby.
We NEED a strip about Tabitha Carapace now.
Now tops my list of future Patreon strips I want to see.
I love the subtle implications of the body seams. Roko's expensive chassis has very few compared to Melon, and Yay has none at all.
Skimming back through the archives, Yay has had a neck-seam; same as Roku. Methinks its absence was a goof.
Melon is excellent at naming things
I love how Yay's pieces are neatly stacked while Melon's are just a mess on the table. Why are there two yellow/brown spaces in the board?
It’s the tabletop seen through an empty space
Wow, Melon's the only one close to winning!
Now we need a Tabitha Carapace children's book!
Well the Creator <i>is</i> inordinately fond of beetles...
May is a regular Rosa Parts.
Okay, I'll allow it. And Claire would embrace it.
I knew Roko and Yay would show up soon. And Yay for Yay! And kudos to Melon.
You poked Daddy AI successfully, Roko. Take the damn win.
Tabitha Hairpiece?