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Comment by camwest | Hacker News Reader

Wow I can't believe how FUN this is.

Edit: I just realized no one is commenting because everyone is still busy playing it.

Yes, this game is absolute genius. Felt really sorry for the guy (X) who got stuck running around in the middle of the Fortress formation a minute ago. Like:

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    #X  #
    # # #
    #   #
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I'm the one in the blue, by the way.

Edit: This makes me think about mathematical morphology^, used in image processing. You win when you are inside the opening of the set of pixels by the given structuring element.

i.e. you win when you are in any place where the shape can fit.

^ http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/HIPR2/open.htm

Everyone's own square appears blue.

Thank you, panda. That was the joke.

Yaay, Bob Fisher! I once dressed as him for a party, with a cardboard cutout of his face over my face.

I'm sorry, this comment isn't strictly relevant, but I don't get a chance to tell that story very often.

It's really made me realize how irritated i can get by gray blocks moving out of formation.

have you managed to complete the lobster formation yet? i'm starting to think it might be impossible

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