Anastasios

So, in the end i couldn't finish the book "Godel, Escher, Bach", as it became a bit too mathematical-y for me to fully understand. However, I remembered another book i had that contained puzzles, so i have some new stuff for you.

The puzzles in this article are just the starting ones, perhaps already known to some as they are quite common, but slowly i will progress further in the book where they become more and more complicated and require more logical thought.

Give them a few minutes of thought before looking at the solution. Pen and paper can also help.


~1~ The Politicians, or Welcome To Greece (social commentary; who would imagine...)

100 politicians took part in a conference. Each one of them could be either honest or corrupt. You have 2 hints:
- At least 1 politician was honest.
- In any couple of politicians, at least one of the two is corrupt.

Can you find how many are honest and how many are corrupt?

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So, recently i found a book called "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" written by Douglas Hofstadter. Inside it, i read a very interesting puzzle that i decided to share with you.


The puzzle itsself is simple:

There is a system called the MIU-system. It utilises only 3 letters of the alphabet: M, I, and U.
This means that the only strings of this system are strings composed of these 3 letters.
For example:
String #1: MU
String #2: UIMI
String #3: UIIMUMIIUMUIM
et cetera, to strings of any length and letter combination.


Even though these are legitimate strings, the only string of letters you have available is MI. Using a set of rules shown below, you must alter this string, in order to create the final string : MU
When i use the letter x, it symbolises any possible string of letters. For example, MxI can be M followed by any number and combination of M, I, U.

The rules are the following:
~Rule #1:
If you possess a string whose last letter is I, you can add a U at the e…
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So, I decided to start a blog.

Hooray.

I've gotta say, i'm really bad at writing personal things, but i decided to give this a try as an attempt to overcome this problem. I will try to periodically release new posts about things happening in my life, as i am a very, very closed and introvert person IRL, and i'm kinda going for a change.

Anyway, my Singed guide just became the #1 in the "Most Popular" category, and the second best Singed guide, so yay for that! :D
This is quite exciting for me, seeing my work being praised like that from so many people.

Seeing its success, i decided to revamp my Twisted Fate guide as well, in order to explain all kinds of TFs, instead of just 1 type. These include AP, AD, Hybrid, On-Hit, and AP/AS. If anyone else has another way of playing him, shoot away and i'll try to include it as well ;)


This concludes my first blog post. Hope you found it interesting, or at least remotely intriguing. See you another time :)
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