Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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| − | | date = December 10, 2010
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| − | | title = Tic-Tac-Toe
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| − | | image = Tic_tac_toe.png
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| − | | titletext = The only winning move is to play, perfectly, waiting for your opponent to make a mistake.
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| − | ==Explanation==
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| − | Each map shows every possible combination of moves which will result in that side winning or tying. It assumes that X moves first, which is why the map for O has more possible move combinations and, therefore, more subdivisions.
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| − | The title text is a reference to the 1983 movie ''{{w|WarGames}}''. In that movie, by playing Tic-Tac-Toe the AI realizes that some games cannot be won when all the players play flawlessly, and subsequently concludes that the only way to win at the nuclear warfare "game" is not to play.
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| − | ==Transcript==
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| − | :[The comic comprises two large square maps, each divided into nine sections, some of which are further subdivided in the same way. The subdivisions continue down for up to five levels, and the lower map has more tiny diagrams than the upper. The smallest divisions at every scale are completed tic-tac-toe games.]
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| − | :Complete map of optimal Tic-Tac-Toe moves
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| − | :Your move is given by the position of the largest red symbol on the grid. When your opponent picks a move, zoom in on the region of the grid where they went. Repeat.
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| − | :Map for X:
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| − | :[The first square map.]
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| − | :Map for O:
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| − | :[The second square map.]
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| − | [[Category:Logic]]
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