Petals Around the Rose

The game is called Petals Around the Rose.
The answer is always an even number.

How long will it take you to solve it? It took Bill Gates 90 minutes. I took me about half an hour.

Lloyd Borrett - Computing - Petals - Bill Gates plays Petals Around the Rose (http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-bg.htm)

No Cheating.

Link to dice rolling sim.
Lloyd Borrett - Computing - Play the Petals Around the Rose game (JavaScript) (http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm)

I remember when somebody told me about this for the first time and at first I was like what the freak type of bs math is this. You just have to think outside of the box and it's easy to figure out. My friend timed me at around 1 minute and 10 seconds when he told me about this right before the last time I moved. and it's kewl as hell showing this to people and them coming up with super complex theories and whatnot when it's actually overly simple.

the score is always zero or even. it's NEVER odd.

about 2 minutes... i got them 75% of the time after the first 20 seconds though.

I spent about five minutes on it early this afternoon when the thread started then came back to it for about 15 minutes before I got it. So I guess it took me about 20 minutes total. I couldn't escape the "complex math" thought process until I read the article in it's entirety.

I have now achieved my purpose in life, by becoming a Potentate of the Rose! Life has no meaning any longer.

Has anyone registered?

Has anyone registered?

Yeah, I registered. But, the registration process consists of submitting a post on a thread -- no qualification process. What a crock. I'm member #8050. Woot!

Yeah, I registered. But, the registration process consists of submitting a post on a thread -- no qualification process. What a crock. I'm member #8050. Woot!

I'll have to double check but I think I'm #8037 or #8038 (Kevin).

Just checked - #8036

I got it. It took about 10-15 minutes for me to figure it out. It's a lot simpler than I thought it would be.