I have a good feeling about my current theory
Care to share your theory?
I think its notable that green Koans have less stones than red Koans.
I was waiting for the results of the poll first
But maybe I can add one more koan to the poll?
Green or Red?
- Green
- Red
0 voters
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I also have a rule guess that fits all green and red koans so far, but I’m waiting for the end of the poll because of this.
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It seems that a lot of us think everything should be green (well, I do at the moment, but I suspect at least one, if not two other voters think so). Perhaps we have the same idea.
Could I add one additional koan to the poll as well?
- Green
- Red
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Should I just post now or will they officially close? It looks like we got plenty of votes.
Shall we post now? I’m not even sure if there are more than 6 people participating at the moment.
Also, I can’t wait to find out the first koan 162 is actually red.
I’m also in favor of revealing now 
I have a big red “close” button. You said “8 hours or so” so I was planning to wait 8 hours and hit the button, but I can totally do it early.
EDIT: I closed the polls. However, apparently the polls were secret because I can’t see who voted what. This was my first time creating a poll on the forums, and apparently the default is secret?
As for my own vote: I voted 162 Green, but 163 and 164 Red. Apparently I’m the only voter who voted Red for 163 and 164.
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I voted green for all except for 167.
i voted green all except 165
Yeah, I’m always confused about how to set up polls, but there’s a settings button that reveals a lot more options. Anyway, here you go!
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Yesssssssssssssssssssssss
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Did you vote red for the last two as well?
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Yes!
Rule guess:
It is possible to add moves to the position so that all stones initially on the position are alive with two eyes.
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Well, this one contradicts my rule guess, actually.
Now I’m doubting. I must have voted green for 165.
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my (wrong) idea was every chain should have at least three liberties
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I voted the same way @Vsotvep did, my guess was “the number of chains plus the number of empty regions is at most five” (which I think worked for all previous koans but apparently broke horribly on the new ones!)
This also seems like a counterexample if I’m interpreting correctly?
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This is what I had in mind as well.
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Just wanted to let you all know I’ve been lurking lately. This is totally a game for me, if only I had the time.
Keep it going, one day I will join!
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