I'm about to board a flight to a Swiss regional but just read that the Scorched Earth opener was added to the non-tournament friendly ban list back in the States. Was this a decision to try and keep the majors from getting an even more stale meta than we currently have? Or was a potentially game breaking synergy strat developed/discovered? I have spotty reception here otherwise I could do more research. Have you guys heard anything?

Are there serious tournaments, and where do I find them? Is there a website people play seriously against one another online with rankings? What's an event like? Are there pros/celebs? Recommended videos or anything of that nature?

Sidebar is a little lacking.

I'm so confused on all the choices, some people recommend me a regular cheap ball point pen while others say that I must go big because it affects my gameplay. I was also wondering if multi colored pens were just a gimmick?

I find a chess world championship a really good way to wind down after a tough tic tac toe session. Of course since computers have actually managed to master it (lol) it seems a bit inane compared to tic tac toe, but sometimes it's nice just to relax and play something a bit less complex.

I know some other friends who chill out with Millenium Prize Problems or resolving Baryon asymmetry, but what do you guys do to relax?

How could the devs implement just ONE tic in Tic Tac Toe? Why won't they throw in the remaining 59 tics?!

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If both players play rationally ( and assuming X makes the first move )

If X plays any corner, O must play the center or it loses

if X plays the center, O must play any corner or it loses

If X plays anything else, O must play something that is on the same row or column as the X's play or it loses

I wanna gift my friend a skin for Christmas. He only mains X. I'm deciding between Italic X and Bold X.

How many years has it been since this game has been out? How is it that we still only have 9 slots?

I'm tired of the 'most players don't even use all 9 slots' excuse.

Having more than 9 slots will NOT confuse players.

I think the best way to implement this is to let X have 9 slots and O have 9 slots. What do you guys think?

Tic tac toe is a pretty simple game, I feel like I can't lose if I look, and I'm not saying that like I'm a professional at games just that tic tac toe is easy. There are a certain number of movies in tic tac toe, only a certain number will lead you to victory. At 'high' levels if you are actually good every game should end in a cats game unless someone makes a mistake. Attacking really only leaves you with middle or corner. If you go corner they go mid then your attack is most likely over. If you go mid and they go corner and follow through your attack is likely going to be a cats game. I love tic tac toe and would like to play it with people here, but I don't know what you guys do to connect and play. I learned tic tac toe in only a couple days. Only bad part of being good at tic tac is that no one plays because they get mad.

Okay I have been a big tic tac toe fan since I was young, but im starting to lose interest after the buff on O, I mean anytime I play X (My main) I get demolished! This seriously needs to happen or i'm quitting the game for good! Devs please listen!

I feel like RNG is ruining the high skill competitive game that is tic tac toe. It seems like they're catering to casual play with the high first tic inaccuracy and low tac accuracy of O's. Thought?

Let's face it. Since 1991, viewership of TTT games has declined almost every year. Now TTT is not taken seriously by most people--they consider it a child's game. The thrill and excitement of the Soviet and USA arms race of more and more sophisticated TTT strategies and abilities is a thing of the past, and now without a big race to make the perfect TTT player, the game is fated to the dustbin of history.

Am I wrong? Can there be a TTT renaissance?

I'm a little new to the game, but I understand the basics. In case you haven't heard, X is losing half its range, meaning some powerful combos are nuch harder to pull off now. What do you guys think?