I played about 500 omok games before new resource and about 200 omok games after new resource. There was no double 3 rule before new resource. It makes me realize double 3 rule is so coufusing for new players. People often ask me what’s the rule of omok before new resource, and I only need to say “connect 5 to win”. Most players can understand it. But Most players cant understand double 3 rule. like this: Double 3 rule is not only confusing for new players. I played with a player who has played about 300 games, but he still cant fully understand how double 3 rule works. I dont hate double 3 rule, and I know double 3 rule is more nostalgic for some players. So the alternative way is make both double 3 rule and non-double 3 rule available(just connect 5 to win) if it can somehow work. Thanks<3
Is double-3 win a feature in the omok game or just a made up rule by the community? (I don't play enough omok, just a non-omok player question to understand better)
Not sure about GMS. Im sure double 3 rule existed in Taiwanese server though. there is double 3 rule in "real" omok, which is called gomoku. Gomoku double 3 rule is different with royals, and I believe Gomoku rule is confusing for royals players too.
Not a chance, the reason the rule exists is because black (or whoever goes first) can force a win without the three and three rule. Besides, omok is literally a variant of the base game, gomoku that is played on a 19x19 board with the three and three rule in place
I know the player goes first has huge advantage in gomoku rule(just connect 5 to win wothout double 3 rule), but the player goes first still has huge advantage in current royals rule as well. So it does not really matter. Balanced rule is like Renju which I played a lot, but most royals players cant understand those complicate "balanced" rule like the current rule. It's why I want double 3 rule be cancelled. Renju is played on a 15×15 board, with the rules of three and three(double 3), four and four, and overlines applied to Black only and with opening rules, some of which are following the swap pattern.(from wikipedia)
The player going first is still an advantage in omok, yes, but the advantage isn't a literal "I automatically win" due to the three and three rule.
It’s just “in theory” you automatically win without double 3 rule if you go first, but it’s extremely hard. Can you somehow find a royaller who can always win without double 3 rule if he/she goes first? I would like to play with that guy, and see if that guy truly can always win. If the answer is not. I can say I have huge advantage in current royals omok rule. I can automatically win in current royals omok rule as well.
It's not theory, the rule exists for a reason. The process involves 3 choices for player 2, and all of those choices lead to the same result of "I'm forced to block this or he wins", continued until that piles up into a double 3 that guarantees a win. The game heavily favors the player going first, that's why the double 3 rule exists, to balance that out. Double 3s preventing auto wins is just a happy accident (The forced win setup was discovered after the rules variant). Like, if you don't believe me, you can read the paper on how the auto win works, and how they came to it without double 3s, it is literally a non-interactive auto win, you just adjust based on where they put their first piece. It's completely flow-charted.
