We're stalemated now. We were by your second move. If you had gone either corner I would have won.
Usually the best the non-starter can get is stalemate.

X|X|O
_|O|_
X|O|X

So should I not tell you that you have to win several of these games in Fran Bow then? :-)

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

X|X|O
O|O|_
X|O|X
>:(

X|X|O
O|O|X
X|O|X

Wiki explains it better then I do: When considering only the state of the board, and after taking into account board symmetries (i.e. rotations and reflections), there are only 138 terminal board positions. Assuming that X makes the first move every time:

91 distinct positions are won by (X)
44 distinct positions are won by (O)
3 distinct positions are drawn

You didn't finish. :P

Fyi I was quoting Wargames.

Oops.

No, I know the quote.
I was just pointing out: welcome to 1 of three stalemates positions.

Thanks. ;)

The Tic-Tac-Toe cheat sheet for that fran game: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-tac-toe#/media/File:Tictactoe-X.svg]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-tac-toe#/media/File:Tictactoe-X.svg[/url] :-p

What even? O_o
*ragequit*

Hey for you!
I took starting position so the game was already rigged. Didn't need the cheat sheet. :-p

-laughing- I have to ask, out of sheer curiosity. Exactly how old do you think I am?

Hmm...

You seem to be about 31.

Hey, I just edited that post. Stop answering before I edited it. And you are 21, so leave it at that. :-)

Sorry, for some reason I thought I remembered you and Endre joking about being the old men here. Agent told me just now about my silly mistake, so I edited my post, but as usual, you were mean and saw it before I could change it.

So... *hits Crow over the head so he forgets about this all and is not mad at me* :-)

(But I am sorry for getting it wrong.)

Aren't you the grumpy old man of the group? :P

-laughing- You're silly. There's no need to apologize. If anything, I'm used to people guessing what my age is.
Agent does have a bit of an advantage, since they've actually seen me and heard me talk more than once.

Good morning. =)

-passes a cup of tea over- Hope you're doing well today.
Good morning, Owl lady. =)

-drags in the wading pool of coffee so you can go for a swim before lunch-