Yes, I know it's "and" and what the title is. You know, the entire time with Allison to Lillia, I thought it was a point of contention since the romanized title isn't Allison and Lillia but Allison & Lillia. Yes, I'm being serious with that >> I prefer leaving it as Allison to Lillia since that's what I'm used to anyway.
...anyway, no, I agree that it's just a dumb thing to say. Anything I can do to make it make anything remotely close to sense requires so much long drawn out stuff that it becomes quite a joke. Or just some ludicrous thought process. Maybe I'm just missing something. I'm betting on drugs.
And now I go back to trying to figure out this stupid Liar Game trick T.T
[spoiler]17 cards: 4 Jacks, Queens, Kings, Aces and one Joker. Hands (two players) are dealt and one person knows where the Joker is and forces it into his hand. You, the player without the Joker, now know where the position of a four-of-a-kind is (and by how the last two hands go, manipulated the position in the deck since he gets it on the final play earlier than the other two hands) to pull a win out of nowhere.
I've done all that I can to figure out the structure of the deck (after shuffling, cutting, etc.) based off the hands shown:
K
K
K
Joker
A
A
A
A
J
J
J
J
K
Dealing starts with you and then him (one card at a time obviously) which gives the following:
Your Hand (Assumed from my reverse engineering~~): K K A A J
His Hand (Shown in the chapter): K Joker A A J
His Hand (Shown, he discards two cards first): Joker A A J J
Your Hand (After 5 card Discard, shown): Q Q Q Q K
But I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how it was possible to force this set-up with no contact with a freshly riffle shuffled deck. I know the deck STARTS as follows (well, a few chapters before it states that this is "most likely" how it is organized):
Joker
K
Q
J
A
K
Q
J
A
K
Q
J
A
K
Q
J
A
Only thing I can think of is we're assuming an "ideal" riffle shuffle so the deck is split into a 9-8 split and after four shuffles each card is matched up ... but a shuffle after that should screw it up. Hrm...
Edit: Nevermind, it gets set into Jo 4K 4Q 4J 4A after two perfect riffles then it just repeats assuming a perfect riffle (Jo KJKJKJKJQAQAQA) PLUS the Joker never moves until the cutting ... that ... confuses me.
Edit: Durdurdur, I fucked up my early work and fixed it. Plus, a 17 card deck is merely a "16 card deck + 1 on top" as far as the shuffle is concerned. That is, the odd card (the +1) _never moves_ during the riffle. You merely shuffle cards 2-17 and card "1" is placed on top of the stack.
Once that is known, the "base" becomes Joker KKKK QQQQ JJJJ AAAA after 2 shuffles and then Joker AAAA JJJJ QQQQ KKKK after 6 total shuffles. Can manipulate that based off the cuts done pretty easily. It does NOT repeat the KJKJKJKJQAQAQAQA that I thought it did. What I get for trying a shuffle in my head as it OBVIOUSLY changes (KJKJKJKJ QAQAQAQA -> QKAJQKAJQKAJQKAJ).
GOD DAMN YOU LIAR GAME. YOU'RE MAKING ME THINK IT'S NOT PLEASANT. ARGH THINKING.
My brain hurts
I should just go find a deck of cards and try this myself ...[/spoiler]
Edit: MY BRAIN HURTS TIME FOR MATH >> <<
Edit2: SOLVED IT I THINK OH JESUS CHRIST THANK THE LORD. Sad how it gets easier when I bust out the actual math T.T