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Scores, dashes, etc.

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Sunday, 17 October 2010, at 9:41 p.m.

In Response To: 61P-21, etc. (GeorgeMJ)

Thanks for this "nactation" guide. I like it. :-)

Thanks. :)

Although as a Mathematician my mind gets keep spinning by constantly searching for ambiguities reading the rules, but i guess your notation system is not a strict one and is a more of a system to come as a help for easier(faster) description of the initial moves and it does just fine in this goal.

The more you know about Nactation, the fewer ambiguities you'll imagine seeing. In the strict sense there are none, which you'll grasp after reading the tutorial update that I'll eventually finish. In the meantime, if you see something that appears to be an ambiguity or you're not sure of the proper Nactation, post the position/situation here and I'll be happy to explain.

How do you write the –5–5 symbol? Do you use the ALT+number shortcut and if so what is the number of this? :-)

Sorry, I don't follow. The four-character representation of –5–5 is the shortcut. If anyone can type that in one keystroke (alt or otherwise), I'd like to know.

In case you (or others) are wondering about the length of dashes, there are three main types: (1) hyphen, (2) en dash, and (3) em dash. Hyphens are used for hyphenating words (such as "four-character" above), and as non-breaking separators (for example in a Nactation sequence like 61P-21). En dashes are used for minus signs (such as used in the –5–5 score) and page number references (e.g., pp. 42–43). Em dashes are used for connecting phrases — I just used one.

If there's a better way, I hope someone will tell me, but to access an en dash or em dash, in a Microsoft Word document I go to the Insert tab, click on Symbol, More Symbols, Special Characters tab, type the en or em dash, then copy it into the html here. (Most of the time, I have a MS-Word doc open that already has an en or em dash typed somewhere and I can skip most of that.) On the other hand, most people just type hyphens without distinction for all three types of dashes here and nobody seems to mind — it's clear enough what is intended (for example, by -5-5 or -7-4).

In case you're wondering about definition of score, –5–5 can be thought of as "needs 5, needs 5." The player on roll needs 5 points to win the match and the opponent also needs 5 points to win the match. (For example, 0 to 0 in a 5-point match, or 8 to 8 in an 13-point match.) By the same token, –7–4 means "needs 7, needs 4" — that the player on roll needs 7 points and the opponent needs 4 points.

Nack

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