Jade is Fastest At Code Breaking

So I am hanging out with sexy Jade over at Rock City when Jade asks if I would be interesting in a friendly game of code. I hadn't played code in a month and thought it would be great fun. Jade invited over her friend Barry the Bear. Little did I know that I was meeting the fasted two code players on planet earth.

I asked the kids if they called or used the chart or used psychic powers to solve the sequence...I'm pretty easy going about code and will play chart or sans chart or anything. I think i actually love researching the logic behind the charts as much or more than code itself LOL Jade and Barry informed me that they were silent code players. This scared me a little since I had read about it and new that we had to all be on the same page so I asked "what chart do I need to print out...Hermoine, Jandrea, Thraxis?".

Jade and Barry Replied "no chart...we do it from memory"
I was like WTF? and I had that funny look on my face that I often get. Its one thing to solve the code by hand, but it is another thing to have three people to solve it by hand simultaneously, and it is a third thing to have three people solve it without charts, by hand, simultaneiously. Want to know how they did it? I will reveal their secrets in a moment. I had to think about what they were doing for a few hours today and then it all made sense. I'm now a believer and would say that Turbo Silent code is the only way to fly.

Since I was a turbo silent noob, Jade offered to call for me. I settled into the Mech position, and started to get my jokes warmed up for when we started to roll. Most code teams take 2.5 to 3 minutes per solve. This allows ample time to sing, dance an IM the skirts (shirts if you are fem sim). The game began. Jade began hurling letters at me at break neck speed. Since they already knew their parts, she only had to yell out one single letter "a........b..........a.......c". We were solving code like there was not tomorrow. I was terrififed! I was sitting on the edge of my seat with my head 6 inches from my monitor, refusing to blink for fear that I would let these speed machines down! Barry and Jade are talking about the weather, their stock portfolios, and flirting with various sims. Twiddler was scared to type anything. Every 15 minutes he willed up the strength to type in a courtesy.

Jade and Barry continued to banter back and forth about everything except code. I decided that I had to pull out my trusty stop watch in Allison Wonderland and Twiddler tradition. Here are 5 solves

1. 1:45
2. 1:23
3. 1:25
4. 1:10
5. 1:23

that is an 85.2 second average solve. that is 1:25 per sovle. I am used to 3 minutes! The codes could not be solved any faster. We were clicking letters as soon as they were available. The entire first set, only one mistake was made. Of course I was first to pop =) These two were Turbo Greeners as well! The second set Jade decided to give me a heartattack by not telling me the letters and asking if I remembered them. I gave her that same WTF?! look...LOL. I estimated that we were doing $4k-$5k an hour. I think Barry re-estimated it at $3k=$4k. Let me estimate it again. I like to pretend an hour is 45 minutes due to greening up. If we take 45 and divide by 85 seconds, that is 32 solves. Call it 30. Code max payout is $125

$3,750 an hour
AND, this is after they lowered code, not once, but at least twice! Remeber code used to be $200-$300! Here is the new low code pay.

Let's Talk Logic And Deduction And Charts
I want to take a minute and go on a small code tirade. :) I see so many posts on the Maxis board that have me pulling out my hair. I don't care who you are, code is solved using logic and deduction. Solving code is not magic. Charts are not cheating. No...your roommate cannot solve code in 3 moves on average. Charts are simply a flowchart representation of the deduction used to solve a puzzle. You can use the exact same logic without a chart, it's just easier to solve the 27 possible combos once, pencil them down, and then use the chart to save time and brain effort. Many Sims are not interested in the logic behind the charts, and are happy to use them to save time. Most of the charts have been optimized, which means there can be no moves made to make the charts any faster or efficient.

If you solve code, you methology has to be based on logic originally.
If you use a chart, that chart is a flowchart of the logic process.
Some chart systems are faster and more efficient than others.

New Secret - Theoretical Efficiency vs. Realistic Memory Efficiency
Jandrea was the first to solve for code, without guessing anything that could be wrong. This was also the system I tried to develop, but Jandrea solved it sooner and with the fewest possible moves. This is also a 95 move total logic chart. Very fast.This is a new entry. The professor has a theory that AAA does not come up enough and is not random. I don't agree with the professor's theory, but do like his attitude and attempt to find new angles on an old trick. It is very easy to misjudge probability. A quick example...BlackJack is almost a 50/50 game and so we feel we should win about half the time. Even so, you can easily have 9 losses in a row in a 3 hour session. Johnny Q Public believes his luck has run thin, where the mathematician says "that's probability theory for ya". I was attempting the same logic as Jandrea, where any guess had a chance of being correct. It only took me 4 revisions to get the chart right LOL

What Were Jade and Barry Playing and Why?
I am not exactly sure but it felt a lot like the Thraxis chart. Their logic was an AAA BBB system which is generally a hair slower than some of the other methods. Why not play the slightly faster charts? It took me a while to figure out, but now I think I see why. They also hinted this fact to me last night. Look the Madison modified Thraxis once again. See how the routes are long and narrow. There are like 5 major arteries here.

It is much easier to memorize things in sequence like on the Thraxis. Jade and Barry use their memories to follow down their chart system in their heads. I don't believe Jade has ever written their logic down. I would love to see it and would add it to the web site as the fastest chart for practical memory recall. I think I am code charted out. Give me the Dayquil. If I never play code again, it will be to soon LOL Just kidding. I want to be in with the fast and furious crowd and learn Turbo Code with Nos!