middle girl

[DrSkulk]

Wait, that's incorrect. Lemme correct that.

[DrSkulk]

Ordering 5 girls
= ordering 5 different groups, each with one girl in it
= 5! = 120

Ordering 5 girls, 2 of them on equal level
= ordering 4 different groups, one with a pair of girls in it
= 4! * 5C2 = 24 * 10 = 240


Ordering 5 girls, 3 of them on equal level, or 2 pairs of equal levels
a. 3 of them on equal level
= ordering 3 different groups, one group in particular with 3 girls in it
= 3! * 5C3 = 6 * 10 = 60

b. 2 pairs of equal levels
= ordering 3 different groups, 2 of the groups having a pair of girls in it
= 3! * 5C2 * 3C2 = 6 * 10 * 3 = 180


Ordering 5 girls, placed on 2 different levels (1-4 split and 2-3 split)
a. 1-4 split (2 groups, one group with 1 girl and the other with 4 girls)
= 2! * 5C1 = 2 * 5 = 10
or = 2! * 5C4 = 2 * 5 = 10 (which is the same as above anyways)

b. 2-3 split (2 groups, one group with 2 girls and the other with 3 girls)
= 2! * 5C2 = 2 * 10 = 20
or = 2! * 5C3 = 2 * 10 = 20 (again, same as above)


Ordering 5 girls, no particular favourites (Like them all equally)
i.e. all in one group
= 1! = 1

Ordering 5 girls, no favourites (Don't like any of them)
i.e. no groups
= 0! = 1


Total = 120 + 240 + 60 + 180 + 10 + 20 +1 + 1 = 632 ways



Spoke too soon I guess. (I'm doing unversity level maths voluntarily?! I must be going mad... )

[geekahedron]

Yeah, you fixed it while I was doing the same. Not sure the triple post was necessary with an edit button right there, but whatever. Not sure this is really university level math, but it's intriguing regardless. For lack of anything better to do (and at the risk of completely derailing this thread), I'm fashioning an analytic approach to the same problem, for fun...

Edit: Yeah, the repeated posts are unnecessary, but the spoiler tags are really unnecessary. Seriously.

[DrSkulk]

Yeah, you fixed it while I was doing the same. Not sure the triple post was necessary with an edit button right there, but whatever. Not sure this is really university level math, but it's intriguing regardless. For lack of anything better to do (and at the risk of completely derailing this thread), I'm fashioning an analytic approach to the same problem, for fun...

Edit: Yeah, the repeated posts are unnecessary, but the spoiler tags are really unnecessary. Seriously.

I dunno, I know some people really hate maths and they'd rather not see the mumbo-jumbo so yeah. I'm sorry about the triple post though. I guess I'm a forum noob

I did a statistics course last semester and this was a part of the things that were covered. That having been said, this would have been a medium-easy level question. Oh well, the things you do when you're bored eh?

[Mysterious Stranger]

I personally appreciate the spoiler tags on all those numbers. I don't want no mathculations in my KS thread.

Wait, why are we talking about mathematics here again?

[DrSkulk]

I personally appreciate the spoiler tags on all those numbers. I don't want no mathculations in my KS thread.

You're welcome.

Wait, why are we talking about mathematics here again?

This has happened before?

[rydiafan]

damn mouse sliped lol ... emi not shizune is my middle girl ....
1) shizune
2) hanako
3) emi
4) lilly
5) rin

( seems im the only one who has love for shizune )

[alien.marksman]

damn mouse sliped lol ... emi not shizune is my middle girl ....
1) shizune
2) hanako
3) emi
4) lilly
5) rin

( seems im the only one who has love for shizune )

Nope, Shizune is my top girl also.
I care not for the hate of others. Less competition I have to eliminate to get to her.

[Totz the Plaid]

It's a bad idea to keep multiple forum tabs open and respond to a poll while not completely paying attention.

Because of my error you should subtract 1 from Hanako's "score" and add it to Shizune's.

[Tachikoma]

It's hard, most girls after Lilly and Misha are pretty close. But I choose Rin.

[youka]

i chose rin too, now i just need to figure out why

[Paddy]

Emi is my middle. But a very good "middle".

[SephkaBlight]

Lilly>Rin>Hanako>Emi>Shizune

imo

[Autopsy]

I pick Emi, because Lilly and Hanako are my fav.

[Pentaghost]

1. Lilly
2. Shizune
3. Hanako
4. Emi
5. Rin

My list changes every time I have a serious think about it. My first play through I didn't consciously make any choices to "get" a specific girl, I just answered the way I thought was best and got Emi. I loved it and thought that none of the other stories would be able to beat it. Then I played through Hanako's and enjoyed that one even more. Then I played through Lilly's and enjoyed it even more than Hanako's. I would probably have enjoyed Shizune's route the most if it had ended in a more positive way, I'm a sucker for romantic cliché happy endings so I guess that's why I liked Lilly's most of all. Rin's route is the only one I didn't really like, which puts me in the minority I'm sure.

I guess this makes Hanako my "middle girl" although I bet when I get around to playing through the game again my list will change.