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2024-05-03 22:14 dustin  
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the original had an unintended solution which is also a nice one but doesn't justify the cave title! :d

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2024-05-05 22:10 dustin  
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SOLUTION FREE, AND I'M AMUSED THAT NOBODY USED THE VERTICAL GROWING WALLS :D WITHOUT THEM, THE SOLUTION DEPENDS ON LUCK BECAUSE THE Θ HAS TO GROW WITH THE RIGHT TIMING TO IMMEDIATELY STRIKE THE Ζ. THE GWALLS ARE MEANT TO TRAP THE Ζ SO THE SOLUTIONS WORKS WITHOUT THAT LUCK (SEE MY RUN).  
  
FOR THE SOLUTION TO WORK, THE Θ MUST GROW AND THEN STRIKE THE Ζ, SO THAT THE ΔΔΔ IS BROKEN AND AT THE SAME TIME THE Θ GIVES ONE EXTRA Α. BUT THE Θ OVERGROWS AT TWO PIECES! SO IT'S ALL ABOUT TRICKING THE Θ COUNTER SO THAT THE SECOND Θ ISN'T COUNTED. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS:  
  
FRAME 0:  
ΓΓΒΓΓΔ  
ΓΚΘΓΖΔ  
ΔΔΔΔΔΔ  
  
THAT'S THE SETTING TO BUILD UP, NOW Κ WAITS UNTIL THE Θ GROWS. LET'S SAY IT GROWS NOW IN THIS FRAME, THEN TWO THINGS HAPPEN:  
(1) THE Θ IS SCANNED AND GROWS RIGHT.  
(2) AFTERWARDS, THE Ζ IS SCANNED, DETECTS THE NEW Θ TO ITS LEFT SIDE AND EXPLODES IMMEDIATELY.  
  
FRAME 1:  
ΓΓΒ...  
ΓΚΘ...  
ΔΔΔ...  
. = EXPLOSION DUST  
  
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE: WE NEVER SEE THE SECOND Θ ON THE SCREEN! THE SECOND Θ IS GENERATED BETWEEN FRAMES 0 AND 1 AND I M M E D I A T E L Y EXPLODES BY THE Ζ. SO ALSO THE ENGINE NEVER COUNTS TWO ΘΘ ON THE SCREEN, AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE "OVERGROWN" CHECKMARK IS NEVER ACTIVATED!  
THE REST IS THEN STRAIGHTFORWARD: IN FRAME 1, THE Θ IS TRAPPED, SO IT WILL CONVERT INTO A Α, THAT MAKES ENOUGH ΑΑΑ FOR Κ TO SOLVE THE CAVE.  
  
SO THAT'S SCHRODINGER'S Θ: WE KNOW THAT THE SECOND Θ EXISTS (IT EXPLODES THE Ζ, AFTER ALL), BUT AT THE SAME MOMENT, IT DOESN'T EXIST (IT'S NEVER VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN, AND THE Θ ALSO DOESN'T OVERGROW ALTHOUGH IT OVERGROWS AT 2 PIECES)! :D  
  
NOTE THAT THE SOLUTION DOES NOT WORK IF Κ AND THE Ζ SWITCH SIDES:  
  
FRAME 0:  
ΓΓΓΒΓΓ  
ΔΖΓΘΚΓ  
ΔΔΔΔΔΔ  
(1) HERE, THE Ζ IS SCANNED FIRST, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS AS THE Θ HASN'T GROWN YET.  
(2) THE Θ IS SCANNED AFTERWARDS AND GROWS LEFT:  
  
FRAME 1:  
ΓΓΓΒΓΓ  
ΔΖΘΘΚΓ  
ΔΔΔΔΔΔ  
IN THIS MOMENT, THERE ARE TWO ΘΘ ON THE SCREEN, SO THE ENGINE SETS THE "OVERGROWN" CHECKMARK. OF COURSE, THE Ζ WILL NOW EXPLODE AND THE SECOND Θ WILL VANISH AGAIN, BUT IT'S TOO LATE - THE REMAINING Θ TURNS INTO A Β.  
  
previous cso caves related to overgrowing ΘΘΘ:  
cso 200 amoeba television: an ΘΘΘ converting into ΑΑΑ despite overgrowing!  
cso 206 bouldermondster: an ΘΘΘ converting into both a Α and many ΒΒΒ!