HOW TO Win Tic Tac Toe Page

Announcer How To! Narrator How to win Tic-Tac-Toe. You'll need paper, a pen, or a whiteboard with some dry-erase pens, and an opponent. Challenge accepted! Narrator Follow these steps, and you'll never lose. If you go first, start in the bottom-right corner. If your opponent goes anywhere but the middle-- Here! Go across to the other corner. The other player will block you in the middle. I will block you in the middle. Narrator Again, go across to the other corner. Now wherever your opponent goes, you win. Oh, really? Well, what if I go here? Narrator I win. Wait, do-over. But what if I went here? Narrator I still win. If your opponent chooses the middle as their first move-- I choose the middle. Narrator Go to the opposite corner. If your opponent chooses a corner-- Here! Narrator Choose the remaining corner, and you'll win! See? Even if I go here? Narrator I still win. But if your opponent goes anywhere but a corner as their second move-- Here! Narrator This will end in a tie. If your opponent goes first-- Here! Narrator Choose the middle square and either tie, or hope that your opponent messes up-- Which I definitely will! Yes, I didn't lose! Look at you, winner! Can't touch this. ("Can't Touch This," MC Hammer) Can't touch this Can't touch this Oh, oh, oh, oh Can't touch this Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Stop, Hammer Time Every time you see me that Hammer's just so hype I'm dope on the floor and I'm magic on the mic Now why would I ever stop doing this With others makin' records that just don't hit Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh