Here is a scan of my initial analysis using the S/C printout, sorry for the quality. What I do is first look for breakpoints in runs
of either c's or s.s top to bottom. Lets say that the last value was a (s) then I circle all the consecutive groups of s's, if c then
I would circle all the c's in that column. Remember that we are looking for an expected break in the string of s's or c's or rather
if it should continue or not. For all step-2 and step-3 choices the value is deduced directly from the letter used. If a s is assumed
then we would use the same value that showed in the last game of if c then we would change it form 1 to 2 or 2 to 1 depending
on the current value. Step-1 is a bit different when a c value is expected. Lets say that the current value is 2 and we think it
will change then we must decide between 1 or 3. As I said this is my initial analysis but many times I can make my prediction/
guess from this workout alone. The idea is to use the runs of the last showing value then using this small history try to decide
if it will change or stay the same, very simple. I find this small hand workout is more telling then any other analysis. Doing the
workout by hand seems to make a big difference over just using the steps tool. If you study the length runs of one value over
the other one can come up with a very good idea what will show in the next game. After I finish this workout I then move to
the steps tool and analyze the values where I found it hard of iffy for certain values. If I still cannot come to a final decision
then I might play two for that position but only if the iffy's are only for 1 or 2 positions. Otherwise I force myself to make a
single decision and pick one or the other. Trying to cover several means that we will most likely hit the value but remember we
have 7 other positions we must also hit. If you do play more than one value limit it to 1 or 2 within the first 4 or 5 positions.
This is my initial workout for the drawing on wed and if you look at Lex-H you will see I ended with a 1-1-2. There is no value
for this 3-step so I must change one of the 3 steps to something else
1-2-1 = 0
1-1-1 = 1
1-2-2 = 2
I would use the step tool to help me decide which value to change. Also notice that several of my step-1 values are thought to
be a (c) which means that I must decide between 2 values for those positions. I also use the lexie tool to make those choices.
This workout converted
pos-1 = 0
pos-2 = 0 or 4
pos-3 = 2 Note! 3-2-2 is not used so there is only one value
pos-4 = 0 or 8
pos-5 = 2
pos-6 = 9 Note! 1-1-2 is not used so there is only one value
pos-7 = 1 or 7
pos-8 = ? At least one of the step values must be changed
Hope this helps
RL