Dunwich Horror #73 "Clover Club Cardroom" Question

[caelenvasius 197]

I've got a question about this card...what is the value of zero in this game? Technically zero is neither even nor odd, so the zero-valued chaos tokens in the chaos bag can't be resolved when triggering this action. The FAQ doesn't cover this yet...

Edited February 22, 2017 by caelenvasius
Added card image

[Network57 561]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_of_zero

[mwmcintyre 271]

Yeah, zero is an even number, you're WAY overthinking it.

[caelenvasius 197]

The problem is that zero's parity and its value are not the same; zero's parity is even, but its value can't be either. It was my mistake to read the card using its value when every other reference to a number on that card uses that number's parity.

Thanks everyone for getting me to fix my own conclusion.

[Khudzlin 734]

Zero's value is 0, which is even as well.

[Khudzlin 734]

Double post

Edited February 22, 2017 by Khudzlin

[Network57 561]

10 hours ago, caelenvasius said:

The problem is that zero's parity and its value are not the same; zero's parity is even, but its value can't be either. It was my mistake to read the card using its value when every other reference to a number on that card uses that number's parity.

Thanks everyone for getting me to fix my own conclusion.

I'm really confused what you mean. Parity is a property of the value - it just means "is this value odd or even?" Zero is even; zero's value is even; zero's parity is that it's an even number. These are all synonymous statements.

[CSerpent 520]

Zero is neither positive nor negative.  Is that what you're thinking of?

[FractalMind 10]

By definition an even number p is given by p = 2n, where n is an integer. Let n = 0, then p = 2*0 = 0. Hence, zero is an even number by definition. QED