Riddler's Gauntlet-reloaded

[Lamsey]

[dlingeverything]

__________1
_________11
_________21
______12_11
___11_12_21
___31_22_11
13_11_22_21

any closer?

[Lamsey]

Originally posted by dlingeverything@21 June 2003 - 00:54
__________1
_________11
_________21
______12_11
___11_12_21
___31_22_11
13_11_22_21

any closer?

Nope. You're just changing the formatting now.

Here it is again:

What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

?_____________

[tite-wad]

Originally posted by dlingeverything@20 June 2003 - 18:46
Extremely wicked or cruel.

He's right Lamsey

The method used to determine the sequence is completely off-the-wall.

I doubt that much of anyone could ever determine it without help.

You're just being mean!!!

[Lamsey]

I have to go to bed... want the answer?

[tite-wad]

I know the answer, but dlingeverything could probably use a good hint from you.

[Lamsey]

If you know the answer then post it, 'cos I'm going to bed.

[tite-wad]

The answer is nothing without the explanation of how to get it.

[Lamsey]

Oh well...

Just as well I checked in before bedding down then.

Answer:

The next row is 1113213211

Why?
Starting with the second line, every line describes the line before it. In writing, it is:
One One
Two Ones
One Two, One One
etc.
etc.

So the next line must describe the line before, which is 13112221.
So: One One, One Three, Two Ones, Three Twos, One One ---> 1113213211

Now I'm going to sleeep

[dlingeverything]

grrr i thot of something like that at first but
quickly discarded it b/c that would get too complicated
during the large numbers.

Mainly i was just lookiing for patterns in the
numbers in different ways. My whole line of logic was
completely off

Oh well, good job of stumping me