I'm sorry for all the flaming going on in here;
I actually want to discuss this with you. Even though this complaint has been brought up countless times, it's still better to explain things and discuss than just say "shut up". If you don't like threads on the subject, just don't read them.
General K wrote:Ditocoaf wrote:Random.org has the most truly random numbers availible.
getting a 6-6 defense dice 5 times in a streak is Random my ass! this is a flaw in the system! simple and pure!
Actually, that is pretty random. Random isn't the same as
fair, or
evenly distributed. It means that there's absolutely NO WAY to tell what the hell's coming next. If it was impossible to get 6's four times in a row,
that wouldn't be random. Let me give an example: Let's say you roll:
A/D
142/64
231/35
If this were
fair, the attacker would start winning some now; so that the rols would be be evenly distributed; so far, the attacker hasn't rolled a 5 or 6, and the def hasn't rolled a 1 or 2. But this isn't
fair, it's
random, which is why now it's just as likely for the defense to win as it was with the first roll. So sometimes (maybe twice or three times per game), you'll get a horrible losing streak. Sometimes you'll get a crazy-ass winning streak. And
most of the time, things will be more even. But since it's
random it's not fair at all. I've had 6-6 attacks 5 times in a row before-- do you think that the game is biased towards me?
go try the dice in a risk game called Lux in sillysoft.com, compare and then post your opinion!
I'm going to assume 1 of 2 things are true here:
1) You've played a
lot less games on Lux, meaning you haven't played long enough to experience some good or bad streaks.
2) The dice at Lux aren't random at all, but instead are designed to even things out in the short-term.
Which of these strings of 18 numbers are more random? Look at them carefully, think, then read on:
a--152436352461153264
b--563345655423313216
even though 'a' adds up to 3 of each dice, and in fact the first 6 have one of each, and so does the second 6, and the last, 'a' is obviously NOT random. It's certainly more fair than 'b', though. 'b' has far more 5's and 6's than 1's and 2's, and has many more heigher numbers towards the beginning than the end. But it's more random. If you did something like 'b' again, it might have more low numbers. Perhaps it might have high numbers for the first 10 times you did it, low numbers for the next 3, a fairer mix for the next 4, then another set of low numbers. But it's RANDOM.
Now do you understand? I assume you want something like string 'a' above, but that's not truly random, and I in fact believe that would take away from the strategy of the game. You have to be include in your strategy preparation for insanely bad (or good) luck.
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