Re: lol :)

February 26, 2017 06:35AM
Nah, we're all on the same page. But I've been lurking around these forums (and the ones Zulgh ran before he immed) for probably ~18 years now, and questions about the RNG come up all the time; sometimes it's the newbie who notices a streak in skill learning, and sometimes from the disgusted veteran who just failed word of recall 3 times and got killed. Some games (Dota 2 comes to mind) also use pseudo-random distributions vs pseudo-random generators, so that could be a source of confusion. I figured I'd just put together a few charts for posterity.

FYI, here's the same chart using the algorithm that Furey put into Merc. Not quite as nicely distributed, and a lot more streaky in terms of the first roll for the program. Still no practical way to game the system like you can with a pseudo-random distribution, but whatever.

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A Quick Study of RNG for CF

Tolgrumm February 25, 2017 12:08PM

this thread makes me realize why i majored in finance and not computer science... nt

The Forsaken(VIP) February 27, 2017 11:07AM

How long did this run take? I ask because RNG being very fast matters for CF (n/t)

laearrist February 27, 2017 05:29AM

Verry little (details inside)...

Tolgrumm February 27, 2017 10:01AM

Re: A Quick Study of RNG for CF

Isildur(VIP) February 26, 2017 04:53AM

Re: A Quick Study of RNG for CF

Tolgrumm February 26, 2017 06:00AM

God you turn me on. (n/t)

Matrik February 26, 2017 07:32AM

Keep talking like that...

Tolgrumm February 26, 2017 07:47AM

I think you win the Matrik's Biggest ROFL From Dios award. (n/t)

Matrik February 26, 2017 08:13AM

Re: A Quick Study of RNG for CF

Kstatida February 26, 2017 01:49AM

Uh...

Tolgrumm February 26, 2017 02:51AM

lol :)

Kstatida February 26, 2017 03:16AM

Re: lol :)

Tolgrumm February 26, 2017 06:35AM

Random: It took a recent neutral char 13 tries to get protection evil from a potion. Those odds are 1 in 4096. (n/t)

saagkri February 25, 2017 05:06PM

Since I can't be bothered to do the maths

daurwyn(VIP) February 25, 2017 10:58PM

Huh - I don't need a calculator to know that you 100% lied about OOC shadow plane collusion.

Nurok February 27, 2017 06:36AM

There's nothing magical in getting 1 in 4000 chance case

Kstatida February 26, 2017 03:19AM

I once rolled doubles eight times in a row playing Monopoly (went to jail twice). Odds of that are 1 in 1,679,616. I thought it was pretty magical. (n/t)

saagkri February 26, 2017 06:28PM

Interestingly, if you remove the didgets 666 from 1,679,616, you get 1791, the year the U.S. established the National Bank as a...monopoly. Creepy. (n/t)

saagkri February 26, 2017 06:42PM

You just blew my mind man. NT

Sam February 27, 2017 01:38PM

Exactly...

Tolgrumm February 26, 2017 06:43AM

Dont forget that cf is not a single user

Quas February 25, 2017 01:53PM

Yes and no...

Tolgrumm February 25, 2017 03:56PM

For the programmers...

Tolgrumm February 25, 2017 12:24PM



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