Blue Footed Booby posted:

Chessex dice are made by fusing two halves. The result is that the two opposite faces farthest from the seam are more likely to come up than the numbers around the seam. So the company put 1 on one of those faces and 20 on the other. The dice are technically fair in that the mean etc of a bunch of rolls is correct, but the position of the numbers absolutely matters.

You can go "well those aren't properly made" but the point is finding definitely truly random dice is harder than it sounds.

Azathoth Prime posted:

God rolled a natural 1 for Charisma when he was filling out Bloop's character sheet.

Who What Now posted:

Ok, yes, we dont live in a world where perfect frictionless spheres exist, and the micro-grams of plastic drilled out to allow the numbers does technically affect the outcome of dice rolls.

But, for people that don't care about the 0.000000000001% weight towards the number 20, the position of the numbers doesn't matter.

Gripweed posted:

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Wikipedia posted:

The Valorians were a peaceful race that lived on Valoria until they were attacked by the Rulons.[2] The Valorians attempted to escape from the Rulons' assault using their "Space Time Energy Projector" (S.T.E.P.); however, something went wrong. They were sent back in time, 65 million years to the age of the dinosaurs.[2] Unknown to them, the Rulons in the spaceship Dreadlock were also sent back through time when the S.T.E.P. was activated.[2]

After successfully landing on prehistoric Earth, the Valorians, led by Questar, used their AMP ("Amplified Mental Projector") necklaces to telepathically communicate with the dinosaurs they encountered and eventually befriended them.[2] On the other hand, the Rulons, led by their leader Emperor Krulos, used brainwashing devices known as brain-boxes to control dinosaurs for their own needs.[2] The Rulons then launched an attack on the Valorians, who called upon their dinosaur friends to assist them in fighting back. After successfully defeating the Rulons, the Valorians declared themselves to be the Dino-Riders.[2]

Ignite Memories posted:

D20s are designed so that the opposite sides always add up to 21 - spindown dice are designed the opposite way, so that all the largest numbers are together and you can sequentially rotate from 20 down to 1 one number at a time. Do not use your spindowns to generate random numbers

BrigadierSensible posted:

Memento posted:

Some truly advanced yoga on display

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1100553254381989889/pu/vid/360x640/T5XgSlOkdKon-Olu.mp4

The Bloop posted:

Ma'am you're driving an upright piano

freeedr posted:

You loving dickheads just can’t stop at all, can you. You treat derails like you treat all-you-can-eat buffets. You keep going way beyond what’s healthy, and right on through until everyone around you is disgusted. That is why you are shapeless blobs both physically and mentally. You absolute mockeries of humanity. I hope you don’t do this is any situations that actually matter.


Please understand that everyone important in your lives holds you in the highest contempt

Evilreaver posted:

How else is she supposed to make her way downtown? Walking fast, perhaps?

Samuringa posted:

sound on

https://i.imgur.com/yb98k0a.mp4

Mierenneuker posted:

Help, my brain broke and I can't remember the artist and title of the song although I know I've heard it at least 50 times.

EDIT: IT'S loving "SANDSTORM" gently caress YOU BRAIN, knew it as soon as I pressed "Submit Reply".

BrigadierSensible posted:

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The MSJ posted:

Of course JB of all people would raise a weeb.

Looks a lot like him, in any case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA4V-n8Ft3g

Gripweed posted:

Blue Footed Booby posted:

Chessex dice are made by fusing two halves. The result is that the two opposite faces farthest from the seam are more likely to come up than the numbers around the seam. So the company put 1 on one of those faces and 20 on the other. The dice are technically fair in that the mean etc of a bunch of rolls is correct, but the position of the numbers absolutely matters.

You can go "well those aren't properly made" but the point is finding definitely truly random dice is harder than it sounds.

Who What Now posted:

So long as it's made properly the actual position of the numbers is meaningless.

Dienes posted:

Yes, if the cheaply-made, mass-produced die has no bias and the person rolling it is throwing it honestly then there is no problem. Guess how often that happens.

DandyLion posted:

Don't folks just make it a habit of using the same die for both players? When my buddy brought over his 'loaded' dice we said either we all use those die or nobody does.

Dienes posted:

Not really. Most people bring their own sets to use - some people get oddly sentimental ("These are my ~special~ dice I use just for playing this!") or superstitious ("These are my ~lucky~ dice and I need to roll high on this one."). People will bring expensive gemstone, metal, or rare wood dice to show off. I've had people get pissy at card games when you ask them to either use your dice or let you use theirs.

Once played against someone that insisted on using spindown D20s and he would do a painfully obvious positioning of the die in his hand before doing a horizontal toss to keep the 'high' side facing up. Pitched a fit when I said he had to either use a dice tower or a regular D20. Charmer, that dude.