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Eager for the mods to pop in and comment on a million reports coming up again
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Feb 29, 2020 20:00
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Not really that bad, probability is hard
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Feb 29, 2020 20:03
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TacoNight posted:No need to act smug
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Feb 29, 2020 20:12
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I prefer to play a round of the Monty Hall problem with my opponent as the host to determine who goes first.
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Feb 29, 2020 20:15
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Pistols at dawn to determine first.
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Feb 29, 2020 20:24
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Count Bleck posted:Pistols at dawn to determine first. Pugil sticks plz&Ty
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Feb 29, 2020 20:27
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The match slip should assign first player and it's incredibly loving stupid that in TYOOL 2020 that it does not.
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Feb 29, 2020 20:27
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i use 3 dice and always choose odd
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Feb 29, 2020 20:37
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kalvanoo posted:i use 3 dice and always choose odd How does it feel. To be a cheater.
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Feb 29, 2020 20:48
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suicidesteve posted:How does it feel. To be a cheater. 
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Feb 29, 2020 20:51
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I want to die now 
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Feb 29, 2020 21:10
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but how many die
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Feb 29, 2020 21:15
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motedek posted:Not really that bad, probability is hard found the arts major
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Feb 29, 2020 21:22
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flatluigi posted:but how many die An odd number so it's fair. an_mutt posted:I want to die now Everyone says dumb things. Except for me. The important thing is to learn from your mistakes. Again, except for me. I played against a guy who absolutely refused even/odd with 2 dice because even is more common. I went through the whole "it's not and here's why" explanation, demonstrated with dice, and he still made me high roll. We tied obviously.
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Feb 29, 2020 21:22
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I know we should put this to bed, but I just can't resist. There's another reason why even/odd is better. It'll still give you 50/50 odds as long as just one of the dice is fair. So as long as you bring a fair dice, you don't have to worry about your opponent bringing a loaded one.
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Feb 29, 2020 21:34
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I have strong opinions about the 30 second period before playing magic,
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Feb 29, 2020 21:36
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I mean, I don't have to worry about that since Arena just chooses for me.
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Feb 29, 2020 21:40
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drainpipe posted:I mean, I don't have to worry about that since Arena just chooses for me. it doesn't let the "winner" choose, right? it's automatic
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Feb 29, 2020 21:45
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Rinkles posted:it doesn't let the "winner" choose, right? it's automatic I think in Bo1 it automatically gives you the play and Bo3 you can choose to draw. Don't quote me.
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Feb 29, 2020 22:19
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TacoNight posted:Oh, be nice people. It’s an easy mistake to make if you don’t view the problem correctly (looking at last die or listing all possibilities). Just give an explanation to the person who needs it. No need to act smug It's Sickening.
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Feb 29, 2020 22:24
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motedek posted:Not really that bad, probability is hard I definitely hosed this up the first time it came up, but now I understand it even though I went to school for fukkkin English and broadcast journalism. In magic notes I’m gonna test a weird version of bant spirits over the next few weeks because I hate aether vial. Creature (30) 4 Drogskol Captain 4 Mausoleum Wanderer 4 Noble Hierarch 1 Phantasmal Image 2 Rattlechains 2 Deputy of Detention 2 Selfless Spirit 4 Spell Queller 4 Supreme Phantom 3 unsettled mariner Instant (10) 4 Collected Company 2 Path to Exile 4 Once Upon a Time Land (20) 2 Botanical Sanctum 1 Breeding Pool 1 Cavern of Souls 2 Flooded Strand 1 Forest 2 Hallowed Fountain 1 Horizon Canopy 1 Island 3 Misty Rainforest 1 Moorland Haunt 1 Plains 1 Temple Garden 2 Windswept Heath 1 Waterlogged Grove 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 2 Geist of Saint Traft 2 Knight of Autumn 2 Rest in Peace 1 Kataki, wars wage 1 stony silence 1 Settle The Wreckage 2 Damping Sphere 2 Eidolon of Rhetoric 1 Worship 1 Aven mindcensor lmao at posting a decklist in the regular thread but hopefully that weird guy who flips out about bant spirits sees it!
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Feb 29, 2020 22:27
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I mean I can see being confused by even/odd if you're thinking about high roll where the specific value of each die matters. I try to tell people it's more like flipping two coins, where each coin only has two sides and you care about whether they came up the same side or different sides. Mezzanon posted:lmao at posting a decklist in the regular thread but hopefully that weird guy who flips out about bant spirits sees it! Tubgoat hasn't posted here in a while, you're safe now.
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Feb 29, 2020 22:33
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TVsVeryOwn posted:I think in Bo1 it automatically gives you the play and Bo3 you can choose to draw. Don't quote me. Bo3 lets you choose to draw yes
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Feb 29, 2020 22:38
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drainpipe posted:I know we should put this to bed, but I just can't resist. but what if you both bring loaded die!!
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Mar 1, 2020 00:21
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I never worked it out past Odd + odd = even Even + even = even Therefore 2 dice made it probably not 50/50 than just a provably 50/50 roll of a single die, and theres no need to think about it any further. Then my brain exploded 20 posts ago with the results table. Does 3 dice still keep it 50/50?
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Mar 1, 2020 00:41
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StrugglingHoneybun posted:I never worked it out past If 1 die has 50/50 chance of odd/ecen, and 2 dice has 50/50 chance, look in your heart and think what 3 dice has.
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Mar 1, 2020 00:48
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StrugglingHoneybun posted:I never worked it out past What you’re missing is even + odd = odd and odd + even = odd Even/odd and odd/even are two different results but people occasionally get tripped up by that and think it’s one.
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Mar 1, 2020 00:48
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StrugglingHoneybun posted:I never worked it out past It's 50/50 no matter how many dice you roll.
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Mar 1, 2020 00:49
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StrugglingHoneybun posted:I never worked it out past Any number of dice is 50/50. Imagine you rolled all the dice except for one, then you rolled the last one separately. If the sum of every other dice was odd: - there's a 50% chance of the last die being odd, making the total even - there's a 50% chance of the last die being even, making the total odd If the sum of every other dice was even: - there's a 50% chance of the last die being odd, making the total odd - there's a 50% chance of the last die being even, making the total even As long as there's at least one die in the mix that's 50/50 even/odd, the overall sum will also be 50/50 even/odd.
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Mar 1, 2020 00:51
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Katana Gomai posted:It's 50/50 no matter how many dice you roll. As long as one has an even number of sides.
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Mar 1, 2020 00:52
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It's also just loving simpler to just roll a single die for odd or even rather than explain that with two d6 it's the same odds.
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Mar 1, 2020 00:54
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If your opponent is convinced that even is more likely, just let them call even.
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Mar 1, 2020 00:57
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drainpipe posted:I know we should put this to bed, but I just can't resist. Even with a single loaded die it's still 50/50, you don't need a second one. Are we imagining that you swap the die out depending on what the opponent picks or something?
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Mar 1, 2020 01:05
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I just do high roll out of habit. I might lose 20 seconds in a tournament due to my poor time management but oh well, rolling dice rules.
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Mar 1, 2020 01:14
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Flip a coin!!!
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Mar 1, 2020 02:06
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Star Man posted:It's also just loving simpler to just roll a single die for odd or even rather than explain that with two d6 it's the same odds. If you are rolling for odd/even why is rolling two dice even a consideration? What does it add?
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Mar 1, 2020 02:12
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wizzardstaff posted:If you are rolling for odd/even why is rolling two dice even a consideration? What does it add? You get to pretend you're so smart for explaining how actually any number of six-sided dice has the same odds of rolling odd or even as just one die does. I'm a mouth-breathing English major and I understand how it works (because I asked how and had it explained to me). It's just easier to do odd or even with a single die and everyone understands it without an explanation.
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Mar 1, 2020 02:15
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Cut decks and whoever has the lower mana cost goes first, it’s the only fair system e: this works as long as one of the decks has an even number of cards
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Mar 1, 2020 02:18
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wizzardstaff posted:If you are rolling for odd/even why is rolling two dice even a consideration? What does it add? More difficult to fudge the roll on two dice simultaneously than on just one.
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Mar 1, 2020 02:21
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If each player rolls one dice then there's no possible way for either player to cheat even if they can perfectly decide the outcome of their own roll.
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