Unrandomness on PTCGO?
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While i do respect you as a member of the community, im going to respectfully be suspicious until i see any proof in the coding of PTCGO.
I have heard many times 'I don't play flippy cards because i hit tails a lot'
No, that's not true, your just being unfair. Because every time you hit a tails it seems like more of a big deal than every time you hit a heads, it may seem like it happens more, but it doesn't.
I have heard many times 'I don't play flippy cards because i hit tails a lot'
No, that's not true, your just being unfair. Because every time you hit a tails it seems like more of a big deal than every time you hit a heads, it may seem like it happens more, but it doesn't.
Ness
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oh god, now we're getting deep.
seriously though, i would lol @ anyone else posting this, but i only brought it up because others pointed out the same thing to me as well! most likely just a coincidence, though.
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I didn't mean to suggest that it's not a valid question, but rather that it's not a particularly useful conversation without some data.
Rainbowgym
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I feel that the shuffeling is weird.
It most times gives me back at least 2-3 cards I had prior to a shuffle (when mulligan or PONT).
I know because there are several card I only play 1 copy and I get it back time after time.
As for the flipping I don't know, I am so used on getting tails irl I am always suprised by a heads.
It most times gives me back at least 2-3 cards I had prior to a shuffle (when mulligan or PONT).
I know because there are several card I only play 1 copy and I get it back time after time.
As for the flipping I don't know, I am so used on getting tails irl I am always suprised by a heads.
I have played many games on PTCGO, what I have noticed about flips is at certain times the odds are off greatly. I always pick tails to start, and will to continue to prove this point, but only go first about 20% of the time (2 out of 10 games). Then with tyrogue/cleffa attacking, 80% of the time, the flip is tails then heads.
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I've had games where I can't flip a heads to save my life and others were it seems like I'm flipping a coin with two heads.
Hahahaha, I've got one better. My Blastoise/Floatzel/Beartic runs 12 basics, and I Mulligan status 6 times in a row. With 12 basics, the rate should be rather low, but I guess the TCGO has another idea.
But still, I'm convinced that the program is completely random. A truly random program is able to generate a pattern at a very low, but existent, probability.
Free-Knight
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If you ask a group of people to spread out in a random pattern from the center of a room... They will most likely be a equal distance from the middle.
That is not truly random. A truly random pattern repeats itself.
That is not truly random. A truly random pattern repeats itself.
My quick math says there's about a 1 in 34220 chance of prizing the same three cards. (assuming you run only 3 of them, not 4 of them)
Now, for that to happen in 5/200 games is 1/40
So that means the:1/34220 chance is happening 1/40th of the time.
You have some bad luck, or perhaps the game is a bit unreasonable, one or the other. I lean towards your luck being bad though.
I see a lot of tails for opening tosses and have thought on more than one occasion that baby flips heavily favor tails, then heads. Granted, I've had a couple of "bad" streaks not go my way, but for the most part, it seems to favor babies. And, I've noticed a lot of weird mulligans as well. I'm running 10+ basics and when I mulligan, I usually hit multiple mulligans at once...strange.