There is no such logic in the code that I have ever seen The human mind has a great ability to find patterns in chaos.
This topic comes up a lot with the playing bots on fibs.com Tom On July 1, 2022 10:47:11 PM EDT, Paul Thornett <pthorn...@gmail.com> wrote: >I play backgammon to a reasonable standard and have always regarded >myself as an unlucky player, both as a real-life player and when >playing the gnubg version. > >But, over several years, I have become convinced of a strong tendency >in gnubg to punish what it may regard as a bad move with remarkable, >even outrageous, luck. This has become so apparent to me that I can >usually predict extraordinarily lucky throws by the computer >immediately before they are made. This also, on occasion, works in >reverse. Occasionally the computer makes what I would regard as a bad >move. This has then resulted in a series of ridiculously lucky throws >by myself. > >I can offer no evidence for this wild assertion, it's purely anecdotal. > >------------- >Regards, > Paul Thornett > > >Regards, > >Paul Thornett > > >On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 03:32, Ian Shaw <ian.s...@riverauto.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Hi Teddy, >> >> >> >> The luckier player wins a lot of the time. However, I’ve definitely seen >> many games where the luckier player had played badly enough to still lose. >> It’s often me! >> >> >> >> Perhaps you’re sample size is not large enough. That’s all I can suggest. >> >> >> >> (I’m not sure what happens if you play on any setting lower than ‘expert’). >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Ian Shaw >> >> >> >> From: Bug-gnubg <bug-gnubg-bounces+ian.shaw=riverauto.co...@gnu.org> On >> Behalf Of hereodt Z >> Sent: 25 June 2022 20:04 >> To: bug-gnubg@gnu.org >> Subject: No bugs, just a question >> >> >> >> Dear all who created GNUBg, >> >> >> >> >> >> Thank you for your wonderful, GREAT software. >> >> >> >> It provided me with countless hours of fun and relaxation.Maybe a little TOO >> much, but that's my problem ;). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> How come the winner, be it me or the computer, is always the luckiest player? >> >> >> >> I thought backgammon was a game of skill. 'Course, luck plays a role, but >> the outcome of the game to be SOLELY based on LUCK?! C'mon! How is it >> possible? >> >> >> >> Let's say I am not skilled and indeed, I can win only if I get lucky . >> >> >> >> But the computer is World Class, after all. How come IT never wins when it >> is less lucky than me? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thank you and Best regards, >> >> Teddy >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
