Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 129, Issue 7

2013-08-17 Thread M B
Howdy Frank, Playing yourself with random dice would definitely not produce an obvious 5:5 outcome. Even if GNU played against itself the outcome would favor one side or the other because of the randomness of the dice (I'm thinking this may have been done many times already). A 7 point match ca

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 129, Issue 7

2013-08-17 Thread Massimiliano Maini
On 17 August 2013 19:36, Frank Berger wrote: > > @all Other: How often do you have convinced one of the conspiracy > theorists? From my experience it's < 20% > > 20% looks uber-optimistic to me. I'd say 10%, and that's probably generous too. MaX. ___ B

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 129, Issue 7

2013-08-17 Thread Frank Berger
Hi JD, @JD: so if I got you right, you played 10 7-pt matches against yourself and one side lost 9 of them. I've never heard of such a occurence in the real life. It is an obvious fact that with true random the result must be 5:5 and this can statistically surely proved. Too bad that I lack thi

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Dice Rolls

2013-08-17 Thread boomslang
> Up to now (as of typing this message), I have played about 10 games, > and out pf 10 games, of 7 points each, I won only one game >   ... > I am sorry, this may not be statistically significant to mathematicians. > It is extremely significant to me, as I do not have the time to put in > 100,00

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Dice Rolls

2013-08-17 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
The best was to resolve this is to follow your gut: If you feel the rolls that the program generates are at fault then put it in manual dice mode and roll your own! But! Be HONEST If you play a few games like that and still lose badly then look for another cause. How GOOD is gnubg playing? Is

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Dice Rolls

2013-08-17 Thread Louis Zulli
Hi JD, Your posts seem similar to so many others I've seen over the years. It seems that many players are truly shocked to discover how much stronger gnubg is than they are. They remember a few lucky rolls that occurred, and use those to explain their losses. My suggestion is to play one game