The purpose of this study is to coordinate a massive community scientific endeavor to with the goal of putting some statistical numbers with each of the top upped false god farming decks. This should help to make sense of the effectiveness of each deck in comparison to others.
Two tools will be used to help aid in the research: both Jangoo's STATMASTA 4000 (
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21654.msg296044.html#msg296044) and the index which is used within, Fgei (
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14626.0.html). Please click on the links for each if you are unfamiliar with how either works. There are clear instructions on the STATMASTA post as to how it operates, if you are confused as to how it works or are having issues, do not hesitate to ask.
Please copy-paste the codes for THE DECKS POSTED BELOW ONLY. DO NOT use variants of each. Variants will be addressed in a future study and are not the specific purpose of this study.
Study Format:Decks will be separated into three categories: Unupped Decks, Partially Unupped Decks, and Upped Decks. The idea is that in the end, this study will be able to aid both new players and veteran, hardcore farmers while helping to bridge the gap in between. We may choose to separate, at some point after data is collected, between decks which focus more on winning %/score gain, and those which focus mainly on purely collecting spins/cards/electrum.
Decks have been researched for optimization and only those posted in this OP should be used for the purpose of this study. Variants will be addressed in the future, but the purpose of this study is to compare the decks themselves against other false god farming decks.
Variants should be discussed within each individual deck post itself and this is not the venue for any disagreement of variants used.
Testing:Testing can be done by anyone in the community who applies to become an official tester and is accepted. We encourage everyone to get involved! Testers will send me (
kirchj33) a forum pm with a short application explaining the following:
1. Why you feel you are qualified to become a tester
2. Your experience with false god farming
3. Any other information describing why you would make a good tester for
this studyOnce accepted, the only requirements are that
you must test at least 100 games for a deck before posting data for a deck and
authors may NOT test their own decks. While testing there are important guidelines to follow:
1.
NO SKIPPING ALLOWED - It is important that the data collected is as clean and raw as possible. Testers may have a very good idea of which false gods will be skipped for the purposes of actual farming, but we want as much information as possible at this point. We will go in and take a look at the data in the future and determine which false gods should be skipped based off the information collected.
2.
If you are 95% sure you cannot win a match, you may quit out. This should help give testers some relief, when faced with impossible odds. Examples of this would be quanta lockdown vs. Decay or Dark Matter, no electrocutor drawn before several Pharaohs have begun to amass their armies when playing a RoL/Hope variant, etc. A case where you could still draw THE card that saves your ass (e.g. Miracle) even though it seems highly unlikely and you would normally quit does not constitute as one of those 95%-cases.
Official Tester List:
1.
zse2.
Genuinous - currently testing: (almost) NON-UPGRADED False God Rainbow
3.
YoungSot - currently testing: Mono Aether
4.
Onizuka - currently testing: Ray of Lulz
5.
YawnChainHow - currently testing: Unupped CCYB
6.
Chrisbenton876 -
7.
kirchj33 - currently testing: Cover & Cry, I've GotP Time
8.
Jangoo - currently testing: Voodoo Panic, CCYB - No PA's (Slim Version)
9.
Five In One - currently testing: The Essential Newbie FG Farmer
10.
Twixy10 - currently testing: Eternal Chaos
11.
calindu - currently testing: Perpetual Light
12.
SteppingStone81 - currently testing: I've GotP Time
13.
Svenningen - currently testing:
14.
Found2 - currently testing: I've GotP Time
15.
Jenkar - currently testing: Liquid Antimatter
16.
UncleTex - currently testing: Essential Newbie FG Farmer
17.
Bonestorm - currently testing: Voodoo Panic (modded)
18.
Gumbeh - currently testing: VVV
Posting:Posting will be quite simple. We want to keep it as basic as possible, encouraging everyone to participate. Please perform the following two steps when posting.
1. Copy the forum codes from the "Stats" sheet of the STATMASTA 4000. There are two codes to be found there, one which will display the Statsheet, and one which will give the god by god breakdown. Be sure to include your player name and the deck code on the "Input" sheet of the STATMASTA 4000. This is mostly for done for appearance in terms of actual data collection.
2.
Important! - Attach the original excel file containing the STATMASTA 4000 used for the deck you tested. This is the only way Jangoo and I will be able to merge data into a collective pool. This is done by hosting the excel file on a file share website. Links to the following:
Rapid Share –
https://www.rapidshare.com/ (
https://www.rapidshare.com/)
Media Fire –
http://www.mediafire.com/ (
http://www.mediafire.com/)
After posting your stats, Jangoo and I will compile them into the original posts to keep cumulative community developed stats of all decks included comparison. Again, we may broaden the spectrum of decks in the future, but for now, simple=better.
If you would like to add data (either a new deck or deck you have already posted) please create a new post. We will not frown upon double posting if it contains 100+ games played for another deck!
A sample posting can be found here: Sample Posting (
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25609.msg352666.html#msg352666)
Your first step will be to apply to be a tester. After receiving confirmation as an official tester, your name will be added to the list in this post and the next step is to select one of the decks below and get started, following the guidelines clearly outlined above.
Happy farming!
