Guest posts by PuppyChow

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Competitions / Re: Competition: Design a New Quest

« on: February 15, 2010, 12:36:30 am »

One thing to note is the quest interface becomes the FG interface once you're done with the 500 score quest. In other words, you can only play FGs once you've completed EVERY quest. I'm not sure if the competition was intended this way, but if you keep the interface the same no quest may involve False Gods unless we alter the main interface (which will probably have to be done eventually).

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General Discussion / Re: Elements Statistics

« on: February 15, 2010, 12:10:59 am »

If you look at my FG topic and compare those with what Elements Statistics says, for 1.17 it rose 6% after averaging %s instead, for 1.18 -7%, for 1.19 -4%.

Though over time they should average out, I'm thinking we'll never have enough time for each version to get that much of a sample size.

And since we're mainly working with smaller sample sizes (72 games at most for 1.17, 27 for 1.18, and in the 50s now I think for 1.19), this is a more reliable way.

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Rainbow Decks / Re: PuppyChow's FG Rainbow

« on: February 15, 2010, 12:03:03 am »

I know, and Hermes had an extra spot in 1.17. But for simplicities sake I'm assuming that all Gods are gotten equally.

And if I did take those God's stats into account twice, the percent could very well rise or stay the same.

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General Discussion / Re: Elements Statistics

« on: February 14, 2010, 11:48:49 pm »

(Bump)

A suggestion regarding total win %:

Currently it averages total games won/total games played, but I think that's rather flawed and there's a way to get that % more consistent across the different versions.

Average the percent wins of gods instead of the total games won.

This way the stat assumes all gods are played equally. For instance, currently, what if you played 10/20 games against Rainbow and lost them all? Then the percent shown would be lower than it really is since the chances of playing Rainbow 10 times in a row is amazingly low.

Conversely, if you played 10/20 games against Paradox and won them all, the percent shown would be skewed higher than it actually is.

However, if you averaged the percents, the 10 loses would only count as a single 0% (albeit a precise 0%), while the 10 wins would only count as a single 100%. Making the total win % much closer to a precise value.

Since you theoretically play all Gods the same amount, this should be the assumption made for the total statistic. So average the percents versus the games.

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Rainbow Decks / Re: PuppyChow's FG Rainbow

« on: February 14, 2010, 11:39:46 pm »

I've updated with a different (better, in my view. and much more consistent) way of calculating the total win percentage. I will do this periodically, since Element Statistics doesn't do it that way and I need to do it myself.

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Card Ideas and Art / Re: New card type: Planes!

« on: February 14, 2010, 02:13:07 am »

Instead of both people having one out, how about there can only be one in play at any time, so if you play an Air one and then your opponent plays a Darkness one the Air one gets wiped out. Adds another layer to the game, imo.

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Tournament Archive / Re: Tournament February 13 Game thread

« on: February 13, 2010, 08:02:41 pm »

Puppy 2 - Wu_Li 1.
GG.

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Tournament Archive / Re: Tournament February 13 Game thread

« on: February 13, 2010, 07:07:16 pm »

Puppy 2 - xdude 0 .

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Tournament Archive / Re: Tournament February 13 Game thread

« on: February 13, 2010, 06:44:28 pm »

Puppy 2 - Kisor 1.

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Patch Notes and Development News / Re: Elements 1.19

« on: February 13, 2010, 04:04:52 am »

I've gotten a Blue Nymph and a Nymph Queen . I've one upped you.

Oh and today I got a golden nymph as a pet :O.

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Duo-Decks / Re: Unstable Eagles

« on: February 13, 2010, 04:03:13 am »

The problem was that since it was attached, it didn't show up from the forum server switch. I reattached it so everyone should be able to see it now.

Thanks anyway .

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Forum Game Archive / Re: Tag

« on: February 12, 2010, 09:46:12 pm »

I tag Daxx!