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General Discussion / Re: The Science of Elements
« Last post by Wyand on April 17, 2024, 09:34:14 pm »After a long hiatus I had some time to tend to this <3 project of mine. Enjoy reading about the science of 
cards!
cards!
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General Discussion / Testing out the Oracle
« Last post by Wyand on April 14, 2024, 08:04:12 pm »Thought I run more tests regarding Elements (via Flashpoint). I was curious about the fat old guy's - a.k.a. Oracle - rolling chances.
My method consisted of rolling the Oracle repeatedly and editing the *_lastoracle.txt file in between rolls to make multiple rolls per day possible.
Initially did the testing manually, then started using a mouse clicker/keyboard press utility.
Things went quite ok until 150 rolls - though I noticed some patterns, some cards got rolled a bit more often than others, but I didn't really care,
thought it is only about obtaining a big enough sample. After 150 rolls something happened: certain cards started to build up
a godawful lead against the rest. Really wanted to figure out what is causing the anomaly, so I started to change some variables.
One might point out that using a script might have affected the outcomes, but that's not true, I started using that only after 250 rolls.
Things I changed:
- the date in *_lastoracle.txt;
- randomized the pixel where the script clicked;
- created new logins.
None of these helped. Always the same set of cards appeared, again and again. I wonder that the culprit might be a setting, some
session file, or who-knows-what in Flashpoint. Maybe someone else has an idea about what is causing this?
My method consisted of rolling the Oracle repeatedly and editing the *_lastoracle.txt file in between rolls to make multiple rolls per day possible.
Initially did the testing manually, then started using a mouse clicker/keyboard press utility.
Things went quite ok until 150 rolls - though I noticed some patterns, some cards got rolled a bit more often than others, but I didn't really care,
thought it is only about obtaining a big enough sample. After 150 rolls something happened: certain cards started to build up
a godawful lead against the rest. Really wanted to figure out what is causing the anomaly, so I started to change some variables.
One might point out that using a script might have affected the outcomes, but that's not true, I started using that only after 250 rolls.
Things I changed:
- the date in *_lastoracle.txt;
- randomized the pixel where the script clicked;
- created new logins.
None of these helped. Always the same set of cards appeared, again and again. I wonder that the culprit might be a setting, some
session file, or who-knows-what in Flashpoint. Maybe someone else has an idea about what is causing this?
Spoiler for Testing results (not full, got bored after a while looking at the screenshots):
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Farming Studies and Statistics / Re: AI4/Halfblood Stats Thread [1.321] - Decks and Spin Chance
« Last post by Wyand on April 12, 2024, 09:30:22 pm »If anybody is interested I finished testing, you can check the refreshed stats in the previous post. 
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General Discussion / Re: Strange thing happened with Eclipse
« Last post by Wyand on April 06, 2024, 11:32:40 pm »Pande is so Pande it is also allowed to skip targets, Sometimes. I get it. 
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General Discussion / Re: Strange thing happened with Eclipse
« Last post by serprex on April 06, 2024, 03:50:54 pm »I remember ian claiming pande could sometimes skip targets, so you aren't the only one to notice
Still, don't be frustrated. For how likely skip was, it might as well've been PU
Still, don't be frustrated. For how likely skip was, it might as well've been PU
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General Discussion / Re: Strange thing happened with Eclipse
« Last post by Wyand on April 03, 2024, 07:39:18 pm »A different thing, but maybe there are any ideas about it. No screenshot, because only a video could prove it.
The AI cast a Panda, and much to my frustration it did not affect its Purple Dragon. First I thought it could have been
an upped Panda, but nope, it was a normal, other AI-creatures got affected. You might say the Dragon got lobo'd, but no,
it had momentum, and the momentum stayed after the Panda... What the heck happened? Is it a bug?
The AI cast a Panda, and much to my frustration it did not affect its Purple Dragon. First I thought it could have been
an upped Panda, but nope, it was a normal, other AI-creatures got affected. You might say the Dragon got lobo'd, but no,
it had momentum, and the momentum stayed after the Panda... What the heck happened? Is it a bug?
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General Discussion / Re: Flashpoint
« Last post by Wyand on April 03, 2024, 07:14:19 pm »Another month, another Purple Nymph... 
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General Discussion / Re: Strange thing happened with Eclipse
« Last post by Wyand on March 03, 2024, 01:40:36 pm »That's hilarious! Thanks for the info! Strange I never ran into this one before.
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General Discussion / Re: Strange thing happened with Eclipse
« Last post by ddevans96 on March 03, 2024, 01:13:28 am »Voodoo Doll treats losing the health buff from Eclipse as it taking damage, since it's a reduction in current HP
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General Discussion / Strange thing happened with Eclipse
« Last post by Wyand on March 03, 2024, 12:08:19 am »I just deleted an Eclipse on the opponent's side and somehow I instantly
got damaged (2 hps, I think). Is this some hidden feature I don't know of,
or some well-known bug?
got damaged (2 hps, I think). Is this some hidden feature I don't know of,
or some well-known bug?