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The "random" number generator is terrible, never had a match with 7 rolling most.

Again people complaining about randomness... That's what randomness IS... RANDOM!

Baralhaum wrote: ↑26 February 2023, 11:34 The "random" number generator is terrible, never had a match with 7 rolling most.

This game: https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=350912316

I literally just rage quitted a game due to horrible rolls.

My settlements was in good spots too. With numbers 6, 5 and 9. Only area I didn't have a settlement on was for rocks and I had a settlement on a tile with 3 fields with good numbers.

40 minutes of gameplay. I only was able to build two roads. I only got bricks once. In 40 minutes. I couldn't even build roads to get to a port for cheaper maritime trades.

This game is so disgusting with RNG sometime. I was absolutely raging that game so i had to leave. No game is fun when you can't do anything for 40 minutes while you watch others do stuff.

Ok after other posters reviewed, I detract my previous statement about how biased that particular game was. They were right, I had a bias as things weren't going my way that clouded my judgement and gave me confirmation bias.

However, there is a cynical part of me that thinks that just as a casino or Tiktok's success is predicated on the dopamine release of winning, in order to balance the good players from the not so good players, they might be rigging some games...

Having said that, plenty of non premium folk who are high in the rankings? That would go against my above conspiracy...

Destaric wrote: ↑28 February 2023, 17:41 I literally just rage quitted a game due to horrible rolls.

My settlements was in good spots too. With numbers 6, 5 and 9. Only area I didn't have a settlement on was for rocks and I had a settlement on a tile with 3 fields with good numbers.

40 minutes of gameplay. I only was able to build two roads. I only got bricks once. In 40 minutes. I couldn't even build roads to get to a port for cheaper maritime trades.

This game is so disgusting with RNG sometime. I was absolutely raging that game so i had to leave. No game is fun when you can't do anything for 40 minutes while you watch others do stuff.

Which is exactly why Catan (with only the base box) is really not a great game, IRL or online.
If you can't handle that level I frustration (I personnaly can't), there are plenty other games on BGA where the luck factor is lower and where you can have a real strategy that won't be spoiled by some unlucky sequence of rolls.

Here are the results of my last game of 99 rolls. Does this make sense? Look at the 10, 12, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9. All the numbers are completely skewed. There's a better way to play this game with dice that stick more closely to the stats.

Column 1: Roll
Col 2: % of rolls
Col 3: Absolute Number

Dice Roll Sum of Num of rolls Sum of Num of rolls2
Dice roll: rate of 10 (~8%) 11.11% 11
Dice roll: rate of 11 (~6%) 6.06% 6
Dice roll: rate of 12 (~3%) 1.01% 1
Dice roll: rate of 2 (~3%) 2.02% 2
Dice roll: rate of 3 (~6%) 6.06% 6
Dice roll: rate of 4 (~8%) 11.11% 11
Dice roll: rate of 5 (~11%) 13.13% 13
Dice roll: rate of 6 (~14%) 10.10% 10
Dice roll: rate of 7 (~17%) 14.14% 14
Dice roll: rate of 8 (~14%) 16.16% 16
Dice roll: rate of 9 (~11%) 9.09% 9
Grand Total 100.00% 99

twolegman wrote: ↑02 March 2023, 23:11Does this make sense?

Yes, perfect sense.

twolegman wrote: ↑02 March 2023, 23:11 Here are the results of my last game of 99 rolls. Does this make sense?

Yep, perfect sense, looks exactly like a normal random distribution.

twolegman wrote: ↑02 March 2023, 23:11 Here are the results of my last game of 99 rolls.

Also, note that the bga stats don’t show the number of rolls, just the percentage in game (along with the binomial distribution percentages). So that’s why all gams appear to have 99-101 rolls, it’s just the sum of the rounded percentages.