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ErikLevin wrote: ↑23 April 2026, 18:15

OCBG wrote: ↑23 April 2026, 03:47 True randomness can be anything, rolling six hearts 100 times in a row. etc. But as far as electronic not true randomness, it seems like it should be more balanced. No algorithm is true random.

This is a misconception, that computers "cannot make truly random numbers" in any meaningful sense, or that a computer cannot make a random distribution that is "truly random". Your everyday activities on your computer and phone rely on random number generators working properly every day.

Your impressions that the rolls are not random are due to cognitive biases (that we all humans are prone to).

Yeah pretty interesting, would be nice if there were stats. I thought of taking them but never end up doing so.

In an interesting note I just won as gigasaur with only three rolls, and never once moved a piece with rolling !s
Instead I rolled a lot of stars and buildings, which is one of my observances is that when you're gigasaur you roll stars and buildings way more than !s

Yeah but my point is that it seems consistent.
When I'm giga or mecka I roll far less !s
When I'm penguin I roll tons of !s

I think I might actually start talking stats.

OCBG wrote: ↑14 June 2026, 23:19 I think I might actually start talking stats.

Talking or taking?

I predict that when you take stats, you'll get the expected dice distribution, and when you don't take stats you'll get biased rolls

Jellby wrote: ↑15 June 2026, 14:11

OCBG wrote: ↑14 June 2026, 23:19 I think I might actually start talking stats.

Talking or taking?

I predict that when you take stats, you'll get the expected dice distribution, and when you don't take stats you'll get biased rolls

lol yes, observation changes the outcome type thing. When you complain it changes.

ErikLevin wrote: ↑23 April 2026, 18:15

OCBG wrote: ↑23 April 2026, 03:47 True randomness can be anything, rolling six hearts 100 times in a row. etc. But as far as electronic not true randomness, it seems like it should be more balanced. No algorithm is true random.

This is a misconception, that computers "cannot make truly random numbers" in any meaningful sense, or that a computer cannot make a random distribution that is "truly random". Your everyday activities on your computer and phone rely on random number generators working properly every day.

Your impressions that the rolls are not random are due to cognitive biases (that we all humans are prone to).

Is it easier to roll three buildings or three stars with 7 dice

or three buildings, three stars or two exclamation marks with 6 dice, and you can reroll all stars?

I was playing as giga, my opponent was space penguin

he moved 21 spaces in the same time I moved 12

while it's hard to tell exactly it looked like for the most part he only got one extra dice at a time.



Meanwhile I had the card that allows you to re roll stars, plus as giga only need to roll two !s.

Would be interesting to know odds.