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I feel this in lot of games that randomness algorithm is so brutal, you lose games/plays before to really start to play it... Sometimes it feels manipulated by hidden algorithms, is breaking the pleasure to play a game.

It feels manipulated because your brain seeks patterns. And because a lot of people think 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (or even something like "1, 2, 6, 2, 3, 4") is a more "random" set of 6 d6 rolls than is 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1. It isn't. Both (or all three) are equally likely for any given set of 6 d6 rolls.

As has been pointed out many times in many threads, to setup these hidden algorithms (eg. to favour premium players/those with higher ELO/some special kind of VIPs) is significantly more work than it is to simply ask a random function for a number between 1 and 6. And for what? There's no material reward to having high ranks here.

PS. IRL gaming is littered with "non-random" chance as well. Sometimes people don't shuffle a deck very well. Sometimes RL dice don't roll truly random either (but close enough that you'd have a hard time proving it in most cases). There would be other examples I'm sure, but this argument has been done to death.

makowey wrote: ↑06 August 2025, 12:55 ... is breaking the pleasure to play a game.

Your own conspiratorial thinking makes it unpleasant to play games? You are welcome to stop playing, it would improve the experience for all those do not subscribe to conspiracy theories.

I am not a big fan of randomness because i can't handle it when i lose due to "bad luck", which is why i try to only play games with as little luck as possible. I would advise you to do the same

RobertBr wrote: ↑06 August 2025, 14:13

makowey wrote: ↑06 August 2025, 12:55 ... is breaking the pleasure to play a game.

Your own conspiratorial thinking makes it unpleasant to play games? You are welcome to stop playing, it would improve the experience for all those do not subscribe to conspiracy theories.

His beliefs really bother you?? Maybe you should quit instead.

expoolman wrote: ↑07 August 2025, 23:24 His beliefs really bother you?? Maybe you should quit instead.

You are an anti-social gatekeeper, maybe you should quit instead? Do you also spend your spare time promoting littering and poor health and safety so that the community you live in is as bad as it can be?

Conspiracy theories are bad for communities, this is the most pernicious and absurd on BGA, it should not be facilitated.

expoolman wrote: ↑07 August 2025, 23:24

RobertBr wrote: ↑06 August 2025, 14:13

makowey wrote: ↑06 August 2025, 12:55 ... is breaking the pleasure to play a game.

Your own conspiratorial thinking makes it unpleasant to play games? You are welcome to stop playing, it would improve the experience for all those do not subscribe to conspiracy theories.

His beliefs really bother you?? Maybe you should quit instead.

What's gotten you all riled up?

Can we all just chill out !? Come on!