The answer to this might well put me off playing BB..FOREVER

niks_in_da_mix · Post by **niks_in_da_mix** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:52 am

OK - if I'm going to be any good at this, am I REALLY going to have to bother with all the statistics and stuff? Can't I just guess? Maybe we should make it a rule that anyone that works out statistics or probabilities in order to play better should never be allowed to play again. BB or indeed any other game. Fair? (I can give you a hand with wording if you need help writing it for the LRB)

XX N

PS, if I'm not going to be the best, I don't want to play...*bottom lip out*

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 2:03 am

Statistics are for horse races, not dice games.

Ghost of Pariah · Post by **Ghost of Pariah** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 2:07 am

The only statistics and probabilities you really need to know are the easy, almost common sense ones. Just learn to play, and you'll get better. Just like everything else.

I can put it best by saying that this is a thinking game so everyone is going to have a different way of doing things. The satisticians like to think that there is only one way to look at it but that's pretty common of all scientists. lol

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 2:58 am

Yeah take my current game.

I'm failing 75% of my rolls that have a 75% chance of success ... don't worry about the odds ... learn some basics ... 3 dice blocks are normally pretty safe. A 3+ roll with a reroll is better than a 2+ without one.

Those basics are all you need ... Lady Luck will deal the rest.

Galak

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:31 am

GalakStarscraper wrote:A 3+ roll with a reroll is better than a 2+ without one.

It also depends which reality you live in. In the above case the opposite is true for me. Rolls of 3+ with a reroll will fail always, unless it's trivial. Rolls of 2+ will always succeed, unless it's trivial.

My reality is very odd... I keep seeing purple elephants...

-Balrog

Zombie · Post by **Zombie** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:41 am

You can become very good without working out odds, especially with experience as you'll just know what works. But you won't become the best player in the world.

Ghost of Pariah · Post by **Ghost of Pariah** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 4:13 am

Yes cuz we all know the best players in the world are the Canadians!

Zombie · Post by **Zombie** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 6:58 am

Might be. We already rule at Starcraft and Counterstrike (seriously), so why not Blood Bowl. Just because of the sheer mass of players though, i wouldn't be surprised if most of the best players were British.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:16 am

We'll see that in the next few days probabely. Everyone played good and a German wins the cup

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:33 am

S.B.B! D.L.S.W!

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:36 am

S.B.B! D.L.S.W!

Sputnik · Post by **Sputnik** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:47 am

Everyone played good and a German wins the cup

I am still at work now but getting exited. 24 hours to go. Then we will see....

S.B.B. L.S.W.

Sputnik

P.S.: Deathwing, are prepared properly for your campain??? It might amuse myself or start to give my very best...and there is further something for you I will bring with me..surprise!!

Better be prepared

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:49 am

Oh, and Happy B'day Niks

S.B.B! L.N-I-D-M.W!

Sputnik · Post by **Sputnik** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 9:02 am

S.B.B! L.N-I-D-M.W!

May may play well but are you a German?? Hmm, so is Dave is correct is not you winning then...

Who knows who that N is...or maybe we know him under a different name.

Sputnik

Skummy · Post by **Skummy** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:55 pm

Pariah: Yes cuz we all know the best players in the world are the Canadians!

Must be the long winters.

I know that my play in first person shooters deteriorated greatly after I moved out of Vermont...