Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:18 |
 
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I thought about posting this a few weeks ago, but didn't, but in the mean time only more wildly anecdotal evidence has come my way. So here we are.
What would you like to complain about? And no, I don't mean turn 16 fouls (man up), people timing you out (entirely justified complaint, but I believe there may have been the odd thread about that one) or your mam refusing to do your washing. What single thing are you absolutely livid about and know for certain nuffle is targetting you, and just you, about? No actual evidence required. Just give us your completely biased account and we will nod sympathetically. We may even back you up, if we have specced or played against you. If we roll our eyes, we'll try to hide it. No-one can do more. |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:23 |
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Right so here's my two cents - bet you didn't see that coming.
Go for its (gfi). But not just any gfi. Gfi that not only matter, but matter and are rerolled. If I can't reroll it, it fails about 1/6 of the time. If I can rr it, but it isn't that important, it fails about 1/6 of the time. If I need to make it, and it fails, and I have a rr, that rr turns it into snakes about 50% of the time. I can give you countless examples (but won't). It's frankly outrageous and Nuffle should be strung up. The defence rests, looking smug because they know they have won their case. |
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Chingis
Joined: Jul 09, 2007
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:28 |
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My favourite bakery closed down in my town. No more tasty Greek tyropitas. Sad.
The reason I'm pretty certain it was Nuffle's doing is because I got good dice in the next match afterwards. I think he felt guilty. |
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Halfabrain
Joined: Jan 20, 2018
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:34 |
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Nuffle and I generally rub along ok, I'd say we're on nodding terms though not quite at the shaking hands stage.
One thing I do absolutely resent though is that he seems to save his very worst days for when I'm playing someone I dislike such as panalukidis.
I've played him over 70 times and we've never had a balanced game, always one of us getting diced. My delight at his tears of helpless rage is always tempered by the knowledge that next time it'll me getting taunted as nuffle destroys my team.
Is a bit of balance too much to ask? |
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koadah
Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:40 |
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MattDakka
Joined: Oct 09, 2007
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:40 |
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| Malmir wrote: |
What would you like to complain about? |
Everything!  but, since you mentioned Rushes, I will talk about them.
Failing a Rush with rr is annoying but it doesn't piss me off a lot (unless it's a critical one, such as a Rush required to Blitz the ball carrier before he scores or a Rush to score a TD). What I find really annoying is when my opponents spend their turns to make many Rushes, often not even really necessary, without failing them as much as per expected average.
Then, on my turn, I try that single important Rush and it snakes.
That's a kind of super irritating failure for me.
I guess that multiple rrs made things worse, because rolling more dice than necessary in a turn is less often punished by a turnover.
That means that a bad opponent making many Rushes forces you to risk Rushes (that you would have not risked) as well and in the end winning the game boils down to who rolls fewer snakes. |
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JanMattys
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:45 |
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I don't care about rushes. If I fail a rush, I could have worked harder not to need it in the first place.
What totally irritates me is when my blockless mummies perform like crazy all game and when I need a push they roll three powskulls rerolled into another three. I know it is selective perception but I swear that my powskulls rate is directly proportional to my need for a push.
Another thing that I experiencing lately is that I fail a lot of regeneration rolls, especially against other regenerating teams. I attack first half, dominate the field, decimate the opponent, and all his casualties regenrate. I suffer a couple kos. His turn 8, he kills my LoS and I don't regenerate.
He attacks second half, and pounds my LoS again. And voila: a perfect first half turns into a damn tie because I don't have the numbers despite hitting as hard as I could. I HATE that and Nuffle really loves to shove this scenario down my throat lately. |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:55 |
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| MattDakka wrote: |
Failing a Rush with rr is annoying but it doesn't piss me off a lot (unless it's a critical one, such as a Rush required to Blitz the ball carrier before he scores or a Rush to score a TD). What I find really annoying is when my opponents spend their turns to make many Rushes, often not even really necessary, without failing them as much as per expected average. |
Those are exactly the rushes I am talking about. Yes and often it is prefaced by the oppo making them needlessly for fun, though I haven't noticed any direct correlation - it's just as likely if they haven't made any silly ones but I can reach the ball/endzone. |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Jul 08, 2023 - 18:56 |
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| JanMattys wrote: |
What totally irritates me is when my blockless mummies perform like crazy all game and when I need a push they roll three powskulls rerolled into another three. I know it is selective perception but I swear that my powskulls rate is directly proportional to my need for a push.
Another thing that I experiencing lately is that I fail a lot of regeneration rolls, especially against other regenerating teams. I attack first half, dominate the field, decimate the opponent, and all his casualties regenrate. I suffer a couple kos. His turn 8, he kills my LoS and I don't regenerate.
He attacks second half, and pounds my LoS again. And voila: a perfect first half turns into a damn tie because I don't have the numbers despite hitting as hard as I could. I HATE that and Nuffle really loves to shove this scenario down my throat lately. |
Now this is exactly what this thread is about. Hats off! |
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Joost
Joined: Mar 17, 2014
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Jul 08, 2023 - 19:02 |
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Excellent topic, and since the audience promised to not even roll their eyes here I go: armour rolls. I know the odds should even out after 2000+ games but I swear they haven't. I will do 8 blocks to start the game, and no removal whatsoever and then my opponent will do one silly blitz and knock out one of my players. Nuffle might bail me out with lucky dodges and stuff (as Dutchlife can attest from earlier today), but only after punching me in the face with consistently subpar armour rolls.
On the gfi topic: I feel your pain and Nuffle does single you out on that one Malmir |
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RDaneel
Joined: Feb 24, 2023
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Jul 08, 2023 - 19:02 |
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I stopped counting double ones on consecutive rushes or really stupid ones (if you play Goblin and don't have a semi-idiot Troll with the Pro you do 1 then try to activate the other one and do 1 :perfect! you find yourself naked with a handful of flesh for slaughter in the middle of the field!)...
my brain tries not to think about that little Nuffle demon that is there and isn't there... because in the long run the God of the Nut comes and goes, but often we only remember when it hurt us and not when it brazenly helped (like that 6+ pass with no RR caught at 3+ by a lineman!  ah what a memory!)
And as they say: no one can stop the sun from rising tomorrow, and after a sequence of terrible misfortunes usually comes a fresh spring of surprises! So: if you feel abandoned by the God Of Fortune for a string of bad luck games, it's time to dare! And you will see that you will be rewarded!! |
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MattDakka
Joined: Oct 09, 2007
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Jul 08, 2023 - 19:08 |
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Important: I don't think that the RNG hates me or that the RNG is badly designed.
Now that I think of it, I experienced often Blitz! events lately (both against and in my favour).
I experienced a slight increase of quad skulls as well, from an average of 1 every 60 games to 1 every 56 games. Quad skull is one of the things which pisses me off as well because it has a high gamebreaking potential.
In a game, a Blitz! happened. My opponent 5+ dodged more than once with a Bull Centaur through tackle zones because he was genuinely unaware that Dodge skill didn't work during Blitz!.
Another thing which pisses me off is when opponent takes risks without being aware of them and a lucky dice sequence rewards their ignorance. |
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RDaneel
Joined: Feb 24, 2023
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Jul 08, 2023 - 19:23 |
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Sometimes it is therapeutically helpful to do a post- analysis with statistical significance of your games (kind of like the first part of this article https://fumbbl.com/p/blog&c=RDaneel&id=24657 in particular picture 1.4)
If you go look at your last 10 games and mark down all the blocking dice you've rolled and calculate how many times you've had a quad skull happen to you, you'll find that it happens maybe once every five or six games (if you roll 100 blocking dice per game)... quad skull has high probability to happen every 1024 dice rolls... but starts to become likely after 500 rolls...
And the same for rush. And for whatever is linked with statistics
And let's always remember this strange effect of the brain fossilizing on negative memories and tending to forget the positive ones.
Reality guys, I am sorry now to say something blasphemous to the community, let's face it: there is no God of the Die... |
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RDaneel
Joined: Feb 24, 2023
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Jul 08, 2023 - 19:28 |
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And by the way : NOTAM
expect miracles from Malmir in the coming games for the simple reason that
1) he is a very strong player
2) he has had TREMENDOUS bad luck in the last few matches
you are all warned!
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Jul 08, 2023 - 19:39 |
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| RDaneel wrote: |
Reality guys, I am sorry now to say something blasphemous to the community, let's face it: there is no God of the Die... |
Logic has no place in this thread |
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