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Dominion General Discussion / Re: List of card art avatars
« on: March 09, 2015, 03:36:22 pm »
May I request that the original text be restored below for posterity? Now this whole page of discussion looks super confusing.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Claim your card art avatar
« on: March 09, 2015, 12:17:59 pm »
Man I don't see why this is so terrible. I thought the whole thing was in good fun. A newby did indeed request a reference for which avatars are already in use. That's really what this is; not some weird patenting thing. I think the only people taking it seriously are those who are worried that other people will take it seriously.
Also I claim lifetime rights to black hat guy
Also I claim lifetime rights to black hat guy
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: small but useful tactics tips
« on: March 08, 2015, 09:02:50 pm »One more - in limited circumstances, naming Duchy with your first few plays of Rebuild, and buying an Estate or two, is one stupid way to win the Duchy split. If you're having enough trouble hitting $5 to consider this, the Provinces will probably wait for you, so you can focus on getting the most Duchys first, ideally ending with no Estates at all.
This is sort of right, but you should check out this article: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=2489.msg362854#msg362854 (note that it talks about rebuild mirrors only)
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Dominion: Adventures Previews / Re: What are you MOST excited to find out about from the Adventures Previews?
« on: March 08, 2015, 08:23:19 pm »I think all the losers should get Harem.
But then we'd have to look at the Harem art every time they posted.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Homage to the Best Card
« on: March 08, 2015, 08:19:01 pm »Where do I sign?
You have to upvote his post. It's a sneaky trick by liopoil to reach 1:1 respect:post ratio.
Oh, so that's how it works. Personally, i would be happy not being a Saboteur, anymore.
By the way, is there a way to know what you'll be at which point? I'm curious as to what more awaits me. Because:
The titles are for posts, not respect.
I knew that, my thoughts just jumped from one topic to the other. No matter, though! It still improved my post/respect ratio! Wahahahahaaa!
Seriously though, can you see at which post count you become what? I'm kind of curious which titles exist, just for knowing. I'm a scientist, you see.
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=2489.msg362854#msg362854
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.
« on: March 06, 2015, 06:26:47 pm »Given that LastFootnote is a playtester, is there any likelihood of his fan expansion getting an official release? Perhaps a better question, have you played with any of his cards?
No. No. I feel like Donald has made it super clear that he doesn't consider fan cards at all.
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Goko Dominion Online / Re: Bot "Pro" Games Effect Leaderboard
« on: March 03, 2015, 07:41:44 pm »
So I go up a level, my mu goes up by 1.5, and I jump 100 spots on the full leaderboard. You have my vote
In all seriousness, I'm somewhat concerned about how this will effect people's ability to break into the human game scene, but I do think it is likely to be a better predictor of skill.
In all seriousness, I'm somewhat concerned about how this will effect people's ability to break into the human game scene, but I do think it is likely to be a better predictor of skill.
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Goko Dominion Online / Re: Bot "Pro" Games Effect Leaderboard
« on: March 01, 2015, 06:42:50 pm »
The problem with removing bots is that they give people a fast way to practice and prove their skill so they don't have to jump into multiplayer at the bottom. When so many games have rating caps it's kind of nice to be able to quickly climb the ladder (because bot games are quick).
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 28, 2015, 08:41:56 pm »For "that dress", does anyone else here see it as brownish-gold/faded blue? That's the only way I can see it and feel like a minority in the debate.
Considering that those are the actual colours (having checked using paint to identify the RGB makeup), no, you aren't alone. It's what I see too.
It's what I saw too. I could extrapolate to either direction, but the actual colors I saw were definitely a light blue and a browny gold.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 27, 2015, 02:01:06 pm »There are probably more likely scenarios than an indifferent AI tiling the universe with computronium. But even severe climate change is very unlikely to lead to human extinction. I don't think that AI is an imminent danger, but I'm glad that there are people thinking hard about the possibilities.
I don't think that climate change will lead directly to human extinction, but I do think that if left unchecked it will lead to resource scarcity, unrest, war, etc. which could result in human extinction (see "nukes" above)
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Dominion: Adventures Previews / Re: Rio Grande page for Dominion: Adventures is live
« on: February 26, 2015, 10:40:02 am »I really wish you guys could stop mentioningg specific Adventures cards, even if you use made-up names. It just makes me more curious and the wait less sufferable.I'm pretty sure they aren't even referencing specific cards.Then perhaps commiserating is the word that is most appropriate, 'cause Merry Go 'Round, man that one is gonna be a bitch.
This sounds rather specific to me. I immediately had to ponder what kind of effect he could mean. If "You may set this aside from your hand or put it there at any time." is on any Adventures card, i guessed it here first.
I think you might be confused by the joke, so let me explain it to make it funnier. "Merry go 'round", "Drop Tables", and "Hot Air Balloon" are not code names for specific Adventures cards. The joke with these absurd names is that they are so silly that they could never be Adventures cards and the names imply strange mechanics (or programming issues, in the case of Drop Tables).
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Goko Dominion Online / Dominion Online on Steam Greenlight
« on: February 24, 2015, 10:07:39 pm »88
Dominion: Adventures Previews / Re: Rio Grande page for Dominion: Adventures is live
« on: February 24, 2015, 10:33:03 am »We have a release date, apparently. April 8th. Look in the "new and future releases" box.
Man, I really hope the new version of Dominion Online is ready by then. I want to play Adventures online, already.
I dunno, even if the new system is up by then, some of these cards (and other things) are going to be a bitch to code...
Man, Hot Air Balloon alone is going to take them a week.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 20, 2015, 01:29:58 am »I tried to make it..... blunter for you, Kirian.
I helped!
Though my reference was not as obvious, but anyone who's seen the movie should get it.
And I do recommend that people read the book if they haven't already. It's quite the read. And I suggest doing it without a glossary. I didn't even know that some copies have a glossary. Mine did not, and I like to think that my reading experience was enhanced by my need to determine the vocabulary of Alex and his droogs without having a cheat sheet.
The movie is good to watch too. Very stylistic. It's a tad less abhorrent than the events in the book (for example, the movie's sex scene involves girls who are not minors), but it should build up a healthy degree of disgust within you.
Man figuring out the slang was so fun. I realized a little ways in that it was all bastardized Russian and it was cool drawing the connections. Beautifully constructed. (My mom is a Russian interpreter/translator)
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General Discussion / Re: Maths thread.
« on: February 17, 2015, 07:24:33 pm »Okay, here are some cool hat problems:
1. There are 100 perfectly rational people on an island, each with either a red or a green party hat glued to his head. Each person can see everyone else's party hat, but not his own. No one can communicate with each other. Everyone is informed that everyone is wearing either a red or green hat, and that at least one person is wearing a red hat. Each day at noon, a ship comes around, and the captain will let anyone leave the island if they can correctly guess their hat color; but if they guess incorrectly they die. These guesses are publicly known by everyone after the ship leaves. If there are x people wearing red hats, who will leave the island and when, in terms of x?
Ok, so if there's only one person with a red hat, they know day 1 and guess. Then everyone else knows that they all have a green hat and guess and leave.
If there are two people, then on the first day no one guesses, but on the second day both people with red hats realize that the other guy didn't guess and so they must also have a red hat. They guess and then everyone knows day 3, guess and leave.
This pattern continues. It takes x+1 days to get everyone off the island.
2. There are a finite number of people. Before the game starts, they may discuss a plan with each other, but after the game begins they cannot communicate (except through their guesses). After the game begins, they stand in a single file line and have a red or green party hat glued to their head, so that each person can see all and only those hats in front of him. Then the executioner asks each person, starting from the back of the line, what color his hat is, and kills him if he is wrong. Everyone else in the line hears the guess, but not whether it was correct. What plan can they come up with to minimize the number of people that die in the worst case scenario? (Note that not everyone is necessarily acting in the interest of his own survival, just in the interest of minimizing the number of deaths in the worst case scenario.)
I can guarantee at most one death.
First person says green if there are an odd number of greens in front of him, red if there are an even. This guy takes one for the team, and may die. Person 2 knows the parity of the green hats in front of the person behind them. If it's the same as the parity in front of them, then they know their hat is red; if not, it's green. Etc.
3. The situation is the same as in #2, except that there are now a countably infinite number of people, and they cannot hear each other's guesses. Is it possible for them to come up with a plan that guarantees that only a finite number of people die?
Do they hear whether the other people die?
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General Discussion / Re: Maths thread.
« on: February 17, 2015, 12:57:42 pm »
Cool Problem. I got the same solution as scott. You can solve the general case by drawing a payoff matrix and then using the argument that an optimal mixed strategy must be composed of pure strategies that perform equally well against whatever the opponent chooses, then simplify to get a recursive expression for the payout. At which point, I had mathematica calculate the first 10 expected values, noticed the pattern, and proved by induction.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 14, 2015, 02:19:31 pm »
So to update on what I'm sure was everyone's favorite topic in Random Stuff Part II, Todoist is awesome and I'm quite pleased with it. Thanks Ichi! You will find your stories about tetanus slighly more popular than they perhaps warrant on their own merit
It even has a widget for android so I can have my tasks on my home screen.
It even has a widget for android so I can have my tasks on my home screen.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 10, 2015, 03:34:41 pm »That's incredibly ironic since my birthday is Saturday. Guess I know what I'll be gettingAlso--random stuff. One of my classes was canceled today, and on top of that my headphones broke. You never really appreciate something until it's gone
My headphones broke a while ago, and my birthday was in a couple days. I had already said I didn't need anything for my birthday, but then I was like "GIVE ME HEADPHOOOOOOOOONES"
Will you be getting an explanation of what ironic means?
I was sorely tempted, but he actually gave me a helpful response about the task manager thing, so I felt bad.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 10, 2015, 11:03:16 am »Does anyone have a suggestion for a cross-platform to-do/tasks list?I use Todoist, which I have found to be pretty useful. I just use the free version--though there's some cheap subscription you can get for additional functionality. It's simple, cross-platform--and it sounds like it has the features you want. It has project creation, sorting by due date, and completed tasks are archived and sorted by project.
A few years ago, I tried like a gazillion different task apps; this is the only one I still use.
Thanks! I've checked it out. It looks about right, though not as clean as outlook. I'll give it a shot. I wish there was a way to have a category field as well as some text about the task (basically I want a drop down because I like categorizing my tasks based on what class they're for). Maybe I'll use projects for that purpose.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 09, 2015, 04:20:08 pm »Does anyone have a suggestion for a cross-platform to-do/tasks list?
Har har har. You are not the first to make that joke.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 09, 2015, 04:14:43 pm »
Does anyone have a suggestion for a cross-platform to-do/tasks list?
I currently use outlook exclusively for that purpose, but I want something that works on my android phone and my ubuntu boot and syncs automatically. I've tried out a couple of things (Wunderlist, google tasks), but found them lacking. Specifically, I want each task have a category, details, a due date, and a "complete" check box and be able to sort by complete then due date (or just have complete things disappear, though I'd prefer they were recoverable if I misclick). This seems to me like the obvious way to organize tasks, and I've been surprised that the highly-rated to-do list apps I've found don't seem to have even this functionality. Another thing that would be nice is recurring tasks, but that is not a high priority.
I currently use outlook exclusively for that purpose, but I want something that works on my android phone and my ubuntu boot and syncs automatically. I've tried out a couple of things (Wunderlist, google tasks), but found them lacking. Specifically, I want each task have a category, details, a due date, and a "complete" check box and be able to sort by complete then due date (or just have complete things disappear, though I'd prefer they were recoverable if I misclick). This seems to me like the obvious way to organize tasks, and I've been surprised that the highly-rated to-do list apps I've found don't seem to have even this functionality. Another thing that would be nice is recurring tasks, but that is not a high priority.
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Goko Dominion Online / Re: strange ratings
« on: February 07, 2015, 12:59:05 pm »Iso is bugged and unreliable. My Iso rating is "?", and has been like that for a while.
I see:
Level 14 24.32 ± 10.14 1652 375 Merudo
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 03, 2015, 12:34:55 pm »Being from Seattle, I am also inclined to be all bent out of shape about the play call, but I think this is a classic case of 20/20 hindsight. Any schmuck can say that this was obviously the wrong call, but they have the advantage of seeing exactly what actually happened.And to be fair, I bitched about the Hawks not kicking a field goal with about 6 seconds left in the first half, figuring that in typical Hawks fashion, they'd screw something up and run out the whole 6 seconds with no FG attempt at all. Instead, they threw a touchdown. Was that was a good call? Based on the result, and 20/20 hindsight, sure.
Hey, they can't all be the best Super Bowl result.
Plus, as a long-time Seahawk fan, I'm thrilled that the team finally has a real quarterback (instead of Hassel-blech and Mr. Fumble). Now at least every game will be watchable/interesting, win or lose.
Exactly. The 6-sec TD attempt or the fake FG in the NFC championship were both way riskier calls that no one complained about because they worked.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.
« on: February 03, 2015, 11:07:45 am »Does that sort of "executive meddling" bother you, or are you happy to leave design decisions to publishers?I will make any decisions they let me; I like everything the way I like it. How much I'm bothered depends on how badly they blow it; possibly they improve on something, that would be ideal. I wouldn't say I get more say now in general. It varies a lot from company to company. These days I have a lot of say on how things go at RGG; that doesn't mean they're going to send me all of the art sketches though, that's just more work.
Do you get more of a say in things now that you are a well-known creator of a smash hit game?
Can you give any examples of anachronisms that you fixed?
Any that made it into the final game?
The padlock on Philosopher's Stone is an example of an anachronism in the game. There was a gun on an Adventures card that I got taken out.
Don't padlocks date back to the Roman Empire era?
Yeah, but they didn't look like that, I don't think. The one in PStone looks pretty much like a modern padlock with the hole in the top for the lock to push into. I think that style is modern.
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General Discussion / Re: Random Stuff Part II
« on: February 02, 2015, 06:26:48 pm »
Being from Seattle, I am also inclined to be all bent out of shape about the play call, but I think this is a classic case of 20/20 hindsight. Any schmuck can say that this was obviously the wrong call, but they have the advantage of seeing exactly what actually happened.