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TerrySpeed

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Always second player?
« on: March 25, 2021, 07:03:45 am »
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For some strange reason I'm second player for well over 75% of the games I play. What's going on?
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Re: Always second player?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2021, 07:16:25 am »
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If you're playing automatch games, then you're just unlucky.

If you're playing on custom tables then the host can choose the player order.
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Re: Always second player?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2021, 03:11:06 pm »
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The probability of being second player in over 75% of games converges to zero very quickly if you play enough. On 40 games, we're at about 0.11% to get P1 10 or fewer times, so if your sample size is that large and you know for sure that it's more than 75%, you're looking at a bug. But if you didn't count and your gut tells you it's 75%, I'd suspect your gut is mistaken.

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Re: Always second player?
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2021, 06:50:03 pm »
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Does new Dominion online have any sort of “loser goes first” rule like Iso did?
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Re: Always second player?
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2021, 02:57:15 am »
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For some strange reason I'm second player for well over 75% of the games I play. What's going on?
Is this against bots? I've played a lot of 3-player with bots recently and it feels like I'm hardly ever first player. I haven't kept a record but it feels like less than 10%.
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Re: Always second player?
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2021, 10:22:15 am »
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Does new Dominion online have any sort of “loser goes first” rule like Iso did?

I don't believe it does.
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