Everyone seems to be getting weird sequences of die rolls, like "6,6,6", or "1,1,1". For example:
ksnake wrote:
I realize that any possible combination/sequence of rolls is possible, even if very unlikely, however it seems to me that there are patterns in certain games. For instance, in game 143658 there were five dice rolls: two for me, three for my opponent. I rolled precise 1.0 (2 dots), while he rolled 5.3 (16 dots). The odds of me rolling 1 twice in succession are 1/36 (1/6^2). The odds of him rolling 16 (or more), total, are either 1/72 (two sixes and a four -- what he rolled) or 1/54 (two fives and a six). Thus the odds of the outcome I observed were 1/2592. Yet, it seems like this happens much more often. I can't figure when it happens (time of day, day of week, phase of moon) or how (combination of opponents, planes or scenario). It is very wierd
Ideas? Thoughts? Observations?
I came up with the following
Theorem: All sequences of die rolls are weird.
Proof. Suppose, for example, that some sequences are weird, while some others are not weird. Now sort all the sequences of die rolls from smallest to largest, for example: 1,1,2 = 112 is "smaller" than 2,5,4,6="2546". Take the smallest non-weird sequence, say, "254". If, in a game, you got exactly that sequence (254), you would write a post in the game saying:
"Hey, look! In game 15476 I got 2,5,4, the smallest non-weird sequence of die rolls! Isn't that WEIRD???"
Hence, there is no non-weird sequence of numbers. Q.E.D.
 neko
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