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KLOBBER's Blog wrote:Factual information about the CC dice:
1. The dice are 100% non-random.
2. They are also 100% unpredictable, and these are two completely separate and distinct concepts.
3. If your brain lacks the necessary intelligence to comprehend that these are two wholly distinct concepts, then I truly pity you.
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If you notice a pattern (or imagine that you notice one), then instead of complaining and suggesting a change in the dice, wouldn't the intelligent course of action be to take advantage of the pattern you see and others don't? That would give you an advantage over your opponents (if you're right about the pattern, that is).
Suppose, for the sake of argument, as a player once claimed, that territories with 2 or fewer armies withstand attack better than other territories. I have NOT noticed this pattern myself, and I'm sure most other players have NOT also. In this case, if you take this "chance" into account and favor other territories to attack, then you would, in theory, win a greater percentage of games. I mention this specific pattern because I think that it is a figment of the above-mentioned player's imagination, but it serves its purpose as an example.
If you find a pattern that is predictable, then keep quiet about it and use it to your advantage. If not, then accept the unpredictability of the dice as being fair to everyone.
All faith in "chance," "randomness," and "luck" is very unscientific and unintelligent, and doesn't apply to the reality of the dice. Your faith in these concepts is 100% whimsical and sentimental, and is not backed by any scientific evidence. The patterns that the dice manifest are produced scientifically, not by superstitious, mythological beliefs like "luck."
If you do your research on the CC dice intelligently, as I have, then you will find that from the first step to the last, the patterns that they manifest are strictly controlled and designed at every point along the way. There is no single step in the process that produces the dice patterns that includes any miniscule element of "randomness" at all -- absolutely ZERO. All the processes that the patterns undergo are 100% by design, without as much as a single exception, right down the line, from beginning to end.
Design, by definition, is 100% non-random.
The fact that they are designed does not mean that the patterns are predictable; in fact they are not predictable, but they are certainly not random: they are absolutely not random in the least bit. They are unpredictable BY DESIGN, not by "randomness."
If you talk out your ass without doing the necessary research first, as most people who post in the CC forum seem to behave, then your lack of intelligence speaks for itself.
We are not cavemen. Such foolish concepts as "luck," "chance," and "randomness" are outdated myths, and none of them exist outside your overly fertile imagination.
Develop the intelligence to comprehend these facts, and behave accordingly.
It makes an interesting read all the same.