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07-11-2011 , 01:28 PM

#626

DonkDonkDonkDonk

Goose

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 40,115

what's the optimal play here?

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07-11-2011 , 01:33 PM

#627

DonkDonkDonkDonk

Goose

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 40,115

i guess sacrificing the 6 chain connecting the 2 on the right and another two chain in the middle and bottom and 5s go where fives go?

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07-11-2011 , 01:33 PM

#628

DonkDonkDonkDonk

Goose

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 40,115

silly question really

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07-11-2011 , 01:43 PM

#629

kokiri

ffermwr moch

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52,228

you'd be holding out for twin 6s in the last roll if you preserve the potential 6 snake so it seems silly.

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07-12-2011 , 04:17 PM

#630

derwipok

Power Ranger

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 54,312

Wow I'm just now realizing how big the rating changes were, I'm sure that I din't have a 300 rating after playing just 2 daily challenges.

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07-13-2011 , 12:31 AM

#631

zac777

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 524

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Originally Posted by derwipok

Wow I'm just now realizing how big the rating changes were, I'm sure that I din't have a 300 rating after playing just 2 daily challenges.

The rating changes should make zero difference for anyone who hasn't played a ton of games. Who are you referring to?

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07-13-2011 , 04:08 AM

#632

kioshk

Nixonian

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 92,839

New goal: daily rating 1300+. I'm at 1241 and making steady progress, although today's sure won't help.

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07-13-2011 , 04:22 AM

#633

fredericksburg

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,539

I'll race ya. I'm on 1240.

Although I'm not sure its a race that I can ever finish, I think my score has been static for some time.

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07-13-2011 , 05:03 AM

#634

fredericksburg

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,539

I'm winning

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07-13-2011 , 05:10 AM

#635

kioshk

Nixonian

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 92,839

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Originally Posted by fredericksburg

I'm winning

heh, I'm already going the wrong direction.

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07-13-2011 , 05:24 AM

#636

derwipok

Power Ranger

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 54,312

Quote:

Originally Posted by zac777

The rating changes should make zero difference for anyone who hasn't played a ton of games. Who are you referring to?

Was referring to Treep, but maybe I am just misremembering my own rating from way back?

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07-13-2011 , 05:51 AM

#637

kokiri

ffermwr moch

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52,228

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Originally Posted by fredericksburg

I'm winning

1256 :P

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07-13-2011 , 05:52 AM

#638

fredericksburg

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,539

Show off

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07-13-2011 , 06:01 AM

#639

Gabethebabe

Malware Jedi

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,388

milma is closing in on me

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07-13-2011 , 06:18 AM

#640

ibavly

2010 PSOP Champion

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 24,513

I'm looking at milmas win yesterday and its so crazy.

How does one get only 3 6s in the first 4 racks and choose to put one of those in the back?

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07-13-2011 , 06:22 AM

#641

derwipok

Power Ranger

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 54,312

Wow that's crazy.

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07-13-2011 , 06:34 AM

#642

Gabethebabe

Malware Jedi

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,388

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Originally Posted by ibavly

I'm looking at milmas win yesterday and its so crazy.

How does one get only 3 6s in the first 4 racks and choose to put one of those in the back?

yeah I noted the same thing.

Everybody else is playing 6s (to their doom)

Last time this happened, anton-09 got tempbanned and lost various of his DC "wins"

Just a matter of analyzing the DC´s and I think you can quickly see if TMI is at hand.

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07-13-2011 , 06:38 AM

#643

ibavly

2010 PSOP Champion

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 24,513

I would never accuse any specific person of cheating, and I do know occasionally people do crazy stuff and thats usually what it takes to win a challenge.

But your rating goes by how well you perform on average, and I'm just surprised to see someone so high up in the rating opting for a position that can only work to their advantage if they get exactly 1 6 in racks 4-8 and a 6 in rack 9.

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07-13-2011 , 07:19 AM

#644

Gabethebabe

Malware Jedi

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,388

yeah well, I´m not accusing anybody of anything either.

But I know how hard it is to play optimal AND win the challenge. Most people know how to play optimal and the wins generally come from playing more optimal than the entire field (which is very hard), or by making an unusual early strat decision that ends up well (which is easy but has high variance and will dent your rating)

milma scores consistently high, but won 6th of july with an extremely unusual play (everybody else plays their 6s).

Yesterday the natural play was to go for the outer 6-chain.

13 DC wins with 176 games played total is INSANELY HIGH.
I won 20 and played 1000-ish

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07-13-2011 , 11:54 AM

#645

zac777

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 524

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Originally Posted by Gabethebabe

My policy is to be very sure about something like this before I start taking away challenge wins. I'd rather wait until the evidence is overwhelming than accidentally accuse someone who's innocent. You can be sure that they have my attention though.