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Originally Posted by allurit
I'm certain that it is. They rig the site in favor of some people and against others. How insanely good and bad some people run on that site is beyond probability. I don't know how to prove this though, so lets figure that out. How can this be proven.
1. You are certain it's rigged because of how good and bad some players run
2. You don't know how to prove it.
How can these two statements co-exist? (How can you be "certain" something is true if you don't understand what would make that something true?)
Also, you will not be able to 'prove' any thing without at least something like their code base, which may not even be sufficient. You could however strongly support or counter the theory through statistical analysis.
I pray you are just a troll because your post is so bad it makes my head hurt.
Oh, and notice I not once have commented on the theory that stars is rigged, just your appalling logic.
Also, here is how you test your theory: use the scientific method. Quick overview, starting with the step where you formulate a theory (which you already have):
Formulate theory (e.g Stars is rigged so some people win more than they should and some people lose more than they should)
Derive novel implications from this theory to make predictions (in this case those predictions are that an unusually high number of people will run abnormally above and below expectation).
Design an experiment to test prediction (in this case your experiment is really just data collection)
Execute experiment and collect data.
Analyze data with respect to predictions (this is where you run all the statistics)
support or reject theory based on analysis.
Key points to theories and experiments:
Unlike in math, in science there are no laws. Everything is just a theory and observation trumps all. (Newton's theory of gravity, for instance, was found to be incorrect (i.e. observation was inconsistent with predictions based on it) which lead to Einsteins theory of general relativity, which has yet to disagree with observation afaik.)
Experiments should be repeatable. Anyone should be able to take your experiment write up and reproduce and achieve similar results. Think of this as QA.
I don't know why I bothered writing all this, either.