So bored at work I had Excel roll 3d6 36 times and graphed the results to see what kind of curve I'd get.
So bored at work I had Excel roll 3d6 36 times and graphed the results to see what kind of curve I'd get.
This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make...
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
looks like a middle finger
ReplyDeleteFuck you, you don't get any 16s, 17s, or 18s.
ReplyDeleteThe dice said, "Suck on my big 10." Lol
ReplyDelete#trueosr
ReplyDeleteNow roll them 36 more times and compare the charts.
ReplyDeleteHere's 72 rolls.https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/09cx7AggCSgbMt3xTX4sX3ePsHX7M1nDHSPqJ0YcQVMj18qOna2_UTEzqnFZ7mOLnWEGD_J5sDE
ReplyDeleteNot a single 17 or 18? You gots the bad luck, mang!
ReplyDeleteYou should have done these in red ink. Now it'd look like it's bleeding down the page.
ReplyDelete(What is wrong with me?)
I know it's not a big sample number, but that's a pretty uneven curve.
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ReplyDeleteJoseph Teller but Anydice will show the expected curve, but a ‘runtime’ curve.
ReplyDeleteA runtime curve is something like this... app.roll20.net - QuantumRoll Status | Roll20: Online virtual tabletop
Casey G. Please have excel run that shit another 900k please.
I'll get right on that.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, for a recent generator I actually created a range with the proper expected values (one 3, three 4s, five 5s, etc) and then did an INDEX((3D6_Roll, randbetween(1,ROWS(3d6_Roll)),1)) - I haven't tested it for the curve it produces yet. I wonder if the results will be any different.
ReplyDeleteYou had Excel roll the dice but you made the graph on paper?
ReplyDeleteIt kept recalculating when I typed another number, even in a different sheet! I'm not an Excel guru.
ReplyDeleteNat aS I had the exact same thought.
ReplyDeleteNew way to stay entertained at work. I hadn't used the randbetween function before. Thanks.
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you rolled 2 18's for your new character huh? yup sure did.
ReplyDeleteMax Vanderheyden show off.
ReplyDeleteMax Venderheyden's Excel is better than Casey's.
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