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There is something we refer to as the, "Random bug" that i've known for years and years. It does not work on observer maps (it may, I forget and have a lot of christmas alcohol in me), or if any person in the game PICKS his race.
In 1on1's, it is indeed random. And is always random. The chance of a mirror matchup however in RvR is extremely rare and almost never happens. But, it occasionally does.
In 2on2's, if all four players random. And you are z/z your opponents are t/p (automatically).
If all four random and you and your ally get z/p, one of your opponents is T. And the other may be z/t/p. Likewise if you are t/t they are z/p. Etc.. etc...
In games with 8 players, for race wars. All players can random without ever having to fear that you will have a team of five protosses, three terrans etc... It is always 3 of one race, 3 of another, and 2 of the other. Unless one person picks and fucks it all up.
So in any game including 1on1, it is indeed random. There are days when you will random zerg almost for an entire day, random terran, or random toss. But they are rare instances.
I didn't read any of the other posts. So if anyone else pointed this out, good job. If not, what a bunch of fucking morons.
Happy Holidays
In 1on1's, it is indeed random. And is always random. The chance of a mirror matchup however in RvR is extremely rare and almost never happens. But, it occasionally does.
In 2on2's, if all four players random. And you are z/z your opponents are t/p (automatically).
If all four random and you and your ally get z/p, one of your opponents is T. And the other may be z/t/p. Likewise if you are t/t they are z/p. Etc.. etc...
In games with 8 players, for race wars. All players can random without ever having to fear that you will have a team of five protosses, three terrans etc... It is always 3 of one race, 3 of another, and 2 of the other. Unless one person picks and fucks it all up.
So in any game including 1on1, it is indeed random. There are days when you will random zerg almost for an entire day, random terran, or random toss. But they are rare instances.
I didn't read any of the other posts. So if anyone else pointed this out, good job. If not, what a bunch of fucking morons.
Happy Holidays
dt Germany. December 25 2004 16:35.
I have disassembled Starcrafts "random" algorithm long ago, Nal_testie is right of course. It's quite complex and the person who coded it was probably drunk. The probability of a mirror 1vs1 matchup if both players go random is exactly 1/24, for instance.
Only 2 useful things said in da original thread.
