Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:48 pm
All right, maybe I should have said "simulated dice roll" and "simulated split card" or simulated "20 sided die" I think most people know what I was talking about.
Perhaps I'm naive, but I believe that the online computer game simulated dice roll approximates pretty closely, if not replicates exactly, the randomness of the dice.
I know that there is a small vocal minority among some long established veteran players who believe otherwise, who are always quick to point to small sample aberrational results as proof of their theory that the online computer game random number generator works from a different set of probabilities than the dice, but I've never seen any hard proof of such. To me, it is all idle speculation from those unhappy with the randomness of the results on the fringes of probability. It kind of reminds me of right wing fanatics who are quick to deny the science behind the global warming trend every time a blizzard hits.
As for posting teams, or asking other people to post teams, I do that a lot. I don't consider seeing what works for other people as "stealing" ideas. My very first online team won 98 games so I obviously had a pretty good idea how to play the game before I got here. Not everyone has the time, the money or the addiction level to play 20-30 teams at a time and to learn what works by being in so many leagues.
I hope that the teams I post give people ideas. No one has ever said that they consider it bragging or are offended by such. I like the competition and if somebody uses what I use, I'll just have to adapt to try to beat it. It's no different in pro sports, with the NFL being called a copycat league.
Besides, when I see something good, I try to improve upon it and I think most other managers are the same way, as most of us have pride of authorship. I've seen few, if any, teams copied with the same starting lineup or team pitching. Besides, what works in one league may not work on another, as the other teams are different and the ballparks change, not to mention that we all manage differently and sometimes the simulated dice rolls produce different results.