I didn't explain myself well. What I meant to say is:
Is the LUCK rating calculation based on the 'ROLL' in the situation or is it based on the 'PLAY' to the situation.? Thanks On 18 Dec 2010, at 11:42, Julian Wilson wrote: > Excuse me if this has been mentioned - just caught this thread. > > Is the 'LUCK Calculator' of these games engines based on the impact of the > roll to the situation... i.e. someone needing to escape two men two away > from a 5 prime would need to roll 2 1s then 2 6s in that order. > > So does the Luck Caluculator - evaluate equity in the position BEFORE the > roll then afterwards? > Could a bad player roll a lucky roll play it in the wrong/bad way, and then > have a low luck rating? > > Hope this makes sense - just curious. > > thanks > > > Julian > > > > > On 17 Dec 2010, at 17:59, Frank Berger wrote: > >>> Maybe I'm missing something here, but gnubg's luck figures apply to >>> each player's rolls separately. Rolling a joker for player A can add >>> 3% to his luck, it does not take 3% away from his opponent's luck, so >>> there's no reason to assume they should be equal. One player, playing >>> perfectly, could have a fairly low luck rating if the spread in >>> possible equities is small for all his rolls. Another player could >>> have a high luck rating if he rolls the least of all evil rolls (the >>> average roll leaves two blots, his roll only leaves one). He's lucky, >>> but he's not all that lucky, he still has a blot. Luck is the measure >>> of getting the most favourable of all possible rolls, not a measure of >>> game winning chances in and of themselves. >> >> the luck of the player doesn't have to be the same, but the addition of the >> luck of both players could be calculated, in a perfect world, >> by the skill of the players. Assume a game is a random walk on a line, where >> the players start a certain position. Let's say you win against me in 52% of >> the games. To win (the 1-pt match) you need 0.48 luck to move from .52 to >> 1.0 whereas I need .52 luck to go from .52 to 1.0, therefore the the sum of >> your luck - my luck should be .52 if I win and .48 if you win. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bug-gnubg mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
