"'Magical' Dice Resolve Election" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 16 Dec 2018 3:38 p.m. PST |
…According to the New York Post, a 20-sided die from the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was used to determine the new Byron-Bethany Irrigation District Director 1… link |
| Stryderg | 16 Dec 2018 5:43 p.m. PST |
They should have fired the d20 from sling shots at, umm, d20 paces. |
Wackmole9  | 16 Dec 2018 7:12 p.m. PST |
Yes but did they know that they aren't truly fair random number generators. Just ask Lou Zocchi about it. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 17 Dec 2018 9:19 a.m. PST |
If they're using d20s, they should at least roll characters and meet in single combat to decide the matter. |
| Roderick Robertson | 17 Dec 2018 10:18 a.m. PST |
they aren't truly fair random number generators Since they were both using the same die, it doesn't really matter. Now if one candidate had been allowed to use his "lucky die", that would be different. |
 Sgt Slag | 17 Dec 2018 12:07 p.m. PST |
Drop them into a Dice Tower… That will eliminate any gerrymandering… YouTube link |
| Roderick Robertson | 18 Dec 2018 11:29 a.m. PST |
The die *was* biased high – three D20 rolls should average out around 31.5; with combined rolls of 45 & 51, that die was hot. But as I mentioned, it doesn't matter, since it was the same die used for both candidates.
Good die for D&D, though.
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Aethelflaeda was framed  | 18 Dec 2018 11:32 a.m. PST |
6 rolls is far too low a sample to ascertain bias in the die. |
| Sgt Slag | 18 Dec 2018 2:21 p.m. PST |
LOL! Looked into rolling dice to determine bias, years ago… Found it would require around 10,000 rolls to get an accurate reading for bias, on each individual die! They'd be round balls by the time I finished, and I would be arthritic, and ready for a padded room, at the conclusion. Cheers! |
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