#math effect

[askagamedev]

So recently MTG had to ban the vampire card Vein Ripper because it could be cheated into play on turn three by Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord, all because Vein Ripper is a vampire. Looking at the combo, the combo appears really obvious. My question is, do designers not keep some book of warnings for future designers to avoid potentially broken combinations? For example, a searchable word document that says “be careful making an item that does X because of Y existing item”?

Nah. Trying to do this basically results in hopelessness because there's no end to it where you need to design a couple hundred new and different cards every year. It's such a combinatoric explosion and there are so many potential interactions that it quickly becomes an unsustainable mess. It's generally better to look at how things work and adjust as you go, since there's just too much complexity for any single designer (or even design team) to know about. You do your best and you adjust as you go. That's the best you can really hope for.

Let's also be clear - Wizards of the Coast didn't ban Vein Ripper at all. Vein Ripper is still legal in every format. WotC banned Sorin Imperious Bloodlord in the one format (Pioneer) that they felt it was overpowered (and Explorer, the online-only format version of Pioneer), because nobody cares if a 6/5 flyer comes down for "free" on turn three in Modern or Legacy when even a 20/20 indestructible flyer two-card combo on turn two isn't strong enough. In this kind of situation, Sorin was the combo enabler and Vein Ripper was just the nastiest free vampire that was in the format for Sorin to drop. Banning Vein Ripper would only be a temporary measure until the next big nasty vampire entered the format that could drop on turn three.

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[xponentialdesign]

On my 37th birthday, I made a tool to trace orbital paths Realized later the source file was gone But a mistake saved me from the loss I had imported it into another project by accident That one was archived and I found it today So I'll play with it a little bit more DIGITAL ARCHIVE

[vaporevon]

*punching numbers into my stupid calculator*. FUCK YOUUUUU

[grand-line-shenanigans]

For those of us who cannot comprehend big numbers (me) I have done the math. FOUR FUCKING YEARS. SECUNIT WHAT THE FUCK.

[threadedtheorems]

Sneak peak of my next project 👀

This is also my first time testing out printing my design on transfer paper so fingers crossed.

[floralfractals]

so id say my tumblr network (as in, the people who tend to see/interact with my posts) is pretty mathy. i wanted to see how people interact w math and how they like to learn about it :) (and: maybe do something with that on my blog!!! wouldnt that be fun)

polls have a limited amount of characters i can add per option, so ill clarify some concepts here:

informal education is learning via a coordinated effort by an instance/expert outside of school system (e.g. voluntary lectures, social media posts, museum visits, youtube videos or similar). by informal i dont mean "its school but the teacher is chill" or independent research!!

formal education is learning through a school system (usually mandatory/with a teacher or professor present)

i refer to any education you do without making use of coordinated programmes as independent research, so that would be just you picking up an advanced math book to educate yourself, or perhaps scanning wikipedia, or emailing math profs with questions

when i talk about reading math in a general context, i mean that the material discusses math for a broad audience, so it doesnt talk about super niche specific mathematical concepts, and doesn't contain any complicated formulas/proofs/math speech

please do elaborate in the tags!!!

[thefloatingstone]

We were at a very small local farmer/craft market.

One stall was selling home made glass coasters.

The person who made them think they made one set of coasters of mars

But I am enlightened and knew it was not mars

it was the planet Klendagon.

And so I bought the Klendagon glass coasters.

And now I own the unofficial Mass Effect Glass coasters of the planet Klendagon, which has a massive scar across it from an attack by a reaper millions of years before the events of the game.

[aceofspades42]

Todays hot take:

I want clichés represented with queer characters that arent like twink and top

Like give me a stereotypical mean girl with a girlfriend

Give me a t4t quarterback and his cheer captain girlfriend

Give me an outcastXsocial butterfly qpr

Give me a conflicted main character in a lovetriangle turned polycule

Give me an ace "chosen one"

Give me a nb prom court

Give me a queer coming of age story that's a little cliché because cliché stories can be fun too

Does this make any sense or is it time for me to head to bed?

[equalseleventhirds]

things which, while not universally hated, are often treated with disdain by some ttrpg players:

pvp

dungeon crawls

resource tracking

unwinnable fights/situations

metagaming

gm not preparing the adventure details beforehand

things am trying to put in my games

pvp

dungeon crawls

resource tracking

unwinnable fights/situations

metagaming

gm not preparing the adventure details beforehand

[milkweedman]

It is interesting how much math comes into even the most basic of like. Making things. Making almost anything. And often not numbers necessarily but proportions and geometry. I think all the time about how castles were built with geometry at the heart of it. And I use the same kind of proportional math to make socks fit. And none of my pieces are ever knit with a prime number of stitches--because you use factors to make neat colorwork and ribbing and different stitches. Idk ! I remember constantly thinking 'how the hell is THIS gonna come in useful ?' But it always does. Math is at the heart of everything, and knowing how to apply it is a tool of critical importance to Thinking Up A Shape And Making It.

[askagamedev]

Recently, Nexon was fined for manipulating drop rates of loot boxes so that some items effectively had a 0% chance of appearing. Because of how many samples it would take and the associated cost of buying a loot box to get samples to prove something like this, are there ways for the player/user to determine if something like this was occurring in their game of choice?

There's no way for a single user to do it by herself in that case. The best means of approach is to collect aggregate data. Since unopened loot boxes are fungible (i.e. all loot boxes are functionally equivalent until opened), it doesn't matter if one person opens a thousand loot boxes or a thousand people open one loot box apiece. Thanks to the combined powers of statistics and math, we can calculate the sample size we would need for an average result at a given confidence level and interval step.

Mathematically, I believe we expect a sample size of ~381 draws to have a 95% confidence rate and an error margin of +/- 1%. The more precise we become, the higher the necessary sample size becomes (e.g. a 99% confidence rate with an error margin of +/- 1% requires around 660 draws). If players tracked and aggregated all of their combined results from the same loot boxes, they could run statistical analysis on them and see whether the results lined up with the posted odds.

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[xponentialdesign]

Basic Spirographism Hex : 6 points path x 4 revolutions (extern) Square : 4 points path x 8 revolutions (intern)

[halfdeadwallfly]

[alithographica]

Reviewing polar coordinates in a textbook with a student and this is a poem. to me

[mathmodder]

Lightning Enhanced Mod Release Trailer

In this mod, you will have an enhanced experience with storms in your game. Lightning will now cut through the skies, delivering more powerful strikes, and the overall visual effects will be stunning. You'll feel a greater sense of immersion as the storms become more intense and realistic. The enhanced lightning effects will add a new level of excitement and drama to the game, making each storm a memorable experience. Get ready to be amazed by the breathtaking visuals and the sheer power of nature in this mod! Instructions:

1- Put the required files in the mods/PACKAGES folder:

Lightning Crater (Math Mod)

Fog Merge (Math Mod) *If you have this file from my butterflies or fireflies mod, you do not need to download it.

2- Put the required files in the mods/OVERRIDES folder:

Clouds Texture (Math Mod)

Lightning Texture (Math Mod)

3- Choose the flavor that you like (Only one) and put in the mods/OVERRIDES folder:

Sky Lightning Flavor 1 Blue lightning

Sky Lightning Flavor 1 Yellow lightning

Sky Lightning Flavor 1 Purple lightning

Sky Lightning Flavor 4 All colors of lightning (Blue, Yellow and Purple) This mod does not conflict with lighting mods.

Download now:

[elipri]

Would anyone be mad at me if I wrote Loki x scientist reader fanfic where I basically ramble about my exam topics bc I saw a Reddit post of someone who did something like that and it helped them study the material 🥺🥺