Are different versions of the same card actually different?

TecatePete · 06-07-2020, 03:07 PM

That may be poorly phrased, but basically what I mean is: Are all Special Edition Ichiro Suzuki cards the exact, it's just the extreme variance of baseball/all the different factors in play for a certain league, ballpark, strategy, etc that make the difference in their statistical outputs? Or is there also variance within the cards themselves?

Thanks

Orcin · 06-07-2020, 06:01 PM

All SE Suzuki cards are the same. The environment and RNG/luck combine to make them perform differently.

TecatePete · 06-07-2020, 06:27 PM

What is RNG? Not a gamer, but I see it all over the boards

Westheim · 06-07-2020, 06:30 PM

RNG = random number generator, e.g. "luck".

PocketsAintFull · 06-07-2020, 06:48 PM

Or we could just call it a baseball sim engine

Lemandria · 06-08-2020, 10:43 AM

PRNG is what you claim is broken, when all else fails and your [clearly superior] team lost the Series.

And then some coder patiently explains things using words like Chi-Square and Runs testing and other arcane terms which only lead you to dead certainty in massive Illuminati Deep State conspiracies...international skullduggery to cheat YOU from winning a video game.

Ron2112 · 06-08-2020, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemandria

PRNG is what you claim is broken, when all else fails and your [clearly superior] team lost the Series.

And then some coder patiently explains things using words like Chi-Square and Runs testing and other arcane terms which only lead you to dead certainty in massive Illuminati Deep State conspiracies...international skullduggery to cheat YOU from winning a video game.

Understood that this was meant as tongue-in-cheek, but it does lead me to a serious question.....is there an RNG that determines if/when a player enters a hot or cold streak? Or is the hot/cold symbol I see from time to time a consequence of that player hitting a special run of good or bad luck?

Orcin · 06-08-2020, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron2112

Understood that this was meant as tongue-in-cheek, but it does lead me to a serious question.....is there an RNG that determines if/when a player enters a hot or cold streak? Or is the hot/cold symbol I see from time to time a consequence of that player hitting a special run of good or bad luck?

The hot/cold symbols reflect past performance and are not indicators of future results.

Will_L · 06-10-2020, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Orcin

reflect past performance and are not indicators of future results.

Did you get that from a radio commercial?

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TecatePete Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 13	Are different versions of the same card actually different? That may be poorly phrased, but basically what I mean is: Are all Special Edition Ichiro Suzuki cards the exact, it's just the extreme variance of baseball/all the different factors in play for a certain league, ballpark, strategy, etc that make the difference in their statistical outputs? Or is there also variance within the cards themselves? Thanks

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Lemandria All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 702	PRNG is what you claim is broken, when all else fails and your [clearly superior] team lost the Series. And then some coder patiently explains things using words like Chi-Square and Runs testing and other arcane terms which only lead you to dead certainty in massive Illuminati Deep State conspiracies...international skullduggery to cheat YOU from winning a video game. __________________ FOTF victim Farewell Last edited by Lemandria; 06-08-2020 at 10:48 AM.

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Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,850	All SE Suzuki cards are the same. The environment and RNG/luck combine to make them perform differently.

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TecatePete Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 13	What is RNG? Not a gamer, but I see it all over the boards