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Old 04-10-2008, 07:34   #51
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Originally Posted by Oleg View Post
Thank you for illustrating my conclusion so clearly

The chance does not rise exponentially. It remains 1 in 6. If you roll 2000 1s in a row, the chance of the next roll being a 1 is still 1 in 6 (although I'd say there's also a 95% chance that there is something wrong with your dice ).

You can, and indeed MUST take each roll as an individual statistic.
The chances to hit the "1" x times in a row does decrease exponentially.

1x = 1/6
2x = 1/6 * 1/6 = (1/6)^2
3x = 1/6 * 1/6 * 1/6 = (1/6)^3

However, the discussion is silly, skillgains come in waves, as i pointed out before, which especially applies to the more rare ones. And 6 times in a row doesn't mean there were other skillgains in between, at least that's how i read it.

So, could we please stop splicing hairs?
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