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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"<span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">each group gets a random set of games"</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Any 'random' only seems to be set once for the whole meet?</span></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> It looks like it defines a sequence of games that is shared by all groups. There are clear sequences of games that are followed the same across multiple groups. For Monday it was:</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">TBL -> GZ -> Rush -> AIQ -> Stranger -> AC/DC -> Whirlwind -> mando -> black hole -> Pirates -> Hot Wheels -> Frank -> Bash</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The sequence is the same across all groups - the only difference is where a group started in the pattern. So in Ken's concern.. The lowest group started on stranger things, while group 1 started on AC/DC.. and then immediately followed behind Group 1 for the duration.. vs the classic mentality of lower groups going before higher groups.</span></span></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 04:35:38 AM EST, Joe Schober via FSPA <fspa@fspazone.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Kenneth Padgett wrote...<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">> I'm sure this has been addressed, but can anyone enlighten me as to the reason games are not more evenly distributed? <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Short summary is: when using the "Shuffle Machines" feature in the scorekeeping system, each group gets a random set of games that is intended to ensure that a group doesn't play a game more than once on a night (if possible), nor are any groups scheduled for the same machine in the same "round" (if possible). Because of the nature of "random", in the short term (e.g. one night), sometimes you get clumps of outcomes, sometimes you get outcomes that are more evenly distributed.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Over a stretch of time (e.g. a season), the number of plays across all machines is in fact pretty evenly distributed (obviously assuming no external factors, like machines being added or removed mid-season). Any given machine might be assigned to 1 group this week, 4 groups next week, and 2 groups the week after... or any other pattern you can imagine, much like rolling a fair die. It all tends to balance out pretty well. Of course, it's understandable how it might not feel that way if you happen to be in a group that's logjammed by another group that's absolutely blowing up a machine, or by a machine that blew up.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hope this helps.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">--Joe<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">FSPA mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:FSPA@fspazone.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FSPA@fspazone.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa</a><br></div></div>
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