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Pre Determined Winners

• VanHalenLover 1,422 Posts

  Fri, Apr 8 2011 2:46 PM

  zagraniczniak:

  I don't think that's what Van was talking about, however - but rather the VEM system that (according to the patent claims) is designed to automatically make the game harder as the player improves. In other words, the game engine effectively making it easier for one player to win and harder for another.

  That's what I was going for zag, and might I also add, explained much more clearly in your words than was in mine, lol.

  I don't think anyone is saying that WGT targets specific players or results of specific matches, I certainly don't believe it. I do however think that the VEM model helps to determine who has the advantage before the match ever starts. Not always, but it sure exists.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Apr 8 2011 3:34 PM

  VanHalenLover:

  I do however think that the VEM model helps to determine who has the advantage before the match ever starts.

  In a totally random fashion, I presume, like a luck of the draw type thing. I don't think you mean it looks at who's playing first and then "determines" do you?

• VanHalenLover 1,422 Posts

  Fri, Apr 8 2011 8:16 PM

  YankeeJim:

  In a totally random fashion, I presume, like a luck of the draw type thing. I don't think you mean it looks at who's playing first and then "determines" do you?

  Totally random, no - but also not comparing players then determining the winner. 

  I think each player's VEM model is real time, and when you click to start a game, your specific 'difficulty', if you will, is already set for that round; before you even know who you are playing. just like everyone else in the game.

  Some will play that game under the direst of VEM circumstances, and some will have one of those 'can do no wrong' games, while others will have a more typical, normal round. It is those who have VEM on their side who have the advantage that round. And it might change the very next round, even with the exact same players involved.

  It's a percentage game, and in no way am I stating that the matches are predetermined. I am saying that the VEM model forces both good and bad rounds on each and every player. When it's your turn, it's your turn, lol.

   

• EdwardRo 191 Posts

  Sat, Apr 9 2011 6:55 AM

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