Re: [Bug-gnubg] real match winning chances

[Joern Thyssen]

On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 09:16:50PM -0500, Christopher D. Yep wrote
> 
> >I'm not sure how to model this mathematically?!  I'm also wondering if
> >it's possible to have a net skill of zero?
> 
> Presumably you mean is it possible to have net skill of -50% mwc 

Yes :-) Small typo...

> (luck adjustments done by gnubg, in an unbiased manner).  For an
> individual match, it's definitely possible (even if gnubg actually did
> perfect luck adjustments).  It's not possible to have net skill of
> -50% mwc on average (i.e. for an infinite set of matches).

That's what I expected, but I can't find a convincing argument. 

Jørn

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