I think it deserves something, anything for two reasons: 1) Driving more people to the excellent boardgamegeek site 2) Posting an article of this magnitude on a site that pans games like Fluxx so horribly, in attempt to prove the haters wrong. -----Original Message----- From: fluxx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fluxx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph Pate Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:27 PM To: fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Fluxx] Experiment about tactics in Fluxx I may just be a blab rabbit, but I think this post (Ryan's, not mine) calls for some Rabbit points... assuming enough people still believe in science... -Ankhst > X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1144179769-24285-89-0 > X-Barracuda-URL: http://65.219.4.131:80/cgi-bin/mark.cgi > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on lists.looneylabs.com > X-Spam-Level: * > X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 > tests=AWL,RCVD_FAKE_HELO_DOTCOM, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 > X-Original-To: fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Delivered-To: fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it > with any abuse report > X-AntiAbuse: ID = 2e1f9db5ea2c1b5424da0adc0ddc53c8 > From: "Ryan Hackel" <deeplogic@xxxxxxxxxx> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Sender: deeplogic@xxxxxxxxxx > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:04:50 -0400 (EDT) > X-ASG-Orig-Subj: [Fluxx] Experiment about tactics in Fluxx > Subject: [Fluxx] Experiment about tactics in Fluxx > X-BeenThere: fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 > List-Id: Fluxx Discussion List <fluxx.lists.looneylabs.com> > List-Unsubscribe: > <http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx>, <mailto:fluxx-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/pipermail/fluxx> > List-Post: <mailto:fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > List-Help: <mailto:fluxx-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx>, <mailto:fluxx-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > X-Barracuda-Bayes: SPAM GLOBAL 0.9970 1.0000 4.3076 > X-Virus-Scanned: by Marvell Semiconductors Inc at marvell.com > X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 4.34 > X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: Yes, SCORE=4.34 using global scores of > TAG_LEVEL=3.5 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=5.0 KILL_LEVEL=7.0 tests=RCVD_FAKE_HELO_DOTCOM > X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.02, rules version 3.0.10481 > Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.03 RCVD_FAKE_HELO_DOTCOM Received contains a faked HELO hostname > X-Priority: 5 (Lowest) > X-MSMail-Priority: Low > Importance: Low > X-Barracuda-Spam-Flag: YES > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Apr 2006 19:18:29.0804 (UTC) FILETIME=[8E665EC0:01C6581C] > > > > Howdy, rabbits and all! > > I've conducted a scientific study in response to one of the biggest > criticisms of Fluxx... that it is too chaotic for strategy or even tactical decision making. I wanted to quantify the amount of effect that decision making has on Fluxx. So I played 200 2-player games of Fluxx, with one player playing normally and the other player playing completely at random. I even measured the amount of first player advantage. The results are posted at BoardGameGeek: > > http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/105929 > > ---Ryan, rabbit since '05 > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > _______________________________________________ > Fluxx mailing list > Fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx _______________________________________________ Fluxx mailing list Fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx