Algorithm Improvement
I'm sure you're getting a lot of complaints about how one-sided your algorithm is not being impartial and often times screwing over players with land draws that should not be happening in a purely random sample - so my complaint can be added to that pile.
But, an idea for changing the algorithm to improve randomization would be having the program assign a number to each card remaining in a deck and pile shuffling the cards into X amount of piles (let's say 6). It can repeat this process Y amount of times then take the middle of the pile and put those cards on top. A better template would be from the card shuffler for poker sets from stores.
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Tevesh#90470 commented
2 days in a row with 9+ games in a row matched with decks running blue in the brawl queue.
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Gradius9989#54610 commented
I hate the developers from wotc bc they couldnt create random with a cheat sheet and step by step directions. Their I.T. Department must be ran by the most inept mentally challenged bag of ******** who just keep saying shuffler works as intended as i have been told thru fkn emails and its all robotic trash. Fix this bc somebody needs to sue your company for beeach of ethics and creating a full scale cheating rigged system. Fk ur algorithms and constant favoritism between tubers and such
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Tuxedo_Cat1#54786 commented
As a high schooler with Trs-80, I could program a fair deck shuffler. The shuffler isn’t broken. It does exactly what WoTC intends it to do. It cheats unless you spend money.
This would be a great app that I would spend money on if WoTC would publish the rules to get the deck to shuffle fairly.
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Slenkamure#29014 commented
fix the **** RNG, i know it is your RNG and not random chance as i did a little test. made a deck that was 60 cards total 50 of them where lands and did 10 random matches. 8 of the 10 matches the initial draw had zero lands which in a deck that was literally almost 100% lands should not be possible.
FIX THE **** RNG, not just for experienced players this game is a lot of new peoples first experience with magic and you really think they are going to go out and buy card to play to play with friends if they are not having fun playing arena which gives the impression that it is not a fun game
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drewtiger#58441 commented
There is proof that the supposed shuffle is NOT randomized properly, and needs to be fixed. the Proof:
on the draw, your hand rates for a mulligan, and one of the cards is one of the most mana cost in the deck, and you only have one copy of it. Mulligan, and on THAT draw, the singular card is again in hand. Mulligan TWO MORE TIMES and Both times that singular card is again drawn. The odds of that happening with real cards are so far into "never going to happen" I am just going to say that instead of trying to type that big a number! -
Tuxedo_Cat1#54786 commented
Ever consider the deck shuffler is rigged to favor players who have spent money? Sadly, without knowing the rules by which the deck shuffler is going to cheat, I can’t continue playing.
This is a great game but it’s no fun when the shuffler is cheating.
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Andre#34832 commented
How is this game made??? How is it possible I draw ONLY mana. Or just the same creatures, or just no mana.
The gameplay is sad, I hope you're going to fix the AI, put more possibility for the player to comment every game ( like the smiles you added) and fix the way 250 cards decks are just umbeateble. -
Ucuccu95#70255 commented
I personally disagree the functioning of the criterions of research of an opponenent based on similarity of cards or colors used in draft and the script behind the Shuffler that cause too often flooding or screwing of lands even with a good mana curve and a right balance of lands and spells
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spmonk3y#58012 commented
Why is the shuffler still not fixed? And Why can't I post screen shots of proof anymore? Are you maliciously trying to hide the fact you are rigging the game?
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brn123#46146 commented
Please ban my account and save me the ******* money.
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brn123#46146 commented
********. Your RNG ******* sucks. It is not in any way random. **** yourselvses.
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cutbreak9#84534 commented
Another one. What are the odds? Fix your stupid shuffler.
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Abrakadabar#71129 commented
Matchmaking still broken.
Queued up with a dimir aggro deck. Played almost exclusively agains mono black.
A second later queued up with izzet tempo - suddenly all the opponents are mono red and mono blue tempo.
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cutbreak9#84534 commented
Need I say more?
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andrepnh#28134 commented
Edit: Why was my suggestion around matchmaking, specifically on Historic Brawl, merged with another related to shuffling algorithms? These are completely unrelated, I'm submitting my suggestion again, but I'm keeping the original below for reference.
I thought I'd try, once again, to have fun on historic brawl with a meme Tawnos, the Toymaker list. The format is supposed to be casual, but the matchmaker algorithm constantly put me into unfair matches, that I'd never choose on paper Magic, and I end up spending a lot of time on queues due to frustrating, but necessary, insta-conceds. Is deck strength, the actual cards in the deck and not just the commander, taken into consideration at all?
After a while I started to keep track of matches and results, here you go:
Tiamat, concedeed as soon as it ETBed, which didn't take long. I'm running cards like Owlbear, I can't compete with 6 hand-picked dragons.
Lolth, Spider Queen. The board had Liliana, Dreadhorde General and Yawgmoth, Thran Physican. Yeah, I lost.
Calix, Destiny's Hand, opponent conceded on turn 3 and I can assure I'm not a threat at these early stages.
Nalis de'Arnise. Yup, I lost to this. My opponent's list seemed to be optimized, unlike mine that I built with cards I had lying around, using only common and uncommon wildcards.
Kenrith, the Returned King. Any surprise that I lost to this as well?
Ramos, Dragon Engine, one of the many insta-conced matches. I attached a screenshot with the board state when it was crystal clear I would lose.
Lozhan, Dragon's Legacy - opponent conceded on turn 5, when I managed to put my first creature down without getting countered.
Ziatora, the Incinerator - loss
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss - loss, I attached another screenshot with the board state
So let's face it, the two wins I had my opponent was probably mana screwed. I know there's a matchmaker involved, another historic brawl deck I have has its own very different bubble, but it's hard to see what is being considered here. My commander sucks (specially with the limited card pool on Arena), the deck also sucks, I lost 7 out of 9 games, what other information does the matchmaker needs to see something needs to change?
I attached the logs if anyone wants to confirm the massacre. To make things worse, this is the 4th iteration I run for this list. I'm now polishing a **** to see if I can at least get something out of it, but it's pointless and defeats the purpose of having a quick and dirty meme deck to have fun with something different, even if inconsistent.
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cutbreak9#84534 commented
MTG Arena - The only moronic incarnation of Magic: The Gathering where you get consistently mana flooded with a 21-land deck or mana screwed with a 25-land deck. Attached is a photo of a typical Hasbro executive.
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non-inflammable#06016 commented
back again to say how rigged going first is. my differential of going second instead of first is more than 300 times. meaning, i've gone second more than 300 times than i've gone first. that means on the other side of that differential someone has gone first more than 600 times than me. if going first is rigged, what else is rigged? if i had a better internet connection, i'd play league of legends...
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OG.FANTASMA#43910 commented
update 5 loses in a row mana starved because this algorithm functions so flawlessly.... this is complete trash.
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OG.FANTASMA#43910 commented
how about you actually take the time to create an algorithm that functions properly I shouldn't be able to predict that I will lose 3 games in a row before I get 1 win. Further more I can predict that the first 3 matches i will get mana Starved then my deck will function mostly properly followed by 3 games in a row of being mana flooded. Your algorithm makes this essentially unplayable at times regardless of what deck you run. If I wouldn't have invested money in the game I would have uninstalled it. This is by far and above the most broken algorithm i have ever encountered anywhere that the creators never even attempt to correct.
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Dmack665#71970 commented
kick the the programmer that thinks math isn't important to sleep