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It just doesn't feel the same without real dice

Started by J Arcane, February 21, 2007, 03:45:29 AM

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jrients

#15
February 23, 2007, 09:28:11 AM
Quote from: Casey777Get cheap webcams and point them at the dice rolls? :keke:

Hmmm....   :ponder:
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#16
February 23, 2007, 09:44:46 AM
I have dice in a box at my desk at work, in the front pouch of my briefcase, next to my bed, on the bookshelf and in a huge box in the living room.  My wife's dice are in a big glass jar here at the computer desk.

Say what you will.
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blakkie

#17
February 23, 2007, 09:49:42 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Say what you will.
I do have a question; do the dice next to your bed have numbers? I mean we've got some dice there but they are *cough* custom for specific kinds of games. All the other dice are kept in the gaming cabinet. My geek cred is lacking I guess.
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#18
February 23, 2007, 10:10:30 AM
Quote from: blakkieI do have a question; do the dice next to your bed have numbers? I mean we've got some dice there but they are *cough* custom for specific kinds of games. All the other dice are kept in the gaming cabinet. My geek cred is lacking I guess.
And pips, yes.

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Quire

#19
February 23, 2007, 01:10:52 PM
Quote from: jrientsHmmm....   :ponder:

And don't forget to take clips (in advance) of various rolls to put to the cam for those special occasions... :)

- Q

obryn

#20
February 24, 2007, 01:52:27 AM
I'll concur that randomly generating dice rolls just doesn't feel the same.

With that said, one night I knew I'd be rolling dozens of 20 siders.  I had a program roll 1,000 of them, arranged them in a matrix, and just went methodically from left to right checking them off as I needed a d20 result.

Worked wonderfully, but I agree - it lacked some charm.

-O
 

Wil

#21
February 25, 2007, 12:01:56 AM
Quote from: Casey777There's always the honor system, where you still roll your favorite dice and then type in the result. I prefer it to dicebots which sometimes seem to get "stuck", winding up less random than they should be.

They get stuck because they're not coded right. It's difficult to explain, but it has to do with how the random number is generated.
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