Lost the coin toss 9 times in a row!!

srseegmiller

srseegmiller wrote:

For something that should be a 50/50 chance, that's just rediculous! :x

But, not statistically impossible! Just unlucky.

johncolombo

I've taken to calling it Krusty's less rigged coin toss.

jen0912

You're not the only one, I'm on major losing streak with every game :roll:

petehd14

How do you get to the coin toss? I vaguely remember something about one, but I forgot what it was for.

thatdonald845

The coin toss is a thinly disguised wheel. People have been complaining about crafting so this is EA's revenge. But they aren't fooling me! I know they've got a wheel behind that spinning coin!

srseegmiller

True, it is statistically possible. I just ran my own simulation of a coin toss 100K times and got a streak of 17 in a row. Granted the mean was 2 (as expected) and the standard of deviation was only 1.4. So yes, just extremely unlucky.

Coin toss happens when both players have the same star value.

Mandrill100

petehd14 wrote:

How do you get to the coin toss? I vaguely remember something about one, but I forgot what it was for.

When you're playing a tap ball game and your player has the same amount of stars as the other player it flips a coin to determine who gets the point

petehd14

Okay thanks. I just give mine a dose of Brain & Nerve Tonic to make sure I win.

ParkMan73

Same here. I'm assuming that it's just designed to encourage you to upgrade your players by making you lose most of the time.

starstrucsims

I definitely don't feel it is a genuine coin toss with realistic statistics. I am losing 80-90% of all coin tosses. That's not even remotely realistic.

barcaboyz34

I've lost 24 out of 25 coin tosses and my last 18 in a row. That is just plain ridiculous.

GamerGD3

starstrucsims wrote:

I definitely don't feel it is a genuine coin toss with realistic statistics. I am losing 80-90% of all coin tosses. That's not even remotely realistic.

I agree, and that's with me winning 80-90% of the coin tosses. I was expecting some losses in there, but most of my flips are wins.

Neglecterino

Assuming a fair toss, the probability of getting a streak of n is (0.5)^n. So 9 times is just 0.00195.
But 24 is 0.0000000596. That last is some really bad (or good) luck.

[Edit: That's 24 in a row. But 18 in a row is just 0.000003815 i.e. 4 in a million. ]

stinkbugger

The funny thing is when you win the first two rounds outright. And then win a coin toss for round three. And then in the meaningless round four you win another coin toss. Feels like a wasted coin toss win.

Neglecterino

stinkbugger wrote:

The funny thing is when you win the first two rounds outright. And then win a coin toss for round three. And then in the meaningless round four you win another coin toss. Feels like a wasted coin toss win.

I never understood why some sports don't allow resigning.

I'm a chess player by the way.

Pinpal00

Neglecterino wrote:

stinkbugger wrote:

The funny thing is when you win the first two rounds outright. And then win a coin toss for round three. And then in the meaningless round four you win another coin toss. Feels like a wasted coin toss win.

I never understood why some sports don't allow resigning.

I'm a chess player by the way.

Concession stands?

bkopp1

Lost the first 5 in a row. But since then I have won 5 out of 7. Still way below 50/50 though.