Lost the coin toss 9 times in a row!!

srseegmiller · June 25, 2015 6:55AM

srseegmiller wrote:

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

But, not statistically impossible! Just unlucky.

johncolombo · June 25, 2015 7:46AM

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

jen0912 · June 25, 2015 8:02AM

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

petehd14 · June 25, 2015 8:08AM

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

thatdonald845 · June 25, 2015 8:25AM

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 · June 25, 2015 8:25AM

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 · June 25, 2015 8:26AM

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 · June 25, 2015 8:31AM

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

ParkMan73 · June 25, 2015 8:32AM

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 · June 25, 2015 9:47AM

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 · June 25, 2015 12:09PM

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

GamerGD3 · June 25, 2015 12:34PM

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 · June 25, 2015 12:35PM

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 · June 25, 2015 12:45PM

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 · June 25, 2015 12:51PM

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 · June 25, 2015 12:55PM

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 · June 25, 2015 1:17PM

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

Lost the coin toss 9 times in a row!!

Replies

Howdy, Stranger!

Quick Links