Re: Error rate and Luck adjusted result

[Francesco Ariis]

Hello Ian,

Il 06 giugno 2024 alle 11:10 Ian Shaw ha scritto:
> Error rates are "normalised". That is,  they are adjusted to make them all
> match the size that the error would be if you were playing a money game and
> the cube were at 1.
> 
> Luck takes into account the match score. For example, a lucky 66 makes a
> much bigger difference to the overall result of the match if comes in a
> bearoff at double match point rather in game 1 of an 11 pointer.

many many thanks, this gives me a much clearer picture, I did not know
about normalisation.

Now that I understand it, I think people online fixate too much on PR
(which I believe it is similar to what gnubg outputs as “Snowie error
rate”).

Thanks again
—F