Re: Blooded Sand

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:13:18 -0000, Blooded Sand wrote:

For example, there were 72 constructed tournaments on the White Wolf
schedule in July 2007.

http://www.white-wolf.com/events/search.php

Twenty nine of those were reported (an unusually high percentage) and
had ten or more players.

http://www.thelasombra.com/decks/twd.htm

Four of the reported events were won by Imbued.

http://vtes-hunter-net.tripod.com/ITWDA.htm

Four out of seventy two is not in any way unreasonable.

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Is 4 out of 29?

No.

Because you have no information of the other
tournaments, you cannot use them as comparison basis.

Exactly. All of the lying and made up statistics and hysteria have
been on the side of the argument against the Imbued. I have punched a
hole right through that. Evidence has been provided that those
arguing for such things have no basis in reality and their arguments
can be dismissed.

I am glad you came to this conclusion on your own.


4 out of 29 is a fairly high percentage for one seeming minority clan
to be winning.

In your estimation.

There are two archives and a website that record Imbued tournament
wins. You want your 15 minutes of VTES fame? Report a tounament win
with Imbued and you are twice as likely to have your name archived as
a winning player as anyone else.

Want the Imbued gone from the game? Report a tounament win with
Imbued and cry foul.

That's two powerful motivators that aren't there for any other clan.
The frequency of reports can have been skewed by these motives.


Especially as a lot of people seem to experience a
relatively small number of Imbued players making a statistically
unevenly greater number of wins.

A lot?
Statistically uneven?

Did you read what you wrote in your last post?

You have no basis for those assertions. What you have are a vocal few
talking about minimal experiences.


A fairer way of analysing this (and this has already been suggested)
wiould be to take all reported tournaments, see how many Imbued decks
got enetered, and how many won, vs any other specific clans ratio of
entries to wins. This would give a far more accurate weighting of
their power and/or ability.

You have no ability to do this. And never will.

.

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