Hi,
First I would like to thank Stunna and his team for Primedice3.
It has been a great source of entertainment for me, so far.
I would like to ask Stunna to clarify what is the
proper way of using the faucet, so that it is not considered
abusive.
In particular, is there a limitation on how often one should access the faucet, other than the once-per-minute limitation.
Or, are there any restrictions on what one should do with the money it gets from the faucet?
Also, is there only one account allowed per (physical) person / household / machine / IP?
I believe these things should be stated very precisely (and carefully), because of the nature of gambling games.
A rational player would do whatever is allowed by the rules to maximize its revenue.
If the rules are flowed, then players *will* exploit them.
Players play against the house which has an advantage over them, so one cannot expect that they will feel sympathy for the house
If I understand well, based on the current rules, it is in the payer's best interest to do the following:
- First, spend some time/money to increase its faucet, by increasing its wagered amount.
I think that, in expectation, one needs to spends an mount of X in order to increase its wagered amount by 100X.
- After that, the player should keep accessing the faucet, and send all the money it gets to a second account (either by tipping, or by pvp-ing with that account with manual seeds.)
- If the player wants to feel the "thrill" of betting, it is in his best interest to pvp with other players instead of playing against the house.
As pvp is a zero-expectation game, a player will not win any money by pvp-ing, in expectation, but it will not lose any either, unlike when it plays against the house.
To conclude, I think that the Primedice team should rethink some of the design aspects of their game.
However, I agree that any changes should respect the effort/money players have spent to increase their faucets.
Please let me know if I have misunderstood something.
Best Regards.
PS. About the player who won 3BTCs by investing just 0.02BTCs, I think that the chances of that happening (using a single bet) is roughly 1 out of 150, so it is probably not that unlikely.. by still impressive
