Fun with the /random system

[VivixKujata]

I've almost confirmed that randoming a high number has to do with the vana'diel clock, as a split second before it moves. My theory is in each vana'diel minute, the random rolls from 0-999.
But if you notice, the vana'diel minutes do not move at the same speed every time, just pay close attention. thus creating a difficult way to make it consistent.
A few things a have done (no pics) with my theory is a 998 random on novio, 988 lot on duelists hat (this only works with 2 systems side-by-side, to correspond clock), 975 on sorc belt. etc

[Deimos]

I've seen someone lot a 999 before and someone i knew a long time ago said that he lotted a zero before. Was on a kindred's seal in sky while farming someone 998'd was missezjingles i think? Then kaida pulled a 999 was on sylph server. I SS'd it but it was on my old computer before it got fried so no longer have it but if anyone that used to farm in that really old sky ls would know what i'm talking about. Maybe misterjingles remembers it I think he posts here when hes not on wow ;o

Why yes, I do know what you're talking about.

http://steam-punk.net/ffxi/missez999.jpg

[LinktheDeme]

hey deimos how is sylph? ;o

I also don't remember fyrebrand in the ls lol

edit: I was close enough with missez and kaida ; ;
edit2: what happened to greatone? he was cool ; ;

[Kaylia]

I've seen someone lot a 999 before and someone i knew a long time ago said that he lotted a zero before. Was on a kindred's seal in sky while farming someone 998'd was missezjingles i think? Then kaida pulled a 999 was on sylph server. I SS'd it but it was on my old computer before it got fried so no longer have it but if anyone that used to farm in that really old sky ls would know what i'm talking about. Maybe misterjingles remembers it I think he posts here when hes not on wow ;o

Pretty much confirm what I thought. Can only random 999 when ther is a 998. There is no other explanation for the rarity of "999" lot.

[Shassira]

Every time I've seen two people lot on the same item for the same amount, it's always gone to the person who cast lots first.

Also, I don't believe lotting a 0, 1, or 999 is actually possible in the treasure pool system. Back when it was common for everyone to lot currency and synth materials that dropped in dynamis, the highest lots we ever saw were 997 or 998 (I think there were some 998s). Since then, our previous sponsor and I have lotted every coin that has dropped in dynamis for the past year and a half, which is well over 15,000-18,000 (a low guess), and I've never once lotted 0, 1, or 999 because everyone always points out when I lot something over 990 or under 10, apparently it's funny 1-5 times per dynamis. <_<

I have no idea why those numbers aren't used in the lotting feature but are for /random, but whatever.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...a/img_0132.jpg

Item marked with the arrow. The image was taken because she outlotted my 998 with a 999. ^^

[VivixKujata]

To back up my post, I hit the 473 around the middle of the vana'diel minute, and the 999 right at split-second of change. No, i have never seen a 999 lot on anything before o_O. seen plenty of 998's though.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...808_000558.png

[LinktheDeme]

Pretty much confirm what I thought. Can only random 999 when ther is a 998. There is no other explanation for the rarity of "999" lot.

i dont see why you could only lot 999 if 998 is there, because two people can lot the same thing. Also that person with the SS just disproves ;o

[Config]

I've almost confirmed that randoming a high number has to do with the vana'diel clock, as a split second before it moves. My theory is in each vana'diel minute, the random rolls from 0-999.
But if you notice, the vana'diel minutes do not move at the same speed every time, just pay close attention. thus creating a difficult way to make it consistent.
A few things a have done (no pics) with my theory is a 998 random on novio, 988 lot on duelists hat (this only works with 2 systems side-by-side, to correspond clock), 975 on sorc belt. etc

This is my theory as well, as I stated in my original post, I believe the numbers do cycle through from 0-999. I think they cycle faster than once per in-game minute though. I use the in-game clock as more of a guide to help pinpoint certain patterns and such.

[Talint]

Did they give you the coins?

No.

But then again, they never agreed to. The joke there was supposed to be the reference to Press Your Luck, which wound up being completely eclipsed by the fact that I /randomed 999.

[Kaylia]

i dont see why you could only lot 999 if 998 is there, because two people can lot the same thing. Also that person with the SS just disproves ;o

Disprove what? The party leader have a 998 on the "999" . It's just another example of 999 always being accompanied with a 998 roll.

Lotting the same number is most likely a glitch. Odd of this happening are 1/1000 when you're lotting against a single person, and close to 1/50 in full alliances. However, the observed odd are miles away from this, and the distribution system glitch when it happen. It's easy to notice the behavior isn't normal.


The odd of seeing "999" are definitively not 0.1%. We would see it every week or so in salvage, but it happened once to me in 4 years. The odd of seeing 998->999 however (1 in a million) match our data a lot better than anything else, and make some sense when you think about it. SE probably wanted to avoid people rushing for the first lot.

[Tubbers]

Disprove what? The party leader have a 998 on the "999" . It's just another example of 999 always being accompagnied with a 998 roll.

Lotting the same number is most likely a glitch. Odd of this happening are 1/1000 when you're lotting against a single person, and close to 1/50 in full alliances. However, the observed odd are miles away from this, and the distribution system glitch when it happen. It's easy to notice the behavior isn't normal.


The odd of seeing "999" are definitively not 0.1%. We would see it every week or so in salvage, but it happened once to me in 4 years. The odd of seeing 998->999 however (1 in a million) match our data a lot better than anything else, and make some sense when you think about it. SE probably wanted to avoid people rushing for the first lot.

This is exactly what I think, except the g in accompanied.

[ferigor]

Disprove what? The party leader have a 998 on the "999" . It's just another example of 999 always being accompanied with a 998 roll.

I think he was talking about the screenshot of Vivix's /random 999.

[fishstix]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...a/img_0132.jpg

That is one massive hand.

[Silenus]

The ability to roll in the high 900's is priceless.