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#44245: "Problem with Epidemic cities"
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I think there is a bug in the algorithm that picks which card is drawn immediately after an epidemic card is drawn. In almost every game I have played thus far (and sometimes multiple times within one game) a epidemic card is played, a city is drawn, and then the first card drawn for the infection stage is the very same city that just got hit with an epidemic, leading to an automatic outbreak every time. It never is the 2nd or 3rd city drawn, always the first city. The odds of this happening so many times just due to chance are very slim• What is your browser?
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4. Jul 2021 7:50 • Thomas Irwin • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
I cannot remember all of the table numbers at which this has happened, but it has been almost every game I have played
4. Jul 2021 8:46 • Not Him Again • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
You are either very unlucky or you focus more on times when it happens than when it doesn't.
4. Jul 2021 9:02 • Not Him Again • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
You say "It never is the 2nd or 3rd city drawn, always the first city", but I checked your game which you linked and already your first epidemic was in Ho Chi Minj City, but next 2 cards were Montreal and Chennai, so it makes your statement a lie! Anyway, in your linked game I see it happen only ONCE, but it can happen, so deal with it.
21. Jul 2021 13:43 • fracchia • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
I absolutely agree that there's something very strange happening.
I came to the very same conclusion of OP in my games, and I agree that almost everytime it's the very 1st card. Last game it was the 2nd for the first time in my games, but probably that could have been a "legit not bugged" draw.
These are last 2 games:
boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=188636475 (2/5)
boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=188636475 (2/4)
I talked about this in chat and everyone replyed that it was just bad luck. After these 2 games all agreed with me :P
So I'd check the algorithm just to make sure it's not really RNG making fun of us (with statistics that don't make sense). :P
I came to the very same conclusion of OP in my games, and I agree that almost everytime it's the very 1st card. Last game it was the 2nd for the first time in my games, but probably that could have been a "legit not bugged" draw.
These are last 2 games:
boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=188636475 (2/5)
boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=188636475 (2/4)
I talked about this in chat and everyone replyed that it was just bad luck. After these 2 games all agreed with me :P
So I'd check the algorithm just to make sure it's not really RNG making fun of us (with statistics that don't make sense). :P
27. Aug 2021 14:53 • xate • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
I have to agree... this happens a lot, almost every time.
27. Aug 2021 15:20 • MacRencephal • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
I agree. The number of times that the drawn epidemic city is then also drawn within the first two infection cards, triggering an immediate outbreak, seem disproportionately high to me.
19. Sep 2021 0:16 • kinghimang • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
Completely agree with this. Had this happen way too often
19. Sep 2021 10:37 • Moof • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
Hi all,
I have checked the algorithm and didn't see any issue.
I have to remember you that after an Epidemic, cards previously played are shuffled ON THE TOP of the deck. So the odds to get the same card twice are not so small.
I have checked the algorithm and didn't see any issue.
I have to remember you that after an Epidemic, cards previously played are shuffled ON THE TOP of the deck. So the odds to get the same card twice are not so small.
8. Dec 2021 12:46 • aghagh • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
Another odd thing: in two consecutive games I had the same exact 3 cities with 3 cubes and another 1 cube city. Chances of having the same three 3-cube cities are like 1/17296
boardgamearena.com/8/pandemic?table=222271433
boardgamearena.com/8/pandemic?table=222272183
boardgamearena.com/8/pandemic?table=222271433
boardgamearena.com/8/pandemic?table=222272183
31. Jan 2022 14:08 • Gaëlle voyage • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
Bonjour
c'est un bug que l'on retrouve très très souvent (environ 2 fois sur 3), après une épidémie c'est la même ville qui ressort et explose. En jeu de carte normal c'est pas possible comme probabilité
Je vois ce bug signalé depuis longtemps et non encore traité ... C'est bien dommage
c'est un bug que l'on retrouve très très souvent (environ 2 fois sur 3), après une épidémie c'est la même ville qui ressort et explose. En jeu de carte normal c'est pas possible comme probabilité
Je vois ce bug signalé depuis longtemps et non encore traité ... C'est bien dommage
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