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caption=Video games... and math? | | caption=Video games... and math? | | ||
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tagline=Enhance your game with the power of math | | tagline=Enhance your game with the power of math | | ||
blurb=When Danielle Detering was a kid, she never brought what she learned in school into games. After an intense five hours of learning and one hour of homework, the last thing anyone would want to do is think about math. But — holy Arceus! — Pokémon is really just a giant game of numbers. Now a math major, Danielle shares her number-crunching Pokémon tips. }} | blurb=When Danielle Detering was a kid, she never brought what she learned in school into games. After an intense five hours of learning and one hour of homework, the last thing anyone would want to do is think about math. But — holy Arceus! — Pokémon is really just a giant game of numbers. Now a math major, Danielle shares her number-crunching Pokémon tips. }} | ||
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I hope this is helpful to all of you wishing to improve your game. Whether it be multiplying probabilities, calculating the time it takes to capture a Shiny Pokémon, estimating the probability of drawing a specific card, or using these or other tools to predict more phenomena in the world of Pokémon, these applications will not only improve a person’s understanding of the game, but (surprise!) they can be used to understand the real world better as well. But if there’s anything this game analyst can say is that experience, especially from losing, can be far better than any theory. So find a friend, pick up your DS or your deck, and go out there and have some fun! | I hope this is helpful to all of you wishing to improve your game. Whether it be multiplying probabilities, calculating the time it takes to capture a Shiny Pokémon, estimating the probability of drawing a specific card, or using these or other tools to predict more phenomena in the world of Pokémon, these applications will not only improve a person’s understanding of the game, but (surprise!) they can be used to understand the real world better as well. But if there’s anything this game analyst can say is that experience, especially from losing, can be far better than any theory. So find a friend, pick up your DS or your deck, and go out there and have some fun! | ||
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