So, the Clash Royale addiction continues. The levels keep going up (and sometimes down). We have resisted the temptation to buy virtual goods (though we have spent a teeny weeny bit). But the doubt we have is: Are we playing an algorithm?
Every card has its strength and every card has an antidote. Each card and level is perfectly graded. A level 8 barbarian will be defeated by a level 9 barbarian. If you have minion horde, arrows are all you need to pin it down. And so on.
To me it feels like Clash Royale is a giant big data analytics platform where the platform matches you and your battle decks and there is clearly some set pattern to it - in terms of winning and losing - irrespective of the quality of the cards. The quality of the tactics is the only differentiator - but I suspect that may not account for so much - once the matching is done in a particular way - rather than a pure random match.
So, we now 'predict' a winning streak or a losing streak or type of chest - for example, rare chests seem to have a periodicity associated with it.
And all that has kind of made us feel that much ennui. As a learning experience, when you know you pit your wits versus when you know it is kind of a platform you are playing against....
Now think about that when you build your own learning experience...
Update: Fazed by the probability of being manipulated by a giant algorithm, we uninstalled the game. Adios Clash Royale!
Every card has its strength and every card has an antidote. Each card and level is perfectly graded. A level 8 barbarian will be defeated by a level 9 barbarian. If you have minion horde, arrows are all you need to pin it down. And so on.
To me it feels like Clash Royale is a giant big data analytics platform where the platform matches you and your battle decks and there is clearly some set pattern to it - in terms of winning and losing - irrespective of the quality of the cards. The quality of the tactics is the only differentiator - but I suspect that may not account for so much - once the matching is done in a particular way - rather than a pure random match.
So, we now 'predict' a winning streak or a losing streak or type of chest - for example, rare chests seem to have a periodicity associated with it.
And all that has kind of made us feel that much ennui. As a learning experience, when you know you pit your wits versus when you know it is kind of a platform you are playing against....
Now think about that when you build your own learning experience...
Update: Fazed by the probability of being manipulated by a giant algorithm, we uninstalled the game. Adios Clash Royale!
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