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Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 113 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:31 am Post subject: Chip Max |
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As an add-on to the chip case distribution, it would be nice to set a max chip count per player of each chip type.
An example: I have 300 white, 200 red, 200 blue, 150 green, and 150 black. Lets say I only have 6 people show up at my game (what kind of excuse is "it's my Dad's birthday and we have to go out of town"?). The current distribution calculator will set white distribution at 50 white chips per player. Now I know that there is no way that any player will go through 50 white chips before they need to chip up. So I want to set a max of 20 white chips per player.
Of course this gets a little weird if you are an idiot and set each chips' max amount to 1 chip. So there would be a need for some error checking. Maybe if a person tries that and hits the calculate button, the button turns red so it is known there is an error. Or maybe a better idea is a small message box next-to or under the button that states "Please reconfigure and try again".
What do you all think? _________________ <thwack> NOooooooBODY expects to lose to Rewind!
My chief weapon is the rebuy.
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drneau Site Admin
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 2385 Location: Woodbury, MN
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: |
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I could pretty easily do that, but I'm thinking that an "overall max" would accomplish the same thing...it's must a matter of coming up with the algorithm.
Your method of "max per chip" would be a lot easier, but not as cool. _________________ --
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roadmanagerphil "Straight to the Ace"
Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 99 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:08 am Post subject: |
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My Chips: 25/ 100/ 500/ 1000/ 5000
When I hit 'calculate distribution' for 10,000 in chips per player, it will give each player 2- $5000 chips. Obviously at the beginning, players need more lower-valued chips, so maybe the formula could include something like the number of each colored chips should be equal to or less than the number of chips given of the previous smaller value chips. OR even multiple formulas that would produce multiple distributions. I use:
25 - 8
100 - 8
500 - 4
1000- 2
5000- 1 |
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drneau Site Admin
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 2385 Location: Woodbury, MN
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: |
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roadmanagerphil wrote: | My Chips: 25/ 100/ 500/ 1000/ 5000
When I hit 'calculate distribution' for 10,000 in chips per player, it will give each player 2- $5000 chips. Obviously at the beginning, players need more lower-valued chips, so maybe the formula could include something like the number of each colored chips should be equal to or less than the number of chips given of the previous smaller value chips. OR even multiple formulas that would produce multiple distributions. I use:
25 - 8
100 - 8
500 - 4
1000- 2
5000- 1 |
How many of each chip do you have in your case and how many players are you distributing over? _________________ --
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roadmanagerphil "Straight to the Ace"
Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 99 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: |
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I didn't mean to alarm you. I was just making the point that sometimes it doesn't do a very practical distribution. I bought enough chips to do a 30-person tourney, and when I 'expect' 30 players, it works perfect. If I'm hosting a smaller game though, and only 'expect' 10 players, it gives me:
$25 - 24
$100- 24
$500- 10
$1000- 2
$5000- 0
60 chips per player is a bit much. |
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drneau Site Admin
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 2385 Location: Woodbury, MN
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:51 am Post subject: |
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roadmanagerphil wrote: | I didn't mean to alarm you. I was just making the point that sometimes it doesn't do a very practical distribution. I bought enough chips to do a 30-person tourney, and when I 'expect' 30 players, it works perfect. If I'm hosting a smaller game though, and only 'expect' 10 players, it gives me:
$25 - 24
$100- 24
$500- 10
$1000- 2
$5000- 0
60 chips per player is a bit much. |
"60 chips per player is a bit much" is a point of view. I personally want as many chips as possible per player so that everyone can feel like they have a lot of chips and we aren't constantly making change.
The distribution you mention in the quote above is the way it is designed to work right now. It uses a greedy approach to calculate the distribution and will use as many chips as it can.
What I'm working on for the next version is the ability for you to specify a "target quantity per player" in addition to a "target value per player". That will give you what you need.
Regardless, my question was in regards to this statement you made:
Quote: | When I hit 'calculate distribution' for 10,000 in chips per player, it will give each player 2- $5000 chips. |
If its truly doing that, then one of the following is true:
- There is a bug in the distributor,
- You gave it information that forced it to do it that way, or
- You were exaggerating in your post.
I need you to give me the information I asked for so I can determine which of those is the case.
So, how can I reproduce the "2 T5000 chips" case?? _________________ --
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roadmanagerphil "Straight to the Ace"
Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 99 Location: Columbus, OH
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't realize the formula was set that way on purpose. Makes sense. A few of my friends would NEVER chip up if they didn't have to. They like building pyramids almost as much as playing poker.
As for the 2 T5000 chips, I was just throwing something out off the top of my head. Please disregard it. It seems I have had times in the past that it distributed more larger chips than smaller, but I can't reproduce it.
Looking forward to the next release. |
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drneau Site Admin
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