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Order of the Stick
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Weird issue repeating?

Postby Order of the Stick » Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:12 pm

It may just be a coincidence, but twice today I've gotten the same issue as I received less than a day ago.

Like I said, maybe just a coincidence, but it would certainly be a statistically unusual coincidence. I don't know if there were recent changes in the underlying coding or not but if there were, it might be worth checking to see how it effected issue generation.

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Postby Land Without Shrimp » Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:57 am

Don't have an answer for you, but just wanted to say that does seem somewhat odd. I'm not sure how issue odds are weighted, but I get the feeling that there's definitely something in the algorithm that looks at when you last received issue. For me at least, I usually won't receive a repeat issue until at least a few months have passed!!

Very possible you just "won" a repeat issue at 1:1,000 odds. :) I'll let someone else weigh in, but yeah - I think that's weird too.

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Postby The Free Joy State » Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:43 am

Order of the Stick wrote:It may just be a coincidence, but twice today I've gotten the same issue as I received less than a day ago.

Like I said, maybe just a coincidence, but it would certainly be a statistically unusual coincidence. I don't know if there were recent changes in the underlying coding or not but if there were, it might be worth checking to see how it effected issue generation.

Which issue?

While it's not unknown for issues to randomly generate twice close together, I can't see any issue that you're holding or have dismissed that you've answered within the last few days.

Did you use a different nation?

If you play on two different nations, it's possible you've received the same issue on two different nations within a day. That quite often happens to me.
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Order of the Stick
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Postby Order of the Stick » Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:49 pm

The Free Joy State wrote:
Order of the Stick wrote:It may just be a coincidence, but twice today I've gotten the same issue as I received less than a day ago.

Like I said, maybe just a coincidence, but it would certainly be a statistically unusual coincidence. I don't know if there were recent changes in the underlying coding or not but if there were, it might be worth checking to see how it effected issue generation.

Which issue?

While it's not unknown for issues to randomly generate twice close together, I can't see any issue that you're holding or have dismissed that you've answered within the last few days.

Did you use a different nation?

If you play on two different nations, it's possible you've received the same issue on two different nations within a day. That quite often happens to me.


Nope. It was one nation and I got two issues back-to-back. I honestly don't remember one of them, but the other was Wolf in Refugees Clothing one.

Just seemed a bit odd. Not a big deal since it's never happened to me before but it just stood out so I thought I'd mention it in case there were some sort of recent coding changes. If there aren't any, then I'd just chalk it up to bizarre coincidence.

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Postby The Free Joy State » Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:05 am

Order of the Stick wrote:
The Free Joy State wrote:Which issue?

While it's not unknown for issues to randomly generate twice close together, I can't see any issue that you're holding or have dismissed that you've answered within the last few days.

Did you use a different nation?

If you play on two different nations, it's possible you've received the same issue on two different nations within a day. That quite often happens to me.


Nope. It was one nation and I got two issues back-to-back. I honestly don't remember one of them, but the other was Wolf in Refugees Clothing one.

Just seemed a bit odd. Not a big deal since it's never happened to me before but it just stood out so I thought I'd mention it in case there were some sort of recent coding changes. If there aren't any, then I'd just chalk it up to bizarre coincidence.

Oh yes, I do see "A Wolf in Refugee's Clothing". You haven't answered it within the last four days, but I can see it's fairly recent (and, of course, I can't tell how long you've been holding the issue in your Issues).

I can confirm the coding for that issue hasn't been altered in well over a year. It's just a strange coincidence.
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