showing dice roll stats: which is better? in Design Philosophy

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Nov 6 2002, 9:16 am
I'm torn on whether or not to include the numbers that were rolled 0 times, so I wanted to get some opinions. Which of the following outputs would you rather see:

[A]:

Dice Roll Statistics for this game:
2: 0 (0%)
3: 0 (0%)
4: 0 (0%)
5: 1 (10%)
6: 2 (20%)
7: 2 (20%)
8: 3 (30%)
9: 0 (0%)
10: 2 (20%)
11: 0 (0%)
12: 0 (0%)

or [B]:

Dice Roll Statistics for this game:
5: 1 (10%)
6: 2 (20%)
7: 2 (20%)
8: 3 (30%)
10: 2 (20%)




#1 Nov 6 2002, 12:01 pm
Of those two, I'd have to pick B, but I think it would be interesting if it showed multiple dice rolls per line, like so:
Dice   Roll   Statistics for this game
2-4     0     0%
5       1     10%
6-7     2     20%
8       3     30%
9       0     0%
10      2     20%
11-12   0     0%

I'd include the 0 rolls for completeness, but it's up to you.
#2 Nov 6 2002, 1:05 pm
In response to WizDragon (#1)
dw legacy bleh who needs it
#3 Nov 6 2002, 2:30 pm
In response to MajinRaditz (#2)
Will you please stop spamming every post that I make? It's very irritating.
#4 Nov 6 2002, 5:26 pm
In response to WizDragon (#1)
WizDragon wrote:
Of those two, I'd have to pick B, but I think it would be interesting if it showed multiple dice rolls per line, like so:
Dice   Roll   Statistics for this game
> 2-4     0     0%
> 5       1     10%
> 6-7     2     20%
> 8       3     30%
> 9       0     0%
> 10      2     20%
> 11-12   0     0%

I'd include the 0 rolls for completeness, but it's up to you.

i went with a compromise for now... the zeros are in for the end of game report, but if a player requests the stats report in the middle of the game, the zeros are out.

i'm not sure about combining lines... that probably wouldn't happen very often anyway