“Well, I had this two-to-one battle, and I lost. Which is okay, I know we’ve had this discussion. But right after that, I had another two-to-one battle, and I lost again!” “Well, when you flip a coin, each flip is unaffected by the previous—” “No, no, I’m not talking about coin flips. It was Horsemen and Warriors.” “Right. Totally different. Got it.” Again, emotions trumped logic, and we had to accept that. So we started taking into account the results of previous battles, and making it extra unlikely for too many bad (or good) things to happen in a row. We made it less random, so that it
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