Re: (TFT) RE: What's the best starting character in Melee?

[Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>]

Hi Chris,
	I'm running Mozilla and your results are
readable, tho the tabs could be a bit better.

	I'm willing to send a fighter vs. your
DX 8 guy with pike ax and plate anytime you like.

	(evil grin...)

	Rick


On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 12:23, Christopher Fuhrman wrote:
> There was once a discussion thread about the "best"
> starting character in Melee.
> 
> I decided to answer the question statistically, at
> least partially, by writing a simulation in Java. I've
> tested it out, and it seems to be pretty accurate.
> However, it's simplistic -- it only simulates the
> hack-and-slash of two engaged characters, to the
> death. No missile weapons, no charge attacks, no
> defending. If you drop/break your weapon, you can't
> change weapons (the only thing that saves you is if
> your opponent also drops/breaks, resulting in a draw).
> 
> I put the results on the web. I compiled today 98
> different character types, pitted one against the
> other, in 100-game samples! The results seem to make
> sense, although I've not spent much time considering
> the surprises.
> 
> I started the Java part a while back, and finally got
> around to finishing the simulation.
> 
> http://www.sharemation.com/~fuhrman/www/tft/MeleeSimulationResults20040502.htm
> 
> Sorry if the URL wraps! Sorry if it doesn't look good
> in a browser that's not IE. If you ask nicely, I can
> take the time to re-do the page so it's more HTML
> neutral, if it's really a problem. I generated it
> straight from MS Excel, as I used it for sorting and
> compiling of the results.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> 
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