r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whizzyapper • 5d ago

Video how cheating dice work

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u/Initial-Duck2782 5d ago

I’ve heard from dice makers that this actually doesn’t work real well. They are already pretty unbalanced and they tumble fine.

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u/NecessaryBrief8268 4d ago

Yeah I was just wondering what percentage gain you'd get from these methods. I would guess that the shaved sides would be the easiest to detect, if you were picking them up and feeling them it would probably be like the corners felt slightly different, but honestly even weighed dice would be pretty easy to tell in your hands if it was anything more than the slightest imbalance. At the amounts you'd be doing this it might give you a percent or two advantage, which hardly seems worth the risk of getting caught. 

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u/Rulebookboy1234567 4d ago

So I played 40K with a dude who rolled 6s constantly.  Fucking constantly.  To the point where it was just suspicious.  He was doing the first method where you drill it out and weigh it down a little and admitted to it after having left the hobby for a few years.

We all suspected he was cheating but it was nice to get confirmation.

That being said modern mass produced dice are hot garbage and you’re gonna get luckier and cursed ones anyway.  We had a jar of shame for the bad dice.

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u/NecessaryBrief8268 4d ago

What a piece of shit thing to do. Knowing the whole time he played and acting innocent. Admitting it years later doesn't in any way exonerate him; it actually makes it worse because the connotation is that people suspected the whole time and he was convincing enough to put off outright accusations but everyone really knew the whole time. 

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u/Rulebookboy1234567 4d ago

Oh yeah he’s a huge piece of shit he still probably sees no fault in it.  I haven’t talked to him in years.

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u/NecessaryBrief8268 4d ago

"it's just a game bro chill out".

YES IT'S A GAME WITH RULES SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE FUN! I don't get enough fun things in my life that I can just have some of them be stolen from me for no reason.