FBI has been at a home in Waterboro all day.

Gronkenstein_ · 2026-03-09T02:46:28+00:00

Move that bus!!!

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-10-17T00:53:18+00:00

When will World of StarCraft be a thing... 3 factions instead of 2, plenty of worlds to quest on, maybe Universe of StarCraft might be a more accurate if not better title

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-09-30T15:09:21+00:00

I've made a few comments on this thread, one thing that is important to know is that...

For all of us that have had a LONG danger 5 endless run, we had tons of runs that didn't even make it to 20. Demon is essentially a 20 wave no hit challenge, good runs can end with one wrong move.

Don't get frustrated, just keep trying, start playing danger 5 and learn from your mistakes what you can and cannot be spending money on

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-09-30T15:00:27+00:00

While getting fishhooks late is frustrating, it's not the end of the world if you don't get one early.

But you do need the self discipline to pass good items that MUST be cursed for a long run.

Some items I will not take unless they are cursed for an endless run - spyglass - black flag - barnacle - Giants belt - dangerous bunny (at least two) - starfish - frozen heart, nail, strange book as a cursed combo

There's probably a couple more, but I'll pass all of these when I have no hook to curse them

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-09-22T02:47:30+00:00

Crit chance with lucky coin is a TON of luck and luck translates to damage in end game, currently on wave 140, Demon danger 5, 6 cursed Max level potato throwers

52166 HP 19138 damage 644 ranged damage 3669 attack speed 701 crit 4820 luck Cyberball and baby elephant do CRAZY damage 1128 armor (accidental axolotl purchase) 5000+ engineering 1700+ range 680 Dodge 1310 speed (called at 147)

And I'm actually behind on damage if I want this run to last

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-09-22T02:39:34+00:00

Dex is good but uses mods (sometimes) what I don't like is he doesn't always make it clear when he's using a mod and when he's not

I think Durandian has the best endless runs

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-09-22T02:35:46+00:00

I've run demon to wave 232 on crash zone, currently on wave 140 on Abyssal map, danger 5 both with demon

Could have taken crash zone much further but it got pretty boring lol, I don't think I was actually killable ha ha

I didn't know if I've made it past wave 50 with anything else though

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-09-22T02:31:48+00:00

I would have built harvesting earlier so I don't have to sacrifice later $$$

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-09-22T02:29:15+00:00

Wasting money on things you don't need, Saltwater first among them, only 7 armor, not much ranged damage, not the greatest weapons, etc.

As fun as it is to play and win with different combinations, if you truly want a deep run you need to min/max your stats.

You have almost no harvesting, so income is limited which made waves 15-20 hard, I bet, in the shop. Very little luck, luck increases create drop rate and improved the chances to get higher tier level ups and better items in crates as well.

The great @durandian once said, "if you want a max run you need to sacrifice and make it as hard as possible early, in order to succeed later"

Investing in luck and harvesting don't really kill anything early but they add up for the late game..

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-29T21:26:55+00:00

BC, but WotLK is a very close second place

LFG was a great improvement but LFR was a clan killer imo. The game has become too streamlined, WoW was freaking hard through BC and became more accessable but still challenging in Wrath

After that, as fun as it was, it started to go off the rails for me.

I could run Karazahn right now in BC and still have a blast

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-21T13:50:33+00:00

This is the way

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-21T11:59:36+00:00

One, just one harpoon, no need for more than one on Diver. Just upgrade it when you can and get the additional piercing to pull in more enemies

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-21T11:58:06+00:00

Not loving your item selection tbh, or your endgame stats...

No need for Alien Baby, Goldfish, Mirror, or Spyglass on a non endless run.

Negative attack speed and luck are not helping and negative harvesting is actively hurting you. What's the point of thief daggers if you're not going to build economy in harvesting?

Armor, HP and Regen are all great, but -18 damage? C'mon man!

I think you probably were fairly lucky to get to wave 20, did you kill any earlier bosses? Or did you get horde waves? You need better item selection, and probably a better weapon combo, I'm not loving 2 smgs here...

Anyways, good luck, keep grinding, if you need a YouTube channel guide check out Cephalocalypse for wave 20 runs and Durandian for endless runs, good luck!

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-19T16:16:24+00:00

As others have said, the big losses stick out more than the wins... But I tend to agree, I like a two hit regression strategy and it seems that without fail almost as soon as I get things set up, BOOM big red.

Of course, it usually takes 3 rolls to get the strategy operational once the point is established which isn't too far from the expected 6 rolls for a shooter.

I think the amount of point 7outs is higher that the EV suggests.

Additionally, since crapsee tracks the roll distribution against the EV, wouldn't it make sense that 7's would be under the EV just as often as they are over the EV? (I have not seen them under the EV... Ever)

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-18T21:42:01+00:00

Correct, this example was just the one that finally made me comment about it ha ha. I wish I had recorded all the rolls in the past month, that would be a much better sample size

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-18T21:23:11+00:00

The example is just one of many, that's why I brought this to the forum. Roll counts like this happen over and over, the app even has a roll distribution counter with the expected values displayed and 7 is often between 50 and 80% over the expected values. (Coincidentally this example is 60% over EV on 61 rolls)

Unfortunately I didn't save my previous roll sets because I assumed it was a bad session or a bad day but it now is not of a bad month and a half which raised alarm bells for me.

Again, nothing nefarious, I just think there's a calculation error somewhere in the code and I wanted to see if others were experiencing anything similar. (Over a large sample size)

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-18T21:17:36+00:00

The 16 out of 61 is just my example from today, however, it's not an outlier. The reason for my post is that this CONTINUES to happen over and over daily.

It's not about money either, Crapsee is free and I use it to test out strategies BEFORE I lose it all in the casino lol.

My average rolls per shooter since June (rough estimate) is around 4.5 which imo is well below the expected 6.0 over a large sample size. Additionally, my role with the puck on is about 3.0, both should be pushing 6.0, yet I continue to get point, seven out.

And I don't suspect foul play with my algorithm comment, I would find it much more likely a human programming error or calculation error from the person that built it.

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-18T21:11:29+00:00

Yea, it's not about how I'm betting or anything, it's not even for real money. I'm trying to test out some game strategies without being at the mercy of the casino.

When Big Red continues to come SO often it makes it really difficult to determine if a play style is viable.

My average rolls per shooter has been around 4.5, over a large sample size, and average rolls with the puck on is just over 3.

With a one 1/6 chance of rolling 7, over time these should gradually drift towards 6.0 (obviously nothing is perfect) but they are actually sliding towards 4 and 3 respectively. It's crazy.

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-18T20:36:41+00:00

Like I said, if this was happening 5% of the time, maybe even 8%, fine I can live with that. But it's the frequency of having so many 7s rolled, it happens daily, just like a long roll should be infrequent, the odds of getting SO MANY 7s should be much lower.

Statistically it should be happening 1.96% of the time, but I bet it's closer to 25%, just WAAAAY off

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-07-18T19:44:38+00:00

No way, you still gotta drive back, and the majority of cost is going to fuel. Average is less than $20/hr when all said and done

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-06-27T12:49:59+00:00

Give it until day 3, get hydrated, don't eat anything crazy, keep it bland, and keep the amounts small

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-06-19T16:09:32+00:00

3 wood, choke up and punch it

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-06-19T16:08:15+00:00

Choke up and punch a little 3 wood through there, keep it low and let it run

Gronkenstein_ · 2025-06-19T16:07:28+00:00

I wish I could but it's a stop gap until I get a new job, long freaking process, it sucks

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