From aMSa vs Mang0 Big House 10 Grand Finals Matchup Charts & Game Theory Game theory offers tools for determining how often different strategic choices should be made. However, using it to help you make decisions for real games, like deciding what character to play in Super Smash Bros, is rarely straightforward. Inserting the strategic… Continue reading Finding Super Smash Bros Melee’s Ideal Character Play Rates with Game Theory
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A better way to measure game balance using game theory
Game theory offers an excellent tool for thinking about game balance: the Nash Equilibrium. Nash Equilibria tell us how often players should pick each possible strategy in a competitive game if they are playing optimally. But there's a problem -- describing how different options (characters, civilizations, etc.) in a game perform against each other in… Continue reading A better way to measure game balance using game theory