I understand how sometimes it is felt as a personal attack for both sides of the story; those who believe tile distribution is random and those who believe it is not.
If someone turns on you or your idea then most people end up in a moment of psychological upset. In these forums it is usually triggered by feeling disrespected, devalued, distrusted, rejected, offended and sometimes even insulted. Most likely we then succumb to the urge either to directly defend ourself or to counterattack our assailant.
I would tell everyone to ask themselves the next question when they realize they are about to ‘‘lose their cool’’:
Before this person pushed my button, which one of their buttons might I have pushed?
Your next post will more likely be rationally written instead of emotionally. This counts for everyone.
To have a valuable discussion about this subject, it is just necessary to provide evidence so that it remains focused on reality and not on conspiracies. This proof will have to have a certain test sample size to be credible; the reason why most people speak about 100+ board recordings.
The great thing about this discussion is that, the people who believe it is random, have done 100+ tests (in my own case ~ 50) several times. They all come to the conclusion that the evidence shows that it is indeed random.
The annoying thing about this discussion is that, the people who believe it is not random, have not done any tests of a credible sample size. We are now a year later, so the time was there for it and can’t be the issue. A few of these bad-board screenshots with the text that it is always the same story, is simply not enough to question the already delivered evidence. We all have the good and bad boards.
After this proof was delivered, the developers also said that it is indeed random.
A logical consequence of the supporting evidence for the developers’ statement, therefore, is that the majority concludes that there will simply be no credible evidence to support the title of this thread; stone distribution is random.
Unfortunately, not everyone always shows this in the most friendly way. But Moderators definitely do. I have yet to find a Moderator who’s being a straightup …