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K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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Re: K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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How many people would like to play MtG vs a good AI? How dominant is the social aspect when playing online? (Lets ignore copy right issues for the moment)

I would love to play MtG against a decent—and particularly, scalable—AI.

Not only am I not all that good at the game, I have been burned too many times by bad online play experiences—between people trolling, people at vastly higher levels of play than me, and people who are just rude and mean—to really want to play against real people I don't know most of the time.

But I do like playing. So an AI that could provide a reasonable challenge would be ideal.

Re: K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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How many people would like to play MtG vs a good AI? How dominant is the social aspect when playing online? (Lets ignore copy right issues for the moment)

a lot of people actually. MtG AI is notoriously hard to implement because of the huge number of abilities and the evolving nature of the game.

Re: K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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post #13

How many people would like to play MtG vs a good AI? How dominant is the social aspect when playing online? (Lets ignore copy right issues for the moment)

I would love to play MtG against a decent—and particularly, scalable—AI. Not only am I not all that good at the game, I have been burned too many times by bad online play experiences—between people trolling, people at vastly higher levels of play than me, and people who are just rude and mean—to really want to play against real people I don't know most of the time. But I do like playing. So an AI that could provide a…

don’t be discouraged by the trolls. Do go to local, in person, events (Friday Night Magic) as real life players are among the nicest and most supportive people I’ve seen.

Re: K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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post #13

How many people would like to play MtG vs a good AI? How dominant is the social aspect when playing online? (Lets ignore copy right issues for the moment)

I would love to play MtG against a decent—and particularly, scalable—AI. Not only am I not all that good at the game, I have been burned too many times by bad online play experiences—between people trolling, people at vastly higher levels of play than me, and people who are just rude and mean—to really want to play against real people I don't know most of the time. But I do like playing. So an AI that could provide a…

Have you played on Arena? I'm struggling to imagine how anyone could meaningfully troll you on that apart from by spamming the 6 pre-canned communications (which you can mute).

Re: K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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> I just didn’t want to mix my M:tG findings with this tutorial so that readers who are into Data Science but not into the game won’t be bored. I'd encourage you to add some examples here, even if they're dumbed down. Without that, the article is not telling me what's been achieved through the process.

Here you go! http://www.datastuff.tech/data-analysis/magic-the-gathering-...

Re: K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love to play MtG against a decent—and particularly, scalable—AI. Not only am I not all that good at the game, I have been burned too many times by bad online play experiences—between people trolling, people at vastly higher levels of play than me, and people who are just rude and mean—to really want to play against real people I don't know most of the time. But I do like playing. So an AI that could provide a…

don’t be discouraged by the trolls. Do go to local, in person, events (Friday Night Magic) as real life players are among the nicest and most supportive people I’ve seen.

Unfortunately, the closest Friendly Local Game Store is 40 minutes' drive away. I've been to a few events there (prereleases, mostly), and they're OK, but not worth the trip for me.

Re: K-Means Clustering: Unsupervised Learning Applied on Magic:The Gathering

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love to play MtG against a decent—and particularly, scalable—AI. Not only am I not all that good at the game, I have been burned too many times by bad online play experiences—between people trolling, people at vastly higher levels of play than me, and people who are just rude and mean—to really want to play against real people I don't know most of the time. But I do like playing. So an AI that could provide a…

Have you played on Arena? I'm struggling to imagine how anyone could meaningfully troll you on that apart from by spamming the 6 pre-canned communications (which you can mute).

Sadly, no. It doesn't run on Macs, and I don't currently have the funds to justify a second computer just for Windows-only games.
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