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Perfection on 22:39, 4. Sep, 2008
Ok so right now i am playing a game against merchito

i have been playing and then getting the card "don't be hasty" something like 5 times in a row. i suspect this is a bug due to the very small probabilities of this hapening

i got it 5 times in a row! and played it 5 times in a row!

i kept playing it again and again cuz merchito played quick cards
DPsycho on 00:23, 5. Sep, 2008
That does seem odd, and yet it's entirely possible that it occurred simply randomly. Could anyone replicate this?
garbageonly on 00:41, 5. Sep, 2008
From what I've seen, player has a very high chance to obtain Don't be hasty again after it's played, it's almost 100%, not sure if this is intended (Rebirth keyword??? lol)
Perfection on 06:17, 5. Sep, 2008
i don't think this is always the case

but in this particular game, it was 100%
it hapened FIVE TIMES IN A ROW, this is nearly impossible that it is not a bug

the card was located in slot 1 it might matter
theultramage on 10:17, 5. Sep, 2008
The script for card "365: don't be hasty" is rather complex so I can't rule out the possibility of an implementation mistake. We will look into this.
Mojko on 12:23, 5. Sep, 2008
I checked the code and tested the card. It seems to work fine. The card effect does not effect a card that you will get as a next card.

It happened to me once that I played 5 wind cards in a row - just pure luck.
Endovior on 15:23, 5. Sep, 2008
I've had the same thing happen before, back when I was first testing the card.

Could just be luck, I suppose... but it is odd.
garbageonly on 15:34, 5. Sep, 2008
I guess it's possible, after all I've seen my opponent got 3 Prince of Thieves in a row...and that's a rare card unlike Don't be hasty...
Perfection on 18:25, 5. Sep, 2008
i think the odds to get don,t be hasty was approx 1/22

so odds of getting don't be hasty 5 times in a row are approximatly 0.00000625
anyways ill post again if it happens again
dindon on 19:31, 5. Sep, 2008
I think the odds may be even lower than 1/22 since there appears to be a hidden feature in the code that makes it less likely to get the same card twice in a row (unless they've changed that bit recently).
Mojko on 19:55, 5. Sep, 2008
The odds are VERY low, extremely low, to be precise. However, it is still possible.
Perfection on 20:16, 5. Sep, 2008
today i played dont be hasty twice and it didnt happen

maybe it was just luck
Perfection on 21:10, 5. Sep, 2008
wait wtf

it just did it twice in a row against rmes4ever
am i the only one who noticed this?
rmes4ever on 21:15, 5. Sep, 2008
it seemed like in this particular game that Perfection and I were playing it came up at least 3 times in a row.
dindon on 07:10, 28. Sep, 2008
This topic has probably cursed everyone who read it with a huge confirmation bias - every time we see Don't be Hasty recur after being played, it's just going to confirm our idea that it's glitched.

That being said, I just saw it happen again. I really don't see people use the card that often, but I've definitely seen it reappear after being played a number of times, of the relatively small number of times I've seen it played.

How many trials did you do Mojko? Is it possible it's based on some other condition that didn't occur when you tried? Maybe it really is just an observation bias, I don't know.
Mojko on 15:32, 28. Sep, 2008
This is my analysis of the situation:

- Don't be hasty has no keywords, so no side-effects can effect it's drawing

- There is no line in the code that refers directly to this card except the one that makes it's effect. That means no other cards refer to this card in any way

- It's card effect code also doesn't contain anything that could add this card to your hand again (except normal drawing)

The random generator we use was tested and looks fair. I really can't see the mistake in this...