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HighRoller  Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: v1
by: Guillotine [More]

Note: Happy April Fools' Day everyone. This AddOn was a 2008 April Fools joke perpetrated by most of the major WoW fansites. The description below is, of course, not true Hope you got as much of a chuckle out of this as we did!

This AddOn uses an advanced algorithm to time your roll requests to the server in order to increase your average roll value.

Note that the addon is rather large due to the advanced algorithm. It must take into account things such as Name, Race, Class, guild name, and position. I have done everything I can to make the addon as fast an efficient as possible (I use both Ace2 and Rock so that its twice as fast!)

I'm not sure if this addon is completely legal (though they say anything doable in the default UI is), so download it quickly before its taken down!

Also, this AddOn will not work on Macs due to several differences in the way system time works (sorry!)

Note: Due to initial calculations, you may be locked out of your UI for a bit the first time you roll after installing the AddOn

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Unread 04-01-08, 04:11 AM  
Prikprik
A Kobold Labourer

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Doesn't work :(

hmzzz, strange thing is that i do have it turned on and that i did what i needed to do to install it but i still get more low rolls then high rolls

i think i'm owned
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Unread 04-01-08, 04:00 AM  
Layrajha
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Downloaded it. At first, I rolled a 3, which kinda surprised me... Then I realized I hadn't enabled it, and omg...
I didn't screenshot anything, but basically, I've never had a roll below 75. People were a bit suspicious, but hell, what can they say? Everybody can be lucky.

Probably the best addon ever.
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Unread 04-01-08, 03:51 AM  
gorocz
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Coolest addon I've ever seen, my luck to roll 99s is now completely outrun by rolling 100s . Have to keep it, just maybe a few changes to coding to make me roll 101s on
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Unread 04-01-08, 02:25 AM  
Belazor
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I was in a group while doing the S.S.O. dailies on my Holy Priest, and [Blinkstrike] dropped.
I invoked this AddOn after following the setup instructions, and I won it with a perfect 100 roll

Much love to the author, you've ensured I'll get my epic flyer
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Unread 04-01-08, 02:01 AM  
Ienen
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Is it possible to add an estimation with each roll of about how much the roll was improved? It's hard to tell sometimes if it's actually working or just an incredibly long streak of rolls above 70.
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Unread 04-01-08, 01:54 AM  
Xanatandor
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Great addon, it is also working on german client as expected. Cheers
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Unread 04-01-08, 01:40 AM  
maephisto
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The most impressing addon ever seen on these pages.

When I was downloading it, I admit, I thought it could be a fake... but, damn! It works!! Probably it will not be legal in the next days... so download it fast.
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Unread 04-01-08, 01:27 AM  
waj
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WoW!

This is absolutely the best addon I have ever used, hands-down. No more missing out on fat purple loot!



Seriously though, congrats on figuring out the PRNG weakness, guys. I read your source (yes, I ignored the warning) and was quite simply blown away by the pure elegance of your code.
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Unread 04-01-08, 01:22 AM  
zirka
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This is Revolution. Respect. Happens every Year.


Haahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Unread 04-01-08, 01:17 AM  
Drundia
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I always felt myself rather unlucky as it comes to rolling and not only rolling even. Most of my random statistics were against me. But now with this addon I'll finally be able to win some more rolls! It's best addon ever, I love you guys for making one!
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Unread 04-01-08, 01:11 AM  
Norganna
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Great work!

I never would have guessed that Blizzard cheated in their generation of a pseudo-random number in such a predictable fashion! Maybe they hoped nobody would ever figure it out, LOL!

This is crazy, and you know I don't think they can fix it easily without rewriting the way the entire client-server communications work. I'd even hesitate to say that the flaw runs so deep in the code that we won't see a fix for this problem until 3.0.

It's going to be crazy until this gets patched, and at the rate that people are downloading this addon, it's not going to be long before everyone is using it as it is. You're going to be seriously disadvantaged until you install this addon.

It will eventually be like Decursive when soon it won't be a case of merely being a useful addon to fully being a necessary addon!

Anyhow, hats off to you guys for figuring out the algorithm... indeed a feat of great ingenuity!
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Unread 04-01-08, 12:56 AM  
Quokka
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This must be Good, with both Ace2 & Rock!!

And with nearly 9.3mil donwloads Woot.

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PS. bacon??
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Unread 04-01-08, 12:45 AM  
Macrona
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OMFG!!! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST ADDON EVER!!1!11!!!

I even ninja'd some items with it already, WOW!!! amazing work dude you're great this will be sooooo useful from now on, please do more stuff like this!!!

Addon of the YEAR!!!
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Unread 04-01-08, 12:44 AM  
Aichon
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As a student currently working on a Masters in Computer Science, I figured it could be interesting to look through the algorithm. Wow. Just, wow. I've read some papers over work like this, but I've never seen it put into practice as elegantly as you've done it here.

Plus, it works like a charm. I was able to clean up in a PUG SSC run tonight.

Originally posted by KillerDreaming
I'm almost certain this is a bannable mod. It makes the game play unfair to people who are not using it, it modifies the mechanics of the rolling system, which is the very definition of a hack.
Actually, as was mentioned, anything you can do via lua code, that is, via an addon, is considered fair game unless Blizzard explicitly states otherwise. The idea is that they only provide us with functionality that they are comfortable with us having. If we weren't meant to be able to do it, then they just change what addons can do and the problem is solved.

Now, Blizzard does occasionally ask addon authors to take down addons or to remove them (BottomFeeder comes to mind), but unless they specifically rule that an addon is illegal to use (which has only happened VERY infrequently) you can use any addon without getting in trouble.

What you were talking about, with slowing down packets for your HP loss, would involve actually modifying your computing environment, which is not possible using addons. That would be a full-fledged hack since it would require third-party software that altered the game, making it illegal.

So yes, this is legal to use, but as with some other addons, the more people using it, the less useful it is, so use it while the looting is still good. In a few days everyone's roll on every server will be rolled by this addon.
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Unread 04-01-08, 12:40 AM  
Daizaru
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I had to install it just to see. I must admit I am impressed...

I never would have though that was possible.
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