[Classicmerp] GURPS Normal Distribution Curve vs Linear Approaches

[Michael Cole]

On 26/12/2013 4:30 PM, Lev Lafayette wrote:
> On Thu, December 26, 2013 3:28 pm, Michael Cole wrote:
>> On 26/12/2013 3:13 PM, Lev Lafayette wrote:
>>> On Tue, December 24, 2013 9:48 pm, Michael Cole wrote:
>>>> OK.  Lets start with the target at about point blank range.  At a point
>>>> where Doofus the Recruit should be able to hit it at about 95% of the
>>>> time.  Lets say that Sharpie the Marksman now has 99% - hey, he could
>>>> miss.
>>> Doofus and Sharpie have a 4% difference in ability? They're not really
>>> that different then.
>> Now you are being intentionally thick.  They have a great difference in
>> ability.  Its just at that close range, Doofus will have a 95% chance to
>> hit.  Go back and try it again.
> OK, now you're being intentionally rude. You've lost the argument.
>
Come on Lev.  I stated clearly above that it was their chance to hit, 
not their ability.  You deliberately misquoted me, and then trimmed off 
the remainder of the argument.   Seriously?