Toribash in Numbers
Recently there's been talk about copying openers, possibilities and the like. For the past hour or so I've been really bored so I decided to calculate some probability factors:
Number of possible openers: 4398046511104
Number of possible combined openers: 19342813113834066795297716
Number of possible outcomes in a Toribash match with 120/10 frames, no fracture, dismemberment, or dq:
2,7430620343968443416279681255936^303
I for one then find it amazing how people can say that avoiding to copy openers, or moves in general is impossible. If everyone were introduced to Toribash in a closed cubical where they fought alone against uke, they would all try a different approach.
The "impossible" factor here, is the human mind. To become better, we naturally throw away our creativity and adapt to the style used by whoever rests above us on the food-chain.
My claim: There are still undiscovered openers that function just as well or better than the already "invented" ones, but none of us have had the mental width to find them yet.
Discuss.
Last edited by CMon; Oct 3, 2008 at 11:50 PM.