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Message: [QUOTE="RogueRivered, post: 2981311, member: 45593"] Luck is huge in almost all competitive activities. That's why they bother playing. The best player doesn't always come out on top. In fact, it is often only over a fairly large sample that the edge can be seen. Take baseball for example, where the teams are all finishing around the .500 level after 162 games. The best teams win, what, like at a .600 level and the worst teams around the .400 level. You can't say any one game proves who is better or who is luckier. The problem with looking for luck is you only notice the times when it's huge and obvious. They make an impression. You totally gloss over all the other times you may have been totally lucky or unlucky because they didn't have much consequence. There's a term for that -- I can't remember. [/QUOTE]