According to the information disclosed in the live broadcast of “Tomorrow’s Ark”, what are your expectations for the new integration strategy with the theme of water and moon?

Thank you for such an interesting question!

Regarding the new version of the Water Moon Integration Strategy, Durands Mobile University tries to dig this version from a new perspective.

1. Correct reading and writing about dice

I don’t know how many former or active dungeon masters, keepers, adventurers and investigators have been reminded by the following image (nightmare):

So let’s start here today, and talk about the story of dice, an important prop for humans to pursue randomness in games.

First of all, let’s try to answer an important question, how should we read the hexahedron we usually use?

According to our research, in northern China, it is indeed called “dice” (shǎi zi) more, while the general writing method we use in writing is “dice” (tóu zi), which is a southern way.

But if the original meaning of the name is used, the dice is obviously a more correct way of reading and writing.

According to the records of “Guangyun”, the word “sice” is Duhouqie, which is combined with the sound of tóu. This is a vote. It is probably related to the throwing action when using dice, and the oldest dice have records of using bones as materials, so the radical of the dice is “bone”.

So in the following, we uniformly use dice (tóu zi) as the reading and writing standard.

The origin of the dice

Dice, according to research, is likely to have originated in India, the four ancient civilizations. During the long time in India from the 4th century BC to the 4th century AD, the Indian epic “Mahabharata” was born, among which is the earliest history of dice. One of the records, which we will refer to later.

Among the cultural relics unearthed in China, the earliest records of dice can be traced back to 2000 years ago, which is roughly the period of Qin and Han dynasties.

When it comes to the history of dice, there are two special dice designs that have to be mentioned:

One is to restore the historical shape, the four-sided bone dice that appeared in the Indian epic drama, the user is Shakuni:

Why is this dice so important? Because this is probably one of the earliest records of dice in human history. According to legend, Shakuni used the phalanges of his parents to make a pair of dice, and the dice had the souls of his parents, who could control the size of the points at will according to Shakuni’s own will.

Using this dice, Shakuni successfully manipulated the game, adding fuel to the already bad relationship between the Pandu and the Kuru, causing the Pandu eldest son to lose the throne in the battle, and causing the endless sari incident. , laying the groundwork for the breakdown of the black princess’ relationship with the fifth son of Pandu.

As a result, the image of Shakuni and the dice are firmly bound and become the god of gamblers in India.

And another special dice is the one that appeared in this water-moon integration strategy – the regular dodecahedron dice

In our country, the cultural relics of 12-sided dice were excavated very early, but the twelve-sided dice at that time had a major problem. It did not conform to the rules of the regular dodecahedron in geometry, so the number of points thrown was not so good. “random”.

It was not until the rise of modern board games that the modern dodecahedron dice were officially formed out of the need for points.

There are two main uses of this type of dice:

(1) Special judgment needs in board games such as DND (Dungeon and Dragon).

(2) The needs of modern astrology use.

Three, the main elements of the dice

After talking about the history of dice and some special styles of dice, let’s talk about the main elements of dice design and their impact on the use.

Generally speaking, the more recognized dice design elements are composed of three parts:

(1) Dice polyhedron structure

(2) Dice font distribution design

(3) Dice material

(1) Polyhedral structure

The main function of the polyhedron structure is to ensure the “fairness” of the dice points. Generally speaking, a polyhedral structure with the following elements can basically guarantee the fairness of random points:

(1) Polygonal structure.

(2) Each section is a plane rather than a curved surface.

(3) The side length, interior angle, area of each cut surface, and the interior angle of the space between each cut surface are all equal.

(4) The distance from any relative tangent plane to the center of gravity is equal.

(2) Font distribution design

In addition to aesthetics, font design should also consider the fairness of points. Generally, the six-sided dice we use has been modified many times before it becomes the design that the sum of any two opposite tangent surfaces is equal to 7.

(3) Material

The conditions of use of the dice require the material to have the characteristics of wear resistance and corrosion resistance.

The material of the dice has been changing with the development of the times, from the original bone and hardwood dice, to the special dice made of crystal or precious metal materials for nobles, to today’s cheap and high-quality plastic dice, it can be said that the material progress of dice is human material. learning progress.

OK, we have talked so much about the dice itself. Now, let’s go back to the ark itself and talk about what hidden information is contained in this design.

4. About the dice in the water moon activities

First of all, the official specially selected a dodecahedron dice as the live screen demonstration, which announced the particularity of this event to a certain extent.

According to the information provided by the Durands running group, among the many dice used in general running groups, the 12-sided dice is not the most commonly used one.

Generally speaking, a pair of ten-sided dice is the most widely used for running groups, because it can quickly and easily obtain random numbers between 1 and 100.

This is basically true in DND or COC.

But even so, Eagle Horn officially still uses 12-sided dice. What kind of considerations are there?

【Two hypotheses】

Through discussions among Durantz members, two different hypotheses have been proposed:

Hypothesis 1: Astrological Theory

Speaking of the number 12, one of the most easily associated contents in modern occult circles is the twelve constellations.

Of course, as Durantz is a rigorous research organization, unsubstantiated associations are naturally not published easily.

In Operator Xingji’s file, Kelsey makes this comment to modern astrologers:

I ask you, why does Kelsey describe starlight as “stinging” if astrology alone isn’t scientific enough?

For a long time, researchers of the Ark plot have gradually realized a problem: the starry sky of the Ark itself has major problems.

And after the player unlocks the operator secret record of the operator Shuiyue, you will get such an achievement – the fifth type of contact.

The fifth type of contact is a term coined by a science fiction circle to describe the level of contact between humans and alien civilizations.

If it is normal operator contact, why is it called the fifth type of contact?

Obviously, the official itself intentionally or unintentionally hinted that the water moon may represent an alien life.

In the related analysis of Duranz’s “Dream of Green Fields”, we have already pointed out that the operative Xingyuan Jinger’s portrait is trying to depict the astronomical landscape centered on the earth, and it is basically similar to the observation results in reality.

According to the above background knowledge, it is not surprising that Shuiyue is the protagonist in this integration strategy, and content related to the starry sky and the universe appears.

At the same time, we found by consulting the data that in reality, the dice did have the function of divination in the early days, so that in modern times, there is still a method of divination through the twelve-sided dice representing the twelve constellations, palace positions, and celestial bodies.

If this hypothesis is true, then we can fully expect this integration strategy to go beyond the ocean to the sky, bringing us information about the sky.

Hypothesis 2: Personality Theory and Psychology

Careful players may have discovered it long ago. Operator Shuiyue’s talent is very interesting, all derived from psychological terms.

In the game setting, the way of water moon attack is also to use bioelectricity to stimulate the extreme psychological state of the opponent.

This gives us another way of thinking, can 12 refer not only to the constellations in the sky, but also to some psychological content?

This is also hinted at in the new version mechanism officially announced by Eagle Horn. According to the official statement, in the game, players will roll the twelve-sided dice to decide whether they will get a rejection reaction (adverse effect) or apocalypse (positive effect) in the next period of time. This process is called “cognitive shaping”.

In other words, each facet of the twelve-sided die represents a physical/mental state to be attained.

This makes people think of Jung’s twelve personality model theory.

According to this theory, we can divide the twelve personality types into three different broad categories:

Neutral: naive, ordinary people (orphans), magicians

Positive: Hero, Caregiver, Explorer, Creator, Wise,

Negative: Rebel, Lover, Clown, Ruler

Among the rejection reactions and revelations currently announced by Eagle Point, there are exactly 4 categories of negative rejection reactions, and 5 icons representing positive revelations. There are three neutral personality archetypes left, corresponding to the “no effect” blank.

This can hardly be defined as a “coincidence”.

At present, we do not know the specific names and effects of these rejection reactions, but it is believed that with the gradual unlocking of the integrated strategy mechanism, time will tell whether Hypothesis 2 can become the key to the mystery.

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Author: Durands Mobile University

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