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Masterball Fact - Face - 07-13-2012 11:12 PM
Because of the way it calculates catch rates, the masterball has a 1 in 65536 chance of failing.
RE: Masterball Fact - retrolinkx - 07-14-2012 01:47 AM
Wait, since the DS numbers can only go up to 65535, how does it have a 1 in 65536 chance of failing?
RE: Masterball Fact - SERIOUSLY THOUGH - 07-14-2012 01:58 AM
Divide that by ten-thousand and it's close to the French Franc-to-Euro exchange rate from the 2002 currency switchover (6.55957)
Don't ask me why I remember that
RE: Masterball Fact - Scormac - 07-15-2012 12:48 AM
(07-14-2012 01:47 AM)retrolinkx Wrote: Wait, since the DS numbers can only go up to 65535, how does it have a 1 in 65536 chance of failing?
The zero counts too :o