Dave -
No matter what anyone thinks, no matter what I may say when I get a bit heated, I think people like you are necessary and important around here
So, to respond back to your response... LOL...
A) TG stated that the only results recorded were from the single-deck game. There is no "PROOF" of this.
If segregating the data by casino was done, and further verifying that each casino is indeed dealing the same game, one should be able to substantiate the claim that all the data was from a single-deck game.
B) The OCA client keeps a SEGREGATED RECORD of the name of the licensee, as well as the DATE/TIME of every hand played at that licensee. From this information, MGS can easily determine the server info.
I don't believe this information was publicly known. Naturally this is good. However, I am also referring to the segregation of data by player.
C) The single-deck game had the same graphics/cards/card values at the sites tracked by the OCA. I realize different MGS sites have slightly different builds of software. I.E. VIPER, 32-bit thumper, Orbital (I have no idea what that build was called). If you are implying this could have affected the OCA's card recognition capabilities, I think you are WRONG.
I don't know how this was done because it has also not been publicly stated. This is the whole crux of the matter - we are asked to assume things we haven't even been told about. But then there is the issue of potentially different positioning, coloring, etc. in each build - I'm not saying this is true or not true, because I don't know - it would be easy enough for him to state that each of these builds has fundamentally no difference in the way and position of cards being displayed and handled - but he didn't.
Orbital's build was called Odin if I am not mistaken
ANYHOW - you may think I am nitpicking - I am not. All of these details must be included in a report in such a manner that someone else could recreate the entire process and independently verify that what is being claimed is true. That is how the scientific community produces research.
Like you, I do not want to be accused of "rushing to judge" the data. It's pretty clear what the data itself implies. Now it's just a matter of producing the evidence required to substantiate the validity of the data.
It's nothing more than that - yet a few people are insistent on A) claiming that the software is definitely rigged, and B) trying to slant the view of others by calling some of us biased despite clear evidence to the contrary.
You were around before I even came on the scene, I think - and you should recall that in the early days I also expressed some skepticism of the game. However, since I don't play blackjack these days, not even in land-based casinos, the point is essentially moot for me as a player. My only remaining concern about blackjack is the fairness of the game if I am to promote it to players from the portal operator's perspective - and I am not about to stake everything I have built over the past three years on recommending a gaffed game, plain and simple.