[ythn]

You can improve your chances of success with hard work/perseverance though.

1. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail

2. Give up

vs.

1. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail

2. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail

3. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail

4. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail

5. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail

6. Try -> (luck roll) -> success!

[cdancette]

Only if you have enough resources to continue.

[matt_wulfeck]

1. Try get resources -> (luck roll) -> fail

2. Try get resources -> (luck roll) -> fail

3. Try get resources -> (luck roll) -> fail

4. Try get resources -> (luck roll) -> fail

5. Try get resources -> (luck roll) -> fail

6. Try get resources -> (luck roll) -> success!

[jandrese]

Try to get resources -> (luck roll) -> fail

Try to get resources -> (luck roll) -> fail

Try to get resources -> (luck roll) -> starve to death

You see this with people who always have some scheme in the pipeline and may have even had some modest success (and notoriety) with one of the schemes, but ends up dying alone and penniless anyway. They do the work, but never get the break. The world is just unfair sometimes.

[PsylentKnight]

Being fortunate to have a die to roll with is a form of luck. Over 10% of the world lives on less than $1.90 a day, and there's no way out - it's not a matter of determination.