The order of the octet does matter, because doc scratch said that the chance of eight 8s was 8^y where y=8. This this number of permutations of eight dice, implying that either the dice themselves are designated as 1-8 or that whichever one hits the ground first is the first of the order

Dude, fuck, I dunno, I hate probability. Like I took advance math classes for most of my academic career and probability was, is, and always will be my weakest bit. I just am not good at it. I tried, but I dunno, maybe you’re right, I dunno, I give up, you guys are on your own for this one.