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(srs though, the speedrunners who say "RNG" when what they really mean is "bad luck" actually irritate me)
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:02:12 UTC from web-
@redenchilada isn't it similar though? For example, if an enemy has 3 patterns, and he has a 1/3 chance of doing any of them, isn't it random which one he does?
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:03:47 UTC from web-
@rarity RNG and random do not mean the same thing. The RNG is the procedure, process, or program that generates random (actually quasi-random) numbers. Saying you "had bad RNG" when you missed a tricky jump is not right at all. There is no process within your body generating random numbers that say "I am/am not going to make this jump". #pedantry
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:06:50 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Wow you huge nerd
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:07:34 UTC from web -
@redenchilada it simplifies it for the masses, though. And isn't that what life is really about?
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:07:40 UTC from web-
@rarity Saying "bad luck" would be simplified. Saying "RNG" is like the people who misuse words they find in a thesaurus. It screams "we want a COOL SPEEDRUNNERS-ONLY TERM for everything" or something.
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:09:29 UTC from web-
@redenchilada SAVING FRAMES
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:10:06 UTC from web-
@rarity At least that's actually a proper use of terminology that describes what's happening properly.
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:12:26 UTC from web-
@redenchilada I couldn't think of another uber cool speedrunning phrase on the spot ;_;
Sunday, 17-Feb-13 07:13:46 UTC from web
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@redenchilada ditto
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@redenchilada I forget which system it was (Intellivision, maybe?) but there was an old one that basically had a little mic or something for input from the world outside to generate the seed for its pseudorandom generator, basically creating true random numbers. Or so I've read, somewhere on the tubes.
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