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Originally Posted by too_on_too_out
Technically, they are pre-determined in the sense they follow a formula, an algorithm which, if deciphered, would enable data to be predictable. Put another way, given enough data, it would be certainly possible to observe patterns. All electronic games of chance operate this way, they can do no other since all they operate on are data.
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That’s nice - computers can’t be truly random because true randomness doesn’t exist - but when the seed is based on stuff like system time when you start a function (that itself is controlled by a button click) it may as well be random for all intents and purposes.
If this is supposed to be a criticism of OOTP, it’s a highly edgy one.