Accounting Troll: Over here we have our random number generator.
Number Generator Troll: NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE.
Dilbert: Are you sure that's random?
Accounting Troll: That's the problem with randomness. You can never be sure.
Number Generator Troll: NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE.
Dilbert: Are you sure that's random?
Accounting Troll: That's the problem with randomness. You can never be sure.
— Dilbert
God: L block.
Angel #1: Oh yes, of course, he could use that to plug the gap! But then... then... the column would be...
Angel #2: Unusable...
God: Line piece.
Angel #2: No, no...
God: Line piece.
Angel #2: Lord, you have forsaken us all!
God: LINE PIECE!
Angel #2: Thou art a cruel and angry god!!
God: LINE PIECE!
Angel #1: Oh yes, of course, he could use that to plug the gap! But then... then... the column would be...
Angel #2: Unusable...
God: Line piece.
Angel #2: No, no...
God: Line piece.
Angel #2: Lord, you have forsaken us all!
God: LINE PIECE!
Angel #2: Thou art a cruel and angry god!!
God: LINE PIECE!
I saw someone pray to the AI Director once. This is probably how cults get started.
I've noticed that the dice gods favor the retarded responses. They are cruel fucks, but they know a thing or 2 about comedy.
— Anonymous on sup/tg/ archive, Warhammer 40,000: Heretical Love Quest
The RNG giveth, and the RNG taketh away...
—Common saying in roguelike circles
Marth: What are you doing? You had a 60% chance to hit! The odds were in your favor!
(stab)
Marth: YOU HAD A 40% CHANCE TO DODGE! THE ODDS WERE IN YOUR FAVOR!
(stab)
Marth: YOU HAD A 40% CHANCE TO DODGE! THE ODDS WERE IN YOUR FAVOR!
I do not believe that God plays dice with the universe.
I rolled straight sixes. Can I smite him?
— God
"One of us recalls producing a 'random' plot with only 11 planes, and being told by his computer center's programming consultant that he had misused the random number generator: 'We guarantee that each number is random individually, but we don't guarantee that more than one of them is random.' Figure that out. "
— William H. Press, discussing a Real Life case of this trope being provable.
We've had our differences. But this is Christmas. Best wishes, the Fallen London Probably Random Number Algorithm.
Griffin: (after Justin/Taako attempts to cast Charm Person on an NPC) I have to make a wisdom saving throw.
Justin: (sarcastically) Right. I'm up against the formidable wisdom of Catwalk Boy. (looks at Griffin's roll) ...That's a natural 20.
Justin: (sarcastically) Right. I'm up against the formidable wisdom of Catwalk Boy. (looks at Griffin's roll) ...That's a natural 20.
— The Adventure Zone: Balance Boston Live Show
Narration: Your ultimate fate, your final doom is always just a roll of the dice away. It's a perfectly ordinary thing when adventurers are overrun by goblins.
Goblin Slayer: This will not stand. (Manga) / Horseshit (LN) / Bullshit (Anime)
Goblin Slayer: This will not stand. (Manga) / Horseshit (LN) / Bullshit (Anime)
There are a limited number of “twenties” in any given d20. That is, no matter how many times you roll a d20, you cannot roll another twenty once the supply has run out. These twenties can only be replenished by rolling a corresponding one with the same die. Thus every gamer is duty-bound to protect their supply of good rolls. If a friend rolls a twenty using your die, not only have they stolen your good roll, but they have doomed you to the extra one required to replenish the twenty.
Some players get excited when they roll several twenties in a row, concluding the dice are “hot”. Don’t make this blunder! This is like driving your car for 400 miles without gassing up, and then concluding that your car is a perpetual motion machine. After a few good rolls, pass the die off to an unwitting companion and let them charge it up for you.
Statisticians have known about this behavior for years. They call it “the probability seesaw”. Unlike the bell-shaped curve, in the seesaw system the odds of rolling high or low is directly proportional to what has been rolled in the past. They usually pretend this isn’t true. If a statistician hands you a die insisting that “any given roll has the same odds of rolling a one or a twenty”, it means he’s handing you a depleted die in the hopes of taking advantage of you. Don’t fall for it!
Some players get excited when they roll several twenties in a row, concluding the dice are “hot”. Don’t make this blunder! This is like driving your car for 400 miles without gassing up, and then concluding that your car is a perpetual motion machine. After a few good rolls, pass the die off to an unwitting companion and let them charge it up for you.
Statisticians have known about this behavior for years. They call it “the probability seesaw”. Unlike the bell-shaped curve, in the seesaw system the odds of rolling high or low is directly proportional to what has been rolled in the past. They usually pretend this isn’t true. If a statistician hands you a die insisting that “any given roll has the same odds of rolling a one or a twenty”, it means he’s handing you a depleted die in the hopes of taking advantage of you. Don’t fall for it!
"If it's not 100%, it's 50%!"
— MandJTV, whenever Pokémon attacks with less than 100% accuracy come up
