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(these thoughts occurred to me after reading this post.)
People will follow this rule implicitly whenever the randomizers involves more than numbers: it may be a table with a hard list of possible outcomes, or a random name generator that prevents an unsyllabifiable mishmash of consonants and multiple consecutive apostrophes, or a random map generator that avoids spawning actors inside walls.
Three generally recognized sets of things that fall outside of desirable outcome range: absurdity, whiff factor and loss of agency.
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People will follow this rule implicitly whenever the randomizers involves more than numbers: it may be a table with a hard list of possible outcomes, or a random name generator that prevents an unsyllabifiable mishmash of consonants and multiple consecutive apostrophes, or a random map generator that avoids spawning actors inside walls.
Three generally recognized sets of things that fall outside of desirable outcome range: absurdity, whiff factor and loss of agency.
( Read more... )