noun
Gaming Slang
luck manipulation
· noun · gaming
Bending in-game RNG to your will through deliberate inputs.
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Controlling a game's randomness by feeding it specific inputs, timings or actions so the RNG spits out the outcome you want. Crits, drops, enemy patterns, all on demand.
“She's luck-manipulating the boss into using its weakest attack every single cycle.”
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Gaming the RNG instead of praying to it. Common in TAS runs where the seed is fully predictable.
“In the TAS the rare item drops first try because the run is luck manipulating the seed.”
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luck manipulation In A Sentence
She's luck-manipulating the boss into using its weakest attack every single cycle.
In the TAS the rare item drops first try because the run is luck manipulating the seed.
Origin & Usage
Speedrunning and TAS community. Long-standing term for controlling a game's random number generator.
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