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Re: Getting a seeded value from a list

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Date Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:00:26 +1100
Subject Re: Getting a seeded value from a list
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:41:24 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> However, this still means that the player will see the exact same level
>> regenerated every time, absolutely fresh. As previously stated in this
>> thread, that's not usually a good thing for encounters, treasure, etc.
>> Once some nasty critter has been killed, he should STAY killed! :)
>
> Why? That isn't true in real life, why should it be true for games?

It's either Rule of Fun or Rule of Funny, and I don't really care which...

ChrisA
[1] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfFun
[2] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfFunny

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Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-11-19 18:31 -0500
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-19 21:45 -0800
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-19 21:45 -0800
    Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-11-20 08:26 +0000
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-20 18:18 -0800
    Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 14:41 +1100
      Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-21 03:47 +0000
        Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 15:00 +1100
        RE: Getting a seeded value from a list "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-11-23 16:27 +0000
        Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-24 09:32 +1100
        RE: Getting a seeded value from a list "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-11-26 20:17 +0000
          Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-11-27 02:01 +0100
        Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-27 07:24 +1100
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-20 18:18 -0800
    Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-21 03:37 +0000

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