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		Zikes on July 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The random number generator of DOOM Maybe they were chosen at random?

tbrake on July 1, 2015 [–]

Looks like it by the note in the other comment by serf.

I had begun to wonder if certain values caused issues when used in code and it was deemed easier to just not get certain values back.

That's crazy talk though.

detaro on July 1, 2015 | [–]

Naa, that sounds like something game developers totally would do.

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