Is Numberphile wrong about Pokemon Encounters? DSUM and RNG Manipulation

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Published on June 14, 2024 11:58:50 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZPYbXVdN1M

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Numberphile just put out a new video about calculating how many encounters you need on average to catch every unique pokemon in Gen 1 and across all of Pokemon - this response details how from a more "Computerphile" perspective their assumptions break down at multiple levels due to various different issues with the PseudoRandom Number Generator that Pokemon uses to generate randomness.

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