What would happen if a random seed runner got a set seed?
3 years ago
Virginia, USA

@Leafpool_ No, I was just wondering.

Serbia

The chances of getting a set seed in a random seed is extremely low and maybe even impossible due to Java having over 18 quintillion seeds... It may be more likely for Bedrock as MCBE has over 4 billion which is still more than it would be possible, and anyways if a runner got that it would kill RSG and no one would really count it as the true RSG wr but yeah

YeetMasterYoda likes this
North Brabant, Netherlands

@R4ND0M_M3L0 Hate to break it to you but if something is possible, there is a chance that will happen.

Canada

U don't need to know the logistics behind why some seeds aren't able to be generated randomly, just know that for some reason, it exists. U can search the Minecraft wiki to learn why or how Minecraft is like that, but the fact remains that it exists. Basically, out of the 2^48 seeds there are in Minecraft, idk the exact number, but only 2^30 something are able to be randomly generated. The other seeds can only be obtained through seed input, in which the ssg seeds are found.

Again, u don't need to know the logic behind why Minecraft works this way.... just know that this is what happens. U can search this up on the wiki or something.

New York, USA

What if you got a set seed that COULD generate randomly?

there are no set seeds that can randomly generate known, i believe.

Also can this thread die? It's kinda pointless.

NoseQ and Altaria like this
Serbia

yes lul idk why this exists

North Brabant, Netherlands

@strawby The "there are no set seeds that can randomly generate known, i believe." is... impossible, to say the least. If you go and randomly generate a world, then use that seed and train for ssg then get it for rsg ti is possible to happen.

yes, but i meant set seeds that are specifically picked for ssg. i think that was pretty obvious

Jesus christ y'all not to be rude but what do you think would happen? They would get a really good time. Can this thread die already?

United Arab Emirates
Hayrobrine
He/Him, They/Them
3 years ago

IDK what will happen. Im guessing it will be counted as an SSG run lol.

India

Such a situation is just way too unlikely

TrenttheN642 likes this

Y'all are a little wrong though. It's not a 1 in 1073741824 (2^30) event. It's a 1000+ in 1073741824 which takes a few zeros off the number and actually makes it roughly 1 in 1 million, and that's not nearly as crazy.

Why 1000+? Because you are all assuming "1" run; but a speedrunner doesn't have only 1 run. In other words this is not a mutually exclusive pick every time a seed is generated, the chance is going to be based on all previously seen seeds.

Committed speedrunners can be playing anywhere from 50-100 seeds a day, which means within a week or two they'll have seen over 1000 different seeds, 10000 in a month, and now we're talking high odds they will replay a seed. Put another way, if a speedrunner played 100 seeds a day for a year straight, they will have seen 0.003% of all available seeds. That's a tiny percent, but in terms of odds, that's now very much in the "possible" territory.

Will they remember the seed and post a better time? That's a valid question (the answer is likely "no"), but are there speedrunners who have replayed the same seed? It's actually very likely this has happened not just once, but quite a few times before.

Awabbatt47 likes this
California, USA

Just because it's possible doesn't mean it's at all feasible or realistic. This is basic statistics and probability.

Bahrain

some seeds arent possible to be randomly generated, only 2^48 seeds can be generated, the rest cant be (there are 2^64 seeds in total), and the top ssg seeds dont exist in those 2^48

Puplee likes this
Serbia

yes that's true Khaloody

Kentucky, USA

theres no way a random seed speedrunner would get a set seed world, unless..................

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