random number god

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random number god - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Random Number God
  
  
     [rec.games.roguelike.angband; often abbreviated `RNG'] The malign
     force which lurks behind the random number generator in Angband
  (and
     by extension elsewhere). A dark god that demands sacrifices and toys
     with its victims. "I just found a really great item; I suppose the
  RNG
     is about to punish me..." Apparently, Angband's random number
     generator occasionally gets locked in a repetition, so you get
     something with a 3% chance happening 8 times in a row. Improbable,
  but
     far too common to be pure chance. Compare Shub-Internet.