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Re:Pokemon Go API by uryga on Sunday July 24, 2016 @01:37PM (#12153981)
That "randomness generating" still seems like it would be easily done locally, and it'd reduce server load. But maybe there's some more advanced mechanisms we don't know of.
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Re:Pokemon Go API by corobo on Monday July 25, 2016 @10:22AM (#12158851)
if it's done locally then people will bodge the client so the random is no longer random. The server's always going to have to do the math, even if to just ensure the client's not lying.
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