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Re:Markov chains are funnier than LLMs by DeadlockISDota3 on Monday August 19, 2024 @05:55AM (#41289504)
I figured this same thing in a similar manner. I used to make markov chains of game patches and send them to the community. Fake dota patches were a huge hit, specially since those are usually huge. Among mostly non-sense or unfunny exaggeration ("this hero now has 500 armor"), there would usually be at least 5 or 6 extremely funny lines in there, if not stuff that was outright prophetic (Fiend's Grip creates additional 1/2/3 illusions).

LLM's did a number on that unfortunately. Major subreddits banned all AI content, mostly due to the sheer infestation of really boring Midjourney content sent out by naive users and bots. Without reach, I lost interest, so no more Markov Chains.

Re:Markov chains are funnier than LLMs by unshavedyak on Monday August 19, 2024 @01:47PM (#41293056)
Hah, i felt compelled to mention Deadlock because of your Dota comments. Then i noticed your name.
Re:Markov chains are funnier than LLMs by erk__ on Monday August 19, 2024 @02:39PM (#41293567)
I am sure I even remember that Valve once incorporated something from one of the fake patch notes in one of their patches, but now I cannot find it. It was something like +1 damage to something that already did a lot of damage.
Re:Markov chains are funnier than LLMs by tyjo99 on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @01:45PM (#41302178)
Probably the Techies +25x damage talent? In 2017 [7.07] it was increased from +250 damage to +251 damage. Then in 2020 [7.28] it was increased again to +252 damage.
Re:Markov chains are funnier than LLMs by erk__ on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @02:05PM (#41302394)
After some more looking around I found it, Puck's orb gained 1 movement speed in 6.87 [0] after the markov chain notes for the patch [1]. Though I think the techies one is a similar joke.

[0]: https://www.dota2.com/687

[1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/4fw6gm/how_687_would...