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[Tutorial] Idea: Videogames as a way to train intent.

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This is something that occurred to me while i was playing Disco Elysium: One of the many useful applications of video games in magic would be to deliberately and proactively attempt to manipulate the RNG in your playthrough in order to train the intent, the same way we can cause
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in our experience.

So as an exercise, next time you play, let's say, an RPG, an MMO, or a gacha for example, or just generally games that involve heavy RNG on it, try to intent the odds in your favor. Here's an example of what i been doing:

In Disco Elysium there are moments where you need to roll into some choices, which percent of success is dependent on your build, of certain skills related to the situation.
  1. I come across with the moment of choice, where i have relatively low odds of success.
  2. I pause for a moment, i concentrate briefly and easy, and i
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    that i will pull it off.
  3. Take a couple of second more to settle in, to detach, and... go!
I will experiment further with this, but wanted to also lay out the idea to see if anyone else is also up for the try! Feel free to comment if you have any notable experience with this.
 
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