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> It's just for games.

Of course, nobody is in danger because your game's random state can be deduced.

But it can disrupt online play quite a bit. Just imagine what this can mean for tournaments.

That's true. I did think about mentioning this possibility, but decided not to.

Another good example of predicting RNG, after a large amount of gameplay, for a non-turn-based game:

I think in certain Pokemon games, people figured out how to predict and manipulate random encounters based on an animation in the load screen.