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Losing the 50/50: Gacha's Most Hated Coin Flip and the Folklore Around It

Hit pity in most gacha games and you do not get the character you wanted. You get a coin flip for it. The 50/50 is the genre's single most dreaded mechanic, and it has spawned superstitions, grief rituals, and a whole vocabulary of coping. Here is what the coin flip actually is, why studios keep it, and why some are quietly killing it.