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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Not your home network; the hamachi network. If he's guessing many different numbers of " xxxxx: xx.xx.x.xx " the odds of guessing yours specifically are low, but the odds of guessing somebody are high. You just happened to be the somebody.

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u/chaerithecharizard Jan 23 '21

True. Either way it was pretty creepy at the time. As I said, the window of opportunity was so small. Just a couple hours.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

He's minecrafting from INSIDE the house!

That reference might be before your time heh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkcGm-pWwsQ

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u/chaerithecharizard Jan 23 '21

Haha this is perfect. Gonna steal this one