5 ms·
What is the point of these surveys when we know how many "level farming" operations[1] are going on in China, etc.? Casual CSGO has become unusable these days.
by qart 5y ago
What is the point of these surveys when we know how many "level farming" operations[1] are going on in China, etc.? Casual CSGO has become unusable these days. Of course, apart from farming operations, cheaters come from across the world. And AFAIK, most cheats software is available only for Windows. Valve's esports-grade games like CSGO, and DOTA2 are free. There is no penalty for getting banned in such a context. It is easy for the "farmer" or cheater to create a new account, and start playing again.
I would be more interested in knowing what percent of paying customers run whatever OS. This info would be useful to new game developers too.
[1] I won't post links because my comment might get auto-flagged as spam, but interested readers can find them easily by searching for something like "Buy CSGO High Tier Accounts".
- thegeomaster 5y agoCSGO is free but has recently cut off drops for free users and grinding-based path to Prime accounts, leaving little incentive for farming as you mentioned.
- sascha_sl 5y agoThe survey has always been opt-in continuous collection. I see no reason why bots would opt-in. > Participation in the survey is optional, and anonymous. First paragraph on https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
- qart 5y agoLevel farmers and cheaters are not bots. While level farmers may be likely to ignore surveys, because it would waste their time, cheaters don't have that factor.
- Flow 5y agoThe bots that plague TF2 runs on Linux. No VAC on Linux either so I suppose when they get VACd it’s a manual thing from Valve’s side.