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Let's translate him: we can't mess with the os of Linux users like we spy and fuck up users that are using Windows. So it is a problem for us...

duxup 5y ago
Is there some information to indicate that is the problem?
- haunter 5y ago
  Yes, anti-cheat >We don’t have confidence that we’d be able to combat cheating at scale under a wide array of kernel configurations including custom ones. https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1490565925648715781 https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/149056592564871578... People hate cheaters though so that's a really hard problem to solve
  - duxup 5y ago
    I guess I don’t think of anti-cheat measures as “ mess with the os of Linux users like we spy and fuck up users that are using Windows “ Maybe those worlds do overlap but anti cheat measures do seem like something you have to do to keep the game viable / people playing.
  - abdullahkhalids 5y ago
    Dota 2 works perfectly on linux. There is no indication that popular cheating software for Dota is made for linux. On the contrary, most cheaters use windows.
    - danbolt 5y ago
      I don’t know how DOTA 2 works, but if it follows the same “command-determinism” model that typical RTS games do, then the sort of cheating found in first-person shooters might not apply. It’s a big reason why a lot of people continue to play Age of Empires II via Wine today.
  - ksec 5y ago
    >People hate cheaters though so that's a really hard problem to solve Yes that is why so many people prefer to play on console. Especially when we caught more and more live-streamers cheating.
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iqanq 5y ago
How does Fortnite "spy and fuck up" their users?
- greatgib 5y ago
  https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/epic-says-its-game-store-is-not-spying-on-you/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/epic-says-its-game-st... <<Epic has now stepped in to defend itself from those accusations, while also admitting to an "outdated implementation" that can make unauthorized access to local Steam information.>>
  - phendrenad2 5y ago
    So an outdated implementation of the launcher pulled user data from Steam. 3 years ago. What else you got? That's not enough to really justify saying it "spies" and "fucks up" users, is it?

duxup 5y ago

Is there some information to indicate that is the problem?

haunter 5y ago
Yes, anti-cheat >We don’t have confidence that we’d be able to combat cheating at scale under a wide array of kernel configurations including custom ones. https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1490565925648715781 https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/149056592564871578... People hate cheaters though so that's a really hard problem to solve
- duxup 5y ago
  I guess I don’t think of anti-cheat measures as “ mess with the os of Linux users like we spy and fuck up users that are using Windows “ Maybe those worlds do overlap but anti cheat measures do seem like something you have to do to keep the game viable / people playing.
- abdullahkhalids 5y ago
  Dota 2 works perfectly on linux. There is no indication that popular cheating software for Dota is made for linux. On the contrary, most cheaters use windows.
  - danbolt 5y ago
    I don’t know how DOTA 2 works, but if it follows the same “command-determinism” model that typical RTS games do, then the sort of cheating found in first-person shooters might not apply. It’s a big reason why a lot of people continue to play Age of Empires II via Wine today.
- ksec 5y ago
  >People hate cheaters though so that's a really hard problem to solve Yes that is why so many people prefer to play on console. Especially when we caught more and more live-streamers cheating.

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iqanq 5y ago

How does Fortnite "spy and fuck up" their users?

greatgib 5y ago
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/epic-says-its-game-store-is-not-spying-on-you/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/epic-says-its-game-st... <<Epic has now stepped in to defend itself from those accusations, while also admitting to an "outdated implementation" that can make unauthorized access to local Steam information.>>
- phendrenad2 5y ago
  So an outdated implementation of the launcher pulled user data from Steam. 3 years ago. What else you got? That's not enough to really justify saying it "spies" and "fucks up" users, is it?