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Why are people so obsessed with gaming? It's unbelievable how this industry has gotten so many people hooked, to the point of accepting kernel level monitoring

dijit 3y ago
I solved it by just running a console. People look down on me for it, but the way I see it: my computing experience is not keeping me prisoner; and I value my time too much to dig about certain issues, you're guaranteed to suffer the "my FPS isn't so good I will investigate" or "this game doesn't run so I will investigate" situations. Cheats are less common too, so there's less incentive for kernel anti-cheat, and if there was: it would be contained to my "game computer" anyway.
- ssbash 3y ago
  Yup, after I switched to a console - I was finally able to just play games with my friends and not waste mental energy on fiddling with settings. I don’t have to worry about downloading a game launcher riddled with telemetry or wait 6 months after launch for a PC port to reach a playable state.
recursive 3y ago
I don't think this necessarily represents obsession. It just means they care about gaming at least as much "kernel level monitoring". As a baseline, I don't think there are many people who care much about that. I'm not sure what it is.
- Almondsetat 3y ago
  Transpose this gaming obsession to other facets of life and see how it goes. Imagine if most cars were modeled after Lamborghinis and people complained about the lack of turbo or carbon seats when hopping on your Honda Civic. Imagine if most parks were modeled after football fields and people complained about the lack of goals and lines in your backyard. Imagine if most knifes were modeled after big damascus blades and people complained about your table knifes when they come for dinner for not being cool and sharp enough
  - ThatPlayer 3y ago
    No one's complaining about your Linux if that's what you want to use. The issue remains that for my personal wants, which includes gaming, Linux doesn't fulfill them. If you gave me a dull knife to carve a turkey or fillet a fish, I would definitely complain about it not being sharp enough. Most people probably have a sharper knife than a table knife for cooking, is that a sharpness obsession? It's about picking the right tool for the job. On my home server, I run Linux; my gaming computer runs Windows. If you wanna keep going with the knife analogy, look at how many types of kitchen knives there are. There is no knife that does everything just as well as all the others. Asking for a bread knife for cutting a loaf isn't an attack on every other knife.
  - recursive 3y ago
    I'm having trouble understanding the metaphor. If someone went to a park for the purpose of playing football, surely the lack of lines would make them prefer other parks. If someone is trying to set a lap record, a Camry probably isn't a good choice either. Still works well for getting groceries though.
plandis 3y ago
I like to play a game called Overwatch that doesn’t have kernel level anti cheat, afaik, but I’ve never been able to get it running smoothly enough on Linux even with Nvidia closed source drivers. I don’t think I’m obsessed with gaming but it is a hobby and if I have to boot into Windows to play, so be it.

dijit 3y ago

I solved it by just running a console. People look down on me for it, but the way I see it: my computing experience is not keeping me prisoner; and I value my time too much to dig about certain issues, you're guaranteed to suffer the "my FPS isn't so good I will investigate" or "this game doesn't run so I will investigate" situations. Cheats are less common too, so there's less incentive for kernel anti-cheat, and if there was: it would be contained to my "game computer" anyway.

ssbash 3y ago
Yup, after I switched to a console - I was finally able to just play games with my friends and not waste mental energy on fiddling with settings. I don’t have to worry about downloading a game launcher riddled with telemetry or wait 6 months after launch for a PC port to reach a playable state.

recursive 3y ago

I don't think this necessarily represents obsession. It just means they care about gaming at least as much "kernel level monitoring". As a baseline, I don't think there are many people who care much about that. I'm not sure what it is.

Almondsetat 3y ago
Transpose this gaming obsession to other facets of life and see how it goes. Imagine if most cars were modeled after Lamborghinis and people complained about the lack of turbo or carbon seats when hopping on your Honda Civic. Imagine if most parks were modeled after football fields and people complained about the lack of goals and lines in your backyard. Imagine if most knifes were modeled after big damascus blades and people complained about your table knifes when they come for dinner for not being cool and sharp enough
- ThatPlayer 3y ago
  No one's complaining about your Linux if that's what you want to use. The issue remains that for my personal wants, which includes gaming, Linux doesn't fulfill them. If you gave me a dull knife to carve a turkey or fillet a fish, I would definitely complain about it not being sharp enough. Most people probably have a sharper knife than a table knife for cooking, is that a sharpness obsession? It's about picking the right tool for the job. On my home server, I run Linux; my gaming computer runs Windows. If you wanna keep going with the knife analogy, look at how many types of kitchen knives there are. There is no knife that does everything just as well as all the others. Asking for a bread knife for cutting a loaf isn't an attack on every other knife.
- recursive 3y ago
  I'm having trouble understanding the metaphor. If someone went to a park for the purpose of playing football, surely the lack of lines would make them prefer other parks. If someone is trying to set a lap record, a Camry probably isn't a good choice either. Still works well for getting groceries though.

plandis 3y ago

I like to play a game called Overwatch that doesn’t have kernel level anti cheat, afaik, but I’ve never been able to get it running smoothly enough on Linux even with Nvidia closed source drivers. I don’t think I’m obsessed with gaming but it is a hobby and if I have to boot into Windows to play, so be it.