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> If you are a casual who doesn’t care about game integrity, you probably aren’t the target audience. Friendly reminder. 90% of games are not competitive multi
by nottorp 11mo ago
> If you are a casual who doesn’t care about game integrity, you probably aren’t the target audience.
Friendly reminder. 90% of games are not competitive multiplayer and don't need any anti cheat to be enjoyable.
My main entertainment is video games and books (no TV) in equal proportions so I'm far from "casual". I play zero competitive multiplayer due to the "communities" being invariably toxic.
Last time I played something like that it was Starcraft 2 when it was new. Enjoyed being called a stupid noob when I won.
- simoncion 11mo agoYeah. I've found a nearly 1:1 correlation between "Does it try hard to be 'competitive' or an 'e-sport'?" and "Is a huge section of the playerbase just godawful toxic assholes?". As the years ground on, I've learned to avoid games billing themselves as an "e-sport" or indicating that they are extremely focused on the "competitive" scene, unless there's something very compelling to offset the asshole players that will inevitably be pulled in.
- nottorp 11mo agoSo all in all Linux gamers are nicer because the “games” requiring anti cheat are not available? They also send better bug reports if you launch Linux in early access, there was this indie dev saying that a couple years ago.
- westpfelia 11mo agoYea! There was a pretty popular /r/gamedev post talking about how like 95% of the linux bugs existed in windows also. Just that linux users are trained to report and provide quality logs/evidence.
- nottorp 11mo ago> 95% of the linux bugs existed in windows also Of course they do! Not all bugs are hardware related and most game logic bugs should be written cross platform from the start!