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I get that people want to play games with randos and 13-30 yr old basement dwellers on the internet, but the idea never appealed to me. If the vendors said: Di
by hedora 5mo ago
I get that people want to play games with randos and 13-30 yr old basement dwellers on the internet, but the idea never appealed to me.
If the vendors said: Disable anticheat and we’ll block you from tournaments / matchmaking, I’d consider that a feature, not a bug.
If some IRL friend of mine wants to be an asshole and use auto aimers / see through walls to screw with me, then I have ways to deal with it outside the game.
On the other hand, if we both want to run some bullet hell mode + cheats with physics mods and a debugger attached, then what’s the problem?
It’s none of the game developer’s business.
I’m not sure if I am in the minority or majority, but I’m not the only one with this attitude. I suspect the set of people in this boat dwarfs the 5% market share Linux currently has.
They might even get some of us to buy their games if they added support for such a mode. How hard could it be?
- WithinReason 5mo agothere should be just an anti-cheat lobby an a no anticheat lobby
- Sohcahtoa82 5mo ago> I get that people want to play games with randos and 13-30 yr old basement dwellers on the internet, but the idea never appealed to me. When it comes to most competitive games, you're an outlier. I'm a gamer, and one thing I've learned in my 10+ years reading HN is that there are very few gamers here, and the gamers that are here are a different breed. Significantly less focus on competitive games, more interest in Factorio, and a strong anti-anti-cheat vibe, not to mention pro-Linux. It has certainly created an echo chamber when it comes to gaming-related topics such as anti-cheat.
- account42 5mo agoHow do you know that HN differs from the average gamer rather than just your own bubble? The average gamer plays apps on their phone btw, not PC games with competitive matchmaking.
- account42 5mo agoExcatly, I think for many players gaming together is a social activity and there plenty of ways to deal with asocial participants that don't involve giving up control over your computer.