I've been thinking for a while we need more server side stuff. No worries about infringing on the consumers computer then. Hopefully that ends up becoming something good!

I mean, to me, this is amazingly obviously the goal.

Games run better ~5% fps better now on Linux (when using a distro configured for gaming) than they do on Windows.

As you say, last technical obstacle is kernel AC rootkits.

Solve that, anyone still gaming on Windows is a MSFT fanboy, afraid of change, whatever.

But they have very little actual solid reason to remain on Windows.

Start getting people outta Windows for home PCs, it becomes basically just a shitty corpo OS.

Rather, not OS... but ecosystem.

Caaaaaarl, that kills people.

That’s just the regular Olympics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Games

I always thought professional sports games don't have enough good ol' gladiatorial bloodshed. If youre getting paid tens of millions per year for sports you damn well better be doing more than moving an object around.

Look, all im saying is any sports game can be made more watchable by giving players a side-armed melee wepon and allowed one swing per play iteration with no redcards. Put back in some selective pressure to turn those middle aged pudgy players and coaches into real athletes and tacticians.

Cheaters aren't only aimbots. In fact, most of the time they're not even using aimbot because that's one of the easiest one to tell that someone is cheating. Most of the time they can just see everyone through walls. But if it's cheater vs cheater and they don't care about being caught then it's not fun or interesting because you just use aim + speed + noclip (I assume that's possible) and just kill everyone the second the round starts.

git gud (at blocking cheaters)

oh god. When I played System Shock 2 for the first time, I couldn't figure out how the hacking puzzles worked. I look up guides and asked for advice. Got told to gitgud by someone who didn't play the game, then got told they were pure rng guided by the hacking stat. I saved scummed that shit. Don't present me with something that looks like a puzzle, but isn't.

I’ve worked in esports for a bit and there’s definitely cheats out there that pros use. When utilised well you won’t even notice when directly spectating or when the player is streaming. They’re designed to help extremely good players just that little bit extra needed to become a top-tier player.

Those “pro-grade” cheats don’t come cheap though. I’ve heard figures in the 400-600/month range multiple times. These would also work on the special tournament clients used by professional players.

leveling up for cooler gear and to unlock new maps was HARD work.

There’s something to be said for skipping unreasonable grind. It’s not okay to mess with other players experience, but that other part I do get.

How is there fun.

and the victim is denied any recourse or any fun in playing the game

That is how they get enjoyment from the game, denying other players.

Not all games employ VAC, and it's likely that a game that would employ it in the future would need to fine tune it for the game in question. (VACnet is reliant on curated data from game servers)

nah, am talking about Games with VAC being well known for not properly catching hackers, and i assume this made the anticheat in games better not the steam client itself.

Can I write them off on my taxes if I never play them?

According to quick google, he only has 4 ships in his fleet (with fifth being built right now), and 5 ships is a very small amount for any respectable admiral.

Yeah. Go buy hollow Knight, or schedule 1, or anything from an indie studio. Support both good devs and studios, and valve. And you even get a fun game to go with your support. Honestly, everyone wins.

.... Does anyone still wonder why I boycotted all other gaming platforms other than steam?

You think you're going to get anti-cheat this good from the likes of epic? Ha.