Marvel Rivals Dev Apologizes for Mistakenly Banning Players for Using Cheats - IGN
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Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has issued an apology to disgruntled players who it unfairly banned for cheating.
  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    835·
    1 month ago

    This is huge the fact the had to apologize shows the the we are getting to that point where Linux gaming can’t be ignored anymore.

    • Caboose12000@lemmy.world
      1·
      29 days ago

      I disagree and I think you’re undermining how cool it is of the marvel rival Devs specifically for caring about linux players. lots of other games are ignoring linux just fine (I miss gta Online so damn much), ultimately we are still at (last time I checked) like 4% max of the gaming share

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
    59·
    1 month ago

    Just saw the Ars Technica article on this, and it included this lovely section:

    As detailed in the r/macgaming subreddit and at r/SteamDeck, many players who successfully got Marvel Rivals working would receive a “Penalty Issued” notice, with a violation “detected” and bans issued until 2124. Should such a ban stand, players risked entirely missing the much- prophesied Year of the Linux Desktop or Mainstream Mac Gaming, almost certain to happen at some point in that span.

      • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
        26·
        1 month ago

        As the glow of civilization fades to the last ember, a single player still stands, still plays, and he uses a linux distribution which name has been forgotten to time.

        It is the year of the linux desktop.

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
      6·
      1 month ago

      Should such a (100 year) ban stand, players risked entirely missing the much- prophesied Year of the Linux Desktop or Mainstream Mac Gaming, almost certain to happen at some point in that span.

      Lol. Harsh, but fair.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
      51·
      1 month ago

      Like Fusion the year of Linux is always next year. It will be next year forever.

  • metaStatic@kbin.earth
    384·
    1 month ago

    I still don’t know what type of game Rivals is

    NetEase

    Turns out I also don’t care

    • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
      5·
      1 month ago

      Thank you for opening my eyes to what I have done. I can’t believe I have installed Disney trash to my PC without even thinking about it (haven’t actually played it yet). Time to uninstall.

    • Lojcs@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 month ago

      Apex also did this a couple times, until they just disabled Linux support

      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
        5·
        1 month ago

        Not really. EA sometimes made changes that broke Linux or Steam Deck support. It was Valve (and probably others to be fair) who fixed it couple of times.