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zparky | 4 months ago

yeah they introduced vanguard anticheat on all riot games which isn't supported on linux.

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nonethewiser|4 months ago

Woah so Riot broke League on Linux? I guess they probably did the math but that seems like a bold move.

zparky|4 months ago

yeah, and mac too, can't run league or valorant. vanguard is their kernel-level anticheat, and windows is like 95% of their market and the difficulty of implementing it on another kernel i guess isn't worth the <5%.

mrguyorama|4 months ago

Why would it be a "bold move"? Linux gaming population is damn near zero, they do not provide a higher profit margin like mac gamers would, and the documented evidence is that supporting Linux users is obnoxious because they are rude and entitled but not actually that much better at providing feedback.

Epic Games bought out rocket league and turned off a native linux build and faced no repercussions. Instead they made plenty of money.

That's the bar.