On one hand, yes, on the other hand, I pity their stupidity that made them think trump was what they needed to fix their problems.

More bugs, less fixes.

They can’t hold you hostage. Oh wait, it’s the USA . Maybe that’s legal now. I don’t know.

What a big boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4L20t8Dvlg

Arrests for thee, but not for me!

This is like saying god exists with no proof lol. Sorry, if you have not inspected their traffic you cannot blindly say “oh it’s EA, they’re the good guys”. Too many times these greedy corps have double dipped. You really think it’s outside of the realm of possibility someone there has thought of double dipping?

Your logic is absolute garbage. Or you work for EA. Not sure.

You need to learn the definition of “multi”, then.

And then some

Sally, host your own lol. I know it’s not the answer most are looking for but it’s the only viable option I see at this point.

Me too, but you’re still using YouTube. I think op means something like peertube

And this is why open platforms matter.

For real? I kind of always assumed it was like getting from point a to point b on a slight incline and it takes 20 minutes vs a steep incline and if you can keep the same pace, it takes you 5 minutes. But of course steeper is exhausting and harder.

But is that really a “hot take”?

Mandarin oranges, however… Those are easy.

You obviously know nothing about these two games lol. Yes they are multiplayer. Nightreign is also designed to primarily be played 3 players online at a time.

Exactly. This is not a type I need. My kernel does not need to be invaded. It’s literally enabling spyware and you’d never know it.

Do I believe it? I don’t know. But it’s possible and I’d never know, so fuck that.

1. ESEA Bitcoin miner incident (2013) In April 2013 ESEA (a third-party matchmaking + anti-cheat service) had a built-in bitcoin-miner component in their client. It was discovered by users in May. � XDA Developers +1 Because the ESEA client ran with high privileges (as a driver/anti-cheat style client), the mining component was harder to detect and harder to remove compared to normal user-mode software. � XDA Developers The company settled for a $1 M payout. � Lesson: Granting deep OS access to a client means if it goes rogue (or is malicious) you get real damage (mining, rootkit-like behaviour, etc). XDA Developers
2. Riot Vanguard (for VALORANT) and related complaints Vanguard is the kernel-level anti-cheat used by Riot Games in VALORANT. � Wikipedia +1 It has drawn criticism for its always-running behaviour (some users report it loads at boot even before the game). � Gist +1 Some users report system instability (blue screens) after installation. � Lesson: Even if the anti-cheat isn’t malicious per se, because it’s so deep, any defect or compatibility issue can cause system-wide pain (crashes, instability). XDA Developers
3. Theoretical/privacy risk: drivers acting like rootkits Academic work (“If It Looks Like a Rootkit…”) analyses KLAC and finds that some solutions behave very similarly to rootkits: intercepting kernel calls, hiding modules, monitoring broad system activity. � arXiv Articles note that allowing game companies to insert drivers at boot time that monitor “outside the game” sets a “potentially dangerous precedent”. � Lesson: Even when everything is “legal”, the architectural model has intrinsic risk: trusted code has extremely high privileges; if trust is misplaced (malicious dev, insider threat, compromise) you have huge exposure. How-To Geek
4. Example of “residual services” / bad uninstall behaviour A Steam forum post (for game “Delta Force (2025 video game)”) reported that the anti-cheat driver “ACE-BASE / AntiCheatExpert” remained active even after game uninstall, caused conflicts, etc. � Lesson: When kernel-level drivers aren’t cleanly managed/uninstalled, they can linger as “shadow” privileged components, increasing risk surface. Steam Community
5. Corporate/State concerns & data-privacy An article points out that KLAC by its nature has full system visibility (“what this means is that this type of spyware can exfiltrate sensitive information…”) and calls out potential misuse—especially worrying when combined with acquisitions or state-influence (e.g., the purchase of a KLAC-provider by a sovereign entity). � Lesson: Beyond just “can it crash my PC”, there’s question of what else the driver could observe (system activity, other processes, telemetry) and whether user has meaningful control.

The Witcher 3 and Elden ring were massive, and I enjoyed them because the world’s were beautiful, non repetitive, and dense with unique material.

Communism vs the dictator l

Lol, gee I never saw this coming…