beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIt's not about physical vs digital games, it's about ownershippopcar.bearblog.devexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoWhy? If you can’t write your game in a way to prevent cheating it really doesn’t matter. I would argue that the only way to ensure trust in the competitive arena is to open source. Could you imagine sports being played without defined rules? Cheating is about a design challenge related to how clients and servers communicate and has nothing to do with the source code being public.
Why?
If you can’t write your game in a way to prevent cheating it really doesn’t matter.
I would argue that the only way to ensure trust in the competitive arena is to open source.
Could you imagine sports being played without defined rules?
Cheating is about a design challenge related to how clients and servers communicate and has nothing to do with the source code being public.