Marvel Rivals Dev Apologizes for Mistakenly Banning Steam Deck/Mac players, will unban accounts
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has issued an apology to disgruntled players who it unfairly banned for cheating.
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.
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.
I can't believe they can ban people from the Year of the Linux Desktop.
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.
Yeah, those absolute monsters.
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.
Like Fusion the year of Linux is always next year. It will be next year forever.
I still don't know what type of game Rivals is
NetEase
Turns out I also don't care
Care to explain what's wrong with it?
Cool now let us type free hong kong in chat
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.
That's so refreshing to see.
Apex also did this a couple times, until they just disabled Linux support
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.
