Vanguard, the controversial anti-cheat software initially attached to Valorant, is now also coming to League of Legends.
Summary:
The article discusses Riot Games’ requirement for players to install their Vanguard anti-cheat software, which runs at the kernel level, in order to play their games such as League of Legends and Valorant. The software aims to combat cheating by scanning for known vulnerabilities and blocking them, as well as monitoring for suspicious activity while the game is being played. However, the use of kernel-level software raises concerns about privacy and security, as it grants the company complete access to users’ devices.
The article highlights that Riot Games is owned by Tencent, a Chinese tech giant that has been involved in censorship and surveillance activities in China. This raises concerns that Vanguard could potentially be used for similar purposes, such as monitoring players’ activity and restricting free speech in-game.
Ultimately, the decision to install Vanguard rests with players, but the article urges caution and encourages players to consider the potential risks and implications before doing so.
I’ve found on StarCraft 2 you can just blame the enemy. You can say “omg you cheesy 10 pool garbage” or “you just mass mutas all day congrats” or “making roaches is a good skill to have” or “congrats you made siege tanks” etc. I was very competitive at one point but now I just don’t really care much for it anymore. I’ll still play ARAMs with friends but maybe not after this kernel-level anticheat lol unless it works through Geforce cloud then I guess I could keep playing it.
Generally though, I’ve started out gaming with single-player games and I’ve mostly gone back to single-player games, other than playing RuneScape (OSRS and open-source RSPS) games etc ofc.
Oh, definitely. Blaming the opponent is something that I’ve also started doing, but also quickly found out that it doesn’t really work as well as blaming teammates in regards to your mental state.
“My noob teammates kept feeding the enemy, so there’s not much I could’ve done even if I played better.” shifts your guilt almost entirely on them. “The noob enemy chose an ease cheese strat” always has the slight problem that you always have to add (consciously, or you just know it subconsciously) “that I didn’t recognize in time and I didn’t manage to counter”. And that feeling will nag you :D