• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    That’s fine for single player games but modifying some massive MMO so that someone can host it on a laptop is literally impossible. This language applies to everything. EVE Online, WoW, FFXIV, all of it would need to be able to run on someone’s home computer when they’re purposefully built from the ground up to work on massive servers?

    • ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      This comment betrays a technical misunderstanding.

      Not only is it possible, but designing games from the ground up in this way makes it easier for developers to test and make robust software.

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think there’s any language in this petition that says it must be hosted on a laptop. The server binary, with a reasonable expectation that someone with documentation, the hardware, and the know-how to use it, would be enough.