Yeah, small community hosted servers for games in general are another good deterrent. Usually moderators or admins for such a server can respond to issues with far better proficiency, most people know each other, etc.
Sadly sort of a niche solution, since it's not so feasible in multiplayer games with higher levels of traffic and/or conflict.
Realistically, there's only so much developers can do to prevent hackers from finding some way to slip through the net. Most 3rd party anticheat methods though are honestly crap, and I think there's some seriously fishy financial incentive going on behind the scenes.
The most a developer can really try and do is to be vigilant in limiting the level of access and control to various functions what-not in the code, to at least limit how far hackers can go. And also utilizing plenty of server-side checks (without going overboard).
Something else that can help lessen the impact of most hacks and cheats is when a game offers a fair variety of gameplay mechanics and design that ends up downsizing the significance a single aimbotter can have on the field. Can't exactly offer specific examples, but I've seen it pop up a number of times to reasonable effect.
I think you're being overly finicky and critical on specific details when there's a simpler reason not to trust her: There's a distinctly likely possibility that she's putting on a show largely for the money and attention. This is why I'll ignore most Youtubers who "suddenly" start gaining massive attention while merely repeating the same shit everyone else is spouting.
Unless someone's offering some really unique perspective or uncovering some serious dirt, or at the VERY least have some legitimate creativity, style, or cleverness to their "content", I'm not giving them the time of day.
I do seem to recall hearing a secondhand story from someone IRL who had to deal with a tranny in college who kept getting uppity over something super minor.
Can't remember what the acquaintance had done to upset the tranny, but it was something fairly benign (Really wish I could actually remember what it was, but I don't want to make something up).
Another friend of mine has to deal a lot of drunk normie feminists in his line of work who clearly don't have a brain and try to wield mainstream feminist narratives as a shield and a bludgeon to get their way. This may have more to do with the sorts of people he's likely to encounter than them just being leftist though.
I've also had one or two Canadian friends who try to wag their finger at me whenever I use "verboten" terms like "retard" and "fag". My response was along the lines of "Really dude? Come the fuck on, just grow a pair."
Unfortunately, these are second hand and sometimes partially online. Can't say for sure how common these examples are, but I've certainly seen a lot of NPC programming have at least some impact on most people to some degree. Many people who develop a seemingly blind tolerance of trannies, others who drink the socialist Kool Aid. Plenty who buy into the "hate speech" "danger". A few who buy into bullshit about "disinformation". Certainly a LOT who go into some normie stance on Israel and Ukraine.
Daytime talk shows in majorly conservative states that give broadcast time to promote local black businesses with "melanin" in the name, or feminist agenda focused businesses. Dating profiles that bitch about Trump or anyone who's not left-wing (IE, "don't bother messaging me if you voted for Trump"). Etc.
Similar to a comment I saw in another thread this past week, I will admit some of this is just normie-tier stupidity from people who hold little interest in actually trying to use their brain and form their own opinion.
Admittedly, we do have a rather short frame of reference to see how things play out in the long run with this woke shit.
At the same time though they've effectively dug in and have fortified things not only with DEI funding but also with state (California), EU, and UN policy/laws as well.
And then beyond that, if a company was not only stupid enough to invite degenerates into their company, but actually let them weasel their way up to major positions, then it'll be even tougher to force them out and allow real fans to retake control.
There's a real possibility that the only viable answer is essentially a scorched earth policy on tainted companies, franchises, and IP's.
And of course all of this hinges on the overall cultural damage on younger generations not being so far gone that they're unable to develop a taste for actual quality work and art. (I'm usually not "too" cynical about this concern, but I'm not going to deny that it is a legitimate risk.)
I was just about to mention Razorfist's video as well until I read your comment.
It's a pretty insane but illuminating example of just exactly what kind of methods and tactics these fuckers have been using to weasel their way into company positions.
Agreed. Like I get that sometimes things "happen", but women do at least 7-9 months notice that they "might" need to start planning ahead, save, and make plans.
And the other big issue is certainly "who" is supposed to pay for this? And how much is it going to add up as the rules end up being expanded and extended to not just help out women in bad situations, but unstable single mothers who are making bank on onlyfans, etc etc.
It was rather late at night and I couldn't be certain I was reading into it accurately.
Plus I was second guessing myself a bit since I was remembering a close friend of mine who's not had the easiest time taking care of a new kid. Not that she really complains much. She actually maintains a rather positive attitude and is very self-motivated.
But anyway, my perspective was thrown off a bit.
You know, on second thought, I'll admit that I can empathize with some of the kinds of challenges cited here.
Not that I'd likely agree with what kinds of political solutions I'm sure she proposes, but even between a happily married couple the first year of trying to take care of a new baby can be pretty brutal and draining. And I won't deny that mothers do get the brunt of it.
At the same time though, while it's not glaringly obvious in the cited text, I wouldn't be surprised if it parrots a lot of the usual feminist rhetoric that paints anything related to the experience of motherhood as a violent and heinous act committed by men upon them.
Motherhood and the culture of misogyny in America are not often explored in tandem. The connection is women’s bodies.
When Amanda Montei became a parent, she struggled with the physicality of caring for children, but even more with the growing lack of autonomy she felt in her personal and professional life. The conditions of modern American parenthood—the lack of paid leave and affordable childcare, the isolation and alienation, the distribution of labor in her home, and the implicit demands of marriage—were not what she had expected.
After #MeToo, however, she began to see a connection between how women were feeling in motherhood and the larger culture of assault in which she had grown up. In American society, women are expected to prioritize their children, often by pushing their bodies to the limit and ignoring their own desires and needs. As she struggled to adjust to the new demands on her body, this stirred memories of being used, violated, and seen by men. She had the desperate urge to finally say no, though she didn’t know how, or to whom she might say it.
Written with the intellectual and emotional precision of writers like Roxane Gay and Leslie Jamison, and drawing on classic feminist thinkers such as bell hooks, Silvia Federici, and Adrienne Rich, as well as on popular culture from The Bachelor to Look Who’s Talking, Montei draws connections between caregiving, consent, reproductive control, and the sacrifices women are expected to make throughout their lives. Exploring the stories we tell about psychology, childbirth, sexuality, the family, the overwhelm mothers feel trying to be “good,” and the tender bonds that form between parent and child, Touched Out delivers a powerful critique of American rape culture and its continuation in the institution of motherhood, and considers what it really means to care in America.
I think the person who wrote that article also wrote this "masterpiece":
Archive doesn't include the whole excerpt, so I'll copy and paste it in a followup comment.
Definitely not surprised Ubisoft does it in other games of theirs too. They don't exactly diversify much of anything gameplay-wise across their different games.
Just remembered that Dying Light and Dead Island also abused the hell out of it, but mainly in world interactions, which was kind of fun for looting. Annoying in some instances though.
Is it something that's somehow supposed to appeal more to console players/controller users? I've barely played anything with a controller in 20 years so I don't have any idea how that would feel, tactile-wise.
It took me a moment to realize what you might've been referring to. At first I thought you were referring to floaty combat (usually related to damage or collision), but I think I know what you're referring to.
A certain level of "drag" when climbing stairs for example, some clunkiness with character and terrain collision, and overly long animation-interaction events that "block" player input/movement until they're completed. There were also some quirks specific to the combat that had some "floaty" vibes (like the target switching sluggishness I mentioned in another comment).
Which reminds me, I really wish game developers would stop using the "press to hold and complete action" interaction for really unnecessary situations. Like in Hell Let Loose you have to do that just to redeploy after you die, and I seem to recall The Division 2 applying it in way too many menus.
That interactive mechanic CAN be fun in some instances, but I find it remarkably annoying in menus and NPC interaction.
The main issue was how sluggish it got whenever you tried switching targets. Like I understand that fighting multiple enemies in melee should be challenging, but a sticky targeting system is not the kind of thing I had in mind.
Also, there were multiple mods that addressed a fair number of issues, but certain aspects of the combat system still remained a bit irksome at times.
It comes up every so often, at least on Twitter. But then I think foreign men also bitch about tourists stealing their women too. Just the way things go with supply and demand I guess.
Though leftists always notch it up with their ideological bullshitting-narrative.
Speaking of running into actors, ran across Brent Spiner once at a convention, maybe 8 years ago. Gave me the impression of someone who's very hands on and an active go-getter, as he was rushing to get something in preparation for an event.
Could've been very situational, but given his age and being a fairly non-athletic actor, i was a little surprised.
And here I am, going insane because of some real personal problems, and these nutjobs just devote their entire existence to causes and events that has almost no impact on their lives or the lives of anyone in their community/nation.
And all while everything in the West is crumbling around them (often in large part because they're involved in the dismantlement and like you said, easy gibs.).
Conversely, I think a lot of people, whether man or woman, do sometimes hit a point in their life where they find themselves a little tired of a flippant lifestyle and want to try to find something more meaningful.
Not that I'd even claim that this is true in her case. I merely mention it as a consideration for people in general. Sometimes it's easy to get swept up in a (exceedingly justified) cynical attitude, to the point to where you assume almost everyone's a self-serving and calculating sociopath.
Although like I said, where money and attention might be a big part of the game, I will usually bring my cynicism to the forefront.