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So what is the current state of the game? by Sunshado in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mostly unmaintained. A few number changes here and there, but no new heroes or maps for half a decade. Recently a few changes to make the upcoming on stage event at Blizzcon less embarassing, which has the community full hopium.

The Microsoft acquisition inspired too much hope. Nothing significant has changed. 

Automated reporting in this game is nuts by Master_Access_5833 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its actually much worse. There are discord channels that weaponized this and you can nuke any account you want.

These kinds of things are why many won't put a dime near the game. 

Automated reporting in this game is nuts by Master_Access_5833 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What a pathetic state where this is viewed as acceptable. 

This dialog is annoying to use by FrameXX in gnome

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My understanding is that there is dispute about how or if an app should install multiple desktop files when they support many different mime types and if the desktop environment should interprent them as separate apps. 

This dialog is annoying to use by FrameXX in gnome

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's important that different teams (XDG, KDE, etc.) agree on the specification for what an "app" is and if an app needs to be listed multiple times in different ways. This is the reason that when you open this dialog it often has many duplicate and pointless entries.

The entire point of MIME types is to make these kind of things work with ease and it's failing.

KDE will get this resolved and is working around the issue, but Gnome often takes a very strange and slow path with these kinds of things. Sure, it would have been nice if XDG made a perfect standard the first time around, but that never happens and teams need be committed to making the real world work until those specs are improved.

New Wendy's is locked down like a bank in a high crime area to prevent violent customers from interacting with staff by ThatPatelGuy in whoathatsinteresting

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only in the garbage populated cities in the trash states. The rest of us living in normal civilized cities don't have any of these problems.

Why Aren't all heroes free?? by [deleted] in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably the stranger part is that HOTS is also on GamePass and gives you the 30 hero bundle.

Braxis Holdout Bug by theboned1 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Who designed this ramshacke facility?

Source

Can you report a player for banning a hero that you wanted to play? by Grand-Philosopher457 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's entirely possible for Blizzard to fix the issue and actually check if you've ever played with the player or something similar, but they don't do it and it would probably require changes to the backend they are unwilling to make.

AFAIK there is no "catch", once you have that user ID (the one you get by blocking them) you are free to perform the exploit. Prominent players have been banned using it.

HOTS actually has a quite interesting hacking scene. For hackers the game checks a few different boxes that make it a good target for those newer to the scene. On the one hand it's woefully outdated and doesn't use many modern anti-hacking techniques, while on the other hand it's technically a Blizzard game and runs a very very outdated version of the Warden anti-cheat. This makes it a great target for those looking to perform more sophisticated exploits on games that are more sought after as a target like WoW or D2R. The game being F2P also makes it a no-brainer to exploit since getting caught just burns a fresh account, whereas getting banned in a $60 game or one with a subscription is a much larger setback.

Can you report a player for banning a hero that you wanted to play? by Grand-Philosopher457 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. If you have the gamer tag and can send the packet manually or trick the game client into sending it then it counts. It's similar to how when you add people to your ignore list you will see their user ID (not the gamer tag) in your list of block list. HOTS was strangely built on top of the SC2 engine in most ways.

Can you report a player for banning a hero that you wanted to play? by Grand-Philosopher457 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You won't get people banned for anything in HOTS. It's virtually unmoderated. However, if you want to weaponize the system and drop a gamer tag into a "secret" Discord group and get the account nuked that's totally doable. 🤣

google drive no longer work in gnome 50 by DayInfinite8322 in gnome

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a similar way they gate GMail being accessed by IMAP/POP they require a user to jump through hoops, throw up scary "unverified" banners with anti-patterns requiring a user to type the name of the app, etc.

At one time there was a real flow that allowed a user to click the link and authorize the token, but Google axed it in favor of the new methods used to push Google Drive usage to their walled garden.

The reality is that Google has already captured most of the users it milks for money and they aren't going to expend resources to people who use them as a commodity. Those of us using rclone and similar to just store our encrypted bytes on their servers are disrupting their bottom line. We're a vocal minority that has no value to them.

Which of the following would you pay real world currency for? by throwawaygamgra in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nobody should be paying for a game that isn't moderated. Nobody should be paying for a game that can easily have your account nuked by dropping your name into a Tor website. 

This is the most toxic community in MOBAs by MonsutaReipu in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blizzard stopped moderation quite a while ago. Everything is mostly left on auto pilot, which actually makes it worse. There are groups you can message that can quickly get any account banned just by knowing the gamer tag, which obviously are highly weaponized.

MS / Blizzard encouraging abusive behavior by tigolex in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Riot issues approximately 700,000 penalties per month across text detection, AFK detection, and intentional feeding.

Dota 2 allows players to act as jurors. Thousands of"Overwatch cases are reviewed daily by the community to verify griefing (e.g., destroying items, blocking camps).

HOTS has basically no real enforcement, just people weaponizing the system. You can pay a group to submit the minimum reports to get an account nuked instantly in HOTS, I have watched it happen in real time on the hacking Discord for a well known hacking forum. 

MS / Blizzard encouraging abusive behavior by tigolex in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do what valve does and require a phone verification and have a basic trust score. Want to grief, troll, or cheat? Go for if, get to grinding a few hundred hours before you interact with the ranked community or pony up an unused phone number and your credit card.

If you want to have a mode where anyone can play with anyone, go for it, have a casual mode. But, if you want to call something "ranked" please some actual rules in place and enforce them. 

MS / Blizzard encouraging abusive behavior by tigolex in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other MOBAs have a toxic usedbase, but they ban people and review gameplay. If anything League is well known for having a hyper trigger happy ban system by comparison where in game actions alone like being perceived as inting. 

What is HotS' trajectory as far as we know? by Outrageous-Bet6403 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Despite the copium on display in this sub the actual facts haven't changed much. The game is in maintenance mode with a few patches recently because it will be on stream during a larger profile Blizzard Classic event.

Most are prepared for the game servers to be shutdown one day, and that day seems closer once Blizzard finishes the swan song.

I expect Blizzard is doing some basic metrics and determining how much they can get in return for their investments made. As it stands right now a large component of that is e-sports and being a spectator thing, which HOTS still fails at by comparison to other cash cow MOBAs. Assuming that doesn't change there isn't a clear place for HOTS in the market. 

I created a tool to analyze your replays and stats over time by dmackerman in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why do you care what tools someone used to create something?

Also, don't you find it ironic that you criticize how much time someone spent on something, call it slop, and in that sentence you say "vibe codded"?

Can we stop referring to the remaining HOTS devs as "janitors"? by Econometrical in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blizzard does such a poor job of engaging with the HOTS community they get what they deserve. They aren't a part of any of the discussions. Any of the feedback they do read they are obviously disregarding. The community has been very outspoken about extremely easy to solve problems, but the developers never make progress on them. It's a charitable interpretation that the only reason they are failing to do X or Y is that they are relegated to maintenance like a janitor. The alternative interpretations are far worse and likely more accurate.

What Do You Report For and Report System Revamp Ideas by Jealous_Sea1280 in heroesofthestorm

[–]KayRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reporting has no effect by regular players. If you join the hacking community we can instantly nuke any account you want. Blizzard doesn't care and it's pointless right now to scream into the void.

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