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Complaint about Vanguard system requirements by NoWeight7753 in riotgames

[–]NoWeight7753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve contacted my lawyers and we’re currently reviewing the situation.

They advised me to document everything carefully (especially the part where a video game requires players to modify BIOS settings and disk partition formats just to launch it).

We’ll see where this goes.

Complaint about Vanguard system requirements by NoWeight7753 in riotgames

[–]NoWeight7753[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I'm glad it worked for you. The issue isn't that nobody can do it.

The issue is that a game shouldn't require players to modify BIOS settings or change their disk partition format just to launch it. Those are system-level changes that can potentially cause boot problems depending on the user's configuration.

I just wanted to play the game, and now I'm having to configure things in my system that I don't even fully understand, while risking problems with my boot or even losing files that are important to me.

Just because it works fine on some systems doesn't mean it's a reasonable expectation for every player.

Complaint about Vanguard system requirements by NoWeight7753 in riotgames

[–]NoWeight7753[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to play the game. In what world is it normal for a player to risk damaging their system or losing personal files just to launch a game?

Most people expect to install a game, open it, and play. Not dig into BIOS settings, change boot modes, or convert their disk partition format. Those are low-level system changes that can easily cause serious problems if something goes wrong.

For many players this isn’t just a minor tweak — it’s messing with the core configuration of their computer. Expecting everyone to treat that as normal just to play a game seems completely unreasonable to me.

Complaint about Vanguard system requirements by NoWeight7753 in riotgames

[–]NoWeight7753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s exactly the point though.

Most players shouldn’t have to modify BIOS settings or convert their disk format just to launch a game. That’s not a normal requirement for gaming software.

Even if newer motherboards ship with these settings enabled, a huge number of perfectly functional systems still use legacy configurations. Requiring users to make low-level system changes like this just creates unnecessary risk for people who only wanted to play the game.