Comment on Star Citizen Expose Paints a Fairly Bleak Picture: 'There's No Actual Focus on Getting the Game Done'

• lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  minecraft server binaries are a prime example of a “dedicated server”. tf2 is another. the alternative is a “listen server”, where one player acts as server. note that the term’s use in gaming has very little to do with the concept of a dedicated server in general use, aka a machine dedicated to running a service. in multiplayer games a dedicated server is just the name for a binary that contains no client.

  anyway, the important distinction is whether the means for the game to continue existing is in the hands of the players or the company.

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  • limitedduck@awful.systems ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I understand, what confused me was your claim about the common understanding of the term when there are very much two valid and ubiquitous contexts.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      honestly i think it’s an age range thing.

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