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"Why? Is BSG going bankrupt and this is one final cash grab before it goes under? Do you really think your community is this stupid?"
Yes, actually.
Nikita spent *millions* on stalls at games cons promoting Arena as a "Counterstrike killer" despite still not having functionally any anti-cheat in the game. 1/2 of Arena matches are people testing their tarkov cheats.
They had like 3m USD in money when 2023 started, and the one booth alone had a like $250,000 sticker for *just the floorspace* before factoring in the cost of display/merch.
He literally partied their operating budget away because he still doesnt understand how big of an issue the cheating is. he always denied it, and even in the past made bold statements like "our in-house anti-cheat catches the cheaters immediately for permanent ban" when it turned out there *literally wasnt any anti-cheat.*
dude is a habitual liar who completely ignores any criticisms of tarkov/arena etc.
Comment by RDS at 26/04/2024 at 20:54 UTC
16 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You gotta be delusional to think you can make an eSports ready team shooter when your game has some of the shittiest netcode and anti cheat in the industry.
Comment by ColinStyles at 26/04/2024 at 22:03 UTC
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Based on some other talks he gave in Russia, I think he fully knows how bad the cheating problem is, but thinks it's ok because enough players are cheating so that it's mostly a level playing field, and players who pay for cheats are vastly more willing to pay for any advantage they can so their revenue goes up. He literally has said this.
Dude is fucking insane if he thinks any western gamer is ok with that. Like, this has to be some fundamental cultural issue and he's just lying thinking we are all cool with it but wouldn't say so in some fucked up afraid of losing face or some shit that Russians constantly do.