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ARK collects money under one premise then asks clients to allow them entry into your hard drive!
OldOldGamer
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As per the title: ARK collects some $40 per acct. I purchased 4 accts for my three children and myself. Then the other day they bring in BattleEye to which you have to allow them entry into your Hard Drive files & folders. I wonder how many minors agreed to this without their parents knowledge and just granted access to the family computer Hard Drive. This game is not worth going into, and can't wait until the law suits start ! Fix your dumb azz boring game v. asking clients to allow you access into their home! IDIOTS !
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I mean that in general, not that the OP or kids are cheating.
The only other flags i have got over the last several months was from H1Z1 and that Ninelives game.
I am surprised nothing is being picked up about Wow's Monarch or whatever that spyware was called.
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Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
This is an early access, as such, there will be changes made on the development of the game, this is to be expected and using software which searches your HDD isn't unheard of.
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Well it likely is and is likely doing it by spying on your HD,something poster eluded to as not right,especially since underage minors are involved.
I am quite certain they can get in a lot of legal shit for doing that with minors and likely have no warning of such either.
The premise might be a noble one,but there are other methods to detect cheating.I would say camera lock and aim lock detection are ways to track cheating.If a player is logged as tracking and aiming at a 100% rate ,then it gets pretty obvious.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Multiplayer games have had anti-cheat programs that install and run in the background for well over a decade now. Most every game on Steam that has multiplayer uses Steam's anti-cheat program (also known as VAC). All these anti-cheat programs scan a users PC to make sure that there is no cheat program installed and/or running in the background with the game.
If you want a version of ARK without this, you should have got the XbOne version instead. Although that is because the anti-cheat program is installed in the hardware already inside the box and MS can already view everything on your HDD anyways.
P.S. ARK is EARLY ACCESS and is subject to change its systems, features, code, and whatever else on a whim prior to release. This is very clearly spelled out on the game's pages anywhere to purchase it from. So what they sold you is exactly what you got: a game that will change and add (or sometimes remove) something.
P.P.S. The only way a "minor agreed to this without their parents knowledge" is if that minor is unsupervised on a PC that doesn't have parental features set up. All internet web browsers have parental controls and even Steam has parental controls. Steam has a FAMILY VIEW feature on it that is clearly intended to be set up by parents to allow for safe use by a minor. It is on the PARENTS, not the games company, take responsibility of what their children do on a computer and to monitor such things. Take responsibility yourself, and if you cannot then you should take the PC away from your kids if you're that worried about it.
I would be curious if you play via private server do you still need to go through steam?
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
Yes you do, private servers use Steam CMD so they are Steam integrated.
Whatever did they do to you to make you so mad? Ban you for hacking?
As to the OP, I do think they should consider refunding people who don't want to agree to this, especially if done after the of purchase.
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I can not even begin to comprehend how you can link this to the NSA and the fight against terrorism.
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no they want to know what porn sites you go to because.......reasons...
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Private servers (i.e. if you are not the owner/admin) are mostly useless. Simple reason that if the owner/operator decides on a whim to scrap the server and restart, you are at their mercy. Any time you have spent building etc is now wasted. If one spends their life behind a screen (i.e. like some of the anger management trolls who have voiced their ignorant posts above), they might not feel slighted because this is 'life' void of any outside social skills as exemplified via their posts.
With respect to the granting of any company to search your hard drive, you are an idiot if you allow these companies that privilege. The trolls state porn reasons...well we know what you do in your spare time now don't we.....for others, it is simply an invasion of privacy to which the younger individuals have no problem with. Odds are, you have nothing, so why would you worry - ask parents for more money and enjoy your pathetic life behind a screen. For those of you who maybe joined a game to try it with your children, you should have a problem with this. I paid money to enjoy the odd time I can sit and play for an hour - it didn't come with an invitation into my home!
Yes, the title is sensationalist clickbait. Yes, protecting your privacy is important.
That said, both sides of this argument are being way too antagonistic. Chill the hell out.
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