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Re:Game Devs Explain the Tricks Involved with Letting You Pa... by manuhabitela on Sunday April 19, 2026 @05:01AM (#47822876)
Also allowed to watch games _live_! Long before streaming videos was a reality.

Ah, the good old days of watching live competition of quake through the game itself, chatting with others basically through the game console.

Pretty cool system.

Re:Game Devs Explain the Tricks Involved with Letting You Pa... by Paradigma11 on Sunday April 19, 2026 @08:03AM (#47823703)
Also allows maphacks, not cool.
Re:Game Devs Explain the Tricks Involved with Letting You Pa... by dabber21 on Sunday April 19, 2026 @05:30AM (#47822996)
I think some games allow this, I remember watching DotA 2 torunaments this way

The game engine, Source, is also using client-server architecture