TheRagingTuna
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TheRagingTuna
@TheRagingTuna
I'm a fish bro
Bikini Bottom Katılım Eylül 2013
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@NoLimits057 Don't say that. @TheRagingTuna might see that and taunt you mercilessly
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No company should be legally allowed to brick someone’s hardware. And for the people saying this could help stop cheaters — false positives exist. That means legitimate players could end up having their hardware disabled or flagged despite doing nothing wrong.
Riot Games@riotgames
Does Vanguard physically damage hardware? No. Does this impact hardware or software in any ways unrelated to Riot’s games? No. The IOMMU security protection does not impact hardware, and would only impact the ability of players using DMA cheat devices to play our games. Are normal players affected? Players not using DMA cheat hardware are unaffected. Why target DMA cheats? DMA-based cheats are among the most sophisticated forms of cheating because they attempt to bypass traditional software detection by accessing memory directly through external hardware. I’m affected by this. How do I fix it? To continue cheating in other titles with this device, you may simply disable IOMMU in BIOS in the same place that you enabled it. Of course, you still won’t be able to play our games with these cheat devices enabled. Why did Riot joke about “bricking” PCs? We didn’t. The “paperweight” comment was about VALORANT cheat devices that no longer work in VALORANT. No hardware is being damaged and no other functionalities are impacted.
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@jacevector @riotgames trust in what... anyone that is tech literate knows exactly what they did from the get go. maybe you should blame the publications using click bait half truths to drive traffic and panic for monetary gain?
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@riotgames "Well, that escalated quickly."
You are a company and your social media sounds like a 14 year old wrote it.
Still not playing your stuff, you broke trust
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Well, that escalated quickly.
There’s been a wave of claims by cheaters about Vanguard “bricking” their PCs, so let’s clear that up: Vanguard does not damage hardware or disable your devices.
The photo we posted is a picture of cheat hardware devices that are sold explicitly for cheating in VALORANT (not normal PCs or PC components). Through our latest updates, Vanguard now makes those devices worthless for VAL, but does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software.
Our latest update enforces standard platform security features, like the Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU), on accounts identified as using Direct Memory Access (DMA) cheating devices. These protections are already part of modern systems and when enabled, they block DMA cheat devices (such as those shown in the photo) from accessing memory in downstream applications, like our games.
If a cheat setup continues attempting to cheat after those protections are enabled, the system may generate hardware faults or instability. This is expected behavior under IOMMU when attempts are made to read protected memory.
Disabling IOMMU allows the cheat device to function again, but IOMMU will still be required to play our games. This means the cheat device won’t work with our games, but your PC isn’t “bricked.” We would not, and cannot, impact your PC’s functionality in any other fashion.
This functionality only applies to systems attempting to use DMA cheat devices, and players who are not using DMA-based cheat setups are not affected.
We’ll keep investing in anti-cheat to protect competitive integrity, and we’ll keep being as transparent as possible about how those systems work.
Riot Games@riotgames
congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight
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@riotgames @ItsGamerDoc I dont understand what is that or what happening but my gf and some of my friends they keep getting recently a lot of blue screen when they try to play valorant is that normal ?
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congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight
ogisada@ogisadaDMA
Game: Valorant AC: Vanguard (VGK) Today’s Vanguard anti-cheat update blocked the majority of DMA firmwares using SATA/NVMe. VGK suddenly triggered an IOMMU restart warning in-game, after which the DMA firmware becomes completely unusable, even without the game running or after uninstalling Vanguard. Only fix is a full OS reinstall. It’s using IOMMU to create read blocks, which permanently breaks the majority of almost all SATA/NVMe firmwares once triggered. Even the advanced H2-board got affected. Confirmed Firmware Block wave by @ItsGamerDoc
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@riotgames Next time perhaps don't issue thinly veiled threats, then you might not need to go into damage mode
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@crash @riotgames Even if we assume that a software vendor can legitimately destroy cheater's hardware since they agreed to the terms: what if hardware belongs to somebody who didn't accept terms? Perhaps person obtained it for security research and his roommate borrowed it and used for cheating.
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@kmarq1992 @TheOtherMandela @TomTiffanyWI unpredictable and viral infectious disease, and an entirely self inflicted war are 2 wildly different things
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@TheRagingTuna @TheOtherMandela @TomTiffanyWI $4.29
Not great.
We had cheap gas for a year and will get cheap gas again soon. It will be just like the egg prices last year. Look where they are now.
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@Not1234W @ElijaWinter @linusgsebastian hes not an engineer. he knows literally nothing about engineering. he was never the 'chief engineer' of spacex
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@Not1234W @linusgsebastian yes, im sure this time full self driving will happen. totally. just a couple more months
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@Courage69861986 @BarackObama What is this suppose to show. Population density?
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Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.
The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.
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@Thinktones if consoles can go up to 144hz+ then id buy one. im not spending 900 bucks to play at 30/60 fps
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When I was growing up, PC games were eons ahead of any console game in every department. They were elite. But now these days you have consoles tricking PC dudes into thinking it's PC footage. That's why you're seeing tons of posts trashing PS. They're mad their PC isn't godlike.
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@keiji_ch ah yes, using twitter videos compressed to absolute hell asking to spot the difference
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@itzfluffy187 @GoldGloveTV @Twitch uhh... hey bud. you do realize that by having that account banned, he can no longer stream at all because then it is classified as ban evading right... just checking in on the couple of brain cells
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@GoldGloveTV @Twitch Dude really? As if there isn't enough bullshit going on with twitch without you adding your fake ass drama to the mix. Anybody that checks your twitch instantly sees this is bullshit. Your account is up and nothing missing. Why of all people do you need to rage bait?
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@Jaroy2Fantastic @JERICHO @itsdarshill its literally his own likeness big guy. maybe stop smoking so much weed
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@JERICHO @itsdarshill It's a public platform and YOU decided to post YOUR videos on the Internet, for the public to see and repost as they see fit.
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@BoondocsL40329 @AnAverageGamerX sure. but if all you want to do is play games, any games, consoles are way more attainable to the average person even with the price increase
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@TheRagingTuna @AnAverageGamerX I mean if you only care about the hype, forsure. But you also lock yourself down on this system pretty much forever, where cloud saves need a 10 dollar a month subscription, cheap third party hardware isn't supported mostly, and every controller costs 75 extra.
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Sony has basically survived crashing & burning this gen off the backs of content creators and media outlets that have defended them every step of the way & given them minimal criticism to hide their obvious bias....
Visual Fidelity@VisualFidelity
Digital Foundry: I'm not sure a $900 gaming PC will get you PS5 Pro performance ...and lets not forget it wont be playing GTA 6 either
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@BoondocsL40329 @AnAverageGamerX i have no horse in the race, was randomly recommended to me. i can almost guarantee df is talking about the absolute ludicrous parts pricing right now. pretty much the worst time to buy parts, a console might seem convincing. and its not releasing on pc for like a year
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@AnAverageGamerX There's a reason this guy keeps getting dogpiled on every time he opens his mouth lmao.
GTA 5 ran on Intel HD 4400. RDR2 min req is a 1060 6GB. These people are beyond deluded.
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@soundsarcasm @wolfyvelvet if it actually worked, sure. except it dosent and is objectively much worse quality
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@wolfyvelvet Why would you use a human for localization at this point? Let's be honest..
A human can't localize 20 languages, much less 40.
There is no argument to keep the employee, full stop.
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everyday it gets harder to believe this is the same studio that made something as artistic as KCD2, now it’s just non stop “ai this ai that” it makes me so sad
KAMI@Okami13_
Kingdom Come Deliverance II localization dev says he was fired and replaced with AI. "Yesterday, with no forewarning, I was invited to a meeting and promptly told that, in an effort to "make the company more effective" and "save finances" [...] my position at the company would become "obsolete" in favour of using AI for all translations going forward. All I want is for people to be more informed about what's going on it the games industry behind closed doors." Warhorse Studios is a studio that's known for their writing, insane that they would fire their translator in favor of AI slop translations.
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@Teslapunk3327 @SlanderedOne We must be watching different things or something. I havent seen anyone like that besides the maybe 1 or 2 dumbasses you get now and then
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@TheRagingTuna @SlanderedOne Look at his chat in the streams. He doesn't ban or moderate these people.
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There are very few content creators who have defended Veilguard more than I have. That being said, pulling codes from Luke & Fextralife due to their honest commentary regarding the game was a MASSIVE blunder.
Calling out those shady tactics wasn't hate farming, it was sounding the alarm that both EA & Bioware were hyping a game they expected to be poorly received. This was valuable information for potential customers.
It turned out not only was the concern warranted but it also became clear that the condensed presentation shown to creators like Luke was a false representation of what the overall game was like.
I don't know Luke at all and I have no perspective on other controversies surrounding him, but this take is unfair and provides cover for deceptive practices.
Obi Kiwami 極み@AvatarObi
Do y'all remember when Dragon Age didn't send review codes to people farming hate content around the game and they all put up videos crying about it because they felt entitled to a free copy of the game? More games should do that. Creators that rely on being hateful bottom feeders to stay relevant should be starved of content and left to wither away. We don't need this dishonest crap.
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