[Cinemablend] Blizzard Still Auto-Banning Linux Users In Diablo 3 - Page 3

I wasnt trying to disprove, rather just stating that greg isnt as naive as he is made out to be...All your points are known to me. Although I dont believe steam acting on linux is just for linux, I see it as more of a marketing campaign for the little guy, which garners support from linux users obviously and increases hopes from OSX for game support followed by more users who want to see what steam is all about from the news articles (Windows) Its a win win situation for Gabe. Linux is the minority in terms of the average consumer, both sides of my family use windows, every school I attended uses windows, General Motors, Mazda, Toyota, Suzuki, Yamaha still use Windows as far as warranty claims is concerned. Yes, I understand that linux has a larger role in the server world, but that isnt the mom and dad running a linux server in the basement lol, yet.

Im not saying linux is never going to grow, after all we need something will push innovation if linux is the one to do that then I support it

They call it blizzard because the actual name is blizzard activision but nobody wants to spell out both names when refering to the company. Furthermore the company that owned Blizzard has controlling interest so that makes it more blizzard then activision.

Anyway for the actual problem at hand, it's a whopping 2 people I think that said they got banned plus 2 people from previous complaint. The one guy also said he also got auto banned for using linux a couple years ago in WoW. With a playerbase that has fluctuated between 9-12 million players for the last couple of years plus 10 million copies sold of Diablo 3 sold, I can't help but think that if Blizzard was auto banning Linux users we would have heard about it before now and in much greater numbers. Blizzard has said they aren't, so I can only think of couple things here.

Either the people or lieing or there is a bug/error with either the linux program or Blizzards Warden that only sometimes triggers the auto ban and is not easily detected/repeated. I seriously doubt that Blizzard is straight up saying screw you Linux when they have said specifically they aren't.

Yes, I know about the pandaren. I just don't agree with how they have been implemented. Pokemon, was referencing the new Pet system they are adopting.

No doubt, they turned into a rather horrible company with poor support and standards anymore.

Write to your devs and get your friends to do so as well. Nothing changes if people don't make it clear they want change.


What is with everyone being anti-Linux lately...first Intel, then AMD, then "blizzard" being hostile or snubbing a growing market. What gives?

Totally forgot that they said they wouldn't support Linux with drivers when Wayland takes over...geez what's with companies trying to kill their own sales?

I do not see a class action case like that going any where at all. Tell me where the system requirements for Diablo 3 states that it is made for or will run on any version of Linux? As far as I can tell it does not nor is it unofficially supported! So there is no merit for a class action case period the end. Buying the game and then running on Linux though Wine is at the users own risk not Blizzard and the user needs to take full responsibility if the game does not run correctly or they get banned. If you what to run a Windows game run Windows and play it the way it should be done or do not play it.

Plus these people are NOT getting banned for nothing so they are ether doing something wrong or Wine is misbehaving in some way that Blizzard believes they are cheating in some way. In any case it is the users fault and not that of Blizzard.

Quoted for the truth!

First do not get me wrong I like Linux and have used it for many years.

Well I have heard the same thing over and over again for years. And Steam is not the first one to try there had at porting games to Linux. I have followed it for years back when I used Linux there were many games being ported and then one day the website was gone and that was it. Steam will not be the last and we will have to see how many games get ported out side of Valve's own games. I really do not see dev's like EA and some others allowing them to port them. And if they do I bet they will have to be paid for again even if they are owned on the Windows version witch is something I do not see many Linux users doing.

Most of the people I know that even use Linux do so because they do not what to pay for software at all. And will go to any length to not pay for any thing. I know that this does not represent most of the people on this forum but from the people I know that do use Linux they are some of the biggest software pirates I have ever known if they can't get it for free they will warez it in a heartbeat.

For most of the game company's to support Linux there would be DRM that most Linux users would hate and therefore not buy the games so the devs would loose money and then not release any more games because "there is no money to be made".

Hell ten or more years ago I seen the same kind of post "Windows is a relic and Linux will take over". And yet many years later there still is not a unified package installer among the different disto's, drivers can still be a problem for some devices.