Congrats on the launch, a question on the technical side of things -- how much computational overhead does your desktop client incur on the host machine? If you're running CV algorithms locally, would that necessitate higher minimum system performance specs beyond those recommended by Riot/other game vendors to avoid impacting the performance of the game client itself?
Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers
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Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers
#132Hey—congrats on the launch! I'm a big Valorant player (peaked Immortal 3 a few seasons back) and I've also used/talked to the people at visor.gg and pursuit.gg when they were around. Totally understand the concerns here around being at the whim of the publisher, and previous companies have been blindsided by changes in how companies like Blizzard decide what is and isn't allowed on their platforms. Interestingly, YC…
Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers
#133How do you make money?
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#134If you don't have trainers for EVE Online ... ;)
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#135Love the senpai/kohai reference in the name.
Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers
#136Just wanted to say very cool and very wesome idea. I am someone who has invested tons of time into valorant in hopes of getting immortal. I finally got to plat 2 from silver. I’ll definitely check this out over the weekend and give feedback this could actually help me
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#137Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers
#138The site requests access to connected VR headsets when I open it. Is that intended?
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#139When a good significant portion of your website is dedicated to “will I get banned?” .. I don’t know, man, it’s probably not going to go over well with these game companies. Also, is AWS, NVIDIA, etc really a “partner?” Just because I use their products, or get credits, that doesn’t mean they endorse or have partnered with me? This just feels like cheating to me in Valorant: https://vimeo.com/534438994
Likewise, counting bullets is a very difficult skill to master, and this, like the death notifier is a straight up replacement for that skill (with the caveat being you can't go pro gamer, lol, like it matters for the average cheater) the same way an aimbot is a replacement for the mechanical skill of mousing. Sorry, but training isn't an in-game assist.
If I saw a twitch streamer using this I'd be livid. This gross, and fuels the need for invasive 0-ring anti-cheat malware.
Not to say everything about this software is cheating, I think providing detailed character/map/mechanics analysis is fine, and a great business idea, but this real-time in-game feedback is gross, at least in the fps genre that I'm familiar with.
Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
listening to a song that has INJECT at the right moment put in for your perfect injects isnt cheating as long as you dont play it during tournaments, its just a metronome to practice to. Its not a service I would ever want to use because I actually enjoy games and I find coaching it to be too much to care about, but I think "audio clues to practice" doesn't meet the bar of cheating lol.
Is there actually a song like that?