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Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers

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The site requests access to connected VR headsets when I open it. Is that intended?

No, it's not. It would be great if you can provide more detail so that we can fix this problem. Thanks.

Sure! After I click on valorant on the main page, this notification pops up in firefox on Windows with an Oculus Rift connected. https://imgur.com/sfcjaP3

Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers

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Yeah this is just a bad idea all around. You've re-marketed cheats as "virtual assistants". Sorry, this will either end up with your clients getting permanently banned from the game they are using it on or you getting sued by the publisher of the game.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cheating in video games is a growing industry. But if they push boundaries and are a US or EU company they will be sued to splinters for it.

What tort is "helping someone cheat at a video game"?

Many large studios, I specifically think of Blizzard and Jagex, have a reputation for wielding legal successfully against third party clients, phishing, trademark/branding abuse, botting, and similar activities. Further there are severe legal consequences in China and elsewhere for cheating in video games.

Even if there isn't decisive legal consequences they can carpet ban whoever they want whenever they want. Which is likely the reputation which causes the landing page of this service to be plastered with "don't worry you won't get banned" all over the place.

Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always hated the map memorization thing. To me it destroys the uncertainty and exploratory aspect of a game like CS. I didn't mind it as much in Team Fortress (which is built on cartoonish excess and thus fosters a sillier and less aggressive style of play. Thinking back to when I was a regular CS player, my favorite ever map was a Katamari Damacy style giant room where the players were effectively reduced to th…

Due Process is an interesting indie-developed tactical FPS, somewhere between Counter-Strike and Rainbow Six. Its main differentiating feature is semi-random maps (and a unique art direction for this genre). Every week, the developers proceduraly generate new maps using a theme / tileset (e.g. convenience store, chemical warehouse, gameshow studio), then remove ones that don't survive a playtest. A dozen or so maps a…

I was just looking at that the other day and wondering if it would be fun. Will definitely check it out with that endorsement.

Re: Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers

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Small nitpick/advice, the hero subtext should be a little bit shorter and more to the point (you have 3 instances of "get better at games" paraphrasing). I like how descriptive the rest of your site's copy is, but the hero should be parseable in its entirety very quickly.

Thanks for the suggestion. I believe you're referring to "Up To Date Lol Meta Champions With Tier List" title on the League of Legends page. We'll work on that.

No I was referring to:

> GET BETTER AT THE GAMES WITH SENPAI.GG GAMING ASSISTANT SenpAI.GG is the best gaming assistant that will help you get better at the games you play. With the help of Artificial Intelligence, SenpAI.GG offers you the best guidance to help you carry your ranks to the top!

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