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Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

#41

Or avoid using Zoom until they've fixed their issues, and have at least some semblance of acting responsibly?

Oh god, what if Chinese agents see my games? The horror!

Correct. If you are playing battleship they will know you have your destroyer parked at E2.

Game over.

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

#44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of sites and tools for watching for watching together Netflix Party (browser extension): Syncs netflix SyncLounge (webapp): Syncs plex twoseven.xyz: Create a room and play Youtube, Netflix, Prime Videos, Hulu, or really any on any website with the extension Tuturu.tv / Caracal.club: Gives you a VM in the cloud where you can play any video and watch together. Good when you have only a single netflix/h…

There's a similar (and similarly-named) syncing plugin for Disney Plus: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disney-plus-party/... I can understand wanting to avoid bad press given the current state of things, but even still I'm shocked that Netflix and especially Disney haven't hit these with C&Ds for trademark use given the obvious potential for confusion.

Netflix Party at least has existed for years. I used it at least 4 years ago if not longer. What surprises me is that none of these sites have made a built-in version of this feature.

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

#46

Or avoid using Zoom until they've fixed their issues, and have at least some semblance of acting responsibly?

Oh god, what if Chinese agents see my games? The horror!

It's quite obvious to me that they were advocating against promoting Zoom by using it in any manner. That is, playing tabletop games or otherwise.

I had a similar reaction when I read this thread's title: "I can't believe the frontpage was flooded with articles about Zoom being controversial privacy-wise a couple of days ago and now this pops up".

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

#48

There's a slash missing from the end of the URL, so the links to games aren't working (for me anyway). If you start here, they will work: https://netgames.io/games/

Ah yeah just noticed, thanks! Unfortunately, can’t update link on post

deploy a redirect server side.. i couldnt get it to work until i read this comment - you're losing tons of traffic

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

#50

There's a slash missing from the end of the URL, so the links to games aren't working (for me anyway). If you start here, they will work: https://netgames.io/games/

Ah yeah just noticed, thanks! Unfortunately, can’t update link on post

This should be something that you can fix within your app though. :~)
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