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Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Post by zfgnu »

quaquaqua1 wrote: post #26
shmerl wrote: post #18

Too bad they never implemented Linux support, and can't fix their network code to work in Wine either. Minecraft despite being controlled by MS now, still has a working Linux client.

Not only does Minecraft work on Linux for me... on the same machine with some weird old intel integrated graphics drivers, opengl flat out doesn't work/isn't supported on Win10!! Nothing a jump drive and a .deb file can't fix! Thanks MS for having a heart.

I remember that happening to me on a very very old laptop. It's because of the Intel drivers, which haven't been updated since forever on Windows so they don't support modern versions of opengl like the one Minecraft uses. But since the driver is mainlined on Linux, it's up to date.

Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Post by zfgnu »

earenndil wrote: post #47
techntoke wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mostly performance

Look at optifine https://optifine.net/home

What's stopping the developers of Minecraft from just implementing what OptiFine does? I mean, if the FPS boosts are real...

Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Post by minikomi »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #11

Roblox has grown big on other peoples IP. My kids are only interested in it so they can play a Minions game or a Spiderman game. I guess that's how YouTube got big too.

Hiphop has only grown big on other peoples IP. My kids are only interested in it so they can dance to a loop of James Brown or Kool and the Gang.

Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Post by jdnenej »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #11

Roblox has grown big on other peoples IP. My kids are only interested in it so they can play a Minions game or a Spiderman game. I guess that's how YouTube got big too.

Tabletop simulator is great for this. One time purchase and you can run pretty much any board game for free.

Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Post by Yajirobe »

bonestamp2 wrote: post #67
ekc wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>They easily became obsessed and were violent when removed, even with a tightly controlled schedule. They would try to connect to offer WiFi networks to get access and would steal our phones to get access. Is that not a sign of bad parenting?

Kids are going to have problems regardless of parenting quality. It's not a parent's job to keep kids away from all hazards, the job is to help them learn and grow by allowing them enough space to encounter problems (without any serious risk of course) and then to guide them into realizing why those things were wrong and helping them correct those problems. It sounds like they're excellent parents and doing the job p…

They banned the game and then you say:

> It's not a parent's job to keep kids away from all hazards

Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Post by thezoq2 »

orliesaurus wrote: post #53

Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft are the new social networks right? Well when I was 15 and we used to play Counter Strike and Quake 3 the "social network" was hanging out on servers with maps just chatting and walking around the map aimlessly or just hanging out on IRC. So I can totally relate to how kids nowadays are going back to this sorta hangout. Text only can be boring (kinda like IRC for many people who couldn't to…

Yep, I hosted a minecraft server for a few years and most of it was just hanging out and talking to people, often with it open on a second monitor while doing other things

Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft

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Post by skrebbel »

wizzard wrote: post #33
integrii wrote: post #29

Both of my kids played a lot of Roblox until we banned it. They easily became obsessed and were violent when removed, even with a tightly controlled schedule. They would try to connect to offer WiFi networks to get access and would steal our phones to get access. We ended up having to detox them like it was a drug. Beyond that we found that the openly mod-able nature of the game allowed some remarkably disgusting 3D…

Roblox games are 95% garbage in my experience. Apparently there are a few good ones, because somehow they are allowed to sell merch in toy stores — but those are certainly not the ones my kids encounter. All I ever see them play is some variation on running around jumping on buttons, while half the screen is covered in ads trying to get them to do IAPs.

My six year old plays the "theme park tycoon" game a lot in Roblox and it's truly splendid. No need to spend any real money, the social part is very minimal and very nice (you can visit theme parks made by others). The controls are a bit wacky here and there but nothing unlearnable.
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