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Sober is a new way to play Roblox on Linux from the Vinegar team (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

You can tell it's closed source... It has a great name.

[–] DrSleepless 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People normally play this drunk?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

no, but they used to use wine to play it, before that stopped working.

[–] gofsckyourself 16 points 1 month ago

Reminder that the owner of this gamingonlinux site was a mod on this Lemmy community until they got called out for mod abuse to which they responded by deleting their lemmy account because they didn't know mod logs are public.

[–] toynbee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sober is not a way to play this, IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

If you're over the age of twelve, playing sober should be a last resort.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Why is this a controversial post 😭 I'm just glad gnux gaming is growing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

works.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago

That's cool, but idrc. Haven't touched roblox since 2012

[+] [email protected] -11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Do we seriously need to play roblox on linux?

[–] Kaput 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

My kids want to play Roblox, and I don't want windows,. So yes, playing Roblox on Linux would be nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You should (if you haven't already) do a little research about roblox before let your kids play on it.

I suggest these two videos :

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

atleast we have ruben sim...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

You let them play roblox? Even the most tech clueless dad I know doesn't let his kids play it due to the predatory practices

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are people who play Roblox. Would you rather they only have the option of playing on Windows?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yes this game isn't a game, it's a online working platform for kids in disguise. It should not be even legal in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its popular with the kids. You don't have to play it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No one said we need to play roblox on linux. We WANT to play roblox on Linux because its our computer and we want the freedom to play what we choose and not be arbitrarily limited by an asshole game studio.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks for your reply :)

I think the problem with roblox goes far beyond the individual freedom to access a program.

What we both say isn't mutually exclusive. But I do think that gaming Linux communities could take a stand on the kind of gaming world we want and the kind we don't want...

Looking at the downvotes I get here and setting aside people who don't like/understand irony, I feel either there are a bunch of roblox-fan (I sincerely hope it's not it) or there are people like you who took the individual freedom to use a computer and apply it with crushing dogmatism (but without taking the time to expend on it like you did). But do gnu/Linux communities have to be chain to this ? I'm not sure. When twitter was shit, do we just said 'never mind it runs on Linux, we're free.' ? Or reddit or Facebook ? No we discouraged actively to use those platform and we build alternative that are better for people. Here what do we have ? A gaming platform with predatory practices toward children and we give it access to our computer without even the game studio had to lift a finger for it. A new (and small yes, but still) market of users for what you called yourself a 'asshole game studio'.