I've seen a number of posts saying that people are contemplating or planning to stay here, even when Voat returns.
I'm doing my due lurking dilligence and trying to get a feel for the site myself, but I thought I'd ask in case I miss something.
Is it just the responsive admins and the lower traffic? Or are there other things that make this place superior?
Thanks.
entirely new network code
I have a feeling I know what CIGs deciding factor was. The network model for SC is very interesting. In order to support a persistent universe with a huge playerbase, they decided on developing something called sharding. It isn't a new concept but the way they're applying it is. Pre-LY the network situation was fucking awful. It's gotten much better since they moved to LY.
I haven't kept up on what they've been doing. The networking code they took was what we used for Killer Instinct 3. It was good for a 60fps fighting game, then we replaced cry's networking layer with that.
.. Seriously? Okay, colour me surprised. Granted, fighting game network code should be very clean cut since matches can be decided by tiny factors, like who got in that final hit or if a block managed to work or not, but it's still surprising to hear.
It's tough to summarize as there have been 100+ engineers dedicated to rewriting the god awful code CryEngine is while adding new features. Some highlights may be:
There's a lot more, but I did want to call out that CryEngine is honestly the worst codebase i have ever seen. The guy that forced the acquisition of it was fired. It's been nothing short of a nightmare to deal with.