Quoting: Quote from intokDid they just not have [SLUG] tags then? As I remember we had a few random people join, I had invited one of my non Linux using friends in to play as he hadn't yet and he stuck around for a match or 2.

That said, we could use more people, there seem to be other clans that play, maybe we should organize a clan vs clan battle?

Yeah, a number of steamlug people weren't using a clan tag.

I feel a bit like everybody's still learning and more casual matches are probably the best thing to do until we skill up enough to look at more structured/competitive play.

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I just nudged [External Link] the Cipher Prime guys on Twitter, who said they'd look into mouse issues :)

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Nice to see some familiar names in this list :D

Quoting: Quote from GTuxTVThanks

Maybe in there future anyone can build a Linux Video Portal. Sorted by languages (german, english, spanish russia ...) and sorted by interests (gaming, distributions, tool, howtos, and many more)

That would be pretty neat.

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Quoting: Quote from mannyI wonder why they didn't mention it somewhere in the humble page. A lot of linux users didn't opt for the over the avg.

I think we've got an answer to that one: https://twitter.com/cipherprime/status/395010430856208384 [External Link]

Quoting: Quote from mannyAlso can you place in the title that they're the creators of splice, etc. or at least mention they're a studio, as I thought "Cipher prime" was some kind of game or maybe an autobot LOL.

Sure :)

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Quoting: Quote from intokWe could use more people playing it so when we have another event we can have at least 2 ships fully staffed for better coordination.

Actually, we had two full crews for a fair while. Getting three full ships and moving up to 3v3 matches would be pretty sweet :D

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Quoting: Quote from unstableI am using only Xubuntu 13.10, but steam for Linux is useless for me without Torchlight 2, Sonic Generations, Evoland, Final Fantasy 7, etc...

Steam for Linux needs more time, but is it worth to me or others to wait?

It's a tricky situation. How do we communicate demand to developers and still play the games we like which don't support Linux?

Personally, I've more of less stopped playing non-native games. It seems like a small sacrifice to make to avoid skewing market size figures - on Steam, when a Linux user purchases a Windows only game, that makes for a difference of two sales in favour of Windows (+1 Windows sale and -1 Linux sale because Steam doesn't let you purchase a game for yourself a second time when a native version becomes available). Worse still, if Windows only developers see that sort of buying behaviour, they may believe that they are able to service the Linux market without a native port.

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Thanks, everyone!

manny, it's possible that we may never match Mac OS for title counts. I am expecting that moving forward, we'll eventually see a time where almost every game is cross platform. This won't mean that people will be interested in porting their legacy titles though (and it's clear that many aren't), so Mac OS will likely always have a ~500 title lead.

Edgely, ratios are proportional indicators as well. I feel that either would be an appropriate term. Reminding people that percentages aren't absolute values and that without the population size being known, fluctuations can't indicate anything other than dominance was one of the key reasons I had wanted to write the article to begin with.

FoH, you're absolutely correct, but that does raise the question of whether or not people who would consider using Linux, but don't can be taken as a part of Linux market share (I'm going to go out on a limb and say they shouldn't be).

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Quoting: Quote from MohandevirI would like to see a survey on a cross-platform game. Let's say L4D2 and see what are the marketshares for each platform, for this game. I'm curious...

For sure! Comparative platform breakdowns between Valve's Linux titles (and any others, but Valve doing their own thing seems more likely than a bunch of developers coming together to share that sort of information) would be very interesting to see.

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Quoting: Quote from CheesenessNo communication that I've spotted, but you'd have to look back to when the Mac version was released, since that's when that's where the platform divergence originated (the Linux version is compatible with the Mac version).

It appears that I'd misunderstood something I'd been told. After doing some testing myself, it seems that the Linux version can't play with the Mac version either.

Some responses [External Link] from Team17 [External Link] have been cropping up, but nothing that I've spotted really talks about what hurdles they faced and why they are content with things the way they are.

If I were to guess, I'd imagine that the title is probably considered End Of Life and not worth expending resources on. If this is the case, I hope that players are understanding and open minded about Team17 moving forward - if it turns out that any resources they might have spent on Reloaded could be going towards Linux compatibility for a future title, that would be a positive thing IMO.

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Quoting: Quote from HadBabitsHave they given a reason why there's no cross platform multiplayer?

No communication that I've spotted, but you'd have to look back to when the Mac version was released, since that's when that's where the platform divergence originated (the Linux version is compatible with the Mac version).

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