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Have you guys heard of liquidsky?

Discussion in 'Games' started by Aryvandaar, Jul 9, 2016.

  1. Aryvandaar

    Aryvandaar Active Member

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    So I discovered this site when browsing randomly and it looks like a good idea. Could be a saviour for games that just won't run in Linux, through official port/native or in wine.

    I'm waiting a bit to test it until they get servers closer to me.

    https://liquidsky.tv
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    I sighed up, looks to be a while 60 days and it seem to cost 40 to 50cents an hour... bit of added expense there so insure I'll ever use it. Thanks Aryandaar
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    Yeah the price is a bit off-putting. :(
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    Daniel~ Chief BBS Administrator Staff Member

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    Hey,it gotta be at lest worth looking at...if only or an hour or two...":O}
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    Seems this is everyone's answer to compatibility. Strikes me as just another way to extort extract sell us something.
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    How is running a game on someone else's Windows machine better than running it on your own?
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    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    Yeah, why not just stream it from your Windows box using Steam?

    I definitely don't have fast enough internet to stream high definition gaming and can't afford the service.

    In many ways, Linux gaming has been the poor-man's attempt at high quality gaming for less.

    Almost all of my guides are from games I've purchased during sales, already owned or free-to-play. I've spent a fraction of $$ that most gamers spend on their "just released" $60 games. An d I have used existing or old hardware to build gaming machines with my free Linux Mint installed on it.

    As you can see, my focus is on poor-man's gaming which requires more time and frustration than money.
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    Shoot! I didn't realize that that's what they would be doing, was in a hurry...Scratch this for me...
    I thought they were going for something like Steam Linux...sigh..
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    Yeah, and it's not exactly viable to pay 50 cents to 1 dollar for gaming for one hour when gamers tend to game quite a bit...

    I realize that my excitement for this project was pre-mature.
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    Still...nice to know your looking out for us! ":O}
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    Interesting but not for me..... With my internet connection its not going to work.
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    I'm kinda having a hard time trying to figure out how they expect to make this work out...at lest at the money they are talking about now!
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    Sony's making it work with PS3 games, and so is Microsoft with the X-Box. sigh
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    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    They are both doing game streaming via internet?
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    But they don't charge by the hour!...OH wait!
    They have that "Playstation Plus", I have never tried it...again, the cost is more than I can bear! ":O}

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