• laenurd@lemmy.lemist.de
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    1 year ago

    From the exorbitant numbers of Russians playing DotA and CS:GO I would assume there is a significant part who enjoys playing online games.

    And while, sure, there are numerous examples of alternative networks / cracked servers etc., If you want to participate in “real” community of one of these games, you’ll have to use an official client.

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      1 year ago

      Well, you don’t have to pay to play DotA, so it’s not affected.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t mean those games specifically, just wanted to underline my point that multiplayer games are popular in Russia.

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        1 year ago

        The official online community of a multiplayer game. E.g. there are numerous private WoW servers, but the biggest and most relevant community plays on the official servers.

        • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          Wanting to play in the biggest community make sense but any alternative is better than nothing so i don’t think they care that much if the local community is big enough and it certainly is in Russia.