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by furyofantares 40 days ago
Sure, but the existence of such annoying things does not mean that's the only reason to use a client-server architecture and that it would only affect those games.
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It's not the only reason, but that does cover the vast majority of online-required games.
It's the main reason for keeping the server part away from players though.