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by gibybo 4488 days ago
Why are you purposely trying to prevent non-mobile users from using your app? Do you think that will prevent cheating?
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We think that it's only fair if you're competing against people who play from touch screen mobile devices versus arrow keys. It would be as if one person had a little goal, and one person had a bigger goal on a soccer field. We are just trying to keep things fair.

- Sagar, VsMe Gaming

@TheSwan, I agree that that would be cheating, and we will try to minimize that. The difference between mobile and desktop gaming is very big, and we're trying to create a fair gaming environment. Having a mouse and keyboard versus an xbox controller to play a game makes a big difference. I personally prefer the keyboard.

The same works for touch screen tapping, and using keys or clicks for our mobile game.

- Sagar, VsMe Gaming

You can't really assume that mobile devices can't cheat though - you could (rather) trivially inject cheating javascript into a WebView.
I see that you actually took the liberty of proving your point looking at the leaderboard.

We will try to fix these issues as soon as possible. - Sagar, VsMe Gaming