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How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%

(nee.lv)
3883 points kuroguro | 1 comments | 28 Feb 21 19:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.271s | source
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faebi ◴[28 Feb 21 20:19 UTC] No.26296673[source]▶
Wow, many people argue how optimized GTA was and then this. I wonder how much money they lost because of this. I often stopped playing because it just took too long to load.
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alborzb ◴[28 Feb 21 20:25 UTC] No.26296720[source]▶
It always fascinates me how sometimes people defend things just because they're a fan, even if the particular aspect they're defending doesn't make sense!

I've seen this happen with some other games which are not the best optimised for PCs, but the fans will still defend the developers, just because they like the brand

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1. ip26 ◴[28 Feb 21 21:07 UTC] No.26297067[source]▶
It's part of social validation. You inherently want other people to like the things you like, because it validates your choices. This in turn means you'll defend things you like.

Even "rebels", who supposedly relish having fringe tastes, want other rebels to approve of their tastes.

The more strongly you stake your identity as "fan of X", the more social disapproval of X hurts.