alt Hacker NewsSo I just checked the player count of Counter-Strike 2. It's at 936,330 players. At 10 players per match, that's a requirement of 93,633 game moderators...
Trying to also account for total players in every other competitive game seems like an impossible ask.
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WhyNotHugo • 01/24/2025
You probably don’t need that many mods. They can jump around between multiple matches. Looking at one match every ten minutes might yield good enough results. That scales the amount down by 10x, so now you only need 1% of plays volunteering to help their own community.
> It's at 936,330 players. At 10 players per match, that's a requirement of 93,633 game moderators...
I'm not sure why this seems impossible to you? As the number of players increases, one would expect the number of players willing to act as an admin/moderator to increase linearly.
Typically admins are players also - that's why they choose to host a server.
I am still playing Quake Live, and it's all user-run servers. Hacks and cheats can be a problem, but users get banned via their Steam account, and there's a real cost (to buy the game) if you want to come back.