Now when you say want to play the game, do you mean getting instantly killed on spawn by cheaters?
More specifically, given that you want the game to be playable without anti-cheat, do you imagine that the cheaters will just agree not to cheat?
I think it's pretty clear that the choice in popular games is between a strong anti-cheat vs a strong cheat. For some types of games a lot can be enforced by the server (think chess), but for other types of games it is just inevitable that there is an arms race at the point of input. Nevermind rootkits, soon enough we'll have mandatory webcams monitoring that you're actually physically moving your mouse in a way that matches the signal coming out of your mouse.
More specifically, given that you want the game to be playable without anti-cheat, do you imagine that the cheaters will just agree not to cheat?
I think it's pretty clear that the choice in popular games is between a strong anti-cheat vs a strong cheat. For some types of games a lot can be enforced by the server (think chess), but for other types of games it is just inevitable that there is an arms race at the point of input. Nevermind rootkits, soon enough we'll have mandatory webcams monitoring that you're actually physically moving your mouse in a way that matches the signal coming out of your mouse.