Thinking about competitive integrity
Essays on trust, evidence, and the technology behind verified play.
The trust crossplay forgot
Console players are turning off crossplay to dodge cheaters. The platforms finally let us play together. The trust never caught up.
In April, Call of Duty let console players turn off crossplay with PC to escape cheaters. The mechanics united us years ago. The trust never did. Here is the gap, plain, and what closes it.
Built With
Imagine a competitive scene where your record exists before anyone needs you to prove anything. We are building toward that world, and we want help figuring out the rest.
We are building toward a competitive scene where your record exists before anyone needs you to prove anything. A handful of records on the site, a new Field Guide, a side-by-side surface for disputes. A long way to go. We are looking for insiders, not customers.
A Generation Worth Believing
Two rivals, an accusation, and a war nobody wins. A vision for what competitive play becomes when the proof comes before the fight.
It starts with a clip and ends with two careers under a cloud. The cheating-accusation war was never really about cheating. It was about having no way to know. Here is what changes for a generation of brilliant, doubted young competitors when the record exists before the accusation does.