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Is there any authorized pc emulator?
Bronfield
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My phone just broke and ill be using a cheap device for the next month, i was wondering if there is any authorized way to play on a regular pc without getting banned
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What are the approved apps?
apps u get straight from play store and not from an ipa I belive
Any Apps that are approved by Kabam, meaning none that can be used to modify the game. (Bluestack, e.g.).
Kabam doesn't approve apps. Kabam only prohibits the use of emulators and software used to modify or alter the game data or running state.
The comment was made by a Mod. I reiterated. Quite obviously they approve all Apps except for those that are not approved.
Yeah I'm not engaging in anything. It's clear by the Flags what's going on. This is correct. It has to be an official Chromebook, and not all Chromebooks allow Apps.
What apps would those be?
This isn't even remotely close to how logic works.
If I get pulled over by the police for speeding, and the police officer tells me to drive slower, I can't then shoot him under the notion "well obviously the cop approved all law violations except for the laws he explicitly told me not to break."
I really miss the days where basic logic was taught in school, and people didn't constantly misuse the word "literally." What have we done to our society???
To be very specific, Kabam's official position is that MCOC is only approved to be played on a device that itself is authorized to install applications from the official Google Play store (in the case of Android) or the Apple Appstore (in the case of iOS devices). That is the only specific requirement. There are no other "approved apps" requirements. Emulators and game editors are specifically banned from being used, but that has nothing to do with whether a specific platform is approved or not.
The Chromebook thing is due to the fact that there are some Chromebooks that apparently are capable of installing Google Store approved applications. I'm not an expert on those, but if the Chromebook allows this, then Kabam allows this platform according to their requirements. However, if special unauthorized (by Google) modifications are required to make the Chromebook connect to and install Google Store apps, then this would probably not be an approved platform for MCOC.
Bottom line is if your device out of the box connects to the Google Play store, can download and/or purchase apps from the Google Play store, can install them without modification or intervention, and can play them natively (unemulated), then that device is probably an authorized platform. If any single one of those things is not true, it is not safe to play on that device.
This isn't so much a logic issue as it is just a recognition of what an approved list of things is. An approved list is something that has been tested or reviewed and a statement can be made about whether those things have been validated or not. In the context of software compatibility or software permissions, nobody says they approve everything in existence except for what they explicitly prohibit, because that would be crazy. Its inconsistent with the reason why you make an approved list in the first place.
Wow. The approved apps comment referred to chromebook, not Kabam. As in, Chromebook prevents you from installing apps as a default.
Fun logic story though, Spock.
And there's a difference between being logical and "logic."
Good Luck
@Kabam Miike (I believe it was him) referred to approved apps as in approved by Google Play. However, the approved app comment in this thread explicitly claims that Kabam approves apps.
I wasn't really going to get into the specific's too much, but there are two different forms of approved Apps from the way I see. The comment by a Moderator was something to the effect of "Official Chromebook using approved Apps". Official indicating that Chromebook would not be emulated IMO. As far as approved Apps are concerned, if you're using the game through Apps that can be used to modify it, that is not allowed. However, they cannot approve Apps for your device, and have stated specifically that as long as you're not using said Apps for the game, they have no issues with such Apps like Bluestacks or the like. In terms of approved Apps, I was referring to the method of playing the game, but I would assume that the comment also refers to emulating Chromebooks as well, since Google is a partner of MCOC. That is speculating I suppose. Bottom line, it's safest to use an actual Chromebook with Apps downloaded from the Playstore that cannot be used to modify the game, whether they be Emulators, Bots, or other shady Apps.
I have no comment on the patterns the rest of the pixels formed on my screen.
There was some debate when it came up about whether Chromebook could be emulated.
3 page discussion during down time going nowhere... bring it!
There was in my opinion a meaningless debate about the technology of emulation I'm not going to reenter. As far as I'm concerned, and as far as I'm comfortable advising other players, Kabam's official statement is if you are using a platform that Google itself authorizes to use the Google Play store, and you download and install the game through the store normally, you are on an authorized platform. There are no exceptions to that rule that Kabam has officially stated. You are not allowed to use software that modifies or alters gameplay and that includes game emulators, but that has nothing to do with whether your platform is authorized.
Bottom line: if Google hands me something that runs Android and they say this thing is authorized to use the Google Play store, whether Android runs natively or not is irrelevant to whether the platform is authorized to play MCOC. That's not a question any player of the game should have to ask, nor is it a question the average MCOC player is even qualified to understand the answer to.