Finally, someone who's honest about it..

Unfortunately it's only one study, it's not that clear tbh, needs more studies on this.. but if it does increase profit then it's great for the community

Fair point, in some cases piracy is actually stems from the company itself. But I always find it quite annoying when people try to spin this as being morally correct or something.

That would be stupid for the company to do so from a customer relationship viewpoint.

Also if everyone has that kind of mindset ain't nobody except few that have the means to do it will be in this industry anymore because all it takes is just for company to release the file to public and its free game 😂😂

So you're saying the only way companies can stop pirating is to actually insert viruses into pirated files 😂😂..

But really, we're on the " too expensive excuses" zone to I won't argue with that. What I'm trying to say is some people need to get off their high horse thinking they're robin hood or something 😂😂

Have you read the whole thing or this is the first thing that pops out from Google scholar on one search ? If you've read it tell me the page.

It's one of the issues I had with pirating, bro I got malware because of it lol. Like I said I'm not saying stop pirating , it's just that people who tried to excuse pirating with extravagant reasoning are yapping.

Again it's a weak argument, those who actually bought the game will see people who pirate the game and think "why buy the game when I can just pirate it,that way I don't need to spend money"

People who pirate often coincide with people who people who don't have the money to do so. And when you don't have the money to buy the game, I doubt you will buy the game later on

But if they know you got the game from pirating , then in the back of their heads why shouldn't they pirate too.. you got it for free then why shouldn't they..

Marketing only works when people buy your products , and even if let's say that the scenario worked it would be a loss for the company too.

It's not, the arguments are too weak..

Free marketing - your friend who pirated the game recommended you the marketing, but why should you buy them when you can just pirate them like your friend did.

Repaying the dev- when you're at that point you're going to focus on living paycheck to paycheck and repaying the dev for what you stole is definitely not on the top of your lists.

Fair enough it really depends on the context( whether the company still exists or not), but one of the arguments I see about why people justify pirating is because they think corporations are this evil incarnate, which I have no comments, but then trying to spin it as being a Robin hood is what annoys me.

I'm just saying let's keep the reasoning honest.. ain't no one is thinking about repaying the dev back after they had the money to purchase the game, it's not free marketing either, etc..

This is one of the few reasons that I can accept tbh. It's too expensive for companies to re-release them on a new media orsome games' program are just lost ( just like few final fantasy's game(cmiiw)), so the only way you can do is just pirate them.

It's hard for me to judge, I pirate textbooks too, but i understand that knowledge are expensive in this day and age.

I'm pretty sure when people pirate they don't really think about what will happen to the company etc, they only think about themselves..

1. The media isn't available anymore ( I live to play old jrpgs like chrono trigger and final fantasy)
2. Too expensive ( but my preferences barely coincide with this issue so I think only number 1 that's legit)

Too young

Sometimes I see there will always be people who try to justify pirating, like brother stfu, it's bad no matter how you try to spin it. I pirate stuff too but never once will i justify them because I know it's just wrong.

Let me make this clear, I'm not saying you guys should stop pirating , I'm just saying let's keep the reasoning honest that's all. The only reason that's legit to me is , too expensive or the media doesn't exists anymore.

Enjoy your ban , and bold of you to assume that I understand portuguese

I have a feeling riddle will lose this 💀💀

pcfic winning would be pointless either when 3 of their best players aren't old enough..

Whatever to help you cope your lost buddy 😭

Gotta respect the dedication tho

Gmd saved them the round lol

I think it's laz April 2020 back when zeta were still called absolute Jupiter.

Fr? Because if you're right then I might be spreading misinformation 💀💀

Brother, they had to merge sea to one region just because they can't afford sustaining the scene. And they turn away from hosting a lan on the only subregion that's lucrative to them, what makes you think they're going to hold everything on lan 💀?( tbh I thought everything is gonna be on lan too💀💀)

No it is on lan but only for top 4 which is 27th September till 29th

Apac better be good because they're just going to do lan only for top4💀

I'll be there that day, because he just have a new fan right here🔥🔥🔥

Ik he is baiting but I won't take the "Japan is talentless" slander, Teams don't invest in academy teams because there are no talent, they invest because there is a potential to do so, and the notion of Japan is talentless were proven to be false again with Fennel and Murash reaching top 4 and Riddle whose Japanese players are all former Zeta AC's managed to win the whole split despite this being their first time being in the split.

why are they tied with the laws? how do you even do that ?

Ok being mentioned in books is crazy( this is textbook right?)

Awful example, south korea literally is esports bro( but don't ask their esports management it's shit in my opinion)

Is the interest with valorant really that low in Ukraine?

Lol riot is gonna contribute to respective countries infrastructure because they gonna have to build them from the ground up unless they get daddy Cisco to do it for them 💀

I forgot to add shitty connections , small ass desk and a laptop that's barely holding itself together

Why so?

Fair point 💀.

I mean, building an academy team goes a long way towards building a better scene

Wait till you realize that LANs are only for top4💀

Not to mention the orgs are really slow in being proactive.

Ok another hypothetical question, if riot relocated each league to countries that have losser child labor laws means looser age restrictions?

Lol my career's over before it even began I'm at my univ and I'm still silver peaked at plat 💀💀💀

Do you realize what you just said 💀

Minimum required age?

My whole fear(well it's more like disdain tbh) of imports are based on LCS's and LJL's condition. Hated that shit so much lol.

Ok hypothetically, are you allowed to play in Tier 2 if your are 13?

Is it tier 2 the OP is talking about or tier 1 , because tier 2 has a severe problem in that aspect

I need that rule in by the end of 2025 too..