This can’t be understated in my opinion. Like any competitive game, players will take the path of least resistance in order to win. It says a lot when players completely ignore a strategic part of the game in the snail, because it’s just too slow. What’s worse is that as far as I know the developers haven’t adapted to…

Sure, they have higher viewership and better performance in their relative field, but the men’s team doesn’t have to perform as well as the women’s to be as profitable simply because significantly more people watch the men’s world cup worldwide than the women’s.

This is actually kind of a funny article for me. Because when it comes to professional sports, compensation is much more related to performance in how much money is brought into the sport rather than on the field performance. At least, that’s how it works in all the other professional sports. Yes, the women’s team out…

While it’s accurate that DRM has effected game performance, it’s wildly misrepresenting DRM by generalizing it in that manner. The vast majority, probably well below 1%, of all DRM doesn’t effect game performance in any way and acting like all DRM is bad because of this is highly inaccurate to say the least.

The examples you give are exactly why these types of crimes have to have strict laws. They’re far too easy to commit, and the detrimental effects it can have on companies or actual lives is far too terrifying to allow people to consider committing these crimes if the sentencing for these crimes is too lenient.

I actually agree with you, except in this specific situation. Cyber security is increasingly becoming extremely important to not just national security but personal security. I get that this may seem excessive, but then if he was merely given a slap on the wrist for what he did what’s to stop someone from DDOS’ing…

Because a precedent needs to be set. Cyber security needs serious protection from criminals because so much of our lives now is handled online. DDOS’ing may seem harmless, especially when done to a gaming company, but when you ignore that as a crime you allow the possibility of the same being done in a situation that…

Again though, the point of this is to set a precedent. Impacting businesses and the livelihood of a company effects a lot more people than you realize. Further, ignoring DDOS’ing and allowing people a slap on the wrist for this behavior only makes it so the next guy wouldn’t even consider his actions. It may seem…

Yea, poor guy, maybe he’ll think about that next time as he sits in jail for 2 years because he felt like being a dick and ruining other people’s experiences online, not to mention the money it cost those companies because of his act. Cyber crimes, while seemingly harmless, are becoming more serious the more people…

Except she could’ve responded with a “let’s not get ahead of ourselves and act like we’ve already won”. Like most people in professional sports respond to a similar question. I get your point, but she definitely acts like the question has merit with her reaction if you watch the video.

And gain, you’re missing the point. It’s not just about whether or not those people could do harm to Nintendo’s brand, but them or anyone in the future potentially harming them.

You’re still missing the point. It’s not just about whether or not Nintendo is harmed by these actions, but could potentially in the future be harmed by other actions that come from allowing random people to use their property. 

That’s completely irrelevant. Whether or not it’s taking money from Nintendo is completely irrelevant from the point. They’re making money off something they didn’t create that Nintendo doesn’t want them using.

So you’re saying they should allow people to use their branding despite the fact that someone could potentially cause harm to that brand that’s completely out of Nintendo’s control.

You’re missing the point, it’s not about them making a profit off of something Nintendo created, it’s about them using something that they didn’t create and potentially harming that image. Something that is a huge brand for the company and could potentially end up with bad marketing or publicity due to it being out of…

Except they’re not all free, like Maricar, who was obviously using Nintendo’s creation to profit off of.

But that’s not why they’re doing it, they’re doing it simply because they don’t want something they created in the hands of someone else that’s out of their control for what that creation could be used for. They have every right to protect that, and acting like they’re being absurd for protecting that is beyond…

I really can’t comprehend how people find this so hard to understand. They do it because they own the property, and whether or not someone is profiting off that property isn’t the point. The point is to protect their creation from what they don’t approve of it being used for. The Maricar service is a perfect example.…

I don’t buy the 30% tax exceeding the profits of developers. In an industry that allows practically anyone to publish a game and make money off of it, and requires literally no form of physical production any more that 30% cut does seem big, but it’s a lot better than what they were facing 20 years ago. You know, back…

I really think this whole situation needs to be looked into further. The fact that the player relied upon someone employed by the team he plays for to assist him in making his decision screams impropriety. I personally think Kerr should be the one shouldering most of the blame here as he’s the one person who actually…