Hi miagi,
I am a fan of your work and you seem like a nice person. However, I do not support Seireiko because he is a scumbag of a human being and it makes me very sad to see you associating with and defending him so much.
I have two things I would like to say to you:
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You got a point, I don't assume that if there wouldn't be any leaks at all, many people would have supported instead. Only speaking for myself, I belive that a smaller amount of people would have though, more than just a hand full.
After we suppressed RM more and more, I could confirm a noticeable increase in support inquiries.
The people arround here also make their mistakes.
While they are certainly not as low as RM, they could be a lot more respectful and fair, and as mentioned, honest.
For example one could wait for a fair amount of time before leaking new files, maybe not leak 100% of our portfolio and encourage people to support the modders if they can. So there is at least a some sort of respect, and room for appealing for support.
Even if it that prob wouldn't convince more than 5% at best or something.
I'd claim if that would be the case, things would be different... speaking for myself. 88 only exists because of RM.
For example that is why I am against skin swaps or anything else that would hurt SU's wallet.
I would welcome a mod legalization for fees (for those who sell mods), would make me feel a lot better.
The attidue matters a lot in this conflict. Because if people leak or pirate without any sort of fair play, and try to justify their action as rightfully on top or putting us on the same level, well, that's hard to digest.
Tbh, I already considered to make an aggrement on the above mentioned basis.
Because one thing I realized, supporters vs leakers or leak users... in the end, they share one thing, to be fans.
And this conflict doesn't benefit anyones reputation, in the worst case, it suffers from it.
Not too mention the waste of time that could be used for better causes.
Acutally, it all started with my app idea. I wanted to gain followers and potential interests for my app, and making mods seemed to be a good Idea. If I wouldn't had a lot of cost to cover, I would never had demanded support.