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Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by koakuma-chan »

Lucasoato wrote: post #5

In Italy something similar is happening: they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly (that's very high for our economy). To this, add the facts that there has been a major hit to illegal streaming piracy and that football games are getting extremely boring in our country (compared to the Premier League or our Serie A of…

> they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly

It's the same for anime, and guess what, I just pirate and pay no one.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by dnh44 »

lifestyleguru wrote: post #11
Lucasoato wrote: post #5

In Italy something similar is happening: they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly (that's very high for our economy). To this, add the facts that there has been a major hit to illegal streaming piracy and that football games are getting extremely boring in our country (compared to the Premier League or our Serie A of…

So it looks like a self resolving problem? As a bonus football hooligans and football vandalism will disappear, and hopefully kids will be encouraged to do more creative activities than kicking a ball.

you don't think kids should play sports? that seems like an unusual view and am kind of curious why you would think that.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by givinguflac »

illusive4080 wrote: post #12

Mobile users should remove old from the url [0]. The old Reddit website does not load properly on my mobile device. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1np6kyn/my_games_s... Edit: commenters below made me realize that my extension StopTheMadness messed up old Reddit. Sorry

Stop trying to make new reddit happen, illusive Steve Huffman! /s

Seriously though, seconded that old works great still on ios 26.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by CaptainOfCoit »

lifestyleguru wrote: post #11
Lucasoato wrote: post #5

In Italy something similar is happening: they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly (that's very high for our economy). To this, add the facts that there has been a major hit to illegal streaming piracy and that football games are getting extremely boring in our country (compared to the Premier League or our Serie A of…

So it looks like a self resolving problem? As a bonus football hooligans and football vandalism will disappear, and hopefully kids will be encouraged to do more creative activities than kicking a ball.

> As a bonus football hooligans and football vandalism will disappear,

You think these people would suddenly stop needing an outlet for their emotions? They'll find a different way of doing the same thing, around a different theme. If you've hanged out with people who are proud to be hooligans and ultras today, you'd see how removing football wouldn't get them to stop.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by pfortuny »

koakuma-chan wrote: post #21
Lucasoato wrote: post #5

In Italy something similar is happening: they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly (that's very high for our economy). To this, add the facts that there has been a major hit to illegal streaming piracy and that football games are getting extremely boring in our country (compared to the Premier League or our Serie A of…

> they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly It's the same for anime, and guess what, I just pirate and pay no one.

Yes, but the problem is that you want to watch football live, and LaLiga is harming lots of unrelated businesses with this approach.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by bilekas »

lifestyleguru wrote: post #11
Lucasoato wrote: post #5

In Italy something similar is happening: they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly (that's very high for our economy). To this, add the facts that there has been a major hit to illegal streaming piracy and that football games are getting extremely boring in our country (compared to the Premier League or our Serie A of…

So it looks like a self resolving problem? As a bonus football hooligans and football vandalism will disappear, and hopefully kids will be encouraged to do more creative activities than kicking a ball.

Given your username I wouldn't expect such harsh sentiment about people who enjoy playing football. I would prefer my kids play a sport they enjoy than sit on an iPad all day. But I'm not a lifestyle guru.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by CaptainOfCoit »

pmontra wrote: post #3

Yes, we know. Internet does not work in Spain when there are football matches. It would be more interesting to know if something is getting done about this. Other businesses must work, people must communicate, the very same Spanish state must keep working. Is there any protest with at least a slight amount of hope?

Apparently it's not being communicated properly, or you don't actually read what you come across, because "Internet does not work in Spain when there are football matches" isn't true at all.

Large parts are blocked, yes, as collateral damage. But it doesn't seem like they're completely switching it off, as obviously then there would be huge protests, mostly because people wouldn't be able to legally watch the games then!

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by illusive4080 »

QuantumNomad_ wrote: post #13
illusive4080 wrote: post #12

Mobile users should remove old from the url [0]. The old Reddit website does not load properly on my mobile device. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1np6kyn/my_games_s... Edit: commenters below made me realize that my extension StopTheMadness messed up old Reddit. Sorry

Old Reddit loads perfectly fine for me on iOS. What OS are you on and what is the specific problem you see when you try to load this Old Reddit link from OP?

Your comment made me realize that it was an extension I’m using on my iPhone on iOS 26 that is causing the issue. The extension is StopTheMadness.

I had an option called “Protect page zoom controls” which allows you to zoom on sites that disable zoom, but it breaks this website.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by koakuma-chan »

pfortuny wrote: post #25
koakuma-chan wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> they have split the football game rights among different competitors, so that if you want to watch every game you have to spend >100€ monthly It's the same for anime, and guess what, I just pirate and pay no one.

Yes, but the problem is that you want to watch football live, and LaLiga is harming lots of unrelated businesses with this approach.

Yeah, it's hilarious that, on the same planet, we have articles like "Nine things I learned in ninety years" come out, while the courts of an EU country give "LaLiga," which appears to be a private corporation (a football company), the authority to ban any IPs they want arbitrarily, for everyone, country-wide. People just don't care any more, if ever did.

Re: My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on

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Post by forinti »

And I thought things were bad in my country where all "sports" shows are about football and you can have 3 different FM stations broadcasting the same game and they'll discuss football even when there is nothing going on.

It's a monothematic sporting desert.

I'm glad I raised my kids oblivious to this football religion.

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