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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by Retric on Thursday November 26, 2020 @11:12AM (#25221187)
You can demonstrate harm without showing specific damages. Damaging someone’s reputation for example isn’t acceptable.

It’s the same basic principle as speeding or drunk driving being illegal even if nobody was actually harmed, putting people at significant risk of harm is not acceptable.

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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by julesnp on Thursday November 26, 2020 @01:31PM (#25222435)
Isn't the harm to the players' reputations coming from their own quality of play in publicly viewed matches?

In my opinion a third party would only be liable for harming their reputation if the statistics being published were untrue.

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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by Retric on Thursday November 26, 2020 @05:10PM (#25223886)
It’s a team sport so they don’t optimize for fantasy leagues. If they are pulled to avoid risk of injury on a blowout their stats look worse. Essentially, a 2:0 win could look worse than a 2:3 loss.

In effect their a RNG that happens to make people dislike them.

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