You heard it here, folks Entertainment Software Association declared Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers illegal in today's hearing on the POG Act

@theESA clown world we live in

@theESA To quote aptly from @accursedfarms: "Not that I have a problem with clowns, per se. But do you have to clown THIS HARD, and RIGHT HERE?"

@GnuChanOS @theESA @accursedfarms Very off topic but what game is that clip from?

@GnuChanOS @theESA @accursedfarms The Crew

@theESA Logic and debate these days is always centered on not knowing anything at all about what your talking about ... yet demanding to be treated like you do know🙄

@theESA You'd think as multi-billion dollar companies, if they were confident and good-faith in their arguments, they wouldn't spout reddit-tier arguments and do backdoor meetings with politicians. No public debate with @accursedfarms, @zm1z33k, @Moritz_Katzner ? That speaks volumes

@theESA Can someone please list every video game company that the ESA lobbies on behalf of? Consumers are entitled to know which companies condone and support these statements.

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@theESA me getting hauled off for my minecraft server nobody has logged into for 3 years

We're also recruiting more volunteers, per our reddit post on this hearing:

@theESA minecraft? the game that gives players the files and detailed instructions on how to create and host private servers?

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@theESA by this logic, private roads, private property, private communities should also be considered illegal then

@theESA Where's the rest of the video... i wanna hear more about how private servers are "illegal"🤣

@theESA This moment starts at 16:04 The hearing starts with the bill being discussed from 1:23 until 24:55 and voted on at 2:34:00 You can read more about the vote (also that we're recruiting!) on our reddit post:

@theESA Ah yes, illegal software

@theESA 'Theyre Illegal' yeah you arent making asingle cent thats why you consider Illegal ... man i despise these Corporate trash people i hope their coffee is cold everyday

@theESA im gonna commit so much crime rn by downloading and running the software distributed for free on the official minecraft website

@theESA that's cool it's not so ima keep running my MC server anyway (whenever i decide to play that game again)

@theESA By this logic, private roads are illegal to use your car on.

@theESA Minecraft community server are not illegal. Thats the the way the game is built. The game wouldnt have servers without the community. So, either @theESA is totally missinformed and have no clue what they're talking about. Or lying to the senate? Probably option #2

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@theESA So if Im understanding this right this would make the plutonium launcher for COD illegal making the old games on pc unplayable due to the risk of rce. If they want to enforce this steam should remove these older games because of the security concerns. This shit so depressing man

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@theESA Part of the risk of taking things the oldest generation doesn't understand before a senate, is suddenly a bunch of laws coming out to regulate your problem, not what's causing it.

@theESA ESA be like:

@theESA all of eastern europe and south america is now banned from playing online

@theESA "90% of Americans are either fat or retarded" - is proven right once again What a disgusting, slimy bitch. I hope she loses her position and ruins her career for openly lying like that

@theESA When you host a Minecraft server the first thing you do is sign a EULA. LITERALLY an agreement between you and Microsoft. It's not a thing anymore I guess?

@theESA Who is the ESA and why should anyone listen to them lmao I will continue to do as I please, with or without their approval

@theESA i what? Minecraft doesn't even have official servers??? fucking what??

@theESA Rookie mistake. Just like that the entire internet will kill the ESA.

@theESA Once again, it is those who have no knowledge of the subject, lobbying a legal system that has no knowledge of the subject, to try criminalise/pass laws on something harmless (and very frequently developer-intended!) because it smells vaguely like profit is in the air.

@theESA I swear people started speaking against anticonsumer practices before governing bodies and suddenly everything about that is somehow illegal.

@theESA This is clearly an advice that the big videogame companies gives zero importance to the community at all. That's lame man... I hope you guys win this fight.

@theESA dude... pirate software was right on "we don't want gov touching our games" we know govs never did anything good

@theESA Riot the ESA HQ!

@theESA Thanks, now I have a reason to play Minecraft. 😁

@theESA All those minecraft hosts out there selling services ILLEGALLY... All the MC youtubers making content on ILLEGAL SERVERS... Shaking my head... How could Microsoft let this happen... jesus this is fucking horrible. they're redefining the game industry alright, just in a wrong way

@theESA Liars and con-artists, that's all @theESA is, and it's so frustrating that these are the people those who know nothing about videogames listen to. Although to be fair @theESA reps don't seem to know anything about videogames either!

@theESA Minecraft servers? You mean the whole fucking point of the game? Minecraft servers?????