Review of season 91!

2023-03-06

Article by: dwyane3

Hello,

I would like to review season 91.

Legendary darys has just released 20th anniversary BasketPulse News episode where he shares the news about last season events and bigger activity in the limited market. You may find the episode here: https://youtu.be/-9WAPXiwxA8

Champions

World League 1.1

The title of the strongest league in the game has remained in China - Basketball Emperor Chamberlain came back in the series after losing the first two games to BC Naujas and won the top league for the first time, congratulations! The bronze medals have gone to The Answer who have swept Minnesota Timberwolves, well done.

Basketball Emperor Chamberlain. Manager: david1992.
BC Naujas. Manager: dragiux.
The Answer. Manager: keepsmile.

U21 World Cup

Taiwan U21 has made history and won the U21 World Cup for the first time after a strong last quarter in the final game against Lithuania. China has won the bronze game against Serbia who has been the biggest surprise of the tournament finishing in the TOP4 for the first time ever.

Taiwan. Manager: Haley.
Lithuania. Manager: HeyHoudini.
China. Manager: sunwzzz.

U16 World Cup

China has won the U16 World Cup for the 11th time by cruising past Argentina in the final. Taiwan that lost to China by a slim margin in the semi-final has recovered strongly, beating Spain by 34 points in the bronze game. Congratulations to all the winners! Meanwhile, second-seeded Lithuania has been an upset of the tournament, not making the Top 8.

China. Manager: sunwzzz.
Argentina. Manager: roberpaganini.
Taiwan. Manager: 隨風.

Updates finished in the 91st season:

New design of ‘Lending’ pages
New design of ‘Contacts’ page
Fixed: predicted player’s salary in the youth team is calculated more accurately (when moving from the main team to youth team).
Fixed: predicted salary of coach in youth team (when moving from the main team to youth team)
Fixed: school level is automatically increased if there are too many talents in the club's school. It may happen when school talents are received over trades or drafts.
Fixed: in match LIVE page team turnovers (shot clock and other time violations) were not displayed in the boxscore. New line “Team” added for such cases.
We actively communicate with the community by posting articles and receiving feedback from surveys.

Updates that will be applied on the 1st day of the 92nd season:

Release new match engine 1.4. It has been tested in the national leagues in the 91st season (1.4-b.4-3)
Increase how much health is decreasing at the end of the season.

92nd season plans:

Update premium prices. Key points:
- Premium prices have not been updated since we created the game over a decade ago. When we initially launched the Premium package, the monthly cost was roughly equivalent to the price of a pizza in Lithuania. However, since then, our game expenses have multiplied several times due to growth and inflation.
- One month after the start of the season:
  - Only two premium packages will remain existent: GOLD and standard (all other packages will be removed).
  - Discounts for other paid features in both packages will be removed.
  - GOLD package’s monthly price will be increased to 10k credits.
  - Standard premium package’s monthly price will be increased to 5k credits.
- We are going to review all PAID features of the game. However, right now we believe that other updates are more important for the game.

Continue working on ME. Key points given in the article: https://www.basketpulse.com/en/News/article/63ff5b0ec583b/match-engine-survey-and-roadmap-for-the-future
Continue working on the coaches’ system update. You can read more about it here: https://www.basketpulse.com/lt/PremiumFeatures-investavimoSritis-9.htm
Update more old-design pages

Most Popular Country Competition has been won by Taiwan for the second season in a row! This is the fastest growing community in the game and we would like to thank ak904 and all the volunteers who participated in the competition last season. We have credited 18.918 credits to the federation for exceeded goal of the weekly users. The country will also keep 15% scouting bonus in season 92.

Runner-up was Italy that managed to increase it's weekly active user count by 10%, third came Poland that has seen an increase in the active user count and great initiative posting 10 articles about BasketPulse throughout the season. The federations have been credited 12.500 and 5.000 credits respectively.

In total 5 countries have been awarded (USA and France) with a total prize-pool of 41.418 credits distributed.

The new round of competition starts today! If your federation is not participating, let me know and we will add you to the Discord group with all the information.

Have a good season!

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2.2 2.2 dwyane3

Game's news: Review of season 91!

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Review of season 91!

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6.12 8.21 Deivydas7

pabludot? 2.5 karto premiumas...net kuras tiek nepabrango... -- 92 S 1 d.

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kip88363

Wow, the change of package price and credit discount will cause the huge impact about global players' purchase intention... -- 92 S 1 d.

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3.3 4.8 darys

CO prisibazarino, kad pirks premium, tai laukiam reakcijos. -- 92 S 1 d.

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Tai ir nusipirkau -- 92 S 1 d.

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Dabar turimas paketas:
PERSONALO PREMIUM paketas
2023-03-03 - -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.1 2.1 Zenetto

Rip personalo paketas :( -- 92 S 1 d.

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Tai pasidziaugsiu dar menesi ir gal dar 63d ikabinsiu dar 1 paka -- 92 S 1 d.

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3.3 3.1 benislovas

Tariamės su bendruomene - pyst kaina 2.5 karto į viršų :) -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 Cesarrr

10.000 credits for only a month? Wow... Not extending it anymore sorry -- 92 S 1 d.

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cikane

Netflix is becoming cheaper than Basketpulse :D -- 92 S 1 d.

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+29

Nope, I am not going to buy premium any longer. Ridiculous to pay over $10 a month. -- 92 S 1 d.

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+14

2.1 2.1 Šabas

oh since there is nothing left to do with tactic and opponent analysis i will spend that time by scrolling market manually old fashion way. in previous we at least see the progress of the game now pay more in such conditions wow ... no thanks in previous i was ordering it for tactic and marked, now it doesin't matter so...as cikane said i better spend these money for Spotify or netflix -- 92 S 1 d.

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kip88363

I can pay 10 EUR on Steam and find several good basketball manager games though. Prove BasketPulse is great enough and worth than those games. XD -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.1 2.1 Šabas

when the game runs well ok you can try to increase price a bit, because we all know economy and know that there is inflation but ...when most of community now not actually playing, but just hanging around and waiting to see, how the main engine renovation will go...an increase prices so drastically i think is that the same as crippler shoot him self in one healthy leg that was left :)....congratz. Hope that Monarh and GOD will do the auction to buy the trophy and that will be enough for u 2 survive -- 92 S 1 d.

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BearBear

The change of package price is crazy....I think cancel the 1k staff plan is ok and push people to buy standard plan. BUT, cancel the staff plan and increase the package price of standard to 5k...Well, it makes me want to give up. When I mailed to Administrator, you mentioned you expect people only to spend a few mins on the game everyday. And you now want to charge us a netflix plan for a daily few mins game? lol -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 4.3 Lipinski

Should it really be "New design of ‘Contacts’ page" or is that a typo?
"New design of ‘Contracts’ page" with "r" seems more likely. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 事出无常必有妖

I am relieved to see that most players will not continue to buy. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 事出无常必有妖

At the same time, we will spend money to promote in various communities and let more people play. While raising the threshold of playing games. Interesting. -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.2 2.2 dwyane3

lipinski Contacts is correct, this page has been updated.

https://www.basketpulse.com/lt/Contacts -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 2.2 john1

A jūs išvis pablūdot? -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 事出无常必有妖

We are familiar with this way of making money. GM, do you need more ways to make money? For example, you can add players' equipment, such as shoes, hair bands, wristbands, and jerseys. These can increase player attributes. You can make more money in this way. In addition, you can directly activate the VIP level. VIP1-100000 VIP2-200000 VIP3-400000 VIP4-800000, and so on. -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.1 3.1 Kisuke

Well 3x people are satisfied so why not pat themselves on the back a little with the prices.. As someone said, most people are just hanging around expecting something to change, but in last week those hopes were pretty much shattered i think. Cant wait to see how they're gonna try to save this ship when shit hits the fan -- 92 S 1 d.

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kip88363

No, not VIP, please no. -- 92 S 1 d.

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BearBear

Maybe, GM expects us to reply "Shut up and take my money!". Perfect. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 CoachM0329

It is a bad timing to raise the package price. -- 92 S 1 d.

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+21

Press message hidden by federation volunteer or administrator -- 92 S 1 d.

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5.10 6.16 Danillo

Bring back old bballzone -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 4.3 Lipinski

I don't like the price increase either. -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.2 3.1 timmy296701

Have been paying for standard plan since the second month I started playing. No chance to pay 2.5x for the same (even less) service. Time to wake up and stop daydreaming -- 92 S 1 d.

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3.3 4.8 darys

Wow, people don't like price increases. This is happening everywhere in the world. Calm down. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 superdzonis

Even Monarch understand problem lol -- 92 S 1 d.

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kip88363

No one mad at the raising price. We just told we have the rights about not buying it. -- 92 S 1 d.

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kip88363

No need to be mean. -- 92 S 1 d.

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7.38 7.14 pianistas

Absolutely ridiculous pricing :) 1.5x would be fine I guess, 2.5x is outrageous. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 Mirza

I agree with

CoachM0329 it's a very bad time to increase the price of the game when ME changing every season.
In general, I agree, that the price needs to be revised. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 david1992

Also by a wrong amount. Increasing the price for a premium by 150% is not a good decision, especially the price of buying game credits was already increased a few seasons ago. At least adding some new features to the premium package to make it seems more reasonable. I am still buying the package to support the game, but just want to say it is not a good decision. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 WelkinLiu

Frankly speaking，I'm disappointed to see this news. I share a real example. Recently, I recommended this game to my friends. The biggest reason for recommending it is free and does not cost a lot of money. As a result, we are now told that the price of the set meal is going up, and my friends just don't want to play. First of all, the engine of the competition is not stable and has greatly affected the experience. While many players are waiting to see if they can continue to play, raising the package cost is nothing more than accelerating the departure of players. In addition, from the perspective of operation, rapid promotion and increased charges are essentially contrary and unwise. If players spend more money, they should at least have a better experience. Let me give you some suggestions. For example, members can view more game data, such as player's personal attack analysis, defense analysis, and coach's specific impact on the game. Only by providing better and more effective services can players be willing to spend more money. -- 92 S 1 d.

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Toyota-bot

Nobody cares about your opinion, stop complaining about too high prices, better start earn more. Asap. Have a good day. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 4.3 Lipinski

But that's getting a little out of hand here.
Please maintain your decency! -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 1.1 TRX001

not pay anymore -- 92 S 1 d.

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3.4 3.3 a-darius

I understand that the community is not happy. The same way we were not happy to pay more for the services we use for BasketPulse.

Probably it could be done “smoother” by changing prices in many small steps, but that should have started a few years ago.

I agree that the price increase is huge, but if we count inflation the new price is still cheaper compared to the moment when it was introduced into the game.

From our side we will keep doing everything we can to make this game better. -- 92 S 1 d.

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BearBear

Games normally cut its price to attract more new players and retain existing players after operating many years. Rarely heard increasing the price to make it better. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 4.3 Lipinski

I'm not sure if it will give you more or rather less profit in the end. -- 92 S 1 d.

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6.12 8.21 Deivydas7

kazkaip jauciu maziau gausis dabar -- 92 S 1 d.

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kip88363

a-darius Actually I understand it's necessary to raise the package price higher because you have cost of renting servers, the payout to the code designer and so on. But I think it isn't the time especially you keep updating the ME so rapidly. Why do I have to pay much more than before since I haven't been satisfied with this game and gotten used to the new ME? -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.2 2.2 coldmeow

You need to know that income and prices in each region are completely different. The price of one pizza in Europe can buy a dozen in other regions. In my area your pricing is already more expensive than the most popular mmorpg like WOW, FF14. Not to mention countries like Argentina, Turkey (I know they are the lowest price area on steam, I have an Argentinian steam account and it saved me a lot of money :D). I'm also playing another basketball manager game that only costs $20 for a year membership and doesn't have any "pay 2 win" options. I don't know if European players think this price is cheap, but for me, this membership price is unacceptable when there is a "pay 2 win" option. -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.2 2.1 cyseric-bot

The frequently ME changes, the less profit GM can get. -- 92 S 1 d.

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2.2 4.4 Frankebasta

Well, just for perspective: 5000 credits in Nepal is one day's salary. That's unreasonable for an online game. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 4.7 JaSamLegenda

You all complain how pricey is the pay to win part of the game, while I would like to say that EU in this game is way more expensive than in other games because of very few ways to earn it in the game.
- sponsors, profit from matches, rewards at the end of the season, real money... was there something I forgot???
Still there is no way you can save it, no way at all, even if you play in lower leagues. And to top it all if you get into bankruptcy it's game over!!!
I can't believe no one is talking about this, I mean no one at all!
Ridiculousness. -- 92 S 1 d.

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5.2 5.4 EasyOn

Guys, did you really evaluate all the variables? For example, why not increase the cost of the one credit thus trying to sell, creating more benefits to users when buying more expensive packages? I am pretty sure, that the churn of users using the premium package will drop significantly. I really doubt that it will lead to the positive side. I am only guessing, but probably overall retention of users is also declining to mean that the game is slowly dying (think of it as Lithuania's population slowly aging). I won't do a detailed review of the overall marketing presence, but it seems that there isn't too much effort dedicated to that, PPC as well. Overall, what I wanted to say, is that these radical changes need to be tested out first, probably there are not too many resources to do a proper A/B calculating significant differences, but maybe some localized tests are possible. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 2.1 hanam

Is it possible to compensate for the increase of the pack by increasing the discount for the purchase of credits in quantity? -- 92 S 1 d.

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4.2 4.4 Formatas

Agree with JaSamLegenda, would be great if you could sell player and that how to save some salary, get more money. For now you must risk if you wanna go up. If you fail you must have 3-4 season bankrupt procedure to retur balance in normal situation. Its very stupid Idea. Not all players come back after first fail. -- 92 S 1 d.

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Toyota-bot

Nesvajokit apie naujas grandiozines funkcijas, kai žinomi bug’ai nėra tvarkomi :D -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 4.8 elprof

Wow that's.. quite a price jump. I too will not be extending, I guess. :/ Seems I will have to just do more manual labor to keep track of my player's stats.
I'm curious what made you choose this path. A 250% price hike doesn't seem like it's a decision made lightly since it will likely cause a lot of people to back down. I'm genuinely curious about the reasoning behind this. -- 92 S 1 d.

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1.1 4.3 Lipinski

In the competition for the most popular country, the reward in the form of credits is certainly purposeful and motivating to further promote public relations of the game.
Good work should be rewarded. I am clearly in favor of this.

However, I find the bonus in scouting of talents for the winner rather questionable.
This only widens the gap between the "big" and "small" communities.
This is a self-reinforcing process and only increases the inequality.
Shouldn't the game ensure fair competition among nations regardless of the number of users in each community? -- 92 S 2 d.

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2.2 2.2 dwyane3

Lipinski the extra award, in this case for scouting is given for the highest performing federation. The performance is measured by difference in % of goal achieved, therefore all federations may earn it. -- 92 S 2 d.

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3.4 3.3 andriuss

Dwayne uzsiimat nesamonem.visokiais pinigu rinkimais kainu kelimais.pirma sutvarkykit varikliuka kad butu verta kainad kelt.daba primalet sudo su nauju varikliu ir dar kainas pakelet.juokinat visa pasauly -- 92 S 2 d.

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1.1 4.3 Lipinski

dwyane3 I already understood how this works with the reward and that theoretically every federation CAN achieve the goal.
The smaller the federation itself, the less you actually need numerically to reach the goal.
All understandable.

That's not what I was getting at.
My general point was that it brings a not inconsiderable advantage or rather an even greater disadvantage for the small nations, as it already is.
The player pool is already flooded by the sheer number of clubs in the big nations (Lithuania, China and now also more and more Taiwan). And then on top of that, there's the new bonus from the event.
I realize that "we" small nations also get a bonus due to the small number of players in the game of each nation.
But where is the attraction for Taiwanese users to draw players from e.g. Portugal, Surinam or Malta now if the bonus is the same?
That's what I mean by the gap getting bigger. -- 92 S 2 d.

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4.2 4.4 Formatas

Atotrūkis nuo realybės atneša visus nelogiškumus. Tarp jų kainos didinimas, kada daugybė vartotojų ir taip jaučiasi nusivylę esama žaidimo padėtimi. Bet nieko kito tikėtis nebuvo galima. Darius visada norėjo, kad viskas būtų kitaip nei kituose žaidimuose. Nesvarbu kokia reali vartotojo patirtis. -- 92 S 2 d.

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BearBear

Formatas, mate, obviously the pricing strategic is different from other games now. He did it. Perfect. -- 92 S 2 d.

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1.1 2.2 ak904

Lipinski
You probably don't know how much effort I put into managing Taiwan community. 2 years ago Taiwan community is nothing. But now we grow up because of our effort. I don't comment on dwyane3's reward scheme. However, there are more Taiwanese players in the player pool, mainly because the number of users in Taiwan has increased. If you can manage the German community well, I believe there will be more German players in player pool in the near future. -- 92 S 4 d.

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kip88363

Lipinski
I joined this game a year ago. Our Nation League 2 was barely fulfilled then.
It has been better because our Federation chairman

ak904 is full of passion and motivation on this game, and other crew in Great Taiwan Federation are brilliant and reliable.
We was the SMALL NATION before, but we do really hard on promoting our group. We don't have a such population like China, and basketball either is our favorate sport like Lithuania. However, we still get to this high. If you put the same passion as ak904 does in this game, you won't say such critism about the gap between small and big group. -- 92 S 4 d.

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1.1 4.3 Lipinski

ak904
I am absolutely aware that the strong rise is very closely connected with you.
I think many who use BP intensively are very aware of this.
I don't want to minimize your performance at all. I value it extraordinarily highly. I would not be able to do that at all, because unfortunately I am not the kind of person for something like that.
I am very sorry if I offended the Taiwanese. That was not my intention.
I was more concerned with the meaningfulness of the scouting bonus.
As always, my opinion doesn't have to be right. I just wanted to shed some light on another angle. -- 92 S 4 d.

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1.1 2.2 lantieheuser

Lipinski
In short, we all hope that games are just games, but unfortunately, the real world doesn't work that way. The existence of game subjects and communities depends on external factors that contaminate the game. -- 92 S 4 d.

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