[Ralath]

Everyone who bought him just got screwed over. We had to work hard for it so should everyone else, that's how it affects us. I really don't see the harm in just not giving him away for free. Who does it affect? No one..

Ok. Let's make this example about money.

Let's say everybody has a bank account. Some people have $1, some people have $2, some people have $3... etc. Some people even have $10.

One day, the bank says that they will give everybody enough money so that everybody has $10.

If the bank does decide to do this, how does this "screw over" the people who already have $10? It doesn't.

However, if the bank doesn't give away this money, who does this hurt? It hurts the people who don't already have the $10 in their bank accounts because they didn't get this extra money that was being given away for free. It's an opportunity cost.

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I think the issue here isn't so much that Corki is being given away free but rather that there's a jealousy/grudge issue here. It's a pretty well-documented phenomenon and I would quote you the literature if I had it readily available.

Here's another (albeit extreme) example.

Some people have food, some people don't.

There's free food available. Why should the people with food say that the people without food shouldn't get this food?