@Ceereus
That squatter's right, no, it's not written nor implied anywhere, that's only how you think it should be. Rules that can't be upheld is no rule at all, and ultimately the community are the one with the power to punish snipers. What the overall community thinks is what the rules...
@Ceereus
The sniper is also making a ton of effort on their part, and by starting from the start it shows that they are willing to go through the same effort that the original has been doing to reach their place now, and that even with most people won't bother rereading their releases.
By that...
@Ceereus
Look at this series,
https://mangadex.org/title/44516/15-minutes-til-they-actually-start-dating
See if there's anyone complaining at the newer scanlation team about sniping,
There's also this one,
https://mangadex.org/title/13800/the-new-gate/chapters/2/
Though that was a long time...
@Ceereus
Sniping is unacceptable because it's unfair to the original teams and their efforts building up popularity and readers for the project only for someone else to jump in and take it.
Doing the same project all over from the beginning is not sniping, it's fair competition. If the result...