Journalism has always been a mixture of investigative reporting, retroactive analyses, and the filler articles that sit between those. Sites like IGN have their places, and you're not supposed to like them.
@@yurisei6732 The problem is that they are not doing proper journalism when they show their clear biases. Sure they have their places, but they still need to adhere to the principle of journalism, being neutral and objective.
Esports will never die. Gaming is stronger than music and movies combined. A lot of that money come from microtransactions in competitive multiplayer games. Big competitions may die, but it will go back to the good old days where winners won a computer mouse and a graphics card. People will still do it for passion and people will still watch it for passion.
I'd say esports is already dead and rotting, corporate bloodoil made it a perversion of what made competitive gaming truly amazing. Sure, we the gamers will remember what it means but the industry is reaching for greed over any morals. Yet again I believe Indie scene make a comeback, but not as "esports"
This is what true gaming journalism looks like... thank you, Belinda, for setting the standards and reporting what really matters. So sick and tired of opinion pieces about diversity and hating gamers and etc.
E-sports have ONE big issue: hard entry for viewers to understand what is happening. You see, football, one of the most watched sports in the world, has one of the most simple win conditions: put the ball in the other team's arc, everyone understands it, and everyone can watch it. Now try to explain that to a League of Legends viewer. Yeah, they need to destroy other team nexus, but what happens on the screen is a bible of information that is very hard to digest. Therefore, it is very hard to get viewers who don't know the nuances of the games. For me, Nintento franchises had that simplicity, and the Evo 2019 Smash Bros. Finals were proof of that.
I would say sports have that same barrier. There is a reason so many people say golf & baseball are boring. Americans say soccer is boring while the rest of the world says American football is. You just have enough fans to teach other people the sport, or many played it as a kid.
just a correction. Not everybody in the world understands football either. the american football, at least. Me, for example. I'm from Brazil and I have no idea of how that things works.
I think esports problem is two fold. One the high entrance standard and the lack of diversity of genre. Like instead of teams just being about one game, maybe introduce 10 games and each team would need to gather members for them. Olympic style. Also It would be cool to have something like fast run competition or new RTS games.
Olympic Commitee: The glorification of violence and discrimination, this red line cannot be crossed by the Olympic movement. *Unless they give us a lot of money*
Companies don't have morals. They don't care about social messages, social situations, human rights or the things you're fighting for. Companies exist to MAKE MONEY. And they always gonna take whatever route that lead them to MONEY. People need to stop idolizing companies and stop protecting them. Companies aren't your friends. They are on the money business as they should because they are a company. The only way a company is gonna care about human rights is if that makes them money or if they are paying more than the one violating human rights or morals
This is true of large companies with many investors and parachuted CEOs, but the vast majority of small and medium businesses are owner-operated and absolutely do have moral values.
Seeing these companies celebrate pride then (no pun intended) proudly fly off to the 'World Cup', that had less hype behind it than any CS major, it genuinely infuriating
Thanks god, at the end I really thought that she was about to play LoL. Good ending and good video, now I understanding better what's happening and realizing that the OC are really trying to create Olimpic Esports without the real gamers, so, let's see how bad this ends for them and the tons of money wasted on worthless greediness
Great report, however lot of the losses with the Overwatch League was not due to miscalculations, but was due to the huge failures of Overwatch 2, and with the sexual assault accusations against Blizzard at the time.
I enjoyed this video very much!! I will check for more of your videos and potencialy subscribe. Keep up with the quality storytelling and you will be fine
so... Korean pro players retirement home will be in Saudi Arabia instead of NA LCS, i can see that happening in the future with big Stars like Chovy, Showmaker, or Faker himself.
Great video. I think having video games in the olympics is odd given games don't last forever. Running will always be running while something like LoL may eventually cease to exist or be replaced with something completely different. i.e. If something is going to be in the olympics it should be able to stand the test of time.
Thanks for another great video! I think esports was probably doomed to fail, because it lacks the most vital component of sports - alcohol. Here in the UK at least, most sports are really dramas, they're an excuse to get together with friends to drink beer and have a laugh, with rooting for your favourite team and perhaps gambling on the outcome of a game adding the dramatic moments that get you invested. Esports I don't think ever had that. No one was gathering all their friends in the living room to drink and watch people play league, no one was chatting around the office about that ludicrous display last night. The audience was too young, it wasn't ingrained in the community as a constant topic of conversation, and if you were going to spend a couple of hours hanging out with friends, you could actually play the games yourself.
I think all esports communities should go to the way of EVO. Any Esport league, or any artificially inflated spectator event for that matter, will fail in the end. The real endgame is to have leagues and competitions that sustain themselves solely from the devs, players and the competitors. If a league relies on corporate money in any form, it will obviously die at some point. Sure you wont be having multi-million dollar prize pools like this, but at least you will rest assured that next year and the year after, your favorite game will have another competition that thousands can watch and enjoy.
Love your video but from the point of view of prize money and the impact on E-sports i think Dota 2 played a bigger role with almost as much as 3 times bigger prize pool in all the tournaments combined. league of legends has 100 times more players than dota but it was the 40 million dollar dota 2 tour that is one of the top events in all prize pool events in the world, only lower than Wimbledon and world series of poker! (i might be wrong on this one). i think Dota 2 played the bigger role when it comes to E-sports simply showing how deep the prize pool can get.
I'm a game through and through but you couldn't pay me to watch esports... I don't get it. I prefer playing or watch specific streamers play because they are entertaining. Esports should be its own thing and not part of the Olympics in my opinion. I think it's the wrong message to send when you have digital sports overshadowing physical sports. Breakdancing shouldn't be part of the Olympics either.
The "backlash" is usually just angry kids on twitter. Nobody cares about this really. If you're a gamer, then you're pleased by more tournaments for whatever game you're following. Also, as someone familiar with Rocket League. Ahmad's retirement had nothing to do with Saudi buying Esport because he is from Saudi lol. I can't imagine someone retiring because there are finally some tournaments in their homeland.
Once home for nerds, social outcasts, misfits and geeks is now become a tool to exploit for money and to cover up the shitty practice. Gaming really is suffering from success.
Wow, that felt like a John Oliver episode, amazing job! Here's my take on this. My favorite football team, Newcastle United (which I’ve supported since '96), was bought by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) a couple of years ago. So, I can relate to the confusion that esports organizations and fans feel about how to act or feel regarding PIF or others "sports-washing" their questionable money. Should you protest, stop supporting, or just ignore it since there’s nothing impactful you can really do? We all condemn Saudi Arabia’s politics, morals, and transgressions, but I can't deny that PIF buying Newcastle has been the best thing that’s happened to the club in 20 years. Similarly, esports could see tremendous long-term benefits from Saudi investments. It's a hot take, but I think the best approach is to accept these investments under strict conditions, because no matter how much we protest for a complete ban, it likely won't work. Money tends to win over morals, and if it’s not Saudi money, it will be from someone else. Examples of such conditions we can protest for are: 1. Transparency in Investment: Require full transparency about where the money is coming from and how it is being used within the sport. This would ensure accountability and make it clear what the funds are supporting. 2. Human Rights Conditions: Tie investment acceptance to clear and measurable improvements in human rights practices. This could include commitments to gender equality, freedom of expression, and the treatment of migrant workers. 3. Ethical Oversight Committees: Establish independent ethical oversight committees within sports organizations that can review and approve or reject funding based on moral grounds. 4. Community Investment: Mandate that a significant portion of the investment goes toward community development programs, grassroots sports, and local infrastructure, ensuring that the money has a positive social impact. 5. Cultural Exchange Programs: Promote cultural exchange programs that foster understanding and dialogue between the investing countries and the host countries, encouraging a better understanding of differing values and beliefs. 6. Periodic Reviews and Accountability: Set up periodic reviews to assess the impact of the investment on both the sport and the broader community, with the power to revoke investment agreements if the agreed-upon standards are not met.
This is just the desolating insight that turns any remnant of dreamy child into a dead-on-the-inside cubicle adult: In the end, bad people are moneymakers, and humanity has managed to make money the only thing that really has power in the world. It is literally more important than blood itself. It is what makes or breaks anything. It's what determines the ever existence or extinction in a reality governed by capital. So either you pimp your own values to achieve your projects, or you can just accept being doomed to the obscurity.
Great video. I'm a big fan of the FGC and I haven't seen it being as affected by the so called death of esports, and I believe that's due to it being created and manteined by the FGC community, with companies and sponsors investing in an already existent competitive enviroment. The thing that ruined esports like Overwatch League is that the companies brainlessly inject money on a nonexistent base community, and for some reason expected it to be thier new golden goose.
I think you missed the mark on this video, there's no mention of Counter-Strike here at all or even DOTA 2, both big E-sports that didn't have a bubble burst Noclip's documentary "Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary" goes into the history of E-sports and how massive it was and still is, without all the big drama that other games got involved in that you went over
All we have left of gaming now is memories of how good we had it back then , and boot up the classics once in a while ... too many hands in the pie now, and the pie looks like shit
To be honest, if esports were interesting to me, I wouldn't care who was hosting it; I'd still watch it. And if I were good at any of these games to compete for cash, I'd do it in a heartbeat. great video though.
really? becuase if there is one demographic that like to eat shit is gamers prebuying games when it makes 0 sense since is not a physical product that can run out. bending backwards to defends companies with shity practices because they are already invested in a live service and they dont want it to die and lose their accounts. gamers are more tribal with the games the games they like than most sport fans with their teams. and the average player doesn't give a quack about Saudi Arabia owning sports, they did rather have that than no tournaments to watch. in the same way Qatar with the Fifa world cup. nobody gave a shit and still viewed normally even if the stadiums where build with literal slave worker that had their papers taken away and could not even leave. or in russia where stadiums where build by north korean rented slave workers people still watch the world cup as normal. people dont care about human right at all if they are not even willing to not watch an event they wanna see. at the end of the day people only are against human right violations when is 0 effort for them. but they will not sacrifice not buying stuff or their entertainment for it.
not sure how you see it being different culture wise. since fans of teams or players act the same way that when they are fans of any normal sport team or player. about the how to become pro is actually more stream line than any other sport really. since people just play ranked match and orgs pick and try the people at the top. meanwhile for a lot of other sports just reaching a place where you can even attempt to compete costs a lot of money out of pocket in training,equipment or travel. meanwhile the game I reached highest level in at 65 on my server for Riot teamfight tactics (league of legends spinoff strategy game) anyone could participate in the world championship. since is a individual game with no teams. you just register and play the elimination match ups vs other people until the winners of each region go to the worlds. this is plain better than any other sport in terms of easy of access to compete.
Western outrage at Saudi or even Chinese human rights practices reads to me an awful lot like the pot calling the kettle black. If the Saudis want to bankroll e-sports, let them.
Wieder mal ein ganz hervorragendes und augenöffnendes Video. Nachdem ich vornehmlich Singleplayer oder Lokale-Muliplayer-Games spiele, hab ich das Thema eSports immer nur am Rande verfolgt. Ich bin überzeugt, dass die neu aufgeblasene Bubble auch früher oder später wieder platzen wird, denn die Spieler lassen sich auch immer weniger gefallen, das können die Saudis noch so groß aufblasen. Herzlichen Dank Belinda für 16 Minuten top informative Unterhaltung, weiter so!
Good choice not logging back to league,that will drain your life😅i am glad stopped playing .I love league but damn! that game is highly addictive ,it can ruin your life
Interesting to see what the West views and critics when Saudi did in this industry. Oil money is bad, capitalism is good. Anyways this is Good video belinda nice.
Belindas for the people. Sharing all these marketing gimicks that normal folk would never know about. Mad respect to you. You deserve all the success.
I appreciate how well produced this is with all the primary sources quoted. Its a big contrast to the "shouting out personal opinions" we usually see.
A gamer.
An actual journalist.
Doing journalism.
Isn't THIS what gaming journalism should be? Instead of what we get from IGN or garbage like that?
Journalism has always been a mixture of investigative reporting, retroactive analyses, and the filler articles that sit between those. Sites like IGN have their places, and you're not supposed to like them.
@@yurisei6732 The problem is that they are not doing proper journalism when they show their clear biases. Sure they have their places, but they still need to adhere to the principle of journalism, being neutral and objective.
Underrated channel with amazing research! Respect ❤
Criminally underappreciated journalism right here.
Esports will never die. Gaming is stronger than music and movies combined. A lot of that money come from microtransactions in competitive multiplayer games.
Big competitions may die, but it will go back to the good old days where winners won a computer mouse and a graphics card. People will still do it for passion and people will still watch it for passion.
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I'd say esports is already dead and rotting, corporate bloodoil made it a perversion of what made competitive gaming truly amazing. Sure, we the gamers will remember what it means but the industry is reaching for greed over any morals. Yet again I believe Indie scene make a comeback, but not as "esports"
Like I say never say never
This is what true gaming journalism looks like... thank you, Belinda, for setting the standards and reporting what really matters. So sick and tired of opinion pieces about diversity and hating gamers and etc.
E-sports have ONE big issue: hard entry for viewers to understand what is happening. You see, football, one of the most watched sports in the world, has one of the most simple win conditions: put the ball in the other team's arc, everyone understands it, and everyone can watch it. Now try to explain that to a League of Legends viewer. Yeah, they need to destroy other team nexus, but what happens on the screen is a bible of information that is very hard to digest. Therefore, it is very hard to get viewers who don't know the nuances of the games. For me, Nintento franchises had that simplicity, and the Evo 2019 Smash Bros. Finals were proof of that.
What about counterstrike?
I would say sports have that same barrier. There is a reason so many people say golf & baseball are boring. Americans say soccer is boring while the rest of the world says American football is. You just have enough fans to teach other people the sport, or many played it as a kid.
just a correction. Not everybody in the world understands football either. the american football, at least. Me, for example. I'm from Brazil and I have no idea of how that things works.
Even a lot of people who do understand the rules of the game have minimal interest in watching people play it.
@@yurisei6732 a lot of them also have interest tho
I think esports problem is two fold. One the high entrance standard and the lack of diversity of genre. Like instead of teams just being about one game, maybe introduce 10 games and each team would need to gather members for them. Olympic style.
Also It would be cool to have something like fast run competition or new RTS games.
Olympic Commitee: The glorification of violence and discrimination, this red line cannot be crossed by the Olympic movement. *Unless they give us a lot of money*
11h55 and they have combat sports (boxing, etc), shooting competitions, etc. I guess none of those are violent in nature...
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Krass oder?
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I love your videos, honestly some of the best mini-documentaries on YT!
Companies don't have morals.
They don't care about social messages, social situations, human rights or the things you're fighting for.
Companies exist to MAKE MONEY. And they always gonna take whatever route that lead them to MONEY. People need to stop idolizing companies and stop protecting them. Companies aren't your friends. They are on the money business as they should because they are a company.
The only way a company is gonna care about human rights is if that makes them money or if they are paying more than the one violating human rights or morals
This is true of large companies with many investors and parachuted CEOs, but the vast majority of small and medium businesses are owner-operated and absolutely do have moral values.
@@yurisei6732 Then it's more about the owner's moral than actual companies's moral.
Same way breakdancing did. Except gamers are infinite times coolers. 😎
do you really have to bring that up😂
This channel is amazing‼ Thank you for your service
This channel is a hidden gem. Awesome videos
UNREAL TOURNAMENT MENTIONED
(nah but seriously, the video is actually great, thanks a lot for your work)
Great video as always!
man, these cannot come often enough. Dystopian ending, but riveting to watch. Thanks @belinda
Congrats for Saudi Arabia for making the move, the esport scene will evolve for the whole world
Huge fan of your channel! Keep up the great work Belinda.
Seeing these companies celebrate pride then (no pun intended) proudly fly off to the 'World Cup', that had less hype behind it than any CS major, it genuinely infuriating
why is this not listed anymore
You are going far with such quality videos. 56k is the beginning
Thanks god, at the end I really thought that she was about to play LoL.
Good ending and good video, now I understanding better what's happening and realizing that the OC are really trying to create Olimpic Esports without the real gamers, so, let's see how bad this ends for them and the tons of money wasted on worthless greediness
What about Dota 2 and CS?
Love your content!
That was insanely well made. How is this channel so small and barely any viewers?!
I've recently started watching your videos and they're S tier. I am so surprised to see you are only at 55k subs. Thanks for the great content!
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Great report, however lot of the losses with the Overwatch League was not due to miscalculations, but was due to the huge failures of Overwatch 2, and with the sexual assault accusations against Blizzard at the time.
great video as always 👍
great channel and production quality
It's insane to see actually good gaming journalism. Thank you, thank you so much!
Found the channel today, instant sub.
Thank you for good content, keep up the good work!
Thank you 🙏😊
I'm happy I found your channel.
thank you🙏
Another banger. Good work, keep going!
I enjoyed this video very much!! I will check for more of your videos and potencialy subscribe.
Keep up with the quality storytelling and you will be fine
I'm super late to finishing this video, but it is criminal that this account is not getting more views.
so... Korean pro players retirement home will be in Saudi Arabia instead of NA LCS, i can see that happening in the future with big Stars like Chovy, Showmaker, or Faker himself.
Great video. I think having video games in the olympics is odd given games don't last forever. Running will always be running while something like LoL may eventually cease to exist or be replaced with something completely different. i.e. If something is going to be in the olympics it should be able to stand the test of time.
Can't wait for Asmongold to react to this on his channel.
This is a great explanation of the history of League & Overwatch E-sports.
Thanks for another great video! I think esports was probably doomed to fail, because it lacks the most vital component of sports - alcohol. Here in the UK at least, most sports are really dramas, they're an excuse to get together with friends to drink beer and have a laugh, with rooting for your favourite team and perhaps gambling on the outcome of a game adding the dramatic moments that get you invested. Esports I don't think ever had that. No one was gathering all their friends in the living room to drink and watch people play league, no one was chatting around the office about that ludicrous display last night. The audience was too young, it wasn't ingrained in the community as a constant topic of conversation, and if you were going to spend a couple of hours hanging out with friends, you could actually play the games yourself.
actually a very good/interesting point! (the alcohol)
Please never stop.
I think all esports communities should go to the way of EVO. Any Esport league, or any artificially inflated spectator event for that matter, will fail in the end. The real endgame is to have leagues and competitions that sustain themselves solely from the devs, players and the competitors. If a league relies on corporate money in any form, it will obviously die at some point. Sure you wont be having multi-million dollar prize pools like this, but at least you will rest assured that next year and the year after, your favorite game will have another competition that thousands can watch and enjoy.
Way to much corporate or investment crap in gaming now. Groups who aren't interested In gaming but just want easy money.
yooo i haven't realised that saudi arabia was involved in this (i don't follow esports much but i really love videogames)
ty for the video!
Love your video but from the point of view of prize money and the impact on E-sports i think Dota 2 played a bigger role with almost as much as 3 times bigger prize pool in all the tournaments combined. league of legends has 100 times more players than dota but it was the 40 million dollar dota 2 tour that is one of the top events in all prize pool events in the world, only lower than Wimbledon and world series of poker! (i might be wrong on this one). i think Dota 2 played the bigger role when it comes to E-sports simply showing how deep the prize pool can get.
of course she played league.. probably broke a lot of guy's hearts then too :)
Sorry, not tonight babe. New Belinda Ercan video just dropped.
I’m glad league didn’t pan out. 😊
Gaming journalism at its finest!
good work
I really dont like where esports is going in general.
They have a problem with violence. Yet, they have boxing on the list of sports. Interesting.
I miss the old days. Just me, my "Clan", and IRC.
great video
Good work as always Belinda, Lets thanks the majority that haven't taken the oily boy money
Good piece.
I'm a game through and through but you couldn't pay me to watch esports... I don't get it. I prefer playing or watch specific streamers play because they are entertaining.
Esports should be its own thing and not part of the Olympics in my opinion.
I think it's the wrong message to send when you have digital sports overshadowing physical sports. Breakdancing shouldn't be part of the Olympics either.
The "backlash" is usually just angry kids on twitter.
Nobody cares about this really. If you're a gamer, then you're pleased by more tournaments for whatever game you're following.
Also, as someone familiar with Rocket League. Ahmad's retirement had nothing to do with Saudi buying Esport because he is from Saudi lol. I can't imagine someone retiring because there are finally some tournaments in their homeland.
Coming from a person who has watched and played rocket league. Ahmad deserves it tbh
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Oh another banger! NICE
Once home for nerds, social outcasts, misfits and geeks is now become a tool to exploit for money and to cover up the shitty practice. Gaming really is suffering from success.
You're like a real life Lois Lane. Your exposés have to be making some people sweat, if they catch wind. I'm all for it.
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Awesome videos, nice voice. Dankeschön. 👍
Wow, that felt like a John Oliver episode, amazing job!
Here's my take on this. My favorite football team, Newcastle United (which I’ve supported since '96), was bought by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) a couple of years ago. So, I can relate to the confusion that esports organizations and fans feel about how to act or feel regarding PIF or others "sports-washing" their questionable money. Should you protest, stop supporting, or just ignore it since there’s nothing impactful you can really do? We all condemn Saudi Arabia’s politics, morals, and transgressions, but I can't deny that PIF buying Newcastle has been the best thing that’s happened to the club in 20 years. Similarly, esports could see tremendous long-term benefits from Saudi investments.
It's a hot take, but I think the best approach is to accept these investments under strict conditions, because no matter how much we protest for a complete ban, it likely won't work. Money tends to win over morals, and if it’s not Saudi money, it will be from someone else.
Examples of such conditions we can protest for are:
1. Transparency in Investment: Require full transparency about where the money is coming from and how it is being used within the sport. This would ensure accountability and make it clear what the funds are supporting.
2. Human Rights Conditions: Tie investment acceptance to clear and measurable improvements in human rights practices. This could include commitments to gender equality, freedom of expression, and the treatment of migrant workers.
3. Ethical Oversight Committees: Establish independent ethical oversight committees within sports organizations that can review and approve or reject funding based on moral grounds.
4. Community Investment: Mandate that a significant portion of the investment goes toward community development programs, grassroots sports, and local infrastructure, ensuring that the money has a positive social impact.
5. Cultural Exchange Programs: Promote cultural exchange programs that foster understanding and dialogue between the investing countries and the host countries, encouraging a better understanding of differing values and beliefs.
6. Periodic Reviews and Accountability: Set up periodic reviews to assess the impact of the investment on both the sport and the broader community, with the power to revoke investment agreements if the agreed-upon standards are not met.
This is just the desolating insight that turns any remnant of dreamy child into a dead-on-the-inside cubicle adult: In the end, bad people are moneymakers, and humanity has managed to make money the only thing that really has power in the world. It is literally more important than blood itself. It is what makes or breaks anything. It's what determines the ever existence or extinction in a reality governed by capital.
So either you pimp your own values to achieve your projects, or you can just accept being doomed to the obscurity.
Not a single mention of Valve and/or Dota? In the video about esports? Really?
Dota had the highest Esports prize ever and no mention about it 😅
@@bogdanboca07 probably LoL fangirl 😄
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Good video! Thx. There were rumors that Saudi Arabia intends to buy Ubisoft.
Great video. I'm a big fan of the FGC and I haven't seen it being as affected by the so called death of esports, and I believe that's due to it being created and manteined by the FGC community, with companies and sponsors investing in an already existent competitive enviroment. The thing that ruined esports like Overwatch League is that the companies brainlessly inject money on a nonexistent base community, and for some reason expected it to be thier new golden goose.
Everyone knows Neom will be a disaster. 😂🙃🤣
Great content as always...🥰
Nice.
Thanks for the info
Saudi Arabia is based.
emm, mmm love your videos, but where is dota 2 and the international?
WTF? If you hadn't said youre german - I wouldnt had heart it! Crazy gute Aussprache👀💪
We should organise better tournaments like the 90s and the 2000s.
Hatte niemals gedacht, dass Du aus Deutschland kommst... Hatte dich eher als Türkin/Iranerin eingeordnet.
I think you missed the mark on this video, there's no mention of Counter-Strike here at all or even DOTA 2, both big E-sports that didn't have a bubble burst
Noclip's documentary "Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary" goes into the history of E-sports and how massive it was and still is, without all the big drama that other games got involved in that you went over
@@prorussianman I watched it. I had to cut out Dota and CS. It didn’t serve the story and the script. And I didn’t wanna do another noclip clip :)
@@BelindaErcan Alright, I get you had a vision for this, good editing and script either way
The olympics will include anything that makes them money.
All we have left of gaming now is memories of how good we had it back then , and boot up the classics once in a while ... too many hands in the pie now, and the pie looks like shit
16:46 You made the right decision
To be honest, if esports were interesting to me, I wouldn't care who was hosting it; I'd still watch it. And if I were good at any of these games to compete for cash, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
great video though.
Are games still games?
the people with money are trying to control us but gamers do what gamers do.we fight back.
really? becuase if there is one demographic that like to eat shit is gamers prebuying games when it makes 0 sense since is not a physical product that can run out. bending backwards to defends companies with shity practices because they are already invested in a live service and they dont want it to die and lose their accounts.
gamers are more tribal with the games the games they like than most sport fans with their teams.
and the average player doesn't give a quack about Saudi Arabia owning sports, they did rather have that than no tournaments to watch. in the same way Qatar with the Fifa world cup. nobody gave a shit and still viewed normally even if the stadiums where build with literal slave worker that had their papers taken away and could not even leave. or in russia where stadiums where build by north korean rented slave workers people still watch the world cup as normal. people dont care about human right at all if they are not even willing to not watch an event they wanna see. at the end of the day people only are against human right violations when is 0 effort for them.
but they will not sacrifice not buying stuff or their entertainment for it.
This sounds super ironic when you look at the ever worsening practices in the industry.
This channel deserves way more subs. Informative, well put together, fun to watch. Kuddos!
16:31 i'am sure it's oil lol
What a great video. I hate it. Saudi sportswashing 🤝 sports org taking the bag, name a better duo.
Thanks vor the video, Belinda, I hate it. :D
I still don't consider it a sport myself, not the skill level, thats real, the whole culture surrounding it and how people become 'athletes'.
They are 2 different things
not sure how you see it being different culture wise. since fans of teams or players act the same way that when they are fans of any normal sport team or player. about the how to become pro is actually more stream line than any other sport really. since people just play ranked match and orgs pick and try the people at the top.
meanwhile for a lot of other sports just reaching a place where you can even attempt to compete costs a lot of money out of pocket in training,equipment or travel.
meanwhile the game I reached highest level in at 65 on my server for Riot teamfight tactics (league of legends spinoff strategy game) anyone could participate in the world championship. since is a individual game with no teams. you just register and play the elimination match ups vs other people until the winners of each region go to the worlds. this is plain better than any other sport in terms of easy of access to compete.
Western outrage at Saudi or even Chinese human rights practices reads to me an awful lot like the pot calling the kettle black. If the Saudis want to bankroll e-sports, let them.
If they don't critize Suadi or Chinese , where they get fund ?>_>
Your videos are so well made that everytime I watch one, I remember how much I don't miss TV.
Asmondgold is gonna do a react video to this.
Wieder mal ein ganz hervorragendes und augenöffnendes Video.
Nachdem ich vornehmlich Singleplayer oder Lokale-Muliplayer-Games spiele, hab ich das Thema eSports immer nur am Rande verfolgt.
Ich bin überzeugt, dass die neu aufgeblasene Bubble auch früher oder später wieder platzen wird, denn die Spieler lassen sich auch immer weniger gefallen, das können die Saudis noch so groß aufblasen.
Herzlichen Dank Belinda für 16 Minuten top informative Unterhaltung, weiter so!
Good choice not logging back to league,that will drain your life😅i am glad stopped playing .I love league but damn! that game is highly addictive ,it can ruin your life
Interesting to see what the West views and critics when Saudi did in this industry. Oil money is bad, capitalism is good. Anyways this is Good video belinda nice.
It’s all the same. “The world is a business, and has been since man crawled out of the slime”
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7:44 *2021
e-Sports is a thing but come on, Olympic Sport? It just isn't and devalue real Olympic Sport as it devalue e-Sports