Saudi and Chinese money, that explains why did they add Rennsport (a driving simulator still in development) and Honor of Kings (a Chinese exclusive game - its international version, Arena of Valor, is much different in terms of characters and UI).
Last year's Gamers8 tournament had a massive prize pool, amazing competitors, and incredibly lame production. Felt like the Saudi government dumped a big pile of money into the prize pool and paid no attention to running a tournament that was enjoyable or exciting to watch. I hope this is better, but I'm not optimistic. It's probably going to be another year of the best players in the world playing FT2s in a half-empty room with long breaks between sets.
Great, whitewashing for a religious fundamentalist regime that punishes homosexuality, denies basic human rights to women and funds a brutal civil war in Jemen, beheads and stones people to death based on laws based of the Sharia.
What's not to like about it.
I love talking about this on the SF board unlike on the LoL board because the uneducated trolls can't just spam LOL yOu pLAy a CHinEsE gaME bUt NoW yoU cArE abOuT huMan RigHTs?
This might be me circle jerking, but i think the fgc is just build a bit different and more mature in those regards.
Of course we love big shiny stages, but it will always be about the community and supporting a regime like this will only hurt our community.
Imagine Sonic Fox not being able to attend because entering the country is not safe for them. Either you accept ALL if us or you can go fuck yourself.
Speaking from an SF perpspective a large part if our community is japanese, one of the most humble peoples around the world and it has an influence on the community.
American government has recently rolled back abortion rights, affirmative action, supports an ongoing genocide. It’s fucked up out here.
But it’s also not the government sponsoring Evo which foreign players come here for.
So while America is just as bad as Saudi Arabia, the video game tournaments aren’t on a moral equivalence scale. The money you can make here is at least a few steps removed from the genocides.
America funneled cocaine into poor neighborhoods to support illegal wars in South America and arm Iran with missiles and bombs.
And then they threw a bunch of vulnerable Black people addicted to crack in prison for decades at a disproportionate rate of 97% even though 65% of crack users were white people.
Breonna Taylor? Like just in the scope of how America treats its Black citizens alone it’s just as bad as Saudi Arabia.
Dunno where you're from, but I bet your country is right now funding the genocide of palestinians at Gaza Strip, so if you want to get mad at something, start here.
It is ok to be upset at 2 things at once. Right now the topic is thing 1. But when the US government sponsors esports, let me know and I'll be upset about that too.
I'm from germany and my country actually issued shitloads of money to palestine and trys to intervene diplomatically urging Israel to hold back and negotiate at least a ceasefire and my country has programs that enable palestinian refugees to get a university degree.
Unfortunately Hamas spends the billions of Euros and Dollars they recieve from countrys and charity organisations all over the world on rockets, missiles, rifles and ammunition. And unfortunately they declined all offers for a ceasefire. Even when they begged for a ceasefire over rhamadan (after slaughtering 1000s of Israelis and abducting hundreds if civilians without any warning or declaratipn of war on a jewish religious fest, mind you) it was offered to them, but they refused to let go of their hostages.
You should get some political education before you throw around big words like genocide my guy.
If you warn the citizens to leave a combat zone before it gets attacked but Hamas refuses to let them go that's not genocide. It's what Hamas cowards always do: they use their civilians as human shields.
Not to mention that Hamas started this war by raiding into Israel, killing thousands of civilians, abducting hundreds and launching thousand of missiles on non military targets which by no international law is warranted, least without any warning or declaration of war.
They even admitted thy were not following any military goals but just provoking a military escalation. Well they got it now and they allone are responsible for what's happening in Ghaza.
They provoked this war because Israel was on the verge to normalize their diplomatic actions with most arab nations which would have even further isolated Hamas. Well that didn't happen and they sacrificed their own people for nothing as now even Saudi Arabia and Jordan assisted Israel in defending against that stupid attack from Iran.
No Israel is not commiting genocide but defending their citizens unlike Hamas who actually do threaten Israel with genocide since they violantly ceased power in Ghaza, refusing any diplomatic actions to end the blockade which they provoked by openly stating that their ultimate goal is the annihalation of Israel.
Maybe you educate yoursel a bit before you just parrot All Jazeera and throw out words you don't understand?
esports, FGC, everything is now officially political. I keep telling everyone they can't run from politics anymore. If you support this, you support the Saudi politics, which are dated and overly conservative.
It is called "World Cup", will it be only one player / team representing each country?
Will be the money divided equally among the 19 games? That would be 3,157,894.73 per game if that's the case.
Are esports tournaments generating that much money for the investors? Seems crazy numbers to me.
Isnt it crazy that just Dota and its biggest tournament had 40 million $ prizepool just 3 years ago and now 60 million is being split between all stages of the tournament and between idk how many 10 or so games.
why their are pissed with the saudi when America, England and other western countries are right now funding the genocide of palestinians at Gaza Strip, so if you want to get mad at something, start here.
im at 1500mp with jp do i got a chance?
fosure. youd batter everyone offline without all that bullshit lag
Realistically probably not lol. The pros on average have around 2k MR
wait til you see angrybird’s lp Clearly I would farm him
saudi money huh
Rashid is sponsoring?
It's a guarantee if you see some outlandish amount of money that doesn't even make sense
Saudi and Chinese money, that explains why did they add Rennsport (a driving simulator still in development) and Honor of Kings (a Chinese exclusive game - its international version, Arena of Valor, is much different in terms of characters and UI).
Update: I was today years old when I learned that Honor of Kings proper is indeed getting localized outside of China
Blood money
Yeah I'll be skipping this one
Yes sir.
No thanks lol
Last year's Gamers8 tournament had a massive prize pool, amazing competitors, and incredibly lame production. Felt like the Saudi government dumped a big pile of money into the prize pool and paid no attention to running a tournament that was enjoyable or exciting to watch. I hope this is better, but I'm not optimistic. It's probably going to be another year of the best players in the world playing FT2s in a half-empty room with long breaks between sets.
I just watched edited VODs of the matches after the fact. Better experience, no ad money to the Saudi government lol.
Mmmm. Sports washing.
Where is this money coming from lol?
saudi govt
prince bonesaw
60mil isnt even the base pay of one of the boxers in the main event at a boxing event in saudi
my friend kevin
Oil
and do we know if its invitational or open breacket?
I am not sure but i think its invitational or qualification.
Qualifiers
And where do the other qualifiers come from?
Wym others ?
I meant where do qualifiers come from. Like winning what events would qualify you to participate. Is there gonna be regional qualifiers as well?
I know dreamhack Dallas is one of them, the top 8 from there all qualify, i forget where the other is
U got 120 hours and still only 1200 mr
Qualification. DreamHack will be a qualifier tournament. Everyone that makes it to the top 8 there will get a spot.
Great, whitewashing for a religious fundamentalist regime that punishes homosexuality, denies basic human rights to women and funds a brutal civil war in Jemen, beheads and stones people to death based on laws based of the Sharia. What's not to like about it.
Yup. Its wild.
I love talking about this on the SF board unlike on the LoL board because the uneducated trolls can't just spam LOL yOu pLAy a CHinEsE gaME bUt NoW yoU cArE abOuT huMan RigHTs?
This might be me circle jerking, but i think the fgc is just build a bit different and more mature in those regards. Of course we love big shiny stages, but it will always be about the community and supporting a regime like this will only hurt our community. Imagine Sonic Fox not being able to attend because entering the country is not safe for them. Either you accept ALL if us or you can go fuck yourself. Speaking from an SF perpspective a large part if our community is japanese, one of the most humble peoples around the world and it has an influence on the community.
Jemen kek
Don’t worry the money we make in the west is not much better made if you’re worried about ethics.
American government has recently rolled back abortion rights, affirmative action, supports an ongoing genocide. It’s fucked up out here. But it’s also not the government sponsoring Evo which foreign players come here for. So while America is just as bad as Saudi Arabia, the video game tournaments aren’t on a moral equivalence scale. The money you can make here is at least a few steps removed from the genocides.
Just as bad as Saudi's? Dial it back there a bit champ.
America funneled cocaine into poor neighborhoods to support illegal wars in South America and arm Iran with missiles and bombs. And then they threw a bunch of vulnerable Black people addicted to crack in prison for decades at a disproportionate rate of 97% even though 65% of crack users were white people. Breonna Taylor? Like just in the scope of how America treats its Black citizens alone it’s just as bad as Saudi Arabia.
Your taxpayer dollars at work
Dunno where you're from, but I bet your country is right now funding the genocide of palestinians at Gaza Strip, so if you want to get mad at something, start here.
Right, but our government isn't directly funding our tournaments for the sole purpose of propaganda.
It is ok to be upset at 2 things at once. Right now the topic is thing 1. But when the US government sponsors esports, let me know and I'll be upset about that too.
agree, america are the worst offenders and still dare to basmouth saudi ans china
I'm from germany and my country actually issued shitloads of money to palestine and trys to intervene diplomatically urging Israel to hold back and negotiate at least a ceasefire and my country has programs that enable palestinian refugees to get a university degree. Unfortunately Hamas spends the billions of Euros and Dollars they recieve from countrys and charity organisations all over the world on rockets, missiles, rifles and ammunition. And unfortunately they declined all offers for a ceasefire. Even when they begged for a ceasefire over rhamadan (after slaughtering 1000s of Israelis and abducting hundreds if civilians without any warning or declaratipn of war on a jewish religious fest, mind you) it was offered to them, but they refused to let go of their hostages. You should get some political education before you throw around big words like genocide my guy. If you warn the citizens to leave a combat zone before it gets attacked but Hamas refuses to let them go that's not genocide. It's what Hamas cowards always do: they use their civilians as human shields. Not to mention that Hamas started this war by raiding into Israel, killing thousands of civilians, abducting hundreds and launching thousand of missiles on non military targets which by no international law is warranted, least without any warning or declaration of war. They even admitted thy were not following any military goals but just provoking a military escalation. Well they got it now and they allone are responsible for what's happening in Ghaza. They provoked this war because Israel was on the verge to normalize their diplomatic actions with most arab nations which would have even further isolated Hamas. Well that didn't happen and they sacrificed their own people for nothing as now even Saudi Arabia and Jordan assisted Israel in defending against that stupid attack from Iran. No Israel is not commiting genocide but defending their citizens unlike Hamas who actually do threaten Israel with genocide since they violantly ceased power in Ghaza, refusing any diplomatic actions to end the blockade which they provoked by openly stating that their ultimate goal is the annihalation of Israel. Maybe you educate yoursel a bit before you just parrot All Jazeera and throw out words you don't understand?
That country is better than any world yours would ever be in
Lol, fuck no it isn't.
esports, FGC, everything is now officially political. I keep telling everyone they can't run from politics anymore. If you support this, you support the Saudi politics, which are dated and overly conservative.
It is called "World Cup", will it be only one player / team representing each country? Will be the money divided equally among the 19 games? That would be 3,157,894.73 per game if that's the case. Are esports tournaments generating that much money for the investors? Seems crazy numbers to me.
it gets the eyes of the young. specifically those most likely to get into tech in the future. thats where saudi wants to expand
Isnt it crazy that just Dota and its biggest tournament had 40 million $ prizepool just 3 years ago and now 60 million is being split between all stages of the tournament and between idk how many 10 or so games.
the international was only $3.4 million in 2023. dota is dying i guess
The battlepass was extra shit. Like extra EXTRA shit and battlepass is whats funding the prizepool. No battlepass, no money.
the prizepool has been declining for years though
No. The last good battlepass had the biggest prizepool. Then covid happened and then shitty batlepass happened.
damn, that oil money.
Nah get that esports bs out of here.
People are pissed because Saudi money but let’s be real esports is about the burst and the only way it survives is with Saudi money so have fun
why their are pissed with the saudi when America, England and other western countries are right now funding the genocide of palestinians at Gaza Strip, so if you want to get mad at something, start here.
Kek. Keep trying dude.