EPTESL sold for $1B to Saudi-backed Savvy Gaming Group - Page 4
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lechatnoir
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 26 2022 16:55 trinity_law wrote: Its a troll account you moron. TL is pathetic with their protection against trolling or spamming. Thats why i shit on you and everyone on this site. Oh noez, what a surprise. The next highly revealing thing - water makes objects wet! | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26644 Posts
On January 26 2022 18:47 deacon.frost wrote: Oh noez, what a surprise. The next highly revealing thing - water makes objects wet! It’s especially great because TL is like, extremely stringent on these things and why I find the site tolerable, but trinity law definitely knows what’s going on | ||
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2594 Posts
On January 26 2022 18:09 HolydaKing wrote: Yeah, I think for the most part we will notice nothing different - apart from sponsor mentions maybe. I could imagine that prize pools will spike in some games that the Saudi company cares about. While I don't approve a lot of things concerning the Saudi government, I don't really mind this. I don't mind Russian gamers and companies either, while I don't particularly like their government. The difference here is that the ESL is not just owned by some people who happen to be from Saudi Arabia, it is owned by the government of Saudi Arabia. It's one thing when a gamer happens to come from an authoritarian country, or a company is owned by people who do. It's something else entirely when an actual authoritarian government owns a gaming organization. The gains of ESL, financial and reputational, will now accrue to the rulers of Saudi Arabia, which makes support for ESL indirectly support for that regime. | ||
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dbRic1203
Germany2655 Posts
On January 26 2022 19:46 AmericanUmlaut wrote: The difference here is that the ESL is not just owned by some people who happen to be from Saudi Arabia, it is owned by the government of Saudi Arabia. It's one thing when a gamer happens to come from an authoritarian country, or a company is owned by people who do. It's something else entirely when an actual authoritarian government owns a gaming organization. The gains of ESL, financial and reputational, will now accrue to the rulers of Saudi Arabia, which makes support for ESL indirectly support for that regime. Was thinking exactly the same thing, when I read that Post. Thanks for putting it into words better than I could have done | ||
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J. Corsair
United States470 Posts
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atchosvk
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Antoninus
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Cricketer12
United States13995 Posts
On January 26 2022 21:27 Antoninus wrote: They said CSGO was too CT favored but this seems overkill to fix it. Christ | ||
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honorablemacroterran
188 Posts
On January 26 2022 15:06 tankgirl wrote: A billion dollars for some pointless video game for man-children? Tell us how you really feel about Starcraft lol | ||
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Ctone23
United States1839 Posts
On January 26 2022 20:55 atchosvk wrote: 1 Billion is pretty much nothing for such big organization. I can't believe some of you welcome this as a good news.. For a company valued around 120~ million in 2015, 1 billion looks pretty good. | ||
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argonautdice
Canada2719 Posts
On January 26 2022 20:27 J. Corsair wrote: So many pretend to care... Bigger countries that produce far more of your consumer goods do things just as morally objectionable. They have a big red flag, it's just not as hip to speak against what they do publicly. You mean China? Isn't that like one of the most criticized countries? | ||
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honorablemacroterran
188 Posts
I think that Saudi Arabia is highly committed to the way they do things, for a number of reasons, and something a lot bigger than having relatively small investments for them get protested would have to happen to meaningfully change their behavior. On the other hand, ESL will contribute almost nothing to their total wealth because, as I said, it's a relatively small investment. By attacking ESL, though, you can help to kill the esports scene. If you want to stop human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, freaking out over them owning ESL isn't going to do it. Sorry. Maybe you should consider pressuring your politicians to do something about them. | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4751 Posts
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v1p3r52
New Zealand182 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18270 Posts
On January 27 2022 03:39 Silvanel wrote: Many people mention human rights in SA, but there is also the War in Yemen thing. Isn't the whole fanatic theocracy the ground reason for both things? People don't like fanatic theocracies. | ||
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2594 Posts
On January 26 2022 20:27 J. Corsair wrote: So many pretend to care... Bigger countries that produce far more of your consumer goods do things just as morally objectionable. They have a big red flag, it's just not as hip to speak against what they do publicly. You're right. No one ever has anything negative to say about China, or expresses concerns about the influence they can purchase with their investments. Good point. | ||
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Argonauta
Spain4967 Posts
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EEk1TwEEk
Russian Federation192 Posts
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Kitai
United States880 Posts
On January 28 2022 05:09 EEk1TwEEk wrote: Is this good news or not? We don't actually know yet until they announce their future plans/policies/procedures relating to SC2. Some are saying it's bad because they don't like the questionable practices of the country it's based out of. They're also likely doing that while they navigate with a mouse and keyboard at a desk in their chair while looking at their monitor(s), some or all of which came from a factory in a country not known for its upstanding labor practices. | ||
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