Please for the love of god when partnership revaluation comes in 2027 don't give a spot to Team Falcons, I know for a fact they're considering it but I don't want Valorant to get poisoned by Saudi blood money
I hate this line of thinking. Just because you can't address and take a stand on every single example of a moral issue doesn't mean you shouldn't care about any of them. Perfect is the enemy of the good after all.
Besides, the only other example of this I can think of that's comparable is China and their massive influence in esports but even then that's not the same thing as what Saudi Arabia is doing
Because Saudi is currently going all in on investing in Esports to sportwash their image; they are the perfect example to the point he was making.
Its like how I will always point people to the 1936 berlin olympics when someone is interested in learning about sportswashing. No its not the most successful example, but its well documented and is easy to observe.
The takeaway isnt that only Nazis do sportswashing, but what sportswashing is and how it can be used.
Take a step back and actually listen to what sideshow said. Being upset before you took your time to try and understand what his points are wont help anyone
If you can then come back and convince people why this line of thinking is wrong then thats perfect; that means a proper discussion took place.
Riot being a chinese company does not equate to sport-washing and is just a fundamental misunderstanding of what his issue with Saudi's actions are.
How he or you view Saudi isnt relevant for sportswashing.
Think of this as a far more fundamental thing.
Its a concept. And he talks about it.
If Germany does it, its be bad. If the USA does it, its be bad. Any country misusing sports for their political interest is bad.
Esports hasnt been largely removed from the political machine so far, with Saudi being the first big scale example of governments abusing esports to try and better their image with the youth.
We have very little reason to believe china has been using sportwashing to a comparable scale
However yes China is concerning in that regard, even if it isnt anywhere as clear, due to their governmental structure.
We dont know how much the government is involved or not (in fact theyve made a ton of laws to dissuade gaming as a whole, so the whole thing becomes more and more muddied)
But yes 100% valid to be worried about them when it comes to sportswashing too^^
If they start trying to actively use it to better their image globally then it needs to be called out right away, and being cautious (due to their success in some of the biggest titles) is good.
I read it and its the most retard article ever
Death penalty to prisoners who do crazy crime is is now human right π free speech is literally allowed i speak arabic is stright up retarded take by the west wish go protest in germany about Palestine and Palestine you will get arrested
Lgbtq we believe in islam its the devil work dont bring nothing good to the world cant creat humans only create Disease like monkey pox how is that human right π
buddy they can't even have a stand in human right or talk about they stright up owned by tencent do you understand. a Percentage that come from roit to tencent is probably going to Chinese government wish is Committing war crimes crimes
Riot is the scumy company try to play the good guy
But im tired if typing you believe what you believe I believe what I believe and the end of the day everyone gonna die and get judged by god
Bye π
I think I heard a rumor that they got denied from LEC because they refused to say outright who was pushing money into the org through all the shell companies and other smokescreens. They will still have to disclose that information in 2028 to get into Valorant partnership so it's unlikely that they'll make it a second time around