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@CoachMephisto @Thorin When chapter 7 gets filed.

At what point do orgs make General Manager changes? What are the things that need to happen for these things to be considered?

@karonmoser @dekkar44 Without trying what? Where is this money coming from? You keep saying they need to try “things” but you also don’t have the answers and are sitting here defending the fact that right now viewers give up NOTHING. They pay nothing, they buy no mercy, they don’t watch ads.

@bala_kaye @dekkar44 Nah but like you're legit regurgitating shit devs had said for years without trying it because they don't want to lose power/ think they'll launch their own streaming app

could be wrong but i dont see a future where esports viewers are significantly monetizable beyond in-game purchases + gambling cant paywall broadcast because maybe i'd rather go do something else like play the game or watch a streamer genuinely curious what options are there?

@karonmoser @dekkar44 And also i might point out, im of the opinion that esports is doomed unless these core issues are fixed. Owning an org will eventually just be reduced to owning a hobby. Not an actual business. Maybe we deserve to die in a fire.

@bala_kaye @dekkar44 I think that broadcast deals have consistently failed for esports, so either change something to fit sports mold or realize the jocks you craved approval from in HS will watch football until they die and not care about you, then diversify Up to you

@karonmoser @dekkar44 Another way to look at it is to look at the numbers for say, an apparel brand. How many units of clothes do you think it would take to generate 5-10 million in SALES. Now add in all your underlying costs for your esports org. Do you think you have a profitable business?

@bala_kaye @dekkar44 This has been the narrative, sure, but little actual investigation has been done to prove it true or false

@karonmoser @dekkar44 Would they be as big as they are if they had the same problem as esports, but had their current merch revenue*

@karonmoser @dekkar44 Sports entertainment companies have historically made most of their money off of two categories Broadcast deals Ticketing/concessions esports has neither of those. Do you think nfl nba mlb would as big as they are if they faced the same problem with their merch sales?

@karonmoser @dekkar44 Merch can be bigger sure, but fundamentally the issues lie with the devs, AND the viewers. Devs don’t want to paywall their games, give up their revenue secrets for micro transactions, or introduce more “adult” sponsors. Viewers don’t want to pay a dime to support their teams.

@dekkar44 Most people just think merch is dead end when the biggest merch buyers, statistically, are women, and they don't bother to address that demo There's a lot of unexplored monetization opportunities in esports that orgs decided are bad because their partnerships managers 1/2

@Cubbyxx @HommyAG You just play naut MF. Ashe seraphine is not blindable imo

@HommyAG I think Naut with the ability to split map the jungle is fine cause you have to pressure early with sums (G2 vs. GEN G1 is the roadmap). I get the Mel, too aggressive of an overall timer for me haven’t seen it be as successful in comp as in solo queue.

Corki Nami is a terrible answer to Ashe Seraphine btw

@KelbyMay @USAEsportsOrg @ENC_EN where was the tweet when Doublelift took the Saudi bag

@USAEsportsOrg @ENC_EN and there it is

USA Esports will serve as a National Team Partner for the @ENC_EN. 🇺🇸

@forestwithout Being a little bit disingenuous when one is playing in NA and one is playing with Caps

Inspired: comes close, one sequence in one game from beating Korea and China 5 times in his career, flames teammates, never his fault Skewmond: actually pisses on Asians, wins with good vibes, actual chad ppl want to play with When is this discussion

@02Dvst8 @Harpoonlol Silverbtw

@Harpoonlol He is so bad LMAAOOO

chovy is the most overrated player in history of league of legends

@JamadaLoL The biggest and only loss you can put on Knight was the 2024 MSI series where Chovy absolutely blasted him the entire series.

Rage bait used to be believable. - 2023 Worlds. Crash out to T1 in Semis when they were the best team in the World all year. - 2024 MSI and Worlds. No titles. 2nd Place andy. - 2025 MSI and Worlds No titles and didn't make top 8 Worlds.

@GeorgeH72711709 @adamkhootrader bitcoin isn’t backed by the largest economy and military in the world, like the dollar is….

That’s like saying the US dollar would be worthless if you owned every one. Bitcoin is neither a currency nor an asset in the conventional sense; it’s new, a hybrid. What is the value of gold? It’s shiny, looks nice, and there isn’t a lot of it. The value of Bitcoin? Ultimate scarcity, frictionless transfer of limitless value across a secure, decentralized, non-fungible blockchain, sovereignty over your wealth, and a store of value that outpaces fiat debasement. Do you think the future will look more digital or less?

If Apple shares dropped near to $0. I would buy up all the shares, own 100% of the company, fire Tim Cook and make myself chairman and CEO. I would collect $112 billion in net profits every year and give all my friends free iPhones and MacBooks for life. If Bitcoin dropped to near $0, what would I do with it if I bought all the bitcoins in the world ? Stare at the cute computer code? That is the difference between a productive asset and a non productive asset

@JJ03massive @prose00999 @LinkofSunshine @Mirs_____ Not really no. They did cause major controversy, because the United States forced a stock purchase that gave control of the company over to the federal government, essentially bailing out the company completely. After this happened, contracts forced the company to pay out execs.

@bala_kaye @prose00999 @LinkofSunshine @Mirs_____ Did AIG have a role other than issuing the swaps that caused the cash crisis?

I will never forgive the Big Short for making a generation of people think the cause of the Great Recession was like- derivative markets

@prose00999 @LinkofSunshine @Mirs_____ Kind of, but they leave out AIG’s role in the crisis. They were the biggest player that caused the shitshow and eventual result of bailouts.

@bala_kaye @LinkofSunshine @Mirs_____ Isn’t this lowkey the big short plot 😭😭

@prose00999 @LinkofSunshine @Mirs_____ Short version banks lend to unqualified people banks package these mortgages and sell to bigger banks big banks realize they can make more money off these shit loans by insuring them AIG insures them Housing collapses, AIG can’t pay big banks Big banks fucked

@bala_kaye @LinkofSunshine @Mirs_____ What caused the crisis ? I was big short pilled

@LinkofSunshine @Mirs_____ I don’t know what twitter post or subreddit you’ve been reading, but that isn’t even in the same realm of what happened when broken down. You’re right that the big short didn’t explain what truly caused the crisis correctly, but you are way off lmfao

@Mirs_____ The breakdown of interbank lending. Individual markets fail all the time, but it was this that ultimately caused the financial institutions to break down

@RhyledUp ceiling of moba’s aren’t as high as you think broodwar has been out for over 20 years, and has been patchless. Countless times has the meta been completely flipped due to discovery of a some new macro or micro Lol is not complex, it’s just info gap due to # of champs.

@RhyledUp you look like a zoomer so you must be uniformed. iv played mobas for 18 years, quake is without a doubt the hardest game ever created. The skill gap between the average player and the best players are on a scale that can’t be equated.