https://www.reuters.com/sports/saudi-arabia-announces-esports-world-cup-statement-2023-10-23/
>Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group, owned by sovereign wealth fund PIF, said last year it will invest 142 billion riyals ($37.8 billion) in initiatives aimed at making Saudi Arabia a global hub for gaming.
SNK bros we are so back. Inshallah.
>penaldo
weren't they going to stone him for kissing some cripple lady
Confirmed fake, the man is basically treated as royalty there. Literally getting paid just for breathing
Wasn't that a Spanish dude?
if they were going to stone him it would be for being a wiener loving homosexual
God Arabs look so moronic in those clothes
You mean based and tradition-pilled. What do you wear regularly? A miles morales print shirt, jeans, and some sneakers? lmfao
looks comfy, honestly
>dissing the thob and shimag
not very habibi of you akhi.
well that explains the huge surge of muslim characters in video games
>dont mind the howitzers firing in our backyard ! common lets have an esports event
gees thats grimm
More high-profile, big-money events means more scrutiny. Saudi Arabia may not like the outcome. I think it'll be a good thing in the long run.
>hmmm, it seems that over the course of many decades our most important export will become mildly less commonplace as a source of energy, though remaining important for industrial use
>this may reduce our income and geopolitical importance in the long term
>perhaps we should diversify our economy as a precautionary measure
>hmm... but what critical industries can we develop in order to ensure our primacy and prosperity for generations to come
>I KNOW
>VIDEO GAMES
>Excepting pajeets to not pajeet.
>expecting EVs to take over
Wait until libtards find out what happens to disposed batteries after they die
I expect EVs to remain a relatively niche product suitable for urban/suburban areas in the short and medium term. Even if all new cars were EVs (not even close lmao), it would still be decades before existing ICE vehicles aged out of mass use.
I may be off on this, but it seems like a long-term trend that's been hyped up as a marketing gimmick and political stunt. Which makes it difficult to discuss.
Esports shouldn't even exist. I hate seeing normalgays and corporations near my videogames.
You're on Ganker in 2023 bro. You're the normalgay now.
I've been here since 2009, which makes me a newbie but not a normalgay.
Nothing inherently wrong with the concept, it was just pushed too hard along with them erroneously trying to make them mainstream. If it could be disentangled from corporations by some means then it would probably be fine.
>If it could be disentangled from corporations by some means then it would probably be fine.
The problem is that, much like regular sports before it, the moment there was any amount of money or publicity involved the businessmen began to arrive and make things significantly worse.
True. I think a lot of this falls on corporations involved with gaming seeing Starcraft getting huge in South Korea and thinking they could replicate that elsewhere. What doesn't help is that they insist on trying to push new games for it rather than actually investing and building upon popularity that is already there. All because they want more money which they believe they would get if they owned the game that was big.
this
Esports communities make Ganker look intelligent
how are they going to receive all the gays and furries there are in the pro-gaming industry?
FRICKING
BASED
Will companies have to rescind on gay stuff to make sure their games are allowed at Saudi championships?
i like how these ngas can kill people and behead news reporter but since they have alot of money its all forgotten