Saudi Arabia Is Here, and the FGC Didn’t Have the Courage Either

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• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So basically some wealthy Saudis are paying prizes that amount to pocket change for them in hopes that cool trendy gamer kids will show up and make everyone forget all those pesky human rights violations

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  • czl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    E-sportswashing

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• sndmn@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Do they behead you if you make a game character of a different gender?

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• qooqie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So I’ll throw a little info into the ring. The dota2 community knows the recent riyhad masters tournament for $15mil was sports washing. However we also understand that money is money and don’t hold it against any of the orgs or players. The best case scenario for hope is by doing this we get to experience the good parts of their culture and they get to see the good parts of western culture. Maybe it’ll eventually lead to better human rights in these regions. Worst case scenario is nothing changes which would make me sad personally

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  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, the worst case scenario is that the sports washing works, and the poor human rights in that area get worse because it will set the precedent that no one actually cares what they do over there as long as enough money changes hands

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    • qooqie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s what I meant by nothing changes, really hope it does change

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• Nefyedardu@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sporting events are hosted in oppressive countries all the time. Olympics and World Cup have been hosted by both CCP and Russia in recent memory.

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• Chickenstalker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  E-sports was a mistake.

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