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[blake @bala_kaye]

@drewlevin @HommyAG you are trying to make the game more accessible, everyone can understand that. We all want the game to continue, and numbers aren’t looking great for younger people and league of legends. But you know deep down the amount of champs in game are the real hurdle for new players.

[blake @bala_kaye]

@LoLMidorima Serious answer but will be controversial, answer is Canyon.

Main replacements I would look for are Oner, Tarzan, Inspired, Skewmond.

Korean glazers will hate but Inspired and Skewmond are arguably in the conversation for best jungle in the world

[blake @bala_kaye]

@JamadaLoL What do you expect Riot to do? Pay out $100 million to tell the teams to fuck off, or tell teams franchising is over and the millions they paid to get into the league is flushed down the toilet, opening themselves up to a lawsuit?

[blake @bala_kaye]

@CoachMephisto @Thorin When chapter 7 gets filed.

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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.

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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.

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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?

[blake @bala_kaye]

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

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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?

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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.

[blake @bala_kaye]

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

[blake @bala_kaye]

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

[blake @bala_kaye]

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

[blake @bala_kaye]

@02Dvst8 @Harpoonlol Silverbtw

[blake @bala_kaye]

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

[blake @bala_kaye]

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

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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.

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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.

[blake @bala_kaye]

@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