Move over Tencent. Saudi Arabia is taking over of gaming.

[Madmick]

I hope not. I’m not really into many indie games. I think this EA deal is going to come crashing down honestly. They invested so much with the expectation that AI will take over and I think they are going to get a huge reality check.

It strikes me as a ludicrous overpayment.

 

[KaNesDeath]

Saudi cost cutting measures have begun. They just indefinitely suspended ESL's Impact League

 

[KaNesDeath]

In a rare instance. IOC canceled their partnership with the Saudis:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/international-olympics-committee-cancels-12-year-deal-with-saudi-arabia-after-just-one-year-says-it-will-develop-a-new-approach-to-the-olympic-esports-games/

 

[Municipal Waste]

Gotta try buying into (pop) culture if you can't make it yourself, huh.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

Gotta try buying into (pop) culture if you can't make it yourself, huh.

They must have the talent around. None of the Arabic movies i saw very actually terrible.

 

[Municipal Waste]

They must have the talent around. None of the Arabic movies i saw very actually terrible.

Same goes for stand up comedy, right? Or sports events. The famous arabic army knife.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

Same goes for stand up comedy, right? Or sports events. The famous arabic army knife.

They have athletes and their national team is not terrible at soccer historically. Stand up comedy might be complicated for the local performers.

 

[Madmick]

They must have the talent around. None of the Arabic movies i saw very actually terrible.

The Iranians make great films. Not the Saudis.

And if they have good athletes they rather conspicuously stay home during the Olympics or any major international commercial sporting events. 4 total medals in the history of the Summer Olympics for a nation of 35m is utter dogshit. Can't remember the last great athlete they had in a commercial sport, either.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

The Iranians make great films. Not the Saudis.

And if they have good athletes they rather conspicuously stay home during the Olympics or any major international commercial sporting events. 4 total medals in the history of the Summer Olympics for a nation of 35m is utter dogshit. Can't remember the last great athlete they had in a commercial sport, either.

Good pop culture does necessarily equal great movies.

I respect soccer over narrow skills like running in a straight line for x distance.

 

[Madmick]

Good pop culture does necessarily equal great movies.

I'm not just talking about box office takes. I'm talking about critical regard: both of commercial and a more serious character. Saudi Arabia has no reputation in the cinematic world. None. Iran is highly respected.

I respect soccer over narrow skills like running in a straight line for x distance.

Saudi Arabia is bad at soccer, too. They're bad at everything.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

I'm not just talking about box office takes. I'm talking about critical regard, both of commercial and the more serious character. Saudi Arabia has no reputation in the cinematic world. None. Iran is highly respected.

Saudi Arabia is bad at soccer, too. They're bad at everything.

Wadjda was praised. I don't see it as terrible. There are Saudi Nflix movies and no Iranian ones.

Historically they are bad at soccer considering population size?

 

[Madmick]

Wadjda was praised. I don't see it as terrible. There are Saudi Nflix movies and no Iranian ones.

So 13 years ago there was a single Saudi movie that got nominated at the film festivals.

Check out a movie called A Separation. It's one of the greatest films ever made.

Historically they are bad at soccer considering population size?

Yes. Terrible.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

So 13 years ago there was a single Saudi movie that got nominated at the film festivals.

Check out a movie called A Separation. It's one of the greatest films ever made.

Yes. Terrible.

Opposed to what accomplishmetns of the Iranian industry? 1 Oscar.

Being a regular participants in the world cup getting out of the group once is far from terrible.

 

[Madmick]

Opposed to what accomplishmetns of the Iranian industry? 1 Oscar.

How quaint. You can trot on over to this website. It's the largest meta-tracker of cinema polls in the world determining regard for the greatest films:

They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?

They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? is dedicated to the art of motion picture film-making and most specifically to that one particular individual calling the shots from behind the camera - the film director.

www.theyshootpictures.com

Here are the Iranian films that make the Top 1000:

Close-Up

Where is the Friend's House?

House is Black, The

Taste of Cherry

Separation, A

Through the Olive Trees

Moment of Innocence, A

And Life Goes On…

Here are the additional Iranian films that have received mentions:

Apple, The

This is Not a Film

Circle, The

Still Life

Salam Cinema

Crimson Gold

Chess of the Wind

Homework

White Balloon, The

Gabbeh

Children of Heaven

Five Dedicated to Ozu

Day I Became a Woman, The

Cow, The

Turtles Can Fly

About Elly

Wadjda

Shirin

Blackboards

Time for Drunken Horses, A

Simple Event, A

Runner, The

Offside

Bashu, the Little Stranger

Mirror, The

Brick and Mirror

Beehive

Hit the Road

Traveller, The

Under the Skin of the City

3 Faces

First Case, Second Case

Taxi Tehran

Divorce Iranian Style

Cyclist, The

Gavaznha

Bread and Alley, The

Report, The

Hajji Washington

Water, Wind, Dust

Nargess

24 Frames

Colour of Paradise, The

Wedding Suit, A

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

Travellers

Under the Shadow

Nakhoda Khorshid

Kandahar

Hamoun

Closed Curtain

Night it Rained, The

Ragbar

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Orderly or Disorderly

Gheisar

Willow and Wind

Pear Tree, The

Aramesh dar Hozur Deegaran

Two Solutions for One Problem

Tangna

Two-Legged Horse

All Three, He Said

Falconet, The

Poosteh

Frontier Blues

Bag of Rice

Lizard/Marmoulak

Time of Love

Raghs-e-khak

10+4

Hafez

Prince Ehtejab

Radd-e-pay-e-gorg

Leila

Salesman, The

Ejareh-Nesheenha

ABC Africa

Hero, A

Colours, The

Death of Yazdgerd

Sooteh-Delan

Joy of Madness

For Freedom/For Liberty

Shabe ghuzi

Sealed Soil, The

At 5 in the Afternoon/Panj e asr

Cycle, The

Boodan yaa naboodan

Sara

Manuscripts Don't Burn

Women with Gunpowder Earrings

Safar be Chazabeh

Silent Majority Speaks, The

Today

Spring, The [TV]

Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor

May Lady, The

Roads of Kiarostami

Second Search

Crown Jewels of Iran, The

No Bears

10 on Ten

Kalagh

Fireworks Wednesday

Leila's Brothers

Delhoreh

Killing Mad Dogs

Postchi

Sunless Shadows

Sokout

Men at Work

Marooned in Iraq

Zarbat

My Uncle Napoleon [TV]

Escape from the Trap

Chubby

Goodbye Friend

Maybe Some Other Time

Tall Shadows of the Wind

Ballad of Tara

Girl's Dormitory

No One Knows About Persian Cats

One. Two. One

President Mir Qanbar

P Like Pelican

Snake Fang

Mother

Mum's Guest

Mohajeran

Hemlock

Ghesehaye Majid [TV Series]

Mare, The

Niaz

Secret Ballot

Last Act, The

Actor, The

Mongols, The

Child and the Soldier, The

Marriage of the Blessed

Peddler, The

Fellow Citizen

Zang-e Tafrih

Hamsarayan

Tadjrebeh

Know how many Saudi films make the cut for the Top 1000? Zero.
Know how many Saudi films have received a mention? One. The only one you could name, LOL. That's probably their only submission in the history of the Cannes.

Pathetic, dogshit cinema nation.

Being a regular participants in the world cup getting out of the group once is far from terrible.

LMFAO. They rank #67 based on ELO in the world as a nation. 4 medals in Olympic history. No champions or top athletes in any of the major global commercial sports.

Pathetic, dogshit athletes.

 

[Natural Order]

Saudis are garbage athletes. Laughable really.

That's why they pay big money to watch the top of the heap. To distract themselves from their mediocrity.

 

[Madmick]

Saudis are garbage athletes. Laughable really.

That's why they pay big money to watch the top of the heap. To distract themselves from their mediocrity.

 

[David Street]

It strikes me as a ludicrous overpayment.

Silver Lake did 20 billion in loans debt (the rest done by Saudi who will bow to Silver Lake and EA they say). Now EA pulls in 7 billion annually if they can keep this up should be paid for in 3 to 4 years. Not too bad for Silver Lake but, right now banks have control of EA with Silver Lake going thru them.

 

[jackasa]

Sports washing and diversification of oil money.

 

[Zazen]

Gotta try buying into (pop) culture if you can't make it yourself, huh.

That's my problem with this whole thing. It just feels shameless. Like don't they have any pride in their own culture? Sony does a good job of investing in places like China and India and helping developers with funding and in return they usually get exclusivity or timed exclusivity. Feels like there should be a much greater effort to develop local talent instead of buying everything up from foreign countries.

 

[avenue94]

Silver Lake did 20 billion in loans debt (the rest done by Saudi who will bow to Silver Lake and EA they say). Now EA pulls in 7 billion annually if they can keep this up should be paid for in 3 to 4 years. Not too bad for Silver Lake but, right now banks have control of EA with Silver Lake going thru them.

Are employees supposed to work for free or something? You're looking at revenue, not income.