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The Rivalry Cooldown: Predatory Practices in Corporations 101 ft. Nahaz & Richard Lewis - 006

April 27, 2021

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Take a Breather, Recharge, and join us on The Rivalry Cooldown, where we give you an unfiltered view on the current topics in esports from the experts. We discuss the potential impacts of Article 13, Twitch aren't the friendly guys in purple hoodies you think they are, loot boxes, problems with Anthem, EA layoffs, and the incredibly ineptitude of esports CEOs to have good PR.

The Rivalry Cooldown: Predatory Practices in Corporations 101 ft. Nahaz & Richard Lewis

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0:30 - Intro
2:00 - Article 13
3:30 - Not enough content creators/players are getting legal advice
6:00 - Guilty until proven innocent examples
8:00 - Net neutrality is new and we are fatigued about hearing the internet will break
9:00 - Richard breaks down Article 13
11:30 - The 'meme ban'
14:00 - Twitch wants to milk you for every penny you have
16:00 - "If you do not know what fair use means, that is bad business"
17:00 - How will Twitch adjust their site with Article 13 passing
22:30 - The laws are way behind the internet, and most lawmakers don't understand what they are making laws on
24:00 - Voting order was changed for Article 13
29:00 - Anthem / loot boxes
30:40 - "What is marketing other than the systematic influencing of people's choices?"
33:00 - Division 2 having an extra price to play three days early, hurting the surplus from the core customers who are three days behind on looting
35:00 - EA work force layoff
37:00 - Changes in EA & Blizzard market shares
40:30 - You can't gamble when underage, but you can buy lootboxes/similar predatory practices in Fifa and etc
43:00 - Valve drop rates & involvement in China
43:40 - "If Valve was just about revenue share in China, I wouldn't be worried. But it is so much more than that"
45:00 - "It's not often that something good comes out of China"
48:20 - Valve ruined the Artifact player experience
50:00 - People in the esports industry are PR morons