Possibly huge digg

(1/2)

So being a market fag, I noticed a handful of companies not taking a huge hit today (5/1/2020) while the rest of the market got shit on. The one that really stood out to me… Activision.

When trying to find out the WHY… I read a news article in thinkorswim news for Activision.

May 1, 2020 02:25 PM ET (BZ Newswire) – Sports

Overwatch League professional Jay "Sinatraa" Won surprised many when he announced his retirement from the OWL to focus on Riot Games' new FPS title "VALORANT." More "Overwatch" players could be jumping ship as well. Popular streamer "Redshell" claimed that more OWL pros were planning on leaving.

"I don't want to leak it because it's not my place to leak," he stated on stream. "I know for a fact at least five Overwatch League pros are leaving."

This isn't a surprising admission, especially since several players have expressed their discontent toward Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) and the way "Overwatch" has been handled as an esport. Earlier in April, professional player Seb "Numlocked" Barton stated that unless there are "big changes" things will only get worse for the league.

"People want to get out of Overwatch League," he said on stream. "Obviously people are pulling out of Contenders. Montreal Rebellion was the first, but they definitely won't be the last to pull out. I can't give away too many details, but everyone wants out. Nobody is happy with what Blizzard is doing."

Can confirm. Already hearing of offers north of $20k/mo.

Doesn't seem logical or wise just yet. https://t.co/EEam5ydXkL

— Jason Lake (@JasonBWLake) April 28, 2020

While "VALORANT" hasn't even fully been released yet, insiders in the industry have claimed that players are already earning top pay to join teams. Complexity CEO Jason Lake confirmed that some players are getting offers of $20,000 per month. In 2017, the OWL mapped out the career earnings for professional players in the league, stating a $50,000 per year salary minimum along with health insurance and a retirement savings plan.

While the stability likely attracted many of the players in the beginning, it seems as if organizations are prepared to pay heavy cash for "VALORANT" players. This could leave the Overwatch League in a state of uncertainty.

Notice a keyword here? OWL

Ahh… follow the OWL right? Well let’s follow.

The news today was about a streamer who is leaving the Overwatch League (OWL) and moving over to VALORANT.

http://archive.is/4srYf

https://www.benzinga.com/news/20/04/15910069/overwatch-champion-sinatraa-retires-from-league-joins-sentinels-valorant-roster

Ok… so moving to VALORANT… but who owns VALORANT?

Enter… Complexity Gaming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_Gaming

All seems benign BUT… we’ve heard about “The Children” for the past few months now haven’t we? Meh… so what… kids playing games or watching streamers.

But let’s have a look on that wiki page for partnerships. One of the partners caught my eye.

>On October 7, 2019, Complexity added Extra Life as a partner to support Children's Hospital around the country.

(2/2)

Well… who is “Extra Life” and what do they do?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_Life_(fundraiser)

So it’s a fundraiser… again… so what?

• 2008: $120,000[1][7]

o Gamers: 1200

• 2009: $170,000[1][8]

o Gamers: Unknown

• 2010: $451,000[9]

o Gamers: 4,500

• 2011: $1,100,000

o Gamers: 15,500

• 2012: $2,100,000[10]

o Gamers: 17,000

• 2013: $4,100,000[11]

o Gamers: 43,000

• 2014: $6,218,000[12]

o Gamers: 50,000

• 2015: $8,451,590 [13]

o Gamers: 55,000

• 2016: $9,600,000[citation needed]

o Gamers: 50,000

• 2017: $11,124,217 [14]

o Gamers: 50,000

• 2018: $8,800,000 [15]

o Gamers: 50,000

• 2019: $14,000,000 [16]

o Gamers: 50,000

Wow… that money keeps growing year over year… so what? Well, started in 2008 (Just a coinkydink) and grows year over year. Hmm… now what happened in 2008? … OHH YEA… Barry was elected president. Again… so what? No correlation to anything.

https://www.extra-life.org/

“Play games, Heal children”

Play games… I seem to remember something about this not being a game from somewhere.

From their website: “Extra Life unites thousands of gamers to play games and heal kids by fundraising for local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals across North America. “

Ok… so they raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Well who is that org and what do they do? So I punch into duckduckgo “Children's Miracle Network Hospitals” and HOLY SHIT… so many subdomains. But again… so what?

Something struct me… while scrolling the list of results… I didn’t see ANY other domains with any sort of review or any complaints about them etc etc as you’d see with many other orgs. So I added to the search “Children's Miracle Network Hospitals complaints” … which had this link in the results.

https://www.complaintsboard.com/childrens-miracle-network-fraud-c290271

This page has a LAUNDRY list of all sorts of companies, people and eugenics stuff.

“The Eugenic Hypothesis: This holds that social situations can be so manipulated that the wrong sort of people will "choose" not to have the children. For example, Robert Moses refused to put any money into parks in Harlem as Robert Caro has shown in his biography of Moses, Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Now blacks are aborting their children because Harlem is not a good place to raise them. If this had been done by Rockefeller or Harriman it would be an application of the eugenic hypothesis; it is a perfect example of how the theory would work in practice. However it was not done by them. It was done by Moses - while they were Governors of New York.”

“Cryptoeugenics: We will "…base our proposals on the desirability of having children born in homes where they will get affectionate and responsible care …(so that eugenics) …will move at last towards the high goal which Galton set for it." Osborn quoted in Obit, Bulletin of the Eugenic Society 1981, p. 47”

But I don’t know anything of this complaintsboard.com or if they are reputable… but I decided to see if the stuff that was being posted had any confirmations elsewhere. So I searched up “1951 Preface to Eugenics”. Of those results, I see this link…

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-policy-history/article/from-eugenics-to-medical-genetics/CBE7662928C81EFF46570CA04C7170FF

All could be nothing… but it’s all interesting to read up on the history of this stuff and explore all the tentacles stemming outward.

>>8991782

Correct… which is why I started digging when I saw the stock price climbing when just about EVERYTHING else was tanking. It just stood out to me.

>>8991804

Jay Won - The streamer in the story

https://twitter.com/sinatraa

Jason Lake - Complexity gaming

https://twitter.com/JasonBWLake