After we already established that Roobet is a shady gambling site and condemned Astralis for being sponsored by them, HLTV has now partnered with them.
Money talks, nothing new
Esl and blast partner with saudi’s, morals in esports don’t exist.
Bold of reddit to assume they ever had that much sway.
Money keeps the pros paid and the events going. Money talks, like it or not.
Lootbet, ucc, roobet, weplay, etcetera etcetera.Hltv always promoted shady orgs.Atleast current one doesn’t look like another tier2 322 host
Which betting / gambling site is not shady and is morally ok?
Money is what keeps the World running. Sports and e-Sports have fully accepted gambling as one of their main sponsors/partners. You take away their money now a lot of people would be hurting. Would I be ok with that morally? Yes. Might really hurt our scene at this point though.
End of the day e-sports is no different than the real World. Look at what’s happening in Golf right now. The Saudi’s are paying life and or generation changing money to both big and little name guys. The league is not for profit which might really hurt the PGA and European league as their wallets can not match that of the Saudi’s.
Oh and just like the ESL impact league there is now talks about an LIV women’s league that will have the same purses as the men. Again, in theory this is great but we are talking about the Saudi’s… one of the ways they can win on foreign soil is by funding things like this where they don’t care if it runs in the negative or not because the bottom line for them is just getting recognition.
Did you really think hltv cares about the opinions of redditors? Lol.
lol complaining about this on reddit is like the most meaningless thing ever.
sure it makes you look good morally, but does it change anything? ESL still gonna get owned by saudi, Blast still gonna get saudi money, orgs will still take shady sponsors, and look what your complaining can get things done?
Literally nothing.
The whole scene is fucking amoral. If you truly stand for what you said, stop watching all ESL and Blast events, don’t ever use hltv, don’t play esea/faceit. Don’t even go to this sub!
If only CSGO could attract reputable sponsors like other comparative games do…
If only there was an easy fix to stop pushing sponsors away…
Roobet’s pockets run deep as hell. Not too surprised.
ya’ll mfs find the craziest shit to randomly get upset about
fucking csgo likely wouldn’t exist or be nearly as big as it is if it wasn’t for gambling and skins. big deal, move on
every sport is like this. the best way to disagree with it is to watch on third party streams and not click a single ad you ever see on a broadcast for a game. don’t gamble!!! ever!!!
And? Cry me a river Mother Theresa
They have no choice. Most brands don’t want to be associated with CS:GO because there is violence, and the word « terrorist ». That is why most TOs and teams have to partner with shadier brands i.e gambling websites. When « brighter » brands will accept to sponsor teams and tournaments, gambling websites will have a harder time sponsoring them.
first blast…now this… god dammit these people have no shame… as long as they get money they’d torture children.
Honestly, roobet is super shitty and I hate it for the amount of ‘blood’ money it has but I’d rather it fund actual events as opposed to shitty YouTubers that will just throw it at expensive shit.
Who gives a shit holy fuck do you guys want HLTV to work for free ? I swear mfs here dont know how the world works
You all hold counter strike to some holy standard when everyone else in the world takes money from what you “financial savants” deem shady. The pro scene would not be able to operate without money from gambling partners, it’s an absolute fact. Let go of this weird moral compass you all think you have because these partnerships affect absolutely nothing inside the server and they allow you to continue watching Tier 1 LANS every single week.
The only betting sites this sub will complain about are the ones that sponsor Thorin, almost as if no one really gives a shit.