Hey guys, it's Nate, aka the Foot Accountant. Welcome back to the channel. We are going to take a look ahead for the part of today's video and look at Future Stars Team Number 2, which is coming tomorrow on this game. I know there's a lot going on right now with Foot Future Stars, Team Number 1, the PartyBag SBC, the Future Stars Reunion Player Pick, which is going to be repeatable again today inside of FIFA. And I want to look at how the market is bleeding coins because of the PartyBag SBC again. And just a lot of the prices on this game continue to drop, but a lot of SBC fodder continues to go up as people are doing SBCs so much on this game right now. We're going to take a look at Future Stars Team 2, some of the leaked players and the actual confirmed squad as a part of this promo that is going to be released in the game tomorrow. And still a lot of leaked content that could be potentially dropping tomorrow on this game as a part of the Future Stars Team 2 and how a lot of people say that Team 2 of Future Stars looks better than Team 1. And of course, we're going to talk about the market and all the craziness that is going on right now with prices dropping everywhere. But of course, you have rewards today, could that make some prices go up? And with all these prices going down, are there opportunities to trade? The answer to that is yes. But we're going to take a look at all that in today's video. So if you're excited for Future Stars Team 2, which again, a lot of people think is better than Team 1, make sure to hit a thumbs up on the video and subscribe if you're new. But let's start talking about Team 2. This is the team. This is the leaked team. Like Team 1 and Team 2 were leaked both like two weeks ago, like a really long time ago. So we've known these cards were in unless EA pulled a fast one on us, which they haven't done yet. Then these are going to be the cards that we will see impacts tomorrow. Of course, headlined by three really big names in this game, Pedri. Pedri finally getting himself a special card, 90 paced, 95 dribbled, 91 passing. I don't think all these stats are confirmed yet. You're probably going to see some more leaked stats come out here in the next few days. Gravenbirch, 91 paced, 92 dribbling, 90 passing. This Gravenbirch card is on par, if not maybe even better than Jude Bellingham. Florian Woods has a really insane looking card. This is giving me kind of like Kai Havertz, FIFA 19 flashback vibes from that card right there. DACA, Premier League striker, 98 paced, 91 dribbling. His winter wild cards, objective card. A lot of people have gotten that one, and that tears me up in division rivals and in the weekend league sometimes. And then a really major, major card a lot of people are looking out for is Le Coix. Centerback, Wolfsburg, Ferench, 93 paced, 89 defense, 86 physical. Now I don't think all these stats are confirmed, but these players are confirmed. Brian Hill, right? He was formerly from Spurs, transferred to La Liga. I think he is not going to be a Spurs player for this promo since they made Vlahovic, a UVA player. I assume they will make Brian Hill a Valencia player since he transferred there on loan. Raspidory is another one that a lot of people are excited about. A striker or center attacking mid in the Serie A with some pretty big stats. Tyler Adams, the USA man, Salisu from Southampton could have a pretty good looking card. Ibanez actually from Roma could be a really stacked looking item. And then you have a very pacy league on right back in Cabore. So there's some pretty good looking cards as a part of team number two. Of course, headline by these top five guys, and especially Le Coix, Graven Burch and Pedri. But Pedri is going to be so, so hyped because he's finally getting a special card in FIFA. I think a card like his would really fit the meta as well. So I think just like Ferrantoris has been very expensive, I think this Pedri is going to be very expensive as well. I honestly think he is going to be on the levels of Jude Bellingham price wise, maybe even a little bit more expensive. Hopefully like they did with team number one, they supply some healthy skill move and weak foot boosts. Like of course, Vlahovic got that four star, four star upgrade. I really hope that they're giving out some skill move and weak foot upgrades for cards that are in this team as well. So again, this is the team that we will see tomorrow in packs. These are the confirmed players. The ratings and stats are not 100% confirmed. I would watch out for Twitter leaks even today and possibly a loading screen today on Thursday as EA would try to hint at some of the stats for a few of these cards that will be coming out in the game tomorrow. But again, if you look at that team in general and you look at a few of the cards that are in it, I mean you look and there are some really big named cards in their Pedri, that's going to be very, very hyped. Again, you know that Bellingham looks really, really cracked, but Gravenbirch's card with those stats, I mean he is going to be disgusting. I know that he doesn't have the best links because he is in the Aeridivisi, but Icon links Dutch and there's a decent amount of Aeridivisi cards that you'd be able to link this card to. But so many people already love this road to the knockouts version of Gravenbirch. Him getting a plus 5 or a plus 6 boost on top of this, he's going to look cracked, and then of course you can't forget about talking to this guy, Lekwa, right? Just this card was like 40k at the beginning of FIFA as a 79 rated gold card. He's going to have way above 90 pace, high 80s defense, maybe even mid to high 80s physical and this card was just so overpowered at the beginning of the year. I mean a nice 3 star or 4 star weak foot upgrade might be nice at this stage of the game, but this card is going to be unbelievable. He's going to be so expensive and that's why I think there's just a couple more cards in this team too that look more usable than team one. Not that team one is really bad, I think it is a bit underwhelming as a lot of you guys in the comment section have been saying, but I think team two just looks a little bit of an, you know, it's a next step up, right? So I'm excited for that. I'm pretty high for that. There's also still a lot of leaked content that we have out there that could be a part of future stars team two and even some of the stuff we could be seeing still, you know, today and into Friday tomorrow. Flashback Gears Bale is one of the cards that we have not seen yet, right? That we are hoping to see the R9 SBC, right? Is another one that people have not seen yet that a lot of people are hoping to see. You know, we had the first of these Marseille SBC's Saliba was yesterday. Genduzzi, Kamara, gay, right? We're just still some potential SBC's out there that we have not seen yet, body of Shelle. As I'm looking through foot shares page here on Twitter, we still have not seen this item. So there's, you know, there's still a decent amount of leaks out there. We still haven't seen the academy objectives Amine Guri, right? He is leaked to have an objectives card. Truque Waze is leaked to have an objectives card. So there's still some leaks out there that we haven't quite seen yet that, you know, we probably could see later on this next week, we'll have to see when this stuff drops. But again, there's just a lot of potential still for the future stars to promo now on this game and on this market. So again, watch out for a loading screen today. I think that's very possible. Sometimes EA don't do loading screens for team two. But for future stars, they know it's a very high promo. I think they also might add in a loading screen because of that. Now also tomorrow is a big day on Friday, because the future star swap token rewards are going to be available as it says here starting February 11th. So that's going to be a big, big aspect of the market that we're going to talk about in tomorrow's video is the 85 times 10 getting released again. A lot of people are taking that pack. So there's going to be I think right now we have like 16 or 17 tokens that are released at a part as a part of these swaps. Oh, I'm wrong. Sorry. There are 19 swaps tokens that have been fully made available as of right now 19 swaps tokens. So by the time we get to tomorrow on Friday, people are probably going to be able to claim Gallagher with their 20th token if they've done all of them, which actually is not true because the squad battles token you cannot claim until Saturday. So there will be a lot of people opening 85 plus times 10 over the weekend, and that's going to impact the market a lot tomorrow. But let's roll it back and talk about what is going on currently and what's going to happen today on Thursday on this game. Of course, it's rewards day. And this rewards time period today is really massive for a lot of people, myself included because it's supplying fodder into the club, right? And as you take a look at these, these rewards, I got the reward upgrade for division two, I always choose option two, right? Because I always want more packs. I'm getting better packs now than I ever have, like the rewards are better for packs, but they give out less coins. And I really think what that's going to do to the market today after rewards is going to put fodder in people's clubs, and they're going to go out and do SBCs. There are a lot of SBCs available right now. You've got of course, you know, the saliva that was released yesterday, you've got Brahim Diaz that people still might be working on, Calvert Lewin, you've got the Zidane, you've got the Haji, father, son, SBC, you have got still like a Varan SBC. So, so many player SBCs are live right now at the moment that a lot of people might go and do. And that's not even to mention maybe the mid icon upgrade that people are halfway done working through the mid or prime icon, that people might be halfway done working through, right? Or, you know, somebody's other SBCs, like the reunion player pick. Again, you can see this is re-upped again today. And as we saw yesterday with the party bag SBC dropping, as we expected, it drained coins off the market. It made fodder go up in price, but it was so cheap, right? It was so, so cheap. But again, I think that's the main part of rewards today that I'm going to be watching. And if you even are watching this video and you're like, hey, Nate, 84s are still kind of down from where they were. You know, this is the index 84 from yesterday because the party bag SBC was only like 60,000 coins to do. It was dirt cheap. So it was an 84 rated squad with 70 chemistry, which was way cheaper than I even expected it to be. And 84 is absolutely ballooned. Now they've come back down a little bit. But again, I think with that Future Stars reunion player pick, re-upping itself today and being repeatable once again, I think you might see some of these 84s crawl back up where it's after awards. People get a little bit of coins. They get fodder in their club from Untradable Packs. They go out and they do some SBCs. That's the major part of the market. I think you might see move today. Again, as you look at some of these SBCs right now too, Saliba was like 250k when he first came out. And we take a look at the hourly graph. Yeah, 250 and then after the immediate fodder boom, he's kind of settled down. I think if you watch, this is going to be a good way to monitor fodder prices today is watch this price of this SBC. I think it might rise back to 230, 240,000 coins as people take Untradable Packs from Division Rivals. Some people take tradable, but a lot of people I think are going to go out and finish SBCs and that's going to make the fodder market go up. Again, the party bag being 50k, the SBC was purely bad, right? This SBC was not a good gamble pack. But again, with more and more of these SBCs being dropped, people have to sell cards to go and do those gamble pack SBCs because people are addicted to them, right? They love doing them because the, oh my goodness, I could pack X player, but instead, they of course don't. I saw tons of Winter Wild Cards packed yesterday.  We packed like the Alex Moreno left-back card so many times. So he did rebound back a little bit. Wow, Malinkovic Savage is just over 100k, but a lot of the market dipped down really, really low yesterday. And there were plenty of potential buy times and buy windows for a lot of cards. I mean, take a look at like Future Star's Konate. He got, of course, dropped in price because of the Saliba SBC and because of people selling cards. This dude was down to like 270k flat. Right now he's still back at 285k, 286k. I do think that some of these Future Star items will rise up a little bit after rewards today, especially some of your rare ones. You know, I'm kind of taking an eye and taking a watch on Ferentores, right?  And he's now down 1.35, 1.38.  So if he gets down to the 1.3 lows again with Pedri coming out, I know he's getting another card this weekend. But I think that, I think some of these Future Star items are hyped enough that they could, you know, rise up later on. I mean, I would even watch, I would even keep an eye on Indica, right? I'm going to say this out there. We have Lacroix coming this weekend. I know this Indica is very cheap and Lacroix is going to be way more expensive. It really just depends on if we keep getting French center back SBCs because there's more French center back SBCs that are leaked, like that Kamara from Marseille, and then also the, the body of Shelle, the perfect link to Chalmany. So there's a lot of that leaked content that might hurt a card like Indica, but I still think that for a card with these stats in this game, 100K is pretty cheap. So we'll see if he keeps rising. Guys like Tomiasso as well for a very, very solid looking card. And for a right back in the Premier League, I still think that like he's under 50K, right? He's like 47,000 coins. That to me, this card still seems pretty cheap too. Now I know he doesn't have the best links, but you know, just a very interesting card in FIFA. And that's what I think these Future Stars cards are to a lot of casuals on this game. And so I do think you will see these guys rising a bit out of packs because of that factor. So just keep an eye on some of these cards as they end their time span here in this game in packs. And they've just kind of taken the beating this week of a lot of content has been released, fodder is very, very high. And these guys may be a little bit low in price just in general, because so many people are focused on those SBCs. Now that does not say they could go lower as well, because a lot of SBCs are still to come. But that's just kind of one thing that I want to throw out to you. I think there are some cards in Future Stars that may be a bit cheaper in team one, that could still go up. But this market needs to recover. And it needs to recover fast, because a lot of stuff is still down so, so much. If we take a look at prices that have dropped off from yesterday, there was so much moving on the market yesterday. It was actually crazy, right? You take a look at the the Overmars whole icon Overmars situation where EA is actually, if you saw the in game message, they're removing Overmars from packs. He went from like 260,000 coins to 270k. When the first leaks about this happened, he exploded to 370, went back down to about 260 and then exploded to 400k and is now back down to 260,270 range. He is no longer in packs for the foreseeable future after the EA statement that they posted. If you guys know what Overmars did, you know, it's kind of warranted, right? To be completely honest. So just go to Twitter if you don't know what happened there. But that's the situation there. It's the same thing that happened with Van Basten like two years ago. They took him out of packs. And I think they reinstated him at some point. But for right now, Overmars is not in packs. He won't be packable through icon packs or anything like that. He is basically not supplied anymore. He's still in the game, just not supplied. But a lot of the market still dropped off yesterday. A lot of these prices went down even further with that panic of the SBC. But some stuff rebounded back up again, like we talked about in last night's video. Take a look at a guy like Kiesa, right? And like we said in yesterday's video too, there was a perfect time yesterday when all this panic was happening. It was a tremendous opportunity to pick up on some of these cards that were out of packs for rises after the SBC. And then also maybe rising a little bit more today. I actually went out and bought, I bought 10 Dina Thales under 200, under 195,000 coins, right? I knew this guy, especially with some of the Serie A hype. We had with the, the Zechariah, the Zechariah transferring to UVA. It shows, he's still that Muchengladbach, but in game it shows his objective card, the headliner upgraded to a UVA item. So with this hype, with the Kulabali headliners upgrade hype there, there's some Serie A hype going on. So I went out and bought 10 Dina Thales when he dipped really, really low. And he's rebounded back up a bit already. So I bought him like right here. He was 190, 195, I picked up 10 of them. He's already gone back to about 220, but I'm going to hold on to this, right? Because I think some people might get their rewards today, put together some squads around those two players and still move Dina Thale up a little bit in price. And I bought a lot of cards. I literally put 6 million coins into the market yesterday, sold a few things, tried out Lewandowski. He's better than Flashback Harry Kane, got to be completely honest. He single-handedly is keeping me on a win straight through division two at the moment. He was very fun to use. I bought some Kieses at 195, sold them at 227. I bought a Rashford at 310, bought a couple of these Kieses at like 95K. I bought like five Genduzis at 235, sold those at 270. I bought a couple Kulabales at 310. He is up. And I still have a lot of things in my transfer list, right? You see the Magnans, the French goalkeeper with the French SBC. I bought a Rashford at 395. He's usually about 430. I bought some Walkers under 100K. He was 120. I bought some Delayne left-backs for like 163 as well. So a lot of this stuff, I bought a Koman for 570, a couple Kordobas. So I have a lot of coins on my transfer list. But I really think that a lot of those cards I'm going to be able to sell today on Thursday after the Rivals Rewards time period, as I will think. I think you'll see a decent bit of a market rise on the most meta, out-of-packs, special cards that are on this game. Now, of course, that might not be for everything. And I'm probably going to get those cards out before 6 p.m. comes around again, because with that foot reunion player pick getting re-released today, and a lot of people that are going to get their Weekend League, or not their Weekend League, but Division Rivals Rewards today, also, people are going to go out and do player picks to get fodder as well. Just because right now, all of the content is just menu, menu, menu, right? It's SBCs. It's objectives. Objectives is, of course, gameplay, but just so much content right now is focused on fodder and turning in cards to do these SBCs, and that's just why the market is dropping so much. But I do think that with a little bit of an emphasis, Thursdays, people play some qualifier games. They get their squads ready for Weekend League. So that's why you see the market generally rise a bit on Thursdays. That's why I think the market could react in that way today, a little bit. So that's why I'm talking about fodder rising. Now, I need to get these SBCs done, the Future Stars Challenge 4, and the Marquis matchups. There will be a new set of Marquis matchups today on Thursday, and like I said, the re-up of the repeatable nature of the Reunion Player Pick. So watch 84s, 85s, and even some of your top tier fodder, and also watch these Future Stars. I know the market is really down right now, but there's still plenty of great opportunities whenever they drop these big-time SBCs, and like we're going to be watching for on the game today with that Reunion Player Pick being re-released. What we're going to have to keep a really close eye on is how the market reacts to that being released a second time. I'm really curious to see if the fodder market goes up again today and then goes up higher after 6 p.m. content, because people know that Reunion Player Pick is coming out, or since that Reunion Player Pick wasn't that good the first time around, are people going to be less incentivized to complete that SBC and to do that SBC Player Pick again today? I'm very curious to see how this pans out and how it plays out, but of course, as we head into the later parts of today, the focus is going to be on Future Stars Team 2. That's why I wanted to talk about that in today's video, but I know this market is dropping, I know a lot of player prices are going down, and we'll talk about more how the market is going to be affected in tomorrow's video with this big weekend of content coming out, but I really think that the focus is not going to stray away from this fodder and from the SBC cards and from the content being insane. Unless there's some huge surprises today, I do think that the market is probably going to go up a little bit, but then even into tomorrow night might drop a little bit more, but it should be a day of more gameplay demand. So trading and buying and selling these cards on the fluctuations is a great thing to do. Now, I bought those two Kulabales at 310, probably going to cash out here around 370 to 380, but yeah, that's just kind of the way the market is right now. The content is so heavy, so insane, is that everybody is not really focused on buying cards for teams, it's all about buying SBC fodder and doing SBCs and stuff like that. So that causes a lot of fluctuations, it causes a lot of cards to drop down in price, and you're probably going to see a little bit of that more today until tomorrow on Friday when we have new players in packs. That is maybe when we could see a bit of a turnaround. So again, reunion player pick coming back out again today, I would say it's not worth the gamble, but I know some people are still going to go out and do it. I think you might be able to do the mid prime pack again, because I think the timer on that repeatable SBC resets maybe at the same time, but I didn't do it so I don't know. And then maybe a loading screen, new marquee matchups, probably another Future Stars swap token available today, and also maybe they'll drop another player SBC, but yeah, there's just a lot of content. It's just crazy the amount of content that's going on right now, and it's all in the SBC tab. So that's what people are focused on. By the way, I'll put that link to the team to Future Stars. I'll put the link to that prediction down in the description if you want to take a closer look at that, but that is going to be the content for tomorrow. And if you're still doing player picks, today might be a last chance effort as well to stack some 80 plus player picks for the team to a Future Stars if you wanted to do that, because these do go away tomorrow and Friday, that might be a smart thing to do before these go away, stack a few of them up because they are cracked, right? They're really good for fodder, and they're really good for packing Future Stars in. So that's the video for today, boys. Again, it's still, we've made a lot of coins. We're going to see a lot of that profit turn from unrealized gains at the moment as prices are up, and we bought for a lot lower. I'm going to be selling this stuff into today on Thursday, and then probably looking to go in on more cards today at Thursday at content, and as people panic sell some stuff again to go and do SBCs. Of course, we'll see what the leaks have for us. If anything crazy is going to come out, then that can, of course, make some things change as well. So as always, stay tuned to the Twitter and watch what happens there with those leaks. But crazy times on FIFA, right? And it's going to get even crazier this weekend with Future Stars, team number two. So if you enjoyed this video, smash the thumbs up on it, comment down below if you have any questions, and subscribe if you're new. It's been Nathan Foot account, and I'll catch you guys later. Peace.


Hello people of the internet, my name is Johnny and welcome back to yet another reaction video to Game Theory. I think we all knew that this video was gonna happen eventually, I feel like we all knew it was going to be inevitable. Uh, seems like MatPat is gonna be talking about all the recent drama and uh, I'm assuming Scott retiring as well. And let me just make this clear, I've moved on from the drama, I know there are some people who like how can you move on from something like that.  It's something that I feel like I've said many times in the past that I don't want politics on my channel. I already made a whole video dedicated to, you know, the political drama and that is the only comment section that I want politics talk to be in, you know.  So yeah, I asked kindly that you keep all the political talk out of this comment section. Anyways, the titles we need to talk about FNAF and then the thumbnail is FNAF for sale, which is kinda scary. It's 25 minutes, so let's just hop into it. So, thank you guys so much for checking out another Reaction to Game Theory. If you're brand new, make sure you subscribe, hit the like button, let's hop into it. Let's talk about FNAF for, again, 25 minutes. Here we go. This is gonna be a hard one. Today we're gonna talk about FNAF. Like we have so many other times before on the channel. So many. How many times have we talked about FNAF on this channel? Let's see. Oh gosh. Probably too many. Probably way too many, way too many. 20s? 30s? No shot, it's 40s. No way. Dude, give it a rest. 33. Oh jeez. For some reason I thought it was more, wait. Uh, oh. Happy 50th, happy 50th. Oh god. We've technically done 49 episodes on FNAF. And let me just say this is not the big 50th episode that I really anticipated. Yay. For those of you who don't know, FNAF has been in the news a lot lately. And not for any good reasons, like the release of a new game or... Yay. ...then finally deciding to make the obvious call and cast me as Phone Guy in the upcoming movie. Obviously. Jason, where is it? After that, my audition reel, Blumhouse, I would also be willing to accept the role of Purple Guy. Phone Guy, Matpat! Scott Cawthon. No, the reason it's been trending on Twitter and blowing up all over the blogosphere have centered around the creator Scott Cawthon and his recent decision to retire from the series. You heard that right, friend. Scott, my long time nemesis is stepping down. Only one will remain standing. That one is me. Interesting take. You're retiring with plenty of money, so who's the real winner here? It's Scott Cawthon. As he himself said in his final post, and I quote, I've had a blessed fulfilling, it took me a minute to find it, I'm sorry, I've had a blessed fulfilling and rich career. I've tried to make some good games, let the debate ensue, and I've witnessed the creation of possibly the most creative and talented fan base on the planet. But here, on the 7th anniversary of the first games trailer, I realize I missed a lot of things that I got to focus on before FNAF became such a success. I miss making games for my kids, I miss doing it just for fun, and I miss making RPGs even though I stink at it. All this is to say that I'm retiring. No. He then goes on to thank everyone for their kindness, say that he's excited to spend time with his family and assure everyone that FNAF is going to continue under the guidance of someone of his choosing. Scott, to consider this channel my application for the role, I'm not telling you. All kind of joking, but also kind of not joking aside, this alone would be a huge deal, right? One of the most successful indie developers of all time, stepping down from his still mega popular series after seven years, with a book series still being released until the end of the year, a new game on the verge of being released, and a movie that's still in the works. The verge of being released. He takes his victory lap around the internet as everyone celebrates his work, and he fades away to go spend time with his family doing whatever it is that indie devs do with their piles of cash, buy a cereal wall, a candy room, bacon every day for breakfast. That's what Notch did with his money. I think that, but I just imagine that bacon is something that rich people have for breakfast every day because it's like the best food ever. But that's not the complete picture of what's going on here, because it's actually the circumstances around his retirement that caused the hashtags to trend. You see, in the days leading up to his announcement, word had gotten out that Scott had contributed sizable amounts of money to various political campaigns in the years between 2016 and 2020. I really hope this doesn't fuel it up again. Using the website OpenSecrets.com, an independent nonprofit that tracks U.S. political donations, users learned that Scott had contributed around $42,000 to various political campaigns. Now that, on its own, might not have been all that newsworthy. I thought we weren't supposed to share these images anymore. I thought maybe people shouldn't take notice was who he had contributed funding to, Republican candidates like Ben Carson, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, controversial political figures whose voting histories had been anti-civil rights over the years, especially as it relates to the LGBTQ communities, which, you know, a large portion of the FNAF fanbase is. And I've seen a lot of people online responding with a, so what's the big deal to all of this news? But you have to stop and actually think for a minute about the position of a lot of the LGBT fans. Sorry if I'm not talking a whole lot as I usually do in these reactions. This revelation understandably hurt a lot of members of the FNAF fan community, considering that Scott's franchise has been this welcoming and inclusive space for them. One where a lot of people have found the ability to express their unique identities, to know that their support of these games and their games creator, especially the financial support that comes with that, their dollars had wound up funding campaigns for people who are looking to withhold or remove their rights, to fund the elections of people who had forward legislation that treats them as less than human. Yeah, that's going to feel really horrible. It's going to feel like a betrayal.  At first people thought that Scott's account must have gotten hacked, right? There was no way that he could have done this, or at the very least that maybe he donated to a blanket Republican fund where his dollars had gotten funneled into individual campaigns without his knowledge, but no, after a few days, Scott took to Reddit and affirmed that these were indeed his choices, which then just proceeded to blow the internet up even more. A few days later, he retired and that was that, a confusing and awkward end to the career of someone who had legitimately changed the face of horror and indie gaming forever. Now, a lot of you, a lot of you have been asking me for my response to the whole thing. Does the channel stop covering FNAF? Do I still support Scott? How do I feel about all this? How should you feel about all this? And honestly, there is a lot. My pet should not tell you how to feel about any of this, by the way, guys.  That makes sense. I didn't really know how to feel. We've been teaching my son Oliver, who just turned three recently, about how sometimes you can feel multiple emotions at once and how that's confusing and how it's hard sometimes. And that lesson at three is still just as hard when you're 33. So I had to take time to do my own soul searching and do my own research, quite honestly. One of the great things about the internet is that it moves so fast, right? You need something and boom, it is right there available at your fingertips. But one of the awful things about the internet is that, boom, it moves so fast. There is no time to think. Everything requires an immediate response, a hot take. Your knee-jerk reaction is in line. Personally, I felt very pressured to talk about it as fast as possible. New game releases are old by the end of the week. New video? Well, got to be the first to like and comment without actually watching what it's about. There's no time for thoughts, for research, for introspection if you're going to be part of a conversation. Or no time to look back and actually analyze the data.  Yeah. So, since this is going to be a long and tricky episode to say the least, let me start off by making it crystal clear that I am pro LGBTQ rights. And you don't have to take my word for that. I was in theater for years before I started doing YouTube and it is difficult to be a narrow-minded bigot in that industry. If you know, you know. I'm a member of the LA LGBT Center and I attend their events because I support their mission. And most importantly, I've done the best I can to keep a sensitive ear open to LGBT audience members. And also to my team members when they tell me that something isn't okay or no longer okay or they explain an LGBT perspective that I don't know or understand because I don't live that. I don't have that experience in my life. So, I'll never be able to know everything or be able to truly speak on behalf of people in that community but the best I can do is to try and remain an ally who's always ready to be supportive and as sensitive as I can be. Anyway, I don't say- I'm glad that you're super- Make excuses or- Passion about. Try to defend myself by wrapping up in a rainbow flag. Actually, coming off of Pride Month, it actually bothers me how so many companies just use identity politics to be trendier, try to sell more emerging. That's not guilty of that. Feels more like clout chasing to me rather than, you know, actual stances on things. Now, I believe- At least when I did it, I donated all my stuff to the- The rainbow for 30 days, but rather it's giving people of all types- Which is still going on, by the way, link down below. 25 days of the year, regardless of how they identify or who they love. And I'm proud to say that the team consists of people all across the spectrum and I'm proud that they're here because they're talented and they deserve the chance to show off their unique creativity, which is why before I get to addressing the actual hardest subject of all this, Scott himself, I think it's important to say this right up front or I guess as up front as I can in this long of a video, I will still be covering and supporting FNAF as a franchise. Just like game theory has become so much more than just me sitting in my closet- It's cute. ...nerding out every week and is now a collaboration of creative people coming from all different walks of life. Five Nights at Freddy's is much more than just a single guy living in Texas. I know it's easy to point at his little anim-dude avatar and assign everything in the franchise to him. Heck, I've made a running gag out of our little rivalry over the years. But in reality, Scott's just a figurehead, a visual shorthand to represent everyone who is now instrumental in the running of this franchise. All the authors and illustrators of the books, other game developers, merch companies, the Fazbear spin-off universe of families, each employing dozens of people who use the franchise as their launchpad for their livelihoods or as their own personal creative outlet. By not supporting the franchise as a whole, I'm not supporting those creators. And even more importantly, it's also that I wouldn't be supporting the community itself. The people who still do find this franchise as a safe haven, a source of entertainment, a source for their unique creative expression. Scott said it in his retirement announcement. I read it earlier. I've witnessed the creation of possibly the most creative and talented fanbase on the planet. And he's not kidding. There are so few fandoms like the FNAF fandom. I mean, what other franchise has so many darned fan games dedicated to it? And to me, these fans are the lifeblood of the community now. This entire franchise now, not just Scott himself. And let me make it clear, just because I choose to support the series doesn't mean that I think anyone is wrong to not support it. That's definitely not the case. Wherever you choose to draw the line on this issue is completely valid. I'm just taking you through my thought process and all the variables that I went through as I came to terms with this whole issue. But aren't tied by supporting the series, contributing to Scott's income, and thereby what he chooses to do with that, you might ask. And yeah, you probably are, sadly. And that's just a choice that everyone's gonna have to make based on their own personal criteria. To me, the good of supporting the community around the franchise and the jobs that it creates is worth whatever minor impact that Scott may be able to enact in the political sphere, which is an issue we'll be getting to in a second. Because here's the thing, friends, this sort of dilemma applies to pretty much any major company that you talk about. There are good people and bad people pretty much everywhere. And not even that extreme, they're just people that you agree with and people that you disagree with everywhere. For one example that I think we could all relate to, just look at Walt Disney. There's great evidence to show that was probably prejudiced against other races, women, other religions. As one biographer states, quote, Disney willingly, even enthusiastically, embraced anti-Semites and cast his fate with them. So, do you stop watching Disney movies as a result of that money going directly into his pockets? Or, I guess at this point, the cryogenic pod that the Walt Popsicle waits in waiting to be reincarnated one day. The Walt Popsicle. Or, more recent and much more extreme example, billionaire J.K. Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter universe, who has just other sorts of problematic viewpoints that she chooses to share on Twitter. Do you stop supporting the Harry Potter franchise to prevent adding to her immense wealth? You can, and it is absolutely a valid option. Hitting people in their pocketbook is always the best place to get them to notice. But where things get complicated is when you start looking to their influence outside of just their IP. J.K. Rowling, for instance, is rumored to earn a cut of every ticket sold to Universal Studios. Does it? That mean you then boycott that entire place? Even if that isn't true, it's still a licensing deal that she profits from. And by going, you contribute to her ongoing success. It is like this impossible dilemma. I think the TV show The Good Place actually sum this issue up best. These days, just buying a tomato at a grocery store means that you are unwittingly supporting toxic pesticides, exploiting labor, contributing to global warming. Humans think that they're making one choice, but they're actually making dozens of choices they don't even know they're making. In my mind, it ultimately amounts to a personal choice where you have to weigh the good of a decision against the bad. As YouTube video essayist Lindsay Ellis said in her examination of whether you can support Harry Potter without supporting J.K. Rowling. Because of her wealth and influence, she's going to be believed more than the lived experience of trans people. And while you can absolutely control the way you read or engage with a text, you cannot control the way an author uses their money and influence. And if LGBT rights are something very important to you and you think Scott is dangerous to those, then him stepping down from the franchise and removing himself from social media dismantles a lot of the things that could make him dangerous. Sorry, that transition was really funny. You can always weigh that into your consideration of how you're going to view the overall franchise.  I'm just taking you through my week of soul searching and all the factors. So that's why I'm choosing to support the franchise moving forward, but it leads perhaps to the biggest question of them all, which is Scott himself, how to feel about him, you know? Again, because the internet moves so fast and because everyone just hates to read, I never really saw people looking at what he actually said in his response to all this drama. Instead, just jump into the conclusion of, well, he admitted that he donated to these people so he needs to be canceled now. If anybody would be mad at that to look supporting some of these individuals into the final details. And totally you're right to make that call, but to me, I wanted to know more, right? Because I don't have a feeling that maybe this is tied to the state of American politics. And this is stepping way outside of my comfort zone here on Game Theory, but personally, I just hate American politics. It's always been a frustrating process to me because it forces you into one of two buckets. Are you red or are you blue? Are you elephant or are you donkey? Are you Republican or are you Democrat? It is a binary choice between two parties, two people that are for these really important jobs, and that's about it. There are no other options. Or there are other options in the form of independent candidates and third parties, but because the system is set up the way it is, they don't really stand that much of a chance.  So long story short, most elections just wind up being a compromise. You have to pick and choose whatever your most important issues are for that election cycle, and because no one candidate truly embodies them all, you have to vote for the lesser of two evils, in a sense. There is never this one perfect candidate that truly represents me as the voter. And I hate that. And I wouldn't be surprised if maybe Scott felt like he was in a similar position, so I wanted to look closer at his response. And admittedly, it's a long one, but I think it's important to not overly edit Scott's words in this case, but don't worry, we'll break it down as we go through it. I've debated greatly how best to address this, including not addressing it at all. But with so many people from the LGBT community in the fan base that I love, that's not an option. I'd like to think that the last seven years would have given me the benefit of that out in regards to how I try to treat people. But there I was, trending on Twitter for being a homophobe, getting doxxed with people threatening to come to my house. All this because I exercised my right and my duty as an American citizen to vote for and support the candidates who I felt could best run the country, for everyone. And that's something that I won't apologize for. Okay, let's break there for a minute. First, as someone who has- I really do like how Matt has taken this very slow and explaining it in great detail.  It's really nice. Personal attacks and threats are not okay. Never, period, end of story. Agree or disagree with him for who he chooses to support fine. Pull your support of him, of his franchise, of his games, absolutely. But harassing and threatening someone's life and his family, simply because they supported someone you disagree with, makes you know better than the people that you're fighting. True. That's just the way I feel. And when it comes to giving Scott the benefit of the doubt, like he asks for in this response, honestly, he has that from me. It's easy to overlook, but Scott, over the years, has donated over 1.2 million dollars of his own money to charities. Scott called it himself! Including $50,000 to this project. An organization that is focused on helping LGBTQ youth. Does that necessarily negate the $42,000 that he made in political donations? Again, that is a personal choice for you to make the call on, but I think it at least merits hearing the guy out. Anyway, the quote continues. For those of you who took the time to look, you saw that the candidates I supported included men, women, white people, black people, Republicans, and Democrats. I supported Kimberly Classic in Baltimore because I believed that she really cared for the African-American community there and wanted to pull them out of poverty. I believe she could have really made a difference in a time when so many black communities were struggling. She lost, unfortunately. I supported Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat even though I disagreed with her on several issues because I felt she would have been a good and fair president. And yes, I supported President Trump because I felt he was the best man to fuel a strong economy and stand up to America's enemies abroad, of which there are many. Even if there were candidates who had better things to say to the LGBT community directly and bigger promises to make, I believe that their stances on other issues would have ended up doing much greater harm to those communities. This video is so well made so far. All of this explanation, I fear, is wasted. As people don't want to discuss with one another anymore, they want endless apologies and submission. I'm glad Matt took the time to make this video. Okay, so now this gets to the heart of the problem that we've had with Scott. Who chose to support through his donation dollars? And the list is quite long if you look at opensecrets.com. 16 candidates specifically singled out for donation dollars with one Democrat, Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii, like he called out in a statement. Who, in his response, he not only chooses to support, but actually calls out as his first choice of candidate for president. I think this actually merits looking into. It's a bit weird. I'm about to roll into kind of like a mini game theory on political donations, which I don't really know. But hey, if we're doing it, let's do it right. So here we go. So looking at the timeline of his 2019 and 2020 donations, Tulsi is in fact the first to receive any money from Scott, followed by his donation to Trump two months later. Now, this timing also happens to coincide with Tulsi starting to lag in the polls. What this tells me implicitly is that when his first choice, Tulsi, was no longer a viable presidential candidate, he instead pivoted and donated to the candidate that he most believed in, who also had the best shot of winning Donald Trump. But what was the policy that Scott appears to have cared about the most? Well, if you look into all of the candidates that he chooses to support, there's one and only one commonality across all of them. Tough foreign policy. Keeping the military strong, keeping trade strong, and standing against foreign powers like North Korea. This also coincides with his statements about defending against enemies abroad, recovering the economy, and how other issues would do more harm to the country than good. Apparently to Scott, nothing worse can happen to your civil rights than getting dunked on by an overseas nuke. Now, I've seen people say that everyone on Scott's donation list also had a history of opposing same-sex and transgender rights. I chose to look into this, and across the board, that's largely true, except for Tulsi, who, well, she was inconsistent about it at best. It's true, she had a history of being anti-LGBT, but since joining Congress in 2013, she supported efforts to promote LGBT equality, including cosponsoring pro-LGBT legislation like the Equality Act, which, if you don't know, is a bill to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to promote and protect LGBT individuals. And then, again, at the top of 2019, she went on Twitter to defend trans-Americans in the military, so big ups to her on all of that. Big W. However, things get more complicated because in 2020, her reputation was again put into question when she introduced a bill that many saw as anti-transgender, something that was leveled hard against Scott's choice to support her. But it's worth noting that this was after Scott chose to donate to her campaign. The TLDR of all of that voting nonsense is this. When Scott chose to support her campaign, publicly facing, she was pro-trans rights. That's it. That's the best I can put it. Outside of that, the only commonality that I could see across pretty much every candidate that Scott chose to support was keeping the military strong. Now, to be sure, not everyone places the same emphasis on that issue or considers America at high risk. People on the other side of this issue may believe that the bigger threat is personal rights of people who are already in the country. Again, I am not here to decide that issue or pass judgment on anyone's priorities. I do not want to do that. But it is my theory, my political theory that Scott, like so many other Americans, may have found himself caught in a situation where no one candidate truly reflected the complete slate of policies that he supported. And when his first choice of candidate bowed out of the race, one who was publicly pro LGBTQ rights at the time, he moved on to the next best option in his mind considering the issue that he thought was most important, in this case foreign policy. Therefore, him supported Trump. And let me be clear, I'm not trying to explain away his actions or anything like that. Not at all. Am I surprised that he donated to these people? Yeah. But is it enough for me to throw away all the goodwill that I've seen and put into this franchise in his community over the years? No, it's not. Like I said, a donation is a donation and to many that is more than enough to condemn him. But I just thought it was interesting and my research That is interesting. deserved to be called out when talking about this really complicated topic. I think the challenge here is that life isn't black and white, red or blue, and that the internet, a lot of times struggles with nuance. It's a wacky filter. Struggles with those gray areas. I gotta be honest, I'm sad that this is how everything wound up. Seeing scottgames.com go dark after years of me Don't do that to me. Checking it for updates or digging into the source code for hidden clues, it was a sobering moment. It was a sad moment knowing that it was dead now as a fan of this franchise and as someone who respects all the work that scott's done. But I think the solace that I have and what I would encourage anyone out there who is struggling with this to look at is the net good that this series has provided. Regardless of scott's political affiliation, his true beliefs, whatever they may be, this series has been a source of security and identity for so many people over the last seven years and it will continue to be that moving forward for even more. Life just isn't a game of absolutes. Life is all about trying to do the greatest good with the hand that you've been dealt and the good that is spawned out of Freddy and his friends for creators, for fans, for gaming as a whole, it's incalculable. My last few theories have had this recurring theme of It's a new era of snap! The old story is gay! We're on to the next iteration of this franchise, blah blah blah blah. And I gotta be honest, now that rings true more than ever. But I assure you, I'll be here with you for the ride. But hey, that's not a theory, honestly. That's a fact. I'm gonna be here with you for the ride. But this is a game theory. Thank you for watching and thank you for staying open-minded. See you in the next one. See ya, buddy. Wow. Wow. That was... That was nice. Whether or not you think Matt's trying to find an out for Scott or anything because of the timeline, I guess, man, Matt, he's got something for timelines, doesn't he? I'm glad that he took the time and researched and put together a well-put-together video. I guess, again, that is on brand with Matt Pad and game theory, but this was a nice video. It was long, but I feel like it was better long. You know, Matt did a great job at explaining things and, again, looking deeper into the meaning and the timeline of different things, which was nice. I'm glad. Again, he took the time and he made a well-researched, well-thought-out and well-explained video. I'm also glad to know that he's, you know, continuing to cover FNAF.  I'm just happy to see that, you know, he'll still be around, he'll still be talking about FNAF because I feel like, you know, if Matt Pad left, again, I'm not trying to force him to stay or anything. It just, it really would not be FNAF anymore. Matt has had a huge impact on FNAF and arguably has been one of the most important people in the community nowadays and one of the most important people to boost up the franchise all those years ago. And again, it's really nice how I put this video together. It's really nice how it turned out. So that's gonna be it. Again, a fantastic video. A really, really, really well-made video. Matt, again, thank you so much for putting so much time and effort and research and explanation into this video. It's really, really helpful. So that's gonna be it. Thanks guys for watching and I'll see you all on the flip side, hopefully with a more cheerful video coming soon. Bye.


Today on the breakfast, National Executive Council of the all-progressive Congress APC PECS 100 million nears the cost for its 2023 presidential aspirant to obtain form, spark and mixed reactions among Nigerians. Bandits kill three, abduct several in simultaneous attacks in distant Rumi community of Katsena. To be lied to the point, I ask Boss Eric Tenha at his new manager to replace interim Rob Rankinick at the end of the season. What lies ahead for the club? And as always, we'll be reviewing the biggest stories making the headlines across the national data. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. This is the Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. I am Justin Acadone. I am Messi Bopu. It's good to have you join us this morning. Yes, it's Friday and we are thanking God as always. And I'm sure lots of people have great plans for the weekend and Messi is doing something great this weekend, right?  I'm sleeping great. For me, I'll be going for a wedding. Okay, that's fine. All the best. More to say. Let's just slide into what's trending. The wife of the president Aisha Buhari is in the news and this time around, she has invited the presidential aspirants to break fast. That's if-tah. Messi, this is something good, right? And for more, we are here. The aspirants who are supposed to come, are not supposed to come with their mobile phones, except for Vice President Yemio Shiba-Johanda, right? Why are you going like that? Because I don't know what's going on. I don't even understand what's happening in the country. The truth is, this has also generated a lot of conversation in different spaces and that's why we're talking about it. Some persons have said, what is really going on? And they know that some persons will not. So there's been a comparison. They say it's protocol.  But of course, it's been stated that if you have, I mean, if the president or the vice president or any other person was going to be hosting personalities, then they're not expected to come in with their mobile devices, right? But one would say if you're asking, that's because it's an event that's going to have a lot of persons come in. I really don't know what's the rationale behind not having, you know, mobile devices around because it's the wife of the president. But some people are saying that there's a political undertone to all of this. It's just a disguise. If you remember, it's in public space. The wife of the president has not been very available in the Nigerian space. As a matter of fact, there are some quarters that have reported that the wife of the president has relocated from Nigeria since 2017. And that's it. No, you need to go check that. These are some of the reporters. She's not been in Nigeria since 2017, and she usually just shows up. She had relocated with some of her children. She doesn't live in Nigeria. I really don't understand, but it's okay. It's not like there's anyone in the constitution that would say the wife of the president shouldn't vote.  Of course, where else can you be? The constitution does not make any provision. I mean, there's no provision for the office of the First Lady. No, there isn't. Yes, there's no constitutional provision for that. But by virtue of being the wife of the president... Yes, morally, you have to be here. You are the first woman of the nation. I don't know. This small conversation doesn't probably lead us anywhere. So right now, with this particular one, I'm really surprised. For me, I'm asking, why would the wife of the president invite presidential aspirant really? She wants to have a tail-toe with them, so they could actually drive a conversation of maybe unity. Why? Why are you asking me that? Why? Am I her spokesperson? Sorry, this is some of the questions that I'm asking. I mean, it's been a lot of thinking. They talk about the state of the nation, the polity. In what capacity? In what capacity? If you're talking about breaking the fast, if you look at the activity surrounding it, it's a very spiritual activity. Of course. Most times, when they break fast, they pray to break the fast after a long time without food and all of that. But on the sidelines, you could actually talk about what's going on in the country. I'm not just talking about that. They're going to talk. Since, from what we understand, let me even just read the people who have indicated interest. So you understand what would eventually fall out from them. So far, those who have indicated interest to contest the 2023 presidential election, the vice president, Professor Yemi Oshiba-Jo, former vice president, Atiku Obuboka, the old progressives, Congress, National Leader, Bola Akmatenabu, former governor of Anambra State, Peter B., and former president of the Nigerian Senate, Ani Empires, Ani Mambukalasaraki, then Nesomweke, David Umai. We have a blend of Christians and Muslims. Yes, it's a combination of everything. Now with the restriction on the mobile phones, do you also expect the vice president not coming with his phone? No, the vice president is actually exempted from that. The former president, how about the former president? Don't ask me that. I didn't get the memo. I didn't make the rules. I mean, the former vice president, Atiku Obuboka would be present there. Yeah, he would. Are you sure? I'm very interested. From what was gathered, it would not apply to vice president Yemi Oshiba-Jo, governor and minister as well. So every other person, including the former vice president, which a lot of persons have queried. Some people are saying they're not sure if the former vice president would be in attendance, but we're going to be monitoring this event. Of course, we'll bring you up to speed with what will be happening as it actually happens. I'm really interested. I wish I could be part of that meeting. If you went in there, you could go with some spy camera or something that I could record. Why are you trying to do my cover? You said you're finding it interesting and not allowing you to use your mobile device. I'm sure you'd look for some spy gadget. So you have bloated my cover. I love my mission to this council. So we're going to talk to your commentary since I'll be here. Let's move on. Also, the former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusha Gorbason-Jo is in the news, and this time around, he is calling for state policing. He is actually bothered about the issues of the state of antiquity in the country. And he is calling for state policing. This is not the first time the issue of state policing has actually taken front burner. This time around, it has been renewed. State policing, a lot of people have actually said one or two things concerning state policing. How it might be abused by the state governor. But other people are saying that if it's actually in place, people, the residents will be able to actually take this issue of security, you know, like their own it, like their own, and they'll be able to even monitor police themselves better. So you're very correct because the argument that has been put against the use of or acceptance of state police is that we're not right for it. That's the argument. Now, you have the school of thoughts who say that if you look at the first and second republic that state police at the time was used as an instrument of terror by opponents. So in the first and second republic and as such were not ripe and ready for it. Now, you also have the school of thoughts still saying that the state police will not be able to handle the issue of terrorism and that's also another argument that's been put out by these peasants who are arguing against it. But if you remember that we had a conversation yesterday and in the course of this conversation or within the week we had talked about, some of our guests have talked about having practicing federalism. I like not to use the word true federalism because there's nothing like true federalism. No, it's because it came up because we see we're practicing federalism in the country and at the end it's true. So it's because we're not practicing federalism. That's why you have the concept and the concept feels like it's just within our political sphere. We're the ones that coined this word true federalism. Right? So we're true federalism. Federalism is federal. We're not practicing it and that's why we're having this. But if you look at it if you look at the component of it, if you look at the characteristics of a federal system of government, then you understand that we're far from it and we're not doing what it is. But you see, for all of those persons who have made these excuses against the practice, there's no system there's nothing entirely that's actually perfect or doesn't have their flaws. So because you can't actually want to wake up and say state policing is absolutely the perfect solution. And you can also not say that state policing is not the perfect solution. So like I would say there's no theory, there's no system that's actually perfect. But if we continue under disguise, we will never get any results or what stops us from crying. Maybe just jump into the test the waters as it were. It's not a matter of even testing the waters. It's a matter of we not having strong institutions. And if you look at the argument that governors would actually take advantage of these police officers to use the state instrument to begin to, you know, carry out their interests and what have you as cited in the first and the second republic, you will find that in the system is as we have strongly we have a system where we have more strong persons rather than strong institutions. Those institutions are not strong. So we have weak institutions and that's why you have an individual so powerful that they can control the institution. So if we get to a point where we have these institutions that are very strong and these institutions are not just operated by spirit. They are operated by human beings. So you have structures that don't operate in space but operated by persons. And so we need to get to a point where we have strong institutions. We can't constantly make all of these excuses. First of all, we're not a federating unit. It's in the books. That's what we are. We say to the constitution but in practice we're far from it. A federal republic of Niger, are we a federated unit? Because if we are they should have stayed policing. That's what I'm saying is just in the books and not in its real sense. And why are we afraid of this? It's because we're not afraid of challenging what it is. We have actually decided to build strong men. Why would a governor have a control? I mean would have control over it. The institution. Why would people be stronger than institutions? These things will need constitutional review over time. Because these show of governors being in charge. Although most times the laws actually have not been implemented. We know all these laws that we have in Nigeria but most times implementation is another issue. We could actually walk around that, review the constitution and the walk-ins of the state police. The United States of America that we try to follow, they are actually practicing in quote, true federalism. They are police. They have state police departments across in as much as they do that but they still have the federal police as well. But the federal police only comes in situation that is above the state. But general crimes and everything is done on the state level. And they've been doing well. I think we should actually dive into it if you ask me. Because at the end of the day it would be that you have people who understand the terrain. You would use the local men and the people around to police the community. And that's what it is. Not the fact that you would have to. And then another argument that has been put out is the fact that resources are still grappling. We have a number of states that have not been able to pay the minimum wage. So the argument also would be will states be able to foot the bills? Would they be able to pay salaries? We have to challenge them to try to generate data. There are a lot of states that are sitting on resources that have not been tapped because of the fact that powers are not being developed. And so it is really sad that we have gone through the constitutional review in 2022. And you know the part of this particular part has not been taken care of. The issue of having states being self-sufficient and sorting out their issues because it would make everybody sit up on the idea of everyone running the team. They should borrow a leave from Lagos state government because over time, you know, Lagos the way the police system or security system has been so decentralized that you find that almost everyone has a role to play. There's the network neighborhood security watch. We have the OPC somehow they still have the vigilante groups and the Lagos state there's a security trust fund which helps to form the police. I mean if you look at the constitution it gives rights to governors to even speak to the commissioner of police. Usually the argument is you have to think that we're not in charge of the security architecture. But it's within the ambience, it's within the discretion of the commissioner of police to decipher whether or not what the governor has actually said is within justice. So to some end they still have that control. But the constitution I mean it's not exclusive, it's not that they still have this power entirely. So the CP would still have to decipher whether this is right or wrong. They are still so important to the IG. The concept about you know, governors not being entirely in charge is not really, really, really true. Because to some extent they have some control but not entire control. And that's what the argument is. But we're saying that if we're a federating unit, what stops us from being a federating unit, what stops us from being a federated unit. And that's where you have states controlling their resources and you have them controlling, having state police, where they can actually handle the issue. And like you have mentioned, if you need the consent of the federal government in cases they can handle, then you can have the federal government come. Alright, that's all for top trending right now. We'll take a quick break and we'll be going straight to off the press in a moment where we will be reviewing the front pages of major dailies in a moment to join us again.


We've got about four dozen of clues we can show you that tossing out here. How'd you get? I got that other one. Oh, you did? Sweet. We're cheers, bud. Oh. Hey, bud. Here. Here. Oh, that's a nice one. That's the other one. Whoa. Still a lot. Hey, hey. That bird. Oh, I don't. Rocky! Here we go. Good boy. Good boy. I don't got my whistle on me. Good boy. We almost could have hit him with our guns. What happened there? Huh? I thought you were going to shoot. Yeah, I was. I was waiting for him to shoot. So I thought he might be off balance, so we both shot at the same time. And then that other one circle backwards and I shot her. Now he's a... That's a fatty, dude.  That's pretty good. Where'd you shoot her? Shot her right here. Straight up? Yeah. And she fell all the way over there? Yeah. Huh. Capitalized. That was so fast they couldn't even... I couldn't catch up. I think too. Yeah. I was ready, I was ready, but I couldn't get a beat on him. He was so stinking fast. Okay. Come on. Let's go. Go on. Four high tosses. Finds that one. That'll be four birds. Three for Thomas. I'm going to move over here, which I was... We thought maybe they would swim on the far side of the school. But they're actually doing it like they're supposed to. They're literally wanting to cut right over that till we patch and land right in these decoys. That last group just landed right in there. Right where basically he would want them to. So a lot of times you don't really know. You're like, they never do it. It seems like how he'd want them to or think they should. That's why I call decoys bird to birders on refuges. But then days like this with the wind, I did it. So we'll get over there. Should be a lot closer shot. Not to mention we're both using our 20 gauges too. So I want them in a little bit tighter. Oh boy. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Come here. Come here. This wouldn't be the first windy day I've hunted out here that didn't produce. It usually does 90% of the time. The left of the second tree? Okay. Pitch them up buddy. Pitch them up. Never fear rocky boys here. Pitch them up buddy. Pitch the bird up. Pitch them up. Get the bird. Good boy. Good boy. Come here buddy. Come here. Good boy. Leave. Good boy. Sweet. Boy rocky. Good pencil. Nice. Good boy bud. Good boy. Yeah just for birds alone it's kind of nice to keep them dry. Pitch them up buddy. He's diving on them. He's getting on hot on the trail. Come on. I'm actually out here hunting right now. We're just about we're pregnant. We're probably going to wrap. Well did you get him? As I'm on the phone. Hold on. You're sleeping with this. It's always the first one. Six birds in hand. No. Seven birds in hand. Eight. In hand? Yeah. You have five? Yeah. He has to have more than me.


What's up everybody? Jason here from jasonfragespray.com. We just sold out another first off the line edition of the 2023 Panini Immaculate Baseball and we're first off the line, one box break, round division number five. Hey guys, six spots, everybody gets a round division of the MLB. Let's click, roll the dice, one out of four or five times. Good luck. One, two, three, four, and five. One out of four, five, five, Aaron, down and calling. And five times here, one, two, three, four, five. Five times, five, five, NL Central, down on the AL East. All right. A, A round, you got the NL Central, Michael with the NL East, A, A round with the AL Central.  Now if any of you guys want to trade, give you guys a quick minute. Let me bring the boxes back into the frame. Boomer sliver. All right, and there was four boxes left here, guys. Anything but a five or six will re-roll. All right, six, one. So we use the one box here. Anybody want to make any trades, guys? I'll go back to it really quick. Yeah, probably no. All right, I'll pulse another one of these guys. You guys want it in the back? We'll have at least three more breaks worth. Six, seven, eights. Hope so, man. All right, for the Cubbies, Andre Dawson at a nine. Cubbies should go to the Central, right? Yes. Central. Going to A, A round there. Yeah, man. Spencer Jones for the Yanks. That should be going to the AL East, which is Colin at a 99. And nice. Two out of five, Willie Mays, piece of the jersey. NL West, which NL West is A, A round. Last bomb, Mojo. Nice. That's Willie Mays, piece of the jersey right there. Beautiful patch. Look at that. Six out of eight. My God. Ruffella. Ruffella. For Boston, another one there for the AL East, which is Colin. We got A at a 25. Harry Ford, nice prospect patch autograph there for the AL West. AL West. Going to Colin. The last one here is a triple relic. David Davis for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Going to the NL Central. Going to A, A round. Nice. Form number one overall pick a few years ago. Nice. Solid back of the box. Some good stuff right there. All right. So Henry, Harry Ford, Ruffella, Willie Mays, Spencer Jones, Andre Dawson. Pulse up another one right now, guys. If you guys want to run it back, we can do it three more times, guys. Thank you. RuffellaPirates.com.


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I can never pin this down, but good. Thank you very much. So my name is Lucilla Spini. One of the speaker of the after lunch session. I'm sure you had a good lunch, right? Yes, so in Italian, I'm Italian. I'm from Florence, Italy. I actually used to work here five years ago. So if you see me agreeing people in the hallway like this don't get scared, it's just for my colleagues. In Italian, we have a word for this time of the day after lunch. And these feelings of like little bit of tiredness and things is abiocco. There are only a few cultures that have this word actually. And it's sort of this sort of nice and calm and easiness and things.  So first I'd love me to introduce myself. So I work at the International Science Council, which some of you might remember Iksu. Some people remember Iksu? You're showing your age here, careful. Okay, so the International Science Council is the product of the merger of Iksu with the International Social Science Council. So it represents the overall community of sciences, including natural and social science. And this is very important. I'm here representing the president, Professor Daya Reddy and the CEO, Dr. Haida Ackman who could not be here to close this meeting, but they send their greetings. And I'm gonna give you some introduction on maybe to start thinking about what's next in the project. But first of all, I wanna start with a personal reflection before I go into an institutional, you know, from my institutional hands. With this quote, which is attributed by Gandhi, but apparently there's a lot of discussion on this, but I like to think that it's by Gandhi anyway. Be the change you wish to see in the world. Because I think this is also a moment after you've been through an amazing witcher, which I'm very sorry to have missed actually from hearing what you just said. Also to have a personal reflection on how these journeys through this process and through this week has actually changed your way. You're actually doing science, conducting research, advising student and so on. So take some time to really acknowledge the journey that you've been in because it's important because every individuals count. But so today I'm gonna give you other flavors on other international activities, priorities, that maybe can actually upscale what you're already doing at the individual level, but the recommendation of the project are gonna have an uptake in different for us. So as to make sure that this is the end of the project, of the three years of the project is actually the beginning of really transformative action. So on the basis of my experience in working in international science for more than 15 years, including UNESCO, Tuas Upstairs and IUP, the Interacademy Partnership, but also the United Nations University and so on. And as a biological anthropologist, which I focus quite a lot on gender equality both in human and non-human primates, I would like to give you an overview of some of the activities. I'm gonna start with some congratulations first because it's also time for celebration. Now I'm gonna give you an overview of the international priority landscape related to your project, to the recommendation to make sure that they are built at the international level because you've been an amazing international community working on these issues. And then I'm gonna bring it to the International Science Council Action Plan which is our new action plan which includes activities on gender equality and others which can also be linked to the recommendation and to future activities of this community. But before I do this, I need to ask for your help on something. There is a birthday today being celebrated by Vesi. Vesi, can you stand up? Happy birthday! If this was embarrassing, blame my colleague over there. Okay. Non compleanno, that's the Italian version. Okay, so now we could start. All right, so congratulations. Congratulations on all the different types of results which I like to call the gender gaps because there are many, we've seen even this morning, we've seen the publication, the peer review, continuity studies, the difference in discipline or the similarity, the gaps in salaries which then sometimes we forget but they are reflected also the difference in pensions. Just to put that. So it's really a very comprehensive study not just focusing on one particular issue but it gives the system approach. Great data and database and here I would like to highlight that the International Science Council community includes two activities, two initiatives on data, co-data, the committee on data and the word data system which provide a lot of training and capacity building on data management, on data science and also repository issue. So I would, at some point, I think to have a conversation with one of these two body or two bodies on how to continue the work on the data would be an important thing. But also I wanna congratulate for the, I put co-benefits because it looks nice but I like to call it the side effects, positive side effects of this project. I was lucky enough to be at the inception meeting of this project opening. I do the opening and closing, it's a shame. But anyway, that had an effect on this community, on the International Science Council community. You all, some of you belongs to union, to academies, to other organizations and there's been sort of this spillover effect of the fact that we needed to start thinking about gender and gender equality a little bit more. I'll give you an example, our committee on space research, which okay in the media you see many women astronauts these days, but it's been a long journey to that. Then now the committee on space research while updating statutes, while updating operation and so on, I focus in more and more on making sure that the gender equality issue is taken into account. And I'm sure other unions also present, I UBS is one of the biological sciences, one of them, they're focusing more and more on the gender equality issue. So I think it's important to recognize also the fact that you had in the community just by the fact of working, asking question, conducting survey and workshop, this is really a ripple effect. Just as an ad-induct, I would like to say the ripple effect that had on me, thanks to this project, but also working with gender insight on the publication pathway to success. I took an implicit association test. Anybody has heard of this? Yeah, so there is, you could test on your unconscious bias or implicit association that you're not aware. So there is one that you could take online on women in science, apparently unbiased. For me, science is women and not the other way around. So you could really see how you could change the system with your project. Okay, the international landscape and priorities. Are you all familiar with agenda 2030? No? Good, I'm glad, because otherwise I'm preaching to the convert. In 2015, the United Nations came together to define the agenda for sustainable development and sustainable development goals, which needs to be achieved by 2030, and that's why it's called agenda 2030. And it's really to make sure that this world is a better place, both for people and the planet. So it's built on the three concepts of sustainable development, the economic, the social and environmental pillars. So among the different goals, there are 17 goals. There is one, SDG 5 on gender equality, which push as your project, as the conversation you had this week for gender equality. But there are many other, and so there is a clear link between this project and the international priority SDG number five. But it's important to say that it's not that we just need to put gender equality in one box and just fulfill that. Gender is a cross-cutting issue among many different sustainable development goals and sustainability challenges. I mean, when we talk about climate change, we need to make sure that there is a gender lens applies to these things. And so here, just a couple of sustainable development goals, one on quality education, one on reducing inequality, which are also very relevant to your project. So how can your data also contribute to make sure that country achieve reducing equality, quality education for all men and women, and of course, gender equality? The International Science Council, well at the time, IKSU in 2017, has raised awareness of the project at United Nation in the high-level political forum on sustainable development, which is the forum that every year in July meets to discuss progress towards the achieving of the sustainable development goals. And we highlighted the fact that the project of the gender gap and the activities that were done at the regional level. So it's very important that we also take into account this United Nation forum in terms of reaching out also to government on how we could also change the system at the national level and at the regional level, of course. But not only the United Nation at the important priority and events, but also the international science community. And in particular, I will lie to a lie to some, some of you I just mentioned before, that 2019 is the international year of the periodic table of chemical elements. And there were many initiatives also targeted to women scientists. So there's a series of international priorities that needs, and landscape that needs to be taken into account in also identify way not only to develop recommendation, but then to implement the recommendation. And this is just, I'm trying to develop a list of all the different activities that we've been encountering also in work at the international science council in order to identify how to better connect all this initially. I think your project has been a particularly important also event to see how different organization can work together on this cross-cutting issue of gender equality. All right, so upcoming events. So this is what things have happened. I would like to like some of international events that might also provide opportunity for visibility of your project. We really need to make sure that it's not just about the report that's gonna come to the secretariat at ISC, but really to make sure that everybody knows about the report, everybody knows about the data, and everybody knows that this has been done for like three years because Chappell has the same French. So here I listed some of the international days that United Nations celebrate many international days. This is almost an international day every day. So in case you're interested, you can check it out on today's eight. So Sunday is the word science day for peace and development. So celebrate your career on that. But these are some of the international days related to women. And in particular, the 11th of February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. So this is done within the context of UNESCO. So I'm currently also liaising with UNESCO to see whether we could also organize maybe an event together to celebrate and to highlight these activities to UNESCO member states. But also next year there is a major anniversary, the Beijing Plus 25. Anybody was in the regional Beijing platform? There you'll be. Okay, one, two, cool, fantastic. And I think you're still involved in the negotiations for the commission on status of women. So there is an important opportunity at the level of the United Nations to really discuss progress since 1995, but also to discuss the way forward in terms of the agenda 2030 and the sustainable development goal. So this is something to be taken into account. But also there are other activities by the international science community included an international year of basic science for development, which is currently being discussed also within UNESCO. UNESCO has approved the first step has been approved. And so we're hoping to launch this thanks to the amazing leadership of IUPUP. And by the way, I wanna say this great gender equality advocate, Michelle Spiro from IUPUP, the International Year of Basic Science for Development in 2022. And there will be an important component on gender. So this is something that maybe we should look at how to bridge into that context. All right, so now I'll take it a little bit closer to home, the international science and it's action plan, which is now available on the website, just now don't go and Google right away. But allow me to recall, of course, what's the vision of the International Science Council to advance science as a global public good and its mission to be the global voice for science. Hence it has to be inclusive. The IAC action plan has been done also has been developed also thanks to a series of consultation with the IAC members. And I thanks, those of you who are in the audience who have contributed and enabled your union to contribute. And it has four main domains of impact, science in policy and public discourse, the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, the digital revolution, and the evolution of science and science system. Now, of course, all these domains have agenda components in it.  The importance of science in policy and public discourse, we respect also to science communication. We've seen how important also is to look at narratives and how you communicate on things. I mean, if you have a webpage with all male scientists, then the drawings that we saw this morning are definitely gonna be just male scientists. So there are many different issues. The digital revolution, there's quite a lot of interesting work being done on gender bias in artificial intelligence. So I would like you to take on the message that it's important to ensure that we mainstream the gender component across the four domains. But at the same time, I would like to align to that there is actually a specific gender activities in the fourth domain, the evolution of science and science system, which is the domains that look on how the science system can be agile, can be open in order to meet the challenges of today's societies, which are quite a bit. And in this context, there is a project in our jargon, now we're just 4.1. But it's actually gender equality in science from awareness to transformation. And again, it's important here from awareness to transformation. It's not just to continue to raise awareness of the issues, but really to make sure also that the recommendation from this project are implemented, because that's what we're interested in. So it's really the anticipated impact is to increase gender equality in global science to improve sharing and use of evidence for gender policy and programs in scientific institution and organization and national, regional and international level. I hope that rings a bell and connects with also what you've been doing. I put, after the title, a little parenthesis, which is also in the action plan, is a project for development. In the sense that this is not some of the projects that are already ongoing in the International Science Council, this is like really something to be developed, to be co-developed with all the interested party. And if you look at the science plan, and in particular, there is a longer version on the website that explain how we would like to develop this project in terms of really building collaboration across different institutions. So in terms of next step, also related to the developmental project 4.1, we, of course, continue to raise awareness of the issue of gender equality and empowerment of women. So some of you might have responded to our blog survey. It was in a scientific survey, just to clarify, on how can we diversify scientific prices? So we got a little bit of some results there. But really, to make sure that we always keep the gender equality issue on site, that we're not stopping. I think I was talking to somebody at lunch where I was like, we make progress, but we should continue to monitor and to increase participation. And then we have an upcoming survey, which is going to be deployed shortly as soon as I go back to the office. On women's participation in academies and gender-related policy and activities of academies. This is coordinated by Gender Insights on behalf of IAP, the Interacademy Partnership and the International Science Council. I'm not going to tell you too much about it, because my colleague, Rosanne Diab from Gender Insights will specify a little bit more on this. But allow me to say that it's a first step also to survey all the different members of IAC, so including the unions. But given that this is a survey that was already conducted by IAP in 2015, we are prioritizing sending out to the academies, because we need to have a benchmark with the other survey. But in the future, it would also be sent to the unions. And we look forward to have also your input in that. Then as another item, there is further collaboration with the World Federation on Engineering Organizations. We think that it's always better on the other side, right? It's just the scientists, the women's scientists to have difficulties and the women engineers. No, it's as bad as in our field. And so we are collaborating more and more with the organization. And in particular, we are currently looking on how to organize an event at CSW64, which is the Beijing anniversary. And I hope that we can engage in conversation also how to bring forward this project in this event. And last but not the least, at the Secretariat, we're currently planning a scoping meeting towards defining the next step in defining project 4.1. And we're really hoping to engage with the coordination of this project and to reach to the amazing community that this project has created. So we will be in touch with the coordination team of the project. But please also, those of you who are just joined us for the conference, please keep an eye on the ISC website and also provide inputs on how maybe your organization could also contribute to the development of this project. And so I think through this project, we will also have more opportunity to make the change that we all wish to see in the world. And I thank you so much for this opportunity to be with you today. Thank you.