The mission is deeply indebted to the officers of the government of India, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, officials of his cabinet, and the Chinese government. It was solely through their cooperation that this trip was made possible. The undertaking originated at Gangtok, Sikim, where the political officer for Bhutan, Sikim and Tibet has his residency and administrative office. Travel to Gansi was slow and tedious over the Himalayan barrier. From there, the only formidable obstacle was the crossing of the Brahmaputra River, after which they arrived at Lhasa, the hub of Tibetan life. The two American officers stayed three months in Lhasa, continued to Jakundo and then on to Lanchao in the Kansu province of northern China. They covered an approximate distance of 1,300 miles, which measured in time and over 100 days in the saddle. Just prior to our departure from Sikim, we displayed the gifts sent by the President of the United States to the Dalai Lama of Tibet. At the British mission to bid us Godspeed were Sir Basil Gould, British political officer, Prime Minister Bhutan, Rani Dorji, and the daughter of the Maharaja of Sikim. She is examining one of the gifts, a chronographic watch which tells the time of day, day of week, month of year, and moon phases. Kanshinjunga, a famous landmark in this locale, is the second highest mountain in the Himalayas. It's snow-clad peak towers 28,000 feet into the skies of Sikim. Natula Pass. Our caravan begins its hazardous journey across the Himalayas into the hidden country beyond, and we cross the boundary into Tibet. Because of the difficulty of transportation, we carry only the bare essentials, as we expect to live on the country along the way. A pack train loaded with potatoes for India passes us on the trail. Potatoes are one of the minor exports of the country. Tibet, hidden beyond the impregnable walls of the Himalayas, is a land of mystery and mysticism. Its rugged and primitive beauty can be enjoyed only by those who will endure strenuous travel to almost inaccessible regions. Traveling across the treacherous passes, the bleak and forbidding desert waste, we see what has made every phase of the Tibetans' life a struggle. Yet three million hearty, courageous people call this land their home. In some sections, they live almost entirely on a diet of meat, and only the privileged families can enjoy barley, as that food must be transported under great difficulties from the distant valleys. In the valleys, meat becomes a luxury, and the main diet is barley mixed with buttered tea and called samba. According to geologists, in centuries past, most of Tibet was glacier country. As it became habitable, nomads from all directions threaded their way through the narrow passes and built their homes in the few fertile valleys. The first overnight stop is at Chimbetung. The British have established travelers' quarters for 13 days along the road into the interior. These stations are spaced one day's travel apart. All transportation is on foot or by riding animal. The trails of Tibet are too narrow for wheeled vehicles, even if they attempted to use them. With night to law behind us, our caravan of 35 mules and 15 native travelers moves on. The road to Lhasa, like other roads across Tibet and Central Asia, is a well-worn trail. Over these routes for centuries, caravans have carried the merchandise of the east. Tea, rice, gold, musk, silk, jade and furs. At Yatung, a British guard of honor turns out to greet us. They are native Indian troops under British command equipped with infield rifles. We meet a gaily dressed bridal party on its way to India, where a Lhasa debutante is to be married to the son of a Rajah. Marriages, like other phases of Tibetan social life, must receive the blessing and approval of the Buddhist church. After a slight rest at Yatung, we are given a send-off by the honor guard. We pass a typical village situated on the narrow plain at the foot of the ever-present and towering mountains. The tallest one, 24,000 feet high, is called Chomo Hari, meaning Queen of the Snows. A shipment of wool and marmot hides transported in typical Tibetan style passes us on its way to the markets of India. Wool is the cheap export and principal source of revenue. The wool is traded to India for manufactured goods and to China and neighbors on the east for porcelain, horses, precious satins and brocades. On the 13th day we reach Gyansi, the last British trade and mail post on the road to Lhasa, and are met by an honor guard of Seapoy Mounted Infantry. Our American flag and the British flag are raised together in a gesture of friendship. Our first official welcome was rendered by Major Gloin and Tibetan Notables. These gifts from the native officials represent a considerable sacrifice on their part, and have far greater value than the Occidental conception of such presence. No other offering could have been more welcome than the meat, eggs, barley and butter. We return their hospitality by inviting our Tibetan friends to a reception held at the home of Major Gloin, the acting British trade agent. The throaty wail of the ceremonial horns herald the opening of the annual ritual called Rinzi Tare, the most important ceremony at Gyansi Monastery. This, like all other religious ceremonies, is dramatic proof to the people that the priests of the Lama Church have overpowered and subdued the evil spirits. This particular pageant makes a bid for prosperity during the coming year. By the time we witnessed the ceremonies at Gyansi, we began to feel that religion is the predominant influence that controls the people of this vast land. The wizard priests wearing beautiful robes of Chinese brocade hundreds of years old and elaborate headdresses crowned with ornamental coil serpents engage the evil spirits, eventually overpowering them, thereby assuring the people of continued prosperity. Our charming host, the Abbot Administrator of the Monastery, the skeleton dancers representing evil spirits who assail helpless mankind, the dance of the lion spirits, and the dwarfs representing the friendly spirits of India. Major Gloin's honor guard gives us a military send-off. Our horses are small but sturdy. The only difficulty is trying to look dignified, riding them. The eastern magistrate of Gyansi also comes out to see us off. A yak caravan carrying barley. The very existence of the Tibetans depends upon the yak. It furnishes food in the form of butter, milk, and meat, besides transportation and fuel. The long hair is woven into cloth for tents, and the tough hide is made into a variety of leather products. Our travel on fairly even ground was short-lived, and we start our ascent into difficult and mountainous sections. Riding up to Karula Pass, one of the last barriers before Lhasa, at the summit prayer flags whip in the wind. Every pass is adorned with flags like these. One of our escorts puts up a flag of thanksgiving to the mountain gods for a safe crossing. And we begin the descent into the valley. We cannot praise too highly the animals of this country. Their appearance belies their sturdiness, and they are capable of carrying amazing loads. They are considered the most sure-footed in the world, and often we entrusted our lives to their instinctive sense of balance. Brahmaputra, one of the three great rivers of Tibet. We are met by officials to expedite our crossing. All along the route the Tibetans had been advised of our coming, and have given us a welcome of honor. Wool caravans and pack trains are ferried across in long, flat-bottomed barges. Crossing the river is as difficult as most other transportation problems. The animals bewildered and stubborn must be coaxed, coerced, and physically shoved into the ferrying barge. In the rainy season, the boatman cannot maneuver the unwieldy barges, and transportation depends upon the coracle, a small tub-like boat made of willows and covered with skin. However, during this time of the year, only the privileged passengers ride in them. The clumsy barges, with their heavy loads, are tediously rode across with the help of eddy currents. Tibetans are inherently sociable, and on the slightest provocation pause in their labors to visit over a cup of tea. Native drivers congregate at the ferry crossing. Tea is the chief drink of the country, made of barley, salt, and butter. It gives them resistance to hunger and cold. They drink anywhere from 30 to 50 cups a day. A monk who became our permanent guide presents us with greeting scars from the Dalai Lama and a letter from the foreign office. The scarf is the Tibetans' calling card. During our stay we exchanged hundreds of them. Escorted by our guide, we proceed towards Lhasa. Two miles from the city of Lhasa, the American officers, Captain Brooke Dolan and Major Elia Tolstoy, are welcomed by British, Chinese, and Indian notables, and the official representatives of the church and state of Tibet. Later at the Tibetan reception, we are presented with gifts from the Dalai Lama and his court, ceremonial scarves, rice, and tea. The Dalai Lama sends his own bodyguard, the Trappchi Regiment, to greet us. This is a rare occasion, the first time in history when an honor guard has turned out to greet Americans. It creates great excitement. We review their infantry and their practical native attire. As we approach the city, we enjoy our first glimpse of the magnificent 17th century winter palace of the Dalai Lama and on a nearby hill, the Temple of the Healing Buddha. Through the west gate with its choton-peaked dome pass monks from remote lamasaries, natives, pilgrims, merchants, and traders. The population of the city is estimated at 20,000. Lhasa maintains contact with the outside world through the medium of a telegraph line used principally in trading relations with India. Little of the city is modernized. The installation of electric lights in 200 homes being probably the most conspicuous evidence. All year round, the people use their rooftops to wash and cook, work, and play. The Pungang family. The wealth of Tibet is concentrated in 20 of these official families. Twice a Dalai Lama has been born into this circle. The father is a cabinet minister and his son's wife, shown carrying her baby daughter, was an Indian princess before her marriage. Frequently, families engage the services of priests to pray solely for them. This school is attended by children of mixed common and noble blood. It is conducted by a monk who is also the telegraph operator. Two brothers of the Dalai Lama are students. The one shown here, richly dressed, bears a striking resemblance to the young pontiff. These uniquely dressed men are not Paz or Tibetan sorcerers, not recognized yet tolerated by the church. Their strange drums and bells are supposed to drive away the devil. They wander to all corners of the country invoking the spirit of an Indian wizard who came in the 8th century and delivered the Tibetans from the devils, who allegedly tormented them. The favorite game of the children is chibi. The object is to keep the feather bird in the air as long as possible. No easy trick. Small fry here ties his bird to a string. Tibet is still unaffected by the machine age. Hauling, planting and harvesting are all done by primitive methods. The laborers, content with their lot, chant as they work. The Khamba dancers roam about Tibetan troops living on the bounty of their audiences. They give performances in the small villages in the streets, at the homes of the wealthy, and anywhere they can find spectators to contribute. This particular troop is considered the most talented in all Tibet and came to Lhasa for the five weeks of the New Year festival. In the great religious communities, they furnish the only entertainment of a theatrical nature. Their steps are the closest relation to folk dancing that is known in Tibet. Although the capers and gyrations can hardly be called original, they do give us an insight into the characteristics of the Tibetan people. Few races would have the stamina to engage in this performance, especially in the rarefied air of 12,000 feet, and yet these entertainers may put on several shows a day. The Tibetans populate a country where only the rigorous may survive. These folks laugh readily, have a happy disposition, make friends quickly, and rivalry is always good nature. The grand finale of their performance is the free-for-all competition of the leading dancers. They choose their own style and give it their all. The Potala, in all its inspiring glory, towers above the city of Lhasa, just as the Buddhist religion dominates the life of the people. Under its gold-encrusted roofs are the tombs of the previous Dalai Lama in jewel-studded saplacras. The great road links the Potala winter home of the Dalai Lama with the summer palace, his residence from May until October. The lion of Tibet guards the gate of the summer palace. The grounds cover over 500 acres of gardens and animal preserves. The architecture of its buildings is considerably influenced by the orientals, but its singular splendor is truly Tibetan. The ornaments bordering the roofs are covered with a layer of pure gold. The workmanship reflects the patience and inspiration of the people that contributed these buildings to their Dalai Lamas. The present Dalai Lama is 10 years old and will not assume absolute control of his people until he reaches 18. In the intervening years, the regent directs his studies and activities and is the temporary ruler of Tibet. There is no higher authority religious or civil. During the absence of the Dalai Lama in the winter months, a major domo is in charge of the summer palace. This dazzling jade drinking cup with its gold cover and stand is the personal cup of the Dalai Lama. Our guide stands before a cloison a elephant which was presented many years ago to a former Dalai Lama by a member of the Chinese nobility. These are gifts that were presented to President Roosevelt by his holiness, the Dalai Lama. These exquisite religious tapestries known as Tonkas are unrivaled for their detailed handiwork. The summer palace is the home of many types of animals. Amongst them a pony, mules, a spotted pony, a deer, a wild ass, some of his favorite ponies in the stable, wild blue sheep, camels which have been relieved of further labor, and a Tibetan mastiff, blood relation to the Saint Bernard. The grounds of the temple of the serpent demigod.  Traveling according to custom with their servants preceding them, the cabinet ministers are coming to a party at the British Mission where we enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. Ludlow. Servants help their masters dismount. Our monk guide who is usually late arrives alone. A whole mutton is roasted for the occasion. The luncheon was given at the British Mission by Ashag or cabinet members and other lay and ecclesiastical officials. During the luncheon we asked the three cabinet members to pose for their pictures, also high government directors of the foreign office, lay officials, and luminaries from the monastery. With typical Tibetan pomp, our guests take their leave. Shortly after the party at the British Mission we were invited to the beautiful palace of the Sarong family. The residence is one of the show places of Lhasa and evidences that dignity, wealth, and influence with which these powerful families are blessed. We were presented with an up-so, a cute little Tibetan terrier which became our mascot. Although Tibet is isolated from what we consider the civilized world, we found a highly developed culture. People conduct themselves with dignity and restraint. Their features are finally proportioned and the women are strikingly attractive. We are surrounded by monasteries housing 40,000 monks. We are here being shown through the Sera Monastery which itself provides living quarters for 6,000. We are preceded by Provo monks with their padded shoulders. The De Pung Monastery with its 10,000 members is the largest monastery in the world. Novices from the age of five in resident monks attend the examinations of the three candidates for the Doctor of Divinity. It takes 15 to 20 years study and training for their eligible to qualify for the degree. Those that fail and only if very influential may take the examination again about 10 years later. The candidates are examined for eight days by learned members of the order. The examiner slaps one hand into the other and shouts, answer. If the student answers wrong, he is given a severe slap on the arm. The candidate under examination wears a yellow helmet. If he passes, he gets an extra row of stitching on the crest. The monks take over the city for the five-week festival of Losar or New Year, 20,000 coming from the great monasteries. But to ensure law and order among the fun-loving Tibetans, Provo monks with long poles keep the unruly in line. These members of the Pung Gang family are wearing the finery for the New Year festival. The Tibetan sense of beauty is manifested by the exquisite blending of costly silk brocades and elaborate array of semi-precious jewels. The seed pearls, coral, turquoise, jade, gold and onyx are expertly fabricated into exotic and original designs. The headdress, encrusted with seed pearls, must be worn by all women of the noble families during the five weeks of the New Year ceremony. If they should go out upon the streets without this headdress, they would be sent home by a monk. Families from the seventh grade of nobility on up are leaving the Pula Law after paying homage to the Dalai Lama as temporal ruler. Nobody lower than the seventh grade of nobility is allowed in audience. The opening ceremony of the New Year is the reenactment of a legendary battle. The Tibetans are great lovers of tradition and legends. During the festival, they find many opportunities to pay respect to their forefathers. The soldiers are wearing the armor of the 16th, 17th century. The exceptionally dry air of Tibet has preserved the armor perfectly. Even the chamois links between the plates of mail look like new. The privilege to gather in the Pula Law courtyard for the approaching pageant. Hosham, humorously depicting the god of wealth, is escorted to his seat of honor. In the initial part of this ceremony, the evil spirits do their dancing unmolested and represent the threatening forces to be overcome by the church. And down the loaded air, there comes the thunder of Tibetan drums. The spirits continue their menacing ritual. Every year, this little skit is presented reenacting a dream of the late Dalai Lama in which an old man overpowers a tiger, thereby proving the indomitable strength of humanity. Outside the Pula Law, the nature of the second day's ceremony is the pole-sitting act. This stone symbolizes suffering mankind. Ghouls dance around it, but the spirit is protected by the powers of the Lamas. The wizard priests with their black hats enter the dance and overpower the evil spirits. Here the rug symbolizes the enemies of the church. An evil spirit that has been coerced by the wizard priests performs around this figure. In the center of the heart lungs, liver and intestines of the animate, which are hypothetically torn from the body and thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil and wine and dramatically destroyed. Another symbol of corraled evil spirits is carried down to the Pula Law yard and will also be burned. The regent and his escorts are en route to visit the oracle. Every year, he pays his respect to the prophet and receives the predictions for the coming year. The regent with his colorful entourage of civil and church nobility returns to Lhasa after receiving the augury from the oracle. The noblemen's affiliation and rank can often be determined by their headdress. In the archery contest, the servants are the sole participants. Their remarkable strength is well attested by the 400 yards that can shoot an arrow. The arrow is picked up from where it strikes the ground and is marked with the name of the contestant and his record. Monk provos are still kept busy maintaining order. Merchants and politicians present scarfs to the city officials and nobility. And then the officials and noblemen pay homage to representatives of the regent. One of the last functions of the New Year's celebration is the concentration of all evil spirits and enemies of the church in one symbolic figure, which in turn will be destroyed. From a vantage point overlooking the Pula Law grounds, the regent, present ruler of Tibet, witnesses the pageant. The last event of the New Year's festival is the annual cavalry show. For this occasion, the noble families must furnish 6 to 15 men and horses, depending on their official position. The riders must be appropriately armed, clothed and mounted. This cavalry has no military function and is but another evidence of the Tibetans' love for tradition. These costumes are the very same ones that were used several hundred years ago by the men who protected their country. The appearance and performance of the participants at this contest are judged, and much of the sponsoring noblemen's prestige depends upon the results of this ceremony. The sponsors and cavalry officers. The following day, each rider, still heavily clothed and mounted on a small fleet pony, races down the field course. At a full gallop, he must fire at the first target, then sling his matlock over his shoulder, haul out his bow and arrow, and try to register a bull's eye on the second one. What Mecca is to the Mohammedans, the Potola is to the Buddhist. Some pilgrims begin their homage on the Great Road, although most confine their prostrating to the Holy Walk. The Holy Walk is seven miles in length, and encircles the Potola. Fervent pilgrims repeatedly prostrate themselves as they wend their torturous circuit. Each time this follower stops to pray, he turns at right angles to the walk, falls prone on his stomach, then rises and salutes the Potola. Properly done, it takes two days to complete the ritual. Members of wealthy families often pay this type of worshipper to represent them. On the rock walls are artists' conceptions of the celestial Buddhas. The little tunnel detours land greater significance to their trip. Some people carry their own prayer wheels. Inside, there is endlessly repeated realistic formula, um mani peide me um, hail jewel in the lotus. Each turn of the wheel represents the prayer many millions of times, and it assures the twirler that the pitying Lord will aid in preying him from the wheel of life. The prayer wheels recessed in the stone walls offer the benefit of those who do not carry their own. The Potola is an inspiring symbol of strength. It is a fitting monument to a religion that is divested with such tremendous power. It is also a fitting residence for their Dalai Lama whose soul is allegedly the perpetuated reincarnation of Buddha. The present Dalai Lama was born of peasant parents in an eastern province, and was brought to Lhasa with great ceremony as heir to the throne of Tibet. Nature presented Tibet with the ideal focal point for Buddhism. Isolating that tempestuous section of our earth, it is bestowed upon it all the powers, splendor and inspiration that could be conceivably united into one boundless land. The timeless symbol of this majesty and power is their Dalai Lama. He is the absolute deity of an almost unknown civilization and culture.


Hey guys, it's Nate, AKA The Foot Accountant. Welcome back to the channel. EA Sports dropped us this loading screen yesterday on FIFA 23, showing us the foot-sensurance card design and of course telling us what we kind of already knew that this promo is coming out tomorrow on Friday. But other than that and a couple of tweets, we don't know that much. So I'm gonna talk about the promo just for a little bit today and also how I think it might impact the market because still there is a lot of demand for players in this game. Prices stay high, the market was very good to trade in and out of yesterday and there is a lot going on with fodder, with meta card prices, some price range updates that happened yesterday. And of course we have to talk about some big changes to the team of the week. EA is getting bigger and better upgrades for these brand new team of the week cards starting from this team of the week and onwards. And we get those cards in red picks remember because those same red picks are back in the team of the week rewards, in-foot champs rewards and there's one more massive icon, SPC League that everybody is talking about on the JARZENIA level and maybe even a bit more hype for some people. So we're talking about a lot today. If you're excited for this new promo and kind of the mystery that it is right now, hit the thumbs up and subscribe if you're new. Let's talk about that promo, the loading screen. And again, we've shown these tweets and we've talked about it. So I'm just gonna talk about it quickly. Again, this Food Centurions promo is all about or at least what it sounds like players that are maybe a little past their prime but have had legendary careers. Form is temporary. Class is permanent. Foot Centurions. The other, of course, information we have is that the Centurion, like that word, 100 plus, like century, the Centurion, all of these promo cards are gonna be based around something that's 100 plus, 100 plus caps, goals, assists, clean sheets, maybe points. Like some people think about Manchester City and they're 100 plus point season. Winning the Premier League. Could a player from Manchester City be in the promo for that? That sort of stuff is what's gonna be a part of this promo. The card design I think looks pretty sick. We saw on the loading screen, it's different but I think it looks pretty sick, right? This is insane. Like this is the type of stuff that we could see in this promo. Guys like Zlatan, guys like Marco Royce, guys like Pogba De Gea. There's a lot of names that have been thrown in and around. Aspily Quetta, cards like that. Cards that maybe, or players that are maybe a slight bit behind their prime or where their peak of their career was at but there's still kind of legends, right? That quote, form is temporary, class is permanent. Now, we have no leaks. These are not official players that are leaked yet. Maybe they will be a part of this promo. I think everybody wants this Zlatan or like a James Milner or De Gea or Royce so bad that like if EA doesn't do it, this promo is gonna be a big let down. But these are names that we really could see inside of this promo. On foot bin, they have a prediction up here. Neymar, Neuer, Ibrahimovic, Royce, Alexis Sanchez, John Stones, Pepe, Vertongan, Jacques, Cesc Fibernaus and Vardy, right? These are all the types of players that we could see. Not saying that like Neymar is past his prime. That's not what I'm trying to say by talking about these promo cards but EA is probably gonna find a way to fit in some really top tier players into this promo side. It just seems like this is gonna be a fun promo. It really does and that's why I'm excited for it. And again, I think there is a very high potential that we start to get leaks about this promo and the players that are gonna be in it. Today, I know we've been saying it over the past couple of days like where are our leaks at? But like one day before the promo starts, I mean today we have the current loading screen that just shows the card design. I would expect today the normal schedule is they will update the loading screen and we'll be looking at this on the content drop today on stream. But they'll probably update the loading screen today with players and try to tease us with those stats. So if we don't have any leaks after today and we're sitting here tomorrow talking about having no leaks, then it's gonna feel like a true surprise honestly which we haven't had in a long time. And I'm surprised that we don't have leaks yet but I do believe those will start to roll out soon. And I think that's gonna start to build the hype. So that's gonna be the biggest question for the market as well. Are these leaks going to get people scared? And we're gonna talk about that and we'll kind of talk through it of course here in a second. But first things first, let's talk about more things that are dropping today on Thursday, right? We talked about that loading screen. That's almost a given, right? They've already dropped the first one. They're probably gonna drop a second loading screen as well.  I have to do this SBC. But speaking of the swap tokens, right? This is a big day and I'm gonna spend time talking about this because today might be the last day. It probably is the last day that we are gonna get a winter wildcard swap token in an SBC or an objective. Like this is the last day that we're probably gonna get a token, right? Currently we are on 25 tokens and that includes everything. 25 tokens including the one that was in the store pack a couple weeks back or a week and a half ago, I guess it was, we're on 25. Now there's been 30 that have been in the code. I don't believe that we are getting 30. EA said that they are gonna drop 25 and then any bonus would be available in the store, right? Find some bonus tokens in the store during the campaign. They have said that the SBC challenges like the rewards, right? The rewards will be available until January 13th and they have also said inside of the game right here on this screen that the tokens will be now available now until the program ends on January 6th and that is of course tomorrow when this foot centurion promo will begin. So is there maybe a slight chance that we could get a couple more tokens? I think there is. I believe that I would only expect one token today via marquee matchups. They've only been dropping one token a day for the past couple of days. Is there potential that we get to? There is, they could drop a second SBC maybe if they were to do that. There could also maybe be one more store token maybe this weekend but it sounds like the way that EA have worded it today could be our very last token. So if you're trying to figure out what you wanna do and what you wanna turn it in and maybe what packs or rewards you wanna choose it looks like we might only get 26 tokens instead of the 30 that were added into concepts but again, EA only promised us 25 plus that one they added into the store with that 75K pack. Looks like that might be the final thing. So I've gotta get caught up and finish off my last few tokens like doing the marquee matchups. Yesterday our token was inside of Silver Stars which is kind of the normal Wednesday token. It's in here, if you click the square button you can see it is inside the reward of completing the entire Silver Stars objective with that very pacy Silver Striker from Seared. Yeah so that's where yesterday's token was. One more token today and that might be it. For all of you guys that have been asking and questioning, those are still there. Now the rewards like we said are still available for another week after this. So if you haven't completely decided and it's so nice not to have to sort through all of the World Cup swaps because those are finally gone. Those were there for forever but these are gonna be here for another week. So you'll have opportunities if you have the tokens and you wanna think about it. You wanna see Centurions team one or maybe even the leaks for team two and decide do I wanna open my fodder packs yet? Do I wanna wait? Stuff like that. You've got options and you've got time to choose between those things. So definitely keep an eye out for that last token today probably gonna be in Marquis matchups and there's a slight potential we could get more but I really feel like it's just gonna be one. We will have to see. Now other things that we could see today. I mean we've been getting a Winter Wild Cards Player SBC every single day. We had the Han SBC yesterday. What is gonna be dropping on the game? We don't have a leaked Player SBC right now for the last day of Winter Wild Cards.  It might be I think last Thursday this was the case. When they dropped the Maxime Hullet which I did at SBC so it's in my club but if you guys remember that Hullet SBC I think that might have been last Thursday. I forget the exact day but it might be that sort of thing where a foot sheriff leaks the SBC for today early but if we don't see a leak then we might not have one. So just be careful but potentially one more Wild Card SBC today. So the last swap token inside of Marquis matchups. Now again I do believe it'll be there. We'll probably get some packs applied today from Marquis matchups and we'll talk about that here in a second. The only other thing that we could maybe see today there was a massive, massive leak. I don't think it's today, I honestly don't but I gotta shout it out because Thursdays have been icon SBC days in the past. The middle version of Zidane has been leaked to come as an SBC during the Centurions promo. Now we had the Gerard SBC yesterday and that SBC is actually impacting the market. We'll talk about that in a second but this is a massive one, right? This is like I said on the level of Jarzinio in terms of hype, in terms of the big name of an icon. I know it's mid-Jarzinio, it's not the prime but I think there's a lot, a lot of hype around this card and there's so many people that will want to craft this Zidane in the coming days, whenever this is released. Now FIFA Romania tweets here that it'll be coming during the Centurions promo. So it might not be today, of course, according to him it won't be today but we have to talk about this leak because it is absolutely impacting the market. You can see Zidane's card price had a huge drop yesterday. He's now rebounded back up since the SBC didn't drop yesterday. He went from 1.7 all the way to the low 1.4s and is now back up 1.59, 1.5 highs on the PlayStation and Xbox market. His other versions as well. This card was like 2.3, he's down at 2.1. The prime Zidane is down, actually he's down a lot. He was 3.1, 3.2, 2.7, 2.9 now but this Zidane was at 1.05 so he is back up in price as well. So all of the Zidane's got panic sold even like Benzema's Winter Wildcard's item is down a lot in price because of the leak of that Zidane. Come on, you can see he was 1.86, he went all the way down to 1.7 lows and he's really not rebounded back up that much. So watch out for that Zidane, that's coming if you wanna save your fodder for it or it's gonna be probably out and released for a long time too. One thing we saw from the Gerard SBC yesterday is this SBC is out for 89 days. That's like into March honestly, right? And that's kind of also the time where we usually see prime icon moments. Now I don't believe that we're getting prime icon moments this year but I think they released Gerard for so long because he's a prime icon, that's the best version of the icons that'll be dropped in this game. Hopefully Zidane is gonna be out for that long of a time as well. It should be very craftable during team of the year which will be very, very nice for those of us that'll be opening a lot of packs whether it's saved packs or upgrades during team of the year, that'll be a card that a lot of people will want to craft with the extra fodder cards that they get. Now speaking of extra fodder cards, yesterday was a big day for packs in the store. Now that tab is gone for me, like the World Cup tab which some people are like, hey, the menus feel a lot better since that World Cup tab in the bottom right is gone but all those packs got paid out yesterday and this Steven Gerard SBC that we had was one of the most popular SBCs I believe that people were going out and doing. Of course, the other icons like Maldini and Giorzino who I finished off yesterday were very popular as well but if you take a look at the market, you can tell that people were going and doing high rated squads after they got fodder. Now the highest rated squad inside of the Gerard SBC is only 87 but for guys like Giorzino, people were going out and buying the high rated fodder and same thing with Maldini, only an 87 rated squad but take a look at where the fodder market is rising. On the low tier, it's really not moving that much and the Gerard SBC actually is to blame for that but look at 89s, 34, 35,000 coins for 89 rated cards, 88s went up a little bit, 89s and 91s though went up like crazy. I know Benzema's out of packs but he's gone from, what is it? He was like 59k yesterday, right? Around 60 and absolutely explosion right after the 6pm content.  Benzema 66k, De Bruyne 64, 65,000 coins as well. Neuer as a card that is currently in packs of course went from 48k, 47k at content, boom, spiking right back up. You can tell when we were talking about this all week. If you held these cards that you bought earlier on the weekend, GGs because they just kept rising all week as they were not getting packed as much but people were going out and doing those SBCs. Now a very interesting thing on the lower tier, look at the 84s, they are now low at 3,000 coins a piece. Look at what happened with these guys yesterday. They had a spike of course right at the content drop time because every single day that 84 plus times five is refreshing. So 84s every single day are their most expensive, basically 30 minutes to an hour after content because everybody goes and does that SBC but they're down. I mean, I'm gonna show you guys the index 84 at the moment. It just shows the crazy drop off on 84s yesterday and you're like Nate, where is this supply coming from? Yesterday we had the Pele SBC with an untradable 50k pack. We didn't have lightning rounds. We didn't have any tradable rewards given out. Where is this supply coming from? It's the ICON SBCs because the ICON SBCs give out tradable packs, the Gerard SBC, even these, the gold packs from these, right? These are like kind of juiced even though the two rare gold players packs, they're tradable. You get all these tradable packs from inside of the Gerard SBC, inside of the Jarzino SBC and Maldini. These are the SBCs that people are doing right now on this game and crafting with all the fodder that they got yesterday. Even some of the other Winter Wild Cards player SBCs, like the ones that have multiple squads like Payet, Belagarde, DePaul has two squads, right? Ozil, Cruz has four squads. You know, those squads are also giving you packs back in return for completing them. That's why that low tier fodder is going down as much as it is and it's just crazy to see how that impact on the market was just because of people going and doing SBCs with fodder that they already had. Now there's certainly still demand for 84s and if you have some of them, what I would tell you to do is sell them today around the content drop. Of course, there is going to be some supply with marquee matchups and that's going to supply the rest of the fodder market a little bit more than normal because it's just going to be a lot of packs opened, right? Not just from people doing SBCs, but from those cheap SBCs, right? Could 84s rise up today after rewards? Absolutely they could. These cards could rise some today. Of course rewards are going to bring a little bit of tradable supply and of course that hour after content when most people are going out and doing that 84 plus times five once again, that's when I would look to sell those cards because again, today is going to be another day where people are crafting, doing upgrade packs, getting rewards, going out and doing those other SBCs and I think today might be a decent day to sell some of those 84s specifically and maybe some of your lower tier fodder as well. Of course, before we go into tomorrow with lightning rounds, I think a lot of people are actually starting to save up packs, whether it's for team of the year. I mean, I know some people are saving for that but if this Centurion's promo starts to look good, some people might even save some of their packs from rewards or stuff like that that they can claim and attain in the next couple of days from doing the icon of SBCs and stuff. They might start saving those up for the Centurion's promo. So I think I would sell that low tier fodder in a bit of a spike today. For the rest of the fodder market, it's probably going to stay the same or maybe just drop a little bit. I'd say same thing for these 91s. I would want to take the cash pretty soon. They're up so much and it's absolutely incredible. I'm telling you guys, the best fodder to trade with in my opinion are 84s, 85s and 86s sometimes but most consistently it's these 90s to 91s. Actually I'll go 89s, 90s and 91s. They're more expensive but there are also any time there's any SBC over 87 rated, these guys just move. It's kind of crazy how these guys move but even if the SBCs are not like 89 or 90 rated squads, they just go up a lot. So these cards are up big. I would look to sell those, especially De Bruyne and Lemondosky and Benzema that are kind of come back into packs. Well, Benzema's coming back into packs. His gold card is, I would look to take the cash on some of those today. Maybe one last final slight rise before we hit marquee matchups and with people getting the rewards and going and doing SBCs. Now speaking of supply today, let's turn the page and talk about the In Packs meta winter wild cards and about these card prices because some of them, they've been pretty stagnant throughout the week, right? Let's be honest. Team one started to rise up in packs a lot as they were leaving their time in packs. These cards have been pretty consistent and only a couple of them have really moved up that much, right? Adama Trere was like 160K to start the weekend. He is actually up now, 180K. Hey Zeus, Kimmich, Veran, you know, Robertson, they've had a couple fluctuations here and there but they're about the same. Honestly, I think they're gonna probably just drop a little bit today. It really depends on those leaks and how people are super duper hyped for the Foot Centurions promo but I would hold off if you really wanna buy one of these cards for your team. I think I would hold off until tomorrow on Friday, see what the Centurions is looking like, see what the leaks look like and what the hype is around this promo and then if you want to buy one of these for your team with all the demand that's gonna be hitting on this game this weekend, I would want to buy those cards most likely tomorrow on Friday once we kind of get an idea of what this promo is going to be like. Now a couple of quick things. A couple of these price ranges have been updated on these cards that were at their minimum and Brahim Diaz was one of them. He has been 26K all week long but yesterday he got a price range update and he went from 26K all the way down to 18 and 19K. I think this card is a fantastic club stock. AC Milan links are so important this year in FIFA. There's a lot of great AC Milan cards even if you think about like Goldtail Hernandez, the Gold or Player of the Month or the other lower tier informed versions of like Rafael Leao. Lot of great links to Mori as well. So I would try to stock one of those Brahim Diaz in the club. This Verz card actually got a price range minimum update as well. He was at 26K, which was his minimum on the weekend. He's back up a little bit now but now his low price can go below 26K of course. And I think there was a card from team one as well, Verde, right? And Verde is even out of packs. So to see this card go down is very interesting. He was at 21,000 coins with his 99 passing stat. He went down to 15, had all the way back up to 17. So I think if you see this guy at like 16, 17K again, it's probably a decent shout because I don't think that's too undervalued for him or I think that's a round kind of where he should be. But he's out of packs as well. That's something to keep an eye on with a couple of those cards that got minimum price range updates. Now that also happened for some icons and that was my biggest move on the market yesterday. I actually went out Kaka, who are the other ones? Kaka and Essin and Yashin were some icons that got price range updates that very much needed them yesterday. And these guys are now on the market. He was extinct at 650. Yashin was extinct at 650. He is now on the market. He's had a really, really nice rise. He's up at like almost 900,000 coins right now at the moment. I bought three Kakas yesterday in the low 700s. He is beginning to rise. As people realize, oh my goodness, this guy is back on the market. He's back. He's available. He's here. We can try him out. And I mean this Kaka, that's the reason why I bought this card is he is the most valuable Kaka out of all the ones in the game. His stats are still undervalued for the player that he was. Most people agree with that. But this one has 90 paces and he's finally on the market. So I picked up a couple of those and I hope that that continues to rise. But those were kind of the big price range updates with those cards on the market. They had a lot of fluctuations and a lot of movements, but there's still some cards that are extinct. Like Prime Mateus is extinct. Prime Torres is extinct. And I believe Kentonon. And I don't know if I'm forgetting any of the other ones. I kind of honestly just looked past these cards and forgot that they weren't even on the market for a couple of them. But like these guys are still extinct. So it's weird how EA updated some price ranges yesterday, but then they didn't update others. So a bit confusing with that sort of stuff with those. Now, one of the last things I wanna talk about too is just the rest of the meta market today. If you're looking to make some coins since there is gameplay demand, this is something that we did yesterday. This is the specific card that we traded with yesterday when we were live on stream. We saw that Cordoba was down, right? And there was a little bit of periods of panic yesterday. You can see Cordoba was 330 on Wednesday, early morning hours. He went all the way down to 310. He was actually snipable at like 305. I got one at 308, and boom. He goes right back to 330 where he is now. That's the sort of stuff you wanna look for today out of packs, promo cards that are popular, that are rare, that people wanna use, that are meta, that could potentially drop a little bit today into the content time that you could buy at a low price. Like right now, here I am on another YouTube video tonight saying that Millie Tau looks low. Like Millie Tau, I mean, this guy goes between 730 and 780 all the time. And I mean, that's not a huge profit margin there, but a really rare card with fluctuations like this. He's not actually 730. Like if I saw this at like 710 or 720 on undercut, that's the sort of thing I'd be looking for. Watch out for those flips today because I think there'll be potential since there is a lot of people that are going out and playing the game at the moment. I think there's a lot of potential for those quick flips with people going and buying teams four foot champs to get into the week and this weekend. So there should be great opportunities to trade on the market today. Now, there is one last thing I wanna talk about and that is the team of the week cards. Of course, yesterday we had team of the week 10 that was dropped and team of the week prices on the market, by the way, I've got a quick shout for you guys on this. They are dropping like crazy. Team of the week cards yesterday, all of these guys, even like the really, really cheap ones, the 79, the 80 rated guys, they were like 25,000 coins because of that 84 times five SBC refreshing once again. Now with supply continually dropping in like we talked about from people doing those icon SBCs and today with rewards, keep an eye on this team of the week because I think there might be an investment potential for a quick flip today with informs being low around rewards and they're rising into the content drop as people invest and then spiking after the content drop because people need informs to go and do SBCs today. So watch out for informs. I would look at the 86s, the 83 to 86 rated cards that are in this team. Like these guys are 13,000 coins for some of these 83 rated cards. Like Aaron Moy is 13, 14K. I mean, as you can see, these guys were selling at the high to mid 20K range earlier in the day and that's not just because they were fresh and brand new to the market. That is because literally all of these cards were selling at like 25,000 coins yesterday because there's that team of the week inform requirement that is out there. That's one thing I would watch with informs today, potential money maker opportunity for those but I would do just a quick flip only try to get them out very soon. The other part is EA has refreshed what they're doing with team of the upgrades and we have to give EA some more props for this. I feel like EA has been honestly killing it in the past couple of weeks with this stuff. Of course there's still problems in the game but like this stuff they've been doing content wise is fantastic. So with team of the week coming back, the informed progression path has been refreshed with larger upgrade sizes across the various overall ranges. And as you can see, a lot of these guys got pretty big boost. I mean, Douglas Louise up to an 87 rated card. Griezmann is the one that I'm very most interested in. The pink hair dynamic Griezmann is pretty crazy by itself but usually 85 rated informs go to 86 rated. Well, instead he went to an 87. The only caveat is they said various overall ranges. So like I don't think if Erling Holland or maybe it might depend on the rating but like I can't expect now for Erling Holland to get an inform and for his next inform to be 91. I still feel like it'll be 90 because EA for some of these top tier cards won't want to increase the power curve too much but we're just gonna have to see as they release more team of the weeks how that is gonna look like. They also said there's gonna be two featured team of the weeks per week which will get even higher in additional upgrades. So like Toremi was this one this week from an 81 to an 87. That's a massive upgrade, right? So he goes from 81 to 84, 84 to 86 and then 86 to 87. So a triple upgrade for him. I don't wanna spend too much time talking about team of the week but I feel like it is worth mentioning because EA are doing some nice changes to this. And of course these cards are packable from our red weekend league rewards player picks this weekend. So there's a lot going on in this game. There's a lot more. It's probably gonna happen today. Watch out for the leaks, watch out for the news and hopefully it's a pretty good day to make coins on this game and on this market and of course best of luck if you're opening packs, if you're saving packs for tomorrow for centurions. It's gonna be a fun couple of days in this game. Also best of luck qualifying for week and then you know a lot of you guys are going out and going for that. Also with the world cups or the wild card swaps grind we're nearing the end, best of luck with all of your endeavors in that mode. But that's gonna be the video for me today. If you guys did enjoy, smash the thumbs up on it. 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