Sup guys how we doing and welcome back to the channel and welcome back One and all to another reaction video today We're focusing on a player that's actually become one of my favorites not because of his play on the field But because of his demeanor because of his attitude and quite possibly because of his glasses his name is Zadiria Smith He's a linebacker for the Packers. I'm pretty sure he just snuck into the top 50 last year this year He's landed at number 51 and it's at this point that I think it's about time I at least try something. He's a Packers player. He's a player. I enjoy it's not Aaron Rodgers But it is Zadiria Smith. So just just a second now as I recall This was a little tight the last time I tried to put it on So what we're gonna do is we're gonna take out some of the internal padding And we're gonna give it another go so I'm gonna tap glasses off pull on the air holes and wish me luck Because I'm gonna need it actually Maybe I don't it's amazing what you can do when you take out some padding.  Oh, yes, I can feel her. She's getting real tight Geez, what do you do? What do you do? I think you just got a crack on I think you've just got to crack on so we're gonna go the full way. We're gonna strap her up and Give this man the respect he deserves Right guys if you've sat through that I'm pretty confident you can sit through this too before we get into the video a quick word from our exclusive video sponsor ah Major Keith is X. Stop guys. 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Give us a rose They say stop But it took longer than he would have expected to really get his recognition And it's time to be in the limelight and people recognize the job He does but now that he's had that opportunity in Green Bay You see him doing things that you expect it's a derriest Smith decks the quarterback I do not sleep on my nose. He's a top tier pass rush ego pass rush inside You can pass rush outside. He got power. You got the speed. He gets after you. He's nasty. He's gritty When he turns it on it's on trying to get to the top I want to know the recipe of defensive player the year The recipe I want to know because I want that The derriest Smith has all the ingredients in order to become the top chef a little shake and bake and a whole lot of stuffing When we played the Saints, it came down It was fourth quarter and they did a red option quarterback kept the ball like not the ball I just had picked it up ran back for like five yards. Oh my goodness a derriest Smith. Sorry guys I'm gonna have to do something. I'm not proud of it But unfortunately My head is just as big as I remember and look this helmet is so beautiful But so tight It's going back on the wall Tell you what I'll tell you what I make use of deal. All right, when we see Aaron Rodgers, I'll grab it back out Decton made the recovery the biggest play of the game Also, San Fran where I came off the edge Scripts act the quarterback picked the ball All the Falcons, yeah The guard I just saw how he set back and what he did wrong in that situation.  So this one he tried to Well, he offered his chest, but he had flat feet, right? So his feet were more so positioned like that rather than, you know, one back and one forward So basically not a leg to stand on no pun intended Overset me. I actually knew the protection again and there wasn't nobody covering that a gap I feel like offense alignments are supposed to know that when they go against hopefully they know that What I tried to do was knock the ball out of his hand caught it with his legs But he still went down. So sack number two in that game for me Phillip Rivers, he was getting ready to throw the ball actually hit his arm The ball actually tried to come out. It did come out. I think it came out No, that's just a normal Phillip Rivers throw mate But the way he threw it That just looks like a standard Rivers throw And no situations to make big plays like that, I know I'm doing my job if I continue to do that man Great things are gonna happen Tell you what guys. I'm not sure if it's the beard. I'm not sure if it's the glasses But there's one thing I am sure of and that is He has an incredible smile, it's infectious it makes me smile his I think it's the eyes. It's the smile It's the beard. It's the it's the it's the stature It's the the fact that he's an NFL player He can turn it on on the field just like the best of them when they come off the field They're a totally different guy and that is something I genuinely Not only enjoy, but I just I Just respect it. I just respect it and look I'll be doing you guys a disservice if I didn't look up as stats I've done it before I'll do it again Just FYI before we take off 28 years of age 6 foot 4 272 pounds went from Kentucky into the draft to the Ravens with the 122nd pick round number four of the 2015 draft spent four years at the Ravens Then he went to the Packers and and since he did that it seems as if he's really come into his own with two Pro Bowl appearances in 2019 and 2020 he's not gonna be the most mobile of linebackers I'll admit with a three cone drill of 7 4 2 and a vertical jump of 29 inches But with a 40 yard dash of 483 and a bench press effort of 23 reps to me It kind of evens it out somewhat but look anyways guys. I have to be honest each and every player that makes it into the NFL Whether they be long snapper Kicker or quarterback They all deserve to be there and they've all got their own Wikipedia page Which helps out a lot with this video series guys if you have enjoyed this video hit the like button We're in the top 50 and that my friends is music to my ears See in the next one guys and peace out


Yeah, well, this is we're excited to be here at the combine and this is an important exposure. We went through a very productive round of February meetings, so we're able to set the board based off the film and now we get into this part of the process and I know different people see the combine different ways, but this is a very important exposure for us. Any touch point with the players that we can have is critical the interviews, the formals, the informals, seeing them work out and compete and just being here with all our peers, agents. If you handle this week the right way it can be very productive. So we're excited about being here. Yeah well the most important thing is the makeup. We're here working to build a championship roster one player at a time and to build a championship roster you have to have championship makeup and you have to have the right kind of culture and so assessing the makeup and assessing the character making sure the players fit our ethos smart tough highly competitive players that's always gonna be number one in what we do. Everything else matters the tape obviously matters and and what kind of football players they are and their talent level and yes the measurables and the statistics and all those things matter it's all a part of the equation but number one is always gonna be the makeup. Yeah well the elephant in the room right we have some big numbers associated with four players particularly our quarterback we have a big cap number and all those players with the big cap numbers it's not their fault they're just good professionals that come in and do their job and I want to be clear with that but it is a challenge it's not a I wouldn't say it's a it's a problem I would say it's a challenge and something we have to work around so it's important to make sure we go through the process of finding the right ways to open up some cap space and and we have to add players and we have to improve this roster that's important and when you're at different points there are times where you'll handle the salary cap and handle contracts a different way some some teams feel like they're one player away and they're gonna make a big splash in free agency and spend a lot of money we're not at that point we have to be patient we have to be patient we have to be selective and we have to be cost effective so where we are with our team we have to figure out ways the right ways to create cap space and then make sure we're patient and and we make we find value well there are a lot of different ways whether you're talking about contract extensions whether you're talking about they're gonna be cuts they're gonna be trades they're gonna be contracts that we do convert and we don't I think another elephant the room is are we rebuilding are we are we trying to win now and I would say we're trying to have our cake and eat it too we want to be smart and and we don't want to make decisions that are gonna hurt us in future years but we also want to build the best team that we can so we're gonna work hard to to be smart and calculating our decision-making but we also have to improve this roster this offseason and add competition well I think I think every the seat I sit in I'm a general manager I'm one of the 32 so what I have to do is look in the mirror and and look at what we're doing in Atlanta I can focus on that area what we're doing in Atlanta to help this part of the process and so I have to make sure that number one everyone in the building everyone in the building has opportunities to continue to grow and whether we're talking about coaches whether we're talking about people in the personnel department the training staff make sure people in your building are able to grow and are able to develop and you have you're very intentional in doing that and then also the pipeline every time you're bringing in people whether you're bringing in coaches scouts or any area of the organization make sure you're bringing in minorities and and everyone has opportunities to get in your organization and then grow so for me personally I just look in the mirror and make sure that we're doing the right things here in Atlanta yeah absolutely I think it is and and look the league is going to look at the situation every year and I know the league is is trying their best to improve in the areas that they can but I do I think for me I can I can't solve the we can't solve the problem for every single team but we can look in the mirror and do the best we can for the Atlanta Falcons well we look for succession plans at every position we have to add to the roster at every single position and I think where you can get in trouble is if you if you reach and you feel desperate in certain areas and but we're not going to do that and yet we're going to evaluate we got to we actually had formal interviews with several quarterbacks yesterday and there's a good group in this draft there's different flavors and so we're going to evaluate those players and at the appropriate time we will add to that position but I think you can get yourself in trouble if you if you reach and you don't feel good about what you're doing I'm not going to say anything about any particular players or any because if I answer that question we can go through the entire roster and talk about who they are but I would say we're going to look to add to every position and try to improve this roster well I would say if you go through each position in the draft there's there are some positions where they can be a little more top-heavy and it's not a strong midway through the draft and there's some positions that there might not be a player at eight that we love but yet we know there's depth in the draft so we're still going through that process and I wouldn't say where we see the strengths and weaknesses but but but I would say they're good players at every position the wide receivers there's some we met with a lot of those guys last night too and there's some real good receivers in the draft again some different flavors depending on what you're looking for but and there's value at the top and throughout the draft at receiver I'm glad you got the question in because you've gotten interrupted like four times man you're persistent so Kyle Smith's a stud it's funny when people ask about Kyle Smith I always show him my phone because I get texts from him or calls every night about 10 10 30 11 o'clock and he's watching film and he wants to talk through something and he just doesn't stop this is all he does all he cares about his football and building a good team his his mind's always going that's the way he's wired so he's a he's a stud he's a really hard worker and he's just obsessed with what he does well I think of that position when you when you go historically and look at edge rushes that have been successful they've come in all shapes and sizes you've had the tall long you've had the undersized and you've had guys with great 40 times guys that don't have great measure balls they come in all shapes and sizes and so it's just about assessing can that player get to the quarterback and is he a true pressure player does he win because when you start focusing on just the measure balls and you try to create something sometimes you can get yourself in trouble so I would say the most important part is is he winning those one-on-one matchups it's not something we can talk about right now there's there's no update on it and when there is we'll let you know it's great Matt he's a great professional and he comes in and works every day and does everything he can do to help the team win so I would say it's a that's probably a question for Matt specifically but from from my vantage point from my standpoint I really appreciate Matt and what he's been in terms of a leader in terms of a worker in terms of professional everything he's done here in Atlanta and so I would say for from my standpoint from my vantage point it's been excellent I appreciate him yeah that's exciting and I said it before obviously Kirby and that whole staff that whole building they did a great job building what they built there and and it is kind of overwhelming when you look at all the players on that roster particularly on defense but also on offense they have some really good players and so they're like you said they're right around the corner so we have to really evaluate those players and and look at them and the interesting thing too is when you look around the league and and there's so many local players from Georgia that are really good I'm hoping we actually can have the local day we weren't allowed to have it last year with COVID but if we can have that that's exciting because there's a lot of kids that that grew up in the Georgia area that ended up in some different areas that are really good football players so but we're excited about spending a lot of time with those Georgia players so you're asking if the Calvin Ridley situation got it got it well again that's a question for Calvin I can't address that how he's particularly doing but I will say yes the receiver position is important and but it's a complimentary game so our goal is to improve our team overall because when you when you have a when you protect when you have a good run game then receivers are going to be more open when you're when you're playing good defense and you're playing with leads it changes things so I would say it's a complimentary game so our goal this offseason is to improve the entire roster and obviously the receiver position that's an area we have to improve as well the value of being here at the combine yeah and it really starts with with assessing the makeup and we have to take advantage of every touchpoint we have with our with with with the players in this draft process because the most important thing is the makeup and so whether it's the combine whether it's pro days personal visits we have to take advantage of getting around those players getting our hands on them our coaches our scouts and make sure the players that we pull the cards off the board and the players we sign and bring into the building we're bringing in the right culture and we're bringing in the right types of players so it's it's extremely valuable last year from being virtual what do we learn what do we learn from last year being virtual I guess I can say we we're still going to utilize as long as as much as the league allows us to do in terms of virtual meetings and we're going to utilize that and and we'll still utilize that part of it you can be pretty you can be really efficient still having virtual meetings and virtual interviews as long as we're allowed to do that so so we'll utilize that we did learn some things last year but being in person is important as well thank you ma'am well number one when the first thing we have to do is create a little cap space and and then number one is is our players and we have a lot of players I won't talk specifically about cp but we have a lot of players that that we want to resign and that's important now it's important for us to you're never a player away so we have to look at each specific player evaluate the player and look at the parameters of the types of contract that we can sign and what makes sense for us and we have to stay disciplined with that because we're not trying to sign one player we're trying to build a team so we have to make sure we assess the value and stay within our parameters with every player and on the other side of it it's important for players to assess their market value along with their agents and their families and find the best situation for them because they have a small amount of time to make as much money as they can and so we respect going through that process of the business so with that there gonna be some players that we're gonna be able to resign some players are gonna move on and and we understand that but talking specifically about cp that's an example of what we have to do this year in free agency that was a situation where it was a month in a free agency when we signed cp he wasn't getting the offers he wanted and and again a month into it we signed them we had a clear vision for him it says a lot about him the success that he had because he's a great man he's a great player he added on and off the field and it says a lot about our coaching staff and that they were able to find what he does well and and he had the most productive season of his career as an offensive player so that shows the way we were able to find value in that and and I believe it it really shows the league that this is an attractive place to be and you look at our coaching staff and and you look at what they're able to do with players and you look at Atlanta and living in Atlanta whether you're young and single or whether you you're married whether you have a big family it's a great place to live so living in Atlanta the the opportunities that we have in all three phases because we have opportunities here and we have a coaching staff that's going to get the most out of players so I think cp is an example of what we have to do especially with the constraints we have here this year yeah because a lot of things we do and we evaluate value as we look at comps position comps and so when when it is kind of that hybrid unique position it's tough to have you know a roll the decks of a lot of comps with players like that so it's tough to value but at the end of the day for us it boils down to assessing that make up assessing the fit and looking at at what we can do currently with our specific team so it's not always easy to value that specific specific position but it's something we have to do say to him yeah it yeah just like just like a our whole rookie class and a lot of young players it's important this offseason for them to to work and come back in a better situation but he did some really good things this year and we're excited about him in the future well like I said with any measurable it's all a piece of the puzzle right it's all a part of it any measurable any statistic it's all a part of the evaluation but there's never going to be one thing that that makes the decision it's all a it's all a part of it it all factors in but there's never going to be one thing that completely eliminates or makes a decision for us but we're going to look at everything well like I say we do have thresholds at every at every with every measurable with every statistic so it's things we look at but the key is is it's all that does is it makes that particular player or that particular whatever we're talking about it can make them an exception in a certain category but it's never going to make a decision all right thank you


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Hey guys, it's Nate, AKA The Foot Accountant. Welcome back to the channel. Today we're gonna take a look at the rising FIFA 23 market and try to answer the question, should you sell or should you hold? And I wanna look at throughout the next couple of days and where the market could be heading. And of course, take a look at today's content on Sunday with a massive player of the month, SBC expected for Fede Valverde, center mid position change. We saw the leak on Friday. We're expecting the SBC today. So I wanna talk about all of that. The content yesterday and more in today's video. If you're excited for it, hit the thumbs up, subscribe if you're new, you know what to do. Let's get into the market because yesterday we had the Thiago Silva. We had a little bit of content, a few packs in the store, but it wasn't that crazy. And since it wasn't that crazy, a lot of player prices continued to go higher on the market. Take a look at Cristiano Ronaldo. 460,000 coins on the market for Ronaldo right now. He's up like 60K on the day from yesterday. Another big riser. I know so many of you guys are looking at this card because he's super cracked in game and everybody wants to get him and he's out of packs. So his price is rising and he's super rare. 88 gold Holland. And the fact that his wants to watch is still 1.3 million coins. We're gonna talk about wants to watches in a little bit too. Makes this card continue to go up in price because that price gap is so big. People that wanna use Holland are going and running to use this card and it's out of packs, not getting supplied. So a lot of prices have gone up, especially on the top tier, most meta players and the most sought after overpowered players. Those are the prices that are going up on this market right now.  You know, we were past the huge supply that we were expecting on Friday, right? We saw the prices dip. We saw that kind of short-term market crash and then everything went rebounding back as people bought their teams back and now prices on the top tier just continue to keep rising and it makes sense. People are upgrading their teams. They're getting more rewards and they are choosing to spend those rewards on bigger and better teams because what we have upcoming this weekend, basically a week from now, five days from now, is the first weekend league and that is a very important date for the market because that should be one of the pinnacles of demand on the FIFA Ultimate Team Market in the early game is that first weekend league is when you see so many prices go up because people are all buying their teams, trying to get the best team possible that they can get grinding the game before then to get a sick team to get the weekend league rewards which are some of the best rewards in the game, right? So everybody is grinding, grinding, grinding and you kind of have a peak like getting toward the weekend league timeframe and for a lot of cards this week, I really don't see a card like this Furlin' Mindy or a card like the Benzema that we were just looking at or the Young, or maybe even Hanuman Sun or Cancelo going over 100,000 coins, Kuldebali over 100K, even Militao still 119K and Bape is still continuing to rise, 1.6 million coins, he's up in the higher tier of his range right now. For a lot of these cards that are the most meta, very high tier, I think they're gonna keep rising until we get towards Thursday or Friday. Somewhere around there I think you might meet the high point for a lot of these gold cards on the market and I think that will be a good time if you're purely in this from an investing perspective or if you're purely in this for like, okay, Nate, I have some of these really hyped up cards, when do I sell to not lose many coins? I would look towards the end of this week to be a great time to get out of some of these cards. Of course, we don't actually know confirmed 100% what the next promo is gonna be. We really think it's either road to the knockout or road to the final and there are gonna be some leaks coming out later this week about that. Those leaks could impact the market because there will definitely be a lot of packs opened and a lot of lightning rounds or promo packs at least supplied this weekend before the weekend they would actually start but I think until we get there, you're gonna keep seeing the market rise up little by little every single day. I think a lot of your graphs on these top tier guys are just gonna continue to look like this, right? Benzema's graph paints the picture beautifully of how I think the rest this week is gonna go for a top tier meta card just rising up a little bit every day. You can see that maybe a slight dip at 6 p.m. content because some people every day sell their teams because they're worried about what content's gonna come out. Of course, yesterday and I would imagine today on Sunday as well, EA will refresh the promo packs in the store. They might refresh the promo packs in the store every single day, right? They did the 15, 25 and 35 K-Packs once again. They're gonna do those today again on Sunday. So again, like I'm saying, I think for a lot of this stuff you're holding. The stuff that I would think about selling and we've talked about selling these cards before but you're lower tier guys, right? Again, just continue to think about the progression of people's FIFA ultimate teams right now. Players like Zaha, yes, he still maintains a 15,000 coin price tag but he was higher than this earlier on and a card that is this 82 rated that is people may upgrade to somebody like Rashford Player of the Month to play center four or left wing in their team or maybe they upgraded somebody like Hyunmin Son, a bit of a higher tier player in the Premier League. You know, these are gonna be the types of cards that start to drop off and they're affected by supply a lot more too, right? Like Zaha yesterday was 14 K, went up to 17 and then 6 p.m. content happened. He went back down to 15 where he is right now. You might see more fluctuations on these lower tier cards with the pack supply every single day but I think what you'll end up seeing is these prices overall start to tail off. I mean, like we've already shown with Timo Werner and Emery Chan, Konate, similar to lower tier guys, right? Their prices really peaked last week and now they're just starting to go down. The lower tier cards I would continue to expect to see that sort of price movement on the market is just sliding downwards in price every single day that people upgrade their teams and get better cards in their teams and then of course the supply continues to come out as well. So that's kind of what I'm feeling with the market right now. Here's what I'll say also about some of these guys that are out of packs for ones to watch. Like let's specifically talk about Erling Holland and Antony, right? Some of you guys have made investments in like Holland's gold card and it's flying, right? Or maybe it's Antony or Rutiger or Lewandowski. These sorts of cards are gonna be back in packs on Friday, right? When their ones to watch cards go out of packs. You would wanna sell these cards a little bit earlier than that because a lot of people, specifically for this Antony card as he is now like 64,000 coins for an 82 rated gold card by the way. That's pretty nuts. That gets packed a lot from what I've seen. A guy like this, I would be looking to offload a guy like Antony on probably like Tuesday, Wednesday timeframe because there is so much investing that has happened on a card like this and people are gonna wanna start to sell their investment before everybody else does and before he goes back into packs and of course drops in price. So try to be a little bit early on a card like this. It's better to be early than late especially knowing so many people have invested in a card like Antony or Gabriel Jesus or Darwin Nunez. Those three, since they're a lower rated, just be more careful with those. You wouldn't have to be as careful with a Holland or maybe a Rutiger, but I would still try to sell those guys before we get to Friday for sure. Those guys will peak a little earlier since their gold cards are coming back into packs. So that's kinda how I'm feeling for the market. Again, we are gonna have daily fluctuations. Like I said, we might have the promo packs every day. We could have a daily SBC pack. EA does this sometimes where they drop a random daily SBC. They dropped one yesterday, but it was a tradable pack. Yeah, this newcomer's challenge. They might drop a pack like this that gives out a 25K pack, tradable or something like that. And then you see the market just like taking nosedive on one day for a couple hours and then start to rebound back up a little bit. You're gonna see some fluctuations like that over the next few days, but unless something absolutely crazy happens, which I don't believe would in the early stages, this early in the game, I really do think you'll see a nice bit of a market rise into this next week. And same thing for like heroes, for the out-of-packs informs from team of the week one. If you have any of those cards, I would say all of those categories would fall into like the high tier meta sort of card. These guys are just gonna continue to go up, right? As people get more coins and upgrade in their teams. So that's kinda how I'm feeling for the market right now. Let's talk about today on Sunday though and get a little bit more specific with it because today we're getting a massive midfielder and as an SBC, and this could be huge, right? And not only are we getting a massive midfielder as an SBC, we're getting massive midfielder in packs today as a ones to watch with the mini release. Of course, this is leaked information, but basically everything has gone according to the leaks so far. So we're expecting this to be true. Delict, Renato Sanchez and Bergwein should be in packs today, I still don't know why Bergwein was on the loading screen on Friday, it made no sense to me, but it is what it is. So Bergwein, Renato Sanchez, Delict in packs today. Of course, for the Renato Sanchez card going out of packs, that might mean that you see a little bit of an extra rise into the next few days just because he is, again, going out of packs. Again, there's a lot of people that have invested here when his price went down on Friday at like 50K. Now he is starting to hold up, again, very meta card. But I would say watch out for this guy's price today to if this SBC is very well priced. And for right now, a lot of the Player of the Months haven't been that well priced, but a Val Verde, Val Verde's gold card is very in demand on the market. He swings in price so much, right? His inform is in so much demand and it's actually up in price right now. Of course, people are gonna be disappointed off the bat today because the Val Verde player of the month that was posted by the actual LaLiga Twitter accounts. What I'm looking at right here, this tweet was from Friday. It shows on this tweet that his SBC is supposed to be released today and that the stats are the exact same as the 86 inform just with the center mid position change. So it all comes down to price today for a Val Verde SBC. Now I do think that since you've seen Val Verde's inform go up in price a little bit, I do believe that you would see it probably drop today. I think it's gone up because people have finished their panic selling, right? The panic selling kinda ended. And then now you have a natural rise on a card that people are getting more coins and if they don't know about the league, maybe some casuals, just filling out their Real Madrid teams, they're getting a upgraded version of Val Verde for their squads. So that's why I think this price is going up. I think you will for sure see some panic selling on this card today. Now, will this card rebound back from the panic selling? Like I said, it all depends on the price of the Val Verde player of the month. Definitely a center mid for more people I think would be a higher value of a card for squad building and just the way that people would think, right? Val Verde at center mid instead of right wing, people will gravitate towards a center mid SBC even if it has the same stats. And I think they might make it about 130K, probably coming in around the same price as the Tiago Silva SBC. I think that's where EA would price it. And maybe he's got some cool, like maybe he still has the right wing or the right mid position change on his player of the month card today as well. The only thing I'm not sure about with that is what time it'll be released. I think and I would imagine it'd be at 6 p.m. content but player of the month do sometimes drop earlier in the day. So just stay tuned to EA's Twitter or their Instagram story because usually you'll see people post about that being out or just follow me on Twitter, I'll repost it if it gets posted early of course, not too long after that happens. So definitely watch out for that today. Yesterday, as we talk about SBC movements, Tiago Silva is a cool looking card. He didn't get the 80 pace. It's like one of those baby flashbacks, right? That's kind of the best way to describe it. That's how a lot of people have been describing it. We think back to like Kante of last year where Kante had like more pace in his card but less stats elsewhere. You know, this is definitely a pretty good card and no, it's not terrible. You throw an anchor on this or you maybe throw a shadow on it and it's definitely usable but that's the best way to describe this. It's usable, it's not great. For 130,000 coins at this stage of the game for a card that you know, you can already go on the market and buy a cooler Bali with better stats for 30,000 coins less and not sink your coins into an untradable SBC. This value here is not great but it is very nostalgic. It is a nice SBC and it's not terrible to get done, right? It is at 84, 84, 85, 86. Again, I really think Valverde might have like the exact same squad requirements today. So watch for Valverde to be in that 100, 150K range unless EA want to do something crazy with it. So that was kind of yesterday's content along with the packs in the store and that newcomer SBC. Now like I mentioned, today we're gonna have new cards and packs. That should bring more packs in the store. I don't know if EA will do anything else today though, other than that, we had our new objective card yesterday with SirGenoDest who definitely needs the USA to win at least one game in the World Cup and Milan to win some games. They won their first game yesterday with like a 90th minute winner or something like that. I believe it ended up being a win for them and that was huge because that's the first win of like the streak on the desk and all the ones to watch is right. The streaks, all of them started on September 30th and PSG winning yesterday as well. I do believe that counts for Renato Sanchez's streak. Even though his wants to watch card is not out in the game, I believe it says on the website that the streak start on September 30th. So since PSG played yesterday and they won two to one, I do believe that will mean his card will be starting the upgrade path a little bit early. So watch out for that Renato Sanchez today coming into packs. I'm gonna fearlessly forecast this price today at like three, you know what, with Holland being as expensive as he is, I originally said like 300,000 coins for Renato Sanchez even though this card's 60K. I mean, that dynamic image in that card is insane. I'm gonna up that to probably like, you know, first day many of these cards are always rare as well. I'm gonna say 500K today for Renato.  It'll look cooler than his gold but have the same stats. I'm gonna say 450 to 500K. We'll see what it comes out as, but that's gonna be what everybody's excited about today on this game. Now let's talk more about ones to watch is because we are one day down and there's been a lot of movements already. I mean, maybe some of you guys saw Gabriel Jesus after he scored in North London Derby yesterday to put Arsenal up two to one. Yes, I'm in pain as his first fan, but GGs deserved to win for them for sure. They were the better team. So his price went from like what, two, nine years something to 350, spiked.  And now he's kind of gotten rare again. I actually bought one of these at 240 because I think that he can get rare again and bounce a little bit back up. Maybe like 260 or 270. So he's gotten a very close to 270 and I haven't sold him yet. We'll see if he ends up getting there. Lewandowski is another one, right? Let's take a look at this graph. Lewandowski was like 300 and something, 1,000 coins pre-game. And yeah, see this, he rose up into the nighttime into the day for the game. He was like 320 and then he scored, went to 390, dropped off a cliff to 300K. He's now back up to about 320. And I was thinking about picking one of these up at 320 or at 300K, but I did not have the funds at the time to do so as I was trying to work in and around some other cards. But this is one thing that I'll show you guys right off the bat and something you can learn from like day one of wants to watch trading is these cards fluctuate a lot. They fluctuate a ton and especially after a game, even if a player scores a goal and has potential to be in team of the week, I don't think Lewandowski will get a team of the week for a one goal performance. EA know that he's gonna have a lot more goals come in his way. So unless they're really trying to push wants to watch in a team of the week right away, which they usually don't do, then I don't think he's gonna end up getting an inform. We'll just have to see. But after a game, prices always drop off. Like with this Lewandowski, they always, they drop off for two reasons, right? Number one, a lot of people have invested and a lot of people are holding the card during the game to wait and see if the guy scores. So everybody who was trying to score a sale at 390K, you know, when his price peaked, if they listed at the wrong price, they listed too high, like his prices keeps going down, down, down because after that, people are like, okay, I gotta get this card out. I need the coins and they see his price falling and they just sell, sell, sell. And he just keeps going lower. So definitely after a game is a really good time to look at picking up some wants to watch cards, even if the player didn't do well. Take a look at Darwin Nunez, right? And here's the other thing I would say, if you're going into today on Sunday and you are having any of the Real Madrid or any of the guys that play today on Sunday, any of these cards in your team, just like with Nunez yesterday and with even Gabriel Jesus, you know, selling in the hype pre-game is the safest way to go every single time. And then if the player does score, you can quickly go back on the market, buy that card, watch it rise up a bit and then maybe do a quick flip there. Darwin Nunez was basically 100K before Liverpool kicked off yesterday. Of course, he got subbed on in the 89th, didn't score a goal, didn't do anything. He goes all the way down to 69,000 coins, kind of where he basically still is. So huge drop off there. The Balas scored a goal yesterday as well and his price went up and then came back down. And as I'm looking at player prices right now, Erling Holland 1.3 mil. I know there's a huge game today, Manchester Derby. I would be selling this card at 100% sell it in the hype because that is a ridiculous price. I know it's Holland, but that's a crazy price. Antony for 260 as well. I'd be selling this guy, right? Antony, Holland, Chalmeny and Rutiger. If you take a look at all their prices right now, they are up and this is one of the best fluctuations and one of the best trends that I can tell you to do to consistently make those coins is sell into the hype. Rutiger is actually super rare and good to trade with. Kind of like what Lewandowski is. So I would keep an eye on his card for maybe even some potential movements after the match as well. And if we can snag one of these levels at 300, we'll maybe do it because he is like one of the only team of the week candidates from that game. Same thing with Debala, even though Debala was hurt.  And when he does score goals sometimes, right? I think he sometimes takes free kicks and of course, obviously a threat in the box for headers. Definitely sell on the hype to want a card like this because it's a center back. For a striker, maybe you can risk it a little bit more. But for a center back, you want to sell into that hype. And then if you want to pick up post game when the prices drop down like we saw for Lewandowski, like we saw for Gabriel Jesus, since both of those cards are free by putting it back up a little bit, that is something that you can do. Now also, some of these guys have midweek games of coming and even though they technically don't count, like you don't get informed based off of Champions League or your Robo League performances. Some people might imagine that these cards could still get upgraded or that EA could be crazy enough to drop like a man of the match this early in the game. I don't expect them to do anything along those lines. But take a look at any of your wants to watch cards that do play Champions League this week.  And if they do perform well, even though their card probably won't get upgraded because EA doesn't do man of the matches this early in the game, their price still might rise a little bit. So that's just something a little five had played to watch off for on the market because some people will be just so excited about the live upgrading aspect of these cards. They'll think that they can go and upgrade. So wants to watch cards and I'll say this too, some of these higher tier guys, they just seem super duper rare. As I look at their price fluctuations Anthony yesterday was like $2.30, I think last night, $2.34, went up to $2.50, went down to $2.30 again and is now back up to $2.64. I wouldn't be surprised that this guy is like $2.75 pre-game, maybe even a little bit higher than that. But that to me would be, especially since I know people have invested in this Anthony card, that to me would be a price where I would just say, I'm out, take the coins, take the safe route and be happy with it, right? That's kind of where I would go with those wants to watch cards. Biggest tip, sell in the hype with wants to watch cards and if you really want to gamble, then just make sure you have a lot of coins and if you're able to lose coins, that you're okay with it because that's the opportunity with the gamble, opportunity to gain coins but also opportunity to lose coins. So hopefully today, the Valverde SBC is an absolute banger and we'll see if EA Sports have any other nice content for us. I would also watch on your team of the weak cards. We don't have that weak and weak rewards supply. I think a lot of your team of weak cards might have hit their lowest point on Friday with all of the packs supply that we had. Unless we have something crazy happen, if you find a low fluctuation and a guy like Marjorit Salaam Arquinos, those are cards that absolutely will rise up throughout the rest of the week as well and as people want to add them into their teams as we get towards weekend league. So that's the video for today. If you did enjoy it, smash the thumbs up, comment down below if you have any questions and subscribe if you're new. It's been Nathan Fodokow and I'll catch you guys later. Peace out.


Mr. Prime Minister, I'm sorry to see you again. Mr. Prime Minister, I'm sorry to see you again. Mr. Prime Minister, I'm sorry to see you again. Well. I promise you, we'll continue. And although I know there are difficult issues that remain, we've made progress toward concluding a new agreement for strengthening our science and technology relationship. And I would like to suggest that we instruct our effective delegations to redouble their efforts to conclude a new agreement which will not go first and then new. It's been a great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Takshesta on his first visit to Washington since taking office in November. He is the leader of one of the world's great nations and one of America's most valued friends. Our meetings were constructive and amiable. We discussed the vital issues of the day and established an excellent personal rapport. Good personal relationships between the leaders of Japan and the United States are essential as our two nations strive to confront the challenges of this century and the next. During our discussions today, Prime Minister Takshesta and I found that our views on international questions coincide to a remarkable degree. We share an abiding commitment to democratic institutions and the free markets to protect freedom and human rights. We are dedicated to improving the economic well-being, not just of our own people, but of all mankind. In this regard, I was especially pleased with the Prime Minister's global economic perspective. He outlined significant plans for expanding Japanese domestic demand and stimulating growth. He reviewed Japan's plans to increase its foreign assistance budget next year to an amount second only to that of the United States. And he expressed Japan's determination to continue the process of economic adjustment. The Prime Minister and I discussed and affirmed our support for the economic policy coordination process adopted at the Tokyo and Venice Economic Summits. A joint statement concerning our bilateral undertakings in that regard will be released shortly. The U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security is the foundation upon which our relationship is built. I was satisfied to note that U.S.-Japan cooperation in the national security area is strong and growing, and the Japan's recently announced budget provides for continued significant increases in the area of national defense. Japan's growing contribution to the maintenance of U.S. forces in Japan is of immense value to the United States. I might add that Japan's national defense program is entirely consistent with the concept of self-defense and in no way poses any threat to others. During our meetings, I briefed the Prime Minister on the details of last month's summit. We agreed on the benefits of the INF Treaty, and he was encouraged by the possibility of even further arms cuts with the Soviet Union. I was gratified that the Prime Minister expressed Japan's fullest support of our actions, and I assured him that we would consult fully with all of our allies as we continue our discussions with the Soviet Union. The Prime Minister and I recognized the danger posed to our mutual security in the export of certain kinds of high technology. The Prime Minister assured me that Japan has taken the necessary legislative and administrative measures to prevent technology leakage. I told the Prime Minister that I appreciated his actions and his commitment to the vigorous implementation of controls over exports of sensitive technology. The Prime Minister and I concur on the importance of the new nuclear cooperation agreement. We believe it to be a good agreement, and we will exert our best efforts to have it come into force expeditiously. The Prime Minister noted that Japan's global trade surplus is declining and underlined his determination to address bilateral issues. I was pleased with his assurance that he intends to resolve a particularly difficult trade issue that problem by access for the U.S. construction industry in a satisfactory manner. We agree the Uruguay Round must succeed, and that revision of the world trading system should include a comprehensive reform of trade in agriculture and services. I expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's efforts on trade, stressing the urgency of expanding opportunities for U.S. farmers and other exporters at a time of increasing pressure for protectionism here in the United States. We concurred on the importance of keeping trade flowing and barriers down. For our part, I intend to continue my efforts to reduce our budget deficit, improve American competitiveness, and combat protectionism. We reaffirmed our determination to conclude a new science and technology agreement with equitable and expanding research benefits for scientists of both countries. I expressed appreciation for Japan's initiatives to provide more than $4 million in science fellowships to American researchers. We also reaffirmed the spirit of the 1983 U.S.-Japan Joint Policy Statement on Energy Cooperation. The Prime Minister and I noted with satisfaction political developments in the Republic of Korea and our intention to help make the 1988 Olympic Games a success. We also pledged to do our utmost to help the Philippine government and its people in this period of economic adjustment. In sum, our talks were positive and forthright, and it's been a great pleasure to have the Prime Minister here with us in Washington. I look forward to being with him again in Toronto this spring. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Prime Minister. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm extremely pleased with the results of the cordial and candid exchange of views I had with you today. Thanks to your efforts over the past years, Mr. President, the historic INF Treaty was signed last month. I look forward to its expeditious entry into force, and as one representing a member of the West, I am determined to firmly support the President in his pursuit of substantive progress in east-west relations where much remains to be done across a broad spectrum of areas. In addition, I have confirmed that Japan-U.S. peace and stability in Asia-Pacific is a key factor in the cooperation between Japan-U.S. and Asia-Pacific. I will continue to work hard to strengthen the trust of Japan-U.S. peace and stability in Asia-Pacific in the future. I will continue to work hard to achieve the international peace plan, and I will continue to work hard to make sure that Japan-U.S. peace and stability in Asia-Pacific is a key factor in the cooperation between Japan-U.S. and Asia-Pacific. I will continue my efforts with the cooperation of the President for further strengthening the trust of Japan-U.S. peace and stability in Asia-Pacific. I will continue my efforts with the cooperation of the President for further strengthening the credibility of the Japan-U.S. security arrangements. I explained to the President that the government of Japan has continued to provide the funds necessary for achieving its current defense program. Japan has also continued to increase its host nation's support for U.S. forces in Japan, whose stationing is an indispensable part of the Japan-U.S. security system. Moreover, in view of the recent economic conditions adversely affecting the financial situation of U.S. forces, I noted to the President that the government of Japan has decided on its own initiative to increase further Japan's share of such expenditures. The President and I agreed that today, more than any other time in history, the government of Japan and the U.S. will continue to provide the support of U.S. forces in Japan and the U.S. forces in Japan and the U.S. will continue to provide the support of U.S. forces in Japan and the U.S. The President and I agreed that today, more than any other time in history, policy coordination among major countries is required to ensure sustained growth of the world economy and to correct external imbalances. In this respect, we agreed that the roles to be fulfilled by Japan and the United States are of vital importance. We shared the recognition that together with the measures taken by individual countries, stability of exchange rates is indispensable to the achievement of these goals, as described in our joint statement. The President and I agreed that today, more than any other time in history, policy coordination among major countries is required to ensure sustained growth of the world economy and to correct external imbalances. Fully aware of the heavy responsibility commensurate with Japan's status in the international economy, I am determined to carry out a vigorous economic management policy with emphasis on domestic demand expansion to promote structural adjustment, to improve market access, and to strive for a further steady reduction of the current account surplus. In this connection, I explained to the President that despite an expected drop in net exports, Japan's growth for fiscal year 1988 is now projected at 3.8%, a rate higher than the previous fiscal year, through the formation of the fiscal 88 budget geared toward domestic demand expansion with a substantial increase in public work spending. I also explained the prospect for a $10 billion reduction in Japan's current account surplus for fiscal 88 through these measures. The President highly appreciated my explanation. The President, on the other hand, explained that the measures for budget deficit reduction have been enacted based upon the recognition that deficit reduction is essential to the stability of today's world economy. I paid tribute to the President for his endeavors. With regard to various economic and trade issues issues which arise as a matter of course between two increasingly interdependent economies of Japan and the United States, the President and I confirmed the basic posture that their solution should be sought in the spirit of cooperation and joint endeavors and with the aim of expanding and not contracting economic exchanges. I expressed my hope that a mutually satisfactory solution will be reached on the pending issue of access to major Japanese public works on the basis of the proposal that Japan has recently made. I also expressed my hope that a comprehensive solution will be sought in the spirit of cooperation and joint endeavors between the United States and Japan. I also expressed my hope that a mutually satisfactory solution will be reached on the pending issue of access to major Japanese public works on the basis of the proposal that Japan has recently made. I also stated to the President the need for early resolutions of the pending issue of Japan-U.S. semiconductor trade. The President and I exchanged views on the trade bill currently under deliberation in the U.S. Congress, and I expressed my firm support to the President's determination to contain protectionism. The President and I agreed that this year is a particularly important year for the success of the Uruguay round. The U.S. and the U.S. are fighting each other to promote the dollar round, and that is why we agreed. I explained the efforts that the U.S. has been working on for the sake of the development of the U.S. economy. The President and I shared the recognition that this year is especially important for the success of the Uruguay round, and agreed that our two countries should take the lead in its promotion. I explained Japan's intensive efforts to prevent the recurrence of illegal diversion of high technologies. The President highly appreciated the measures which Japan has taken for this purpose. In this connection, I expressed Japan's deep concern about moves in the U.S. Congress toward sanctions against foreign companies, including Toshiba Corporation. The President and I agreed on the importance of enhancing the cooperation in the field of science and technology. I explained about my government's initiatives to increase the number of American scientists who will be invited to Japan for research. The President welcomed these initiatives. I expressed my views concerning the recycling of funds to the developing countries, including the quantitative and qualitative improvement of our official development assistance in particular, and stated that in the draft budget for fiscal 88, an increase of 6.5 percent over the previous year was secured for ODA. In this connection, I was encouraged that the President appreciated highly my recent participation in the ASEAN Summit and my subsequent visit to the Philippines. The President and I affirmed, in particular, to continue our support to their Kino government and to welcome the Republic of Korea's firm stride along the road of democracy as evident in the recent presidential election, as well as to cooperate closely towards the success of the Seoul Olympics this fall. The President and I agreed on the importance of the new Japan-U.S. nuclear cooperation agreement, and its prompt entry into force. The President and I, looking forward to a successful Toronto summit, agreed to meet again in Toronto. In completing my meeting with you, Mr. President, I feel confident that we have strengthened further the foundation of the relations between our two countries.  I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation to President and Mrs. Reagan for the warm welcome extended to me and my wife, as well as a gratitude to the American people for their kindness and consideration during our state. Thank you very much.


Hey, everyone. Thank you for joining us. I'm really excited to be here with Aji and Kunimitsu-san. And just a real quick show of hands. How many people here have tried either an Oculus or a Vive, kind of high-end VR? Oh. Wow. OK, that's a lot. So that's great. So last year, it would have been like 25% of this crowd. And there's one more show of hands. How many people have tried like a HoloLens or one of the kind of higher-end AR devices? Wow, this is a surprise. So many people tried that, huh? This is awesome. So Aji and Kunimitsu both are coming from large Japanese mobile game companies that have started to both build VR products and invest in VR companies. And so my first question to you guys is it's been over a year since you started to really participate in this space.  Like, has it met your expectations? Yeah, in the last one or two years, we launched a lot of, I think, 6, 7 VR games and also a few non-gaming stuff in the VR area. And also that was a really good learning experience for me, for us. And as you know, the first generation of the VR headset, the number of shipments is not huge. But at the same time, we launched several products and also launched online and also the location based offline. So we can get a lot of user feedback how they experience the VR content. And also we can learn a lot. So that was a good learning experience.  Yeah, six, seven products. And have any of those really broken out or been hits for you yet? Yeah, one of the titles we launched got the Steam top-grossing one just for a day or two days. So how much you make for the game? That's I cannot tell. Because we partnered with Square Enix. So the publisher was them. But I think many people want to know real, right? So if you become number one on to the Steam, how much you can make a day? So I cannot tell the exact number, but I can tell it took just almost one year to develop. And it's very hard to recover. And so what about Gumi? Yeah, so for us, we are a mobile gaming company. But in these two years, I put so many efforts to the VR and the AR spaces. So two years ago, I start Tokyo VR startup. That's VR, AI-focused incubation program. Maybe first in Asia. And then later, I start Seoul VR startups. And then also in here, Nordic VR startups with Nordic's film. And then also, we start, we are the GP of VR fund.  So you're super active. Yeah. You have your hands in many pots. Yeah, so in two years, I put so many efforts and also so many money, right? So right now, my board member and also shareholder is always asking me, like, when the VR is coming, right? But always, my answer is the same. Believe. But so far, I think hardware is an issue, right? So like two years ago, head mount display is so expensive. Cost, including the PC, like $2,000. That's too expensive, right? But currently, most of the headset is prices going down. So I think market size is growing. So I have big confidence onto the future of VR and AR. So do you guys, I mean, now you both have kind of real numbers from where you originally started from to now. Do you think you actually timed the market correctly? Or do you feel that you were too early? No, I think, yeah, we are good timing. Because now we can get a lot of expertise and knowledge. And also, we are investing a lot of startups. That's what we could do because we started earlier. So it's just good time to see how the actual market grows. Do you think it's possible today to be able to invest in a VR game or a company and actually see a return on that investment? In maybe the next two or three years, we can see a return. Yeah, so if we see the fact, last year, only on the Steam platform, eight titles, eight games, sales more than $1 million. And then this year, 18 titles, sales more than $1 million. And then including the Oculus and also PlayStation, 30 titles, sales more than $1 million. It's not monthly, it's accumulated, right? Yeah, accumulated. But you know, what surprises, like job simulator or road data, that title, the sales is still climbing. So the meaning is when user is growing and then they buy the title, right? So if only the PC game, if that game is sales and next year sales is zero, right? But still, market is growing. So top title, user keep buying. So I think now is a very good time to join in the market. And which aspect of VR would you focus on? If you're giving, potentially a lot of folks here who are interested in participating in the space, there's mobile VR with Daydream and the Samsung Gear VR and then there's console VR, there's a PlayStation VR, Microsoft is probably gonna do something there. And at the high end, there's window holographic, Oculus Rift and Vive. So given those kind of three independent segments, you know, where do you think the heat is right now if you were to start investing or building a game today? Yeah, we have two focus. The one is location based high end VR games. So we usually use the HTC Vive to actually develop the game on the PC at high end VR and then install into the real location. So we have two VR entertainment space in Tokyo. And it's operating well and making profit. And also the second focus is mobile. So for the mobile, we're focusing more casual and online multiplayer experience so that we can grow more user base. And maybe they don't pay a lot for users, but we can grow the user base. So those high end location based and casual mobile multiplayer, that's our two focus.   But you know, mobile VR experience is, you know, so poor, right? Just user is, you know, winning the team by that. Yeah, we can optimize the experience for mobile. So you don't need to have position tracking, just, you know, view point, pointing view and some three of controller. So we can design games so that it can be fit for the mobile. And so there's two things I want to touch on there. First is you mentioned the VR arcades that you're operating in Tokyo are profitable. Yeah, it's possible. So what does that experience look like? Because I think potentially a lot of people haven't been to one of those yet because those are fairly new. So can you maybe just describe like how the business of that works? Yeah, how the location works is that we have one floor of the building in the center of Sibuya and there are 10 experiences, 10 VR experiences installed in the floor. And then we don't charge by, you know, play, per play. We charge per time. So basically the ones, the player got into the space, they have 75 minutes and then they pay 20 bucks or 30 bucks and then they can play in anything for any time within the 75 minutes. So that model works. So one of the things that we've been seeing a lot of is that a lot of these location-based services and just given that the current fragile nature of VR is that you need a lot of people to basically operate these boots, right? So the overhead from all the staff is really high. Has that been true in your case? Are you seeing, have you guys done things to actually make that more effective? Is there like something that's working? Yeah, so we have, you know, so VR startups, right? So in the soul is very popular to the internet cafe. So they used to play a PC game on 2D cafes.  So most of many of the startup is, you know, focusing on that. And then one company, they are making the chair. So the problem of the location is, you know, they need a sensor and, you know, code, right? So they need a big spaces.    For the VR arcade space we have in Tokyo, we have a lot of people. I mean, those cast, they help people, they help players to enjoy the experience. And also I think those people operation is part of experience. They are very good at to, you know, make the customer enjoy. So that's the one model. And also the second model we are now trying is the partner with the shopping mall chain, biggest shopping mall chain in Japan. Now we made the three type of the VR games, which is operation free. So which is very easy to use and also doesn't require any support stuff. And then we will install those three games into the 300 locations around Japan. So that's why we are now trying. And we did location test and it went well. And then we are rolling out gradually in the next several months. So we will see how it goes. That's how the operation free VR experience will work. So I have a question for both of you. I don't know if you can share your opinion first. Is, so we've talked a lot about like kind of look, there's three different models here, right? Have been discussed. One is location-based where it's kind of time-based. Then there's this downloadable software which you're seeing on Steam. But both of your companies are known for free-to-play mobile games, right? So when are we gonna see kind of free-to-play be a real business model for VR? Perhaps you could start. But I think for the VR free-to-play doesn't work. That's because right now at this moment user base is too little, right? So for the mobile game, there is tons of the user base, right? So that's why free-to-play works. So if you know we, yeah, we all was in the mobile gaming business, right? So if you think about like 2007 when the iPhone has come, most of the title is premium, right? So even the Angry Bird where those title is premium, that's because user base is too little, but eventually user base is climbing. And then free-to-play is coming, right? So I think VR is also similar way. So start from premium, and then when headset is more, and then become free-to-play. Is it? Yeah, I have a similar hypothesis. Actually we are launching the free-to-play mobile VR game this month. So we're trying to see how it will happen. Well, we look forward, please write a blog post so you can actually eliminate us on how that goes. So I have a slightly different view. I think that even with the user base, one of the problems that we're seeing with VR today is that it's really hard to get in and out of the experience quickly. And if you think about mobile games, it's about daily, basically daily engagement, right? But I think, and I'll probably ask you, how often do you both use VR? Not much, yeah, a few days a week. A few days a week, that's still higher than most, and similar? Yeah, similar, but that's maybe not fair questions. So we have to compare VR with PlayStation 4 or Xbox. So I only play PlayStation 4 at the weekend, similar with VR. So I think as a game, VR is competing against PC game or like PlayStation 4, not competing against mobile. But do you think there's a time when we're gonna start to use VR much more regularly? And if so, what needs to happen to the hardware or what needs to happen to the platforms in order to enable that sort of, both for gaming and for non-gaming applications? Yeah, we need to wait for the grass type headset. Yeah, so for my opinion is we all have maybe same opinions, so we call VR and AL and MR and they total with XR, right? So complicated thinking. But VR is totally in the VR spaces, right? So that's not day-to-day use case. So for the AL is next to smartphone, right? So I think VR is not going to be like smartphones, but AL does. So I mean, you're both heavily based in Asia. Do you think that, this is an audience question, do you think that the Asian market is actually ahead of the Western market in terms of VR and AR mass commercialization? At least, relating to the location-based, Asian, some of the Asian countries have advantage because in Japan, we still have game centers, arcade game centers which basically extinct in Western world. We have all still. And also, as Kunimitsu-san said, in Korea or China, there are lots of intended cafes. So that infrastructure is advantage. So you think we should keep an eye on Japan to see, and then basically see what's working there and then bring that to the Asian country? Yeah, some of them, it will work because I've been telling about the location-based VR from two years ago. And then at that time, nobody from the Western world said about that. But now, Western startups and VR industry people, they talk about location-based VR a lot. Yeah, so the Void just did a partnership with Disney to bring Star Wars to Disneyland. So that just opened up in LA recently. And IMAX is also getting really deep into VR as well. And they're starting to open up VR centers in the West. So we're definitely seeing that. And I had a very similar experience where I visited China two years ago. And there was VR arcade machinery everywhere, but we hadn't seen any of it yet in the West. Yeah, so in here, what I really want to say is, now is really good timing to join in the VR. And then especially if here, like Nordic countries, if I start my own startup, yeah, I do game and entertainment. That's because in this world, in this area, it's so weird. I do LP investment to you guys. And also, we have a fund in the Silicon Valley, right? But most of the VC, Silicon Valley, like VC, they don't like content, they don't like game. They only invest it to the tool or platform, right? But just think, users only care about content, game, experience, right? So no user care about platform or contents creation tool. So for the VR, what we need is good content. But no US startup is making that. But somebody have to make good content, otherwise VR is not come up, right? So let me ask you a hard question then, right? Which is, we talked a little bit about the return on the investment in this content. How, and also the fact that maybe it's a two to three year horizon before we start to see kind of mass market adoption. So how do you overcome that, both that funding gap and that timing gap? Yeah, so I think we've seen, for the gaming industry, we've seen, like 2008 or nine, many people say mobile, no one play the game on to the mobile, right? But after Angry Bird is come, and then crash of clown, or so one game, changing everything, right? So I think so far, what need for the VR is two things. One is cheap, high-end, standalone, HMD, et cetera. When do you think that's coming? End of next year to early next year. So Oculus is already announced like Santa Cruz, right? So Oculus, that's a pretty big, so I'm with you on this, is that standalone VR is kind of a game changer for the user experience, right? Because you basically, you put it on, you're in VR, you have a native interface. Oculus, for those that don't know, they announced this thing called the Santa Cruz prototype, which is effectively a fully contained computer and screen that's able to track your hands and track your movement in space. So effectively, it's an Oculus Rift plus touch controllers fully contained. So you can imagine that you get the experience of having high-end PC VR, but in a standalone device. Yeah, and then many people is saying the price is going to less than 500, right? Then the price is the same as PlayStation 4 when that come up, right? So end of next year, hardware is good enough. So what we need is good content, right? So in Japan, what do you know everybody was surprised is, no one thinks Nintendo Switch success. That's because many people say no content, only Zelda, right? But result is everybody buy Nintendo Switch. That's because of Zelda. So only one content is enough to user to buy. So yeah, end of next year, hardware is come. So what we need is content, right? So I think maybe here many people try to start up, right? So for the start up is very good timing. Like 10 years ago, Rovio is a tiny company, right? And the Supercell is also small and they also ask. I do think there's an opportunity to basically be early. So I mean, that's one of the things is, I was very early on social platforms. You guys were early on mobile. And we found that when you're working with the platform owners at an early stage, they're willing to work with you in terms of funding, in terms of distribution. So there is that advantage. I still think that's there because these platforms haven't yet been established. But as soon as you're two years down and it's easy for people to start getting users on these platforms, they're going to actually turn down the amount that they're helping you. So we only have a few minutes left. So I want to kind of switch gears a little bit to actually talk about non-gaming VR applications. What are some of the things that you guys have seen kind of outside of gaming that have excited you? Maybe some investments you've made. And I'd love to hear kind of about outside of gaming, what you're doing. Yeah, we've invested several of the VRAR companies in non-gaming space. And then the listening to the hot, one of the hot areas is the training. So the, you know, the enterprise like manufacturer or, you know, the airplane makers or car makers, they have invested a lot in training and simulation. And the VRAR can replace some of them by for very cheap. So they're investing those area. And also we've invested in several startups working in the space. So that's kind of interesting now. What have you guys done outside of gaming? Platform and contention tool.  So you guys, you know, invest into those area, I invest into your entertainment area. Got it. So, you know, we, this is actually our focus area. We do a lot of stuff outside of gaming. And I'll go on record as saying that I think potentially the first billion dollar VR software company is going to be a training company. You know, we've seen stuff, we have like four or five different companies now using VR for to help people basically pick up new skills. So for example, one that is really interesting is like a sports training that they were using for like the NFL and the NHL to train the athletes. But now they took that same technology and they've gone to Walmart. And now Walmart's using them for training their greeters during Black Friday. I'm sure people have heard of American Black Fridays. They're kind of notorious. So instead of actually having to experience that for the first time in the store, you first experience in VR, which sounds actually kind of scary if you think about it. It's like maybe a bad use of VR, but it gives people that idea of that spatial awareness and that understanding of a situation before you ever actually experience in the real world. So I 100% agree with you that training, I think is a really hot area. What about AR? Are you guys doing any work in AR right now? Yeah, AR is similar. Are we investing in the company which is making a solution for training slash kind of teaching the appliance maintenance? So basically there are lots of tens of millions of operators around the US. For example, they go to each residence to fix the Comcast setup box. And then they need to train beforehand to go to those homes to fix those appliances. And then there are tons of types of the setup box. So they have to learn a lot of manuals. But with the AR solution, just they can go to the home and then they see the setup box through the glasses. And then this video is streamed to the control center and then very trained supervisor can tell those operators, okay, so this setup box is now broken and just connect this cable or switch off this one. So it's basically remote assistance for technicians. This is also, I think, a really big, I think the implications of this aren't yet apparent that this changes the nature of work, right? You can go and do a job without ever having seen a device before. So if you go to like, I've heard stories of a technician who basically would go to like an aircraft engine and could follow the steps of like put a wrench here, take this bolt out, do this like, it's basically paint by numbers and you're able to do something that's highly technical that you may have never seen on a machinery you've never seen before and like do the job. So in some ways it's like, instead of robots replacing humans, it's that the humans are now the hands for the AI or for the software, right? I think that would be cheaper than making a robot. Yeah, I know in a lot of ways, yeah. So it can change those labor market. So yeah, for the AI, right? So I think many people, everybody watching out the AI, so for future of the AI, it's your next smartphone. So yeah, we do believe from now, 10 years, no one is watching this, right? Next smartphone, this is so tiny and annoying, right?  So Apple is announced so important things. This year they announced AI kit that's using normal camera and then tracking that position, right? And then next year, they are going to be put AI cloud. And then also next year or next next year, they are going to be put depth camera onto the, now it's only the front, but you know, back end. That's going to be 2019, right? And then 2020, AI glasses come. So I think post smartphone is coming very soon and then Apple is making that, right? So that's a pretty great place to actually end it, right? Because so basically the prediction here is 2019 AI glasses gonna replace a smartphone. Yep. So do you agree with that? Yep, it's coming. I think it's there too, but you know, we'll see. Hopefully we're right, because it really is a game changer. All right guys, we're out of time. Thank you so much for having us. Thank you. 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Cell Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley now has six touchdowns this year And they've all come over the last three games now if you're a Julio Jones owner You might want to skip over this part Julio Jones has scored six times over his last 29 games But back to Calvin Ridley He's scoring a touchdown on every three and a half targets this year But the NFL average for a wide receiver since 2011 has been a touchdown scored on every 21.6 targets, but you guys already know this you know that Calvin Ridley is going to regress What you might not realize is that Calvin Ridley has been doing this on limited snaps Over the last three weeks Julio Jones has played a hundred and fifty six snaps and Mohamed Sunoo their teammate has been on the field for a hundred and sixty two Calvin Ridley's played a hundred and fifteen snaps And then according to pro football focus Calvin Ridley's run 78 routes during this time over the last three games Which is 19 fewer than Mohamed Sunoo and 22 fewer than Julio Jones in a high-powered offense like Atlanta is They're scoring lots of points Calvin Ridley's peripheral numbers would typically yield maybe wide receiver three type numbers But instead he's been a plug-and-play option in fantasy football over the last three weeks And even though the Falcons get a plus match up against Pittsburgh this week And even though Atlanta would be wise to play Calvin Ridley more as the season goes on This is still an opportunity to at least see what you can get for a player who's not going to maintain his current pace


The field of possible candidates for this year's Minnesota teacher of the year honor has been narrowed to 40, and it includes two teachers from the Lakeland viewing area. Stephen Booth, a fourth grade teacher from the La Porte School District, and Mandy Galant, a kindergarten teacher for Wadena Deer Creek Public Schools, both made the cut. A selection panel of 23 community leaders chose the semifinalists from an initial field of 168 candidates from across the state. The panel will review the semifinalist portfolios again, and then review semifinalist video submissions in late March, and will select about 10 finalists from among the group. The 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be announced at a banquet May 5th in St. Paul. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.