As a Muslim, and a gamer, I felt like I had to call out this channel on a few things!
First of all, promotion and the sort is pretty normal for a huge game like this. There's plenty of other games non-gamers never hear about, because it just doesn't get the press attention GTA attracts. Yes, we know its full of killing, stealing, running people over etc, but it's not real, so that really doesn't concern me. You might think that sounds cold, but how many movies/TV shows contain all of the above and more, but nobody bats an eyelid? It's not real, that's why. Yep, it is just a game. In fact I didn't buy mine on release. I didn't even get my PS3 on launch day, I got it almost two years later (mostly because I'm a cheapskate!) I must admit I do agree it's kinda silly to go and pick up a game at midnight. I'm happy to wait until the next day or even later, I do want to sleep. Contrary to popular belief, not all gamers stay up playing games all night. Stupid stereotype.
Does it really matter who was first in line to buy the game? You wouldn't have said anything if it was a white, non-Muslim. Non-issue! I agree with you on the guy who played for 50 hours with a 'diet plan', sounds kinda crazy, but you say it's real, so let's just go with that. I must correct you on fibre 'pills' too, I've been on them myself in the past (not for extreme gaming, I must clarify!) and they are basically psyllium husk powder encased in a capsule for ease of taking it. You can buy it in powder form too, and mix it into food or drinks. I asked my doctor about it, its not a pill and its not harmful. It is also completely ridiculous to take time off to play a game. The day that 'The Last of Us' came out, I was working a full day. It was the first game I pre-ordered and I knew it would be waiting for me when I got back. I wasn't willing to miss a day of work for it. There's plenty of gamers just like me too, that would think it silly to take time off for pleasure.
Next I must talk about asking for time off work during Ramadan. Are you actually serious?! I'm pretty sure there's nothing in Islam that says you need time off. In fact I'm pretty sure you are supposed to carry on as normal. You can do things like read more Quran, pray extra prayers etc in the time you are not working. A man is expected to be a breadwinner. Maybe take a day or two off for Eid instead. There's no point taking time off work just because you can't eat or drink. Man up!! I've worked through Ramadan, it's not a big deal. Doing my work takes my mind off the not eating part, if I'm stupid enough to just think of food all day.
The Islamic book you held up at one point in the video is a book of hadith/dua and is only meant for referring to when needed. It's not the type of book you'd read cover to cover in one sitting anyway. I own it and its very useful for referring to!
Movies are also made on big budgets. Games are becoming more and more like playable movies, so the budget is only going to match that. Yes, its a lot of money, but that's what the developers have chosen to do, with demand from gamers just one part of it. You could put this same thing into many different industries. Putting money into something in expectation of getting more out of it.
Standing there with a controller saying "die die!" is such a stereotypical view of gamers. Maybe a little kid plays like that (which they shouldn't be playing games such as GTA anyway!), but us adults are usually pretty sensible about stuff. Again its not real so pretty much a non-issue.
So in conclusion, you kind of set yourself up for this criticism for being a non-gamer talking about a game/gamer in the typical way. We're all obsessed with killing (albeit in games!), we stay up all night playing, we go out at midnight to pick up the latest release (which is true in some cases, but it's hardly something to get bothered about). Maybe you should actually talk about Dawah in a better way than saying we should do it instead of playing games. You probably have hobbies too, so sue me if mine is playing games. It's not instead of any of my religious duties, its simply something I enjoy in life. Have you seen some people who claim to do Dawah anyway? They literally just get as many people as possible to convert and add it to their 'tally'. A sort of 'notch on the bedpost', if you will. Address issues like these, then maybe I'll take you seriously! Other than that I think most Smile2Jannah videos are pretty funny, but it just always falls flat if you try and address something you seemingly have no idea about.
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