1 hr 15 min
PEL Team Owner on the PUBG Esports Disaster - chessbrah Final Phase with sprEEEzy
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Eric "chessbrah" Hansen is a chess Grandmaster, but also an ex team owner of a team that played in the biggest PUBG league in Europe - PEL. Since PUBG esports suddenly went downhill as 2019 was closing, we're going to uncover what PUBG Corp did wrong and how it felt being constantly in the dark as a team owner. Eric also touches on how much the whole endeavor actually costed and whether he'd try investing again in PUBG esports or not.
The video episode is available on YouTube!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Idea behind starting the team "Desperado esports"
09:55 - Entering into PUBG esports
16:55 - Number of people involved in an esports team
19:45 - Phase 1 PEL Contender League
23:20 - Contender team salaries
26:50 - Phase 2 PEL Contender League
28:15 - Dropping the team and pickup up a new roster for Phase 3
31:15 - Why Eric invested in Europe and not North America
34:24 - Picking up ex Beşiktaş esports and getting into PEL
35:23 - Pessimism before Phase 3 in PUBG esports, bad communication from PUBG Corp
39:08 - Fully investing in the team and players
41:10 - Biggest issues in Phase 3
45:14 - Broken promises by PUBG Corp
49:24 - Thoughts on PUBG marketing their own esport
50:46 - Revenue share on ingame skins
52:31 - Casual viewer concerns about PUBG competitive games
54:18 - How much the whole esports team investment costed in $$$
56:00 - The horrible tournament scheduling of late 2019 and early 2020
57:03 - What's killing PUBG esports59:12 - Future of PUBG esports
59:55 - Lack of competent PUBG Corp esports employees
1:01:24 - How PUBG Corp hired their esports staff
1:02:50 - A lot of ideas, but no one was listening
1:04:42 - PUBG Corp catering towards mostly Asia
1:06:40 - No one responding to questions
1:08:45 - PUBG needs a complete overhaul
1:11:37 - Potential of getting back into PUBG esports as a team owner
Final Phase Podcast: YouTube | iTunes | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Anchor | Tune-in | RadioPublic | Spreaker | All Platforms
sprEEEzy: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Discord | Website | Patreon
chessbrah: Twitch | Twitter | YouTube | Facebook
Show made possible by Patreon Contributors: Eric Hennenhoefer
Eric "chessbrah" Hansen is a chess Grandmaster, but also an ex team owner of a team that played in the biggest PUBG league in Europe - PEL. Since PUBG esports suddenly went downhill as 2019 was closing, we're going to uncover what PUBG Corp did wrong and how it felt being constantly in the dark as a team owner. Eric also touches on how much the whole endeavor actually costed and whether he'd try investing again in PUBG esports or not.
The video episode is available on YouTube!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Idea behind starting the team "Desperado esports"
09:55 - Entering into PUBG esports
16:55 - Number of people involved in an esports team
19:45 - Phase 1 PEL Contender League
23:20 - Contender team salaries
26:50 - Phase 2 PEL Contender League
28:15 - Dropping the team and pickup up a new roster for Phase 3
31:15 - Why Eric invested in Europe and not North America
34:24 - Picking up ex Beşiktaş esports and getting into PEL
35:23 - Pessimism before Phase 3 in PUBG esports, bad communication from PUBG Corp
39:08 - Fully investing in the team and players
41:10 - Biggest issues in Phase 3
45:14 - Broken promises by PUBG Corp
49:24 - Thoughts on PUBG marketing their own esport
50:46 - Revenue share on ingame skins
52:31 - Casual viewer concerns about PUBG competitive games
54:18 - How much the whole esports team investment costed in $$$
56:00 - The horrible tournament scheduling of late 2019 and early 2020
57:03 - What's killing PUBG esports59:12 - Future of PUBG esports
59:55 - Lack of competent PUBG Corp esports employees
1:01:24 - How PUBG Corp hired their esports staff
1:02:50 - A lot of ideas, but no one was listening
1:04:42 - PUBG Corp catering towards mostly Asia
1:06:40 - No one responding to questions
1:08:45 - PUBG needs a complete overhaul
1:11:37 - Potential of getting back into PUBG esports as a team owner
Final Phase Podcast: YouTube | iTunes | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Anchor | Tune-in | RadioPublic | Spreaker | All Platforms
sprEEEzy: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Discord | Website | Patreon
chessbrah: Twitch | Twitter | YouTube | Facebook
Show made possible by Patreon Contributors: Eric Hennenhoefer
1 hr 15 min