The Indian Government alongside the Ministry of Information and Technology have just announced that the most popular app in India, PUBG Mobile is banned in India. Alongside the PUBG Mobile ban, they will also be banning 117 more Chinese mobile apps.
breaking: the Indian government has banned PUBG Mobile (Tencent) and 117 other Chinese apps
The Indian Government will be banning PUBG Mobile and the other 117 Chinese apps due to data security concerns. This is because there was tension between China and India in Eastern Ladakh’s border area. Due to Tencent being a Chinese company, the Indian Government has made this decision to, in a way, punish China due to their recent conflict.
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PUBG Mobile banned in India – How will this ban affect the esports scene?
The game has been one of the leading Mobile esports, alongside other games like Clash Royale, Arena of Valor and Mobile Legends. It has over 734,000,000 downloads and around 100,000,000 players daily, which means that it is an extremely popular game. In fact, both TSM and Fnatic have made investments towards the Indian esports scene, particularly in PUBG Mobile. This is very unfortunate news for Fnatic as they were planning on expanding their Indian PUBG Mobile roster.
Fnatic not only has a PUBG Mobile team but had planned an expansion and even a facility in India for the future growth of PUBG.
It’s a very sad day in esports, as a shutdown like this loses people their careers, jobs and dreams. PUBG Mobile getting banned in India is also going to affect all of the Indian competitive esports athletes. As nowadays they will have to think twice before heading into a career in gaming.
When Tencent revealed the PUBG Mobile World League this year, it acted as a separate event to the World Championship. However, as Tencent has just announced, both events will be merging into one – the PUBG Mobile Global Championship! Read on for more details!
This is terrifically exciting news for the PUBG community. Why has the change been made? Most likely, the switch to online events means that hosting one event could be less trouble then hosting two. Anyways, nobody’s complaining as the prize pool has also been combined – a staggering $2,000,000 is now on the line!
Proud to announce the @PUBGMOBILE Global Championship season ZERO! Where all the Top Professional invited teams across all regions will participate, including China to crown the Global Champion this year 2020! The event will host a prize pool of 2 million USD! #PMGC2020#BeTheOnepic.twitter.com/2qj6kQCOYp
Right now, details are scarce but look to follow up the announcement. Accordingly, the PUBG Mobile Global Championship will unite the globe, as 6 regions will compete under one roof ranging from the Americas to the Middle East.
A total of 20 spots are available for the event. The ongoing Pro Leagues will determine these teams. Apart from that, the event should be a squads event and may use the newly released map for the mobile game. All-in-all, it looks to be a phenomenal event for the entire community to enjoy – some say it might come as soon as next week!
The PUBG Mobile Pro League is constantly innovating to push mobile esports further. Offering incredible events as covered earlier, now, the PMPL is no joke. Now, PMPL Indonesia is discovering a new points system. Indeed, this looks to set a new standard in the scene.
As announced by none other than developer Tencent, the scoring system has changed. Accordingly, the new system is being implemented at PMPL Indonesia Season 2. The event is taking place from Aug. 14 to Sept. 17. Here it is:
What are the major changes? Mainly, the points have been reworked to encourage aggressive play in the later portions of the game. The PMPL Indonesia Points system now reduces the reward for first place. Therefore, the 1 point per kill is now way more powerful.
Besides this, the lower rankings will now be receiving 0 points and not the default 1. Accordingly, this should punish overly aggressive teams early in the game.
Otherwise, should this point system be implemented entirely, this will change PUBG Mobile drastically. Hiding and playing slowly could no longer be rewarded as seen in previous events.
PUBG Mobile World League Season Zero kicked off on July 14th. Split into West and East divisions, League Play is finished for the West. Below, we’ll be taking a closer look at PMWL West – League Finals are soon!
Running from July 14th to August 2nd, League Play has multiple stages. Across the 3 weeks, Loops Esports clearly kept fighting for the top. However, initially, Week 1 saw them taking third as Cloud9 took first. Actually, this trend continued into the second week too!
So, how did Loops Esports managed to place first? Accordingly, in the final week, Cloud9 faltering massively helped out. By placing a shocking 18th across the week, the organizations missed out on the weekend as well. With the door wide open, Loops Esports took advantage and climbed to first place.
These are the top 10 standings out of the total 20 teams:
Due to their poor performance, many teams managed to place above Cloud9 here. Bagging $50,000, Loops Esports walked away with 5 wins, 246 kills and a first seed into the League Finals.
The top 16 are qualified for PMWL West Season Zero League Finals. Running from the August 6-9th, expect Cloud9 to face off against Loops Esports once again.
PUBG Mobile continues to grow at an exhilarating pace thanks to the continuous content hitting the title exclusively from the main title. Last May, a new map was revealed and just a few days ago, another map was officially revealed to be released in the coming weeks. Welcome to Livik, PUBG Mobile fans.
Unlike the other maps in the title, Livik aims to be the smallest of them all, through despite size, combining elements of snow, grasslands and desert all on one playing field. It is also the very first exclusive map for PUBG Mobilewhich has the community ecstatic and goes to show how independent the community has become from the main game.
However, no dates have been confirmed as of yet. Personalities who have gotten their hands on the new map have reconfirmed its small size. On the competitive side of things, including such a small map could lead to a fun viewership experience as engagements will be forced due to the tight space and chaos would ensue.
Competitive PUBG Mobile simply refuses to stop growing, both as a casual title and an esport. Recently, Tencent revealed the all-new PUBG Mobile World League which looks to gather the very best teams in the world, all of whom will be battling out through a season for a shot at the $850,000 set as the prize pool. Read on to learn more!
Revealed at the PMPL South Asia finals, a total of 40 teams will be making up the League, split into East and West divisions. With the competition running from the 10th of July to the 9th August, the midsummer event looks to be the most epic event ever hosted by Tencent for PUBG Mobile. Up until now, the following are the confirmed details for the PMWL, season zero:
The entire event will be held online, hence ‘season zero’ as it was planned for offline
Certain
teams have already qualified for PMWL East and West through event
placings – there are still spots remaining to be decided soon
Aforementioned $850,000 and midsummer date
We’ll be watching for any more updates: stay tuned for more information on esportsguide.com!
The PPUBG Mobile Pro League Americas (more commonly known as PMPLA) is scheduled to start tomorrow, featuring the best PUBG Mobile teams in North America and Latin America. Here’s everything you need to know about the PMPLA and how to watch it.
20 competitive teams divided into 5 groups will play 16 days of match, with 5 matches per day in the #PMPL Americas! They will be competing for a prize pool of 200K$ but only the 6 best teams will advance to the PUBG MOBILE World League. Which 6 teams do you want to see in #PMWL? pic.twitter.com/m4jiw47acg
— PUBG MOBILE Esports (@EsportsPUBGM) June 5, 2020
Tournament’s background
The PUBG Mobile Americas Pro League is a PUBG Mobile
professional league for the Americas region. The PMPLA features
teams from North America and Latin America. The Split will be culminated at the
PUBG Mobile World Championship 2020. The event was originally intended
to take place on the
Prize pool
Credit: PUBG Mobile Esports
The total prize pool for the PUBG Mobile Pro League Spring Split 2020
Americas is $200,000 USD. It is to be distributed between all 20 teams
depending on their placement at the event. Additionally, the top 6 teams are
also automatically qualified for the PUBG Mobile World League Spring 2020
Global Finals, which is due some time later this year. Here below is the
prize pool + winning distribution:
1st – $48,250 + Seed at World League West
2nd – $24,125 + Seed at World League West
3rd – $14,475 + Seed at World League West
4th – $9,650 + Seed at World League West
5th – $7,720 + Seed at World League West
6th – $6,755 + Seed at World League West
7th – $5,790
8th – $4,825
9th – 10th – $3,860
11th – 12th – $2,895
13th – 16th – $2,413
17th – 20th – $1,930
There are also the Base Week Winnings which are distributed as follows:
1st – $2,895
2nd – $1,351
3rd – $965
4th – 5th – $289.50
6th – 10th – $241.25
11th – 20th – $193
How to qualify for the main event
Most of the teams that are playing and participating in the PMPLA have
either had a direct qualification due to their excellent performance in past
events, or through regional qualifiers.
Tournament format
Gamemode – Squad TPP
Total amount of teams – 20 teams
5 Direct Invited teams
Region distribution changes:
Top 6 from PMCO North America (Previously 5)
Top 5 from PMCO Brazil (Previously 3)
Top 4 from PMCO LATAM (Previously 3)
3 full weeks of league play, where 20 Teams are split into five groups
having 4 teams each and play in a Round Robin league format. Each team will be
playing 20 matches per week with the last week being the only exception, having
teams play 24 matches.
Teams Participating
The teams that are participating in the PUBG Mobile Pro League Spring
Split 2020 Americas have received their spot from different types of
qualifiers. Here below are all the teams participating in the PMPL 2020
Spring Split Americas respective of their qualifying method:
Directly Qualified:
Team Queso
Cloud9
Tempo Storm
Omen Elite
B4 eSports
Club Open North America:
GRUNTo Esports
Wildcard Gaming
X-Quest Gaming
Simplicity
Pittsburgh Knights
Tribe Gaming
Credit: PUBG Mobile Esports
Club Open Brazil:
Trem Carreta Furacão
ACE1
Enxame Gaming
Loops
Team Solid
Credit: PUBG Mobile Esports
Club Open Latin America:
Cream Real Betis SA
A7 eSports
Cultu Bgbg
Mezexis Esport
Credit: PUBG Mobile Esports
Schedule list
The Pro League Americas 2020 Spring Split will be starting on the 6th of June, and ending on the 28th of June after 3 weeks of league play. Here below is the schedule for Week 1, starting tomorrow. You can expect same schedule for week 2, and week 3.
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Predictions
The PUBG Mobile Pro League Americas is sure to be a great event
with tons of competition between the top North American and Latin American
teams. However with regards to predictions, I think it’s fair to say that Tempo
Storm, Loops and OMEN Elite have the highest chances of coming out
victorious.
Credit: PUBG Mobile Esports
Tempo Storm have always placed top 4 or above in the last 3 PMPL events,
and even managed to win the PMPL Americas Scrim Season 2 event. As for
Loops, they have also been a strong force in multiple events, especially in the
PMPL Americas Scrim Season 1 tournament where they came out as winners.
OMEN Elite are also one of the strongest teams that will be participating in
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