This morning, T1 has announced that they are parting ways with their current PUBG Mobile roster. This is their announcement:
The journey of our @PUBGMOBILE team has ended here and we part ways with Janchi, Missile, YeonJun, Sayden, and ZZP. We highly appreciate their contribution to the team and wish them all the best.
In their statement, T1 are not clear as to what made the decision clear to disband the roster. However, if we had to look at the squad in recent competitions, we can conclude that the team did not have the best results, especially for a team as prestigious as T1. Here are some of their latest placings:
With not even a single top 3 placement in the past few events they’ve had, we can be certain that this was the main reason for the squad’s departure.
T1 are parting ways with the following roster:
Players:
Kim “Missile“ Joon Soo
Beak “YEONJUN” Yeon Jun
Han “ZZP” Jung Wook
Jeon “Sayden“ Min Jae
Pado
Coach:
Janchi
Credits: T1
What’s next for T1?
We’re sure that T1 would not like to step away from PUBG Mobile completely. The next step for T1 is to analyze the next step forward in getting a championship winning team, to start getting some results on the board.
We here at Esportsguide will definitely be covering the move when it eventually happens. So be sure to stay tuned on www.esportsguide.com for all your important esports news!
While we did offer a How to Watch type article earlier, new details have unfolded. Accordingly, since then we know have insight to how the PUBG Mobile Global Championship Finals will take place. With this news and bearing in mind the phenomenal success the event has already found, it’s only fitting. Here is how to watch!
Event Background
Since kicking off on the 24th November, the PUBG Mobile Global Championship had many promises to fulfill. Indeed, it did. Acting as the biggest mobile esports event of the year and one of the largest general esports events too, the sky is the ceiling heading into 2021. If that’s not enough, the $2,000,000 on the line has also helped generate the peak of 568,623 achieved already.
Credits: PUBG MOBILE Esports
Without further delay, here are the 16 teams that have made it to the PUBG Mobile Global Championship Finals:
Four Angry Men
Bigetron RA
RRQ Athena
KoninaPower
Klas Digital Athletics
Secret Jin
Futbolist
Nova Esports
POWER888 KPS
Abrupt Slayers
A7 eSports
ZEUS ESPORTS
Natus Vincere
Aerowolf LIMAX
Team Secret
A1 eSports (made it in following Loops Esports disqualification)
We started with 24 to now only have 16 left in contention.
Format
Up until now, we’ll remind our readers that a League Stage made up of two components have already taken place. Now, from an online format, we’re headed to offline venues in Dubai, UAE or Maldives to minimize any ping disadvantage.
Credits: Tencent
We’ll be listing updates to the format once they are available.
Point System – Unchanged from the Earlier Stage
Kill points – 1 per kill
1st – 15
2nd – 12
3rd – 10
4th – 8
5th – 6
6th – 4
7th – 2
8-12th – 1
13-16th 0
Schedule for the PUBG Mobile Global Championship Finals
Credits: PUBG Mobile
Once the schedule is available, it will be added here. What’s for sure is that from the 21st to the 24th of January, it’s all going down!
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Who will be our inaugural PUBGMobileGlobalChampionship champion? That is quite a difficult question to answer, but I’ll try my best to go off what we have. Before diving into the League Standings prior to this stage, not that the presents of ping disadvantage makes the results perhaps slightly less legitimate.
Credits: 4AM Twitter
Then again, I highly doubt ping can throw any shade over Four Angry Men – the clear favourites. Despite a slower week 1 and 3, the squad came into their own especially in Week 4. It was here that they managed to claim a 60+ point advantage after the Super Weekend was over! Multiple victories and many 10+ kill games is what put the team head and shoulders above the competition thanks to an incredible 211 point week!
Moving down the leaderboard, this is where things get much tighter. Indeed, I think it’s best to list the remaining competition according to Tiers, respecting points achieved.
Tier 2
Bigetron RA
RRQ Athena
KoninaPower
Klas Digital Athletics
Credits: PUBG Corporation
All four of these teams where constantly on the cusp of greatness. Specifically, Bigetron where on the path to claiming first place, but failed to as 4AM blew them out of the water in Week 4. Earning 85 points next to he leader’s 211 in the final round pushed them to second place. I’ve got a gut feeling that Bigetron won’t let that happen again at the Finals.
Meanwhile, the remaining three remained consistent threats and managed to gain 100+ each week to put them in this Tier of candidates for victory.
Tier 3
Secret Jin
Futbolist
Nova Esports
POWER888 KPS
Abrupt Slayers
You’re probably thinking to yourselves that Tier 3 don’t really have a shot at winning. However, it’s this tier of teams that are most likely to improve heading into the Finals. A trend here is a record of three strong weeks with one messed up one, throwing them down the leaderboard. Bearing in mind the nature of battle royale, this could be accredited to bad luck. Any of these teams, especially Secret Jin, could make a run for it should they smoothen out their performance.
Credits: PUBG Corporation
Tier 4
Abrupt Slayers
A7 eSports
ZEUS ESPORTS
Natus Vincere
Aerowolf LIMAX
Team Secret
A1 eSports
On the other end, Tier 4 is a lot less likely to claim the win. Regardless, they are all respectable competitors that have earned their way to make it this far. Who knows what could happen on game day?
This past year we saw PUBG Mobile Esports dominate the Mobile Esports scene. This year for 2021, they have brighter and newer plans to continue working on expanding their amazing esport. Here are the PUBG Mobile 2021 plans
Looking Back to PUBG Mobile Esports in 2020
2020 saw the establishment of a global esports system for PUBG Mobile. A variety of leagues for all types of players, from all over the world. In 2020, PUBG Mobile Esports reached nearly 100 million hours of watchtime, and also hit a new record of peak concurrent viewers (1.1 million) during the World League in Summer. They also had over 120,000 teams registering to participate in the PMCO League, competing for a total of 5 million USD in prize pool.
What are the PUBG Mobile 2021 plans?
In 2021, the PUBG Mobile Esports spectrum will expand into more leagues. The leagues are as follows: CIS, Turkey, Western Europe, Arabia, North America, Latin America, and Brazil. This way, the PUBG Mobile Pro League, will pretty much cover the major regions all over the world.
Credits: PUBG Corporation
The 2021 PUBG Mobile season will still feature 2 seasons of PMCO (PUBG Mobile Club Open) and PMPL (PUBG Mobile Pro League), and it will also include the PUBG Mobile Global Championship at the end of the year. The main difference with this year’s season is that PUBG Corporation is introducing the Summer Invitationals, which are intended to take place in Q2 of 2021.
Credits: PUBG Corporation
PUBG Mobile Esports Prize Pool for 2021
For this brand new year of PUBG Mobile, there will be a huge amount of $14,000,000 USD to be distributed throughout the year. Reaching almost 3 times as much as they had in 2020.
Credits: PUBG Corporation
We’ve already seen the popularity that a game like PUBG Mobile brings. Now with more stakes and bigger opportunities, it is certain that PUBG Mobile and Mobile Esports in general, will continue to grow.
Be sure to keep yourself updated with www.esportsguide.com for more esports news!
With the advent of the PUBGMobileGlobalChampionship this year, we’re excited for PUBG Mobile. Indeed, before concluding, the event has already amassed immense viewership. That got us thinking – what’s next for the mobile esport? In this episode of Esports Roadmap, we’ll be looking at PUBG Mobile Esports 2021!
PUBG Mobile Esports 2021 – Dialling it Up
I don’t think any fans are complaining about how 2020 went. Accordingly, heading into next year, not much seems to be changing at its core. Tencent seems to be simply focusing on increasing the prize pool. Bearing this in mind, a total of $14 million is on the line for the year of 2021!
Let’s summarize some of the essential facts about the structure for next year:
Lowest level – PUBG Mobile Clup Open – based on regions at an amateur to semi-pro level
Next level – PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) for larger regions into single events
Top level – the Global Championship putting the best of the best against one another
Note that new individual regions will be present this year, as the ‘Americas’ and ‘EMEA’ regions have split into many separate leagues.
Take a look at this in-depth video from PUBG Mobile themselves for the full scoop:
For next year, World Leagues will not be making a return. Seeding into the Global Championship will come directly from the Pro League for PUBG Mobile Esports 2021.
We’re excited to see PUBG Mobile keeping up the pace and giving the fans more.
A point of contention in the competitive PUBGMobilescene is regarding Loops Esports. Indeed, events circling this team have lit up the global headlines. Concluding on the 20th December, the organization staged a protest which led to Loops Esports Disqualified from the entire event. So what happened?
It all took place in the very last game of the PMGCLeague. After the esports team management prevented their team captain of Michael “DadiN” Barboza, the remaining players decided to take action. Landing in a Church in Erangel, the players proceeded to sit in a circle aimlessly, not offering any resistance to their opponents. Notably, one player on the team carried on playing regardless.
Accordingly, the players felt confident doing this due to their 6th place position in the leaderboard. That didn’t stop Tencent from immediately pushing them out – Loops Esports disqualified as they broke certain regulations. Just like that, every other team in the leaderboard beneath them gained one spot, with A1 Esports moving on thanks to them. Also, Loops Esports will not be claiming any prize too.
Are we justifying what happened? Nope and neither are we condemning it. Protests in esports are commonplace due to how difficult it can be as a competitor and mistreatment can arise. Bearing this in mind, we’re definitely interested to see how the future of these players unrolls from this point onwards. This is the first protest for PUBG Mobile ever.
Regardless, the PUBG Mobile Global Championship Finals are going to take place in a month – an event we’re very excited for.
Indeed, for the past few weeks, the PUBGMobileGlobalChampionship has been absorbing our attention. Accordingly, the inaugural iteration of the event, with its $2,000,000 is already surpassing expectations in many regards – with a planned end date for 24th January. Bearing this in mind, Tencent has just announced that the PUBG Mobile Global Championship Finals is headed to Dubai!
Finally, no more uncertainty remains. Recently, the 4 weeks of league stage rounded off and we have our top 16 teams. Here are the 16 top teams heading to the League Finals in order of seeding:
Four Angry Men
Bigetron RA
RRQ Athena
KoninaPower
Klas Digital Athletics
Secret Jin
Futbolist
Nova Esports
POWER888 KPS
Abrupt Slayers
A7 eSports
ZEUS ESPORTS
Natus Vincere
Aerowolf LIMAX
Team Secret
A1 eSports
The PUBG Mobile Global Championship Finals will run from January 21-24th, held in Dubai in an offline manner. From what’s been understood, it seems that the Coca-Cola Arena will be serving the community, offering a potential capacity of 17,000.
Credits: PUBG Mobile Esports YouTube
In terms of format, it’s quite simple. The listed 16 teams will all be thrown into one group. Furthermore, several rounds will be played with the same points system as seen throughout the entire event.
Indeed, with the event already reaching a peak viewership of 568,623, the sky is the ceiling for the Finals!
Above all, we hope you’ve been enjoying our daily recaps here at esportsguide too. Similarly, expect more to come as this exciting event unfolds.
PUBG Mobile Global Championship Day 20 – Match Briefing
Round 11
In the first round of the day we had a brilliant performance from Aerowolf LIMAX as they grabbed the chicken dinner with 6 eliminations. RRQ Athena came in 2nd with 8 kills and 4AM placed 3rd with 4 kills.
In the 12th round we saw RRQ Athena coming out with the win and 11 eliminations. In 2nd we had 4AM with 6 kills and in 3rd we had KoninaPower with 7 kills.
Round 13
Here we had an amazing match out of KoninaPower as they clutched up the victory with 6 kills. Then we had Aerowolf LIMAX in 2nd with 4 kills and RRQ Athena in 3rd with 5 eliminations.
.@KoninaPower takes their horses to the Pecado Road and ride them to a Chicken Dinner on Miramar! 🍗 #PMGC#WeOnTop
Tune in LIVE as the Sanhok match is about to start!
In round 14 we saw KoninaPower getting their 2nd consecutive win in the Week 4 Super Weekend, they finished it with 7 kills. In 2nd place we saw Secret Jin getting 2 eliminations, and in 3rd we had Futbolist with 6 kills.
Round 15
In the final round of the day we got an outstanding game from Klas DA as they got 5 kills, and the final chicken dinner of the Week 4 Super Weekend. Bigetron RA came in 2nd with 7 eliminations and lastly, we had KoninaPower ending in 3rd with 4 kills.
Here are the final standings after the final day of the Week 4 Super Weekend:
4AM – 211
RRQ Ath – 149
KP – 147
NOVA – 131
AW LIMAX – 126
Na`Vi – 125
Klas DA – 122
ZEUS – 104
FTB – 104
ASL – 94
BTR RA – 85
Loops – 84
TSJ – 80
ArC – 78
A1 – 72
BB – 39
All in all, we saw good performances from RRQ Athena, 4AM, and KoninaPower in the Week 4 Super Weekend. A disappointing finish from Bigetron RA means that they end in 2nd place in the overall standings.
Here are the final, overall standings for the league stage at the PUBG Mobile Global Championship:
PUBG Mobile Global Championship Day 19 – Match Briefing
Round 6
In the first round we had 4AM kick off the day with a win of their own, with 13 kills. KoninaPower came in 2nd with 5 eliminations and NOVA Esports placed 3rd with 11 kills.
Four Angry Men gets the win to start the day! The #PMGC League leaders seem to be on fire right now! 🔥🍗 #WeOnTop
In round 7 we saw NOVA Esports with a chicken dinner and 7 eliminations. In 2nd we had 4AM with 4 kills, and in 3rd KoninaPower with 8 kills. Meanwhile, in 4th place we had Zeus Esports with an incredible amount of 13 eliminations.
Round 8
In this round we had NOVA Esports with another victory as they placed 1st with the same kills they had in round 7. Then we had an appearance from Secret Jin as they placed 2nd with 8 kills, and in 3rd we saw Aerowolf LIMAX with 5 kills.
Here we had an exceptional performance by 4AM as they got 18 kills to take the win. Archer Gaming came in 2nd with 8 eliminations and A1 Esports placed 3rd with a single kill.
Round 10
In the final round of the day we saw an outstanding match from RRQ Athena as they won the game with 14 kills. Then in 2nd we saw the Abrupt Slayers with 3 eliminations, and in 3rd we had another showing from Aerowolf LIMAX as they ended the match with 4 kills.
Here are the current standings after Day 2 of the Week 4 Super Weekend:
4AM – 160
NOVA – 96
Klas DA – 87
Na`Vi – 83
ZEUS – 79
RRQ Ath – 75
AW LIMAX – 75
KP – 73
ASL – 71
Loops – 71
A1 – 64
ArC – 60
FTB – 57
TSJ – 51
BTR RA – 48
BB – 20
In the 2nd part of the Week 4 Super Weekend we saw yet again another solid performance from both chinese teams, 4AM and NOVA Esports. Their results here have solidified a top spot in the super weekend and are for sure the best teams at the moment. Tune in for tomorrow’s matches to see which team wins it all!
PUBG Mobile Global Championship Day 18 – Match Briefing
Round 1
In the first round of the day we saw a great performance from the Chinese squad, 4AM, as they grabbed the win with 13 eliminations to seal the deal. Next up was the Abrupt Slayers, after placing 2nd with 13 kills, and in 3rd, we had Natus Vincere with 5 kills.
Four Angry Men gets a BIG step closer to Bigetron with a 13-kill win on Erangel! 🍗 #PMGC#WeOnTop
In the 2nd game we had Natus Vincere, getting a win of their own, this time round, with 5 eliminations. In 2nd we had Loops with 6 eliminations, and in 3rd we had RRQ Athena with 8 kills.
Round 3
In this round we saw a dominant performance from Zeus Esports as they got the win with 16 kills. A1 Esports placed 2nd and Archer Gaming came in 3rd with 6 kills.
The #PMGC Wildcards in Z3US ESPORTS picks up a BIG 16 KILL victory on Miramar! 🍗 #WeOnTop
Tune in to the broadcast as we're moving on to Sanhok for the next game!
Here we had the Four Angry Men grabbing their 2nd win of the day, after finishing 1st with 11 kills. Then we had Loops also grabbing their second, 2nd place of the day, this time with 3 kills. And in 3rd we had Secret Jin, but unfortunately, with no eliminations.
Round 5
In the final match of the day, Klas DA completely dominated, as they won the match with 13 kills. This result was closely followed by Na’Vi as they came in 2nd with 5 eliminations, and Four Angry Men in 3rd with 7 kills.
Here are the final standings after the First day of the Week 4 Super Weekend:
4AM – 77
Klas DA – 62
Na`Vi – 55
Loops – 52
ZEUS – 51
A1 – 43
RRQ Ath – 34
ASL – 34
AW LIMAX – 32
FTB – 28
TSJ – 27
KP – 21
ArC – 20
BTR RA – 20
NOVA – 16
BB – 8
Overall, we saw a very strong performance from 4AM, Klas DA, as well as Natus Vincere. All of them getting at least 1 win, and loads of kills as well. Unfortunately, we saw a disappointing performance from both Bigetron RA and NOVA Esports, as they are currently placed in the bottom 3 of the leaderboard. There are still 10 more rounds to be played over the course of the next 2 days. So they definitely have time to recover and get better results.
This year, Tencent took a gamble by investing further in the region of Japan. Indeed, their investment bore fruit and now, Tencent looks to dive deeper into the scene through the franchised PUBG Mobile Japan League. With a prize pool of $2.9 million, here are the announced 16 teams taking part!
By entering the franchised format, a tonne of benefits will be present. To begin with, the minimum salary for all players is set to provide everyone with job stability. Also notably, teams can build up to seven participants, with a max of 2 foreigners.
Accordingly, with the PUBGMobileGlobalChampionship ongoing and being a massive success, one begins to contemplate PUBGMobileas an esport. The incredibly successful title is starting to be considered the top competitive mobile game out there right now. Now is the perfect time to invest in more franchised leagues such as the PUBGMobile Japan League.
Having only a taster of the PMJL from the Season 0 event this year, I can say that we’re ready for more starting in January with Stage 1 of Season 1.
