Following the conclusion of the PUBGContinentalSeries 2, all 4 regions are gearing for the next chapter. Indeed, Tencent just revealed all the details for the PUBG Continental Series 3. Here at esportsguide, we’ve gathered all of the details so you won’t miss any of the action.
Again, Tencent is bringing exciting battle royale action across the regions of Europe, APAC, Asia and North America. Accordingly, a total of $200,000 will be placed on the line for each region, bringing up the total to $800,000. For the most part, the format is similar too.
Indeed, depending on the region, teams will be seeded either through a Direct Invite or via the Closed Qualifiers. Then, the set number of teams will be divided into three groups for a certain number of League Playdays. After a round-robin style group, the top 16 will make it to the Finals.
It’s here at the Finals that teams will have a direct opportunity to claim the majority of the prize and continental dominance.
Dates for the PUBG Continental Series 3
Asia/North America: November 5-6, 12-13, 19-20
APAC/Europe: November 7-8, 14-15, 21-22
Credits: Tencent
A total of 24 matches per region will be held.
One thing to note for this event is the fact that so far, no single team has managed to claim two victories.
Beyond that, we’ll conclude the event with some available streams:
Indeed, after long last, the PUBG Continental Series 2 is finally complete. Accordingly, the event offered a shocking $200,000 to each of the four regions – Europe, APAC, Asia and North America. Representing four separate continents, we’ll be offering a recap for the entire event below!
To begin with, the following are the dates each tournament occupied:
Overall, the number of teams ranged from 16 up to 24. Regardless, a similar format was followed. The teams involved, either invited or directly qualified, engage in League Play. Split into a number of groups, a round robin means that every team plays the same number of matches.
After League Play, the overall top teams, 16 for example, make it to the Finals to play a fixed number of matches. Performance in this matches will decide the final scoreboard and distribution of prize pool.
From the start of the event, FaZe Clan and Team Liquid were at each other’s necks. Placing 1st and 3rd in the overall group respectively, they carried that momentum forward to finals.
Although a tight competition for roughly 20 rounds, FaZe Clan blew Team Liquid out of the water in rounds 22 and 23. Here they secured two first place finishes, with 13 and 10 kills each time.
Otherwise, Team SoloMid is the only team from last season to make it into the top 4 yet again.
Asia Pacific
Credits: Liquipedia
An absolute nail-biter. Who would have thought that after 24 rounds, with both kills and placements gaining points, that two teams would stack up evenly. That’s exactly what happened to Divine and FURY – and it was incredible.
Boiling down to the last round, confusion struck about as the teams achieved the same. However, as according to the rules, Divine earned first place due to achieving 5 victories while FURY had none to show for.
Otherwise, competition was insane in this region.
North America
Credits: Liquipedia
The same cannot be said for the North American region. However, Soniqs didn’t start dominant, as in the groups they placed sixth. Then, in the finals, they suddenly began destroying the entire competition, claiming 8 victories.
This is a strong jump from third in last season.
Asia
Credits: Liquipedia
Rounding off the regions is Asia. This region probably offered the most exciting title race. At first, T1 claimed the lead followed closely by Tianba and ENTUS. Only then, iFTY placed first twice to jump in front.
In the latter half of the finals, TSG came swooping in with a couple of victories, one ending with a super 17 kills at one point to steal it.
Stage Setting for PUBG Continental Series 3
With the second series done and dusted, the community now looks to the third one which is listed to start in October. Here at esportsguide, we’ll be keeping you updated.
Indeed, the PUBG Continental Series 2: North America is a lengthy event. Kicking off on 24th July and running until 11th September, it’s almost 2 months long. Accordingly, we’ll be talking a mid-event peek to see how the competition is progressing.
Just like the other three regions involved, $200,000 is on the line for the 24 Squads. The event looks to replace the Global Series, which was cancelled when swapping to online. Teams are the best in the region, qualifying through the Series 1 NA Finals and Challenger Cup.
Following three weeks of League Play, 8 teams have already been eliminated to make way for the top 16. Now, 24 rounds of Finals will determine a winner for the PUBG Continental Series 2: North America.
Here’s how the standings for the group stage ended:
Currently, the competition sits in the eighth round of the Finals. Again, thanks to Liquipedia, here are the standings:
Credits: Liquipedia
In terms of predictions, everyone’s looking to the Series 1 champions to step up towards the later half of Finals. Accordingly, the following are the top 4 from that event:
1st – Shoot To Kill
2nd – Wildcard Gaming
3rd – Susquehanna Soniqs
4th – Oath Gaming
The standings will definitely shake up a few times before the end.
Recently, the PUBG Continental Series 2 for all the regions has slowly taken place. Indeed, following the announcement of a third series for all regions, the community is excited. Read on as we preview the PUBG Continental Series 2: Asia Pacific!
Kicking off on the 29th August, the Asia Pacific region is the penultimate region to kick off. The Asia Pacific region includes both Southeast Asia and Oceania. Accordingly, the squads event will have $200,000 on the line. Below are each of the 16 teams participating:
Thailand Series
MSC THEERATHON
Daytrade Gaming
Magic Esport
Buriram United Esports
Kaiser Tuna
Vietnam Series
CERBERUS Esports
GameHome Esports
Divine Esports
DivisionX Gaming
X-Stadium Thu Duc
Credits: PUBG Corp
Indonesia, Philippines & MY/SG Series
Victim Rise
From the Future
ArkAngel Predator
Battle Arena Elites
Oceania Qualifier
FURY
Astra
It’s certainly a great collection of teams. Indeed, all of which have fought through their own qualifier to get here. With regards to format, all 16 teams will be playing through a single group. Chiefly, 24 matches will be played out. Offering 4 matches per day, the schedule is packed with competition.
Each of the 16 teams are gunning for the $200,000 on the line. Beyond that, the Premier PUBG Corp. event will also act as a springboard to next series. All the action will be concluded by 13th September.
Overall, the PUBG Continental Series 2 looks to be an incredible online event.
Earlier this year, PUBG Corporation announced the PCS. Entering Series 2, the PUBG Continental Series 2: Europe looks to follow the first Series as an exciting event. Read on for all the details!
The event is kicking off on the 7th August, running to the 13th of September. Replacing the cancelled Global Series, this is the second series of the PUBG Continental Series. $200,000 are on the line for the 24 teams involved.
Entirely a Squads event, the 24 teams have been invited as follows:
Chiefly, the event will take place across 6 days of League Play. As a matter of fact, the PUBG Continental Series 2 is planned to go like this:
3 groups of 8 teams
Round Robin Group Format
First Three Days – top 16 move on to Finals
Last Three Days – 24 matches to determine a winner
Particularly in terms of predictions, many have Team SoloMid on top of the standings. Following their victory at Series 1, they’re pinned as the favourite.
Lately, the PUBG community is looking rather weak as we discussed. However, the release of PUBG Season 8 might just be enough to turn heads. Read on to learn about last week’s changes!
Accordingly, PUBG Corporation has outlined all the changes in their original post. Supposedly, the main buzz is over the re-introduction of the map – Sanhok. Reworked from the ground up, the overhaul definitely looks impressive.
Besides the map, new features are being introduced for PUBG Season 8:
Loot Truck – a fresh way for players to grab gear. Attackable trucks are carrying loot as they drive around the map. Another massive change to gameplay!
Weather – the remastered Sanhok will offer a changing weather scheme
New Survivor Pass: Payback
Modifications are being made to Season missions
Gas cans are returning from 7.2 patch
Ranked mode is enjoying new rulesets and maps
Do note that features such as Loot Trucks are not for competitive play. In conclusion, many other small in-game modifications have been made as viewable here.
Ever since its release date on March 23rd of 2017, expectations were astronomically high for the title of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Succeeding among the community, many were quick to file the game as a potential esport. Three years later, the main game is still struggling to find success both casually and competitively. In this episode of State of the Community, we’ll be diving into why PUBG is dying and how it can change.
Initially, as developed by Bluehole and published by PUBG Corporation, the main attraction of the game was its simplicity. Arriving a few months before Fortnite, it took a hold of the genre and the world’s attention for a while. That brings to question the player count.
Plummeting Player Count
As in previous episodes of State of the Community, observing the player base health often reflects that of the esports community. At first, the numbers stood well over a million with a peak of 1,584,886 players according to SteamCharts.
However, as Fortnite gained some incredible pace, PUBG began falling massively behind. For the past two years, the battle royale has been drowned out by its competition. Now in 2020, Call of Duty Warzone seems to be the final nail in the coffin for the title. Sadly, the player count as of June 2020 sits at 230,329.
The following are some possible reasons for the fall:
Competition in terms of regular content and seasonal events
Failure to synergize platforms – PUBG on consoles is awful and PUBG Mobile is a separate game
An unexciting and poorly marketed esports scene
The title is still not free-to-play unlike competitors
Finally, the following chart from Statista should conclude this section as we take a look at Twitch statistics too. The title is plummeting in all aspects. To top it all of, PUBG Corp. have been caught implementing bots to fill up lobbies on all platforms.
The competitive community has been concerned with the
livelihood of the scene ever since the latter half of 2019. A sequence of
events took place which has scarred the scene to this day.
To begin with, PUBG Corporation failed to develop a set of promised skins to be used in the Global Championship for teams. This threw multiple teams into a panic over advertisement and nobody was impressed. Apart from this, organizations calculated a loss of $50,000 of potential shares.
Credits: PUBG
Accordingly, a professional player told The Loadout the following statement:
“The only reason organisations have stuck this long is because of the promised in-game skin exposure and revenue for making PUBG Global Championship, and they went back on that promise.
2020 PUBG is going to be pretty org-less while they figure it out.”
Anonymous Player
Honestly, this professional player knew what he was talking about. Esports organizations are so essential to the development of an esport and cultivating a fan-base. Bearing this in mind, the following is a list of esports organizations that have left the scene, signalling the death of PUBG:
Most of the above teams had secured spots within the highest level of PUBG, seemingly unconvinced with the longevity of the scene.
The following is a tweet from the coach at Ghost Gaming which summarizes the episode:
PUBG’s announcement in my opinion. No team skins. No partnership with organizations. Open qualifier for majors = less consistency. No more pro leagues.
Personally, this is a return to 2018. Leagues seemed to be a waste of money….
Removing the Pro League hurt many of the top organizations as it simply stole away some of the security and benefits offered by a league. Due to this, many have compared the esports scene to that of H1Z1 which suffered the ultimate fate of death – this is why the consensus is that PUBG is dying.
PUBG Esports Executive Director Quits – No Communication
Unfortunately, it doesn’t stop there. To further rub salt
into the wound, a few more events took place.
Most notably, the PUBG esports executive director, namely Jake Sin, quit his job within PUBG Corporation. Offering no reasons behind the move, many were quick to assume that this further validates PUBG Corporation’s inadequacy in maintaining an esports scene.
Since then, December 2019, the community has been rather quiet. Some large organizations still remain in the scene such as FaZe Clan and Team Liquid though there are doubts as to how long they’ll be there. With PUBG dying, it’s unlikely these organizations will stay much longer.
In March of this year though, an exclusive interview by Esports Insider with the CEO of Ghost Gaming and Co-owner of Spacestation revealed so many cracks in the esports scene:
“There was minimal support from PUBG Corp. throughout, they failed to create a sustainable ecosystem that could support players and teams competing.
There were some players who went the full year with no way to earn anything financial besides small amounts of prize money. Players and teams were always left in the dark.”
Shawn Pellerin – CEO of Ghost Gaming and Co-owner of Spacestation
In 2020, due to the state of the world, competitive PUBG forges ahead by cancelling the PUBG Global Series and creating the PUBG Continental Series online competition. Not many are hopeful for the future of competitive PUBG esports.
Credits: PUBG Corp
PUBG Dying, PUBG Mobile Thriving
Ironically, despite PUBG’s failures, PUBG Mobile is taking the mobile industry by storm. Garnering a tonne of support from the Eastern World and high viewership through a partnership with Facebook Gaming, PUBG Mobile has its own framework, exclusive maps and items and more.
Personally, I believe that the focus has shifted to this new prospect while the main game has somewhat been left dangling.
Conclusion – The End of the Line?
Although it all looks awful, PUBG Corporation has promised new changes and updates coming to the title soon. However, will it really be enough to compete against Warzone, Fortnite or even Apex Legends and the upcoming Hyperscape for that matter?
And yes, PUBG is dying both competitively and casually. It’s not ideal to be so negative, but the situation is that dire. The wheels need to start turning before it’s too late.
The European PUBG PCS 1 kicked off on the 9th of June featuring the best teams in Europe battling it all out on the Battlegrounds. In this article we’ll be covering everything you need to know about the PUBG Continental Series 1 Europe and how to watch it.
Due to the current global pandemic, PUBG esports had to undergo some adjustments, which meant that the PGC (PUBG Continental Series) would take its place. It was to be formatted with the top four teams of the final Global Series event of the year acquiring a direct invite to the PGC, and the final twelve spots being decided on the Global Series annual ranking. The PUBG PCS 1 Europe is the first event under the Continental Series.
Prize pool
The total prize pool for the PUBG Continental Series 1: Europe is $200,000 USD. It is to be distributed between all 24 teams depending on their placement at the event. Here below is the prize pool winning distribution:
1st – $50,000
2nd – $30,000
3rd – $20,000
4th – $10,000
5th – 8th – $6,400
9th – 16th – $4,850
17th – 24th – $3,200
Credit: PUBG Corp
How to qualify for the main event
The teams that are participating in the European PUBG PCS 1 were either directly invited, or passed through their regional qualifier. The three qualifying stages were of EU West, EU East and the Middle East.
Tournament format
Here below is the tournament format which will be used for the PCS Series 1: Europe
24 teams will be participating in the European PUBG PCS 1
12 Teams are Invited
Top 5 from EU West Qualifier
Top 4 from EU East Qualifier
Top 3 from MEA Qualifier
6 Days of League Play. (Total of 36 matches, Each team will be playing 24 matches)
24 Teams are divided into three groups
Each day will be played under the Round Robin group format (A vs B , B vs C , A vs C) (In total, every team plays 12 matches per week)
After all three days are completed, all match results will be counted into a single ranking group. The Top 16 teams advance to Finals.
Finals
A total of 20 matches (5 per day)
The map Sanhok is removed from Series 1
Teams Participating
Team Liquid
Raise Your Edge
Natus Vincere
ENCE
TSM
FaZe Clan
Northern Lights Team
TORNADO ENERGY
Omaken Sports
Tempus
BetterLuckNextTime
Team Red Zone
Team Quantum
GameFraym
Redline
With Potential
sniip
Brute Force1
The Nuclear Penguins
UNITY
AfterAlt
Istanbul Wild Cats
Blaze Esports
Beşiktaş e-Sports Club
Schedule list
Credit: PUBG Corp
Here below is the schedule list for today’s games featuring Group A vs Group C:
Thursday, June 10, 2020
Round 1 at 18:00 CEST
Round 2 at 18:45 CEST
Round 3 at 19:30 CEST
Round 4 at 20:15 CEST
Round 5 at 21:05 CEST
Round 6 at 22:00 CEST
Tomorrow’s matches continue with Group B vs Group C with the following schedule:
At the time of writing Tornado Energy are leading the pack with a total of 81 points. Closely behind them are The Nuclear Penguins in 2nd place with 59 points. And in 3rd are the Istanbul Wild Cats with 53 points.
Hard to say which team will be taking the win here at PCS 1 as of right now, however we can expect that Northern Lights, TSM and Team Liquid will be somewhere at the top by the end of the event.
Credit: PUBG Corp
Overall it should be a very successful event which showcases an excellent Battle Royale experience for all European PUBG fans. Stay tuned to https://www.esportsguide.com/ to stay updated with all the latest esports news.
This past weekend we saw the
conclusion of 3 out of 4 PCS: Charity Showdown events and all events have been
a blast to watch so far. Here are the full standings for each PCS: Charity
Showdown, respective of their region.
Final
Winnings + Standings
North America:
Oath Gaming dominated the
North American region with a margin of 45 points. They had a total of 6 Chicken
dinners, having the last 4 being consecutive wins in a row. They also managed
to grab a substantial amount of eliminations, gaining up to 118 total kills.
The Oath gaming roster has already been a dominating force in the North
American region, and we can’t wait to see more of them in their next event.
After 4 straight wins, Oath Gaming ends the NA #PCSCharityShowdown in FIRST PLACE!!
An absolutely insane performance by our entire team!
In the Asian PCS: Charity
Showdown we saw an unstoppable Tianba dominate everyone in their paths. They
had 2 wins overall, and a total of 131 kills. Despite not getting several wins
in their 20 matches, they managed to place themselves highly in every match,
which eventually got them the 205 points to win it all.
Credit: PCS
APAC:
With regards to the APAC, it
was much closer than the other regions that participated in the Charity
Showdown, as the gap between 1st and 2nd was just 28 points. QConfirm were the
favourites heading into the event, however DivisionX defied all odds and topped
the leaderboard with a total of 165 points. Accumulating up to 95 eliminations
and 2 chicken dinners. DivisionX’s situation is very similar to Tianba’s as
both teams got very high placements in each match which led to their eventual
victory.
Credit: PCS
The European PCS: Charity Showdown is still going on as there are 24
teams instead of the usual 16 teams in the other regions. Team Liquid is the
current leader of the round robin stage, closely followed up by FaZe and Natus
Vincere. Results will be finalized later on this week, so make sure to stay
tuned to https://www.esportsguide.com/ for all your latest esports news!
