Miscellaneous
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: https://youtu.be/2DRuO54B7_0Timestamps:00:00 - Intro 01:40 - Idea behind starting the team "Desperado esports"09:55 - Entering into PUBG esports16:55 - Number of people involved in an esports team19:45 - Phase 1 PEL Contender League23:20 - Contender team salaries26:50 - Phase 2 PEL Contender League28:15 - Dropping the team and pickup up a new roster for Phase 331:15 - Why Eric invested in Europe and not North America34:24 - Picking up ex Beşiktaş esports and getting into PEL35:23 - Pessimism before Phase 3 in PUBG esports, bad communication from PUBG Corp39:08 - Fully investing in the team and players41:10 - Biggest issues in Phase 345:14 - Broken promises by PUBG Corp49:24 - Thoughts on PUBG marketing their own esport50:46 - Revenue share on ingame skins52:31 - Casual viewer concerns about PUBG competitive games54:18 - How much the whole esports team investment costed in $$$56:00 - The horrible tournament scheduling of late 2019 and early 202057:03 - What's killing PUBG esports59:12 - Future of PUBG esports59:55 - Lack of competent PUBG Corp esports employees1:01:24 - How PUBG Corp hired their esports staff1:02:50 - A lot of ideas, but no one was listening1:04:42 - PUBG Corp catering towards mostly Asia1:06:40 - No one responding to questions1:08:45 - PUBG needs a complete overhaul1:11:37 - Potential of getting back into PUBG esports as a team ownerFinal Phase Podcast: YouTube | iTunes | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Podbean | Tune-in | RadioPublic | Spreaker | All PlatformssprEEEzy: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Discord | Websitechessbrah: Twitch | Twitter | YouTube | FacebookShow made possible by Patreon Contributors:Eric Hennenhoefer