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The Esports Club Partners with Streamcoi to Revolutionize And Grow Its Live Streaming Business

May 7, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Brand Manager, #co-Founder, #Mr. Ishaan Arya, #Mr. Jakub Janaszek, #Streamcoi, #The Esports Club

Bangalore: The Esports Club, One of India’s leading Esports platforms, based in Bangalore, has announced its partnership with Streamcoi to revolutionize the way brands leverage streaming, content creators and esports. The partnership will enable The Esports Club to automate streamer branding management and monetise live streaming more effectively for their partners. Streamcoi is a unique streamer management platform that has changed the face of many Esports organizations around the world.

This is a first of its kind partnership in India that will help The Esports Club to monetize and grow its live streaming partnerships thanks to the revolutionary technology from Streamcoi. This partnership comes along with multiple value added services through which the audience will be able to see brand and product messaging in unique ways on daily livestreams ensuring visibility and CTR for partner campaigns.

The Esports Club’s network consists of nearly 20 streamers – both professional players who stream during breaks from official matches, and content creators focused on live streaming. The Esports Club helps connect brands with the right streamers and content creators to help amplify their brand visibility.

On the development, Mr. Ishaan Arya, Co-founder, The Esports Club, said, “Consulting and Marketing services is a major vertical for us. We specialize in creating long term partnerships that are in the interest of both, our brand partners and of course the content creators. We work only with a hand picked roster of streamers to ensure we can drive the most value to our partners and we’re always looking at creating exciting new campaigns. The partnership with Streamcoi helps ensure we can continue to innovate and drive unparalleled value to partners throughout 2021. ”

Mr. Jakub Janaszek, Brand Manager, Streamcoi, said, “Promoting brands in esports and gaming is becoming one of the most effective ways to reach young audiences worldwide. Top managers, like members of The Esports Club, offer campaigns across dozens of influencers at the same time. However, this would be hardly implemented without automatization of content, data, and streamer management. I am very happy that they trusted Streamcoi and decided to introduce innovative solutions for their partners. I am sure that the brands which decide on their campaigns will quickly notice the benefits that good promotion in gaming provides”.

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The Esports Club has concluded the longest running Valorant tournament in India, The Esports Club Challenger Series

Dec 30, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, #Ishaan Arya, #The Esports Club

Bangalore: The Esports Club has concluded their five-month-long Valorant tournament, The Esports Club Challenger Series. The LG Ultragear TEC Challenger Series powered by Ideapad Gaming and AMD witnessed an exponential surge in participation and was a first of its kind esports event in India.

Team Velocity Gaming picked up their 4th Championship out of the 5 month series, with Team Tamilas being the only other team who managed to claim the top prize during series 3.

Spanned over a duration of 5 months, the event played host to over 5000 players with an average of 200 teams signing up for each event, making it one of the largest PC esports events in India! The overall prize pool for the event was INR 9 Lakhs that was split over 5 monthly series. The event recorded nearly 3 Million combined views and a total watch time of over 13 Million minutes! The Esports Club is looking to continue supporting the budding Valorant esports ecosystem with multiple tournaments and opportunities for players through events like the TEC challenger series in 2021.

Ishaan Arya, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, The Esports Club, said, “ We are thrilled with the response to the TEC Challenger Series. We envisioned great success for Valorant and bet early and are grateful to our partners LG Ultragear, Lenovo, and AMD for believing in our vision and helping make the TEC Challenger Series one of the largest PC esports events in the region! ”

Mansoor ‘Nabu’ Ahmed, Director of Esports, The Esports Club said “The growth for the TEC Challenger Series has been massive, nobody expected a PC esports event to be this popular, but we had a vision for Valorant and are extremely happy with the results. We’re looking forward to evening more exciting events around Valorant in 2021!”

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Online Gaming Broadening the Way to Career Opportunities

Oct 20, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #9Stacks, #Fantasy Akhada, #Indian Gaming League (IGL), #Mr. Amit Purohit, #Mr. Ishaan Arya, #Mr. Sudhir Kamath, #Mr. Varun Mahna, #Mr. Yash Pariani, #PokerDangal, #The Esports Club

According to a recent report, India has roughly 300 million online players as of the fiscal year of 2019. That number is expected to grow up to 440 million players by 2022. Overall, India ranked the highest in growth in online game downloads on app stores, with a growth rate of 165 per cent between 2016 and 2018.

The launch of economical 4G services coupled with the availability of low-cost Smartphones in recent years has revealed a new phase of growth for online gaming in India. The trend has not just provided online gamers with an opportunity to choose amidst the different variety of games but also opened fresh career options. A significant shift in career choices is also being witnessed in India with the millennials adopting careers on the digital grid as a means to earn some quick money.

Mr. Varun Mahna, CEO & Founder, PokerDangal, an online poker playing platform, shared his views on the growing career avenues in online gaming, saying, “One can make a career out of online gaming. There is no shortage of inspirations in India, who switched to poker as a professional career and are making a luxury living out of it.

A few widely known examples are, ‘Saurabh Arora’ who forged a bankroll worth INR 10 Million, ‘Anant’ who has now successfully built a bankroll of INR 50 Million. You will find many more living examples out there, who have chosen poker as their mainstream career. Plus, I would also like to throw some light on this fact, that playing mind stimulation sport like Poker, actually helps in busting some stress, hence you can derive some leisure time as well by playing it.”

Mr. Sudhir Kamath, CEO & Co-Founder, 9stacks, another poker platform, also shares “Poker can be played both professionally and recreationally. A person can make enough money from online poker, similar to other careers. However, this requires a significant amount of skills, discipline, and dedication, so the percentage of such players will always be small. This is also a relatively new career option in India, and the current number of professional poker players would be not more than a thousand or so.”

When asked from Mr. Amit Purohit, Founder, Fantasy Akhada, a fantasy gaming platform, on how much money on an average can a user earn every month in online gaming, he said, “This completely depends on the user and his / her skill of selecting a good team and picking an appropriate contest before the match. Our users have had close to 50 Million winnings so far on the platform in the last 9 months. From time spent a point of view, I would say if a user plays 3-4 matches on a day on a platform, his average time spent per game is 15-20 minutes per platform.”

On the same question when asked from Mr. Yash Pariani, CEO & Founder, Indian Gaming League (IGL), he said, “Participating in tournaments on IGL has a number of benefits. IGL host daily paid as well as free to enter tournaments and Battle Royale, it is contested by all the top clans and professional gamers in India. IGL is a community in itself and we have our personal groups on various social media where all the new gamers and upcoming professionals get to directly interact with current top gamers and can learn the tricks of the trade on how they can begin their professional journey.”

He further adds “Current Esports players internationally can rake in more than $2 million for winning an international tournament, and many of them earn steady salaries while competing for corporate-sponsored teams. Players between the ages of 21 and 25 have won more money than all other ages combined.”

Similarly, when asked by Mr. Ishaan Arya, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, The Esports Club on how is he promoting gaming in India, he said, “Our focus is to create a solid Esports base in India for players across various games. To develop as an esports market India needs to create more long term, regular and recurring opportunities for players and teams. We’re trying to create and introduce tournaments and IPs that give players and teams that assurance and creates that competitive base for aspiring Esports athletes.”

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The Esports Club Join Hands with AMD and Lenovo to make the TEC Challenger Series Largest Valorant Event In India

Oct 10, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #AMD, #Amit Doshi, #Ishaan Arya, #Lenovo, #Lenovo™ IdeaPad™ Gaming 3, #Mansoor ‘Nabu’ Ahmed, #TEC Challenger Series, #The Esports Club

The Esports Club, a Bangalore based esports platform today announced its partnership with Lenovo in the ongoing Valorant tournament, ‘LG Ultragear TEC Challenger Series’ Powered by AMD which started on 15th August 2020. The new partnership comes after 2 successful editions of the TEC Challenger Series that saw over 400 teams competing for INR 1.5 Lakhs each month!

After the two successful events, The Esports Club has joined hands with Lenovo as their third key partner as they look to elevate the event and increase the prize pool for players. The prize money, which was earlier 1.5 Lakh per series, has been staggeringly increased by nearly 33% to INR 2 Lakhs per series with the champion taking home INR 1 Lakh! The total prize money in the ‘LG Ultragear TEC Challenger Series’ now stands at INR 9 Lakhs with INR 2 Lakhs for each of the next 3 events set to run every month from October till December 2020. Interested gamers can signup on The Esports Club Website.

Ishaan Arya, Co-Founder, The Esports Club; “We are extremely excited to welcome Lenovo on board as a partner for the TEC Challenger Series. With the joint vision of maturing the esports community in India, we look forward to creating bigger and better opportunities for our community with this strategic partnership”.

Mukesh Bajpai, India Marketing Head – AMD, said, “High-performance gaming is a key forte for AMD and we have always understood the pulse of gamers and catered to their changing needs. The TEC Challenger Series is a tremendous opportunity to interact with the rapidly growing gaming community in India. We are pleased to continue our strong collaboration with Lenovo in this tournament with notebooks powered by AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors empowering gamers to push their boundaries even further.”

Amit Doshi, Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo; “We are committed to providing a premium gaming experience to all our users. The partnership with The Esports Club is one step in that direction. Over the last few years, we have worked on bringing powerful gaming devices to India and creating and supporting multiple platforms for the community to engage in. We recently launched our IdeaPad Gaming 3 Notebook, powered by Ryzen 7 processor built for gamers to support with their gaming and multitasking. We are also gearing up to launch several other gaming notebooks powered with AMD later this year.The TEC Challenger Series for Valorant gives us an amazing platform to reach and engage with the esports community while also contributing to the esports growth in India.”

Lenovo™ IdeaPad™ Gaming 3 is engineered with AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series processors, up to 4GB graphics, DDR4 memory and PCIe SSD storage options. With up to 8 ultra-responsive cores, the device provides the new standard for gaming performance in innovative, thin and light laptops. It projects a quiet and serene confidence with smooth, crystal-clear visuals and seamless gameplay that stays cool through improved 5th Generation thermals. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 is also stunning visually turned on or off with an up to 120 Hz clear FHD display and an advanced gaming keyboard housed in an iridescent Chameleon Blue or slick Onyx Black that refracts light at the nano-molecular level—for a gaming PC that truly catches the eye.

Mansoor ‘Nabu’ Ahmed; Director of Esports, The Esports Club; “ The response to the TEC Challenger series has been phenomenal. Valorant in India is at a critical stage of development and we’re happy to be in a position where we can help provide a stable competitive platform for teams as they gear up for an exciting future in esports”

The TEC Challenger Series format fits with The Esports Club’s strategy to create long term and sustainable esports IP’s that give players a recurring opportunity to play, improve, and win. The company is investing in the future of Valorant and working closely in sync with publisher Riot Games to help support the budding esports ecosystem with multiple tournaments and opportunities for players during its 5 months long tournament. The tournament has been received very well by players and fans alike with nearly One Million Views amassed on the official live stream of the first two events with the trend set to grow with the new partnership with Lenovo.

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The Esports Club® Launches INR 10 Lakh TEC Pro League for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege

Sep 26, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Ishaan Arya, #Jaganathan Chelliah, #Khalid Wani-, #Mansoor Ahmed, #The Esports Club, #Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege

The Esports Club, a Bangalore based esports tournament platform today announced its latest esports event, the WD Black TEC Pro League for TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX® SIEGE the acclaimed team-based tactical shooter from publisher Ubisoft. The WD Black TEC Pro League is open to gamers and teams from India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka and will begin in October, running every month till the end of February, with a total prize pool of INR 10 Lakhs.

The WD Black TEC Pro League for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege is supported by Western Digital under WD Black, ACT Fibernet and publisher Ubisoft. The total prize pool of INR 10 Lakhs is split between 5 seasons featuring INR 2L each season along with a WD Blue NVME SSD from Western Digital for the top MVP in each division.

The event represents a landmark moment for The Esports Club in the subcontinent. With an increasing number of international opportunities for South Asian players through Ubisoft’s Esports events including the Rainbow Six® Siege World Cup in 2021, the WD Black TEC Pro League provides an ideal opportunity and competitive regional platform for teams to compete and hone their skills as they prepare for the international stage.

Ishaan Arya, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, The Esports Club, said, “We’ve always felt strongly about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege and we’re happy to have played a part in helping consolidate the esports ecosystem in the region. With the introduction of the TEC Pro League we want to further support Rainbow Six esports in the region through a larger prize pool and help acclimatize teams to a high stakes competitive environment they’re going to see on the international stage over the next year.”

Jaganathan Chelliah, Director Marketing India, Western Digital- “We, at Western Digital, are deeply focused and connected with the gaming community. Our innovative WD BLACK portfolio is built ground up for gamers and offers them lightning-fast speed. We are excited to work with The Esports Club on the TEC Pro League and to provide gamers with an amazing opportunity to kick start their esports careers. ”

Khalid Wani- Director Sales India, Western Digital “At Western Digital, we’re always looking at new and engaging ways to connect with our customers through events and various other activities. Esports is one of the most exciting spaces to be a part of, and we’re happy to help promote the best talent in the region along the way”.

Mansoor Ahmed, Director of Esports, The Esports Club, said, “We were thrilled with the success of our first league for Rainbow Six Siege, and are now looking at helping create a much needed competitive base to help our Indian talent prepare for and thrive on the international stage like the Rainbow Six Major & Rainbow Six Siege World Cup in 2021”

After an initial qualifying phase the top 24 teams from India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka will be divided into 3 Divisions. Each season will last three weeks with each division competing for its own independent prize pool. In addition to the prize money, the top MVP from each division will also receive a brand new WD Blue NVME SSD from Western Digital. At the end of every season, the top three teams from each division will get promoted into the next division with the bottom three teams in each division being relegated. The bottom three teams in Division 3 are eliminated from the league at the end of the season and a new open qualifier will allow three new teams to enter the league through division 3 each season.

Interested gamers can sign up for the event via The Esports Club Website