He just revealed on his stream that he was in talks with some tier 1 asc team to buy them out but they got picked up by another org/sponsor and it was before ludwig's decision to enter the VAL scene
Imagine if he buys THE GUARD or Turtle squad now ez Juicer Esports.
Clip-https://clips.twitch.tv/NastyCuriousHamsterOSkomodo-nXHfuF_GVQm0XN25
https://clips.twitch.tv/NastyCuriousHamsterOSkomodo-nXHfuF_GVQm0XN25 sorry about that i got a 30 min cooldown 💀
its fine. i saw the edit.
also i opened youtube and this was right there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHO2o_oXW3E&ab_channel=xQcClips
franchising? its pretty obvious. the t2 scene will either be dead in the water soon or self-sustainable, and that's a pretty big risk to take, relative to other non-franchised scenes.even then, the chances of their orgs ever making it to the top are slim regardless. Making a team in any other esport easily has better chances of turning a profit.
the only solid counterpoint to this is that val is prolly the biggest esport NA still has a voice in, and its hogging most of comp gaming's social media interaction rn, which also kinda overexaggerates how big it actually is to these cc's in relation to other scenes.
Charlie has somehow navigated the scene perfectly tho, signing rosters which are all doing exceptionally well in their scenes (apex,val,rocket league,smash), and it would be smart for every cc getting into the esport scene to pitch their tent with him.
TL;DR: val bad scene to invest in relatively imo, Charlie org Very good, massive cc org>>>solo cc org.
it's new, and there are eyes on it. prolonged sustainablility of said insane viewership is a big ? , esp. when the actual franchising leagues start. except tarik wants to put the entire t2 scene on his back and watch every single tier of the esport, the t2 scene's viewership will decrease drastically over time. In comparison to other esport scenes, a prolly-perma t2 team is not what you want to be funneling your money into. again longevity is kinda key to the discussion here. Most of the cc investment projects will pack up sooner or later. imo. except, as i've stated above, they conglomerate, and the creators funding them genuinely have passion for the scene.
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