It might be because not too much is going on in more physical sports or maybe it's that these BR games make for some good watching but yet another weekend flew by where Friday and Saturday were dominated by my new favorite E-Sport. Actually, most of last week was consumed by PGI (PUBG Global Invitational). Had I judged what these competitions were going to be like from what happened 2 weeks ago I would have been dead wrong. Let's get into a little of what happened.
Let's start with PGI. Although we saw that the game still has some bugs that need to be worked out when one of Shroud's grenade turned out to be a dud, there was still plenty of great competition to be had. Gen.G took the title of 3rd person perspective but I am with TSM_Viss in that first-person perspective is where PUBG excels. (Side note: his commentary during the competition was great and I watched a lot of the comp with his commentary.) That was taken home by OMG from China and let me tell you it was a tale of dominance.
Right now Battle Royale is a pretty new E-Sport and it is interesting to see how it is starting to evolve into a competition. The format that Bluehole went with for the invitational appeared to work. Grab several teams of 4, drop them in a map, and let the fighting begin. Four days of this competition on LAN, broke up by a charity of famous streamers, was something to watch. The spectator mode that they have designed allowed for anyone who knew the game or not to follow what was going on and the ability to switch from conflict to conflict kept the suspense high. On top of that, we are seeing the level of competition that this game could bring. I think OMG showed the world what skill level people are going to start expecting when it comes to playing competitive, and for the time being, they own it.
On the other side of the BR world Fortnite wasn't as exciting as week 2 but what we saw Friday was people breaking through the skill ceiling and showing the world there are other ways to win. No longer is the high ground safe, in fact, against the right duo it's downright dangerous. I saw a plethora of tactics including a new meta of 'tunneling' during the end game. A strat designed to give those on the ground the advantage of the end game. With more players aiming for pro, I am very interested to see how the meta develops.
Both of these game are BR but there is no doubt in my mind that they can live in the same world. They are their own game, each game with their own flow. Each week establishing themselves more and more as legitimate E-Sports. They have taken me away from other E-Sport I casually watch and injected me into them in a way that only more physical sports have done. I am now really intrigued in the Pittsburgh Nights and curious that, even though considered EU, what a US-based team can become. There aren't any breakaway teams on the Fortnite side but I always like to follow the Doc, Krafty, or Dr.Lupo when they are playing.
Right now Battle Royale is a pretty new E-Sport and it is interesting to see how it is starting to evolve into a competition. The format that Bluehole went with for the invitational appeared to work. Grab several teams of 4, drop them in a map, and let the fighting begin. Four days of this competition on LAN, broke up by a charity of famous streamers, was something to watch. The spectator mode that they have designed allowed for anyone who knew the game or not to follow what was going on and the ability to switch from conflict to conflict kept the suspense high. On top of that, we are seeing the level of competition that this game could bring. I think OMG showed the world what skill level people are going to start expecting when it comes to playing competitive, and for the time being, they own it.
On the other side of the BR world Fortnite wasn't as exciting as week 2 but what we saw Friday was people breaking through the skill ceiling and showing the world there are other ways to win. No longer is the high ground safe, in fact, against the right duo it's downright dangerous. I saw a plethora of tactics including a new meta of 'tunneling' during the end game. A strat designed to give those on the ground the advantage of the end game. With more players aiming for pro, I am very interested to see how the meta develops.
Both of these game are BR but there is no doubt in my mind that they can live in the same world. They are their own game, each game with their own flow. Each week establishing themselves more and more as legitimate E-Sports. They have taken me away from other E-Sport I casually watch and injected me into them in a way that only more physical sports have done. I am now really intrigued in the Pittsburgh Nights and curious that, even though considered EU, what a US-based team can become. There aren't any breakaway teams on the Fortnite side but I always like to follow the Doc, Krafty, or Dr.Lupo when they are playing.
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