Bryan Win

I could've just repost this tweet and give up, but I want to share my thoughts on the future of PUBG Esports What bothers me most is the fact Krafton was planning the FPP -> TPP switch for over a year, and yet they decided to send off FPP in a matter that seemingly burned a lot of bridges with the esport's fans "We heard from fans and players that the gap between playing PUBG and watching PUBG Esports sometimes felt too wide." Here's the catch - did you really did anything to change that while FPP was on? We got 3 years of "aligning Normal, Ranked and Esports modes", and breaking the meta balance by adding overpowered C4s, Panzers and BRDMs @Fludd did more alone with his guides to introduce casuals into Esports meta than you ever did There has been a lot of words that I've seen, either publically or in DMs, of constructive feedbacks from players and community to Krafton, or about how they felt ignored and/or not listened by them. "We also tested and verified our vision through the PUBG Players Tour (PPT), which saw over 5,000 unique competitors each season." You mean the same PPT that had problems getting a full lobby for Scrims in EMEA, Korea and Americas most of the year? Yeah, sure. Just show the exact numbers then, Krafton. All this discussion could've been shut down with one Dev Letter, instead @tgltnPUBG and others had to risk their reputation for you instead. "12 PGS events a year" Congratulations, you've just made Global Series title a tier 2 trophy. People already were questioning how important the PGS wins were with back-to-back events, it's not getting better by having 3x more of the same. This expansion can also easily lead to an oversaturation that we haven't seen in PUBG Esports since 2019 - assuming no format changes compared to 2025, we will get 432 PGS games in 2026 (12 PGS x 36 games per PGS) That's before PNC, PGC, EWC, ENC and Regionals. About the Regionals... I've been told by multiple sources that next year will have only two Regional tournaments - one in April as a qualifier to PGS, EWC and (most likely) PNC, and one in September that will qualify teams to the last PGS events - with both regionals granting PGC points. I really REALLY hope Krafton has some trump card here, because otherwise that would mean a 6 MONTH wait for players that failed to qualify to PGS/ PGC at the end of last season until start of next Regionals. In overall, I'm very skeptical as for where the PUBG Esports is heading forward, and I've lost a lot of trust in their management as they've been pushing their own ideas instead of properly communicating and trying to build this esports with it's players, teams and viewers. I intend to give TPP and Krafton one year to prove me wrong on my thoughts above and growing negativity towards them, that I've been feeling more recently. But I've lost a lot of trust about where we're going, and trust isn't something that can be repaired overnight.

Over 1000 regional games in 2025 later, I present to you a look into the average eliminations per game in PUBG Esports. Split the data into three groups, one per each phase of the year: - light blue are Regionals for PGS7 and PGS8 - dark blue are EWC qualifiers - red are Regionals for PGS9 and PGS10, PLAYED WITH RECALLS ON On the global level, you can notice a pretty consistent uptick of ~2 eliminations per game across all regions and stages. These stats also hint at a lower averages across the board for the Finals compared to the Groups/ Weekly Stages, with exception of Korea where those numbers stayed consistent across the board.