Team Dignitas PUBG Team Discusses Battle Royale Esports at DreamHack Austin
By Nicholas Barth ·
We were able to sit down and speak with the Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) team of Team Dignitas ahead of today's PUBG action at DreamHack Austin.
The Team Dignitas Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) team is currently competing in the DreamHack Austin PUBG Showdown, as the storied organization's PUBG roster is looking to climb from their 10th place ranking in the standings in the final six games of the DreamHack PUBG Showdown to claim a share of the $100,000 prize pool. Competing against 15 other teams, the Team Dignitas PUBG team is looking to show the rest of the world that they should be considered to be a top squad in the world of professional PUBG.
Twin Galaxies was able to sit down and chat with Gustav "GustavQQ" Blond, Timothy "Uncivil" Ebarb and Adam "Adam" Didiano of the Team Dignitas PUBG roster and get their thoughts on DreamHack Austin and the future of PUBG's competitive scene.
#DIGPUBG's @DIG_Adam is all smiles as the team kicks off Day 2 of @DreamHackPUBG Austin!
— Team Dignitas (@TeamDignitas) June 3, 2018
We're in 10th place with six games ahead of us. LET'S GET A CHICKEN DINNER!
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DreamHack is one of the premiere event organizers in the esports industries and the production quality of the DreamHack Austin PUBG Showdown has been a highlight of the Team Dignitas PUBG team's time in the lone star state.
"I think the DreamHack event has been absolutely fantastic. The scene is absolutely amazing. Probably one of the best scenes to be seen in esports. The only sad thing is the delay that we have had, but there wasn't much they could do about it since it was internet issues, so it wasn't really their fault. In general I think the production has been really high. I really like the replays that they are doing after each game and think that it is great for PUBG in general," said GustavQQ.
With PUBG gearing up for the $2,000,000 Global Invitational, the H1Z1 Pro League currently in the middle of its first season and Epic Games announcing that it will fund competitive Fortnite events in 2018-2019 with a $100,000,000 prize pool, battle royale esports are looking to become the next big thing in the ever expanding esports industry. With the current success of the DreamHack Austin PUBG Showdown, Adam of Team Diginitas believes that the future of battle royale esports is very bright.
"Battle royale esports is very new, and not a lot of people understand how it is and how it can be. So I think stuff like DreamHack Austin shows the world what it is and how awesome it can be. It is an experience. It is not regular, and it is not boring, but is an exciting time," stated Adam.
While the battle royale genre is home to some of the biggest personalities in the video game world, such as Tyler "Ninja" Belvins, Team SoloMid's Ali "Myth" Kabbani, Dr Disrespect and Michael "shroud" Grzeseik, Uncivil wants the esports scenes of the battle royale genre to do a better job of building up its players on the production side of things.
"I think something that battle royale needs is that they need to build up the players more. It needs to have a star. Someone has to be able to look at a team and be like 'Oh I know that guy'. People want to have fans. They want to cheer for somebody and in a game like this it is really hard to do that, but I think they need to buildup their players from the bottom to the top," said Uncivil. "They need to focus more on individual players on a team. It needs to come out a little bit more in the production. Fortnite for example has Ninja, and when Ninja plays everyone watches him. Even if you are not a fan it is something exciting to watch."
No ninja play this time. We're headed into Game 7 of 12, craving our first of #DHATX18.
— Team Dignitas (@TeamDignitas) June 3, 2018
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PUBG has seen a large amount of success since its release, there are still issues and desires that players would like to see addressed by the developer.
"I think performance in general needs to be improved because it is important for the players to play on and for the spectators to watch a game that runs completely normal. For instance, CS:GO doesn't have any performance issues. When PUBG is at that level, and I believe that it can be, it will be more fun for the players to play and for the spectators to watch," said Adam.
"I also think that there needs to be more in-game esports related items. In games like CS:GO, League of Legends and all of the other big esports have in-game items that refelct their esports scenes, the teams and the players involved," continued Adam. "If they were able to make weapon skins for teams or a parachute skin for Team Dignitas and others, I think it would help to build awareness for the esport and help to build fans."
Having qualified for the PUBG Global Invitational 2018, Team Dignitas will be looking for a strong performance at DreamHack Austin to help propel the team into the biggest event in the history of the battle royale title.
You can catch Team Dignitas battling it out to claim the DreamHack Austin PUBG Showdown Championship on the official DreamHack PUBG Twitch Channel.
(cover photo courtesy of Team Dignitas)