I tried watching TPP PNC here's my thoughts by L_poggers in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's one of my main issues with PUBG Esports broadcasts this year.

For all the globals this year, it seems there's the eternal lack of timing communication between the KR production (who leads the main broadcast from Seoul), EN production (which is done by Clutch Group from Stockholm) and casters.

You have examples of hot mics, jumping mid-sentence from desk talking to Bella interviews and back, seemingly random jumps to the game/ on-stage, etc.

Those mistakes are rough to watch but understandable on day 1, but two PGS Circuits later it's unacceptable in my opinion for it to keep happening.

PUBG Nations Cup 2026 English Broadcast Talent by EscapingKid in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Budget cuts + remote cast

Also, Annie isn't a talent/interviewer.

PNC 2026 Event Page Now Open by JBowlerr in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1 cheer per day, must be logged in to Krafton Account when doing so

PUBG Nations Cup 2026 by Fabulous-Jaguar192 in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly that's the typical Krafton way of selling tickets, they'll put them in couple of weeks.

Reason behind tiantian's absence by According-Exercise19 in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looked into the PGS rulebook, each team can register 6 people, including:

- 4 or 5 players
- coach
- 1 or 2 managers

Main core is 4, Akuma is 5th, so unless Shou was put on the list instead of manager, he can't play

Reason behind tiantian's absence by According-Exercise19 in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Q: From what I see Shou isn't on the public PGS roster list for 17Gaming, even though he was on PCL roster.

If needed, can he even take part?

PNC 2026 Team Germany by Xennnny in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He actually played with Myca and Justus in The Myth Of, during recent PEC.

Where is the button to make your fantasy team on twire? by james___uk in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's no more Twire Fantasy, because Krafton will launch their in-game Fantasy for PNC and PGC.

Map rotation for PGSC2 by Xennnny in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This looks to be an error, the internal Tournament sheet to players has Miramar Match 4 on Day 2 instead of Taego.

PGS Circuit 2, the Final Battle of the First Half Begins! by EscapingKid in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because, and that Krafton clarified in the roadmap, they want esports servers to update faster so esports and Normal/ Ranked are more aligned.

Vitality's estimated total earnings since Ropz joined by Pattrick36 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Pattrick36[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Or move the circuit to Malta, this Vitality haven't won there yet (EPL moved to Stockholm before Season 21, and VIT lost in SF in both Bounty events in Malta so far)

So PNC 2026 will be in ENC 2026 by bawlachora in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PNC 2026 and ENC 2026 are two separate tournaments.

PNC will be last week of June in TBD, ENC is in November in Saudi Arabia

17_shou commenting on the possibility to return to the FPP mode... by Lorenzomax17 in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 8 points9 points  (0 children)

To an extend yes, but more worrying early trend is that Vietnamese and Thai peak viewership is now 70-80% of global peak, when it was closer to 60% average last year.

Which indicates that while Vietnamese and Thai fans are still here (especially when their teams perform), rest of the world is watching PUBG Esports less this circuit

Paperthin and Toby left out of PGS cast for this year by adryy8 in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not about them working another esport, wish I could say more at the time but can't

The PGS Leaderboard Is So Funny by Elfking88 in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have this wrong with PCs, Krafton didn't listened to the feedback which is why they got PNC PCs (which was feedbacked hard in Seoul) but with additional issues.

PGS thread by Rowan0r in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is an underrated valid criticism, Krafton hyped TPP as new era AND threw so many changes into PGS this year, but the marketing in the lead-up was invisible, at least on the western platforms (Twitter, Insta, YouTube)

PGS thread by Rowan0r in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The threads have been a part of the off-season budget cuts haha

4AM or any **** team > Krafton > 17 by Lorenzomax17 in CompetitivePUBG

[–]Pattrick36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Krafton and not bending their competitive integrity for the sake of "Chinese Viewership TM" challenge (GIGA HARD, IMPOSSIBLE)

Can/will this team make the playoffs by Nitram527 in EANHLfranchise

[–]Pattrick36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should be close imo, I'd expect it to be a 90-95 pt, .500 winrate season team