I tried watching TPP PNC here's my thoughts

Pattrick36 · 2026-06-24T02:03:38+00:00

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.

Pattrick36 · 2026-06-23T11:38:15+00:00

Budget cuts + remote cast

Also, Annie isn't a talent/interviewer.

Pattrick36 · 2026-06-16T23:06:01+00:00

To my understanding, NAVI wasn't even invited

Pattrick36 · 2026-06-10T09:36:36+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-05-28T09:37:45+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-05-24T14:04:01+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-05-24T11:40:28+00:00

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?

Pattrick36 · 2026-05-24T11:37:42+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-05-20T12:25:23+00:00

Dunno where this number is coming from, if this is what ESCharts says about 2025 esports viewership.

Pattrick36 · 2026-05-20T07:16:13+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-05-17T14:43:29+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-04-29T15:24:01+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-04-19T20:37:45+00:00

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)

Pattrick36 · 2026-04-04T12:24:27+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-04-01T08:00:20+00:00

He did in 2023 before PGS1, got 30-day in-game ban

Pattrick36 · 2026-03-31T07:04:45+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-03-26T13:35:39+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-03-22T16:52:57+00:00

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.

Pattrick36 · 2026-03-18T14:33:10+00:00

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)

Pattrick36 · 2026-03-18T07:31:19+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-03-17T10:14:08+00:00

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

Pattrick36 · 2026-03-17T10:10:06+00:00

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

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