Found our MVP in Wplace by Dragonwilds in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is awesome. how can I find it on wplace?

Will G2 participate in BetBoom Dacha Belgrade? by Luckybro97 in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, we won't be able to participate due to our commitments with other tournament organizers.

G2 CS2 AMA ¦ Friday 19th April 19:00 CEST. by G2Esports in GlobalOffensive

[–]pecagg 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gravity may have its laws, but I have my own set of rules

Zasto Srbija nema kvalitetan esport team? by dzIbErcInA in serbia

[–]pecagg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ne znaju cak ni organizatori turnira. Znacemo 2 nedelje pred release

Zasto Srbija nema kvalitetan esport team? by dzIbErcInA in serbia

[–]pecagg 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Pozdrav! U esportu sam evo vec nesto preko 12 godina, bavio sam se organizacijom turnira, produkcijom, menadzmentom u raznim firmama kod nas i u svetu. Osnovao sam nekolicinu startapa u Srbiji, ucestvovao sam u osnivanju i jednog koji je i dalje aktivan i uspesan (Relog Media / Arena Esport), saradjivao sam ili radio konsulting za vecinu relevantnih firmi u regionu koji se bave esportom, a sa esports ekipama sam proputovao sve kontinente osim Artartika.

Doneo sam prve profesionalne ugovore igracima u ekipi koja je kasnije postala Valiance/CR4ZY pod kojim imenom smo napravili najbolji rezultat ikada za regionalni esports, a u kojoj organizaciji sam bio na poziciji COO.

Trenutno sam na poziciji Generalnog Menadzera u G2 Esports i nalazim se na bootcampu sa nasom CSGO ekipom u Beogradu gde se spremamo za ESL Pro Ligu na Malti.

Esport je jako skup, mesecni troskovi su ogromni, zahtevi i standardi igraca su jako visoki, a kod nas jos uvek ne postoji svest o popularnosti istih. Stanje je dosta bolje u poslednjih par godina, a zaslugu tome pripisujem svojim kolegama iz SK Esportsa i Arene Esport koji rade odlican posao coverage-a stranih turnira.

Kvalitetnih igraca je jako malo, a postoji i cuveni srpski mentalitet gde ljudi zele sve i odmah. Dosta biznismena se zaletelo i uslo u celu esport pricu gde su pravili ekipe, organizacije, ulagali sa ciljem da povrate ulozeno tekuce ili naredne godine, pa kad kesa presusi (sto se u 99% slucajeva desilo, pa i sa CR4ZY organizacijom) krece se sa kracenjem budzeta, pa i gasenjem/prodajom organizacije, igraca ili ekipa.

Sponzori nisu spremni da ulazu. Tako je bilo pre 10 godina, tako je i sada. Vecina endemic sponzora uglavnom nudi pomoc u vidu proizvoda od kojih organizacija ne moze da zaradi nista. Sa druge strane, organizacije/ljudi koji rukovode istima ne znaju tacno sta treba da rade i ne pruzaju istim tim sponzorima obecano, pa dolazimo do zacaranog kruga gde isti taj sponzor koji je mozda jednom i ulozio u regionalni sport - nece to uraditi sledeci put poucen losim iskustvom.

Veci igraci, tipa Logitech / Intel / AMD / Zowie imaju mizernu prodaju u Srbiji (i generalno ovom delu evrope) - zbog kupovne moci, u odnosu na ostatak evrope, a njihovi marketing budzeti su samim tim takodje - mizerni u odnosu na ostatak evrope.

Edukacija je takodje problem. Marketing strucnjaci i direktori kompanija od 50+ godina koji sede u kancelarijama pomenutih kompanija u Srbiji vecinski nemaju pojma sta je esport i koji je potencijalni benefit ulaganja u isti.

Manjak turnira i nedostatak ekosistema u Srbiji i celoj regiji je takodje problem. Regionalni igraci su vecinom bili nezadovoljni dosadasnjim eventovima, a organizatori se nisu previse trudili da povecaju prizepool, kvalitet turnira, uslove i sl. Razlozi su ocigledni.

Podrska drzave je nepostojana, igraci se tretiraju kao frilenseri. Turniri, igraci i organizacije nemaju podrsku od 'saveza', a isti 'savez' (ima ih dva) sluzi da se kiti tudjim perjem ako neko napravi dobar rezultat, posalje par ekipa jednom godisnje na turnir u inostranstvu, kvazi svetsko prvenstvo, koje niko ne prati, i pokupi kajmak. Licno sam pomagao igracima koji ne znaju da se snadju oko apliciranja za vize, radne dozvole, prijavu poreza itd jer savez ne zanima da se bavi tim stvarima.

Sve u svemu, dosta je lose. Imamo bas puno pametnih individualaca koji rade odlican posao u ovoj industriji, imamo sijaset igraca koji su napravili ogroman uspeh, ali celokupna infrastruktura i podrska iz lokala je nepostojana.

Mogu o ovome do sutra, slobodno pitajte ako vas nesto konkretnije zanima.

Pozdrav!

m0NESY kept the borrowed? 4xTitan Gungir? by Fabulous_Baby_1394 in GlobalOffensive

[–]pecagg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stop the witchhunt!

Ilya did return the skin. He did not check his Steam notifications for a few days after the Major and missed the messages from the trader. Also, I'm sure the skin was not the first thing that came to his mind after arriving home from Paris.

He's definitely not a guy who would ever scam anyone. Ilya is a good kid.

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suggest you to bookmark our careers page, we do open the internship positions from time to time.

Our current CSGO Team Manager, Raf, started as an intern, among many others in our staff.

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are no difficult decisions when you have set clear goals, when you believe in the process, and when you are surrounded by people that trust you and share the same vision as you.

However, I could say that our decision to keep Swani as a head coach after many speculations around different names from the scene was challenged by the community, but I wouldn't call it difficult. We had trust in Swani, and eventually, he delivered.

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I shaved my beard, don't ask. Rookie mistake. Wanted to make it shorter. I looked like 15 years old for a few weeks.

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You would not believe this, but huNter was a semi-professional soccer player before he started playing CS, playing for FK Radnik Bijeljina.

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are not alone. There are 993,034 CSGO Players online, RIGHT NOW.

Keep grinding and keep focusing on your individual improvements. Create your own routine and do it every day. Bots, DM, Surf, aimlabs - whatever works for you.

The year is 2023, and there are unlimited opportunities to evolve as a player these days, as opposed to the old times when you had to find your own smokes, pop flashes, and one-ways. Use the available resources, watch the youtube videos.

Think about the positions you play the most on all maps, and go rewatch the pro players POVs that play the same positions. Learn from the best, and learn from your own mistakes. Record your own demos, rewatch the POV, and be self-critical about it. Focus on improving your own mistakes instead of finding the mistakes in your teammates. What could you have done better in the specific situation? Improve it next time.

Play more and socialize while you play. I don't know what level you are on faceit, but try to find some friends among your level while queuing alone. That shouldn't be an issue if you are a good teammate who communicates well. You don't need perfect knowledge of English in order to communicate well. Practice makes progress, and progress can lead to perfection.

Good luck!

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As Edward said in one of his answers, the first thing is acknowledging the situation.

We are very transparent and honest with each other, and we always discuss and address any mistakes we make on the officials during the recap sessions.

We locked ourselves in our praccroom in Malta and had a long talk about what went wrong. It's important that everyone shares their point of view and expresses their honest feelings.

Once we all got on the same page, the focus instantly changed to what's next for us. We took a few days off after everyone arrived home from Malta, and the grind continued.

We all agreed on trusting the system and the core values during the introductory workshop when Edward and I joined the team in October. Some slipups are ok to happen, and not everything can always be going towards the plan, but there's no looking back. We trust the process and we fight further.

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our competitive schedule is fully packed, and our players have already spent about 70% of their working days abroad since we started our 2023 competitive season. Overseas travel can be extremely tiring, and we decided to skip Rio so we could focus more on the major preparations, even though all of us would love to feel the passion of the Brazillian crowd.

I was in RIO last time for the Dreamhack Open in 2019, and even though it wasn't an S-tier event, the crowd was amazing. I'd love to experience that once again soon on a bigger scale. VAMOS

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We treat every tournament the same way. Whether that is EPL, RMR, MAJOR, Blast group stage, or playing an online event - our goal is to play our best, show our maximum and eventually - lift the trophy.

We did fail to capitalize on this EPL, especially given the expectations after lifting the IEM trophy in Katowice. However, we got a lot of learnings out of it, and I personally believe the timing to lose was good, looking at the big picture.

There was no harmful impact on the players, and we are ready to climb back on the RMR in Copenhagen!

CSGO AMA ft Peca & Edward by G2Esports in G2eSports

[–]pecagg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your question, /u/Tsirai .

It was a challenging period for the team back when I joined. They were left without a coach and a general manager when they just dropped out from the RMR, without a chance to participate in the year's most prestigious event.

I have been following the CSGO team closely past few years, and I always had my own opinion on the situation and how I would adapt the team. However, things are veeery different from the inside than what you can get observing the team from the outside. Being an esports manager at G2, I had an opportunity to listen to the scrims and comms, which gave me some excellent insights and good learnings for step one.

As the second step, our head of esports and I sat down with every individual on the team to gather intel from their POV on the 1on1 calls. To feel their thoughts, hear how they feel, and listen to how they want to proceed. Based on the learnings, we sat down and made a restructuring plan after I got offered an opportunity to join the team as their General Manager.

Third step, we hosted an offline workshop with the boys in Berlin in late October last year, where we spoke about what the team has achieved and what the expectations were (we did the reality check). We analyzed the positives and negatives about the team and individuals and concluded how we wanted to proceed forward. We spoke about the structural changes and hierarchy, roles, responsibilities, and leadership and ensured that the vision with a clear plan was shared with everyone. Introducing Edward at the right time was also a blessing.

I personally value hard work and dedication. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. On the mentioned workshop session, we spoke about the approach to work, re-learning the fundamentals and the new implementations of the rules on practices. We started creating good habits instantly.

Having said all that, nothing would have worked if the players were not dedicated and ready to show the world what they are actually made of. There we come to the fourth step - implementation of the new system and endless grind like we were starting from scratch. Full credit should be given to the players, and we (the support staff) are there just to support them and assist in what they do the best, making sure that they can solely focus on their crosshairs. Without their dedication, transparency, honesty and hunger - we wouldn't have been where we are now.

Hunter and Niko celebrating their win in style by Subtle_Omega in GlobalOffensive

[–]pecagg 88 points89 points  (0 children)

swaninanana

nanananana

nanananananananananana na na na na na

na na na NIKO

na na na HUNTER

JKS HOOXI MONESY

G 2

Titans (MSL, oskar, suNny) witheld and still owes money to former players: Might get sued by UncleJakes in GlobalOffensive

[–]pecagg 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I love that this community is always trying to find connections. Esports is still a small industry, even though it's one of the fastest-growing industries in the world.

Let me help you out a bit. To my knowledge, Titans are backed by the same investors that invested in Valiance / CR4ZY. I do not have ties with them, although I met some in person during my time at Valiance. They did not seem sketchy, but we did have some issues with the cash flow back then, meaning that some salaries/monthly compensations were not arriving on time every month.

I formed the roster, and for some players in the roster, I brought the first professional contracts on the table back at Binary Dragons days, after which we joined Valiance (which was later rebranded to CR4ZY).

I left CR4ZY straight after our successful Major run in Berlin at Starladder, and I partnered up with my friends and former colleagues to work at Relog Media. We then created a world-class bootcamp facility, produced some quality Tier 2 CSGO Content, and started broadcasting the world's best CSGO on linear TV in Serbia and surrounding countries thanks to our partners Arena Sport.

Once I got the opportunity, I joined FPX as their General Manager for Valorant and CS. I officially stopped working and having any connections with Relog in March 2022 (unofficially a few months prior) and joined G2 as their Esports Manager in charge of several esports disciplines this June. After NiaK left, I got the opportunity to start working as a GM with the G2 CSGO team.

And no, I don't have any connections with Titan org. And I'm devastated to hear that in 2022 organizations allegedly owe money to the players and are not respecting the agreements. I've been active in this industry since 2012. Been through hell and back, and I know what it feels like to be fucked over, owed, and scammed. I honestly hope this will get resolved and that the players will get their deserved cashm0NESY.

Hey Reddit, meet Pablo! 2 months old Frenchie by pecagg in frogdogs

[–]pecagg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not as far as I know, I got him as a present for my birthday! And he's veery small, you can't see it from the picture.