Blockchain-based chiliZ to Invest $10 Million into Battle Royale Esports and Partner with Dr DisRespect \u2018Blockchain-based\u2019 chiliZ platform has announced a major investment into battle royale esports, pledging $10 million to partner with small or established esports organizations looking to develop Fortnite or PUBG teams. With the recent announcement of Epic Games massive $100,000,000 prize pool fund for Fortnite Battle Royale esports tournaments, there has predictably been an increased interest from sponsors and investors in the growing BR genre. Games like H1Z1: King of the Kill, PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds and the most recently Fortnite Battle Royale, have dominated the consoles and PC\u2019s of millions of gamers \u2013 both to play and to watch. More: Fortnite Have Announced the Final Results of the \u2018Solo Showdown\u2019 Competitive Limited Time Mode – chiliZ is a platform which claims to base itself on the system of \u2018Socios\u2019 \u2013 \u201cbelief in the intrinsic power of creating \u2018fan controlled\u2019 & ultimately even \u2018fan funded\u2019 organizations in sports and esports.\u201d They give the example of Real Madrid, the most valuable team in any sport globally, which is based on the the same model, which is collectively owned by 90,000+ \u2018socios\u2019. And chiliZ want to transpose this model into the world of esports, starting with the burgeoning Battle Royale genre. chiliZ will either invest in small esports organisations, enabling them to enter the \u2018Battle Royale\u2019 world, or will partner with larger organisations to empower their fans to build a new and unique experience. We will provide funding and our fan-engagement\/fan-monetisation platform to esports organisations who are looking to enter the competitive \u2018Battle Royale\u2019 gaming landscape. Our goal is to kick-start a new vision of how organisations can connect with fans for a more inclusive approach to esports. We are delighted with the feedback chiliZ has received from leading executives from some of the largest and most well-known esports organisations.\u201d They claim that this model will solve two of what they deem to be the biggest problems in esports \u2013 \u201clack of fan engagement and lack of funding.\u201d chiliZ is the ultimate fan engagement tool, through which teams can also secure essential funding. In exchange for that funding, teams have to allow fans to make certain management decisions. For example, fans can vote on a roster, decide which opponent a player may face, choose which game they\u2019ll play or even which skins the team \u2018wear\u2019. It\u2019s like fantasy football but with real-world results. As an organization, chiliZ operates as a subsidary of Malta based company Mediarex Group \u2013 \u201ca global sports and entertainment organization\u201d. They claim to have \u2018recently secured\u2019 $27 million in \u201cprivate placement through its blockchain-related token sale\u201d and have partnered with popular Twitch streamer Dr DisRespect and other streamers to support their \u2018global vision\u2019. hey, @DrDisRespect is $10mm enough? https:\/\/t.co\/OzTKO8nPHf \u2014 Alexandre Dreyfus (@alex_dreyfus) May 24, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Blockchain-based chiliZ to Invest $10 Million into Battle Royale Esports and Partner with Dr DisRespect \u2018Blockchain-based\u2019 chiliZ platform has announced a major investment into battle royale esports, pledging $10 million to partner with small or established esports organizations looking to develop Fortnite or PUBG teams. With the recent announcement of Epic Games massive $100,000,000 prize […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}