Red Reserve relaunch despite still owing former players thousands Defunct esports organization Red Reserve has relaunched \u201cunder new management,\u201d after the organization folded in April 2019. At the time, former players and staff claimed that they were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. On April 15, 2019, Red Reserve shut up shop and cited the \u201coperating cost of the [Call of Duty] team due to the players\u2019 high salary requirements\u201d as a major factor. Alongside competing in Call of Duty, Red Reserve previously had a content creation team and a team house, but this was also ended in May 2018 due to \u201crotting relationships.\u201d When the players were released, Rhys \u2018Rated\u2019 Price claimed that the organization still owed them $40,000 each in prize money. Many staff also lost their jobs, with some also claiming they were owed pay. Red Reserve relaunch The organization is officially relaunching on February 14, headed by a new management team with CEO Kim Alden at the helm. They will first begin in mobile esports, but plan to \u201cexpand into all areas of esports.\u201d They have acquired a PUBG mobile team, and will compete in the PUBGM PMCO Spring Split. \u201cWe completely understand the reputation that comes with the name RR, we will build trust back and we will show how RR should operate,\u201d The new CEO, Kim Alden, said. \u201cWe have reverted back to its original logo to symbolize a return to its more successful years.\u201d Former players not paid There is no mention of reparations with former players and staff of the organization, however. \u201cRed Reserve is such a well-known brand and it\u2019s our desire to re-establish this brand and make it great again,\u201d Alden also said. Update, February 15, 6:46AM EST: Red Reserve has provided Dexerto with the following statement, when asked about the status of former players and staff: \u201cWe are aware of the issues the old management created and we are shocked as anyone how they could treat players like that. The issue is that we are a brand new company under completely new management. RR has nothing to do with any of the old management or board members. This question really needs to be asked to the right company that used to own RR. Moreover, all of the old contracts that the previous players had are with that company and we have never seen the details in those contracts. That being said, if the former players want to talk to us directly they can; we have nothing to hide from them and we are as shocked about how they were treated as anybody.\u201d Regarding Red Reserve\u2019s history and their decision to use the branding, management explained: \u201cOf course we know the chequered past of RR. We understand the backlash that the community will bring but we also understand that RR has a huge fan base that is also reaching out to us showing love and support. Not to mention there are many teams that are already asking to join us and play under RR. We love the RR brand and we want to bring back the time when it was regarded with respect. We are honouring this by reverting back to the old logo.\u201d Dexerto has reached out to a number of former players of Red Reserve, under previous management. Players have confirmed that they have received no payment, nor contact from the new management, at the time of writing. The organization has relaunched new social media accounts, with the handle RedReserveLtd. Red Reserve\u2019s former Twitter account, which boasts over 360,000 followers, is now controlled by esports organization Nordavind DNB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Red Reserve relaunch despite still owing former players thousands Defunct esports organization Red Reserve has relaunched \u201cunder new management,\u201d after the organization folded in April 2019. At the time, former players and staff claimed that they were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. On April 15, 2019, Red Reserve shut up shop and cited the […]<\/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-66914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66914","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=66914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}