National PUBG League Preseason Tournament Falls Flat on Twitch

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Max MiceliMaxonLax Jan 21, 2019

South Korean esports broadcast network OGN  has officially begun gameplay for its newest league venture, the North American PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds  League (NPL), but if preseason Twitch metrics for the league are any indication, North America’s official PUBG league might have a long road ahead of it in 2019.

In November, PUBG Corp. detailed plans for a Global Championship season this calendar year that includes competition across nine different regions spanning three phases, and culminating with a large global competition.

As a part of the announcement, OGN’s NPL was made the regional operator for the Global Championship, and over the course of the year, it will host events with sixteen teams vying for a total prize pool of $1M USD.

In preparation for the next 10 or so months of competition, the league hosted a $100K tournament at the shiny new OGN Super Arena in California that was built specifically to host large-scale battle royale tournaments.  

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However, neither showing off all the bells and whistles of the new arena, nor displaying all of the top teams in North America, could attract viewers to the event on Twitch from Jan. 7-15.