Tournament Attracts Over 100 World Class Street Fighter V Competitors
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via OTC PR WIRE -- Good Gaming Inc. (OTC QB: GMER) (the "Company") is pleased to report excellent results for their first live regional esport event "Titans At Daytona" held at the Daytona International Speedway.
As previously announced, Good Gaming Inc. through ViaOne Gaming and Koralis Entertainment Inc./2050esports have collaborated for a series of live regional esports tournaments through large venues and weekly live stream tournament play.
"Titans At Daytona" represents the first Collaboration by Good Gaming Inc., in a series of regional tournaments being operated jointly with Koralis Entertainment Inc. The two-day event attracted over 100 Street Fighter V esport competitors from across the globe.
The tournament brought in over 440,000 Twitter impressions for the month leading up to the "Titans At Daytona" tournament. The Company was also successful in hosting 9 hours of professionally produced, live stream content complete with commentators, multiple cameras, interviews, custom transitions and stats on Twitch.
Live views came in at 5,746 views with 2,469 unique viewers. These statistics represent better than anticipated viewership for the tournament.
In the individual competition the top 8 players were:
- Rise MenaRD
- Ghost NuckleDu
- Rise CABA
- DR Ray
- Neon
- Lilo
- FGC_Carlos
- Ramos
The team competition ranked as follows:
GA BEASTS DR TIGERS
Title Card Neon vs RISE MenaRD Top match-up
Soriku16 vs RISECaba Fourth match
IceEffectFGC vs Lilox24K Third match
TheLifeOfKB1 vs DRRAY23 Second match
FGC_Carlos vs DRMandrake001 First match
Order of Play
FGC_Carlos vs DRMandrake001 First match
TheLifeOfKB1 vs DRRAY23 Second match
IceEffectFGC vs Lilox24K Third match
Soriku16 vs RISECaba Fourth match
Neon vs RISE MenaRD Top match-up
Individual and team competitors shared in a $10,000 prize pool.
Please see the link to view content clips:
https://www.twitch.tv/2050esports/videos
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmiIpScSRiUh_-crchHX29vXxLBBRqlGM
Moving forward, future regional esport events will provide the Company with the opportunity to experience multiple revenue streams from sponsorships, broadcast advertising, event ticket sales, vendors, product placement, web ads, and merchandise sales.
The current focus will remain on weekly tournaments as the Company prepares for its next live regional tournament. Good Gaming Inc. will take a proactive role in the development of sponsorship and partnership acquisitions, promotional management, business administration, external marketing, SEO work, event and venue management, and overall business development strategies.
Collectively, Good Gaming Inc. will work jointly with Koralis Entertainment Inc./2050esports in the creation, development and deployment of a new brand, new business developments to scale multi-location/multi-venue tournaments, and licensing agreement negotiations, which are currently ongoing.
In the interim, the Company looks to expand the scalability of its regional events in large sports arenas and stadiums, through the engagement of live events, celebrity guests, the introduction of various game titles (to be announced), pro team challenges, and the development of content and the gamer culture.
Eric Brown, Good Gaming Inc. COO, stated, "We are extremely pleased with the results from our first live two-day regional Street Fighter V esport tournament held at Daytona International Speedway. Our long-term vision is to take a multifaceted approach to create an emotional connection to gamers. This will be achieved through access to content on YouTube, Twitch, custom mobile apps, ad-free content via subscriptions, and the eventual development of a dedicated cable broadcast gaming channel, which will allow for the programming of tournaments, talk shows, and game shows focused on gaming and the gamer lifestyle."
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About Good Gaming Inc.:
Good Gaming Inc. is a leading competitive gaming and social network platform targeting over 250 million esports players and participants worldwide who want to communicate with each other, develop strategies, and compete at novice, competitive and professional levels. Good Gaming Inc. has taken a strategic multifaceted approach in the esports industry with products and services ranging from multiple Minecraft servers, a proprietary tournament platform, high school esports leagues, soon-to-come virtual reality centers, live event regional esport tournaments and weekly esport tournaments hosted on Twitch. The esports industry continues to experience exponential growth going from $500 million to $1.2 billion over the last two years while industry analysts forecast a $5 billion global industry by 2020. Good Gaming Inc. seeks to create and exploit opportunities as the industry allows.
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About Koralis Entertainment Inc.:
Founded in 2013, Koralis Entertainment Inc. is a full-service entertainment company that creates original content across multiple platforms including esports, movies, music production, apparel, merchandise, transmedia, and intellectual property. Koralis Entertainment Inc., through its '2050esports' brand, has succeeded in producing multiple live events and regular online esports tournaments (with accompanying broadcasts). Koralis Entertainment Inc. recently signed a licensing agreement with Daytona International Speedway to produce co-branded, esports-related content following a successful event at the venue in November 2017.
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