• Franchise Model vs Open Circuit: The Debate

    The franchise vs open-circuit debate in esports never fully resolves. Franchising provides revenue stability and protects orgs from relegation, but it kills the dream of smaller teams rising from the bottom. Open circuits create the best narratives but have destroyed org finances in some regions. Both models have real trade-offs.

  • The franchise vs open-circuit debate in esports never fully resolves. Franchising provides revenue stability and protects orgs from relegation, but it kills the dream of smaller teams rising from the bottom. Open circuits create the best narratives but have destroyed org finances in some regions. Both models have real trade-offs.

  • Esports desperately needs better business models.

  • The day Faker retires I'm going to cry.

  • The day Faker retires I'm going to cry.

  • NAVI is still my favorite team to watch.

  • Mobile esports is growing fast in Taiwan too.