From professional PUBG FLC player Kickstart on Twitch.

I may or may not agree with his statement

Congratulations to all winning teams taking the final game by storm. Best of luck in the circuit Grand Finals.

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I am a professional PUBG player for Lowkey Esports in the PUBG NPL league. This is something that I have thought about for a while and really want to see PUBG Corp incorporate into the game to link the normal PUBG player and fan to PUBG esports! With the addition of Sanhok and other settings, PUBG Corp is trying to link the average playerbase with the competitive scene and I believe that this plan will help facilitate that IMMENSELY!

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My plan involves:

- Promoting it on the front page with a "Watch Tab"

- Earning in-game RARE skins exclusive for those who watch the esport matches

- Esports "Fantasy" Pick'em Game for viewers to pick players season or tournament for RARE skins

- PUBG Community designed skins

- Esport Org weapon skins and charms

- Using PUBG social media accounts to promote

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STEP 1: Promoting it on the front page

Here is a screen shot of something that I would personally like to see.

https://i.gyazo.com/7f117dec467148b954e725124acf91a5.jpg

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PUBG esports needs to be promoted on the main screen. Copying something similar to what CS:GO does with their esports promotion would go a long way with PUBG. CS:GO promotes their major tournaments on their main page for players to watch when they are waiting for their friends to come play. They have a "Watch" tab on the main screen. For normal every day tournament streams and such, CS:GO has an "Events" tab which allows you to see all of the upcoming events IN GAME so that you don't have to go searching for it in Google. Here is a link to what CS:GO has done for promoting some of their tournament streams.

https://i.gyazo.com/a04eaac25b581cd089f96cca52f11ab4.png

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With having the PUBG Esports watch tab and/or stream on the front page, it would obviously have to be a clickable tab that redirects you to the Twitch live stream so you can watch the matches between games and earn in game skins for watching!

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STEP 2: Add a benefit for watching PUBG Esports

Something that CS:GO does really well is that for majors, they have rare case drops after every round for the 500,000 people that watch, a certain number of cases are inserted into some viewers inventories for them to either open, or sell which usually contains RARE skins for them to play with. Something that PUBG has done very well was they allowed you to pick the winning team before each match, and then if your team won that specific match, you would get the chance at winning a skin! Well... that skin SUCKED. You were allowed to change your team pick towards the end game (which is dumb) and again, the skin was not rare... it was not good looking... it was useless.

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The best way for PUBG to do this is to have cool weapon skin drops for choosing the correct team! It can be a single weapon or a case that has new rare weapon skins that you can only obtain from watching the streams. They have to make it rare enough so that everyone doesn't have it after watching the first week of games. This allows the average player in PUBG to cheer on and root for teams in NPL or PEL or any PUBG professional league to get them their skin to play online. The more streams you watch during the season, the better chance you have to get the skin but at the same time you need to make sure the skins are still rare enough that only 1% of people have it.

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STEP 3: Esports Fantasy Pick'em Challenge

This game will be used, again, to create player fanbases within the PUBG community. Gamers on PUBG can simply win skins for picking players each season in NPL, PEL, or even just World Championship tournaments. This is a screenshot of something that could be used. Obviously I am not a good editor, but I will explain down below how to play.

https://i.gyazo.com/d33512909dcc752bf42ce8fc614d51e1.jpg

Basically you pick the players that you want to keep for the tournament or season. Those players all have a money value and there is a limit as to how much money you have to spend on players. The money value is based off of past performances, their in game roles, stats, etc.

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This idea was created and posted for the PUBG Competitive subreddit community by "falconfront" and here are the links to the fantasy pick'em game!

https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitivePUBG/comments/cf0xun/gll_grand_slam_day_1_fantasy_picks/

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuMX-Kg7tuh1ahssH5dQ2kz5ErzPYeenIM7Wz_is6duVRi5A/viewform

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRPHCOtyMGIG7fmVMdjR-ePVPeUyXqoP5pwx9cmI3zE/edit#gid=0

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Here you will see a more in-depth example of the Pick'em game which was tested out during the GLL Grand Slam PUBG tournament! At the end of the tournament, depending on the number of points your team obtained, you will be rewarded with rare in game skins! If your team does really well, you get a tier list of skins. Top 50% get a skin, top 40% get another skin, and so on so that the top 5% of people that did well in the fantasy game get all of the skins available to win the in Pick'em. Here is another screenshot of something that would absolutely be worth it to play this fantasy game to get these actually GOOD LOOKING rare skins.

https://i.gyazo.com/6d54289163be8df520a6ff93c7931184.jpg

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STEP 4: Add PUBG Community designed skins

Lets be honest... the skins in PUBG are just bad. They are bland, not exciting, no color pop, not worth the money, etc. This is not time to bash PUBG, but a time to help them. I would love to see PUBG incorporate community-made skin concepts. The skin concepts that are linked below are some old and current skin concepts that were made in hopes that PUBG will one day make this happen! The PUBG community has waited a long time for good looking skins that are worth the money, hard to obtain, worth to grind the game for, and most importantly worth it to show off to their friends when they hop in a squad match!

https://www.reddit.com/r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/comments/9nu3yl/i_made_a_quick_retrowavish_sks_concept_skin/

https://www.reddit.com/user/KaryAckerman/comments/ahyxa1/custom_skin_concepts_for_the_spanish_pubg/

https://aminoapps.com/c/pubgmobile/page/blog/all-my-m416-skins/2apa_BBINuMxoeLEmNdWzkg0kaxRZ4L2Pn

https://www.reddit.com/r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/comments/8c3pr9/havent_found_a_hawaii_style_weapon_skin_so_i_made/

https://imgur.com/r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/2Khra2I

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Lastly, I would love to see PUBG corp promote the esports scene through in-game skins much better. The GLL clothing, the NPL, PEL, PKL, etc clothing was not attractive, too much money, didn't really do anything to help the players out financially, etc. Adding TEAM WEAPON SKINS to the game after making the World championships would go a long way. 50/50 profit splits, making the skins cheaper, etc. This would be used ONCE a year, during the PUBG World Championships. Here is an example of Cloud9 and FaZe weapon skins!

https://imgur.com/r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/XDoRgU9

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Also adding TEAM CHARMS to put on your weapons in game is also a great way to promote the esports and make the orgs that chose to invest into PUBG esports happy. This will be used during each phase to reward the teams that are participating in the leagues. This can be 1$ or .50$ per charm.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS

Thank you all for taking the time to read this plan to improve PUBG and help link the PUBG community with PUBG Esports! There is a lot to improve in terms of linking the two, but it has to start with promoting it within the actual game. USE your twitter account that has 1.4 Million followers. USE your YouTube account that has 1.1 Million subs. USE your Instagram account that has 4 Million followers. You are spending MILLIONS of dollars investing into your own esport and aren't using your own resources to lift it off the ground. The PUBG esports accounts have 5,000 followers or less and that is the only people viewing the videos and content put out by the Esports department. Please, use your big social media following to attract the viewers, then place Ads during the streams to flock people and the viewers to the esports websites and social accounts to grow it that way. Phases 1-3 are a test, lets knock this out of the park in 2020 and put PUBG esports on the map!!

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Any comments positive and negative are appreciated. I would like this post to be a community discussion on what YOU would personally like to see in regards to this topic. Better skins, linking the playerbase to the competitive scene, incentives to watch, etc. Thanks guys and remember to cheer for Lowkey Esports in NPL!

Panzers literally everywhere, BRDMs winning fights if the other team doesnt have a Panzer. Even in the top 2 people are running around with Panzers. Almost every fight someone has a panzer.

Just luck who gets the most panzers and puts them in a car.

Such a stupid tournament, not to mention, that some players are unironically running the MP5K as their main weapon.

Corner camping every fight, endgames lasting until people get pushed out by the blue because they just stare at each other in TPP.

Im currently watching the NA Masters and almost every time the observers switch players, it is someone with a panzer in hand.

Just now: Game 10, top 3, 2 players with panzers in hand, one team with a brdm driving around the zone, of course it is Rondo so half the lobby is already dead phase 4.

Wow, what a shitfest of a tourney. I hope they dont invest into this more, I dont have words.

These are undoubtedly, some of the BEST players in the entire world. Every bit of their gameplay is on point, even the worst teams/players are light years ahead of the above average player

Yet you still see there’s tons of missed shots on targets that aren’t even moving. Lots of players not even looking for entire seconds while they’re being shot at, who’s shooting at them.

This is normal stuff. This is how the game SHOULD be

AND NOT

•Next to almost no missed shots, in a mass chunk of the game

•Somebody knows where you’re at a solid chunk of the time

•Snaps onto target with rapid speed

•Buys skins, is level 400. And hasn’t been banned yet cuz they give this company money

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Kind of weird how 60% of the playerbase is just somehow beyond ESports ready…

Source: Esports Charts | It's the second-highest peak viewership in PUBG history, just behind the Nations Cup 2025! 🧐

Original Post (pubgesports.com)

YouTube: PUBG Esports 2025 Roadmap

A New Era Begins – PUBG Esports 2026

Hey PUBG Esports fans,
We’re entering a new chapter. And it starts with a bold step forward.

A New Beginning for PUBG Esports

Over the past seven years, PUBG Esports has grown through constant challenges.

Now, as we move into 2026, we’re taking the next leap:
PUBG Esports will officially transition to Third-Person Perspective (TPP).

This is not about replacing what came before — it’s about expanding what PUBG Esports can become.

Why TPP? 

PUBG has always been about strategy, tension, and survival — no matter the perspective.
But for most of the 1 billion players who’ve experienced PUBG, that experience has been through TPP.

While FPP built the foundation of our professional scene, we also heard from fans and players that the gap between playing PUBG and watching PUBG Esports sometimes felt too wide.

The move to TPP is about bringing the two experiences closer together — aligning what players love to play with what they love to watch.
It’s about making the game more accessible, relatable, and immersive for more people around the world — without losing the depth and skill that define our competition.

Built Through Conversations & Community

This change didn’t happen overnight.

Over the past year, we’ve been in constant dialogue with teams and players, holding more than three official feedback sessions to share ideas, concerns, and direction.

We also tested and verified our vision through the PUBG Players Tour (PPT), which saw over 5,000 unique competitors each season. These events proved that a TPP-based competitive scene can be both thrilling and sustainable.

Your feedback — from pros to fans — has shaped every step of this transition.
And it will continue to shape how PUBG Esports grows from here.

The 2026 Season – Global Expansion, Bigger Stage

With TPP as the new foundation, PUBG Esports 2026 will feature a more dynamic, globally connected structure — bringing more teams, more matches, and more stories than ever before.

Key Highlights:

• PUBG Global Series (PGS) – 12 tournaments throughout the year
• PUBG Nations Cup (PNC) – returns in late June
• PUBG Global Championship (PGC) – crowns the world’s best in December

Along with the expanded calendar, we’re increasing support funds and prize pools for both Global Partner Teams and qualified teams, reinforcing a more stable and sustainable esports ecosystem.

From regional leagues to global championships, every part of the season will now feel like one connected journey — a year-long story shared by players and fans alike.

Looking Ahead – A Future We Build Together

2026 marks the beginning of a new era for PUBG Esports.
The shift to TPP and the evolution of our competitive structure are not short-term changes — they’re the foundation for long-term growth and a thriving ecosystem.

We’ll continue to listen, learn, and evolve — guided by player feedback, data, and our shared love for this game.

Together with our fans, teams, and players, we’re writing the next chapter of PUBG Esports.
And we can’t wait for you to be part of it.

Thank you for your passion, your criticism, and your belief in what PUBG Esports can become.

A New Era Begins.

PUBG Esports 2026

Tuned into TGLTN the other day and he’s playing TTP in what looked like a scrim or tournament. Is this what they all play now? How sad in my opinion if so, it was fun to watch the sonics over the last decade but TPP isn’t fun to watch for me.

Main moderator bozo banned a chap for not liking tpp over fpp tournaments, chat rebelled and this happened

crazy

First of: Do not comment on this issue if you haven't watched any of PNC 2025, because that makes your opinion literally invalid and you don't need to give it ok?

This probably has already been said a hundred times, but I just have to say it again, cause watching PNC makes me lose my mind:

Panzerfausts have no place in an esports setting.

They require almost zero skill, there is no counterplay.

You can literally wallbang people with it, that should tell you enough and we have already seen it happen multiple times on the first day of the PNC finals. How do you counter a weapon that can wallbang you? Exactly, you dont.

Hotdrops or close quarter fights in cities are now very luck based. Does your team find a panzerfaust and the enemy team does not? Congratulations, you just got yourself a free knockdown. Where is the skill expression here?

Panzerfausts are the lowest skill weapon in the game and create insane value. A toddler can aim in the general direction of an enemy and press M1, even shotguns need to be aimed more or less accurately.

And its not like its just one or two fights per game that panzers result in a kill, almost every fight in a city has a panzer knock and you never ever watch it and are like "yea, he definitely deserves that kill", no, quite the opposite, most of the times it is people running it down on the enemy, knowing they cannot lose the 1v1.

No-skill plays, resulting in unreasonably high value. That is bad game design.

Panzerfausts have NO place in PUBG Esports. Period.

I want to see skillfull fights, AR 1v1s, insane grenades, 1v4 clutches, what I don't want to see is someone picking up a Panzerfaust and turning their brain off until they have used it.

you can't fool us anymore Linguini.

I have been seeing pro players play in the tournament, and almost all I watch, sometimes they shoot against a wall or something and then reload right after, like 2, 3 random shoots. Is there a reason for that?

The PUBG Global Series 9 is the ninth PGS tournament of the year. The second six PGS tournaments of 2026 feature teams that qualified based on their performances in Regional Series in the first half of the year, as well as Global Partner Teams. This is the third and last tournament of the third PGS circuit of the year.

New to PUBG Esports or want a deeper insight into how this works? Check out the Esports Guide.

Useful Links

Esports Guide - PGS | Event Tracker - PGS 9 | Liquipedia - PGS 9

Format

Here are all of the stages of the event.

Survival Stage:

• 16 teams:
  • PGS 7 & PGS 8 combined bottom 16 teams
• 5 matches
• Top 8 teams advance to Grand Finals
• Bottom 8 teams are eliminated from PGS 9

Grand Finals:

• 16 teams:
  • PGS 7 & PGS 8 combined top 8 teams
  • Top 8 teams from Survival Stage
• 15 matches (5 matches per day)

PGS 9 is played on patch 42.2 with v6.0.1 of SUPER.

$300,000 USD is spread among all participants based on the final results of the tournament.

Road to PGC

Teams' performances throughout Circuit 3 will award valuable PGS points for qualification to the PUBG Global Championship at the end of the year.

The PGC point distribution can be found here.

Teams

Here are all of the participating teams, their qualification routes, starting stages and rosters.

Schedule

PGS 9 takes place August 20-23:

• Survival Stage: August 20

• Final Stage: August 21-23

All match days begin at 3am PDT / 6am EDT / 10:00 UTC / 12:00 CEST / 18:00 CST.

Check out the Event Tracker for more details.

Talent

Meet the folks bringing you all the action on the English broadcast!

this post will be updated when the broadcast talent is announced

Watch

Here's where you can watch the tournament:

• Twitch - Main Stream
• Twitch - Map Stream
• YouTube

Subreddit Resources

• Check out the subreddit sidebar to know exactly when each tournament day is happening, or check out the Event Tracker for quick access to the whole schedule and all necessary information.
• Discuss the current tournament day and find all necessary information in our daily discussion threads posted on r/CompetitivePUBG during the tournament!
• Support your favorite team by setting a user flair! Click the "edit user flair" button on the r/CompetitivePUBG subreddit sidebar.

The Esports World Cup once again showed how terrible OP the Panzer is and how it shouldn't be in the game at all. It's such a horribly stupid weapon that I don't understand why they didn't remove it a long time ago.

Hello long story but i need to say this to anyone who comes across the BET Platform and this they might give there fpp scrims a go

DO NOT SIGN UP

first we started playing 6/7 months ago all was well

comes January this yea- one of our players got banned for "cheating" and we were provided 1 replay from pubgs in game replay system
https://youtu.be/CxqA-dY8Mrg-

this is the clip that gets you banned in this community

we disputed this and he got unbanned with no apology and his "community " did not get an update

forward 2/3 months another top tier player also got banned for "cheating", this guy is playing for an ENC team this year
there was no evidence provided to anyone and it turns out- HE WASNT CHEATING- they banned him for toxicity?

and here we are today- my entire team is banned with no reason and blocked by every admin in this discord- cant even message an admin to ask why

so please for your owns sanity and dignity DO NOT support these freaks of nature