We had an interview with Berke Tümay Andıç, PUBG Turkey Program Supervisor at Challengermode, a platform that gives esports infrastructure to all trade contributors, together with esports organizations, gamers, and recreation builders. Berke Tümay Andıç, a consultant of Turkey, knowledgeable us of Challengermode’s plans for 2023.
Who’s Berke Tümay Andıç?
I’m 29 years previous, truly a very long time (METU NCC and KOU) Chemical Engineering
scholar. I feel that I’m a personality who organizes occasions and organizations for as
lengthy as I can bear in mind and tries to entertain folks round me primarily based on average
communication. For example, we will present my involvement within the institution and
administration of many societies or organizations within the final 10 years. Simply earlier than I
ended my training life at METU, after 2 actually satisfying years I turned to Twitch
broadcasts, I made a decision to focus completely on Esports. For the time being, I perform each
working life and training collectively.
How did you meet esports?
My acquaintance with esports goes again a very long time. With the rise in
laptop and web utilization in the direction of the tip of the 90s and the start of the 2000s, I feel that I stepped into aggressive platforms regardless that I used to be not conscious of
it at the moment. The aggressive interplay inside each FPS and MOBA video games led me to
the trade as time progressed. I feel that my largest breaking second was that I
began to take a look at this trade slightly in a different way as a result of I produced VALORANT content material
utterly throughout my Twitch broadcasts. As of January 2022, my teammates and I began researching Esports and Esports Administration in Turkey. Because of our
research which lasted for about 9 months, we thought that we might combine the efforts
to extend the efficiency of esports gamers and that these practices would
contribute vastly to the groups in our nation in Europe and the world enviornment. As a consequence of
some info, we turned our route to the MENA area groups and had conferences and
help with some well-known Esports groups on this area. As a consequence of my need to
contribute to our area as a company, I’m presently working as PUBG Turkey
Program Supervisor at Challengermode.
What’s your perspective on Turkey as Challengermode? Do you’ve got any
initiatives you’ll be able to share for 2023?
Turkey is a superb area and has performed an necessary function in Challengermode as
an organization in addition to offered the worldwide esports scene with professional gamers and
groups competing on absolutely the highest degree.
Challengermode is rising quickly within the area with efforts presently focused
in the direction of the grassroots scene. Our work along with Krafton on PUBG
NextPro is a superb instance of that. The mission permits gamers seeking to change into
the following technology of esports champions someplace to constantly observe
with like-minded gamers and acquire expertise enjoying in a extra severe setting.
It’s actually thrilling to be part of that journey.
Working carefully with native organizations like FUT Academy and PROTALITY has
additionally been pivotal to our success within the area in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.
Exterior of PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, we’re additionally seeking to enhance our
presence within the area along with different video games and their communities.
Lately, Challengermode grew to become an official esports accomplice for PUBG MOBILE.
This, mixed with the sport being deeply built-in with the platform, really
permits us to develop our providing for PUBG MOBILE organizers and gamers in
the area.
We’re additionally placing up a PUBG MOBILE Esports fund open for event
organizers in Turkey on the grassroots degree. That is an initiative we’ve executed
earlier than in different areas and video games, we see assist TOs enhance the scope of
neighborhood tournaments by permitting them to scale up and reduce prices.
So far as initiatives for 2023 go, we’ve some initiatives we’re actually enthusiastic about
however nothing that I can share with you proper now. There are undoubtedly issues
occurring in early ’23, you’ll simply have to attend and see.
How do you see the way forward for esports in Turkey?
Nice success is coming. It is going to proceed to return. I do know that some
official establishments have actions to boost consciousness of households.
Thanks to those research, the variety of gamers who wish to flip to Esports will
enhance and the competitors amongst themselves will have an effect on the
efficiency of the gamers. After all, not solely that, the help and
encouragement initiatives of the golf equipment for the gamers who develop up play
an necessary function. Till a number of years in the past, we witnessed the beginning
of an trade, now it’s standing by itself toes and can most likely
transfer ahead in 2-3 years with this acceleration. The pattern reveals it.
My solely remorse is the native change within the League of Legends league system. I hope this might be modified as quickly as potential.