Despite the recent news of PUBG Mobile getting banned in India, XSET have announced that they will enter PUBG Mobile. Here is their announcement:
Who have they picked up?
Here below is the full XSET PUBG Mobile squad:
Players:
- Nicholas “NiKo“ Soldatos
- Justus “Angry” Wilson
- Kent “Juicy“ Masang Jr
- Timmothy “RoiiDz“ Conlan
- Joseph “Joey“ Baldwin
Coach:
- Adam “Adam” Didiano
XSET enter PUBG Mobile – Player background
3 of the players, NiKo, Angry and Juicy, played together under Omen Elite, which picked them up earlier this year. Together in their most recent event they’ve gotten a 2nd place at PMPL – Spring Split 2020: Americas Scrims Season 1.
Credits: Twitter
The other 2 players, being RoiiDz and Joey, have a somewhat different background. RoiiDz has played under several teams, some of them being: Lights Out, Tribe Gaming, and most recently, Wildcard gaming. With regards to Joey, being the youngest player on the team, he has the least experience, however he has recently played for Glacier.
Esports insider have done an interview with Marco Mereu, Co-Founder and COO of XSET, and he has said the following:
“Yeah, the key factor we are looking at is the competitiveness of the team we are signing. You also always want to be cognizant of the makeup of the team and our commitment to being diverse and inclusive. Our players have a wide variety of backgrounds, so diversity and inclusion definitely factor into our decision but the most important thing on the esports side is working with the most skilled players.”
Esports insider interview
It is very exciting to see another popular organization following the footsteps of other top organizations by investing into mobile esports. The scene may be small for now, but it is definitely the future of esports, with its easy accessibility.
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