One of the leading eSports organisations in southeast Asia, EVOS Esports, has revealed it has agreed on a new partnership with Adamas Esports to “enhance” its training regime. Adamas Esports is a performance-focused platform, designed to equip potential eSports professionals with the motivation and roadmap to train in their specialised games and fulfil their potential. EVOS Esports is the first Southeast Asian eSports organisation that Adamas Esports has worked with, having recently secured similar arrangements with Golden Guardians (US), INTZ (Brazil), and Tundra Esports (UK) during the last year.
EVOS Esports used to be known as Zero Latitude and the Jakarta-based team has evolved into one of the most successful eSports teams in Southeast Asia. At the time of writing, it has professional teams entered into leagues competing in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Free Fire, Arena of Valor, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. The team has been nominated two years running at the EXXON Indonesia Gaming Awards for the Favourite Esports Team of the Year award and is rapidly developing a name for itself beyond Indonesia.
Evos Looking to Build Future Success in Major Esports Tournaments
Ivan Yeo, who is team owner of EVOS Esports, spoke of his excitement at his team’s new partnership with Adamas Esports. Yeo believes their “wealth of experience” will give EVOS an opportunity to “level up [its] infrastructure” and empower its teams to meet their targets of “winning championships on a more consistent basis”. The new arrangement comes at a time when EVOS is preparing to field professional teams for the Mobile Legends World Championship, as well as the PUBG Mobile Grand Championship.
The ‘EVOS Reborn Mobile’ team appears to be primed and ready to go in the PUBG Mobile Grand Championship, having recently won the Dunia Games League 2021 Grand Final. It also finished runner-up in Season 3 of the PUBG Mobile Pro League Southeast Asia Championship. Yeo and the rest of the EVOS Esports team will look to the success that British team Tundra Esports has achieved since partnering with Adamas Esports earlier this year.
Adamas Esports has already collaborated on a range of players issues behind the scenes, including performance coaching and player psychology, to prime gamers to reach peak performance when it matters. The barriers between traditional sport and eSports are being increasingly blurred as the eSports industry is taken more seriously. Even established sports brands like PSG have put their name to their own eSports teams to broaden their club’s exposure to the next generation of eSports followers.
Player Mentality, Fitness, and Wellbeing Is Increasingly Key
There is no doubt that the eSports industry has taken off in more ways than one in recent years. Its professionalism and attention to detail are some of the main reasons why companies like Adamas Esports have come to fruition, with their ability to work with gamers that have the technical tools to become big-money professionals. According to Statista, the eSports market is now worth over $1.08bn worldwide. The top three eSports players in the world, measured by individual earnings in March 2021, have earned at least $6m apiece. Johan Sundstein (N0tail) is the highest earner, weighing in at $6.97m.
The fanbase is there too. This year’s Free Fire World Series in Singapore broke the viewing figure record, previously held by the 2019 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship. The Free Fire World Series 2021 saw 5.41 million viewers throughout the tournament, comfortably surpassing the 3.99 million viewers of the LoL World Championship.
The major Esports events are also being regularly streamed by leading sportsbooks, many of whom are offering eSports online betting in Australia, such as Bet365 and UniBet. Arguably, established brands incorporating eSports betting has contributed to the vastness of the fanbase. However, while the eSports industry is starting to get more attention down under, it’s still not yet as popular as traditional Australian sports like Aussie rules or cricket. It’s a similar story in western Europe, where eSports has by no means reached its full potential as a viewer sport or a sport to bet on.
There are three outright star performers in terms of professional eSports teams in recent years. Team Liquid, OG, and Evil Geniuses stand out from the crowd in terms of prize money won in recent years, as of May 2021. Team Liquid is by far the most successful of the lot, raking in $36.7m, followed by OG ($34.42m) and Evil Geniuses ($24.47m). With so much money at stake, it’s easy to see why services like Adamas Esports are enlisted to provide remote-based performance training, as well as mental and physical wellness coaching, for the potential eSports stars of the future.
