Stalwart Esports
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| Short name | STE |
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| Founded | January 2020 |
| Location | India Pakistan |
| CEO | Zeyan Shafiq |
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| Motto | Curating Professional Gamers |
| Website | stalwartesports |
Stalwart Esports is an Indian professional esports organisation focused on mobile gaming. It was founded in January 2020. Stalwart Esports has teams competing in PUBG Mobile, Free Fire, and Clash Royale. They became the first esports organisation to adopt cryptocurrencies in their balance sheet.[1]
In September 2020, the team donated their slot of the PUBG Mobile Pro League South Asia to Pakistani Esports organisation Freestyle Esports after PUBG Mobile was banned in India.[2]
PUBG Mobile[]
In August 2020, Stalwart Esports' PUBG Mobile division made their first appearance in PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) Fall Split 2020 and claimed 3rd position, advancing to Season 2 of PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) South Asia.[citation needed] However, in the wake of recent India-China disputes, PUBG Mobile was banned in India from 2 September. Reluctant to give up their slot, they signed a Pakistani line-up called FreeStyle Esports to represent them in the Pro League. FreeStyle Esports have been champions of the Pakistan PMCO 2020 and were part of the World League last season.[3][4][5]
In December 2020, Stalwart Esports cross border collaboration with FreeStyle Esports continued and resulted in the formation of a new organisation called Stalwart Freestyle in Pakistan.[6]
In February 2021, Stalwart Esports announced their second partnership in Pakistan with another Pakistani esports organisation 'Flex Esports' and formed a new entity Stalwart Flex in the region for the PMCO Pakistan 2021 Spring Split tournament.
In September 2021, Stalwart Esports announced the acquisition of Mongolian-based roster, which won the PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) South Asia Championship last June which carried a massive prize pool of $200,000. Stalwart Esports claims that the acquisition of this lineup has made them the highest paid athletes in PUBG Mobile Esports across the entire South Asian region.[1]
Roster[]
| Stalwart Esports PUBG Mobile roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Batkhurel "Senator" Jargalsaikhan
Latest roster transaction: September 1, 2021. | ||||||||||||||||||
Substitute
Injury / IllnessGarena Free Fire[]
On 1 October 2020, Stalwart Esports introduced their Free Fire Competitive line-up, participating in the Free Fire India Championship 2020 (FFIC). Stalwart finished in 2nd position during the league stages, and finished 3rd in the final, behind Total Gaming Esports and Esports Elite.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b Ahmed, Wasif (1 September 2021). "India-based Stalwart Esports becomes first organization to completely shift to cryptocurrency". Dot Esports. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Bansal, Snigdha (23 December 2020). "How the Indian Ban on PUBG Brought Gamers From India and Pakistan Together". Vice India. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Indian Organizations Look to Rosters in Neighboring Countries for PUBG Mobile Esports". The Esports Observer. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Ahmed, Wasif (6 October 2020). "Indian org Stalwart Esports signs Pakistani roster to compete in the PMPL South Asia season 2". Dot Esports. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Bhatt, Gaurav (13 November 2020). "How Pakistan gamers joined hands for Kashmiri's Indian PUBG team". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "'Exciting framework is in the offing' for e-Sports: Fawad Chaudhry". The News International. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Gametube. "Stalwart Esports acquire Free Fire India Championship 2020 Grand Finalists Sixth Sense". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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- Esports teams established in 2020
- Esports teams based in India
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