'PNC 2023', A PUBG National Competition Held in Seoul... Korea's First Victory
The ‘PUBG Nations Cup (PNC) 2023’, Krafton’s (CEO Kim Chang-han) PUBG: Battleground (hereinafter Battleground) esports national competition, ended successfully with the victory of the host country, South Korea.
This is the first time that the Korean national team won the PNC. 온라인카지노사이트
PNC 2023 is a national competition held in Seoul again four years after 2019.
It was held as an offline competition at the Sangam Africa Coliseum in Seoul from the 15th to the 17th.
Teams from 16 regions around the world participated and competed for the honor of being the best in the world through a total of 18 matches, 6 matches per day for 3 days.
For this competition, a total of 500 seats, including 350 on-site seats and 150 watch party seats, were sold out over 3 days, and a total of 1,500 spectators visited the site, adding to the excitement.
At PNC 2023, the snowy map ‘Vikendi’ was introduced for the first time in an official Battleground eSports game.
'Blizzard Zone' and 'Sand Storm', which appear in the newly renovated 'Vikendi' and 'Miramar' respectively, were applied to create new variables and add to the attractions.
The Korean national team, led by coach Shin Myeong-gwan, consisted of Ki-yeol Cho of ‘Seoul’, Hee-ju Na of ‘Inonix’, Jeong-young Park of ‘Loki’, and Tae-seong of ‘Heaven’ of Kim, who fought hard to win a total of 18 matches.
He won the championship by accumulating 172 points.
Our national team took first place by achieving one chicken kill each on the first and second days of the competition, and solidified its lead by achieving 20 kill chickens in two matches on the third day thanks to the even performance of the four players.
In particular, Jo Ki-yeol of ‘Seoul’ was selected as the overall MVP of the tournament, recording 34 kills and 7,208 cumulative damage during 18 matches.
The UK, the last PNC 2022 champion, finished in runner-up with 140 points, and Vietnam, last year's runner-up team, ranked 3rd with 138 points.
The total prize money for PNC 2023 will be a basic prize of $300,000 (approximately KRW 400 million) plus 25% of the profits from sales of PNC 2023 commemorative items sold until the 27th, and will be distributed differentially to participating teams according to their rankings.
As of the 18th, the total prize money is about 710,000 dollars (about 950 billion won), and based on that amount, the prize money that the Korean national team will receive is $236,000 (about 315 million won).
Meanwhile, Krafton first released a teaser video for Battleground's tenth new map on the 17th, the last day of the PNC 2023 competition.
In the video, the phrase 'THE CITY OF GLORY' appeared along with the Battleground Samtuk Man character, raising expectations.
The company plans to release details and conduct various promotions ahead of the release of new maps in the future.